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And so terrible was the syght which appeared, that Moyses sayde, I feare and quake.)

Wherfore, we receauyng a kingdome which can not be moued, let vs haue grace, wherby we may so serue God acceptablie, with reuerence & godly feare.

So that we may boldely saye, the Lorde is my helper, and I wyll not feare what man way do vnto me.

But I desire you the more earnestlie that ye so do, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes.

But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth [therin] he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his deede.

So speake ye, and so do, as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.

Euen so, fayth, yf it haue not deedes, is dead in it selfe:

For as the body without the spirite is dead: euen so, fayth without workes, is dead [also]

Beholde also ye shippes, which though they be so great, and are dryuen of fierce windes, yet are they turned about with a very small helme, whither soeuer the violence of the gouernour wyll.

Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth.

And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.

Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be.

Can the fygge tree, my brethren, beare oliue beries? either a vine beare figges? So can no fountayne geue both salt water and freshe also.

But as he which called you is holy, euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation:

And yf so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke, see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here, in feare:

If so be that ye haue tasted howe gratious the Lorde is:

For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:

But let the hid man whiche is in the heart, be without all corruption, so that the spirite be at rest and quiet, whiche [spirite] is before god a thing much set by.

For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng.