The Epistle.
YE men and brethren, children of the generati∣on of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is this word of saluation sent. For the inhabiters of Hierusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voyces of the Prophets, which are read euery Sabboth day, they haue fulfilled them in condem∣ning him. And when they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilat to kill him. And when they had fulfilled all that were written of him, they tooke him downe from the tree, and put him in a sepulchre. But God raised him againe from death the third day, and he was seene many dayes of them which went with him from Galilee to Hierusalem, which are witnesses vnto the people. And wee declare vnto you, how that the promise which was made vnto the Fa∣thers, God hath fulfilled vnto their children, euen vnto vs, in that he raised vp Iesus againe, euen as it is written in the se∣cond Psalme, Thou art my sonne, this day haue I begotten thee. As concerning that he raised him vp from death, now no more to returne to corruption, hee sayd on this wife. The holy promises made to Dauid, will I giue faithfully vnto you. Wherefore hee sayeth also in another place, Thou shall not suffer thine holy One to see corruption. For Dauid (after that he had in his time fulfilled the will of God) fell on sleepe, and was laid vnto his fathers, and saw corruption. But hee whom God raised againe saw no corruption. Be it knowen vnto you therefore (yee men and brethren) that through this man is preached vnto you forgiuenesse of sinnes, and that by him all that beleeue, are iustified from all things, from which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moses. Beware there∣fore, lest that fall on you, which is spoken of in the Prophets, Behold yee despisers, and wonder, and perish ye: For I doe a worke in your dayes, which yee shall not beleeue, though a man declare it vnto you.