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And so terrible was the sight, that Moses sayde, I exceedingly feare, and quake.

So that wee may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not feare what man shall doe vnto me.

For the Sunne is no sooner risen with a burning heate, but it withereth the grasse; and the flowre thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his wayes.

But who so looketh into the perfect Law of libertie, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shall bee iudged by the Law of libertie.

Euen so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being alone.

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

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driuen of fierce windes, yet are they turned about with a very small helme, whithersoeuer the gouernour listeth.

Euen so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things: behold, how great a matter a litle fire kindleth.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquitie: so is the tongue amongst our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Can ye figtree, my brethren, beare oliue berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountaine both yeeld salt water & fresh.

But as hee which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all maner of conuersation;

If so bee yee haue tasted that the Lord is gracious.

For so is the will of God, that with well doing yee may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that yee suffer for well doing, then for euill doing.

As euery man hath receiued the gift, euen so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

The Church that is at Babylon elected, together with you, saluteth you, and so doth Marcus my sonne.

For so an entrance shall be ministred vnto you abundantly, into the euerlasting kingdome of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ.

But who so keepeth his word, in him verely is the loue of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.