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But though some of ye braunches now be broke, and thou, wha thou wast a wylde olyue tre,art grafte in amonge them, and made partaker of the rote and sappe of the olyue tre,

boost not thy selfe agaynst the braunches. Yf thou boost thy selfe agaynst them, then bearest not thou the rote, but the rote beareth the.

Thou sayest well. They are broken of because off their vnbeleue, but thou stondest thorow beleue

Be not thou hye mynded, but feare, seynge God hath not spared the naturall braunches, lest he also spare not the.

Beholde therfore the kyndnesse and rigorousnes off God: on them which fell, rigorousnes: but towarde the, kyndnes, yf thou contynue in the kyndnesse. Els shalt thou be hewe of:

As concernynge the Gospell, I holde them as enemies for youre sakes: but as touchinge the eleccion, I loue them for the fathers sakes.

For likewyse as ye also in tyme passed haue not beleued, but now haue optayned mercy thorow their vnbeleue:

And fashion not youre selues like vnto this worlde, but be chaunged thorow the renewynge off yor mynde, yt ye maye proue, what thinge that good, yt acceptable, & perfecte wil of God is.

For I saye thorow the grace yt is geue me, vnto euery man amonge you: that no man esteme off him selfe more, then it becometh him to esteme: but that he discretly iudge of himselfe, acordinge as God hath dealte vnto euery man the measure of faith.

For like as we haue many membres in one body, but all the membres haue not one maner of operacion:

Euen so we beynge many are one body in Christ. But amonge oure selues euery one is the membre of another,

Be of one mynde amonge youre selues. Be not proude in youre awne consaytes, but make youre selues equall to them of ye lowe sorte. Be not wyse in youre awne opinions

Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE.

Be not ouercome with euell, but ouercome thou euell with good.

Let euery soule submytte himselfe to the auctorite off the hyer powers. For there is no power but of God.

For rulers are not to be feared for good workes, but for euell. Yf thou wilt be without feare off the power, do well then, and thou shalt haue prayse of the same:

for he is the minister off God for thy wealth. But yff thou do euell, then feare, for he beareth not the swerde for naughte. For he is the mynister of God, a taker of vengeaunce, to punyshe him that doth euell.

Wherfore ye must nedes obeye, not onely for punyshmet, but also because of conscience.

Owe nothinge to eny man, but to loue one another. For he that loueth another, hath fulfylled the lawe.

the nighte is past, but the daye is come nye.) Let vs therfore cast awaye ye workes of darknesse, and put on the armoure of lighte.