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For assone as he hath loked on himselfe, he goeth his waye, and forgetteth immediatly what his fasshion was.

For he that sayde: Thou shalt not commit adulterie, sayed also: thou shalt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie, yet yf thou kill, thou art a transgresser of the lawe.

For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy, & mercy reioiseth against iudgment.

& the scripture was fulfilled which faith: Abraha beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called ye frende of God.

For as the body, with oute the sprete is deed, euen so faith wt out dedes is deed.

for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a parfecte man, & able to tame all the body.

For where enuyenge and stryfe is, there is vnstablenes and all maner of euell workes.

& yet ca not tell what shal happe to morowe. For what thinge is youre life? It is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme, and the vanysheth awaye:

For that ye ought to say: yf the LORDE wil, and yf we liue, let vs do this or that.

Be pacient therfore brethren, vnto the comynge of the LORDE. Beholde, the hussbade man wayteth for the precious frute of ye earth, and hath longe pacience there vpon, vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne.

Be ye also pacient therfore, and settle youre hertes, for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye.

Take (my brethren) the prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersitie, and of longe pacience, which spake in the name of the LORDE.

Beholde we counte them happy which endure. Ye haue hearde of ye paciece of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made. For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull.

Yf eny be deseased amonge you, let him call for the elders of the congregacion, & let the praye ouer him, and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the LORDE:

Knowlege youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche, yf it be feruet.

to an vncorruptible and vndefyled inheritaunce, which neuer shal fade awaye, but is reserued in heauen for you

in the which ye shal reioyse, though now for a litle season (yff nede requyre) ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions:

for it it wrytte: Be ye holy, for I am holy.

which was ordeyned before the worlde was made, but is declared in these last tymes for youre sakes,

Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,