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 Gospell of S. Mathew. (Book Matthew)

¶ The first Chapter.

[illustration]

[ A] THis is the boke of the generacion of Iesus Christ the son¦ne of Dauid / the sonne also of Abraham.* 1.1

• Abraham begat Isaac:
• Isaac begat Iacob:
• Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren:
• Iudas begat Phares and* 1.2 zaram of Thamar:
• Phares begat Hesrom:
• Hesrom begat Aram:* 1.3
• Aram begat Aminadab:
• Aminadab begat Naasson:
• Naasson begat Salmon:
• Salmon begat Boos of Rahab:
• Boos begat Obed of Ruth:
• Obed begat Iesse:
• Iesse begat Dauid the kynge:
• Dauid the kynge begat Salomon / of her* 1.4 that was the wyfe of Dry:
• Salomon begat Roboam:
• Roboam begat Abia:
• [ B] Abia begat Asa:
• Asa begat Iosaphat:
• Iosaphat begat Ioram:
• Ioram begat Osias:
• ...

• Osias begat Ioatham:
• Ioatham begat Achas:
• Achas begat Ezechias:
• Ezechias begat Manasses:
• Manasses begat Amon:
• Amon begat Iosias:

Iosias begat Iechonias & his brethren abou∣te* 1.5 y^e tyme they were caryed awaye to Babylon.

And after they were brought to Babylon /

• Iechonias begat Salathiel:
• Salathiel begat zorobabel:
• zorobabel begat Abiud:
• Abiud begat Eliachim:
• Eliachim begat Azor:
• Azor begat Sadoc:
• Sadoc begat Achin:
• Achin begat Eliud:
• Eliud begat Eleasar:
• Eleasar begat Matthan:
• Matthan begat Iacob:

Iacob begat Iosph the husbande of Mary / of which was boren that Iesus / that is cal∣led Christ. ⊢

All the generacions from Abraham to Da∣vid [ C] are fowretene generaciōs. And frō David vnto the captivite of Babylon / are fowretene generacions. And from the captivite of Baby¦lon vnto Christ / are also fowrtene generaciōs.

✚ The byrthe of Iesus Christ was on thys wyse. When hys mother Mary was betrou∣thed to Ioseph / before they came to dwell to¦gedder / she was foūde with chylde by y^e holy goost. Thē Ioseph her husbande beinge a per¦fect

mā & loth to make an ensample of hir / was* 1.6 mynded to put her awaye secretely. ✚ Whill he thus thought / behold y^e angell of y^e Lorde ap¦pered vnto him in a dreame / saynge: Ioseph y^e sonne of David / feare not to take vnto y^e / Ma∣ry thy wyfe. For that which is cōceaved in her is of the holy goost. She shall brynge forthe a sonne / & thou shalt call his name Iesus. For he shall save his peple from their synnes. ⊢

[ D] All this was done to fulfill y^t which was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophet / saynge: Beholde a mayde shall be with chylde / & shall brynge forthe a sonne / and they shall call his name Emanuel / which is by interpretacion / * 1.7 God with vs. ⊢

And Ioseph assone as he awoke out of sle∣pe / did as the angell of the Lorde bade hym / & toke hys wyfe vnto hym / and knewe her not* 1.8 tyll she had brought forth hir fyrst sonne / & called hys name Iesus.

¶ The .ii. Chapter. ✚

[ A] VVhen Iesus was borne at Bethleem in Iury / in the tyme of Herode the kynge. Beholde / there came wyse mē from the eest to Ierusalem saynge: Where is he y^t is borne kynge of y^e Iues? We have sene his starre in y^e eest / & are come to worship him.

When Herode y^e kynge had herde thys / he was troubled / and all Ierusalem with hym / and he gathered all y^e chefe Prestes and Scri¦bes of the people / and axed of them where Christ shulde be borne. And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethleē in Iury. For thus it is writ¦ten

by the Prophet. * 1.9And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury / art not the leest concernyn¦ge the Princes of Iuda. * 1.10For out of the shall come the captayne / that shall govern my peo∣ple Israhel.

Then Herod prevely called the wyse men / [ B] and dyligētly enquyred of them / y^e tyme of the starre that appered / and sent thē to Bethleem saynge: Goo and searche dyligētly for y^e chyl∣de. And when ye have founde hym / bringe me worde / y^t I maye come & worshippe hym also.

When they had heard the kynge / they de∣parted: and lo the starre which they sawe in y^e eeste / went before them / tyll it came and stode over the place where the chylde was. When they sawe the starre / they were marvelously glad: and went into the house / and found the chylde with Mary hys mother / and kneled doune and worshipped hym / & opened their treasures / and offred vnto hym gyftes / gold / frāckynsence and myrre. And after they were warned of God in a dreame / that they shuld not go ageyne to Herod / they retourned into their awne countre another waye. ⊢

When they were departed: beholde the an∣gell [ C] of the Lorde appered to Ioseph in dreame sayinge: aryse / and take the chylde and his mo¦ther / and flye into Egypte / & abyde there tyll I brynge the worde. For Herod wyll seke the chylde to destroye hym. Thē he arose / and to∣ke the chylde and his mother by night / and departed into Egypte / and was there vnto y^e deeth of Herod / to fulfill that which was spo¦ken

of the Lorde / by y^e Prophet which sayeth / * 1.11 out of Egypte haue I called my sonne.

Then Herod perceavynge y^t he was mooc∣ked of the wyse men / was excedynge wroth / and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem / and in all the costes there of / as many as were two yere olde and vnder / accordynge to the tyme which he had diligēt∣ly searched oute of the wyse men.

Then was fulfilled y^t which was spoken by the Prophet Ieremy sayinge:* 1.12 On the hilles was a voyce herde / mornynge / wepynge / and [ D] greate lamentacion: Rachel wepynge for her chyldren / and wolde not be conforted / because they were not.* 1.13 ⊢

✚ When Herode was deed: beholde / an an∣gell of y^e Lorde appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte sayinge: arise & take y^e chylde & his mother / & go into y^e londe of Israel. For they are deed which sought y^e chyldes life. Thē he arose vp / & toke y^e chylde & his mother / & cam into the londe of Israhel. But whē he hearde y^t Archelaus did raygne in Iury / in y^e roume of his father Herode / he was afrayde to goo thither. Not withstondynge after he was war¦ned of god in a dreame / he turned a syde into y^e parties of Galile / & wēt & dwelt in a cite cal¦led Nazareth / to fulfill y^t which was spoken by y^e Prophetes:* 1.14 he shalbe called a Nazarite ⊢

¶ The .iii. Chapter. ✚

[ A] IN those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came * 1.15 and preached in the wildernes of Iury / saynge: Repēt / the kyngdome of heuē is

at honde. This is he of whom it is spoken by the Prophet Esay / which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernes / prepare the Lordes waye / and make hys pathes strayght.

This Ihō had hys garmēt of camels heer and a gerdell of a skynne aboute his loynes.* 1.16 Hys meate was locustes & wylde hony. Thē [ B] went oute to hym. Ierusalem / and all Iury / & all y^e regiō roūde aboute Iordā / & were bapti∣sed of him in Iordā / cōfessynge their synnes ⊢

✚ When he sawe many of y^e Pharises & of y^e Saduces come to hys baptim / he sayde vnto thē: O generaciō of vipers / who hath taught* 1.17 you to fle frō the vengeaūce to come? Brynge forth therfore the frutes belongynge to repen∣taūce. And se that ye ons thynke not to saye in your selues / we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you / that God is able of the∣se stones to rayse vp chyldern vnto Abrahā. Euē nowe is y^e axe put vnto y^e rote of y^e trees: [ C] soo that every tree which bringeth not forthe goode frute / is hewē doune & cast into y^e fyre.

I baptise you in water in tokē of repentaū¦ce:* 1.18 but he y^t cometh after me / is myghtier then I / whose shues I am not worthy to beare. He shall baptise you with y^e holy gost & with fyre: which hath also his fan in his hōd / & will pour¦ge his floure / & gadre y^e wheet into his garner / * 1.19 & will burne y^e chaffe with vnquēcheable fyre ⊢

✚ Then cam Iesus from Galile to Iordan / [ D] vnto Ihon / to be baptised of hym. But Ihon* 1.20 forbade hym / saynge: I ought to be baptysed of the: and cōmest thou to me? Iesus answe∣red

& sayd to hym: Let it be so now. For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all rightwesnes.* 1.21 Then he suffred hym. And Iesus assone as he was baptised / came strayght out of y^e water. And lo heuē was opē over hym: & Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue / and lyght vpon hym. And lo there came a voyce from heven sayng: Thys ys that my beloved sonne in whom is my delyte. ⊢

¶ The .iiii. Chapter. ✚

THen was Iesus ledd awaye of y^e spirite [ A] into wildernes / to be tempted of y^e de∣vyll. And when he had fasted fourtye* 1.22 dayes and fourtye nightes / he was afterward an hungred. Then came to hym the tempter / and sayde: yf thou be the sonne of God / com∣maunde that these stones be made breed. He answered and sayde: yt is wrytten / man shall not lyve by brede onlye / but by every worde y^t proceadeth out of the mouth of God.* 1.23

Then the devyll tooke hym vp into y^e holy [ B] cite / and set hym on a pynacle of the tēple / and sayd vnto hym: yf thou be the sonne of God / cast thy sylfe doune. For it is wryttē / he shall* 1.24 geve his angels charge over the / and with their handes they shall holde y^e vp / that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone. And Ie∣sus sayde to hym / it ys wrytten also: Thou* 1.25 shalt not tempte thy Lorde God.

The devyll toke hym vp agayne and ledde hym in to an excedynge hye mountayne / and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of y^e worlde / & all y^e glorie of them / & sayde to hym: all these

will I geue y^e / if thou wilt faull doune & wor¦ship me.* 1.26 Then sayde Iesus vnto hym. Avoyd Satan. For it is writtē / thou shalt worshyp y^e Lorde thy God / & hym only shalt thou serve.

Then the dyvell left hym / and beholde / the angels came and ministred vnto hym. ⊢

✚ When Iesus had hearde y^t Ihon was* 1.27 taken / he departed into Galile and left Naza∣reth / & went & dwelte in Capernaum / which is a cite apon the see / in y^e coostes of zabulon and Neptalim / to fulfill that whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet / sayinge: The londe of [ C] zabulon & Neptalim / the waye of the see bey¦onde Iordan / Galile of the Gentyls / y^e people which sat in darknes / sawe greate lyght / and to them which sate in the region and shadowe of deeth / lyght is begone to shyne.

From y^t tyme Iesus begāne to preache / & to saye: repēt / for y^e kīgdome of hevē is at hōde ⊢

✚ As Iesus walked by the see of Galile / he* 1.28 sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter / and Andrew his brother / castynge a* 1.29 neet into the see / for they were fisshers / and he sayde vnto them / folowe me / and I will make you fisshers of men. And they strayght waye lefte their nettes / and folowed hym.

And he went forthe from thence / and sawe [ D] other twoo brethren / Iames the sonne of zebe∣de / and* 1.30 Ihon his brother / in the shippe with zebede their father / mendynge their nettes / & called them. And they with out taryinge lefte the shyp & their father and folowed hym. ⊢

✚ And Iesus went aboute all Galile / tea∣chyng

in their synagoges / and preachynge y^e gospell of the kyngdome / and healed all ma∣ner of sicknes / & all maner dyseases amōge y^e people. And his fame spreed abroode through oute all Siria. And they brought vnto hym all sicke people that were taken with divers diseases & gripinge / & them y^t were possessed with devils / & those which were lunatyke / and those that had the palsie: & he healed thē. And ther folowed hym a greate nombre of people / from Galile / ✚ and from the ten cyties / and from Ierusalem / and from Iury / and from y^e regions that lye beyonde Iordan.

¶ The .v. Chapter. ✚

VVhen he sawe the people / he went vp into a mountayne / and when he was set / his disciples came to hym / and he opened hys mouthe / and taught them say∣inge: Blessed are the povre in sprete: for theirs* 1.31 is the kyngdome of heven. Blessed are they that morne: for they shalbe conforted. Blessed are the meke: for they shall inheret the erth. Blessed are they which honger and thurst for* 1.32 rightewesnes: for they shalbe filled. Blessed are y^e mercifull: for they shall obteyne mercy. Blessed are the pure in herte: for they shall se God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God. Bles∣sed* 1.33 are they which suffre persecuciō for right∣wesnes sake: for theirs ys the kyngdome of heuen. Blessed are ye when men reuyle you / and persecute you / and shall falsly say all manner of yvell saynges agaynst you

for my sake. Reioyce & be glad / for greate is you¦re rewarde in heven. ⊢ For so persecuted they y^e Prophetes which were before youre dayes.

✚ ye are y^e salt of the erthe:* 1.34 but and yf y^e salt [ B] have lost hir saltnes / what can be salted ther with? It is thence forthe good for nothynge / but to be cast oute / and to be troadē vnder fote of men. ye are y^e light of the worlde.* 1.35 A cite y^t is set on an hill / cannot be hid / nether do men lyght a cādell and put it vnder a busshell / but on a candelstick / and it lighteth all that are in the house. Let youre light so shyne before men / y^t they maye se youre good workes / and glorify youre father which is in heven.

✚ Thinke not y^t I am come to destroye the [ C] lawe / or the Prophets: no I am nott come to destroye them / but to fulfyll them. For truely I saye vnto you / till heven and erth perisshe / * 1.36 one iott or one tytle of the lawe shall not sca∣pe / tyll all be fulfilled.

Whosoever breaketh one of these lest com∣maundmentes / and teacheth men so / he shalbe* 1.37 called the leest in the kyngdome of hevē. But whosoever obserueth & teacheth / y^e same shal¦be called greate in the kyngdome of heven. ⊢

✚ For I saye vnto you / except youre righ∣tewesnes excede / the righetewesnes of y^e Scri¦bes and Pharises / ye cānot entre into y^e kyng∣dome of heven. ⊢

ye have herde howe it was sayd vnto thē of* 1.38 y^e olde tyme: Thou shalt not kyll. For whoso¦ever kylleth / shall be in daunger of iudgemēt. But I say vnto you / whosoever is angre with

hys brother / shalbe in daunger of iudgement. Whosoeuer sayeth vnto his brother Racha / * 1.39 shalbe in daūger of a coūsell. But whosoeuer [ D] sayeth thou fole / shalbe in daūger of hell fyre.* 1.40

Therfore whē thou offrest thy gifte at the* 1.41 altare / and their remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst the: leue there thyne of∣frynge before the altre / and go thy waye first and be reconcyled to thy brother / and then come and offre thy gyfte. ⊢

✚ Agre with thyne adversary quicklye / why∣les* 1.42 thou arte in y^e waye with hym / lest that ad¦versary deliver y^e to y^e iudge / & y^e iudge delivre y^e to y^e minister / & thē thou be cast into preson. I say vnto y^e verely: thou shalt not come out thēce till thou have payed y^e vtmost farthīge.

* 1.43ye haue hearde howe it was sayde to thē of* 1.44 olde tyme: Thou shalt not cōmitt advoutrie. But I say vnto you / that whosoeuer looketh on a wyfe / lustynge after her / hathe cōmitted [ E] advoutrie with hir alredy in his hert.* 1.45

* 1.46Wherfore yf thy right eye offende y^e / pluc∣ke hym out / and caste him from the. Better it is for the y^t one of thy membres perisshe / then that thy hole bodye shuld be cast into hell. Al∣so* 1.47 if thy right honde offend y^e / cut hym of and caste hym from the. Better yt ys that one of thy membres perisshe / then that all thy body shulde be caste in to hell. ⊢

* 1.48It ys sayd / whosoever put awaye his wy∣fe / let hym geve her a testymonyall also of the devorcement.* 1.49 But I say vnto you: whoso∣ever put awaye his wyfe (except it be for for∣nicacion)

causeth her to breake matrymony. And whosoever maryeth her that is devorsed / breaketh wedlocke.

Agayne ye haue hearde how it was sayd to [ F] * 1.50 thē of olde tyme / thou shalt not forswere thy selfe / but shalt performe thyne othe to God. But I saye vnto you / swere not at all: nether by heuē / for it ys Goddes seate: nor yet by the erth / for it is his fote stole: nether by Ierusa∣lem / for* 1.51 it ys y^e cyte of y^e greate kynge: nether shalt thou sweare by thy heed / because thou canst not make one white heer / or blacke: But your cōmunicacion shalbe / ye / ye: nay / nay. For what soeuer is more then y^t / cōmeth of yvell.

ye have hearde how it ys sayd / an eye for* 1.52 an eye: a tothe for a tothe. But I saye to you / that ye resist not wrōge. But whosoever geve the a blowe on thy right cheke / tourne to him the other.* 1.53 And yf eny man will sue the at the lawe / and take awaye thy coote / let hym have thy cloocke also. And whosoever wyll cōpell the to goo a myle / goo wyth him twayne. Ge∣ve to him that axeth / and frō him that wolde borowe tourne not awaye. [ G]

✚ ye have hearde how it is sayde: thou shalt love thyne neghbour / and hate thine enimy. But I saye vnto you / love youre enimies.* 1.54 Blesse thē that coursse you. Do good to them that hate you. Praye for them which doo you wronge and persecute you / that ye maye be y^• chyldern of youre father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to aryse on y^e yvell / and on the good / and sendeth his reyn on the iuste

and vniuste. For yf ye love them / which love* 1.55 you: what rewarde shall ye have? Doo not the Publicans euen so?* 1.56 And yf ye be frendly to youre brethren onlye: what singuler thynge doo ye? Do not the Publicans lyke wyse? ye shall therfore be perfecte / evē as youre father which is in heauen / is perfecte.

¶ The .vi. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.57TAke hede to youre almes. That ye ge∣ve it not in the syght of men / to the in∣tent that ye wolde be sene of them. Or els ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in hevē. * 1.58Whē soever therfore thou gevest thi∣ne almes / thou shalt not make a trōpet to be blowē before the / as y^e ypocrites do in the sy∣nagogis and in the stretis / for to be preysed of men. Verely I say vnto you / they have their rewarde. But whē thou doest thine almes / let not thy lyfte hād knowe / what thy righte hād doth / y^t thine almes may be secret: & thy father [ E] which seith in secret / shall rewarde y^e opēly ⊢

* 1.59And when thou prayest / thou shalt not be as y^e ypocryt{is} are. For they love to stond and praye in the synagog{is} / and in the corners of y^e stret{is} / because they wolde be sene of men. Ve∣rely I saye vnto you / they haue their rewarde. But when thou prayest / entre into thy cham∣ber / and shut thy dore to the / and praye to thy father which ys in secrete: & thy father which seith in secret / shall rewarde the openly.

* 1.60And whē ye praye / bable not moche / as the [ B] hethē do: for they thincke that they shalbe her¦de / for their moche bablyng{is} sake. Be ye not

lyke them therfore. For youre father kno∣weth wherof ye haue neade / before ye axe of him. After thys maner therfore praye ye.* 1.61

* 1.62O oure father which arte in hevē / halowed be thy name. Let thy kyngdome come. Thy wyll be fulfilled / as well in erth / as it ys in he¦ven. Geve vs this daye oure dayly breede. And forgeve vs oure treaspases / evē as we forgeve oure trespacers. And leade vs not into tēpta∣cion:* 1.63 but delyver vs frō evell. For thyne is y^e* 1.64 kyngedome and y^e power / & y^e glorye for ever. Amen. For and yf ye shall forgeve other men their treaspases / youre hevenly father shall also forgeve you. But and ye wyll not forge∣ve men their trespases / nomore shall youre fa∣ther [ C] forgeve youre treaspases.

✚ Moreoure when ye faste / be not sad as y^e ypocryt{is} are. For they disfigure their faces / that they myght besene of mē how they faste. Verely I say vnto you / they have their rewar¦de. But thou / whē thou fastest / annoynte thy∣ne* 1.65 heed / and washe thy face / that it appere not vnto men howe that thou fastest: but vnto thy father which is in secrete: & thy father which seeth in secret / shall rewarde the openly.* 1.66

Se that ye gaddre you not treasure vpon y^e* 1.67 erth / where rust & mothes corrupte / & where theves breake through and steale. But gaddre ye treasure to geder in hevē / where nether rust* 1.68 nor mothes corrupte / & where theves nether breake vp nor yet steale. For where soever you¦re treasure ys / there will youre hertes be also ⊢

The light of the body is thyne eye. Wher¦fore* 1.69

if thyne eye be syngle / all thy body shalbe full of light. * 1.70But and if thyne eye be wycked then all thy body shalbe full of derckenes. Wherfore yf the light that is in the / be darc∣kenes: how greate is that darckenes.

✚ * 1.71No mā can serve two masters. For ether he shall hate the one & love the other: or els he shall lene to y^e one & despise y^e other: ye can not serve God & mammon. Therfore I saye vn∣to [ D] * 1.72 you / be not carefull for your lyfe / what ye shall eate / or what ye shall drincke / nor yet for youre body / what ye shall put on. ys not y^e ly∣fe more worth then meat▪ / & the body more of value then rayment? Beholde the foules of y^e* 1.73 ayer: for they sowe not / nether reepe / nor yet cary in to y^e barnes: & yet youre hevēly father fedeth thē. Are ye not moche better thē they?

Which of you (though he toke thought therfore) coulde put one cubit vnto his statu¦re? And why care ye then for raymēt? * 1.74Consi∣dre y^e lylies of y^e felde / how they growe. They labour not nether spynne. And yet for all y^t I saye vnto you / y^t euē Salomon in all his roy∣alte was not arayed lyke vnto one of these. Wherfore yf God so clothe the grasse / which ys to daye in the felde / & to morowe shalbe ca∣ste in to the fournace: shall he not moche mo∣re do the same vnto you / o ye of lytle fayth?

Therfore take no thought sayinge: what shall we eate / or what shall we drincke / or wher w^t shall we be clothed? After all these thyng{is} seke the gētyls. For youre hevēly fa∣ther knoweth that ye have neade of all these

thyng{is}. * 1.75But rather seke yefyrst the kyngdo∣me of heuen & the rightwisnes therof / and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you. ⊢

Care not then for the morow / but let y^e mo∣row care for it selfe: for the daye present hath ever ynough of his awne trouble.

¶ The .vii. Chapter.

* 1.76IUdge not / that ye be not iudged. For as ye iudge so shall ye be iudged. And w^t [ A] what mesure ye mete / w^t the same shall it be mesured to you agayne. Why seist thou a moote in thy brothers eye / & perceavest not the beame y^t ys yn thyne awne eye. Or why sayest thou to thy brother: suffre me to pluc∣ke oute the moote oute of thyne eye / & behold a beame is in thyne awne eye. ypocryte / fyrst cast oute the beame oute of thyne awne eye / and then shalte thou se clearly to plucke oute the moote out of thy brothers eye.

* 1.77Geve not that which is holy / to dogg{is} / ne∣ther cast ye youre pearles before swyne / lest they treade them vnder their fete / and y^e other tourne agayne and all to rent you.

Axe & it shalbe geven you. Seke & ye shall [ B] * 1.78 fynd. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you. For who soever axeth receaveth & he y^t seketh fyndeth / and to hym that knocketh / it shalbe opened. Ys there eny man amōge you which if his sonne axed hym bread / wolde offer him a stone? Or if he axed fysshe / wolde he proffer hym a serpēt? yf ye then which are evyll / ca∣ne geve to youre chyldren good gyftes: how moche moore shall youre father which is in

hevē / geve good thynges to them y^t axe hym?

* 1.79Therfore whatsoever ye wolde that men shulde do to you / even so do ye to them. This ys the lawe and the Prophettes.

* 1.80Enter in at the strayte gate: for wyde is y^e gate / and broade is the waye that leadeth to destruccion: and many ther be which goo yn therat. But strayte is the gate / & narowe ys the waye which leadeth vnto lyfe: and feawe there be that fynde it.

✚ * 1.81Beware of false Prophetes / which come [ C] to you in shepes clothinge / but inwardly they are ravenynge wolves. Ye shall knowe them by their frutes. Do men gaddre grapes of thornes? or figges of bryres? Euen soo every good tree bryngeth forthe good frute. But a corrupte tree / bryngethe forthe evyll frute. A good tree cānot brynge forthe bad frute: nor yet a bad tree can bringe forthe good frute. Every tree that bryngethe not forthe good frute / shalbe hewē doune / & cast into the fyre. Wherfore by their frutes ye shall knowe thē.

Not all they that saye vnto me / * 1.82Master / Master / shall enter in to the kyngdome of he∣ven: but he that dothe my fathers will which ys in heven ✚. Many will saye to me in that daye / Master / master / have we not in thy na∣me prophesied? And in thy name have caste oute devyls? And in thy name have done ma¦ny miracles? And then will I knowlege vn∣to them / that I never knewe them. Departe* 1.83 from me / ye workers of iniquite.

Who soever heareth of me these sayinges* 1.84

and doethe the same / I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man which bylt hys housse on a rocke: & aboundance of rayne descended / & the flud∣des came / & the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that same housse / and it fell not / because it was grounded on the rocke. And whosoever heareth of me these sayinges & doth thē not / shalbe lykened vnto a folysh man which bilt* 1.85 hys housse apō the sonde: & abundaūce of ray∣ne descended / & the fluddes came / and y^e wyn∣des blewe and beet vpon that housse / and it fell / and great was the fall of it.

And it came to passe / that when Iesus had* 1.86 ended these saynges / the people were aston∣nyed at hys doctryne. For he taught them as one havynge power / and not as the Scribes.

¶ The .viii. Chapter. ✚

VVhen he was come downe from the [ A] * 1.87 moūtayne / moch people folowed him. * 1.88And lo / ther came a lepre and worshe¦ped him sayinge: Master / if thou wylt / thou canst make me clene. And Iesus put forthe hys hond and touched hym / sayinge: I wyll / be thou clene / & immediatly hys leprosie was clensed. And Iesus sayde vnto him. Se thou tell no man / but go and shewe thy selfe to the preste / & offer the gyfte that Moses cōmaun∣ded / in witnes to them.* 1.89

✚ When Iesus was entred into Capernaū* 1.90 * 1.91ther came vnto him a certayne Centurion / & besought hym sayinge: Master my seruaunt lyeth sicke at home of y^e palsye / & ys greuous∣ly payned. And Iesus sayd vnto hym: I will

come & heale him. The Centuriō answered & sayde: Syr I am not worthy y^t thou shuldest come vnder my rofe / but speake y^e worde only & my servaūt shalbe healed. For I also my sel¦fe am a man vndre power / & have sowdiers vndre me / & I saye to one / go / & he goeth / & to anothre come / & he cometh: & to my seruaūt / do this / & he doeth it. When Iesus hearde y^t / he [ B] marveled & sayd to them y^t folowed hym. Ve∣rely I say vnto you / I have not foūde so great fayth: no / not in Israel. I say therfore vnto you that many shall come frō the eest & weest / and shall rest w^t Abraham / Isaac & Iacob in the kingdome of hevē: * 1.92& the chyldren of y^e kyngdo¦me shalbe cast out in to vtter darcknes: there shalbe wepinge & gnasshing of tethe. Thē Ie¦sus sayd vnto y^e Centurion / go thy waye / and as thou belevest so be it vnto the. And his ser¦vaunt was healed the selfe houre. ⊢

* 1.93And then Iesus went to Peters housse / and sawe hys wyves mother lyinge sicke of a fe∣vre / and touched her hande / and the fevre left hir: and she arose / and ministred vnto them.

When the euē was come / they brought vn¦to him many y^t were possessed with devyllis.* 1.94 And he cast out y^e spirites with a worde / and healed all y^t were sicke / to fulfill y^t which was spokē by Esayas y^e Prophet sayinge. He toke on him oure infirmities / & bare oure sickneses

Whē Iesus sawe moche people about him / [ C] * 1.95 he cōmaunded to go over y^e water. And ther came a scribe & sayd vnto hym: master / I wyll folowe y^e whyther so ever thou goest. And Ie¦sus

sayd vnto him: * 1.96the foxes have holes / and the brydd{is} of the ayer have nestes / but y^e son∣ne of the man hath not wherō to rest his hee∣de. A nothre y^t was one of hys disciples sayd vnto hym: master / * 1.97suffre me fyrst / to go & bu∣rye my father. But Iesus sayd vnto him: fo∣lowe me / and let the deed burie their deed.

✚ And he entred in to a shyppe / & his disci¦ples* 1.98 folowed him. And beholde there arose a a greate tēpest in y^e see / in so moche y^t the ship¦pe was covered w^t waves / & he was a slepe.* 1.99 And his disciples came vn to him / & awoke hym sayinge: master save vs / we perishe. And he sayd vnto them: why are ye fearfull / o ye of lytell faithe? Then he arose & rebuked y^e wyn∣des & the see / & ther folowed a greate calme. And the men marveyled & sayd: what man is this / that bothe wyndes and see obey hym? ⊢

And when he was come to y^e other syde / in [ D] * 1.100 to y^e coūtre of y^e Gergesites* 1.101 / ther met him two possessed of devylles / which came out of the graves / & were out of measure fearce / so y^t no mā myght go by that waye. And behold they cryed out sayinge: O Iesu the sonne of God / what have we to do with the? Art thou come hyther to tormēt vs before the tyme be come? And ther was a good waye of frō them a grea¦te heerd of swyne fedinge. Then y^e devyl{is} be∣sought him sayinge: if thou cast vs out / suffre vs to go oure waye in to the heerd of swyne. And he sayd vnto thē: go youre wayes. Then wēt they out / & departed into y^e heerd of swyne And beholde y^e whoale heerd of swyne was ca¦ryed

w^t violence hedlinge in to the see / & peris¦shed in y^e water. Then y^e heerdmē fleed & wēt their ways in to y^e cyte / & tolde every thinge / & what had fortuned vnto the possessed of the devyls. And beholde all the cyte came out & met Iesus. And when they sawe hym / they besought hym to departe oute of their coste.

¶ The .ix. Chapter. ✚

THen he entred in to a shippe and passed [ A] * 1.102 over & came in to his awne cite. And lo / they brought to him a mā sicke of y^e pal¦sie / lyinge in his bed. And when Iesus sawe y^e faith of thē / he sayd to the sicke of y^e palsie: son¦ne be of good chere / thy sinnes be forgevē the. And beholde certeyne of y^e scribes sayd in thē¦selves / this mā blasphemeth. And whē Iesus sawe their thoughtes / he sayd: wherfore thin∣ke ye evill in youre herte? Whether ys esyer to saye / thy synnes be forgeven y^e / or to saye: ari¦se & walke? * 1.103That ye maye knowe that y^e sonne of mā hath power to forgeve sinnes in erth / then sayd he vnto y^e sicke of y^e palsye: arise / ta¦ke vp thy beed / & go home to thine housse. And he arose & departed to his awne housse. And when y^e people sawe it / they marveyled & glori¦fied god which had gevē suche power to mē. ⊢

✚ And as Iesus passed forth frō thence / he [ B] * 1.104 sawe a mā syt a receyuinge of custome / named Mathew / and sayd to him: folowe me. And he* 1.105 arose & folowed him. And it came to passe as he sat at meate in the housse: beholde many publicans and synners came and sate downe also with Iesus and hys disciples.

When the Pharises sawe that / they sayd to hys disciples: * 1.106why eateth youre master w^t publicans and synners? When Iesus herde that / he sayde vnto them: The whole neade not the phisicion / but they that are sicke. Goo and learne / what that meaneth: * 1.107I have plea∣sure in mercy / and not in offerynge. For I am not come to call the rightewes / but the syn∣ners to repentaunce. ⊢

✚ Then came y^e disciples of Ihon to hym* 1.108 sayinge: why do we & the Pharises fast ofte: but thy disciples fast not? And Iesus sayde vnto them: Can y^e weddynge chyldren morne as longe as y^e bridegrome is w^t them? The ty∣me will come whē the bridegrome shalbe takē frō them / & then shall they faste. * 1.109Noo man pe∣ceth and olde garment with a pece of newe cloothe. For then taketh he awaye y^e pece agay¦ne from the garmēt / & the rent ys made grea∣ter. Nether do men put newe wyne into olde vessels / for then the vessels breake / & the wy∣ne runneth oute / and the vessels perysshe. But they powre newe wyne into newe vessels / and so are both saved togeder. ⊢

✚ * 1.110Whyls he thus spake vnto thē / beholde [ C] ther came a certayne ruler / & worshipped him sayinge: my doghter is euen now deceased / but come & lay thy honde on her / & she shall live. And Iesus arose and folowed hym with hys disciples. * 1.111And beholde / a woman which was diseased w^t an yssue of bloude .xii. yeres / came behynde hym & toched y^e hem of hys vesture. For she sayd in her silfe: yf I maye toche but

even his vesture only / I shalbe safe. Then Iesus tourned him about / & behelde her say¦inge: Doughter be of good conforte / thy faith hath made the safe. And she was made who¦le even that same houre.

And when Iesus came into y^e rulers hous∣se / & sawe the minstrels and the people ragin∣ge / he sayde vnto them: Get you hence / for y^e mayde is not deed / but slepeth. And they lau∣ghed hym to scorne. Assone as y^e people were put forthe / he went in and toke her by y^e hond / and the mayde arose. And this was noysed through out all that lande.

And as Iesus departed thence / two blynde [ D] men folowed hym crying and saying: O thou sonne of David / have mercy on vs. * 1.112And when he was come to housse / the blynd came to hym And Iesus sayde vnto them: Beleve ye that I am able to do thys? And they sayde vnto hym: ye Lorde. Then touched he their eyes / saying: acordynge to youre faythe / be it vnto you. And their eyes were opened. And Iesus charged thē saying: Se y^t no man knowe of it. But they assone as they were departed / spreed abroade his name through oute all the londe.

As they went out / beholde / they brought to hym a dome mā possessed af a devyll. And as* 1.113 sone as the devyll was cast oute / * 1.114the domme spake: And the people merveled / sayinge: it was never so sene in Israel. But the Phari∣ses sayde: he casteth oute devyls / by the po∣wer of the chefe devyll.* 1.115

And Iesus went about all cities & tounes /

teachynge in their synagog{is} & preachyng the glad tidinges of y^e kyngdome / & healinge all maner sicknes & desease amōge y^e people. But when he sawe the people / he had cōpassion on thē / because they were pyned awaye / & scatte∣red abroade / evē as shepe havīge no shepherd.

Then sayde he to hys disciples: * 1.116the hervest is greate / but the laborers are feawe. Wherfo∣re praye the Lorde of the harvest / to sende for∣the laborers into hys harvest.

¶ The .x. Chapter.

ANd he called his .xii. disciples vnto [ A] * 1.117 hym / & gave them power over vnclene sprites / to cast them oute / & to heale all maner of sicknesses / & all maner of deseases.

The names of the xii. Apostles are these. The fyrst / Simon called also Peter: and An∣drew his brother. Iames the sonne of zebede / aud Ihon his brother. Philip & Bartlemew. Thomas and Mathew the Publican. Iames the sonne of Alphe / and Lebbeus otherwyse called Taddeus. Simon of Cane / and Iudas Iscarioth / which also betrayed hym.

* 1.118These. xii. sent Iesus / & cōmaunded them* 1.119 sayinge: Go not in to y^e wayes y^t leade to the gentyls / & in to y^e cities of y^e Samaritans en∣ter ye not. But go rather to y^e lost shepe of the housse of Israel. Go & preach sayinge: y^e the kyngdome of hevē is at hande. Heale the sic∣ke / clense the lepers / rayse the deed / caste oute the devils. Frely ye have receved / frely geve agayne. Posses not golde / nor silver / nor bras∣sse yn youre gerdels / nor yet scrip towardes

your iorney: nether two cotes / nether shues / nor yet a staffe. For the workmā is worthy to have his meate. In to whatsoever cite or tou∣ne* 1.120 ye shall come / enquyre who ys worthy yn it / and there abyde till ye goo thence.

And whē ye come in to an housse salute y^e [ B] same. And yf the housse be worthy / youre pea∣ce shall come apon it. But yf it be not worthy / youre peace shall retourne to you agayne.

And whosoever shall not receave you / nor will heare youre preachynge: * 1.121when ye departe oute of y^t housse or that cite / shake of the duste of youre fete. Truly I say vnto you: it shalbe easier for the londe of zodoma & Gomorra in the daye of iudgement / then for that cite.

* 1.122Beholde I sende you forthe as shepe amō∣ge wolves. Be ye therfore wyse as serpētes / & innocent as doves. Beware of men / for they shall deliver you vp to y^e cousels / & shall scour¦ge you in their synagoges. And ye shall be brought to the heed rulers and kynges for my sake / in witnes to them and to the gentyls.

But when they delyver you vp / take no thought how or what ye shall sspeake / for yt shalbe gevē you / evē in that same houre / what ye shall saye. * 1.123For it is not ye that speke / but y^e sprite of your father which speaketh in you.

The brother shall betraye the brother to* 1.124 deeth / & the father the sonne. And the chyldrē shall aryse agaynste their fathers & mothers / & shall put them to deethe: & ye shall be hated of all mē for my name. But he that endureth to the ende / shalbe saved.

[ C] When they persecute you in one cite / flye in to another. I tell you for a treuth / ye shall not fynysshe all y^t cities of Israel tyll y^e son∣ne of man be come. * 1.125The disciple ys not above hys master: nor yet y^e servaūt above his lorde. It is ynough for the disciple to be as hys ma∣ster ys / & that the servaunt be as his lorde ys. yf they have called the lorde of the housse beel¦zebub: how moche more shall they call them of his housholde so? Feare thē not therfore.

There is no thinge so close / that shall not* 1.126 be openned / and no thinge so hyd / that shall not be knowen.

What I tell you in dercknes / that speake ye in lyght. And what ye heare in the eare / that preache ye on the housse toppes.

* 1.127And feare ye not them which kyll the body / and be not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hym / which is able to destroye bothe soule and body into hell. * 1.128Are not two sparo∣wes solde for a farthinge? And none of them dothe lyght on the grounde / with out youre father. And now are all the heeris of youre heedis numbred. Feare ye not therfore: ye are of more value then many sparowes.

* 1.129Who soever therfore shall knowledge me before men / hym will I knowledge also befo∣re my father which is in heuen. * 1.130But whoso ever shall denye me before men / hym will I al¦so denye before my father which is in heven.

Thynke not / that I am come to sende pea∣ce [ D] into the erth. * 1.131 I came not to send peace / but a swearde. For I am come to set a man at va∣ryaunce

ageynst hys father / and the doughter ageynst hyr mother / and the doughterlawe ageynst her motherlawe: And a mannes fo¦oes shalbe they of hys owne housholde.* 1.132

He that lovith hys father / or mother more then me / is not mete for me. And he that lo∣veth his sonne / or doughter more then me / is not mete for me. And he y^t taketh not his cros∣se & foloweth me / ys not mete for me. He that [ A] fyndeth hys lyfe / shall lose it: and he that lo∣sith hys lyfe for my sake / shall fynde it.* 1.133

* 1.134He that receavith you / receavith me: and he that receavith me / receavith him that sent me. He that receavith a prophet in y^e name of a pro¦phet / shall receave a prophetes rewarde. * 1.135 And he that receavith a righteous man in the na∣me of a righteous man / shall receave the re∣warde of a righteous man. And whosoever shall geve vnto one of these lytle ones to drin∣cke / a cuppe of colde water only / in the name of a disciple: I tel you of a trueth / he shall not lose his rewarde.

The .xi. Chapter.

ANd it came to passe when Iesus had made an ende of cōmaundinge his .xii. disciples / that he departed thence / to teache and to preache in their cities.

✚ * 1.136When Ihon beinge in preson hearde y^e workes of Christ / he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto him. Arte thou he that shall come: or shall we loke for another. Iesus ans∣wered and sayde vnto them. Go and shewe Ihon what ye have hearde & sene. The blynd

se / the halt goo / the lepers are clensed: the deef heare / the ded ryse ageyne / and the glad tidin∣ges is preached to the povre. And happy is he that is not offended by me.

And as they departed Iesus begane to spe¦ake vnto the people of Ihon. What for to se wēt ye out in to the wyldernes? wēt ye out to se a rede shakē with y^e wynde? other what wēt ye out for to se? A man clothed in soofte ray∣mēt? Beholde they y^t weare soofte clothīg / are [ B] in kynges howses. But what wēt ye oute for to se? A prophete? Ye I saye to you / & more thē a prophete. For this is he of whō it is wryttē.* 1.137 Beholde / I sende my messenger before thy face / which shall prepare thy waye before y^e ⊢

✚ Verely I saye vnto you / amonge y^e chyl∣dren of wemen arose there not a gretter then Ihon the baptist. Notwithstondinge he that ys lesse in the kyngdome of heven / ys gretter then he.* 1.138 From the tyme of Ihon Baptist hy∣therto / y^e kyngdome of hevē suffreth violence / & they that go to it with violence pluck it vn to them. For all the prophet{is} & the lawe pro∣phesyed vnto to the tyme of Ihon. Also yf ye wyll receave it / this is Helyas which shuld co¦me.* 1.139 He y^t hathe eares to heare let him heare. ⊢

But wher vnto shall I lyken this genera∣cion?* 1.140 It ys lyke vnto chyldrē which syt in the market & call vnto their felowes / & saye: we have pyped vnto you / & ye have not daunsed? We have morned vnto you / & ye have not so∣rowed. [ C] For Ihon came nether eatinge nor drin¦kinge / and they saye / he hath the devyll. The

sonne of man came eatinge and drinkinge / & they saye / beholde a glutton & drynker of wy∣ne / & a frend vnto publicās & synners. * 1.141Never¦thelater wysdome ys iustified of hir children.

✚ Then begā he to vpbrayd the cities / in which most of his miracles were done / becau∣se they mēded not. * 1.142Wo be to y^e Chorasin. Wo be to y^e Betzaida: for if the miracles which we¦re shewd in you / had bene done in Tyre & Si∣don / they had repented longe agone in sack∣cloth & asshes. Neverthelesse I say to you: it shall be esier for Tyre & Sidon at the day of iudgemēt / then for you. And thou Capernaū which art lift vp vnto hevē / shalt be brought doune to hell. For if the miracles which have bene done in the / had bene shewed in zodom: they had remayned to this daye. Neverthelesse I saye vnto you: it shalbe easiar for y^e londe of zodō in the daye of iudgemēt / thē for y^e. ⊢ [ D]

✚ * 1.143At y^t tyme Iesus answered & sayd: I pray∣se y^e o father lorde of hevē & erth / because thou hast hid these thing{is} frō the wyse & prudēt / & hast opened thē vnto babes:* 1.144 evē so father / for so it pleased y^e. All thing{is} are gevē vnto me of my father. And nomā knoweth y^e sonne but y^e father: nether knoweth eny mā y^e father / save y^e sonne / & he to whome y^e sonne will opē him.* 1.145

Come vnto me all ye that laboure & are la∣den / & I wyll ease you. Take my yoke on you & lerne of me / for I am meke & lowly in herte: and ye shall fynd rest vnto youre soules. For my yoke is easy / and my burden is light. ⊢* 1.146

¶ The .xii. Chapter. ✚

* 1.147IN that tyme went Iesus on the Sabot dayes thorow the corne & his disciples [ A] were an hōgred / & begane to plucke the eares of coorne / and to eate. When y^e pharises sawe that / they sayde vnto him: Beholde / thy disciples do that which is not lawfull to do apon y^e saboth daye. He sayde vnto thē: * 1.148Haue ye not reed what David did / whē he was an∣hon̄gered / & they also which were with him? How he entred into the housse of God / & ate y^e halowed loves* 1.149 / which were not lawfull / for him to eate / nether for thē which were w^t him but only for y^e prestes. Or have ye not reed in y^e lawe / how that y^e prestes in y^e temple brea∣ke the saboth daye / & yet are blamlesse? But I saye vnto you: that here is one greater then y^e tēple. Wherfore yf ye had wist what this say¦inge meneth: * 1.150I require mercy & not sacrifice: ye wold never have condēned innocētes. For y^e sonne of man is lord even of y^e saboth daye.

* 1.151And he departed thence / & went into their synagoge: * 1.152 & beholde ther was a man / whiche [ B] had his hande dryed vp. And they axed him sayinge: ys it lawfull to heale apon y^e saboth dayes? because they myght acuse him. And he sayde vnto thē:* 1.153 whiche of you wolde it be / yf he had a shepe fallen into a pitte on y^e saboth daye / that wolde not take him & lyft him out? And how moche is a man better thē a shepe? Wherfore it is lefull to do a good dede on the saboth dayes. Then sayde he to y^e mā: stretch forth thy hād. And he stretched it forthe. And it was made whole agayne lyke vnto y^e other.

✚ Then y^e Pharyses wēt out / & helde a coū¦sell [ B] agaynst hym / how they myght destroye hym. When Iesus knewe y^t / he departed thē∣ce / & moche people folowed him / and he healed thē all / & charged thē / that they shuld not ma∣ke him knowē: to fulfyll that which was spo∣den by Esay y^e Prophet / which sayeth. * 1.154Behol¦de my chylde / whō I have chosen / my beloved / in whō my soule deliteth. I wyll put my spre¦te on hym / & he shall shewe iudgemēt to y^e gen¦tyls. He shall not stryve / he shall not crye / ne∣ther shall eny man heare his voyce in y^e stree∣tes / a brosed rede shall he not breacke / & flaxe that begynneth to burne / he shall not quēche / tyll he sende forth iudgement vnto victory / & in hys name shall the gentyls truste. ⊢

[ C] * 1.155Then was brought to hym / one possessed with a devyll which was both blynde & dom∣me: & he healed hym / insomoch that he which was blynd and domme / both spake and sawe. And all the people were amased / & sayde: Ys not this that sonne of David? But when the Pharises hearde that / they sayde: This felow dryveth y^e devyls no nother wyse oute but by* 1.156 the helpe of Belzebub y^e chefe of the devyls.

But Iesus knewe their thoughtes / & sayde to thē. Every kingdome devided w^t in it sylfe / shalbe brought to naught. Nether shall eny cite or housholde devyded agēst it sylfe / cōty∣nue. So if satā cast out satā / thē is he devyded agenst him sylfe. How shall then his kyngdo¦me endure? Also if I by y^e helpe of Belzebub cast oute devyls: by whose helpe do youre

chyldren cast them out? Therfore they shal∣be youre iudges. But if I cast out the devyls by the sprite of God: then is the kyngdome of god come on you?

Ether how can a mā enter into a strōge mā¦nes housse / and violently take awaye his goo¦des: excepte he fyrst binde y^e strōge man / & thē spoyle his housse? ✚ He that is not w^t me / is agaynst me. And he y^t gaddereth not w^t me / scattereth abrode. * 1.157 Wherfore I say vnto you / all maner of synne & blasphemy shalbe forge∣ven vnto men: but the blasphemy of y^e sprite / shall not be forgeven vnto men. And whoso ever speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man / it shalbe forgeven him. But whosoever speaketh agaynst the holy goost / it shall not be forgeven hym: no / nether in this worlde / ne¦ther in the worlde to come.

* 1.158Ether make y^e tree good / & his frute good al¦so: or els make y^e tree evyll / & his frute evyll al¦so. * 1.159For y^e tree is knowē by his frute. O gene∣raciō of viperes / how can ye saye well whē ye youre selves are evyll? For of y^e aboundāce of the hert / y^e mouthe speaketh. A good mā oute of y^e good treasure of his hert / bringeth forth good thynges. And an evyll man out of his evyll treasure / bringeth forth evyll thinges. * 1.160But I say vnto you / that of every ydell worde that men shall have spoken: they shall geve a¦countes at the daye of iudgement. For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustifyed: & by thy wor∣des thou shalt be condemned. ⊢

✚ Then answered certeyne of the scribes &* 1.161

of the Pharises sayinge: * 1.162Master / we wolde fayne se a sygne of y^e. He answered & sayde to thē: The evyll & advoutrous generaciō seketh a signe / but ther shall no signe be gevē to thē / * 1.163 saue the signe of the Prophete Ionas. For as Ionas was thre dayes & thre nyghtes in the whales belly: soo shall y^e sonne of man be thre dayes & thre nyghtes in y^e hert of y^e erth. * 1.164The [ D] men of Ninivie shall rise at the daye of iugde¦ment with this nacion / & condemne them: for they amended at y^e preachinge of Ionas. And beholde / a greater then Ionas is here. * 1.165The quene of y^e south shall ryse at y^e daye of iudge¦ment with this generacion / & shall condemne thē: for she came frō the vtmost parties of the worlde to heare the wysdome of Salomon. And beholde a greater then Salomō is here.

* 1.166When the vnclene sprite is gone out of a man / he walketh throughout dry places / se∣king reest & fyndeth none. Then he sayeth: I will retourne ageyne into my housse / frō whē∣ce I came oute. And when he is come / he fyn∣deth the housse empty & swepte & garnisshed. Then he goeth his waye / & taketh vnto him seven other spretes worsse then him silfe / & so entre they in and dwell there. And the ende of that man is worsse then the beginning. Even so shall it be with this evell nacion.

* 1.167Whill he yet talked to the people: beholde his mother and his brethren stode without / desyringe to speake with him. Then one say∣de vnto hym: beholde thy mother and thy bre¦thrē stonde without / desiringe to speke w^t the.

He answered & sayd to him that tolde hym: Who is my mother? or who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hond over his di∣sciples and sayd: behold my mother and my brethren. For whosoever dothe my fathers will which is in hevē / the same is my brother / suster & mother. ⊢

¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.168THe same daye wēt Iesus out of y^e hou∣se / & sat by the see syde / & moch people resorted vnto him / so gretly y^t he wēt & sat in a shippe / & all the people stode on y^e shoo¦re. And he spake many thynges to thē in simi¦litudes / sayinge: * 1.169Beholde / y^e sower wēt forth to sowe. And as he sowed / some fell by y^e way∣es syde / & the fowlle came & devoured it vp. Some fell apō stony groūde where it had not moche erth / & a nōne it sprōge vp / because it had no depth of erth: & when y^e sunne was vp / it cauht heet / & for lake of rotynge wyddred awaye. Some fell amōge thornes / & the thor∣nes sprōge vp & chooked it. Parte fell in good groūd / & brought forth good frute: some an hū¦dred fold / some sixtie fold / some thyrty folde. Whosoever hath eares to heare let him heare.

And the disciples came and sayde to him: [ B] Why speakest thou to thē in parables? He an¦swered & sayde vnto them: it is gevē vnto you to knowe y^e secret{is} of the kyngdome of hevē / but to thē it is not gevē* 1.170 For whosoever hath to him shall be geven: and he shall have aboun¦dance. But whosoever hath not: frō hym shal be takyn a waye even that he hath. Therfore

speake I to them in similitudes: for though they se / they se not: & hearinge they heare not: nether vnderstonde. And in thē is fulfilled y^e Prophesie of Esayas / which prophesie sayth: with the eares ye shall heare and shall not vn¦derstonde / and with the eyes ye shall se / and shall not perceave. * 1.171For this peoples hertes are wexed grosse / & their eares were dull of he∣rynge / & their eyes have they closed / lest they shuld se with their eyes / & heare with their eares / & shuld vnderstonde with their hert{is} / & shuld tourne / that I myght heale them.

[ C] * 1.172But blessed are youre eyes / for they se: & you¦re eares / for they heare. Verely I say vnto you / that many Prophet{is} & perfaicte mē have desi¦red to se tho thing{is} which ye se / & have not se∣ne thē: & to heare tho thing{is} which ye heare / & have not herde thē. * 1.173Heare ye therfore y^e simi¦litude of the sower. Whosoever heareth the worde of y^e kingdome / & vnderstondeth it not / ther cometh the evyll mā & catcheth awaye y^t which was sowne in his hert. And this is he which was sowne by the waye syde. But he y^t was sowne in y^e stony groūde / is he which hea¦reth the worde of God / & anōne w^t ioye recea∣veth it / yet hath he no rotte in him selfe / & ther¦fore dureth but a season: for assone as tribula∣cion or persecucion aryseth because of the wor¦de / by & by he falleth. He y^t was sowne amōge thornes / is he y^t heareth y^e worde of God: but the care of this worlde / & the dissaytfulnes of ryches choke y^e worde / & so is he made vnfrut∣full. He which is sowne in y^e good grounde / is

he y^t heareth y^e worde & vnderstōdeth it / which also bereth frute & bringeth forth / some an .C. folde / some sixtie folde / & some .xxx. folde.

Another similitude put he forth vnto thē [ D] sayinge: ✚ * 1.174The kyngdome of hevē is lyke vn¦to a man which sowed good seed in his felde. But whyll men slepte / ther came his foo & so¦wed tares amōge y^e wheate / & wēt his waye. When y^e blade was sprōge vp & had brought forth frute / thē appered y^e tares also. The ser∣vaunte came to the housholder / & sayde vnto him: Syr sowedest not thou good seed in thy closse / frō whēce thē hath it tares? He sayde to thē / the envious mā hath done this. Then y^e servaunte sayde vnto him: wilt thou then y^t we go & gader them? But he sayde / nay / lest whill ye go aboute to wede out y^e tares / ye pluc¦ke vppe also w^t them y^e wheate by y^e rotte: let bothe growe to gether tyll harvest come / & in tyme of harvest / I wyll saye to the repers / ga∣ther ye fyrst y^e tares / & bind thē in sheves to be brēt: but gather the wheete into my barne. ⊢

✚ [ E] * 1.175Another parable he put forthe vnto thē sayinge. The kyngdome of hevē is lyke vnto a grayne of mustard seed / which a mā taketh & soweth in his felde / which is y^e leest of all see¦des. But when it is groune / it is the greatest amōge yerbes / & it is a tree: so y^t the bryddes of the ayer come & bylde in the braūches of it.

* 1.176Another similitude sayde he to them. The kyngdome of heven is lyke vnto levē which a woman taketh and hydeth in .iii. peckes of meele / tyll all be levended.

* 1.177All these thyng{is} spake Iesus vnto the peo¦ple by similitudes / & with oute similitudes spake he nothinge to them / to fulfyll that which was spokē by the Prophet sayinge: * 1.178I wyll opē my mouth in similitud{is} / and wyll speake forth thinges which have bene kepte secrete from the begynninge of the worlde. ⊢

✚ Then sent Iesus y^e people awaye / & came to housse. And his disciples came vnto him / sayinge: declare vnto vs the similitude of the tares of the felde. * 1.179Then answered he & sayde to them. He that soweth the good seed / is the sonne of man. And y^e felde is the worlde. And the chyldrē of the kingdome / they are y^e good seed. And the tares are the chyldren of y^e wic∣ked. And the enemye that soweth thē / is y^e de∣vell.* 1.180 The harvest is y^e end of the worlde. And the repers be y^e angels. For evē as the tares are gaddred & brēt in y^e fyre: so shall it be in y^e ende of this worlde. The sonne of man shall [ F] send forth his angels / & they shall gather out of his kyngdome all thing{is} that offende / and them which do iniquite / and shall cast them into a furnes of fyre. There shalbe waylynge and gnasshing of teth: Then shall the iuste men shyne as bryght as the sunne in y^e kyng¦dome of their father.* 1.181 Whosoever hath eares to heare / let him heare. ⊢

✚ * 1.182Agayne y^e kyngdome of hevē is lyke vn¦to treasure hidde in the felde / y^e which a man fyndeth & hideth: and for ioy therof goeth & selleth all that he hath / & byeth that felde.

* 1.183Agayne y^e kyngdome of hevē is lyke vnto

a marchaunt that seketh good pearles / which when he had founde one precious pearle / wēt and solde all that he had / and bought it.

* 1.184Agayne the kyngdome of hevē is lyke vnto a neet cast into y^e see / y^t gadereth of all kynde of fysshes: which whē it is full / men drawe to londe / & sitte & gadre the good in to vessels / & cast the bad awaye. So shall it be at the ende of the worlde. The angels shall come oute / & sever the bad from the good / & shall cast them in to a furnes of fyre: there shalbe waylinge and gnasshynge of teth.

Iesus sayde vnto them: vnderstonde ye all [ G] these thyng{is}? They sayde / ye Lorde. * 1.185Thē say¦de he vnto them: Therfore every scribe which is taught vnto the kyngdome of hevē / is lyke an housholder / which bryngeth forth / out of hys treasure / thyng{is} bothe new and olde. ⊢

* 1.186And it came to passe when Iesus had finis∣shed these similitud{is} / y^t he departed thēce / & came in to his awne coūtre / & taught them in their synagog{is} / in so moche y^t they were asto∣nyed* 1.187 & sayde: whēce cometh all this wysdome & power vnto him? Is not this the carpēters sonne? Is not his mother called Mary? & his brethrē be called Iames & Ioses & Simō & Iu¦das? And are not his susters all here w^t vs? Whēce hath he all these thyng{is}. And they were offended by him. * 1.188Thē Iesus sayd to thē a Prophet is not w^t out honoure / save in hys awne countre / & amōge his awne kynne. And he dyd not many miracles there / for there vn∣belefes sake.

¶¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.189AT that tyme Herod the tetrarcha hear∣de of the fame of Iesu / and sayde vnto his servaūtes: This is Ihon y^e baptist. He is risen agayne from deeth / & therfore are soche myracles wrought by him. * 1.190For Herod had taken Ihon and bounde him and put him in preson for Herodias sake / his brother Phi∣lips wyfe. For Ihon sayde vnto him: Yt is not lawfull for the to have her. And when he wold have put him to deeth / he feared the peo¦ple / because they counted him as a prophet.

But when Herod{is} birth daye was come / the doughter of Herodias daunsed before them / & pleased Herod. Wherfore he promised w^t an oth / that he wolde geve hir what soever she wolde axe. And she beinge informed of her mo¦ther before / sayde: geve me here Ihon baptist{is} heed in a platter. And y^e kynge sorowed. Never¦thelesse for his othes sake / and for their sakis which sate also at y^e table / he cōmaunded yt to be geven hir: * 1.191and sent & beheeded Ihon in the preson / and his heed was brought in a platter & geven to the damsell / & she brought it to her mother. And his disciples came & toke vp his body / & buryed it: and went and tolde Iesus.

When Iesus hearde that / he departed then¦ce by shippe in to a desert place out of y^e waye. [ B] * 1.192 And when the people had hearde ther of / they folowed him a fote out of their cities. And Ie¦sus went forth & sawe moche people / & his her¦te did melte vpon them / and he healed of them those that were sicke. When even was come / his disciples came to him sayinge. This is a

deserte place / & the daye is spent: let the people departe / y^t they maye go in to y^e tounes / & bye them vytayllis. But Iesus sayde vnto them. They have no neade to go awaye. Geve ye thē to eate. * 1.193Then sayde they vnto him: we ha∣ve here but .v. loves & two fysshes. And he say¦de: bringe thē hyther to me. And he cōmaun∣ded y^e people to syt downe on y^e grasse: & toke y^e .v. loves / & the .ii. fysshes & loked vp to heven & blessed / & brake and gave the loves to his di∣sciples / & the disciples gave them to y^e people. And they dyd all eate / and were suffised. And they gadered vp of y^e gobbet{is} that remayned xii. basket{is} full. And they y^t ate / were in nōbre about .v. M. men / besyde wemen & chyldren.

[ C] * 1.194And strayght waye Iesus made his disci∣ples enter into a shippe / and to goo over befo∣re him / whill he sent y^e people awaye. And as∣sone as he had sent the people awaye / he went vp into a moūtayne alone to praye. And when nyght was come / he was there him silf alone. And the shippe was now in the middes of the see / and was toost with waves / for it was a cō¦trary wynde. * 1.195In the fourthe watche of y^e night Iesus came vnto them walkynge on the see. And when his disciples sawe him walkynge on the see / they were troubled / sayinge: it is so∣me spirite / & cryed out for feare. And streyght waye Iesus spake vnto them sayinge: be of god cheare / it is I / be not a frayed.

* 1.196Peter answered him / & sayde: master / if thou be he / bid me come vnto the on the water. And he sayde / come. And when Peter was co∣me

doune out of y^e shippe / he walked on y^e wa¦ter / to go to Iesus. But when he sawe a mygh¦ty wynde / he was afrayed. And as he beganne to synke / he cryed sayinge: master save me. And immediatly Iesus stretched forth his hō¦de / & caught him / & sayde to him: O thou of ly∣tell faith / wherfore diddest thou dout? And as∣sone as they were come in to y^e shippe / y^e wyn∣de ceassed. Then they that were in the shippe / came and worshipped him / sayinge: of a truth thou arte y^e sonne of God. * 1.197And when they we∣re come over / they went in to y^e londe of Gena¦zareth. And when y^e men of y^t place had know¦ledge of him / they sent out in to all y^t countre rounde about / & brought vnto him all that we¦re sicke / & besought him / that they myght tou∣che the hemme of his vesture only.* 1.198 And as ma¦ny as touched it were made safe.

¶ The .xv. Chapter. ✚

[ A] * 1.199 THen came to Iesus scribes & pharises from Ierusalem / sayinge: * 1.200why do thy disciples transgresse the tradiciōs of y^e elders? for they wesshe not their hond{is} / when they eate breed. He answered / and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse y^e cōmaund∣ment of God / thorowe youre tradicions? For God cōmaunded / sayinge: honoure thy father & mother / & he that cursseth father or mother / shall suffer deeth. But ye saye / every mā shall saye to his father or mother: That which thou desyrest of me to helpe y^e with: is geven God: & so shall he not honoure his father or his mo¦ther. And thus haue ye made / y^t the cōmaund∣ment

of God is with out effecte / through you∣re tradiciōs. Ypocrit{is} well prophesyed of you * 1.201 Esay sayinge: This people draweth nye vn∣to me with their mouthes / and honoureth me with their lippes / howbe it their hertes are far¦re from me: but in vayne they worshippe me teachinge doctrines / whiche are nothing but* 1.202 mens precepts.

And he called the people vnto him / & sayde [ B] to them: heare and vnderstande. * 1.203That which goeth in to the mouth / defyleth not y^e man: but that which commeth out of the mouth / defyleth the man.

Then came his disciples / and sayde vnto him. Perceavest thou not / how that the phari∣ses are offended in hearinge thys sayinge? He answered / & sayde: * 1.204all plantes which my hevē¦ly father hath not planted / shalbe plucked vp by the rotes. Let them alone / they be the blyn∣de leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leede the blynde / boothe shall fall in to the dyche.* 1.205

Then answered Peter & sayd to him: declare vnto vs this parable. Then sayde Iesus: are ye yet with oute vnderstondinge? perceaye ye not / that what soever goeth in at the mouth / descendeth doune in to the bely / & is cast out in to the draught? * 1.206But those thingis which procede out of the mouth / come from the her∣te / and they defyle the man. For out of the her∣te come evyll thoughtis / murder / breakyng of wedlocke / whordō / theefte / falce witnes beryn∣ge / blasphemye. These are the thingis which defyle a man. But to eate with vnwesshen

hondes / defyleth not a man. ⊢

✚ [ C] * 1.207And Iesus went thence / & departed in to the costis of Tyre and Sidon. And beholde a woman which was a Cananite came out of y^e same ceostis / & cryed vnto him / sayinge: have mercy on me Lorde the sonne of David / my doughter is pytiously vexed with a devyll. And he gave her never a worde to answer. Then came to him his disciples / & besought him sayinge: sende her awaye / for she foloweth vs cryinge. He answered / and sayde: I am not sent / but vnto y^e loost shepe of y^e housse of Is∣rael. Then she came & worshipped him / sayin∣ge: master helpe me. He answered & sayde: it is not good / to take the chyldrens breed / & to cast it to whelpes. She answered and sayde: truthe Lorde: neverthelesse the whelpes eate of the crōmes / which fall from their masters table. Then Iesus answered and sayde vnto her. O woman greate is thy faith / be it to the / even as thou desyrest. And her doughter was ma∣de whole even at that same houre. ⊢

* 1.208Then Iesus went awaye from thence & ca∣me nye vnto the see of Galile / and went vp in to a mountayne and sat doune there. And mo∣che people came vnto him / havinge with thē / halt / blynde / domme / maymed / and other ma∣ny: and cast them doune at Iesus fete. And he healed them / in so moche that the people won∣dred / to se the dōme speake / the maymed who∣le the halt to go / and y^e blynde to se. And they glorified the God of Israel.

Then Iesus called his disciples to him /

& sayde: I have compassion on y^e people / becau¦se* 1.209 they have cōtynued with me now. iii. dayes / & have nought to eate: & I wyll not let them departe fastinge / leste they perisshe in y^e waye. And his disciples sayd vnto him: whēce shuld we get so moche breed in y^e wildernes / as shuld suffise so greate a mustitude? And Iesus say∣de vnto them: how many loves have ye? And they sayde: seven / and a feawe litle fysshes. And he cōmaunded y^e people to syt doune on y^e grounde: & toke the seven loves / & the fysshes / & gave thankes / and brake them / and gave to his disciples / & the disciples gave them to the people. And they dyd all eate & were suffised. And they toke vp of the brokē meate that was lefte .vii. baskete full. And yet they that ate were .iiii. M. men / besyde wemen & chyldren. And he sent awaye the people / and toke ship∣pe and came into the parties of Magdala.

¶ The .xvi. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.210THen came the pharises & saduces / & did tempte him / desyringe him to shewe them some signe from hevē. He answe¦red & sayde vnto thē. At even ye saye / we shall have fayre wedder / & y^t because y^e skye is reed: & in the morninge ye saye / to daye shalbe fou∣le wedder / and that because the skye is cloudy & reed. O ye ypocrites / ye can discerne y^e fas∣sion of the skye: & can ye not discerne y^e signes of the tymes? The frowarde nacion & advou∣trous seketh a signe / * 1.211and there shall non other signe be geven vnto them / but the signe of the prophet Ionas. So lefte he them & departed.

And when his disciples were come to the [ B] other side of the water / they had forgottē to take breed with thē. * 1.212Then Iesus sayd vnto them: Take hede and beware of the levē of y^e Pharises & of y^e Saduces. And they thought in them selves sayinge: because we have brought no breed with vs. When Iesus vn∣derstode that / he sayd vnto thē. O ye of lytell faith / why are youre mindes cumbred because ye have brought no breed? Do ye not yet per∣ceave / nether remēber those .v. loves when there were .v. M. men / & how many baskett{is} toke ye vp? Nether the .vii. lones / when there were .iiiii. M. & how many baskettes toke ye vp? Why pereeave ye not then / y^t I spake not vnto you of breed / whē I sayde / beware of the leven of the Pharises & of the Saduces? Thē vnderstode they / how that he bad not them be¦ware of the leven of breed: but of the doctrine of the Pharises / and of the Saduces.

✚ [ C] * 1.213When Iesus cam in to the coste of the cite which is called Cesarea Philippi / he axed his disciples sayinge: whom do men saye y^t I the sonne of mā am? They saide / some saye y^t thou arte Ihon Baptist / some Helias / some Ieremias / or one of y^e prophet{is}. He sayde vnto thē: but whō saye ye y^t I am? Simō Peter an¦swered & sayde: Thou arte Christ y^e sonne of the lyvinge God. * 1.214And Iesus answered & say¦de to him: happy arte thou Simon the sonne of Ionas / for fleshe & bloud hath not opened vnto the y^t / but my father which is in hevē. And I saye also vnto the / y^t thou arte Peter:

and apon this rocke I wyll bylde my congre∣gacion. And the gates of hell shall not prevay¦le ageynst it. And I wyll geve vnto the / the keyes of the kyngdom of heven: and what soe¦ver thou byndest vpon erth / shall be bounde in heven: and what soever thou lowsest on erthe / shalbe lowsed in heven. ⊢

Then he charged his disciples / y^t they shul∣de tell no man / y^t he was Iesus Christ. From [ D] y^t tyme forth / Iesus began to shewe vnto his disciples / how y^t he must go vnto Ierusalem / & suffer * 1.215 many thing{is} of y^e Elders / & of y^e hye prestes / & of the scribes / & must be killed / & ryse agayne y^e thirde daye. But Peter toke him a sy¦de / & began to rebuke him sayinge: master faver thy sylfe this shall not come vnto the. Then tourned he aboute / & sayde vnto Peter: come af¦ter me Satan* 1.216 / thou offendest me / because thou sauourest not godly thing{is} / but wordly thing{is}

Iesus then sayde to his disciples. If eny man wyll folowe me / leet him forsake him syl∣fe* 1.217 / and take vp his crosse and folowe me. For who soever wyll save his lyfe / shall loose it. And whosoever shall loose his lyfe for my sa∣ke* 1.218 / shall fynde it. What shall it proffet a man / though he shulde wynne all the whoole worl∣de: yf he loose his owne soule? Or els what shall a man geve to redeme his soule agayne with all? * 1.219For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father / w^t his angels: & then shall he rewarde every man accordinge to his dedes.* 1.220 Verely I saye vnto you / some ther be a¦monge them that here stonde / which shall not

taste of deeth / tyll they shall have sene the son∣ne of man come in his kyngdomen.

¶ The .xvii. Chapter. ✚

[ A] * 1.221ANd after .vi. dayes Iesus toke Peter & Iames & Ihon his brother / & brought them vp into an hye mountayne out of the waye / and was transfygured before them: and his face did shyne as the sunne / & his clo∣thes were as whyte as the light. And beholde ther appered vnto thē / Moses & Helyas / tal∣kinge with him. Then answered Peter / & say∣de to Iesus: master here is good beinge for vs. If thou wylt / leet vs make here .iii. taberna∣cles / one for the / & one for Moses / and one for Helyas. Whyll he yet spake / beholde a bright cloude shadowed them. And beholde there ca∣me a voyce out of y^e cloude sayinge: * 1.222this is my deare sonne / in whom I delite / heare him. And when the disciples hearde that / they fell on their faces / and were soore afrayed. And Ie¦sus came and touched them / and sayde: aryse and be not afrayed. And when they looked vp / they saw no man / saue Iesus onely.

* 1.223And as they came doune from the mountayne / Iesus charged them sayinge: se y^t ye shewe the vision to no man / vn tyll the sonne of man be rysen ageyne from deeth. ⊢ And his disci∣ples axed of him / sayinge: Why then saye the scribes / y^t Helyas muste fyrst come: * 1.224Iesus an∣swered / & sayd vnto them: Helyas shall fyrst come / and restore all thing{is}. And I saye vnto you y^t Helyas is come alredy / and they knewe him not: but have done vnto him what soever

they lusted. In lyke wyse shall also the sonne of man suffre of thē. Then y^e disciples perceu¦ved that he spake vnto them of Ihon baptist.

* 1.225And when they were come to y^e people / ther cam to him a certayne man / & kneled doune to him / & sayde: Master have mercy on my sonne [ C] for he is franticke: & is sore vexed. And oft ty∣mes he falleth into the fyre / & oft into y^e water▪ And I brought him to thy disciples / & they coulde not heale him. Iesus answered & say∣de: O generacion faythles & croked: how lon∣ge shall I be with you? how longe shall I suffre you? bring him hidder to me. And Ie∣sus rebuked the devyll / and he cā out of him. And y^e child was healed even y^t same houre ⊢

* 1.226Then came the disciples to Iesus secretly & sayde: Why could not we cast him out? Ie∣sus sayd vnto thē: * 1.227Because of youre vnbelefe For I saye veryly vnto you: yf ye had faythe as a grayne of musterd seed / ye shuld saye vn∣to this moūtayne / remove hence to yonder pla¦ce / & he shuld remove: nether shuld eny thinge be vnpossible for you to do. * 1.228How be it this kyn¦de goeth not oute / but by prayer and fastinge.

As they passed the tyme in Galile / Iesus [ D] sayde vnto them: * 1.229the sonne of man shalbe be∣trayed into the hondes of men / and they shall kill him / and the thyrd daye he shall ryse agay¦ne. And they sorowed greatly.

✚ And when they were come to Capernaū / they y^t were wont to gadre poll money / came to Peter & sayde: Doth youre master paye tri∣bute? He sayd: ye. And when he was come in∣to

the house / Iesus spake fyrst to him / saying What thinkest thou Simon? * 1.230of whome do y^e kyng{is} of the erth take tribute or poll money? of their chyldren / or of straungers? Peter say∣de vnto him: of straungers. Then sayd Iesus vnto him agayne: Then are the chyldren fre. Neverthelesse / lest we shuld offende thē: goo to y^e see & cast in thyne angle / & take the fysshe y^t fyrst cometh vp: & when thou hast opened his mouthe / thou shalt fynde a pece of twen∣tie pence: y^t take & paye for me and the. ⊢

¶ The .xviii. Chapter. ✚

[ A] * 1.231THe same tyme the disciples came vnto Iesus saying: who is y^e greatest in the kyngdome of hevē? Iesus called a chyl¦de vnto him / & set him in the middes of them: & sayd. Verely I say vnto you: except ye tour∣ne / & become as chyldren / ye cannot enter into the kyngdom of heven. Whosoever therfore humble him sylfe as this chylde / the same is the greatest in y^e kyngdome of hevē. And who soever receaveth suche a chylde in my name / receaveth me. * 1.232But whosoever offende one of these lytel ons / which beleve in me: it were bet¦ter for him / that a milstone were hanged abou¦te his necke / and that he were drouned in the depth of the see. Wo be vnto the world becau¦se of offences. How be it / it cannot be avoided but y^t offences shalbe geven. Neverthelesse woo be to y^e man / by whō the offence cōmeth.

* 1.233Wherfore yf thy honde or thy fote offende the / cut him of and cast him from the. It ys [ B] better for the to enter into lyfe halt or may∣med /

rather then thou shuldest havinge two hondes or two fete / be cast into everlasting fy∣re. And yf also thyne eye offende the / plucke him oute and caste him from the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe with one eye / then ha∣vyng two eyes to be cast into hell fyre.

Se that ye despise not one of these litel ons. For I saye vnto you / y^t in heven their angels alwayes behold the face of my father / which is in heven. ⊢ Ye and the sonne of man is co∣me to saue that which is lost. * 1.234How thinke ye? Yf a man have an hondred shepe / and one of them be gone astray / dothe he not leve nynty and nyne in y^e moūtains / and go and seke that one which is gone astray? If it happen that he fynd him / veryly I say vnto you: he reioy∣seth more of that shepe / then of the nynty & ny¦ne which went not astray. Even so it is not the wyll of youre father in heven / that one of these lytel ons shulde perishe.

✚ [ C] Moreover yf thy brother treaspace agenst the. Go and tell him his faute betwene him & the alone. * 1.235 Yf he heare the / thou hast wone thy brother: But yf he heare the not / then take yet with the one or two / that in the mouth of two or thre witnesses / all thinges maye be sta¦blisshed. If he heare not them / tell it vnto the congregacion. If he heare not y^e congregacion / take him as an hethen man / & as a publican. Verely I say vnto you / what soever ye bynde on erth / shalbe bounde in heven. And what soe¦ver ye lowse on erth / shalbe lowsed in heven.

* 1.236Agayn I say vnto you / that yf two of you

shall agre in erth apon eny maner thynge / what soever they shall desyre: it shalbe geven them of my father which is in heven. For whe¦re two or thre are gathered togedder in my na¦me / there am I in the myddes of them.

* 1.237Then came Peter to him / and sayde: master howe ofte shall I forgeve my brother / yf he synne agaynst me / seven tymes? Iesus sayd vnto him: I saye not vnto the seven tymes: but seventy tymes seven tymes. ⊢ ✚ Therfo¦re is y^e kingdome of heven lykened vnto a cer¦tayne kynge / which wolde take acountis of his servauntis. And when he had begone to recken / one was broughte vnto him / whiche ought him ten thousande talentis: whome be¦cause he had nought to paye his master com∣maunded him to be solde / and his wyfe / & his chyldren / and all that he had / and payment to be made. The servaunt fell doune & besought him sayinge: Sir / geve me respyte / and I wyll paye it every whit. Then had the Lorde pytie on that servaunt / and lowsed him / and forga∣ve him the det.

And y^e sayde servaūt wēt oute & founde one [ D] * 1.238 of his felowes / which ought him an hundred pence / and leyed hondes on him / and toke him by the throote / sayinge: paye me y^t thou owest. And his felowe fell doune and besought him sayinge: have pacience with me / and I wyll paye the all. And he wolde not / but went & cast him into preson / tyll he shulde paye the det. When his other felowes sawe what was do¦ne / they were very sory / & came and tolde vnto

their lorde all y^t had happened. Then his lor∣de called him / & sayde vnto him. O evyll ser∣vaūt I forgave the all that det / because thou prayedst me: was it not mete also y^t thou shul¦dest have had cōpassion on thy felow / even as I had pitie on y^e? And his lorde was wrooth / & delyuered him to the iaylers / tyll he shuld paye all that was due to him. So lykewyse shall my hevenly father do vnto you / except ye forgeve with youre herte / eache one to his brother their treaspases. ⊢

¶ The .xix. Cha

[ A] * 1.239ANd it came to passe / when Iesus had fynisshed those sayinges / he gat him from Galile / and came into the coostes of Iewry beyonde Iordan / and moche people folowed him / and he healed them theare.

Then came vnto him the pharises temtin∣ge him / and sayinge to him: * 1.240Ys it lawfull for a man to put a waye his wyfe for all maner of causes? He answered and sayd vnto them: have ye not redde / * 1.241how that he which made man at the beginninge / made them man and woman and sayde: for this thinge / shall a mā leve father and mother and cleve vnto his wy¦fe / & they▪ twayne shalbe one flesshe.* 1.242 Wherfo∣re now are they not twayne / but one flesshe. Let not man therfore put a sunder / that which God hath cuppled to gedder.

Thē sayde they to him: why did Moses cō∣maunde to geve a testimoniall of divorsemēt & to put hyr awaye? He sayde vnto them: Mo∣ses because of the hardnes of youre hertes suffred you to put awaye youre wyfes: But

from y^e beginnynge it was not so. I saye ther∣fore* 1.243 vnto you / whosoever putteth awaye his wyfe (except it be for fornicacion) & maryeth another / breaketh wedlocke. And whosoever maryeth her which is divorsed / doeth com∣myt advoutry.

Then sayde his disciples to him: yf the ma¦ter be so betwene man and wyfe / then is it [ B] not good to mary. He sayde vnto them: all mē can not awaye with that sayinge save they to whom it is gevē. * 1.244Ther are chaste / which were so borne out of their mothers belly. And ther are chaste / which be made of men. And ther be chaste / which have made them selves chaste for the kyngdome of hevēs sake. He that can take it / let him take it.

* 1.245Then were brought to him yonge chyldrē / that he shuld put his honde on them & praye And the disciples rebuked them. But Iesus sayde: suffre the chyldren and forbid them not to come to me:* 1.246 for of suche is the kyngdome of heven. And when he had put his hondes on them he departed thence.

And beholde one came & sayde vnto him: good master / what good thinge shall I do / that I [ C] maye have eternall lyfe? He sayde vnto him: why callest thou me good? there is none good but one / & that is God. * 1.247But yf thou wylt en∣tre in to lyfe / kepe the commaundementes. The other sayde to him / Which? And Iesus sayde: breake no wedloke / kill not / steale not: beare not falce witnes: honoure father & mo∣ther: and love thyne neighbour as thy sylfe.

And the younge man sayde vnto him: I have observed all these thingis from my youth / what lacke I yet? And Iesus sayde vnto him yf thou wylt be perfecte / goo & sell that thou hast / & geve it to the povre / & thou shalt have treasure in heven / & come & folowe me. When y^e younge mā hearde y^t sayinge / he wēt awaye mourninge. For he had greate possessions.

Then Iesus sayde vnto his disciples: Vere¦ly I saye vnto you: yt is harde for a ryche mā to enter into y^e kyngdome of heaven. * 1.248And mo∣reover I saye vnto you: it is easier for a camell to go through the eye of a nedle / then for a ry∣che man to enter into the kyngdome of God. When his disciples hearde that / they were excedingly amased / sayinge: who then can be-saved? Iesus behelde thē / & sayde vnto them: with men this is vnpossible / but with God all thinges are possible.

✚ Then answered Peter / and sayde to him: [ D] Beholde / we have forsaken all & folowed the / what shall we have? Iesus sayde vnto them: verely I saye to you: when the sonne of man shall syt in y^e seate of his maieste / ye which fo¦lowe* 1.249 me in y^e seconde generacion shall syt al∣so vpon .xii. seat{is} / & iudge y^e .xii. trib{is} of Is∣rael. And whosoever forsaketh housses / or bre∣thren / or systers / other father / or mother / or wy¦fe / or chyldren / or landes / for my names sake / * 1.250 y^e same shall receave an hundred folde / & shall inheret everlastynge lyfe. ⊢ Many that are fyrste shalbe laste / & the laste shalbe fyrste.

¶ The .xx. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.251FOr the kyngdome of heven ys lyke vn¦to an houssholder / which went out erly in the morninge to hyre labourers into hys vyneyarde. And he agreed w^t the labou∣rers for a peny a daye / & sent them into his vy¦neyarde. And he went out about the thyrde houre / & sawe other stonding ydell in the mar∣ket place / and sayd vnto them / go ye also into my vyneyarde: & whatsoever is right / I will geve you. And they went there waye. Agayne he wēt out about the * 1.252 sixte & nynthe houre / and dyd lyke wyse. And he went out abou∣te the eleventhe houre and founde other ston¦dynge ydell / & sayde vnto them: Why stonde ye here all the daye ydell? They sayde vnto hym: because noman hath hyred vs. He sayde to them: goo ye alsoo into my vyneyarde / and what so ever is right / that shall ye receave.

[ B] When even was come / the lorde of the vy∣neyarde sayde vnto hys steward: call the la∣bourers / and geve them their hyre / beginnyng at y^e laste / tyll thou come to y^e fyrste. And they whiche were hyred aboute the eleventhe hou∣re / came & receaved every man a peny. Then came y^e fyrst / supposyng y^t they shuld receave moare: & they like wyse receaved every man a peny. And when they had receaved it / they murmured agaynst the good man of the hous¦se saying: These laste have wrought but one houre / & thou hast made them equall vnto vs which have born y^e burthē & heet of the daye.

[ C] He answered to one of thē sayinge: frende I do the no wronge: dyddest thou not agre w^t

me for a pēny? Take that which is thy duty / and go thy waye. I will geve vnto this last / as moche as to the. Ys it not lawfull for me to do as me listeth with myne awne? Ys thy∣ne eye evyll because I am good? Soo the laste shalbe fyrste / and the fyrste shalbe laste. * 1.253For many are called and feawe be chosen. ⊢

✚ [ C] * 1.254And Iesus ascended to Ierusalem / & to∣ke the .xii. disciples a parte in the waye / & say¦de to thē. Beholde we goo vp to Ierusalem / & the sonne of mā shalbe betrayed vnto y^e chefe prestes / & vnto the scribes / & they shall condē¦ne him to deeth / and shall delyvre him to the gētils / to be mocked / to be scourged / and to be crucified: & y^e thyrd daye he shall ryse agayne.

✚ * 1.255Then came to hym the mother of zebe∣des chyldren with her sonnes / worshippynge him / and desyringe a certayne thinge of him. And he sayd vnto her: what wilt thou have? She sayde vnto him: Gravnte that these my two sonnes may sit / y^e one on thy right hond / & the other on y^e lifte hond in thy kyngdome.

Iesus answered & sayd: Ye wot not what ye axe. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe y^t I shall drynke of / & to be baptised w^t the bapty∣me that I shalbe baptised with? They answe¦red to him / that we are. And he sayd vnto thē: Ye shall drinke of my cvp / and shalbe bapti∣sed with the baptyme that I shalbe baptised with. But to syt on my ryght hond & on my lyft hond / is not myne to geve: but to them for whom it is prepared of my father. ⊢

[ D] And when the ten hearde this / they disday¦ned

at y^e two brethrē: * 1.256But Iesus called them vnto him & sayde: Ye knowe y^t the lordes of the gentyls have dominaciō over them. And they that are great / exercise power over thē. It shall not be so amōge you. But whosoever wyll be greate amōge you / let him be youre mi¦nister: & whosoever wilbe chefe / let him be you¦re servaūt / evē as the sonne of man came / not to be ministred vnto / but to minister / & to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many. ⊢

* 1.257And as they departed frō Hierico / moche people folowed him. And beholde two blinde men sittinge by y^e way syde / whē they hearde Iesus passe by / cryed sayinge: Thou Lorde y^e sonne of David have mercy on vs. And y^e peo¦ple rebuked them / be cause they shulde holde their peace. But they cryed y^e moare / sayinge: have mercy on vs thou Lorde which arte y^e son¦ne of David. Then Iesus stode styll / & called thē / & sayde: what will ye that I shulde do to you: They sayd to him: Lorde that oure eyes maye be opened. Iesus had cōpassion on thē / & touched their eyes. And immediatly their eyes receaved syght. And they folowed him.

¶ The .xxi. Chapter. ✚

[ A] * 1.258VVhen they drewe neye vnto Ierusa∣lem / & were come to Betphage / vnto mounte olivete: then sent Iesus two of his disciples / saiynge to thē. Go in to the toune that lyeth over agaynste you / * 1.259 & anōne ye shall fynde an asse bounde / & her colte with her: lose them & bringe them vnto me. And if eny man saye ought vnto you / saye ye y^t the

lorde hath neade of them: and streyght waye he will let them go. All this was done / to ful∣fyll that which was spoken by the Prophet / * 1.260 sayinge: Tell ye the doughter of Sion: behol∣de thy kynge cometh vnto the meke / & sittin∣ge vpon an asse & a colte / the fole of an asse vsed to the yooke. The disciples went & dyd as Iesus cōmaunded them / & brought y^e asse and the colte / and put on them their clothes / and set him theron. And many of the people spreed their garmente in y^e waye. Other cut doune braunches frō the trees / and strawed them in the waye. Moreover the people that went before / & they also that came after / cryed sayinge:* 1.261 Hosanna to y^e sonne of David. Bles∣sed be he that cometh in the name of the Lor∣de / Hosanna in the hyest. ⊢

* 1.262And when he was come in to Ierusalem / all the cyte was moved sayinge: who is this? [ B] And the people sayde: this is Iesus the Pro¦phet of Nazareth a cyte of Galile. * 1.263And Iesus went in to the temple of God / and cast out all them that soulde and bought in the temple / & overthrew the tables of the mony chaūgers / & the seates of them that solde doves / & say∣de to them: * 1.264It is wrytten / my housse shalbe called the housse of prayer. But ye have ma∣de it a denne of theves. And the blinde & the halt came to him in y^e tēple / & he healed thē.

When the chefe preste & scribes sawe the marveylles that he dyd / & the chyldren cryin¦ge in the tēple & sayinge / Hosanna to the son∣ne of David / they disdayned / and sayde vnto

him: hearest thou what these saye? Iesus say¦de vnto them yee: have ye never redde* 1.265 / of the mouth of babes & suckeling{is} thou haste ordey¦ned prayse? And he lefte thē / & wēt out of y^e ci¦te vnto Bethanie / & had his abydīge there. ⊢

* 1.266In the mornynge as he returned in to the cyte ageyne / he hungred / & spyed a fygge trre in the waye / & came to it / and founde nothin∣ge ther on / but leves only / & sayd to it / never frute growe on the hence forwarde. And anō the fygge tree wyddered awaye. And when his disciples sawe that / they marveled sayin∣ge: Howe sone is the fygge tree wyddered awaye? Iesus answered / and sayde vnto thē: Verely I saye vnto you / yf ye shall have faith [ C] and shall not dout / ye shall not only do that which I have done to the fygge tree: but also yf ye shall saye vnto this moūtayne / take thy silfe awaye / and cast thy silfe into the see / it shalbe done. And whatsoever ye shall axe in prayer (if ye beleve) ye shall receave it.

✚ * 1.267And when he was come in to the tēple / the chefe prestes and the elders of the people came vnto him as he was teachinge / & sayde: by what auctorite doest thou these thing{is}? & who gave the this power? Iesus answered / and sayde vnto them: I also will axe of you a certayne question / which if ye assoyle me / I in lyke wyse wyll tell you by what auctorite I do these thing{is}. * 1.268The baptime of Iohn: when¦ce was it? frō hevē or of men? Then they rea¦soned amōge them selves sayinge: yf we shall saye frō heven / he will saye vnto vs: why dyd

ye not then beleve hym? But and if we shall saye of men / then feare we the people. For all men helde Iohn as a Prophet. And they an∣swered Iesus and sayde: we cannot tell. And he lyke wyse sayd vnto them: nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges. ⊢

What saye ye to this? ✚ * 1.269A certayne man had two sonnes / & came to y^e elder & sayde: son¦ne go & worke to daye in my vineyarde. He an¦swered & sayde / I will not: but afterwarde re¦pented & went. Then came he to the second / & sayde lyke wyse. And he answered and sayde: I will syr: yet wēt not. Whether of thē tway¦ne dyd the will of the father? And they sayde vnto hym: the fyrst. Iesus sayde vnto thē: ve∣rely I saye vnto you / * 1.270that the publicans & the harlotes shall come into y^e kyngdome of God before you. For Iohn came vnto you in the waye of rightewesnes / and ye beleved hym not. But the publicans and the harlotes bele¦ved him. And yet ye (though ye sawe it) we∣re not yet moved with repentaunce / that ye myght afterwarde have beleved hym. ⊢

✚ [ D] * 1.271Herken another similitude. Ther was a certayne housholder / which planted a vineyar¦de / & hedged it roūde about / & made a wynpres¦se in it / & bilt a tower / & let it out to husband∣men / & wēt in to a straunge coūtre. And when the tyme of the frute drewe neare / he sent his servaunt{is} to the husbandmē / to receave the frut{is} of it. And y^e husbandmē caught his ser∣vaunt{is} & bet one / kylled another / and stoned another. Agayne he sent other servant{is} / moo

then the fyrst: & they served them lyke wyse. But last of all / he sent vnto thē his awne son¦ne sayinge: they will feare my sonne. But when the husbandmen sawe the sonne / they sayde amōge thē selves: This is the heyre: co¦me / let vs kyll him / & let vs take his inheri∣taunce to oure selves. And they caught him & thrust him out of the vineyarde / & slewe him. When the lorde of the vyneyarde commeth / what will he do w^t those husbandmē? They sayde vnto him: he will cruellye destroye tho∣se evyll persons / & wyll let out his vyneyarde vnto other husbandmen / which shall delyver him the frute at tymes convenient.

* 1.272Iesus sayde vnto thē: dyd ye never redde in the scripture? The stone which y^e bylders re∣fused / y^e same is set in y^e principall parte of y^e corner: this was the lordes doinge / & yt is mer¦velous in oure eyes. Therfore saye I vnto you / the kyngdome of God shalbe takē from you / & shalbe gevē to the gētyls / which shall brynge forth the frutes of it. * 1.273And whosoever shall fall on this stone / he shalbe broken / but on whosoever it shall fall vpon / it will gryn¦de him to powder. And when the chefe prest{is} & Pharises hearde these similitudes / they per¦ceaved y^t he spake of thē. And they wēt about to laye hond{is} on him / but they feared y^e peo∣ple / because they tooke him as a Prophet. ⊢

¶ The .xxii. Chapter. ⊢

[ A] * 1.274ANd Iesus answered and spake vnto them agayne / in similitudes sayinge. ✚ The kingdome of hevē is lyke vnto

a certayne kynge / * 1.275which maryed his sonne / & sent forth his servant{is} / to call them that we∣re byd to the weddinge / & they wolde not co∣me. Ageyne he sent forth other servaunt{is} / say¦inge: Cell them which are bydden: beholde I have prepared my dynner / myne oxen and my fatlinges are kylled / and all thinges are redy / come vnto the mariage. But they made light of it / and went their wayes: one to his ferme place / another about his marchaundise / the remnaunt toke his seruantes and intreated them vngodly & slewe them. When the kin∣ge hearde that / he was wroth / and send forth his warryers and distroyed those murtherers / and brent vp their cyte.

[ B] Then sayde he to his servauntes: the wed∣dinge was prepared. But they which were bydden / were not worthy. Go ye therfore out in to y^e hye wayes / & as many as ye finde / byd them to the mariage. The seruaunt{is} wēt out in to the hie wayes / & gaddered to gedder as many as they coulde fynde / both good & bad / and y^e weddinge was furnysshed with gest{is}.* 1.276 Then the kynge came in / to viset the gest{is} / & spyed there a mā which had not on a weddin∣ge garment / and sayde vnto him: frende / how fortuned it that thou camest in hither & hast not on a weddyng garment? And he was evē spechlesse. Then sayde the kynge to his mini¦sters: take and bynde hym hand and fote / and caste hym into vtter darcknes / there shalbe wepinge & gnasshinge of teth. * 1.277For many are called and feawe be chosen. ⊢

✚ * 1.278Then wēt the Pharises & toke counsell how they might tāgle him in his word{is}. And they sent vnto him their disciples with Hero¦des servauntes sayinge: Master / we knowe y^t thou are true / & teachest the waye of god tru∣lie / nether carest for eny man / for thou consy∣drest not mēnes estate. * 1.279Tell vs therfore: how thynkest thou? Is it lawfull to geve tribute vnto Cesar or not? Iesus perceaved their wi∣kednes / and sayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypo¦crites? Let me se y^e tribute money. And they to¦ke hym * 1.280 a peny. And he sayde vnto them: whose is this ymage and superscripcion? They sayde vnto him: Cesars. Then sayde he vnto them. Geve therfore to Cesar / that which is Cesars: & geve vnto god / that which is goddes. ⊢ When they hearde that / they marveled / and lefte hym & went there waye.

[ C] * 1.281The same daye the Saduces came to him (which saye that there is no resurreccion) & axed him sayinge: Master / Moses bade / yf a man dye havinge no chyldrē / that the brother mary his wyfe / & reyse vp seed vnto his bro∣ther. Ther were w^t vs seven brethrē / & the fyr¦ste maried & deceased w^t oute yssue / & lefte his wyfe vnto his brother. Lyke wise the seconde and y^e thryd / vnto the sevēthe. Laste of all the woman dyed also. Now in the resurreccion / whose wyfe shall she be of the seven? For all had her. Iesus answered and sayde vnto thē: ye are deceaved / & vnderstonde not the scriptu¦res / nor yet the power of God. For in the re∣surreccion they nether mary nor are maryed:

but are as the angels of God in heven.

* 1.282As touchynge the resurreccion of the deed: have ye not redde what is sayde vnto you of God / which sayeth:* 1.283 I am Abrahams God / & Ysaacks God / & the God of Iacob? God is not the God of the deed: but of the lyvinge. And when the people hearde that / they were astonyed at his doctrine.

✚ [ D] * 1.284When the Pharises had hearde / how y^t he had put the Saduces to silence. / they dre∣we to gedder / & one of them which was a doc¦toure of lawe / axed a question tēptinge him & sayinge: Master which is y^e chefe cōmaund¦ment in the lawe? Iesus sayde vnto him: * 1.285love the Lorde thy God w^t all thine herte / with all thy soule / & with all thy mynde. This is the fyrst & the chefe cōmaundement. And ther is another lyke vnto this. Love thyne neghbour as thy selfe. In these two commaundemētes hange all the lawe and the Prophetes.

* 1.286Whyll the Pharises were gaddered toge∣der / Iesus axed thē sayinge: what thinke ye of Christ? Whose sonne is he? They sayde vnto him: the sonne of David. * 1.287 He sayde vnto thē: How then doeth David in spirite / call him Lorde sayinge? The Lorde sayde to my Lorde / syt on my right honde: tyll I make thyne ene∣myes thy fote stole. Yf David call him Lor¦de: how is he then his sonne? And none coul∣de answere him ageyne one worde: nether dur¦ste eny from that daye forth / axe him eny moo questions. ⊢

¶ The .xxiii. Chapter. ✚

[ A] THen spake Iesus to the people / & to his disciples sayinge. The Scribes & the Pharises sit in * 1.288 Moses seate. All therfore what soever they byd you observe / that observe and do: but after their workes do not: For they saye / & do not. Ye & they bynde hevy burthēs & grevous to be borne / & ley thē on mēnes shulders: but they them sylfes will not heave at them with one of their fyngers. All their workes they do / for to be sene of mē. They set abroade their philateries / and make large borders on there garmētes / & love to sit vppermooste at feastes / and to have the chefe seates in the synagoges / and gretinges in the marketes / and to be called of men Rabi.

[ B] But ye shall not suffre youre selves to be called Rabi. For one is youre master / that is to wyt Christ / & all ye are brethrē. And call no man youre father vpon the erth / for there is but one youre father / & he is in heven. Be not called masters / for there is but one youre ma¦ster / and he is Christ. * 1.289He that is greatest amō∣ge you / shalbe youre seruaunte. * 1.290But whosoe∣ver exalteth him silfe / shalbe brought lowe. And he y^t hūbleth him silfe / shalbe exalted. ⊢

* 1.291Wo be vnto you Scribes & Pharises / ypo∣crites / for ye shutte vp the kyngdome of hevē before men: ye youre selves goo not in / nether suffre ye them that come / to enter in.

* 1.292Wo be vnto you Scribes & Pharises ypo¦crites: ye devoure widdowes houses / & that vnder a coloure of praying longe prayers: wherfore ye shall receave greater damnacion.

Wo be vnto you Scribes & Pharises ypo∣crites / which compasse see & londe / to bringe one in to youre belefe: & when he ys brought / ye make him two folde more the chylde of hell / then ye youre selves are.

* 1.293Wo be vnto you blynd gides / which saye whosoever sweare by the tēple / it is no thin∣ge: but whosoever sweare by the golde of the temple / he offendeth. Ye foles & blinde{punctel} whe∣ther is greater / the golde / or the tēple that san¦ctifieth y^e golde. * 1.294And whosoever sweareth by the aulter it is nothinge: but whosoever swea¦reth by y^e offeringe y^t lyeth on y^e aultre / offen∣deth. Ye foles & blinde: whether is greater y^e offeringe / or y^e aultre which sanctifieth y^e of∣feringe? Whosoever therfore sweareth by y^• aultre / sweareth by it / & by all y^t there on is. And whosoever sweareth by the tēple / swea∣reth by it / & by hym y^t dwelleth therin. And he that sweareth by hevē / swereth by the sea¦te of God & by hym that sytteth ther on.

[ C] * 1.295Wo be to you Scribes & Pharises ypocri∣tes / which tythe mynt annyse & cōmen / & lea∣ve the waygthtyer mattres of y^e lawe vndo∣ne: iudgemēt / mercy / & fayth. These ought ye to have done / & not to have left the othre vn∣done. * 1.296Ye blinde gydes which strayne out a gnat and swalowe a cammyll.

* 1.297Wo be to you scribes & pharises ypocrites / which make clene y^e vtter syde of the cuppe / & of the platter: but within they are full of bry¦bery & excesse. Thou blinde Pharise / clense fyrst / the out syde of the cup and platter / that

the ynneside of them maye be clene also.

* 1.298Wo be to you Scrib{is} & Pharises ypocrit{is} / for ye are lyke vnto paynted tombes which ap¦pere beautyfull outwarde: but are w^t in full of deed bones & of all fylthynes. So are ye / for outwarde ye appere righteous vnto mē / when within / ye are full of ypocrisie and iniquite.

[ D] * 1.299Wo be vnto you Scribes & Pharises ypo∣crites: ye bylde the tombes of the Prophetes / & garnisshe the sepulchres of the righteous / & saye: yf we had bene in the dayes of oure fa∣thers / we wolde not have bene parteners with them in the bloud of the Prophetes. So then ye be witnesses vnto youre selfes / that ye are the chyldren of them which killed the prophe¦tes. Fulfill ye lyke wyse the measure of youre fathers. Yee serpentes and generacion of vi∣pers / how shuld ye scape y^e dāpnaciō of hell?

✚ Wherfore / beholde I sende vnto you / prophet{is} / wyse men & scribes / & of thē ye shall kyll & crucifie: & of thē ye shall scourge in you¦re synagoges / & persecute from cyte to cyte / that vpon you maye come all the righteous bloude that was sheed vpon the erth / frō the bloud of righteous Abell / vnto y^e bloud of za∣charias* 1.300 the sonne of Barachias / whō ye sle∣we betwene the tēple & y^e altre. * 1.301 Verely I say vnto you / all these thinges shall light vpon this generacion. Hierusalem / Hierusalem which kyllest prophetes / & stonest thē which are sent to the: how often wolde I have ga∣dered* 1.302 thy chyldren to gether / as the henne ga¦dreth her chickēs vnder her winge / but ye wol¦de

not: Beholde youre habitaciō shalbe lefte vnto you desolate. For I saye to you / ye shall not se me hēce forthe / tyll that ye saye: blessed is he that cōmeth in the name of y^e Lorde. ⊢

¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.303ANd Iesus went out & departed frō the tēple: & his disciples came to hym / for to shewe him the byldinge of the tēple. Iesus sayde vnto thē: se ye not all these thin∣ges? Verely I saye vnto you: ther shall not be here lefte one stone vpon another / that shall not be cast doune.

* 1.304And as he sat vpon the moūt Olivete / his disciples came vnto hym secretely sayinge. Tell vs when these thinges shalbe? & what signe shalbe of thy cōmynge / & of the ende of the worlde? And Iesus answered / and sayde vnto them:* 1.305 take hede that no mā deceave you. For many shall come in my name sayinge: I am Christ / and shall deceave many.

Ye shall heare of warres / & of the fame of warr{is}: but se y^t ye be not troubled. For all the¦se thinges must come to passe / but the ende is not yet. For naciō shall ryse ageynste naciō / & realme ageynste realme: & ther shalbe pestilen¦ce / honger and erth quakes in all quarters. All these are the beginninge of sorowes.

* 1.306Then shall they put you to trouble / & shall kyll you: & ye shalbe hated of all nacions for my names sake. And then shall many be offen¦ded / and shall betraye one another / and shall hate one the other. * 1.307And many falce Prophe∣tes shall aryse / and shall deceave many. And

because iniquite shall have the vpper hande / the love of many shall abate. But he that en∣dureth to the ende / the same shalbe safe. And this glad tidingees of the kyngdome shalbe preached in all the worlde / for a witnes vnto all nacions: and then shall the ende come.

[ B] When ye therfore shall se y^e abhominaciō that betokeneth desolacion / spoken of by Da∣niell* 1.308 the Prophet / stonde in y^e holy place: let him that redeth it / vnderstonde it. Then let them which be in Iury / flye into the moūtay¦nes. And let him which is on y^e housse toppe / not come downe to fet eny thinge out of his housse. Nether let him which is in y^e felde / re¦turne backe to fetche his clothes. Wo be in those dayes to thē that are w^t chylde / & to thē y^t geve sucke. * 1.309But praye y^t youre flight be not in y^e winter / nether on y^e saboth daye. For then shalbe greate tribulaciō / suche as was not frō the beginninge of the worlde to this tyme / ner shalbe. Ye & except those dayes shuld be shor¦tened / there shuld no fleshe be saved: but for y^e chosens sake / those dayes shalbe shortened.* 1.310

* 1.311Then yf eny mā shall saye vnto you: lo / he∣re is Christ / or there is Christ: beleve it not. For there shall arise false christes / & false pro¦phet{is} / & shall do great myracles & wondres. In so moche y^t if it were possible / y^e verie ele¦cte shuld be deceaved. Take hede / I have tol¦de you before. Wherfore if they shall saye vn¦to you: beholde he is in y^e desert / go not forth: beholde he is in y^e secret places / beleve not. For as y^e lightninge cometh out of y^e eest &

shyneth vnto the weest: so shall the cōmynge of the sonne of mā be. For wheresoever a deed karkas is / evē thyther will the egles resorte.

[ C] * 1.312Immediatly after the tribulaciōs of those dayes / shall the sunne be derkened: & y^e mone shall not geve hir light / & the starr{is} shall fall from hevē / & the powers of hevē shall move. And then shall appere the sygne of the sonne of man in heven. And then shall all the kyn∣reddes of the erth morne / & they shall se the sonne of man come in the cloudes of heven with power & greate glorie. And he shall sen¦de his angeles with the greate voyce of a trō¦pe / and they shall gader to gether his chosen / from the fower wyndes / and from the one en∣de of the worlde to the other.

* 1.313Learne a similitude of the fygge tree: when his braunches are yet tender & his leves sprō∣ge / ye knowe that sommer is nye. So lyke wy¦se ye / when ye see all these thynges / be ye sure that it is neare / even at the dores. Verely I saye vnto you / that this generacion shall not passe tyll all these be fulfilled. Heven & erth shall perisshe: but my wordes shall abyde. But of that daye and houre knowith no man / no not y^e angels of hevē / but my father only.

* 1.314As the tyme of Noe was / so lyke wyse shall the cōminge of y^e sonne of man be. For as in y^e dayes before y^e floud: they dyd eate & dryn∣ke / mary & were maried / evē vnto y^e daye that Noe entred in to the shyppe / & knewe of no∣thynge / tyll the floude came & toke them all awaye. So shall also the commynge of the

sonne of man be. * 1.315Then two shalbe in the fel∣des / the one shalbe receaved / & the other shal∣be refused / two shalbe gryndinge at y^e myll: y^e one shalbe receaved / & y^e other shalbe refused.

[ D] * 1.316Wake therfore / because ye knowe not what houre youre master wyll come. Of this be su∣re / that yf the good man of the housse knewe what houre the thefe wolde come: he wolde suerly watche / and not suffre his housse to be brokē vppe. Therfore be ye also redy / for in y^e houre ye thinke he wolde not: wyll the sonne of mā come. * 1.317If there be any faithfull servaūt and wyse / whome his master hath made ruler over his housholde to geve thē meate in sea∣son cōvenient: happy is that servaunt whom his master (when he cometh) shall finde so doinge. Verely I saye vnto you / he shall make him ruler over all his goodes. * 1.318But & yf that evill servaūt shall saye in his herte / my master wyll defer his cōmynge / & beginne to smyte his felowes / ye and to eate and to drinke with the dronkē: that servaunt{is} master wyll come in a daye when he loketh not for him / & in an houre y^t he is not ware of / & wyll devyde him / and geve him his rewarde with ypocrites. There shalbe wepinge & gnasshinge of tethe.

¶ The .xxv. Chapter.

* 1.319THen y^e kyngdome of heven shalbe lyke¦ned vnto .x. virgins / which toke their [ A] lampes / & wēt to mete the brydgrome: fyve of them were folysshe / & fyve were wyse. The folysshe toke their lampes / but toke no∣ne oyle w^t thē. But y^e wyse tooke oyle w^t thē

in their vesselles w^t their lampes also. Whill the brydgrome taryed / all slombred & slepte. And even at mydnyght / there was a crye ma∣de: beholde / the brydgrome cometh / goo out against him. Then all those virgins arose / & prepared their lampes. And y^e folysshe sayde to y^e wyse: geve vs of youre oyle / for oure lam∣pes goo out? but y^e wyse answered sayinge. Not so / lest ther be not ynough for vs & you: but goo rather to them y^t sell / & by for youre selves. And whill they went to bye / y^e bryd∣grome came: & they y^t were redy / went in with him to y^e weddinge / & the gate was shett vp: Afterwarde came also y^e other virgins sayin¦ge: master master / open to vs. But he answe∣red & sayde: verely I saye vnto you: I knowe not you. * 1.320Watche there fore: for ye knowe ne∣ther* 1.321 the daye nor yet the houre▪ when the son¦ne of man shall come.

✚ Lykwyse as a certeyne mā redy to take his [ B] iorney to a straunge coūtre / called his servaū∣tes & delivered to them his goodd{is}. * 1.322And vnto one he gave .v. talent{is} / to another .ii. and to another one: to every man after his abilite / and streyght waye departed. Then he that had receaved the fyve talentes / went and be∣stowed them / and wanne other fyve talent{is}. Lykwyse he that receaved .ii. gayned other .ii. But he y^t receaved y^e one / went & digged a pit in the erth & hyd his masters money. After a longe season y^e lorde of those servaunt{is} came & rekened with thē. Then came he y^t had re∣ceaved fyve talent{is} / & brought other fyve ta∣lentes

sayinge: master / thou deliveredst vnto me fyve talent{is}: beholde I have gayned w^t thē fyve talent{is} moo. Thē his master sayde vnto him: well good servaūt & faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell / I will make the ruler over moche: entre in into thy masters ioye. Also he that receaved .ii. talent{is} / came & say∣de: master / thou deliveredest vnto me .ii. talen¦tes: beholde / I have wone .ii. other talentes with them. And his master sayde vnto him / well good servaunt & faithfull. Thou hast be¦ne faithfull in lytell / I wyll make the ruler over moche: go in into thy masters ioye. ⊢

Then he which had receaved y^e one talent / [ C] came / & sayd: master / I considered y^t thou wast an harde man / which repest where thou so∣wedst not / & gadderest where thou strawedst not / & was therfore afrayde / & went & hyd thy talent in y^e erth: Beholde / thou hast thyn aw∣ne. His master answered and sayde vnto him: thou evyll servaūt & slewthfull / thou knewest y^t I repe where I sowed not / & gaddre where I strawed not: thou oughtest therfore to have had my money to y^e chaūgers / & then at my cō¦mynge shulde I have receaved myne awne with vauntage. Take therfore the talent from him / & geve it vnto him which hath .x. talent{is} * 1.323 * 1.324For vnto every man that hath shalbe geven / and he shall have aboundance: and from him that hath not / shalbe taken awaye / even that he hath. And cast y^t vnprofitable servaunt into vtter dercknes: there shalbe wepynge and gnasshinge of teeth.

✚ * 1.325When the sonne of mā cometh in his glo¦rie / & all the holy angels w^t him / then shall he syt vpon the seate of his glorie / & before him shalbe Gaddred all nacions. And he shall se¦perate thē one from a nother / as a shepherde deuideth the shepe from the gootes. And he shall set the shepe on his right honde / & the gotes on the lyfte. Then shall the kynge saye to them on his right honde: Come ye blessed chyldren of my father / inheret ye the kyngdō prepared for you from the beginninge of the worlde. * 1.326 For I was anhongred / and ye gave me meate. I thursted / and ye gave me drinke. I was herbourlesse / and ye lodged me. I was naked & ye clothed me. I was sicke & ye visi∣ted me. I was in preson and ye came vnto me. Then shall y^e righteous answere him sayinge* 1.327 master / whē sawe we y^e anhongred / & feed the? or athurst / & gave y^e drinke? when sawe we y^e herbourlesse / & lodged the? or naked & clothed the? or when sawe we the sicke or in preson / & came vnto the? And y^e kynge shall answere & saye vnto them: verely I saye vnto you: in as moche as ye have done it vnto one of y^e leest* 1.328 of these my brethren / ye have done it to me.

[ D] * 1.329Then shall the kynge saye vnto them that shalbe on the lyfte hande: departe from me ye coursed / into everlastinge fire / which is prepa∣red for the devyll and his angels. For I was an hungred / and ye gave me no meate. I thur∣sted / and ye gave me no drinke. I was her∣bourlesse / and ye lodged me not. I was naked / and ye clothed me not. I was sicke and in pre∣son /

and ye visited me not.

Then shall they also answere him sayinge: master when sawe we the an hungred / or athurst / or herbourlesse / or naked / or sicke / or in preson / and did not ministre vnto the? Then shall he answere thē and saye: Verely I saye* 1.330 vnto you / in as moche as ye did it not to one of y^e leest of these / ye did it not to me. And the¦se shall go into everlastinge payne: * 1.331 And the righteous into lyfe eternall. ⊢

¶ The .xxvi. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.332ANd it came to passe / when Iesus had fy¦nisshed all these sayinges / he sayd vn∣to his disciples: ✚ Ye knowe that after ii. dayes shalbe ester / & the sonne of man shal∣be delyvered to be crucified.

Then assembled togedder the chefe prestes and the scribes and the elders of the people to the palice of the hye preste / called Cayphas / * 1.333 and heelde a counsell / how they mygt take Ie¦sus by suttelte and kyll him. But they sayd / not on the holy daye / lest eny vproure aryse a∣monge the people.

* 1.334When Iesus was in Bethany / in the hou∣se of Symon the leper / ther came vnto him a woman / which had an alablaster boxe of pre¦cious oyntment / and powred it on his heed / as he sate at the bourde. When his disciples sa∣we that / they had indignacion sayinge: what neded this wast? This oyntmēt myght have bene well solde / & geven to the povre. When Iesus vnderstod that / he sayde vnto thē: why trouble ye the woman? She hath wrought a

good worke apon me. For ye shall have poore folcke alwayes with you: but me shall ye not have all wayes. And in y^t she casted this oynt¦ment on my bodye / she dyd it to burye me w^t all. Verely I saye vnto you / wheresoever this gospell shalbe preached throughoute all the worlde / there shall also this that she hath do∣ne / be tolde for a memoriall of her.

[ B] * 1.335Then one of the twelve called Iudas Isca¦rioth / went vnto the chefe prestes / and sayd: what will ye geve me / and I will deliver him vnto you? And they apoynted vnto him thir∣ty peces of sylver. And from that tyme he sought oportunite to betraye him.

* 1.336The fyrst daye of swete breed y^e disciples cam to Iesus sayinge vnto him: where wylt thou that we prepare for y^e to eate y^e paschall lambe? And he sayd: Go into the cite / vnto so∣che a man / and saye to him: the master sayeth / my tyme is at hande / I will kepe myne ester at thy housse with my desciples. And the di∣sciples did as Iesus had apoynted them / and made redy the ester lambe.

* 1.337When the even was come / he sate doune w^t the .xii. And as they dyd eate / he sayde: Verely I saye vnto you / that one of you shall betraye me. And they were excedinge sorowfull / & be∣ganne every one of thē to saye vnto him: is it I master? He answered & sayde: he y^t deppeth his honde w^t me in y^e disshe / the same shall be∣traye me. The sonne of mā goeth as it is writ¦ten of him:* 1.338 but wo be to y^t mā / by whom y^e son¦ne of man shalbe betrayed. It had bene good

for that man / yf he had never bene borne.

[ C] * 1.339Then Iudas wich betrayed him / answered and sayde: is it I master? He sayde vnto him: thou hast sayde. As they dyd eate / Iesus toke breed & gave thankes / brake it / & gave it to the disciples / & sayde: Take / eate / this is my body. And he toke the cup / and thanked / and gave it them / sayinge: drinke of it every one. For this is my bloude of the new testament / that shalbe shedde for many / for the remission of synnes. I saye vnto you: I will not drinke hence forth of this frute of the vyne tree / vn∣tyll that daye / when I shall drinke it new with you in my fathers kyngdome.

* 1.340And when they had sayde grace / they went out into mounte olyvete. Then sayd Iesus vnto them: all ye shallbe offended by me this night. For it is wrytten. I will smyte y^e shepeherde / & the shepe of y^e flocke shalbe scattered abroode. But after I am rysen ageyne / I will goo before you into Galile. Peter answered / & sayde vnto him: though all men shulde be offended by y^e / yet wolde I never be offended. Iesus sayde vnto him. * 1.341Verely I saye vnto y^e / that this same night before the cocke crowe thou shalt denye me thryse. Peter sayde vnto him: Yf I shulde dye with y^e / yet wolde I not denye y^e. Lyke wyse also sayde all y^e disciples.

[ D] * 1.342Then went Iesus with them into a place which is called Gethsemane / and sayde vnto the disciples / syt ye here / whyll I go & praye yonder. And he toke with him Peter and the two sonnes of zebede / & began to wexe sorow∣full

and to be in an agonye. Then sayd Iesus vnto them: my soule is hevy even vnto the deeth. Tary ye here & watche w^t me. And he went a lytell aparte / and fell flat on his face / and prayed sayinge: O my father / yf it be pos∣sible / let this cuppe passe from me: neverthe∣lesse / not as I wyll / but as thou wylt. And he* 1.343 came vnto the disciples / and founde them aslepe / and sayde to Peter: what / coulde ye not watche with me one houre: watche & praye / that ye fall not into temptacion. The spirite is willynge / but the flesshe is weake.

He went awaye once moare / & prayed / sayin∣ge: O my father / yf this cuppe can not passe away from me / but y^t I drinke of it / thy wyll be fulfylled. And he came / & founde thē aslepe agayne. For their eyes were hevy. And he lef∣te them & went agayne and prayed y^e thrid ty∣me sayinge y^e same wordes. Then came he to his disciples & sayd vnto them: Slepe hence forth & take youre reest. Take hede the houre is at honde / & y^e sonne of man shalbe betrayed into y^e hondes of synners. Ryse / let vs be goin∣ge: beholde / he is at honde y^t shall betraye me. * 1.344Whyll he yet spake: lo / Iudas one of y^e xii. ca¦me & w^t him a greate multitude w^t sweardes & staves / sent from the chefe prestes & elders [ E] of the people. And he that betrayed him / had geven thē a token / sayinge: whosoever I kys∣se / y^t same is he / ley hond{is} on him. And forth w^t all he came to Iesus / & sayde: hayle master / and kyssed him.* 1.345 And Iesus sayde vnto him: frende / wherfore arte thou come? Then came

they and layed hondes on Iesus & toke him.

And beholde / one of them which were with Iesus / stretched oute his honde and drue his swearde / and stroke a servaunt of the hye pre∣ste / and smote of his eare. Then sayde Iesus vnto him: put vp thy swearde into his shea∣the. * 1.346For all that ley hond on y^e swearde / shall perisshe with y^e swearde. Ether thinkest thou that I cannot now praye to my father / & he shall geve me moo then .xii. legions of angel∣les?* 1.347 But how then shuld the scriptures be fulfylled: for so must it be.

[ F] The same tyme sayd Iesus to the multi∣tude:ye be come out as it were vnto a thefe / with sweardes & staves for to take me. I sa∣te daylie teachinge in the temple amōge you and ye toke me not. * 1.348All this was done that the scriptures of the Prophetes myght be ful∣filled. * 1.349Then all the disciples forsoke him and fleed. And they toke Iesus and leed him to Cayphas the hye preeste / where the Scribes and the Elders where assembled. And Peter folowed him a farre of / vnto the hye prestes place: and went in / and sate with the servaun∣tes / to se the ende.

* 1.350The chefe prestes and the elders / and all the counsell / sought false witnes agenste Ie∣sus / for to put him to deeth / but founde none: in somoche that when many false witnesses cam / yet founde they none. At the last came two false witnesses and sayd: * 1.351This felowe sayde: I can distroye the temple of God / and bylde it agayne in .iii. dayes.

And the chefe preste arose / & sayde to him: answerest thou nothinge? How is it y^t these beare witnes ageynst the? But Iesus helde his peace: And the chefe Preeste answered / and sayd to him: I charge the in the name of the lyvinge God / that thou tell vs whether thou be Christ the sonne of God. Iesus sayd to him: thou haste sayd. Neverthelesse I saye vnto you / hereafter shall ye se the sonne of mā syttinge on the right honde of power / and co∣me in the clowddes of the skye.

[ G] Then the hye preste rent his clothes sayin¦ge:He hath blasphemed: what nede we of eny moo witnesses? Behold now ye have hearde his blasphemy: what thinke ye? They ans∣wered and sayd: he his worthy to dye. Then spat they in his face / and boffeted him with fistes. And other smote him with the palme af their hondes on ye face / sayinge: tell vs thou Christ / who is he that smote the?

* 1.352Peter sate with out in the palice. And a damsell came to him sayinge: Thou also wa∣ste w^t Iesus of Galilee: but he denyed before thē all sayinge: I woot not what thou sayst. When he was goone out into the poorche / another wenche sawe him / & sayde vnto them that were there: This felowe was also with Iesus of Nazareth. And agayne he denyed with an oothe that he knew the man. And af∣ter a whyle came vnto him they y^t stode bye / and sayde vnto Peter: suerly thou arte even one of thē / for thy speache bewreyeth y^e. Then beganne he to course & to sweare / that he kne∣we

not the man. And immedyatly the cocke krewe. And Peter remembred the wordes of Iesu which sayde vnto him: before the cocke crowe / thou shalt deny me thryse: and went out at the dores and wepte bitterly.

¶ The .xxvii. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.353VVhen the mornynge was come / all y^e chefe prestes & the elders of y^e people helde a counsayle agenst Iesu / to put him to deeth / & brought him bounde & delive∣red him vnto Poncius Pilate the debite.

* 1.354Then when Iudas which betrayed him / sawe that he was condempned / he repented him sylfe / and brought ageyne the .xxx. plat∣tes of sylver to y^e chefe prestes & elders sayin¦ge: I have synned betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they sayde: what is that to vs? Se thou to that. And he cast doune the sylver plattes in the temple and departed / and went and hounge him sylfe.

* 1.355And the chefe prestes toke the sylver plat∣tes and sayd: it is not lawfull for to put them in to the treasury / because it is the pryce of blond. And they toke counsell / and bought with them a potters felde to bury strangers in. Wherfore that felde is called the felde of bloud / vntyll this daye. Then was fulfylled / that which was spoken by Ieremy the Pro∣phet* 1.356 sayinge: & they toke .xxx. sylver platt{is} / the prise of him that was valued / whom they bought of the chyldren of Israel / and they ga¦ve them for the potters felde / as the Lorde ap¦poynted me.

* 1.357Iesus stode before the debite: and the debi∣te axed him sayinge: Arte thou the kynge of y^e Iues? Iesus sayd vnto him: Thou sayest / and when he was accused of y^e chefe prestes & elders he answered nothinge.* 1.358 Then sayd Pi∣late vnto him: hearest thou not how many thinges they laye ageynste y^e? And he answe¦red him to never a worde: in somoche that the debite marveylled greatlie.

* 1.359At that feest / the debite was wonte to deli∣ver vnto y^e people a presoner / whom they wol¦de desyer. He had then a notable presoner / cal∣led Barrabas. And when they were gadered together / Pilate sayde vnto thē: whether wyll ye that I geve losse vnto you / Barrabas or Ie¦sus which is called Christ? For he knewe well / that for envie they had delivred him.

When he was set doune to geve iudgemēt / his wyfe sent to him sayinge: have thou no∣thinge to do with that iuste man. For I ha∣ve suffered many thinges this daye in a drea∣me about him.

[ B] * 1.360But the chefe preestes and the elders had parswaded the people / that they shulde axe Barrabas / & shulde destroye Iesus. Then the debite answered and sayde vnto them: whe∣ther of the twayne wyll ye that I let loosse vnto you? And they sayde / Barrabae. Pilate sayde vnto them: what shall I do then with Iesus which is called Christ? They all say∣de to him: let him be crucified. Then sayde the debite: what evyll hath he done? And they cryed the more sayinge: let him be crucified.

When Pilate sawe that he prevayled no∣thinge / but that moare busines was made / he toke water and wasshed his hondes before y^e people sayinge: I am innocent of the bloud of this * 1.361 iuste person / & that ye shall se. Then an∣swered all the people and sayde: his bloud be on vs / and on oure chyldren. Then let he Bar¦rabas loose vnto them / and scourged Iesus and delivered him to be crucified.

[ D] * 1.362Then the soudeours of the debite toke Ie∣sus vnto the comen hall / and gaddered vnto him all the company. And they stripped him and put on him a purpyll roobe / and platted a croune of thornes and put vpon his heed / & a rede in his ryght honde: and bowed their kne∣es before him / and mocked him / saying: hayle kinge of the Iewes: & spitted vpon him / & to∣ke the rede and smoote him on the heed.

* 1.363And when they had mocked him / they toke the robe of him ageyne / and put his awne rey∣mēt on him / & leed him awaye to crucify him. And as they came out / they fonnde a man of Cyren / named Simon: him they compelled to beare his crosse. And whē they cam vnto y^e pla¦ce / called Golgotha (that is to saye / a place of deed mens sculles) they gave him veneger to drinke mengled with gall. And when he had tasted therof / he wolde not drinke.

[ E] * 1.364When they had crucified him / they parted his garmentes / and did cast lottes: to fulfyll that was spoken by the prophet. They deuy∣ded my garmēte amonge them: & apon my ve¦sture did cast loottes. And they sate and wat∣ched

him there. And they set vp over his heed the cause of his deeth written. This is Ie∣sus the kynge of the Iewes. And ther were two theves crucified with him / one on y^e right honde / and another on the lyfte.

* 1.365They that passed by / revyled him waggyn∣ge ther heeddes and sayinge: Thou that de∣stroyest the temple of God and byldest it in thre dayes / save thy sylfe. If thou be y^e sonne of God / come doune from the crosse. Lykwyse also the hye prestes mockinge him with the scribes and elders sayde: He saved other / him¦sylfe he can not save. If he be y^e kynge of Is∣rael: let him now come doune from the crosse / and we will beleve him. He trusted in God / let him deliver him now / yf he will have him: for he sayde / I am the sonne of God. That same also the theves which were crucified with him / cast in his tethe.

[ F] From the sixte houre was there dercknes over all the londe vnto the nynth houre. And about y^e nynth houre Iesus cryed with a lou∣de voyce / sayinge: Eli Eli lama asbathani.* 1.366 That is to saye / my God / my God / why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stode there / when they herde that / sayde: This man calleth for Helyas. And streyght waye one of them ranne & toke a sponge and filled it full of veneger / and put it on a rede / and gave him to drinke. Other sayde / let be: let vs se why∣ther Helyas will come and deliver him. * 1.367Ie∣sus cryed agayne with a lowde voyce & yel∣ded vp the goost.

* 1.368And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent in twayne from y^e toppe to the bottome / & the erth dyd quake / and the stones dyd rent / and graves dyd open: & the bodies of many sainctes which slept / arose and came out of y^e graves after his resurreccion / and came into the holy cite / and appered vnto many.

When the Centurion and they that were with him watchinge Iesus / sawe y^e erth qua∣ke and those thinges which hapened / they fea¦red greatly sayinge. Of a surete this was the sonne of God.

And many wemen were there / beholdinge him a farre of / which folowed Iesus frō Gali¦le / ministringe vnto him. Amonge which was Mary Magdalen / & Mary the mother of Ia∣mes & Ioses / & y^e mother of zebedes chyldren.

[ G] * 1.369When the even was come / there came a ry∣che man of Aramathia named Ioseph / which same also was Iesus disciple. He went to Pi∣late and begged the body of Iesus. Then Pi∣late commaunded the body to be delivered. And Ioseph toke the body / and wrapped it in a clene lynnyn clooth / and put it in his newe tombe / which he had hewen out / even in the roke / and rolled a greate stone to the dore of y^e sepulcre / and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene & the other Mary sittynge over ageynste the sepulcre.

* 1.370The nexte daye that foloweth good fry∣daye / the hye prestes & pharises got them sel∣ves to Pilate and sayde: Syr / we remember / y^t this deceaver sayde whyll he was yet alyve

After thre dayes I will aryse agayne. Com∣maunde therfore that the sepulcre be made sure vntyll y^e thyrd daye / lest paraventure his disciples come / and steale him awaye / & saye vnto the people / he is rysen from deeth / & the laste erroure be worsse then the fyrst. Pilate sayde vnto them. Take watche men: Go / and make it as sure as ye can. And they went and made the sepulcre sure with watche men / and sealed the stone. ⊢

¶ The .xxviii. Chapter. ✚

[ A] * 1.371THe Sabboth daye at even which dau∣neth the morowe after the Sabboth / Mary Magdalene and the other Ma∣ry came to se the sepulcre.

And beholde ther was a greate erth quake. For the angell of y^e lorde descended from he∣ven: & came and rowlled backe the stone from the dore / and sate apon it. His countenaunce was lyke lyghtnynge / and his raymēt whyte as snowe. And for feare of him the kepers we¦re astunnyed / and be came as deed men.

The angell answered / and sayde to the we∣men / feare ye not. I knowe y^t ye seke Iesus which was crucified: he is not here: he is ry∣sen as he sayde. Come / and se the place where the lorde was put: & goo quickly and tell his disciples y^t he is rysen from deeth. And be∣holde / he will go before you into Galile / there ye shall se him. Lo I have tolde you. ⊢

✚ And they departed quickly from the se∣pulcre with feare and greate Ioye: & did run∣ne to bringe his disciples worde. And as they

went to tell his disciples: beholde / Iesus met them sayinge: All hayle. And they came and held him by the fete & worshipped him. Thē sayde Iesus vnto them: be not afrayde. Go & tell my brethren / that they goo in to Galile / & there shall they se me.

When they were gone: beholde / some of the [ C] kepers came in to the cyte / and shewed vnto the hie prestes / all the thinges that were hape¦ned. And they gaddered them to gedder with the elders / and toke counsell / & gave large mo¦ney vnto the soudiers sayinge: Saye that his disciples came by nyght / & stole him awaye whill ye slept. And if this come to the rulers eares / we wyll pease him / & save you harme∣les. And they toke the money & dyd as they were taught. And this sayinge is noysed amō¦ge the Iewes vnto this daye. ⊢

✚ Then the .xi. disciples went awaye into [ D] Galile / in to a mountayne where Iesus had appoynted them. And when they sawe hym / they worshipped him. But some of them dou∣ted. And Iesus came and spake vnto them sayinge: * 1.372All power ys gevē vnto me in hevē / & in erth. Go therfore and teache all nacions / baptysinge them in the name of the father / & the sonne / & the holy goost: Teachinge them to observe all thynges / what soever I com∣commaunded you. And lo I am with you all waye / even vntyll the ende of the worlde. ⊢

¶ Here endeth the Gospell of S. Mathew.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Dauid and Abraham are first re¦hersed: be¦cause that Christ was specially promised vnto thē, to be of their seede
• * 1.2

  Genesis. xxviij. g.
• * 1.3

  i. Parali. ij. a. Rut. iiij. d
• * 1.4

  ij. Regū xij. f. j. Parali. iij. v.
• * 1.5

  ij. Paral. xxx vj. j. Parali. iij. c.
• * 1.6

  Ensample that is to saye, to bringe hir oute to pu¦nyshemēt for the en¦sample of other. A promi∣se. Esaie vij. c.
• * 1.7

  Emanuel
• * 1.8

  Iesus / y^t is a sauy∣oure.
• * 1.9

  Miche. v.
• * 1.10

  Ioā. vij. f
• * 1.11

  Ozee vij. a.
• * 1.12

  Ieremie xxxj. c.
• * 1.13

  Were not: that is, be cause they appered no where.
• * 1.14

  Iudic. xiij Esaie. xj
• * 1.15

  Mark. j. a. Luk. iij. a. esai. xxj. c Esa. xxj c. & .xlv. c. zacha. j. a Esa .xl. a Ioan. j. c.
• * 1.16

  Mark. j. a
• * 1.17

  Luk. iij. b
• * 1.18

  Mark. j. b Luk. iij. c Ioan. j. d
• * 1.19

  Luk. iij. d
• * 1.20

  Mark. j. b Luk. iij. d
• * 1.21

  All rygh∣teousnes: that is to do all the ordynaū∣ces of God for soche purpose as god orday¦ned them for.
• * 1.22

  Mark .i. b Lu. iiij. a
• * 1.23

  Dutero. viij. a.
• * 1.24

  Psal. xc. c
• * 1.25

  Dut. vj. c
• * 1.26

  Dut. vj. c. & .x. d.
• * 1.27

  Mar. j. b. Lu. iiij. c. Ioā. iiij. f Mark. j. c Lu. iiij. c. Esa. ix. a
• * 1.28

  Mark. j. a Luk. v. a.
• * 1.29

  Peter & Andrew.
• * 1.30

  Iames Ihon.
• * 1.31

  Luk. vj. d
• * 1.32

  Couenaū¦tes.
• * 1.33

  i. Pe. iiij. c
• * 1.34

  Salt. Mar. ix. •• Luk. xiiij a.
• * 1.35

  Light. Mar. iiij. c Lu. viij. c and .xj. c.
• * 1.36

  Lu. xvj. d
• * 1.37

  Iaco. ij. d
• * 1.38

  Exo. xx c. & Dut. v. b.
• * 1.39

  Racha
• * 1.40

  Hell.
• * 1.41

  Reconcy∣lynge.
• * 1.42

  Lu. xij. ••
• * 1.43

  Advou∣tre.
• * 1.44

  Exode .xx. c Ecclesi. xij. d.
• * 1.45

  Mar. ix. g
• * 1.46

  Ryght eye.
• * 1.47

  Ryght hande.
• * 1.48

  Deuorce∣ment.
• * 1.49

  Mar. x. b Lu. xvj. d i. Corin. vij. b.
• * 1.50

  Leuiti. xix. c. Exo. xx b. Du. v. b. Iac. v. c
• * 1.51

  Swere.
• * 1.52

  Exodi. xxj. c. Dutero. xix. c. Leuiti. xxiiij. c Luk. vj. c
• * 1.53

  Ryght cheke.
• * 1.54

  Leui. xix d. Leui. vj. d
• * 1.55

  Lu. vj. f.
• * 1.56

  Publi∣cans.
• * 1.57

  Almose.
• * 1.58

  Trōpet.
• * 1.59

  Prayer
• * 1.60

  Bablyn∣ge.
• * 1.61

  Luk. xj. a
• * 1.62

  The Pa∣ternoster.
• * 1.63

  Mar. xj. c
• * 1.64

  Ecclesi. xxviij. Coue∣naunt.
• * 1.65

  Fastinge
• * 1.66

  Lu. xij. d
• * 1.67

  Lu. xij. d
• * 1.68

  Treasure
• * 1.69

  Lu. xj. c.
• * 1.70

  Darck∣nes.
• * 1.71

  Two ma¦sters. Lu. xvj. c
• * 1.72

  Luk. xij. c
• * 1.73

  Foules.
• * 1.74

  Lilies.
• * 1.75

  kingdo∣me of hea¦ven
• * 1.76

  Iudge not. Lu. vj. f.
• * 1.77

  Dogges & swyne.
• * 1.78

  Coue∣nauntes. Luk. xj. b
• * 1.79

  Law and Prophe∣tes. Luk. vj. Luk. xij. a
• * 1.80

  Strayte gate. Narow waye.
• * 1.81

  False pro¦phetes. Luk. vj. f.
• * 1.82

  Master: Master. Luk. xiij. e. f.
• * 1.83

  Psal. vj.
• * 1.84

  To buil∣de on the rocke / what it is
• * 1.85

  To buil∣de on san¦de.
• * 1.86

  Mark .j. c. Luk. iiij. e
• * 1.87

  Mark .j. d. Luk. v. c.
• * 1.88

  A leper.
• * 1.89

  Leui. xiiij
• * 1.90

  Lu. vij. a.
• * 1.91

  Centuriō
• * 1.92

  Vtter darcknes
• * 1.93

  Mark .j. c. Luk. iiii. •• Peters mother{is} sawe.
• * 1.94

  Mark .j. d.
• * 1.95

  Luk. ix. ••
• * 1.96

  Foxes & byrdes.
• * 1.97

  Burye.
• * 1.98

  Mar. iiij. d. Luke .viij. d.
• * 1.99

  Iesus sle¦peth in y^e shippe.
• * 1.100

  Ma.. v. a Lu. viij. d
• * 1.101

  Gergesi∣tes.
• * 1.102

  Mar. ij. a Lu. v. d Palseye.
• * 1.103

  This my∣racle shal∣be a signe to you, that I ha∣ve power to forgeve synnes.
• * 1.104

  Mar. ij. b Luk. v. f.
• * 1.105

  Mathew
• * 1.106

  Publicās eate with Iesus.
• * 1.107

  Mercie & not sacri¦fice. Oze. vi. c
• * 1.108

  Ihons di¦sciples fast.
• * 1.109

  New and olde agre not.
• * 1.110

  The ru∣lers dau∣gter. Mar. v. b Lu. viij. f.
• * 1.111

  Bloud∣yssue.
• * 1.112

  Two blinde are cured.
• * 1.113

  mar. vij. c Lu. xj. b.
• * 1.114

  Domme.
• * 1.115

  Chefe deuell.
• * 1.116

  Harvest is great.
• * 1.117

  Mar. iij. b Lu. vj. b.
• * 1.118

  The Apo¦stles are sent.
• * 1.119

  Lu. ix. a.
• * 1.120

  Lu. p. c.
• * 1.121

  Dust.
• * 1.122

  Shepe a∣monge wolves. Wise as serpētes. Innocēt as doves
• * 1.123

  The spi∣rite spea∣keth in vs.
• * 1.124

  Iohan. v
• * 1.125

  Disciple
• * 1.126

  Mar. iiij. c Lu. viij. c and .xij. a
• * 1.127

  Feare.
• * 1.128

  Sparo∣wes.
• * 1.129

  Confesse Marke, viij. d. Luk. ix. c and .xij. b
• * 1.130

  Denye.
• * 1.131

  Lu. xij. f. A sweer∣de.
• * 1.132

  Michee .vij. c Worthie of Christ who. Lu. xiiij. f Crosse.
• * 1.133

  Lu. xiiij. f
• * 1.134

  Receaue. Io. xij. c.
• * 1.135

  Couena∣nus. Mar. ix. f
• * 1.136

  Lu. vij. c. Iohn sen¦deth to Christ.
• * 1.137

  Mal. iij. a
• * 1.138

  Christ whi¦che vm∣bled hym selfe to the crosse was lesse. &c. Lu. xvj. d
• * 1.139

  Malachie iiij. b
• * 1.140

  Lu. vij. b.
• * 1.141

  Wisdo∣me. Lu. x. c.
• * 1.142

  Chorasin Bethzai∣da. Sidō. Tire. Ca¦pernaum
• * 1.143

  Lu. x. c.
• * 1.144

  The wi∣se knew not. Babes knewe.
• * 1.145

  God is not knowē as a father, but tho∣row christ
• * 1.146

  yocke.
• * 1.147

  Corne.
• * 1.148

  Saboth.
• * 1.149

  i. Regum xxj. b. Haloved loues.
• * 1.150

  Mercie & not sacri∣fice.
• * 1.151

  mar. iii. a Luk. vi. b
• * 1.152

  Wether∣de hande
• * 1.153

  Saboth
• * 1.154

  Esaie xij. a.
• * 1.155

  Mar. iij. •• Lu. vj. b. Blynde and dome
• * 1.156

  Belze∣bub.
• * 1.157

  Mar. iij. d Lu. xij. b Blasphe¦my.
• * 1.158

  Luk. vj. b
• * 1.159

  As the frute is / soche is the tree.
• * 1.160

  Ydell worde.
• * 1.161

  Lu. xj. b.
• * 1.162

  Signe.
• * 1.163

  Iona. ij. a Signe of Ionas.
• * 1.164

  Ninivite Ionas iij. b.
• * 1.165

  Quene of the southe .iii. Regū x. a. ij. pa∣rali. ix. a.
• * 1.166

  The vn∣cleane spi¦rite com∣meth a∣gayne.
• * 1.167

  Mar. iij. •• Lu. viij. c Mother and bre∣thern.
• * 1.168

  Mar. iij. a Lu. viij. a
• * 1.169

  A sower.
• * 1.170

  A coue∣naunt to thē that lo¦ue the wor¦de of god to forther it, that they shall encracee therin, ād another that they that loue it not, shall lose it agayne, and waxe blynde.
• * 1.171

  Esa. vi. e Mar. iiii. b. Lu. viij b. Io. xii. f. Actuū xxviij. Ro. xj. b.
• * 1.172

  Luk. x. d.
• * 1.173

  Mar. iiij. b. Luke viij. b. The so∣wer is ex¦pownded
• * 1.174

  Tares.
• * 1.175

  Mar. iiij. d. Luke xiij. d. Mustard seed.
• * 1.176

  Lu. xiij. c Leven.
• * 1.177

  Mark .iiij. d.
• * 1.178

  Psalm .lxxvij. ••
• * 1.179

  Tares a∣re expo∣wnded.
• * 1.180

  Apocaly. xiiij. c.
• * 1.181

  Sapien. iiij. b.
• * 1.182

  Treasu∣re.
• * 1.183

  Pearles.
• * 1.184

  Nette.
• * 1.185

  New and olde.
• * 1.186

  Mar. vj. a Luk. iiij. c Ioh. iiij. c
• * 1.187

  Ioh. vj. e. Carpēter
• * 1.188

  Prophete
• * 1.189

  Ma. vj. b. Lu. ix. a.
• * 1.190

  Iohn ba∣ptist is prisoned. Ma. vj. b. Lu. iij. d.
• * 1.191

  Iohan baptist is behedded
• * 1.192

  Lu. ix. b. Mar. vj. d Io. vj. a▪
• * 1.193

  Fiue lo∣ves & two fysshes.
• * 1.194

  Mar. vj. f Ioh. vj. b
• * 1.195

  Iesus walked on y^e sea.
• * 1.196

  Peter walketh on the wa¦ter.
• * 1.197

  Mar. vj. g Genaza∣reth.
• * 1.198

  hemme.
• * 1.199

  Ma. vij. a
• * 1.200

  Tradici∣ones. Exodi. xx. e. Dut. v. •• ephe. vj. •• exo. xxj•• leu. xx. •• pro. xx. c
• * 1.201

  Esaie .xxix. d.
• * 1.202

  Mennes ••recep∣tes. ma. vij. c
• * 1.203

  What de¦fileth a man.
• * 1.204

  Plantes. Lu. vj. f.
• * 1.205

  Blynde leaders. mar. vij. c
• * 1.206

  With what a mā is de∣filed.
• * 1.207

  Mar. vij c The wo∣man of Cananye
• * 1.208

  ma. vij. ••
• * 1.209

  Marc. viij. a. Seven loves.
• * 1.210

  Mar. viij b. Luk. xii. ••.
• * 1.211

  Signe of Ionas. Iona. ij. a Marke viij. b.
• * 1.212

  Lu. xij. a Leven.
• * 1.213

  Marke viij. c. Lu. ix. c.
• * 1.214

  keyes. Blinde & lowse.
• * 1.215

  Whē ou∣ght is say¦de or do∣ne, that shuld mo∣ue to pry∣de: he das∣sheth thē in the te∣the with his deathe & passion.
• * 1.216

  Peter is Satan.
• * 1.217

  Christes disciples
• * 1.218

  Marc. viij. d. Lu. ix. g. Io. xij.
• * 1.219

  Iudge∣ment.
• * 1.220

  Dedes. Rom. j. a. Mar. ix. a Lu. ix. c.
• * 1.221

  Mar. ix. a Lu. ix. d. Transfi∣guracion
• * 1.222

  ij. Pet. j. d Heare him.
• * 1.223

  Mar. ix. b After the hie visiō / he put∣teth thē in mynde of his de∣eth
• * 1.224

  malach. iiij. b. Iohan baptist is Helyas.
• * 1.225

  Mar. ix. c Lu. ix. c.
• * 1.226

  lu. xvij. d
• * 1.227

  Vnbelefe
• * 1.228

  Prayer & fastynge.
• * 1.229

  Mar. ix. e Luk. ix. e. Passion.
• * 1.230

  Tribute.
• * 1.231

  Mar. ix. •• Lu. ix. f. Greatest▪
• * 1.232

  Mar. ix. f lu. xvij. a
• * 1.233

  mar. ix. ••
• * 1.234

  Hundred shepe. Lu. xix. b Lu. xv. a
• * 1.235

  How mē bynde & lowse. lu. xvii. a Leui. xix Eccl. xix Iaco. v. d. ij. Corin. xiij. Heb. x. c. Io. viij. c.
• * 1.236

  Io. xx. g In the myddes.
• * 1.237

  lu. xvij. a Seven tymes.
• * 1.238

  Covena∣unt to y^e vnmersi∣full.
• * 1.239

  Mar. x. a
• * 1.240

  Devorce.
• * 1.241

  Gen. i. d.
• * 1.242

  Gen. ij. d. Ephe. v. f. cor. vj. d
• * 1.243

  Mar. ix. •• Lu. xvj. d j. co. vij. d
• * 1.244

  Chast.
• * 1.245

  Mar. x. •• Luk. xviij. c. Chyldrē.
• * 1.246

  Mar. x. b Luk. xviij. d.
• * 1.247

  Cōmaun¦demētes.
• * 1.248

  Camell
• * 1.249

  Cove∣naunt.
• * 1.250

  An hun∣dred fol∣de.
• * 1.251

  Mar. x. d Lu. xiij. d Vyneyar¦de.
• * 1.252

  The Ie∣wes reken one, whē the sonne is vp an houre.
• * 1.253

  Last shal¦be fyrst. Manye called.
• * 1.254

  Mar. x. d Lu. xiij. f Mar. x. e. Luke. xviij. e. Passion.
• * 1.255

  Mar. x. e. Mother of zebe∣des chyl∣dren.
• * 1.256

  Mar. x. g Lu. xx. c. Greate.
• * 1.257

  Hiericho Mar. x. •• Luke .xviij. c. Two blinde
• * 1.258

  Bethpha¦ge. Mar. xj. a Luk. xix▪
• * 1.259

  An asse & a colte.
• * 1.260

  Esa. lxij. ••. zach. ix b. Iohn xij. b
• * 1.261

  Hosanna Psalm .ixvij. d
• * 1.262

  Mar. xj. b Lu. xix. g
• * 1.263

  Byers & sellers.
• * 1.264

  Esa. lvj. c Hie. vij. b
• * 1.265

  Psalm .viij. b. Mar. xj. b
• * 1.266

  Fygge tree. Mar. xj. c
• * 1.267

  Mar. xj. d Lu. xx. a
• * 1.268

  Baptime of Iohn whence.
• * 1.269

  Two son¦nes.
• * 1.270

  Publi∣cans. Harlotes
• * 1.271

  Mat. xij. a. Lu. xx b. Esa. v. a. hie. ij. d Vyneyar¦de that is let oute hyer.
• * 1.272

  Psalm. ••xvij. d Act. iiij. b j. Pe. ij. a Ro. ix. a.
• * 1.273

  Esaie. lxxvijj. d
• * 1.274

  Luke ••xiiij. d. Apocaly. xix. b.
• * 1.275

  Mariage
• * 1.276

  Wedyn∣ge gar∣ment.
• * 1.277

  Manye are called
• * 1.278

  Marke xij. ••. & Lu. xx. ••
• * 1.279

  Tribute to Cesar
• * 1.280

  A penie is ever ta∣ken for that the Ie¦wes call a sicle, and is worth x. pence sterling.
• * 1.281

  Mar. xij. Lu. xx. d Actuum xxiiij. Du. xxv Saduces
• * 1.282

  Resurrec¦cion.
• * 1.283

  Ex. iij. b
• * 1.284

  Marke xij.c. Lu¦ke .xij. e
• * 1.285

  Du. vi. a Chefe cō¦maunde∣ment.
• * 1.286

  Marke xij. d. Lu¦ke .xx. d.
• * 1.287

  Davids sonne. Psalm. cx. a.
• * 1.288

  Moses seate is Moses do¦ctryne, as Christes seate is Christes doctrine. Heavie burthen. Lu. xj. g. Philate∣ries. Chese seates. Gretyn∣ges. Rabi.
• * 1.289

  Greate.
• * 1.290

  Exalte.
• * 1.291

  The kin∣gedome is shut.
• * 1.292

  Wedow∣es how∣ses.
• * 1.293

  Temple.
• * 1.294

  Alter.
• * 1.295

  Mynt Anys. Luk. xj. f
• * 1.296

  Iudge∣ment and mercye. Blynde gydes.
• * 1.297

  Ynne syde.
• * 1.298

  Paynted sepul∣chres.
• * 1.299

  Ye buyl∣de the tō¦bes.
• * 1.300

  ij. Paral. xxiiij. f.
• * 1.301

  Innocēt bloude.
• * 1.302

  Lu. xiij. g. iiij. G¦dre. i. e.
• * 1.303

  Marke .xiij. a. Destruc∣cion of the tēple
• * 1.304

  Luke .xix. g.
• * 1.305

  Eph. v. b. colo. ij. d Ante∣christ.
• * 1.306

  Io. xv. c. & .xvj. a.
• * 1.307

  False prophete
• * 1.308

  Dani. ix.
• * 1.309

  Wynter
• * 1.310

  Electe.
• * 1.311

  Mar. xiij Luke .xviij. e.
• * 1.312

  Mar. xiij c. Lu. xxj e. Ezech. xxxij. b. Esa. xiij Iohe. iij. c
• * 1.313

  Fygge tree. Mar. xiij Luk. xij.
• * 1.314

  Genesis vij. b. Noe.
• * 1.315

  lu. xvij. g
• * 1.316

  Marc .xiij. e. Wake / Luk. xiij. e.
• * 1.317

  Faithful servaunt.
• * 1.318

  Evell servaūt.
• * 1.319

  Virgens.
• * 1.320

  Watche
• * 1.321

  Luce .xix. b
• * 1.322

  Talent{is}
• * 1.323

  Couena∣unt.
• * 1.324

  Mar. iiij. c. Lu. viij c. & xix. d
• * 1.325

  The iud∣gement. Shepe. Gootes.
• * 1.326

  Esaie. lviij. b. Ezech. xviij. b.
• * 1.327

  Ecclesi. vij. d.
• * 1.328

  Cove∣naunt.
• * 1.329

  Psal. vj. c Lu. xiij. f
• * 1.330

  Cove∣naunt.
• * 1.331

  Ioan. v. c
• * 1.332

  The pas∣sion. Mar. xiiij a. Luk. xxij. a.
• * 1.333

  Cayphas
• * 1.334

  Io. xij. a. Marc. xiiij. a. He is an∣noynted.
• * 1.335

  He is sol¦de. Marci. xiiij. b. Lu. xxii. a.
• * 1.336

  Marci. xiiij. b. Lu. xxii. a.
• * 1.337

  Mar. xiiij lu. xxij. b Io. xiij. b
• * 1.338

  Psa. x••. c
• * 1.339

  The insti¦tucion of the sacra∣ment. j. cor. xj. c Lu. xxij.
• * 1.340

  Mar. xiiij c. Luk. xxij. b. Io. xviij. a. zacha. xiij. c. mar. xiiij c. &. xv••••••
• * 1.341

  Mar. xiiij c. lu. xxij b. Ioan. xiij. d.
• * 1.342

  Mar. xiii•• d. Luk. xxij. d.
• * 1.343

  He arme∣th him selfe aga¦ynst the passion.
• * 1.344

  Marc. xiiij. c. lu. xxij. e Iohan. xviij. a.
• * 1.345

  He is be∣trayed.
• * 1.346

  Gen. ix. •• apo. xiij. c
• * 1.347

  Esaie. liiij. c.
• * 1.348

  thre. iiij. d
• * 1.349

  Mar. .xiiij. f. lu. xxij. f Io. viij. c He is ta∣ken.
• * 1.350

  He is fal∣selye ac∣cused.
• * 1.351

  Io. ij. d.
• * 1.352

  Mar. xiiij Lu. xxij f Io. xviij c Peter de∣nyeth.
• * 1.353

  Mar. xv. a. Luk. xxiiij. a. He is de∣lyvered to Pilate
• * 1.354

  Iudas
• * 1.355

  Actu. j.
• * 1.356

  zach. xj. ••
• * 1.357

  Mar. xv. a. Luk. xxiij. a.
• * 1.358

  He hol∣deth his peace.
• * 1.359

  Barra¦bas
• * 1.360

  Mar. xv. b. Luk. xxiij. b. Io. xviij. g &. xix. c
• * 1.361

  His iud∣ge cōfes∣seth him an inno∣cent. He is scourged
• * 1.362

  Mar. xv. b. Io. xix a. he is cro∣wned.
• * 1.363

  Mar. xv. b. Luk. xxiij. d. He drin∣keth vene¦ger & gal' Ioh. xix.
• * 1.364

  He is cru¦cified.
• * 1.365

  He is ray¦led on.
• * 1.366

  Psalm .xxj. a
• * 1.367

  He ge∣veth vp y^e goost.
• * 1.368

  The vay¦le renteth Deed bo∣dyes ary∣se.
• * 1.369

  Mar. xv. d. Luk. xxiiij. g. Iohan. xxix. g. He is bu∣ryed.
• * 1.370

  He is w∣atched for rysin∣ge againe
• * 1.371

  Mar. xvj b. Io. xx. c.
• * 1.372

  Mar. xvj All pow∣er.