The wensdaye in the fourthe weke of aduent The Epistle.
THis sayth the lorde. Children of Sion be glad and reioyse in the lorde youre* 1.1 God. For he hath geuen you a teacher of righteousnes / and wyll make descende vn∣to you the fyrst rayne and the later / as at the beginnynge. And the barnes shalbe full of cor¦ne / and the wyne presses flowe with wyne & oyle. And I will restore you agayne with my great power which I haue sent vnto you / the yeres which the locustes and caterpillers ha¦ue deuoured. And ye shall eate & haue ynough and prayse the name of the lorde youre God / which hath wrought wonders with you. And my people shall not be in shame for euer. And ye shall knowe that I am in the myddes of Israel / and that I am the lorde youre God / & that there is no moo. And my people shall not* 1.2 be in shame for euer. And ye shall knowe yt I the lorde youre God / dwell in Syon my ho¦lye mounte. And Ierusalem shalbe holye / and there shall no straunger passe thorow there