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The epistle.
IN those dayes it chaunsed that the son¦ne of the wyfe of the house was sycke / & the sycknes was so great that there re¦mayned* 1.1 no breth in him. Then she sayde to Helias / what have I to do with the / thou mā of god? Dydest thou come to me / that my syn¦ne shuld be kepte in mynde & to sle my sonne? And he sayde vnto hir / geve me thy sonne / & he tooke him oute of hir lappe and caried him vp into an hie chamber / where he him selfe dwelt / & layde him on the bed. And he called vnto the Lorde & sayde: O Lorde my god / hast thou dealt so cruelly with the wydowe with whome I dwell / as to kyll hir sonne? And he measured the chyld .iii. tymes / & called vnto the Lorde & sayde: Lorde my God / let this chil¦des soule come agayne into him. And the Lor¦de herkened vnto the voyce of Helias / & this chyldes soule came agayne vnto him / and he revived. And Helias toke the chylde and ca∣ried him doune oute of the chamber into the housse / & delyvered him to his mother. And Helias sayd: se / thy sonne is alyve. Then say¦de the woman to Helias: now I knowe that thou arte a man of God / & that the worde of the Lorde is trulye in thy mouth.