¶ The frydaye next folowinge. The epistle.
THis sayth the Lorde. The soule that sinneth / she shall dye. The sonne shall* 1.1 not beare parte of the fathers wycked∣nes. The ryghteousnes of the ••yght shalbe vpon him / and the wyckednes of the wycked shalbe on him. And yet the wycked if he tur∣ne from all his synnes which he dyd / and ke∣pe all myne ordinaunces / and do iustlie and ryghteouslye / he shall live & not dye. None of the synnes that he hath done shalbe reconed vnto him: In the ryghteousnes that he hath done / he shall lyve. For I desier not the deeth of a synner (sayth the Lorde Iehovah) but ra∣ther that he shuld tourne from his waye / and lyve. And so yf a ryghteous tourne from his ryghteousnes and do wyckednes / and shall do lyke vnto all the abhominacyons whych a wycked doth / shall he lyve? No / none of tho∣se ryghteousnes that he dyd shalbe remem¦bred. But in the wyckednes which he wro∣ught / & in the synne which he dyd / in them shall he dye. But you wyll saye / the waye of the Lorde is not equall. Here I praye you ye house of Israel. Is not my waye equall? If a ryghteous tourne from his ryghte ous∣nes and do wyckedlye / and dye therfore: in the wyckednes which he dyd he shall dye. And when a wycked turneth from his