The piththy [sic] and moost notable sayinges of al scripture, gathered by Thomas Paynell: after the manner of common places, very necessary for al those that delite in the consolacions of the scriptures.

¶ The Epistell of S. Paul to the Collossians, the fyrst Chapter.

BY hym were all thynges created, thynges that are in heauen, and thynges that are in earth, thinges visible, and thinges inuisible, whe∣ther they be maieste or lorde shyppe, eyther rule or power. All thinges are created by hym, and in him and he is before all thinges, and in him all thinges haue theyr beynge.

The .ii. Chapter.

IN christ dwelleth all the fulnesse of the god, hede bodely, & ye are complete in him, whiche is the heade of all rule and power, in whome also we are circumcised with circūcision made without handes, by putting of the sinfull body of the fleshe throughe the circumcision that is in christ, in that ye are buried w^t him throughe baptime in whō ye are also risen againe thorough faith, y^e is wrought by y^e operatiō of god, which raised him frō death.

The .iii. Chapter.

Yf ye be then rysen againe with christ, seke those thinges whiche are aboue, where christ sytteth on the tyghte hande of god. Set youre affection on thynges that are aboue, and not on thynges whi∣che are on the earthe.

Mortify your membres whiche are on the erth, fornication, vnclennes, vnnatural lust, euyl concu∣piscence, and couetousnes, whiche is worshippyng of ydolles. For whiche thinges sake, the wrath of god commeth on the chyldren of vnbelefe.

And all thinges whatsoeuer ye do in worde or dede, do in the name of the lorde Iesu, geuynge thankes to god the father by him.

Husbandes loue your wyues, and be not bytter vnto them.

Seruauntes, be obedient vnto your bodely ma¦sters in all thinges, not w^t eye seruice, as men plea¦sers, but in singlenes of harte, fearyng god.

Ye masters do vnto youre seruauntes that, whiche is iuste and equall, seynge ye knowe that ye haue also a master in heauen.

The .iiii. Chapter.

LEt youre speache be alwayes well fauoured and powdred with salt, that ye maye knowe howe to answere euery manne.

¶ The fyrst Epistell to the Thessa∣lonians, the fyrste Chapter.

OVr exhortation was not to bryng you to er∣roure, nor yet to vnclennes, neyther was it with gyle, but as we were alowed of god, that the gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs, euen so we speake: not as thoughe we entended to please men, but god whiche trieth oure hartes. Neyther

was our conuersation at any time with flattering wordes; as ye well knowe, nether in cloked coue∣tousnes, god is recorde, nether soughte we prayse of menne, nether of you, nor yet of any other. &c.

For what is our hope or ioye, or corwne, of re∣ioysyr••ge: are not ye it in the presence of our lorde Iesus christ at his commynge? yes ye are our glo∣rye and ioye.

The .iiii. Chapter.

THis is the wyll of god, euen that ye shulde be holy, and that yeshoulde abstayne frome fornication, that euery one of you shoulde knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure, and not in the lust of concupiscence, as do the he∣then, whiche knowe not god. That no man go to farre and defraude his brother in bargaynynge, because the lorde is a venger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before tyme, and testified. For god hathe not called vs vnto vnclennes, but vn∣to holynes. He that therfore despiseth, despiseth not manne, but god, whyche hathe sent hys holye spryte amonge you.

I wolde not brethren haue you ygnoraunt con∣cernynge them whiche are fallen a slepe, that ye forowe not as other do, whiche haue no hope. For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne: euen so then also whiche slepe by Iesus, wyll god brynge agayne with him.

The .v. Chapter.

OF the times and seasons brethren ye haue no nede that I wryte vnto you: for ye your sel∣ues knowe perfectlye, that the daye of the lorde shall come euen as a these in the nyght. When they shall saye peace and no danger, then commeth on them soden destruction, as the trauaylynge of a womanne with chylde, and they shall not scape.

Let vs not slepe as do other, but let vs watche and besober, for they that slepe slepe in the night.

and they y^t be droncken, are droncken in the night But lette vs whyche are of the daye, be sober, at∣med with the brest place of faith and loue, & with hope of saluation as an helmet. For god hath not apointed ve vnto wrath: but to optaine saluatiō by the meanes of oure lorde Iesu Christe whiche dyed for vs, that whether we wake, or sleape: we shulde lyue cogyder with him.