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For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.

For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.

For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was.

For if there come into your copany a man with a golde ring, and in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment,

For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.

For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.

For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.

For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,

And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God.

For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.

For in many things we sinne all. If any man sinne not in word, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.

For the whole nature of beasts, & of birds, and of creeping things, and things of the sea is tamed, and hath bene tamed of the nature of man.

For where enuying and strife is, there is sedition, and all maner of euill workes.

(And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, and, if we liue, we will doe this or that.

Go to nowe, ye rich men: weepe, and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.

Your gold and siluer is cankred, & the rust of them shalbe a witnesse against you, and shall eate your flesh, as it were fire. Ye haue heaped vp treasure for the last dayes.

Be patient therefore, brethren, vnto the comming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience for it, vntill he receiue the former, and the latter rayne.

Be ye also patient therefore and settle your hearts: for ye comming of the Lord draweth nere.

Take, my brethren, the Prophets for an ensample of suffering aduersitie, and of long patience, which haue spoken in the Name of the Lord.