The pa[n]dectes of the euangelycall lawe Comprisyng the whole historye of Christes Gospell. Set forth by Thomas Paynell.

¶Of Iohns testimonies of Christ. Ioan. i. capi. 15.

IOhn did beare witnes of hym, cried & said. It was this of whō I spake: After me shal he come, y^• was before me, for he was or euer I, [more noble and honorable] and of hys fulnesse haue all we re∣ceaued grace for grace: for the lawe was geuen by Moses, grace & trueth came by Iesus Christ. No man hath sene God at any tyme: vvith a vision of perfect comprehētion. The only ••e gottē sonne which is in y^e bosome of y^e father, he hathe declared y^e same vnto vs. And this is y^e recorde of Iohn, whā y^e Iewes sēt priestes & leuits frō Ieru¦salē to axe him, who art thou? And he confessed & denied not. And cōfessed & said, I am not Christe. And they ax∣ed him, what thē? Arte thou Helias? He said I am not. Art y^• the Prophet? And he answered no. Then said they vnto him. What art y^• then, y^• we may geue answer vnto thē y^• sēt vs? What saiest thou of thy selfe? He said. I am

the voyce of a cryer in y^e wyldernesse, make straight y^e way of the Lorde as the Prophet Esai sayde. And they that were sent, were of y^e Pharises, and they axed hym and sayde vnto hym, why baptisest thou then yf thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor a Pro∣phete? Iohn answered thē, and sayd. I baptyse with water, but there is one come amonge you, [In the tem∣ple vvhen he vvas tvvelue yeres of age.] whō ye know not: it is he y^• cōmeth af∣ter me whyche was before me, whose shue lachet I am not worthye to lowse. Thys was done at Betha∣nia beyonde Iordane, where Iohn dyd baptyse.

Notes

• Iohn.
• There are tvvo Be∣thanies, the one is Marthas, and is frō Ierusalē. 3. mile, mōt Oliuete li∣ynge be∣tvvene thē Another by Iordan vvhere Iohn Bap∣tysed, and is from le∣rusalē. 16. myle.