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So that we may boldly say, The Lord is mine helper, neither will I feare what man can doe vnto me.

And I desire you somewhat the more earnestly, that yee so doe, that I may be restored to you more quickly.

For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.

But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.

So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shal be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.

Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.

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

Behold also the shippes, which though they be so great, and are driuen of fierce windes, yet are they turned about with a very small rudder, whither soeuer the gouernour listeth.

Euen so the tongue is a litle member, and boasteth of great things: beholde, howe great a thing a litle fire kindleth.

And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among 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 one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Can ye figge tree, my brethren, bring forth oliues, either a vine figges? so can no fountaine make both salt water and sweete.

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

For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.

So that yee first knowe this, that no prophecie of the Scripture is of any priuate interpretation.

He that saith he remaineth in him, ought euen so to walke, as he hath walked.

Beloued, if God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another.

Herein is that loue perfect in vs, that we should haue boldnes in the day of iudgement: for as he is, euen so are we in this world.

Beholde, he commeth with cloudes, and euery eye shall see him: yea, euen they which pearced him thorowe: and all kinreds of the earth shall waile before him, Euen so, Amen.