The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

ANd wryte vnto the messenger of the con¦gregacion [ A] * 1.1 of Sardis: this sayth he that hath the sprete of god / and the vii. star∣res. I knowe thy workes / thou haste a name that thou lvyest / and thou art deed. Be awake and strength the thynges which remayne / that are redy to dye. For I have not founde thy workes perfaycte before god. Remember therfore how thou hast receaved and hearde / and hold faste / & repēt. Yf thou shalt not wat¦che / I will come on y^• as a thefe / & thou shalt* 1.2 not knowe what houre I wyll come apon the Thou haste a feawe names in Sardis / which have not defyled their garmentes: & they shall walke with me in whyte / for they are worthy He that overcometh shalbe clothed in whyte araye / & I will not put out his name out of the boke of lyfe / and I will confesse his name before my father / and before his angelles. Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions.

And wryte vnto y^e tydinge bringer of y^• cō¦gregaciō [ B] * 1.3 of Philadelphia: this sayth he y^t is ho¦ly & true / which hath y^• keye of Dauid: which openyth & nomā shutteth / & shutteth & no mā openeth. I knowe thy workes. Beholde I ha¦ve set before the an open doore / and no man can shut it / for thou haste a lyttell strengthe and haste kept my sayinges: and haste not de∣nyed my name. Beholde I make them of the congregacion of Sathan / which call them selves Iewes and are not / but do lye: Be∣holde: I will make them that they shall come

and worshippe before thy fete: and shall kno∣we that I love the.

Because thou hast kept y^e wordes of my pa¦ciēce / [ D] therfore I will kepe y^e frō the houre of tēptacion / which will come vpō all y^e worlde / to tempte them y^t dwell vpō the erth. Behol∣de I come shortly. Holde that which thou ha¦ste / that no man take awaye thy croune. Him that overcōmeth / will I make a pyllar in the temple of my God / & he shall goo no more ou∣te. And I will wryt vpō him / the name of my God / & the name of y^e cite of my god / newe Ie¦rusalē / which cōmeth doune oute of hevē frō my God / & I will wryte vpon him my newe name. Let him that hath eares heare / what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions.

And vnto the messenger of y^e congregaciō* 1.4 which is in Laodicia wryte: This sayth (amē) [ A] the faythfull & true witnes / y^e begynninge of the creatures of God. I knowe thy workes y^• thou arte nether colde nor hot: I wolde thou were colde or hotte. So then because thou ar∣te bitwene bothe / and nether colde ner hot / I will spew y^e oute of my mouth: because thou sayst thou arte riche & incresyd w^t good & ha¦ste nede of nothynge / and knowest not howe thou arte wretched and miserable / poore / blin¦de / and nakyd. I counsell the to bye of me gol¦de tryed in the fyre / that thou mayste be riche [ B] & whyte raymēt / y^t thou mayste be clothed / y^t* 1.5 thy fylthy nakednes do not apere: & anoynt thyne eyes with eye salve / y^e thou mayste se.

As many as I love / I rebuke and chasten.

Be fervent therfore and repēt. Beholde I stō¦de at the doore and knocke. Yf eny man hea∣re [ D] my voyce and opon the dore / I will come in vnto him and will suppe with him / & he with me. To him that overcommeth will I graun¦te to sytt with me in my seate / evyn as I over cam & have sytten with my father / in his sea∣te. Lett him y^t hath eares heare what the spre¦te sayth vnto the congregacions.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The con∣gregaciō of Sardis
• * 1.2

  j. thes. v. a ij. pe. iij. e
• * 1.3

  esa. xxij. f. and Iob xij. b. The con∣gregaciō of Phila∣delphia.
• * 1.4

  The con∣gregaciō of Laodi∣cia.
• * 1.5

  Whō god loueth th¦em he cha¦steneth.