The god of pacience and consolacion graunt you to be lyke mynded one towardes another, after the ensample of Christ Iesu, that ye all agreyng together, maye with one mouthe praise god, y• father of our lord Ies{us}. Wherfore, receyue ye one another as Christ receyued vs, to the prayse of god. And this I saye, that Iesus Christe was a minister of the circumcision for the truthe of god, to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers: and that the Gentiles might prayse god for his mercye, as it is written: For this cause I wyll prayse the among the Gentiles, and syng vnto thy name. And agayne he sayth: Reioyce ye Gentiles with his people. And agayne: prayse the Lord al the Gentiles, and laude him al ye naciōs together. And agayne Esai sayth: there shalbe the roo••e of Iesse, and he that shall ryse to raigne ouer the Gentiles: in hym shall the Gentiles truste. The god of hope fyll you with all ioye and peace in belieuing, that ye maye be riche in hope through the power of the holy ghost.
The general rule and summe of your profession is peace and concorde. And therfore beseche I god the authour of pacience, and hym, whiche by his secrete wrytynges encourageth vs to sufferaunce, withoute whose helpe we can do nothyng at all, that he vouchesaue to graunte, that ye be in one mynde and consent knyt together, therin folowyng the example of Iesus Christe, who nothyng somuche praysed vnto vs, as mutuall loue and concorde. And by this waye shall we well auaunce the glorie of god, the father of Christe Iesus, yf as he taught and dyd towarde vs, we lykewyse do one to another: and by this meane shall men also vnderstand that we are vnfaynedly Christes scholers, if as ye in one assente speake of Christe, ye through brotherly consente declare also, that ye are all knytte together in one mynde. Among you therfore whiche are Gentiles called from your ydolatrie to Christe: and you y• are Iewes called from the sha∣dowes of the law to perfite righteousnes, let there no dissencion remayne, but labour rather gladly to please eche one another of you. Receyue and maynteyne eche other of you with your healping hande, euen as our mai∣ster Christe gladly receyued you, not coumptynge vpon the offences of your former lyfe, but brotherly embracyng you, & all to thentent he would among men set furth the glorie of God his father, that ye doyng as he did one to another of you, his owne glory myght also be set out and spreade a∣brode. Christe pleased both kyndes of men, fyrste the Iewes, to declare that god the father was trewe in his worde, whiche perfourmed to theyr poste∣ritie euē the same thing, that he in his prophetes sayinges had promised to theyr forefathers, because they should gyue him thākes, whose good lucke was to receyue y• truthe of such thynges, as Moses law in figures & sha∣dowes only represented. Christ pleased also the Gentiles, whiche had no suche promyse made vnto them, to thentent they beyng receyued into this