To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
FAyth is a sure confidence of thynges* 1.1 which are hoped for / and a certayntie [ A] of thynges which are not sene. By it ye elders were well reported of. Thorow fayth we vnderstonde that the worlde was ordey∣ned by the worde of god: and that thynges which are sene / were made of thynges which ere not sene. By fayth Abell offered vnto god •• more plenteous sacrifice then Cayn: by vhich / he obteyned witnes that he was righ∣tous / god testifyinge of his gyftes: by which
also he beynge deed / yet speaketh.
By fayth was Enoch trāslated y• he shuld not se deeth: nether was he founde: for God* 1.2 had taken him awaye. Before he was taken awaye / he was reported of / that he had plea∣sed [ B] God: but with out fayth it is vnpossible to please him. For he that commeth to God / must beleve that God is / and that he is a re∣warder of them that seke him.
By fayth Noe honored God / after that he was warned of thinges which were not sene / * 1.3 and prepared the arcke to the savinge of his houssholde / thorowe the which arcke / he con¦dempned the worlde / and became heyre of the rightewesnes which commeth by fayth.
By fayth Abrahā / whē he was called obey¦ed / to* 1.4 goo out into a place / which he shuld af∣terwarde receave to inheritaunce / and he wēt out not knowynge whether he shuld goo.
By fayth he removed into the londe yt was promysed him / as into a straunge countre / & [ C] dwelt in tabernacles: & so dyd Isaac & Iacob heyres with him of the same promes. For he loked for a citie havinge a foundaciō / who••e bylder and maker is God.
Thorow fayth Sara also receaved strēgth* 1.5 to be with chylde / & was delivered of a chyl∣de when she was past age / because she iudged him faythfull which had promysed.
And therfore spronge therof one (& of one* 1.6 which was as good as deed) so many in mul¦titude / as the starres of ye skye / & as the son•• of the see shore which is innumerable.
And they all dyed in fayth / & receaved not the promyses: but sawe them a farre of / & be∣leved [ D] them / and saluted them: and confessed that they were straungers and pilgrems on the erthe. They that saye soche thinges / de∣clare that they seke a coūtre. Also yf they had bene myndfull of that countre / from when¦ce they came oute / they had leasure to have re¦turned agayne. But now they desyre a better / that is to saye a hevenlye. Wherfore God is not a shamed of them even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.
In fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac / whē he was tempted / & he offered him beinge his* 1.7 only begotten sonne / which had receaved the promyses of whō it was sayde / in Isaac shall thy seed be called: for he cōsidered / that God* 1.8 was able to rayse vp agayne frō deeth. Wher¦fore receaved he him / for an ensample. In* 1.9 fayth Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau / concer∣ninge thinges to come.
By fayth Iacob when he was a dyinge / blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph / & bowed* 1.10 him selfe towarde the toppe of his cepter. [ F]
By fayth Ioseph when he dyed / remēbred* 1.11 the departinge of the chyldren of Israel / and gave commaundement of his bones.
By fayth Moses when he was borne / was* 1.12 hid thre monethes of his father & mother / be¦cause they sawe he was a proper chylde: ne∣ther* 1.13 feared they the kynges commaundemēt.
By fayth Moses when he was great / re∣fused* 1.14 to be called ye sonne of Pharaos dough¦ter
/ & chose rather to suffre adversitie wt the people of God / then to enioye the pleasurs of synne for a ceason / and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater ryches then the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect vnto ye rewarde.
By fayth he forsoke Egypt / and feared not the fearcenes of the kynge. For he endured / even as he had sene him which is invisible.
Thorow fayth he ordeyned the ester lam∣be / and the effusion of bloud / lest he that de∣stroyed* 1.15 the fyrst borne / shuld touche them.
By fayth they passed thorow the reed see as by drye londe / which when the Egypcians had assayed to do / they were drouned.* 1.16
By fayth the walles of Ierico fell doune after they were cōpased about / seven dayes.* 1.17
By fayth ye harlot Raab perisshed not with [ F] the vnbelevers / whē she had receaved the spy¦es* 1.18 to lodgynge peaseably.
And what shall I more saye / ye tyme wold be to short for me to tell of Gedeō / of Barach & of Samson / & of Iephthae: also of David & Samuel / & of the Prophetes: ✚ which thoro∣we fayth subdued kyngdomes / wrought righ¦teousnes / obteyned the promyses / stopped the mouthes of lyons / quēched the violence of fy¦re / escaped the edge of the swearde / of weake were made strōge / wayed valient in fight / tur¦ned to flyght the armyes of the alient. And the wemen receaved their deed raysed to ly∣fe agayne.
Other were racked / & wolde not be delyve∣red / that they myght receave a better resurrec¦cion.
Other tasted of mockynges & scourgin∣ginges / morover of bondes & presonmēt: were stoned / were hewen a sunder / were tēpted / we∣re slayne with sweardes / walked vppe & dou∣ne in shepes skynnes / in gotes skynnes / in ne∣de / tribulaciō / & vexaciō / which y• worlde was not worthy of: they wādred in wildernes / in moūtaynes / in dennes and caves of the erth.
And these all thorow fayth obtayned good reporte ✚and receaved not the promes / God provydinge a better thinge for vs / that they with out vs shuld not be made parfecte.
Fayth & trust in ch¦rist only / is the lyfe & quyet∣nes of the consciēce / & not tru∣st in wor∣kes how holye so e¦uer they appere. matthew .xxiij. d.
gen. v. c. •• eccl. xliiij
gen. vj. c. eccl. xliiij
gen. xij. a
gen. xxj.
gen. xvij and. xviij
gen. xxij eccl. xliiij
gene. xxj rom. ix. b
ge. xxvij
ge. xlviij.
gene. l. d.
exo. ij. a.
exodi. j. c.
exod. ij. b.
exo. xij. d
ex. xiiij. c
iosu. vj. c
iosu. vj. d and .ij. b.