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,,by ,,the ,,primitive ,,christian      
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,,disputations                          
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,,archbishop ,,wake                     
,,and ,,other                           
,,learned ,,divines                     
,,the ,,first ,,epistle ,,of            
,,clement ,,to ,,the ,,corinthians4     
,,chapter ,i4         ,clement commends 
them for their excellent order       and
 piety in ,christ1 before their schism  
broke out4    ,,the ,church of ,god     
which is  at ,rome1 to the ,church of   
,god  which is at ,corinth1 elect1      
sanctified by the will of ,god1  through
 ,jesus ,christ our ,lord3  grace and   
peace from the ,almighty  ,god1 by      
,jesus ,christ1 be multiplied  unto you4
    #b  ,brethren1 the sudden and       

unexpected dangers and calamities  that 
have fallen upon us1 have1 we  fear1    
made us the more slow in our            
consideration of those things which  you
 inquired of us3    #c  ,as also of that
 wicked and  detestable sedition1 so    
unbecoming  the elect of ,god1 which a  
few  headstrong and self-willed men     
have fomented to such a degree of       
madness1 that your venerable and        
renowned name1 so worthy of all  men to 
be beloved1 is greatly  blasphemed      
thereby4    #d  ,for who that has ever  
been  among you has not experienced  the
 firmness of your faith1 and  its       
fruitfulness in all good works2  and    
admired the temper and  moderation of   
your religion in  ,christ2 and published
 abroad the  magnificence of your       
hospitality2  and thought you happy in  
your  perfect and certain knowledge of  
the ,gospel8    #e  ,for ye did all     
things without  respect of persons1 and 
walked  according to the laws of ,god2  
being subject to those who had  the rule

 over you1 and giving the  honour that  
was fitting to the aged  among you4     
#f  ,ye commanded the young men  to     
think those things that were  modest and
 grave4    #g  ,the women ye exhorted to
 do  all things with an unblameable1    
and seemly1 and pure conscience2  loving
 their own husbands1 as was  fitting3   
and that keeping themselves  within the 
bounds of a due obedience1  they should 
order their houses  gravely1 with all   
discretion4    #h  ,ye were all of you  
humble-  minded1 not boasting of        
anything  desiring rather to be subject 
than  to govern2 to give than to        
receive2  being a content with the      
portion  ,god hath dispensed to you3    
#i  ,and hearkening diligently to  his  
word1 ye were enlarged in  your bowels1 
having his sufferings  always before    
your eyes4    #aj  ,thus a firm1 and    
blessed1  and profitable peace was given
  unto you3 and an unsatiable desire  of
 doing good2 and a plentiful  effusion  
of the ,holy ,ghost was  upon all of    

you4    #aa  ,and being full of good    
designs1 ye did with1 great  readiness  
of mind1 and with  a religious          
confidence stretch  forth your hands to 
,god ,almighty2  beseeching him to be   
merciful  unto you1 if in anything ye   
had  unwillingly sinned against him4    
#ab  ,ye contended day and night  for   
the whole brotherhood2 that  with       
compassion and a good  conscience1 the  
number of his  elect might be saved4    
#ac  ,ye were sincere1 and without      
offence towards each other2 not  mindful
 of injuries2 all sedition  and schism  
was an abomination  unto you4    #ad    
,ye bewailed every one his  neighbours' 
sins1 esteeming their  defects your own4
    #ae ,ye were kind one to another    
without grudging2 being ready to  every 
good work4 ,and being  adorned with a   
conversation  altogether virtuous and   
religious1  ye did all things in the    
fear of  ,god2 whose ,i commandments    
were  written upon the tables of your   
heart4        ,,chapter ,,ii4           

,how their divisions began4    ,,all    
honour and enlargement  was given unto  
you2 and so  was fulfilled that which is
 written1  my beloved did eat and drink1
 he  was enlarged and waxed fat1 and  he
 kicked4    #b  ,from hence came        
emulation1  and envy1 and strife1 and   
sedition2  persecution and disorder1 war
 and  captivity4    #c  ,so they who    
were of no renown1  lifted up themselves
 against  the honourable2 those of no   
reputation against those who were  in   
respect2 the foolish against the  wise2 
the young men against the  aged4    #d  
,therefore righteousness and  peace are 
departed from you1  because every one   
hath forsaken  the fear of ,god2 and is 
grown blind  in his faith2 nor walketh  
by the  rule of ,god's commandments nor 
liveth as is fitting in ,christ3    #e  
,but every one follows his  own wicked  
lusts3 having taken  up an unjust and   
wicked envy1 by  which death first      
entered into the  world4                
,,chapter ,,iii4         ,envy and      

emulation the original of all           
strife and disorder4  ,examples of the  
mischiefs they have occasioned4    ,,for
 thus it is written1  ,and in process of
 time it came to  pass1 that ,cain      
brought of the fruit  of the ground an  
offering unto the  ,lord4 ,and ,abel1 he
 also brought  of the firstlings of his 
flock1  and of the fat thereof3    #b   
,and the ,lord had respect unto  ,abel1 
and to his offering4 ,but  unto ,cain   
and unto his offering he  had not       
respect4 ,and ,cain was  very sorrowful1
 and his countenance  fell4    #c  ,and 
the ,lord said unto ,cain1  ,why art    
thou sorrowful8 ,and  why is thy        
countenance fallen8  ,if thou shalt     
offer aright1 but not  divide aright1   
hast thou not sinned8  ,hold thy peace3 
unto thee shall  be his desire1 and thou
 shalt rule  over him4    #d  ,and ,cain
 said unto ,abel his  brother1 ,let us  
go down into the  field4 ,and it came to
 pass1 as  they were in the field1 that 
,cain  rose up against ,abel his        

brother1  and slew him4    #e  ,ye see1 
brethren1 how envy  and emulation       
wrought the death  of a brother4 ,for   
this1 our father  ,jacob fled from the  
face of his  brother ,esau4    #f  ,it  
was this that caused ,joseph  to be     
persecuted even unto death1  and to come
 into bondage4 ,envy  forced ,moses to  
flee from the  face of ,pharoah king of 
,egypt1  when he heard1 his own         
countryman  ask him1 ,who made thee a   
,judge1  and a ruler over us8 ,wilt thou
  kill me as thou didst the  ,egyptian  
yesterday8    #g  ,through envy ,aaron  
and ,miriam  were shut out of the camp1 
from  the rest of the congregation      
seven days4    #h  ,emulation's sent    
,dathan and  ,abiram quick into the     
grave because  they raised up a sedition
 against  ,moses the servant of ,god4   
#i  ,for this1 ,david was not  only     
hated of strangers1 but was  persecuted 
even by ,saul the king  of ,israel4     
#aj  ,but not to insist upon ancient    
examples1 let us come to those  worthies

 that have been nearest  to us2 and take
 the brave  examples of our own age4    
#aa  ,through zeal and envy1 the  most  
faithful and righteous pillars  of the  
church have been persecuted  even to the
 most grevious deaths4    #ab  ,let us  
set before our eyes1  the holy          
,apostles2 ,peter by unjust  envy       
underwent not one or two1  but many     
sufferings2 till at last  being         
martyred1 he went to the  place of glory
 that was due unto  him4    #ac  ,for   
the same cause did  ,paul in like manner
 receive the  reward of his patience4   
,seven  times he was in bonds2 he was   
whipped1 was stoned2 he preached  both  
in the ,east and in the ,west2  leaving 
behind him the glorious  report of his  
faith3    #ad  ,and so having taught the
  whole world righteousness1 and  for   
that end travelled even to  the utmost  
bounds of the ,west2  he at last        
suffered martyrdom  by the command of   
the governors1    #ae  ,and departed out
 of the  world1 and went unto his holy  

place2 having become a most  eminent    
pattern of patience  unto all ages4     
#af  ,to these ,holy ,apostles  were    
joined a very great number  of others1  
who having through  envy undergone in   
like manner  many pains and torments1   
have  left a glorious example to us4    
#ag  ,for this1 not only men but  women 
have been persecuted2  and having       
suffered very grievous  and cruel       
punishments1 have  finished the course  
of their faith  with firmness2 and      
though weak  in body1 yet received a    
glorious  reward4    #ah  ,this has     
alienated the  minds even of women from 
their  husbands2 and changed what was   
once said by our father ,adam2  ,this is
 now bone of my bones1  and flesh of my 
flesh4    #ai  ,in a word1 envy and     
strife1  have overturned whole cities1  
and  rooted out great nations from off  
the earth4        ,,chapter ,,iv4       
#d ,he exhorts them to live by holy     
rules1 and repent       of their        
divisions1 and they shall be forgiven4  

,,these things1 beloved1 we  write unto 
you1 not only for  your instruction1 but
 also for our  own remembrance4    #b   
,for we are all in the same  lists1 and 
the same combat is  prepared for us all4
    #c  ,wherefore let us lay aside all 
vain and empty cares2 and let us  come  
up to the glorious and  venerable rule  
of our holy calling4    #d  ,let us     
consider what is good1  and acceptable  
and well-pleasing  in the sight of him  
that made us4    #e  ,let us look       
steadfastly to the  blood of ,christ1   
and see how  precious his blood is in   
the sight  of ,god3 which being shed for
 our  salvation1 has obtained the grace 
of repentance for all the world4    #f  
,let us search into all the  ages that  
have gone before us2  and learn that our
 ,lord has in  every one of them still  
given place  for repentance to all such 
as would  turn to him4    #g  ,noah     
preached repentance2  and as many as    
hearkened to him  were saved4 ,jonah    
denounced  destruction against the      

,ninevites4    #h  ,howbeit they        
repenting of  their sins1 appeased ,god 
by their  prayers3 and were saved1      
though  they were strangers to the      
covenant  of ,god4    #i  ,hence we find
 how all the  ministers of the grace of 
,god  have spoken by the ,holy ,spirit  
of  repentance4 ,and even the ,lord of  
all1 has himself declared with an  oath 
concerning it2    #aj  ,as ,i live1     
saith the ,lord1  ,i desire not the     
death of a sinner1  but that he should  
repent4 ,adding  farther this good      
sentence1 saying  ,turn from your       
iniquity1 ,o house  of ,israel4    #aa  
,say unto the children of  my people1   
though your sins should  reach from     
earth to heaven2 and  though they shall 
be redder than  scarlet1 and blacker    
than sackcloth  yet if ye shall turn to 
me with all  your heart1 and shall call 
me  father1 ,i will hearken to you1 as  
to a holy people4    #ab  ,and in       
another place he saith  on this wise3   
wash ye1 make you  clean2 put away the  

evil of your  doings from before mine   
eyes2  cease to do evil1 learn to do    
well2  seek judgment1 relieve the       
oppressed1 judge the fatherless1  plead 
for the widow4    #ac  ,come now and let
 us reason  together1 saith the ,lord3  
though  your sins be as scarlet1 they   
shall  be as white as snow2 though they 
be as red as crimson1 they shall  be as 
wool4    #ad  ,if ye be willing and     
obedient  ye shall eat the good of the  
land  but1 if ye refuse and rebel1 ye   
shall be devoured with the sword2  for  
the mouth of the ,lord hath  spoken it4 
#ae  ,these things has ,god  established
 by his ,almighty will1  desiring that  
all his beloved  should come to         
repentance4        ,,chapter ,v4        
#a ,he sets before them the examples of 
holy men1       whose piety is recorded 
in the ,scripture4    ,,wherefore let us
 obey his  excellent and glorious will2 
and imploring his mercy and  goodness1  
let us fall down upon  our faces before 
him1 and cast  ourselves upon his mercy2

 laying  aside all vanity1 and          
contention1  and envy which leads unto  
death4    #b  ,let us look up to those  
who  have the most perfectly ministered 
to his excellent glory4 ,let us  take   
,enoch for our example2  who being found
 righteous in  obedience1 was           
translated1 and  his death was not      
known4    #c  ,noah being proved to be  
faithful1 did by his ministry1  preach  
regeneration to the world2  and the     
,lord saved by him all the  living      
creatures1 that went with  one accord   
into the ark4    #d  ,abraham1 who was  
called  ,god's friend1 was in like      
manner  found faithful2 inasmuch as he  
obeyed the commands of ,god4    #e  ,by 
obedience he went out of  his own       
country1 and from his  own kindred1 and 
from his father's  house2 that so       
forsaking a small  country1 and a weak  
affinity1 and  a little house1 he might 
inherit  the promises of ,god4    #f    
,for thus ,god said unto him2  get thee 
out of thy country1 and  from thy       

kindred1 and from thy  father's house1  
unto a land that  ,i will show thee4    
#g  ,and1 ,i will make thee a great     
nation1 and will bless thee1 and  make  
thy name great1 and thou  shalt be      
blessed4   ,and ,i will  bless them that
 bless thee1 and  curse them that curse 
thee2 and  in thee shall all families of
 the  earth be blessed1    #h  ,and     
again when he separated  himself from   
,lot1 ,god said unto  him2 ,i ,lift up  
now thine eyes1 and  look from the place
 where thou  art northward1 and         
southward1 and  eastward1 and westward1 
for all  the land which thou seest1 to  
thee  will ,i give it1 and to thy seed  
for  ever4    #i  ,and ,i will make thy 
seed as  the dust of the earth1 so that 
if a  man can number the dust of the    
earth1 then shall thy seed also be      
numbered4    #aj  ,and again he saith3  
and  ,god brought forth ,abraham1 and   
said unto him2 look now toward  heaven1 
and tell the stars1 if thou  be able to 
number them3 so shall  thy seed be4     

#aa  ,and ,abraham believed ,god1  and  
it was counted to him for               
righteousness4    #ab  ,through faith   
and hospitality  he had a son given him 
in his  old age2 and through obedience  
he offered him up in sacrifice to  ,god1
 upon one of the mountains  which ,god  
showed into him4        ,,chapter ,,vi4 
#a  ,redemption for such as have been   
eminent for their       faith1 kindness1
 and charity to their neighbours4       
,,by hospitality and goodliness  was    
,lot saved out of ,sodom1  when all the 
country round about  was destroyed by   
fire and brimstone4    #b  ,the ,lord   
thereby making it  manifest1 that he    
will not forsake  those that trust in   
him2 but will  bring the disobedient to 
punishment  and correction4    #c  ,for 
his wife who went out  with him1 being  
of a different  mind1 and not continuing
 in the  same obedience1 was for that   
reason  set forth for an example1 being 
turned into a pillar of salt  unto this 
day4    #d  ,that so all men may know1  

that those who are double minded1  and  
distrustful of the power of  ,god1 are  
prepared for condemnation1  and to be a 
sign to all succeeding  ages4    #e  ,by
 faith and hospitality was  ,rahab the  
harlot saved4 ,for when  the spies were 
sent by ,joshua the  son of ,nun to     
search out ,jericho1  and the king of   
,jericho knew that  they were come to   
spy out his  country1 he sent men to    
take them1  so that they might be put to
  death4    #f  ,rahab therefore1 being 
hospitable1  received them1 and hid them
 under  the stalks of flax1 on the top  
of  her house4    #g  ,and when the     
messengers that  were sent by the king  
came unto  her1 and asked her1 saying1  
,there came men unto thee to spy  out   
the land1 bring them forth1 for  so hath
 the king commanded3 ,she  answered1    
,the two men whom ye  seek came unto me1
 but presently  they departed1 and are  
gone3 ,not  discovering them unto them4 
#h  ,then she said to the spies1  ,i    
know that the ,lord your ,god has  given

 this city into your hands2  for the    
fear of you is fallen upon  all that    
dwell therein4 ,when1  therefore1 ye    
shall have taken it1  ye shall save me  
and my father's  house4    #i  ,and they
 answered her1 saying1  ,it shall be as 
thou hast spoken  unto us1 ,therefore1  
when thou  shalt know that we are near1 
thou  shalt gather all thy family       
together1  upon the house-top and they  
shall  be saved3 but all that shall be  
found without thy house shall  be       
destroyed4    #aj  ,and they gave her   
moreover  a sign1 that she should hang  
out of her house a scarlet rope1        
showing thereby1 that by the  blood of  
our ,lord1 there should be  redemption  
to all that believe and  hope in ,god4  
,ye see1 beloved1  how there was not    
only faith1 but  prophesy too in this   
woman4        ,,chapter ,,vii4          
#a ,what rules are given for leading a  
holy life4    ,,let us1 therefore1      
humble ourselves1  brethren1 laying     
aside all pride1  and boasting1 and     

foolishness1  and anger3 ,and let us do 
as it  is written4    #b  ,for thus     
saith the ,holy ,spirit2  ,let not the  
wise man glory in his  wisdom1 nor the  
strong man in  his strength1 nor the    
rich man  in his riches2 but let him    
that  glorieth1 glory in the ,lord1 to  
seek  him1 and to do judgment and       
justice4    #c  ,above all1 remembering 
the  words of the ,lord ,jesus1 which he
  spake concerning equity and long      
suffering1 saying1    #d  ,be ye        
merciful1 and ye shall  obtain mercy2   
forgive1 and ye  shall be forgiven2 as  
ye do1 so  shall it be done unto you2 as
 ye  give1 so shall it be given unto    
you2 as ye judge1 so shall ye be        
judged2 as ye are kind to others1  so   
shall ,god be kind to you2 with  what   
measure ye mete1 with the  same shall it
 be measured to you  again4    #e  ,by  
this command1 and by  these rules1 let  
us establish  ourselves1 that so we may 
always  walk obediently to his holy     
words2  being humble minded3    #f  ,for

 so says the ,holy ,scripture2  upon    
whom shall ,i look1 even upon  him that 
is poor and of a contrite  spirit1 and  
that trembles at my word4    #g  ,it is1
 therefore1 just and  righteous1 men and
 brethren1 that  we should become       
obedient unto ,god1  rather than follow 
such as through  pride and sedition1    
have made  themselves the ring-leaders  
of  a detestable emulation4    #h  ,for 
it is not an ordinary harm  that we     
shall do ourselves1 but  rather a very  
great danger that we  shall run1 if we  
shall rashly give  up ourselves to the  
wills of men1  who promote strife and   
seditions1  to turn us aside from that  
which is  fitting4    #i  ,but let us be
 kind to one  another1 according to the 
compassion  and sweetness of him that   
made us4    #aj  ,for it is written1    
,the merciful  shall inherit the earth2 
and they  that are without evil shall be
 left  upon it3 but the transgressors   
shall  perish from off the face of it4  
#aa  ,and again be saith1 ,i have  seen 

the wicked in great power  and spreading
 himself like the  cedar of ,libanus4 ,i
 passed by1  and lo6 he was not2 ,i     
sought his  place1 but it could not be  
found4    #ab  ,keep innocently1 and do 
the  thing that is right1 for there     
shall  be a remnant to the peaceable    
man4    #ac  ,let us1 therefore1 hold   
fast  to those who religiously follow   
peace2 and not to such as only  pretend 
to desire4    #ad  ,for he saith in a   
certain  place1 ,this people honoureth  
me  with their lips1 but their heart  is
 far from me4    #ae  ,and again1 ,they 
bless with  their mouths1 but curse in  
their  hearts4    #af  ,and again he    
saith1 ,they  loved him with their      
mouths1 and  with their tongues they    
lied to  him4 ,for their heart was not  
right  with him1 neither were they      
faithful in his covenant4    #ag  ,let  
all deceitful lips become  dumb1 and the
 tongue that speaketh  proud things4    
,who have said1 with  our tongue will we
 prevail2 our lips  are our own1 who is 

,lord over us8    #ah  ,for the         
oppression of the  poor1 for the sighing
 of the needy1  now will ,i arise saith 
the ,lord2  ,i will set him in safety1  
,i will  deal confidently with him4     
,,chapter ,,viii4         ,he advises   
then1 to be humble1 and1 follow the     
examples of ,jesus1 and of holy men in  
all ages4    ,,for ,christ is theirs who
 are  humble1 and not who exalt         
themselves over his flock4 ,the  sceptre
 of the majesty of ,god1 our  ,lord     
,jesus ,christ1 came not in  the show of
 pride and arrogance1  though he could  
have done so2  but with humility as the 
,holy  ,ghost had before spoken         
concerning him4    #b  ,for thus he     
saith1 ,lord1 who  hath believed our    
report1 and to  whom is the arm of the  
,lord  revealed2 ,for he shall grow up  
before him as a tender plant1 and  as a 
root out of a dry ground2    #c  ,he    
hath no form or comeliness1  and when we
 shall see him1 there  is no beauty that
 we should desire  him4    #d  ,he is   

despised and rejected of  men2 a man of 
sorrows and acquainted  with grief4     
#e  ,and we hid1 as it were1 our  faces 
from him2 he was despised1  and we      
esteemed him not4    #f  ,surely he hath
 borne our  griefs1 and carried our     
sorrows  yet we did esteem him stricken1
  smitten of ,god1 and afflicted4    #g 
,but he was wounded for our             
transgressions2 he was bruised for  our 
iniquities2 the chastisement  of our    
peace was upon him2 and  with his       
stripes we are healed4    #h  ,all we   
like sheep have gone  astray2 we have   
turned every one  to his own way2 and   
the ,lord hath  laid on him the iniquity
 of us all4    #i  ,he was oppressed1   
and he was  afflicted1 yet he opened not
 his  mouth3 he is brought as a lamb to 
the slaughter2 and as a sheep  before   
her shearers is dumb1  so he openeth not
 his mouth4    #aj  ,he was taken from  
prison  and from judgment2 and who shall
  declare this generation8 ,for he  was 
cut off out of the land of the  living3 

for the transgression of my  people was 
he stricken4    #aa  ,and he made his   
grave with  the wicked1 and with the    
rich in  his death2 because he had done 
no  violence1 neither was any deceit  in
 his mouth4    #ab  ,yet it pleased the 
,lord to  bruise him2 he hath put him to
  grief3 when thou shalt make his  soul 
an offering for sin1 he shall  see his  
seed1 he shall prolong his  days1 and   
the pleasure of the ,lord  shall prosper
 m his hand4    #ac  ,he shall see of   
the travail  of his soul1 and shall be  
satisfied3  by his knowledge shall my   
righteous  servant justify many2 for he 
shall  bear their iniquities4    #ad    
,therefore will ,i divide him  a portion
 with the great1 and he  shall divide   
the spoil with the  strong2 because he  
hath poured  out his soul unto death2   
and he  was numbered with the           
transgressors1  and he bare the sin of  
many1 and  made intercession for the    
transgressors4    #ae  ,and again he    
himself saith1  ,i am a worm and no man1

 a reproach  of men1 and despised of the
 people4  ,all they that see me laugh me
 to  scorn2 they shoot out their lips1  
they shake their heads1 saying2  ,he    
trusted in the ,lord that he  would     
deliver him1 let him  deliver him seeing
 he delighted  in him4    #af  ,ye see1 
beloved1 what the  pattern is that has  
been given to  us4  ,for if the ,lord   
thus humbled  himself1 what should we do
 who  are brought by him under the  yoke
 of his grace8    #ag  ,let us be       
followers of those  who went about in   
goat-skins1 and  sheep-skins2 preaching 
the coming  of ,christ4    #ah  ,such   
were ,elias1 and ,eliaxus1  and         
,ezekiel1 the prophets1  ,and let us add
 to these1 such  others as have received
 the like  testimony4    #ai  ,abraham  
has been greatly  witnessed of2 having  
been called  the friend of ,god4 ,and   
yet he  steadfastly beholding the glory 
of  ,god1 says with all humility1 ,i am 
dust and ashes4    #bj  ,again of ,job1 
it is thus  written1 ,that he was just1 

and  without blame1 true2 one that      
served  ,god1 and abstained from all    
evil4  ,yet he accusing himself1 said1  
,no  man is free from pollution1 no1    
not though he should live but one  day4 
#ba  ,moses was called faithful in  all 
,god's ,house2 and by his conduct  the  
,lord punished ,israel by stripes  and  
plagues4    #bb  ,and even this man1    
though  thus greatly honoured1 spake not
  greatly of himself2 but when the      
oracle of ,god was delivered to him  out
 of the bush1 he said1 ,who  am ,i1 that
 thou dost send me8 ,i  am of a slender 
voice1 and a slow  tongue4    #bc  ,and 
again he saith1 ,i am as  the smoke of  
the pot4    #bd  ,and what shall we say 
of  ,david1 so highly testified of in   
the  ,holy ,scriptures8 ,to whom ,god   
said1  ,i have found a man after my own 
heart1 ,david the son of ,jesse1  with  
my holy oil have ,i anointed  him4      
#be  ,but yet he himself saith unto     
,god1 ,have mercy upon me1 ,o ,god1     
according to thy loving kindness2       

according unto the multitude of  thy    
tender mercies1 blot out my             
transgressions4    #bf  ,wash me        
thoroughly from  mine iniquity1 and     
cleanse me  from my sin4 ,for ,i        
acknowledge  my transgressions1 and my  
sin is  ever before me4    #bg  ,against
 ,thee only have ,i  sinned1 and done   
this evil in  thy sight2 that thou      
mightest  be justified when thou        
speakest2  and be clear when thou       
judgest4    #bh  ,behold ,i was shapen  
in  iniquity1 and in sin did my mother  
conceive me4    #bi  ,behold1 thou      
desirest truth  in the inward parts2 and
 in the  hidden part thou shalt make me 
to  know wisdom4    #cj  ,purge me with 
hyssop1 and  ,i shall be clean3 wash me1
 and ,i  shall be whiter than snow4     
#ca  ,make me to hear joy and  gladness1
 that the bones which  thou hast broken 
may rejoice4    #cb  ,hide thy face from
 my sins1  and blot out all mine        
iniquities4  ,create in me a clean heart
 ,o ,god2  and renew a right spirit     

within me4    #cd  ,cast me not away    
from thy  presence1 and take not thy    
holy  spirit from me4    #ce  ,restore  
unto me the joy of  thy salvation1 and  
uphold me with  thy free spirit4    #cf 
,then will ,i teach transgressors  thy  
ways1 and sinners shall be  converted   
unto thee4    #cg  ,deliver me from     
blood-guiltiness1  ,o ,god1 thou ,god of
 my salvation2  and my tongue shall sing
 aloud  of thy righteousness4    #ch  ,o
 ,lord open thou my lips1  and my mouth 
shall4 show forth  thy praise4    #ci   
,for thou desirest not sacrifice1  else 
would ,i give it2 thou  delightest not  
in burnt-offerings4    #dj  ,the        
sacrifices of ,god are  a broken spirit2
 a broken and a  contrite heart1 ,o     
,god1 thou wilt  not despise4           
,,chapter ,,ix4         ,he again       
persuades them to compose their         
divisions4    ,,thus has the humility   
and  godly fear of these great  and     
excellent men recorded in  the          
,scriptures1 through obedience1  made   

not only us1 but also the  generations  
before us better2  even as many as have 
received his  holy oracles with fear and
 truth4    #b  ,having therefore so     
many1  and such great and glorious      
examples1 let us return to that  peace  
which was the mark that  from the       
beginning was set before  us2    #c     
,let us look up to the ,father  and     
,creator of the whole world2  and let us
 hold fast to his glorious  and         
exceeding gifts and benefits  of peace4 
#d  ,let us consider and behold  with   
the eyes of our understanding  his long 
suffering will2 and think  how gentle   
and patient he is  towards his whole    
creation4    #e  ,the heavens moving by 
his  appointment1 are subject to him  in
 peace4    #f  ,day and night accomplish
 the  courses that he has allotted unto 
them1 not disturbing one another4    #g 
,the sun and moon1 and all the  several 
companies and constellations  of the    
stars1 run the courses that  he has     
appointed to them in concord1  without  

departing in the least from  them4    #h
  ,the fruitful earth yields its  food  
plentifully in due season both  to man  
and beast1 and to all animals  that are 
upon it1 according to his  will2 not    
disputing1 nor altering  any thing of   
what was ordered by him4    #i  ,so also
 the unfathomable and  unsearchable     
floods of the deep1  are kept in by his 
command2    #aj  ,and the conflux of the
 vast  sea1 being brought together by   
his  order into its several collections1
  passes not the bounds that he has  set
 to it2    #aa  ,but as he appointed it1
 so it  remains4 ,for he said1          
,hitherto  shalt then come1 and thy     
floods  shall be broken within thee4    
#ab  ,the ocean impassable to  mankind1 
and the worlds that are  beyond it are  
governed by the  same commands of their 
great  master4    #ac  ,spring and      
summer1 autumn  and winter1 give place  
peaceably  to each other4    #ad  ,the  
several quarters of the  winds fulfil   
their work in their  seasons1 without   

offending one  another4    #ae  ,the    
ever-flowing fountains1  made both for  
pleasure and health1  never fail to     
reach out their breasts  to support the 
life of men4    #af  ,even the smallest 
creatures  live together in peace and   
concord  with each other4    #ag  ,all  
these has the ,great ,creator  and ,lord
 of all1 commanded to  observe peace and
 concord2 being  good to all4    #ah    
,but especially to us who flee  to his  
mercy through our ,lord  ,jesus ,christ2
 to whom be glory  and majesty for ever 
and ever4  ,amen4        ,,chapter ,x4  
,he exhorts them to obedience1 from the 
consideration       of the goodness of  
,god1 and of his presence in every      
place4    ,,take heed1 beloved1 that his
  many blessings be not to our          
condemnation2 except we shall  walk     
worthy of him1 doing with  one consent  
what is good and  pleasing in his sight4
    #b  ,the spirit of the ,lord is a   
candle1 searching out the inward  parts 
of the belly4    #c  ,let us therefore  

consider how  near he is to us2 and how 
that  none of our thoughts1 or          
reasonings  which we frame within       
ourselves1  are hid from him1    #d  ,it
 is therefore just that we  should not  
forsake our rank1 by  doing contrary to 
his will4    #e  ,let us choose to      
offend a few  foolish and inconsiderate 
men1  lifted up and glorying in their   
own pride1 rather than ,god4    #f  ,let
 us reverence our ,lord  ,jesus ,christ 
whose blood was  given for us4    #g    
,let us honour those who are  set over  
us2 let us respect the  aged that are   
amongst us2 and let  us instruct the    
younger men1 in  the discipline and fear
 of the  ,,lord4    #h  ,our wives let  
us direct1 to do  that which is good4   
#i  ,let them show forth a lovely  habit
 of purity1 in all their  conversation2 
with a sincere  affection of meekness4  
#aj  ,let the government of their       
tongues be made manifest by their       
silence4    #aa  ,let their charity be  
without  respect of persons1 alike      

towards  all such as religiously fear   
,god4    #ab  ,let your children be bred
  up in the instruction of ,christ3     
#ac  ,and especially let them learn  how
 great a power humility has  with ,god2 
how much a pure and  holy charity avails
 with him2 how  excellent and great his 
fear is2  and how it will save all such 
as  turn to him with holiness in a pure 
mind4    #ad  ,for he is the searcher of
 the  thoughts and counsels of the      
heart2  whose breath is in us1 and when 
he pleases he can take it from  us4     
,,chap4 ,,xi4         ,of faith3 and    
particularly what we are       to       
believe as to the ,resurrection4        
,,but all these things must be          
confirmed by the faith which  is in     
,christ2 for so ,he himself  bespeaks us
 by the ,holy ,ghost2    #b  ,comeye    
children and hearken  unto me1 and ,i   
will teach you the  fear of the ,lord4  
,what man is  there that desireth life1 
and loveth  to see good days8    #c     
,keep thy tongue from evil1  and thy    

lips that they speak no  guile4    #d   
,depart from evil and do good2  seek    
peace and pursue it4    #e  ,the eyes of
 the ,lord are upon  the righteous1 and 
his ears are  open unto their prayers4  
#f  ,but the face of the ,lord is       
against them that do evil1 to cut  off  
the remembrance of them from  the earth4
    #g  ,the righteous cried1 and the   
,lord heard him1 and delivered  him out 
of all his troubles4    #h  ,many are   
the troubles of the  wicked2 but they   
that trust in the  ,lord mercy shall    
encompass them  about4    #i  ,our      
all-merciful and beneficent  ,father    
hath bowels of compassion  towards them 
that fear him3 and  kindly and lovingly 
bestows his  graces upon all such as    
come to  him with a simple mind4    #aj 
,wherefore let us not waver1  neither   
let us have any doubt in  our hearts1 of
 his excellent and  glorious gifts4     
#aa  ,let that be far from us  which is 
written1 ,miserable are  the            
double-minded1 and those who  are       

doubtful in their hearts2    #ab  ,who  
say these things have  we heard1 and our
 fathers have  told us these things4    
,but behold  we are grown old1 and none 
of  them has happened unto us4    #ac ,o
 ye fools consider the trees3  take the 
vine for an example4  ,first it sheds   
its leaves2 then it  buds2 after that it
 spreads its  leaves2 then it flowers2  
then come  the sour grapes2 and after   
them  follows the ripe fruit4 ,see how  
in  a little time the fruit of the trees
  comes to maturity4    #ad  ,of a truth
 yet a little while  and his will shall 
suddenly be  accomplished4    #ae  ,the 
,holy ,scripture itself  bearing        
witness1 that ,he shall  quickly come   
and not tardy1 and  that the ,lord shall
 suddenly come  to his temple1 even the 
#c holy ones  whom ye look for4    #af  
,let us consider1 beloved1  how the     
,lord does continually  show us1 that   
there shall be a  future resurrection2  
of which he  has made our ,lord ,jesus  
,christ  the first fruits1 raising him  

from  the dead4    #ag  ,let us         
contemplate1 beloved1  the resurrection 
that is continually  made before our    
eyes4    #ah  ,day and night manifest a 
resurrection to us4 ,the night lies     
down1 and the day arises3 again  the day
 departs and the night  comes on4    #ai
  ,let us behold the fruits of  the     
earth4 ,every one sees how the  seed is 
sown4 ,the sower goes  forth1 and casts 
it upon the earth2  and the seed which  
when it was  sown fell upon the earth   
dry and  naked1 in time dissolves4      
#bj  ,and from the dissolution1  the    
great power of the providence  of the   
,lord rises it again2 and of  one seed  
many arise1 and bring  forth fruit4     
,,chapter ,,xii4         ,the           
,resurrection further proved4    ,,let  
us consider that wonderful  type of the 
resurrection which  is seen in the      
,eastern countries3  that is to say1 in 
,arabia4    #b  ,there is a certain bird
 called  a ,phoenix2  of this there is  
never  but one at a time3 and that lives

  five hundred years4 ,and when  the    
time of its dissolution draws  near1    
that it must die1 it makes  itself a    
nest of frankincense1 and  myrrh1 and   
other spices into which  when its time  
is fulfilled it enters  and dies4    #c 
,but its flesh putrifying1 breeds  a    
certain worm1 which being nourished     
with the juice of the dead bird  brings 
forth feathers2 and when  it is grown to
 a perfect state1  it takes up the nest 
in which  the bones of its parent lie1  
and  carries it from ,arabia into       
,egypt1  to a city called ,heliopolis3  
#d  ,and flying in open day in the      
sight of all men1 lays it upon the      
altar of the sun1 and so returns  from  
whence it came4    #e  ,the priests then
 search into  the records of the time3  
and find  that it returned precisely at 
the  end of five hundred years4    #f   
,and shall we then think it to  be any  
very great and strange  thing for the   
,lord of all to raise  up those that    
religiously serve him  in the assurance 

of a good faith1  when even by a bird he
 shows us  the greatness of his power to
 fulfil  his promise8    #g  ,for he    
says in a certain place1  ,thou shalt   
raise me up and ,i shall  confess unto  
thee4    #h  ,and again1 ,i laid me down
  and slept1 and awaked1 because  thou  
art with me4    #i  ,and again1 ,job    
says1 ,thou  shalt raise up this flesh  
of mine1  that has suffered all these   
things4    #aj  ,having therefore this  
hope1  let us hold fast to him who is   
faithful in all his promises1 and       
righteous in all his judgments2  who has
 commanded us not to lie1  how much more
 will he not  himself lie8    #aa  ,for 
nothing is impossible  with ,god but to 
lie4    #ab  ,let his faith then be     
stirred  up again in us2 and let us     
consider  that all things are nigh unto 
him4    #ac  ,by the word of his power  
he  made all things3 and by the same    
word he is able1 7whenever he  will17 to
 destroy them4    #ad  ,who shall say   
unto him1  what dost thou8 or who shall 

resist the power of his strength8    #ae
  ,when1 and as he pleased1  he will do 
all things2 and nothing  shall pass away
 of all that has been  determined by    
him4    #af  ,all things are open before
  him2 nor can anything be hid  from his
 counsel4    #ag ,the heavens declare   
the  glory of ,god1 and the firmament   
showeth his handy work4 ,day  unto day  
uttereth speech1 and  night unto night  
showeth  knowledge4 ,there is no speech 
nor  language where their voice is not  
heard4        ,,chapter ,,xiii4         
,it is impossible to escape the         
vengeance of ,god1       if we continue 
in sin4    ,,seeing then all things are 
seen  and heard by ,god1 let us fear    
him1 and let us lay aside our  wicked   
works which proceed from  ill desires2  
that through his mercy  we may be       
delivered from the  condemnation to     
come4    #b  ,for whither can any of us 
flee  from his mighty hand8 ,or what    
world shall receive any of those  who   
run away from him8    #c  ,for thus     

saith the ,scripture  in a certain      
place4 ,whither shall  ,i flee from thy 
spirit1 or where  shall ,i hide myself  
from thy  presence8    #d  ,if ,i ascend
 up into heaven1  thou art there2 if ,i 
shall go to the  uttermost parts of the 
earth1 there  is thy right hand3 if ,i  
shall make  my bed in the deep1 thy     
,spirit is  there4    #e  ,whither then 
shall any one  go2 or whither shall he  
run from  him that comprehends all      
things8    #f  ,let us therefore come to
 him  with holiness of heart1 lifting up
  chaste and undefiled hands unto  him2 
loving our gracious and  merciful       
,father1 who has made us  to partake of 
his election4    #g  ,for so it is      
written1 ,when  the ,most ,high divided 
the nations2  when he separated the sons
 of  ,adam1 he set the bounds of the    
nations1 according to the number  of his
 angels2 his people ,jacob  became the  
portion of the ,lord1  and ,israel the  
lot of his  inheritance4    #h  ,and in 
another place he saith1  ,behold the    

,lord taketh unto himself  a nation1 out
 of the midst of the  nations1 as a man 
taketh the first-  fruits of his flour2 
and the ,most  ,holy shall come out of  
that nation4        ,,chapter ,,xiv4    
,how we must live that we may please    
,god4    ,,wherefore we being apart  of 
the ,holy ,one3 let us do  all those    
things that pertain unto  holiness3     
#b  ,fleeing all evil-speaking  against 
one another2 all filthy  and impure     
embraces1 together with  all            
drunkenness1 youthful lusts1  abominable
 concupiscences1  detestable adultery1  
and  execrable pride4    #c  ,for ,god  
saith1 he resisteth  the proud1 but     
giveth grace to the  humble4    #d  ,let
 us therefore hold fast to  those to    
whom ,god has given his  grace4    #e   
,and let us put on concord1  being      
humble1 temperate2 free  from all       
whispering and detraction2  and         
justified by our actions1  not our      
words4    #f  ,for he saith1 ,doth he   
that  speaketh and heareth many things1 

and is of a ready tongue1 suppose  that 
he is righteous8  ,blessed is  he that  
is born of a woman1 that  liveth but a  
few days3 use not  therefore much       
speech4    #g  ,let our praise be of    
,god1 not  of ourselves2 for ,god hateth
 those  that commend themselves4    #h  
,let the witness of our good  actions be
 given to us by others1  as it was given
 to the holy men  that went before us4  
#i  ,rashness1 and arrogance1 and       
confidence1 belong to them who  are     
accursed of ,god3 but equity1  and      
humility1 and mildness1 to  such as are 
blessed by him4    #aj  ,let us then lay
 hold of his  blessing1 and let as      
consider what  are the ways by which we 
may  attain unto it4    #aa  ,let us    
look back upon those  things that have  
happened from  the beginning4    #ab    
,for what was our ,father  ,abraham     
blessed8 ,was it not  because that      
through faith he  wrought righteousness 
and truth8    #ac  ,isaac  being fully  
persuaded  of what he knew was to come1 

cheerfully yielded himself up for  a    
sacrifice4 ,jacob with humility         
departed out of his own country1        
fleeing from his brother1 and went  unto
 ,laban and served him2 and  so the     
sceptre of the twelve tribes  of ,israel
 was given unto him4    #ad  ,now what  
the greatness of  this gift was1 will   
plainly appear1  if we shall take the   
pains distinctly  to consider all the   
parts of it4    #ae  ,for1 from him came
 the  priests and ,levites2 who all     
ministered at the altar of ,god4    #af 
,from him came our ,lord  ,jesus        
,christ1 according to the  flesh4    #ag
  ,from him came the kings1  and        
princes1 and rulers in ,judah4    #ah   
,nor were the rest of his  tribes in any
 little glory3 ,god  having promised    
that their seed  shall be as the stars  
of heaven4    #ai  ,they were all       
therefore  greatly glorified1 not for   
their own  sake1 or for their own works1
 or  for the righteousness that they    
themselves wrought1 but through  his    

will4    #bj  ,and we also being called 
by  the same will in ,christ ,jesus1 are
  not justified by ourselves1 neither   
by our own wisdom1 or knowledge1  or    
piety1 or the works which we  have done 
in the holiness of our  hearts4    #ba  
,but by that faith1 by which  ,god      
,almighty has justified all  men from   
the beginning2 to whom  be glory for    
ever and ever1 ,amen4        ,,chapter  
,,xv4         ,we are justified by      
faith2 yet this must not       lessen   
our care to live a virtuous life1       
nor our pleasure in it4    ,,what shall 
we do therefore1  brethren8 ,shall we be
 slothful  in well-doing1 and lay aside 
our charity8   ,god forbid that any     
such thing should be done by us4    #b  
,but rather let us hasten with  all     
earnestness and readiness of  mind1 to  
perfect every good work4  ,for even the 
,creator and ,lord of  all things       
himself rejoices in his  own works4     
#c  ,by his ,almighty power he  fixed   
the heavens1 and by his                 

incomprehensible wisdom he  adorned     
them4    #d  ,he also divided the earth 
from the water1 with which it is        
encompassed3 and fixed it as a  secure  
tower1 upon the foundation  of his own  
will4    #e  ,he also by his            
appointment1  commanded all the living  
creatures  that are upon it1 to exist4  
#f  ,so likewise the sea1 and all  the  
creatures that are in it2  having first 
created them1 he  enclosed them therein 
by his power4    #g  ,and above all1 he 
with his  holy and pure hands1 formed   
man1  the most excellent2 and1 as to his
  understanding1 truly the greatest  of 
all other creatures2 the character  of  
his own image4    #h  ,for thus ,god    
says2 ,let us  make man in our image1   
after our  own likeness2 so ,god created
 man1  male and female created he them4 
#i  ,and having thus finished all  these
 things1 he commended all  that he had  
made1 and blessed  them1 and said1      
increase and  multiply4    #aj  ,we see 
how all righteous men  have been adorned

 with good works  ,wherefore even the   
,lord himself1  having adorned himself  
with his  works1 rejoiced4    #aa       
,having therefore such an  example1 let 
us without delay1  fulfil his will2 and 
with all  our strength1 work the work of
  righteousness4        ,,chapter ,,xvi4
         ,a virtuous life enforced from 
the examples       of the holy angels1  
and from the exceeding       greatness  
of that reward which ,god has prepared  
for us4    ,,the good workman with      
confidence receives the bread of  his   
labour2 but the sluggish and  lazy      
cannot look him in the face  that set   
him on work4    #b  ,we must therefore  
be ready  and forward in well-doing3 for
  from him are all things4    #c  ,and  
thus he foretels us1  behold the ,lord  
cometh1 and his  reward is with him1    
even before his  face1 to render to     
everyone according  to his work4    #d  
,he warns us therefore beforehand1  with
 all his heart to this end1  that we    
should not be slothful and  negligent in

 well-doing4    #e  ,let our boasting1  
therefore1  and our confidence be in    
,god  let us submit ourselves to his    
will1  ,let us consider the whole       
multitude  of his angels1 how ready they
  stand to minister unto his will4    #f
  ,as saith the ,scripture1  thousands  
of thousands stood  before him and ten  
thousand  times ten thousand ministered 
unto him4 ,and they cried1 saying1      
,holy1 holy1 holy is the ,lord of       
hosts2 ,the whole earth is full  of his 
glory4    #g  ,wherefore let us also1   
being  conscientiously gathered together
  in concord with one another2 as  it   
were with one mouth1 cry1  earnestly    
unto him1 that he would  make us        
partakers of his great and  glorious    
promises4    #h  ,for he saith1 a ,eye  
hath not  seen1 nor ear heard1 neither  
have  entered into the heart of man1 the
  things which ,god has prepared for    
them that wait for him1        ,,chapter
 ,,xvii4         #a ,we must attain the 
gifts of ,god by faith and obedience1   

which we must carry on in an orderly    
pursuing of the       duties of our     
several stations1 without envy or       
contention4       #bd ,the necessity of 
different orders among men4       #cc   
,we have none of us anything but what we
 received of ,god3       whom therefore 
we ought in every condition thankfully  
to obey4    ,,how blessed and wonderful1
  beloved1 are the gifts of ,god4    #b 
,life in immortality6 brightness  in    
righteousness6 truth in full  assurance6
 faith in confidence6  temperance in    
holiness6    #c  ,and all this has ,god 
subjected  to our understandings3    #d 
,what therefore shall those  things be  
which he has prepared  for them that    
wait for him8    #e  ,the ,creator and  
,father of  spirits1 the ,most ,holy2 he
 only  knows both the greatness and     
beauty of them1    #f ,let us therefore 
strive with  all earnestness1 that we   
may be  found in the number of those    
that  wait for him1 that so we may      
receive the reward which he has         

promised4    #g  ,but how1 beloved1     
shall we do  this8 ,we must fix our     
minds by  faith towards ,god1 and seek  
those  things that are pleasing and     
acceptable unto him4    #h  ,we must act
 conformably to  his holy will2 and     
follow the way  of truth1 casting off   
from us all  unrighteousness and        
iniquity1  together with all            
covetousness1  strife1 evil manners1    
deceit1  whispering1 detractions2 all   
hatred of ,god1 pride and boasting2     
vain-glory and ambition2    #i  ,for    
they that do these things  are odious to
 ,god2 and not only  they that do them1 
but also all  such as approve of those  
that do  them4    #aj  ,for thus saith  
the ,scripture1  ,but unto the wicked1  
,god said1  ,what hast thou to do to    
declare  my statute1 or that thou       
shouldst  take my covenant in thy mouth8
  ,seeing that thou hatest instruction1 
and castest my words behind thee4    #aa
  ,when thou sawest a thief1  then thou 
consentedst with him2  thou hast been   

partaker with  adulterers1 ,thou givest 
thy mouth  to evil1 and thy tongue      
frameth  deceit4 ,thou sittest and      
speakest  against thy brother2 thou     
slanderest  thine own mother's son4     
#ab  ,these things hast thou done  and  
,i kept silence2 thou thoughtest  that  
,i was altogether such a one  as        
thyself3 but ,i will reprove thee1  and 
set them in order before thine  eyes4   
#ac  ,now consider this ye that  forget 
,god1 lest ,i tear you in pieces1  and  
there be none to deliver4    #ad  ,whose
 offereth praise1  gloryfieth me2 ,and  
to him that  disposeth his way aright1  
will  ,i show the salvation of ,god4    
#ae  ,this is the way1 beloved1 in      
which we may find our ,saviour1  even   
,jesus ,christ1 the high-priest  of all 
our offerings1 the defender  and helper 
of our weakness4    #af  ,by him we look
 up to the  highest heavens2 and behold1
 as  in a glass1 his spotless and most  
excellent visage4    #ag  ,by him are   
the eyes of our  hearts opened2 by him  

our foolish  and darkened understanding 
rejoiceth to behold his wonderful       
light4    #ah ,by him would ,god have us
  to taste the knowledge of             
immortality3 who being the  brightness  
of his glory1 is by  so much greater    
than the angels1  as be has by          
inheritance obtained  a more excellent  
name than they4    #ai  ,for so it is   
written1 who  maketh his angels spirits1
 and his  ministers a flame of fire3    
#bj  ,but to his son1 thus saith the    
,lord1 ,thou art my ,son1 to-day  have  
,i begotten thee4    #ba  ,ask of me and
 ,i will give  thee the heathen for thy 
inheritance1  and the utmost parts of   
the earth  for thy possession4    #bb   
,and again he saith unto him1  ,sit thou
 on my right hand until  ,i make thine  
enemies thy  foot-stool4    #bc  ,but   
who are his enemies8  even the wicked1  
and such who  oppose their own wills to 
the  will of ,god4    #bd  ,let us      
therefore march-on1  men and brethren1  
with all  earnestness in his holy laws4 

#be  ,let us consider those who  fight  
under our1 earthly governors  ,how      
orderly1 how readily1 and  with what    
exact obedience they  perform those     
things that are  commanded them4    #bf 
,all are not generals1 nor  colonels1   
nor captains1 nor  inferior officers3   
#bg  ,but everyone in his respective    
rank does what is commanded him by  the 
king1 and those who have the  authority 
over him4    #bh  ,they who are great1  
cannot  subsist without those that are  
little2  nor the little without the     
great2    #bi  ,but there must be a     
mixture  in all things1 and then there  
will  be use and profit too4    #cj     
,let us1 for example1 take  our body3   
the head without the  feet is nothing1  
neither the feet  without the head4     
#ca  ,and even the smallest members  of 
our body are yet both necessary  and    
useful to the whole body4    #cb  ,but  
all conspire together1  and are subject 
to one common  use1 namely1 the         
preservation of  the whole body4    #cc 

,let therefore our whole body  by saved 
in ,christ ,jesus2 and let  everyone be 
subject to his neighbour1  according to 
the order in which  he is placed by the 
gift of ,god4    #cd  ,let not the      
strong man despise  the weak2 and let   
the weak see that  he reverence the     
strong4    #ce  ,let the rich man       
distribute  to the necessity of the     
poor2 and  let the poor bless ,god1 that
 he has  given one unto him1 by whom his
  want may be supplied4    #cf  ,let the
 wise man show forth  his wisdom1 not in
 words1 but in  good works4    #cg  ,let
 him that is humble1 not  bear witness  
to himself1 but let  him leave it to    
another to bear  witness of him4    #ch 
,let him that is pure in the  flesh1 not
 grow proud of it1 knowing  that it was 
from another that he  received the gift 
of continence4    #ci  ,let us consider 
therefore1  brethren1 whereof we are    
made2  who1 and what kind of men we     
came into the world1 as it were  out of 
a sepulchre1 and from outer  darkness4  

#dj  ,he hath made us1 and formed  us1  
brought us into his own world2  having  
presented us with his  benefits1 even   
before we were born4    #da  ,wherefore1
 having received  all these things from 
him1 we  ought in everything to give    
thanks  unto him1 to whom be glory for  
ever and ever4 ,amen4        ,,chapter  
,,xviii4         ,clement therefore     
exhorts them to do everything           
orderly in the ,church1 as the only way 
to please ,god4    ,,foolish and unwise 
men1 who  have neither prudence1 nor    
learning1 may mock and deride  us2 being
 willing to setup  themselves in their  
own conceits4    #b  ,but what can a    
mortal man  do8 ,or what strength is    
there in  him that is made out of the   
dust8    #c  ,for it is written1 there  
was no  shape before mine eyes2 only ,i 
heard a sound and a voice4    #d  ,for  
what8 ,shall  man be pure  before the   
,lord8 ,shall he be  blameless in his   
works8    #e  ,behold1 he trusteth not  
in  his servants2 and his angels he     

chargeth with folly4    #f  ,yes1 the   
heaven is not clean  in his sight1 how  
much less they  that dwell in houses of 
clay2 of  which also we ourselves were  
made8    #g  ,he smote them as a moth3  
and from morning even unto the  evening 
they endure not4 ,because  they were not
 able to help  themselves1 they         
perished2  he breathed upon them and    
they  died1 because they had no wisdom4 
#h  ,call now if there be any that  will
 answer thee2 and to which of  the      
angels wilt thou look8    #i  ,for wrath
 killeth the foolish  man1 and envy     
slayeth him that is  in error4    #aj   
,i have seen the foolish taking  root1  
but lo1 their habitation was  presently 
consumed4    #aa  ,their children were  
far from  safety1 they perished at the  
gates  of those who were lesser than    
themselves3 and there was no man  to    
help them4    #ab  ,for what was        
prepared for  them1 the righteous did   
eat2 and  they shall not be delivered   
from  evil4    #ac  ,seeing then these  

things are  manifest unto us1 it will   
behove  us to take care that looking    
into  the depths of the divine          
knowledge1  we do all things in order1  
whatsoever our ,lord has commanded  us  
to do4    #ad  ,and particularly that we
  perform our offerings and service to  
,god1 at their appointed seasons  for   
these he has commanded to be  done1 not 
rashly and disorderly1  but at certain  
determinate times  and hours4    #ae    
,and therefore he has ordained  by his  
supreme will and authority1  both where1
 and by what persons1  they are to be   
performed2 that  so all things being    
piously done  unto all well-pleasing1   
they  may be acceptable unto him4    #af
  ,they therefore who make  their       
offerings at the appointed  seasons1 are
 happy and accepted2  because through   
obeying the  commandments of the ,lord1 
they are free from sin4    #ag  ,and the
 same care must be  had of the persons  
that minister  unto him4    #ah  ,for   
the chief-priest has his  proper        

services2 and to the priest  their      
proper place is appointed2  and to the  
,levites appertain their  proper        
ministries2 and the layman  is confined 
within the bounds of  what is commanded 
to laymen4    #ai  ,let every one of you
 therefore1  brethren1 bless ,god in his
 proper  station1 with a good           
conscience1  and with all gravity1 not  
exceeding  the rule of his service that 
is  appointed to him4    #bj  ,the daily
 sacrifices are not  offered everywhere2
 nor the peace-  offerings1 nor the     
sacrifices  appointed for sins and      
transgressions2  but only at ,jerusalem3
 nor in any  place there1 but only at   
the altar  before the temple2 that which
 is  offered being first diligently     
examined by the high-priest and  the    
other minister we before  mentioned4    
#ba  ,they therefore who do any  thing  
which is not agreeable to his  will1 are
 punished with death4    #bb  ,consider1
 brethren1 that by  how much the better 
knowledge  ,god has vouchsafed unto us1 

by so  much the greater danger are we   
exposed to4        ,,chapter ,,xix4     
,the orders of ,ministers in ,christ's  
,church established       by the        
,apostles1 according to ,christ's       
command1       #g after the example of  
,moses4       #af ,therefore they who   
have been duly placed in the            
ministry according to their order1      
cannot without       great sin be put   
out of it4    ,,the ,apostles have      
preached to  us from the ,lord ,jesus   
,christ  ,jesus ,christ from ,god4    #b
  ,christ therefore was sent by  ,god1  
the ,apostles by ,christ2 so  both were 
orderly sent1 according  to the will of 
,god4    #c  ,for having received their 
command1 and being thoroughly  assured  
by the resurrection of our  ,lord ,jesus
 ,christ1 and convinced  by the word of 
,god1 with the  fulness of the ,holy    
,spirit1 they  went abroad1 publishing1 
,that the  kingdom of ,god was at hand4 
#d  ,and thus preaching through         
countries and cities1 they appointed    

the first fruits of their conversion  to
 be bishops and ministers over  such as 
should afterwards believe1  having first
 proved them by the  ,spirit4    #e     
,nor was this any new thing2  seeing    
that long before it was  written        
concerning bishops and  deacons4    #f  
,for thus saith the ,scripture1  in a   
certain place2 ,i will appoint  their   
overseers in righteousness1  and their  
ministers in faith4    #g  ,and what    
wonder if they1 to  whom such a work was
 committed  by ,god in ,christ1         
established such  officers as we before 
mentioned2  when even that blessed and  
faithful  servant in all his house1     
,moses1  set down in the ,holy          
,scriptures  all things that were       
commanded  him4    #h  ,whom also all   
the rest of the  prophets followed1     
bearing witness  with one consent to    
those things  that were appointed by    
him4    #i  ,for he1 perceiving an      
emulation  to arise among the tribes    
concerning  the priesthood1 and that    

there was  a strife about it1 which of  
them  should be adorned with that       
glorious  name2 commanded their twelve  
captains  to bring to him twelve rods2  
every  tribe being written upon its rod1
  according to its name1    #aj  ,and he
 took them and bound  them together1 and
 sealed them  with the seals of the     
twelve princes  of the tribes3 and laid 
them up in  the tabernacle of witness1  
upon  the table of ,god4    #aa  ,and   
when he had shut the  door of the       
tabernacle1 he sealed  up the keys of   
it1 in like manner  as he had done the  
rods2 and said  unto them1 ,men and     
brethren1  whichsoever tribe shall have 
its  rod blossom1 that tribe has ,god   
chosen to perform the office of a       
priest1 and to minister unto him  in    
holy things4    #ab  ,and when the      
morning was  come1 he called together   
all ,israel1  six hundred thousand men2 
and  showed to the princes their seals  
and opened the tabernacle of  witness2  
and brought forth the  rods4    #ac     

,and the rod of ,aaron was  found not   
only to have blossomed1  but also to    
have fruit upon it4    #ad  ,what think 
you1 beloved8  ,did not ,moses before   
know what  should happen8    #ae  ,yes  
verily3 but to the end  there might be  
no division1 nor  tumult in ,israel1 he 
did in this  manner1 that the name of   
the true  and only ,god might be        
glorified2  to whom be honour for ever  
and  ever1 ,amen4    #af  ,so likewise  
our ,apostles  knew by our ,lord ,jesus 
,christ1  that there should contentions 
arise1  upon account of the ministry4   
#ag  ,and therefore having a perfect    
fore-knowledge of this1 they  appointed 
persons1 as we have  before said1 and   
then a gave  direction1 how1 when they  
should  die1 other chosen and approved  
men  should succeed in their ministry4  
#ah  ,wherefore we cannot think  that   
those may justly be thrown  out of their
 ministry1 who were  either appointed by
 them1 or  afterwards chosen by other   
eminent  men1 with the consent of the   

whole  church2 and who have with all    
lowliness and innocency ministered  to  
the flock of ,church1 in peace1  and    
without self-interest1 and  were for a  
long time commended  by all4    #ai     
,for it would be no small sin  in us1   
should we cast off those  from their    
ministry1 who holily  and without blame 
fulfil the  duties of it4    #bj        
,blessed are those priests1  who having 
finished their course  before these     
times1 have obtained  a fruitful and    
perfect dissolution  for they have no   
fear1 lest any one  should turn them out
 of the place  which is now appointed   
for them4    #ba  ,but we see how you   
have  put out some1 who lived reputably 
among you1 from the ministry1  which by 
their innocence they had  adorned4      
,,chapter ,,xx4         ,he exerts them 
to peace from examples out of       the 
,holy ,scriptures1       #bj            
particularly from ,st4 ,paul's          
exhortation to them4    ,,ye are        
contentious1 brethren1  and zealous for 

things that  pertain not unto salvation4
    #b  ,look into the ,holy            
,scriptures1  which are the true words  
of the  ,holy ,ghost4 ,ye know that     
there  is nothing unjust or counterfeit 
written in them4    #c  ,there you shall
 not find that  righteous men were ever 
cast off  by such as were good          
themselves4    #d  ,they were           
persecuted1 but it  was by the wicked   
and unjust4    #e  ,they were cast into 
prison1  but they were cast in by those 
that  were unholy4    #f  ,they were    
stoned1 but it was  by transgressors4   
#g  ,they were killed1 but by accursed  
men1 and such as had taken up an  unjust
 envy against them4    #h  ,and all     
these things they  underwent gloriously4
    #i  ,for what shall we say1         
brethren8 ,was ,daniel cast into the    
den of lions1 by men fearing  ,god8     
,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and  ,abednego1    
were they cast into the  fiery furnace  
by men1 professing  the excellent and   
glorious worship  of the ,most ,high8   

,god forbid4    #aj  ,what kind of      
persons then  were they that did these  
things8  ,they were men abominable1 full
  of all wickedness2 who were  incensed2
 to so great a degree1  as to bring     
those into sufferings1  who with a holy 
and unblameable  purpose of mind        
worshipped ,god3  not knowing that the  
,most ,high is  the protector and       
defender of all  such as with a pure    
conscience  serve his holy name3 to whom
 be  glory for ever and ever1 ,amen4    
#aa  ,but they who with a full          
persuasion have endured these  things1  
are made partakers of glory  and honour3
 and are exalted and  lifted up by ,god 
for a memorial  throughout all ages1    
,amen4    #ab ,wherefore it will behove 
us also1 brethren1 to follow such       
examples as these2 for it is  written1  
,hold fast to such as are  holy2 for    
they that do so shall be  sanctified4   
#ac  ,and again in another place  he    
saith1 ,with the pure1 thou shalt  be   
pure 7and with the elect thou  shalt be 

elect17 but with1 the  perverse man thou
 shalt be perverse4    #ad  ,let us     
therefore join ourselves  to the        
innocent and righteous2 for  such are   
the elect of ,god4    #ae  ,wherefore   
are there strifes1  and anger1 and      
divisions1 and  schisms1 and wars1 among
 us8    #af  ,have we not all one ,god1 
and one ,christ8 ,is not one spirit  of 
grace poured out upon us all8  ,have we 
not one calling in ,christ4    #ag  ,why
 then do we rent and  tear in pieces the
 members of  ,christ2 and raise         
seditious against  our own body8 ,and   
are come to such  a height of madness1  
as to forget  that we were members one  
of another8    #ah  ,remember the words 
of our  ,lord ,jesus1 7how he said1 ,woe
 to  that man by whom offences come74   
,it1 were better for him that he  had   
never been born1 than that he  should   
have offended one of my  elect4 ,it were
 better for him1  that a mill-stone     
should be tied  about his neck1 and he  
should be  cast into the sea1 than that 

he  should offend one of my  little     
ones4    #ai  ,your schism has perverted
  many1 has discouraged many3 it  has   
caused diffidence in many1 and  grief in
 us all4 ,and yet your  sedition        
continues still4    #bj  ,take the      
,epistle of the  blessed ,paul the      
,apostle into your  hands2 ,what was ,it
 that he wrote  to you at his first     
preaching the  ,gospel among you8    #ba
  ,verily he did by the spirit  admonish
 you concerning himself1  and ,cephas1  
and ,apollos1 because  that even then ye
 had begun to  fall into parties and    
factions  among yourselves4    #bb      
,nevertheless your partiality  then led 
you into a much less sin  forasmuch as  
ye placed your  affections upon         
,apostles1 men  of eminent reputation in
 the  church2 and upon another1 who  was
 greatly tried and approved  of by them4
    #bc  ,but consider1 we pray you1    
who are they that have now led  you     
astray2 and lessened the  reputation of 
that brotherly love  that was so eminent

 among you2    #bd  ,it is a shame1 my  
beloved1  yea1 a very great shame1 and  
unworthy of your ,christian  profession1
 to hear that the  most firm and ancient
 church  of the ,corinthians should1  by
 one or two persons1 be led  into a     
sedition against its  priests4    #be   
,and this report is come not  only to   
us1 but to those also that  differ from 
us4    #bf  ,insomuch that the name of  
the ,lord is blasphemed through  your   
folly2 and even ye yourselves  are      
brought into danger by it4    #bg  ,let 
us therefore with all  haste put an end 
to this sedition2  and let us fall down 
before the  ,lord1 and beseech him with 
tears  that he would be favourably      
reconciled to us1 and restore us  again 
to a seemly and holy course  of         
brotherly love4    #bh  ,for this is the
 gate of  righteousness1 opening unto   
life3  ,as it is written1 ,i ,open unto 
me  the gates of righteousness2 ,i will 
go into them and will praise the  ,lord4
 ,this is the gate of the ,lord1  the   

righteous shall enter into it4    #bi   
,although therefore many  gates are     
opened1 yet this gate of  righteousness 
is that gate in ,christ  at which       
blessed are they that  enter in1 and    
direct their way in  holiness and       
righteousness2 doing  all things without
 disorder4    #cj  ,let a man be        
faithful1 let  him be powerful in the   
utterance  of knowledge2 let him be wise
 in  making an exact judgment of  words2
 let him be pure in all  his actions4   
#ca  ,but still by how much the  more he
 seems to be above others1  by reason of
 these things1 by so  much the more will
 it behove him  to be humble-minded2 and
 to seek  what is profitable to all men1
 and  not his own advantage4            
,,chapter ,,xxi4         #a ,the value  
which ,god1 puts upon love and          
unity3 the effects of a true charity1   
#h which is the gift of ,god1 and must  
be obtained by prayer4    ,,he that has 
the love that is in  ,christ1 let him   
keep the  commandments of ,christ4    #b

  ,for who is able to express the       
obligation of the love of ,god8  ,what  
man is sufficient to declare1  and is   
fitting1 the excellency of its  beauty8 
#c  ,the height to which charity  leads1
 is inexpressible4    #d  ,charity      
unites us to ,god2  charity covers the  
multitude of  sins3 charity endures all 
things2  is long-suffering in all       
things4    #e  ,there is nothing base   
and  sordid in charity3 charity lifts   
not  itself up above others2 admits of  
no divisions2 is not seditious2 but     
does all things in peace and concord4   
#f  ,by charity were all the elect of   
,god made perfect3 ,without it nothing  
is pleasing and acceptable in the  sight
 of ,god4    #g  ,through charity did   
the ,lord  join us into himself2 whilst 
for  the love that he bore towards us1  
our ,lord ,jesus ,christ gave his  own  
blood for us1 by the will of  ,god2 his 
flesh for our flesh2 his  soul for our  
souls4    #h  ,ye see1 beloved1 how     
great  and wonderful a thing charity is2

  and how that no expressions are       
sufficient to declare its perfection4   
#i  ,but who is fit to be found in  it8 
,even such only as ,god shall  vouchsafe
 to make so4    #aj  ,let us therefore  
pray to him1  and beseech him1 that we  
may be  worthy of it2 that so we may    
live  in charity2 being unblamable1     
without human propensities1  without    
respect of persons4    #aa  ,all the    
ages of the world1  from ,adam1 even    
unto this day1  are passed away2 but    
they who  have been made perfect in     
love1  have by the grace of ,god        
obtained  a place among the righteous2  
and  shall be made manifest in the      
judgment of the kingdom of ,christ4     
#ab  ,for it is written1 ,enter into    
thy chambers for a little space1 till   
my anger and indignation shall  pass    
away3 ,and ,i will remember  the good   
day1 and1 will raise you  up out of your
 graves4    #ac  ,happy then shall we   
be1  beloved1 if we shall have fulfilled
  the commandments of ,god1 in the      

unity of love2 that so1 through  love1  
our sins may be forgiven us4    #ad     
,for so it is written1 ,blessed  are    
they whose iniquities are  forgiven1 and
 whose sins are covered4  ,blessed is   
the man to whom the  ,lord imputeth no  
sin1 and in whose  mouth there is no    
guile4    #ae  ,now this blessing is    
fulfilled  in those who are chosen by   
,god  through ,jesus ,christ our ,lord1 
to  whom be glory for ever and ever1    
,amen4        ,,chapter ,,xxii4         
#a ,he exhorts such as have been        
concerned in these divisions to         
repent1 and return to their unity1      
confessing their sin to ,god1       #g  
which he enforces from the example of   
,moses1       #aj and of many among the 
heathen1       #bc and of ,judith and   
,esther among the ,jews4    ,,let us    
therefore1 as many as  have transgressed
 by any of  the suggestions of the      
adversary1  beg ,god's forgiveness4     
#b  ,and as for those who have  been the
 heads of the sedition and  faction     

among you1 let them look  to the common 
end of our hope4    #c  ,for as many as 
are endued  with fear and charity1 would
 rather  they themselves should fall    
into  trials than their neighbours3 ,and
  choose to be themselves condemned1    
rather than that the good and just      
charity delivered to us1 should  suffer4
    #d  ,for it is seemly for a man  to 
confess wherein he has  transgressed4   
#e  ,and not to harden his heart1  as   
the hearts of those were  hardened1 who 
raised up sedition  against ,moses the  
servant of ,god  whose punishment was   
manifest  unto all men1 for they went   
down  alive into the grave2 death       
swallowed them up4    #f  ,pharaoh and  
his host1 and  all the rulers of ,egypt1
 their  chariots also and their         
horsemen1  were for no other cause      
drowned  in the bottom of the ,red ,sea1
  and perished2 but because they        
hardened their foolish hearts1  after so
 many signs done in the  land of ,egypt1
 by ,moses the  servant of ,god4    #g  

,beloved1 ,god is not indigent  of      
anything2 nor does he demand  anything  
of us1 but that we  should confess our  
sins unto him4    #h  ,for so says the  
,holy ,david1  ,i will confess unto the 
,lord1 and  it shall please him better  
than a  young bullock that hath horns   
and  hoof4 ,let the poor see it and be  
glad4    #i  ,and again he saith1 ,offer
  unto ,god the sacrifice of praise1    
and pay thy vows unto the ,most         
,highest4 ,and call upon me in the  day 
of trouble1 and ,i will deliver  thee1  
and thou shalt glorify me4  ,the        
sacrifice of ,god is a broken  spirit4  
#aj  ,ye know1 beloved1 ye know  full   
well1 the ,holy ,scriptures2  and have  
thoroughly searched into  the oracles of
 ,god3 call them  therefore to your     
remembrance4    #aa  ,for when ,moses   
went up into  the mount1 and tarried    
there forty  days and forty nights in   
fasting  and humiliation2 ,god said unto
  him1 ,arise1 ,moses1 and get thee     
down quickly from hence1 for thy  people

 whom thou broughtest out  of the land  
of ,egypt1 have  committed wickedness3  
they have  soon transgressed the way    
that  ,i commanded them1 and have made  
to themselves graven images4    #ab     
,and the ,lord said unto him1  ,i have  
spoken unto thee several  times1 saying1
 ,i have seen this  people1 and behold  
it is a stiff-  necked people3 let me   
therefore  destroy them1 and put out    
their  name from under heaven4 ,and ,i  
will make unto thee a great and a       
wonderful nation1 that shall be  much   
larger than this4    #ac  ,but ,moses   
said1 ,not so1  ,lord3 ,forgive now this
 people  their sin2 or if thou wilt not1
  blot me also out of the book of  the  
living4 ,o admirable charity6  ,o       
insuperable perfection6 ,the servant    
speaks freely to his ,lord3 ,he         
beseeches  him either to forgive the    
people1  or to destroy him together with
 them4    #ad  ,who is there among you  
that is generous8 ,who that is          
compassionate8 ,who that has  any       

charity8   ,let him say1 if this        
sedition1 this contention1 and these    
schisms1 be upon my account1  ,i am     
ready to depart2 to go away             
whithersoever you please2 and do        
whatsoever ye shall command me3  ,only  
let the flock of ,christ be in  peace1  
with the elders that are set  over it4  
#ae  ,he that shall do this1 shall  get 
to himself a very great honour  in the  
,lord2 and there is no place  but what  
will be ready to receive  him3 ,for the 
earth is the ,lord's1  and the fulness  
thereof4    #af  ,these things1 they who
 have  their conversation towards ,god  
not to be repented of1 both have  done1 
and will always be ready to  do4    #ag 
,nay and even the ,gentiles  themselves 
have given us examples  of this kind4   
#ah  ,for we read1 ,how many  kings and 
princes1 in times of  pestilence1 being 
warned by their  oracles1 have given up 
themselves  unto death2 that by their   
own  blood1 they might deliver their    
country from destruction4    #ai        

,others have forsaken their  cities1 so 
that they might put an  end to the      
seditions of them4    #bj  ,we know how 
many among  ourselves1 have given up    
themselves unto bonds1 that  thereby    
they might free others  from them4      
#ba  ,others have sold themselves  into 
bondage1 that they might feed  their    
brethren with the price of  themselves4 
#bb  ,and even many women1  being       
strengthened by the grace  of ,god1 have
 done many glorious  and manly things on
 such occasions4    #bc  ,the blessed   
,judith1 when  her city was besieged1   
desired the  elders1 that they would    
suffer her  to go into the camp of their
 enemies2  and she went out exposing    
herself  to danger1 for the love she    
bare  to her country and her people     
that were besieged3 and the  ,lord      
delivered ,holofernes into  the hands of
 a woman4    #bd  ,nor did ,esther1     
being perfect  in faith1 expose herself 
to any  less hazard1 for the delivery of
 the  twelve tribes of ,israel1 in      

danger  of being destroyed4 ,for by     
fasting  and humbling herself1 she      
entreated  the ,great ,maker of all     
things1 the  ,god of spirits2 so that   
beholding  the humility of her soul1 he 
delivered the people1 for whose  sake   
she was in peril4        ,,chapter      
,,xxiii4         ,the benefit of mutual 
advice and correction4       ,he        
entreats them to follow that which is   
here given to them4    ,,wherefore let  
us also pray  for such as are fallen    
into  sin4 ,that being endued with      
humility and moderation1 they  may      
submit not unto us1 but to  the wish of 
,god4    #b  ,for by this means they    
shall  obtain a fruitful and perfect    
remembrance1 with mercy1 both in  our   
prayers to ,god1 and in our  mention of 
them before his saints4    #c  ,let us  
receive correction1 at  which no man    
ought to repine4    #d  ,beloved1 the   
reproof and the  correction which we    
exercise  towards one another1 is good1 
and  exceeding profitable3 for it unites

  us the more closely to the will of    
,god4    #e  ,for1 so says the ,holy    
,scripture1  ,the ,lord corrected me1   
but he did  not deliver me over unto    
death4 ,for  whom the ,lord loveth he   
chasteneth1  and scourgeth every son    
whom he  receiveth4    #f  ,the         
righteous1 saith he1 shall  instruct me 
in mercy and reprove  me2 but let not   
oil of sinners  make fat my head4    #g 
,and again he saith1 ,happy  is the man 
whom ,god correcteth2  therefore despise
 not thou the  chastening of the        
,almighty4    #h  ,for he maketh gore   
and bindeth  up2 he woundeth and his    
hands  make whole4    #i  ,he shall     
deliver thee in six  troubles2 yea in   
seven there shall  no evil touch thee4  
,in famine he  shall redeem thee from   
death2 and  in war from the power of the
 sword4    #aj  ,thou shalt be hid from 
the  scourge of the tongue2 neither     
shalt thou be afraid of destruction     
when it cometh4    #aa  ,thou shalt     
laugh at the  wicked and sinners2       

neither shalt  thou be afraid of the    
beasts of the  earth4 ,the wild beast   
shall be at  peace with thee4    #ab    
,then shalt thou know that  thy house   
shall be in peace2 and  the habitation  
of thy tabernacle  shall not err4 ,then 
shalt know  also that thy seed shall be 
great  and thy offspring as the grass of
  the earth4    #ac  ,thou shalt come to
 thy  grave as the ripe corn1 that is   
taken in due time3 like as a shock  of  
corn cometh in1 in its season4    #ad   
,ye see1 beloved1 how there  shall be a 
defence to those that are  corrected of 
the ,lord4 ,for being  a good           
instructor1 he is willing to  admonish  
us by his holy1 diaipline4    #ae  ,do  
ye therefore who laid the  first        
foundation of this sedition1  submit    
yourselves unto your  priests2 and be   
instructed unto  repentance1 bending the
 knees of  your hearts4    #af  ,learn  
to be subject1 laying  aside all proud  
and arrogant  boasting of your tongues4 
#ag  ,for it is better for you to be    

found little1 and approved1 in the      
sheepfold of ,christ1 than to seem  to  
yourselves better than others1  and be  
cast out of his fold4    #ah  ,for thus 
speaks the  excellent and all-virtuous  
wisdom1  ,behold ,i will pour out the   
word  of my spirit upon you1 ,i will    
make  known my speech unto you4    #ai  
,because ,i called and ye  would not    
hear1 ,i stretched out  my hand and ye  
regarded not4    #bj  ,but ye have set  
at nought all  my counsel1 and would    
none of  my reproof4 ,i will also laugh 
at  your calamity1 and mock when  your  
fear cometh4    #ba  ,when your fear    
cometh as  desolation1 and your         
destruction  as a whirlwind1 when       
distress and  anguish cometh upon you4  
#bb  ,then shall ye call upon me  but ,i
 will not hear you3 the  wicked shall   
seek me but they  shall not find me4    
,for that they  hated knowledge1 and did
 not seek  the fear of the ,lord4    #bc
  ,they would not hearken  unto my      
counsel3 they despised  all my reproof4 

,therefore shall  they eat of the fruit 
of their own  ways2 and be filled with  
their  own wickedness4                  
,,chapter ,,xxiv         #a ,recommends 
them to ,god4 ,desires speedily to hear 
that this ,epistle has had a good effect
 upon them4       #d ,conclusion4       
,,now ,god1 the inspector of all        
things1 the ,father of ,spirits1  and   
the ,lord of all flesh1 who  hath chosen
 our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1  and us by   
him1 to be his peculiar  people2    #b  
,grant to every soul of man  that       
calleth upon his glorious and  holy     
name1 faith1 fear1 peace1               
long-suffering1 patience1 temperance1   
holiness and sobriety1 unto all         
well-pleasing in his sight2  through our
 ,high-,priest and  ,protector ,jesus   
,christ1 by whom  be glory and majesty1 
and power1  and honour unto him now and 
for  ever more1 ,amen4    #c  ,the      
messengers whom we  have sent unto you1 
,claudius1  ,ephebus1 and ,valerios     
,bito1 with  ,fortunatus1 send back to  

us again  with all speed1 in peace and  
with  joy1 that they may the sooner     
acquaint us with your peace and         
concord1 so much prayed for and  desired
 by us3 and that we may  rejoice in your
 good order4    #d  ,the grace of our   
,lord ,jesus  ,christ be with you1 and  
with all  that are any where called by  
,god  through him3 ,to whom be honour   
and glory1 and might and injesty1  and  
eternal dominion1 by ,christ  ,jesus1   
from everlasting to  everlasting1 ,amen4
                ,,references ,,to       
,,clement',s ,,first ,,epistle ,,to     
,,the ,,corinthians4    ,clement was a  
disciple of ,peter1 and afterwards      
,bishop of ,rome4 ,clemens              
,alexandrinus calls him an apostle4     
,jerome says he was an apostolic man1   
and ,rafinus that he was almost an      
apostle4  ,eusebius calls this the      
wonderful  ,epistle of ,st4 ,clement1   
and says that it was publicly read in   
the assemblies of the primitive church4 
,it is included in one of the  ancient  

collections of the ,canon ,scripture4   
,its genuineness has been  much         
questioned1 particularly by  ,photius1  
patriarch of ,constantinople in  the    
ninth century1 who objects that         
,clement speaks of worlds beyond the    
ocean3 that he has not written worthily 
of the divinity of ,christ2 and  that to
 prove the possibility of a future      
resurrection1 he introduces the         
fabulous story of the phoenix's revival 
from its own ashes4 ,to the latter      
objection1 ,archbishop ,wake replies    
that the generality  of the ancient     
,fathers have made use of the same      
instance in proof of the same point2    
and asks1 if ,st4 ,clement really       
believed that there was such a bird1 and
  that it did revive out of the cinders 
of the body after burning1 where  was   
the1 great harm either in giving credit 
to such a wonder1 or1  believing it1 to 
make rich a use as he here does of      
it8--,the present is  the ,archbishop's 
translation from the ancient ,greek copy

 of the ,epistle1  which is at the end  
of  the celebrated ,alexandrine ,,ms4 of
 the ,septuagint  and ,new ,testament1  
presented by ,cyril1 patriarch of       
,alexandria1 to ,king  ,charles the     
,first1 now in the ,british ,museum4    
,the ,archbishop1 in  prefacing his     
translation1 esteems it a great blessing
 that this  ,epistle was at last so     
happily found out1 for the increase and 
confirmation both of our faith and our  
charity4                                
,,the ,,second ,,epistle ,,of           
,,clement ,,to ,,the ,,corinthians      
,,chapter ,i4         ,that we ought to 
value our salvation2       and to show  
that we do by a sincere obedience4      
,,brethren1 we ought so to  think of    
,jesus ,christ as of  ,god3 as of the   
judge of the living1  and the dead2 nor 
should we think  any less of our        
salvation4    #b  ,for if we think      
meanly of  him1 we shall hope only to   
receive  some small things from him4    
#c  ,and if we do so1 we shall  sin2 not

 considering from whence  we have been  
called1 and by whom1  and to what place2
 and how much  ,jesus ,christ vouchsafed
 to suffer  for our sakes4    #d  ,what 
recompense then shall  we render unto   
him8 ,or what  fruit that may be worthy 
of what  he has given to us8    #e  ,for
 indeed how great are  those advantages 
which we owe to  him in relation to our 
holiness8  ,he has illuminated us2 as a 
father1  he has called us his children2 
he has saved us who were lost and       
undone4    #f  ,what praise shall we    
give to  him8 ,or what reward that may  
be answerable to those things  which we 
have received4    #g  ,we were defective
 in our  understandings2 worshipping    
stones1  and wood2 gold1 and silver1 and
  brass1 the work of men's hands2  and  
our whole life was nothing  else but    
death4    #h  ,wherefore being          
encompassed  with darkness1 and having  
such a  mist before our eyes1 we have   
looked up1 and through his will  have   
laid aside the cloud wherewith  we were 

surrounded4    #i  ,for he had          
compassion upon  us1 and being moved in 
his bowels  towards us1 he saved us2    
having  beheld in us much error1 and    
destruction2 and seeing that we had  no 
hope of salvation1 but only  through    
him4    #aj  ,for he called us1 who were
  not2 and was pleased from nothing  to 
give us being4        ,,chapter ,,ii4   
#a ,that ,god had before prophesied by  
,isaiah1       that the ,gentiles should
 be saved2       #h ,and that this ought
 to engage1 such especially       to    
live well2 without which they will still
 miscarry4    ,,rejoice1 thou barren1   
that  bearest not1 break forth and  cry 
thou that travailest not2 for  she that 
is desolate hath many  more children    
than she that hath  a husband4    #b    
,in that saying1 ,rejoice thou  barren  
that bearest not1 he spake  of us3 for  
our church was barren  before children  
were given unto it4    #c  ,and again2  
when he said1  ,cry thou that travailest
 not3  he implied thus much3 ,that after

  the manner of a woman in travail1  we 
should not cease to put up our  prayers 
unto ,god abundantly4    #d  ,and for   
what follows1 because  she that is      
desolate hath more  children than she   
that hath a husband2  it was therefore  
added1 because  our people which seemed 
to have  been forsaken by ,god1 now     
believing  in him1 are become more than 
they  who seemed to have ,god4    #e    
,and another ,scripture saith1  a ,i    
came not to call the righteous  but     
sinners 7to repentance74 ,the  meaning  
of which is this2 that  those who were  
lost must be saved3    #f  ,for that is1
 indeed1 truly great  and wonderful1 not
 to confirm those  things that are yet  
standing1 but  those which are falling1 
#g  ,even so did it seem good to        
,christ to save what was lost2 and  when
 he came into the world1 he  saved many1
 and called us who  were already lost4  
#h  ,seeing then he has showed  so great
 mercy towards us2 and  chiefly for that
 we who are alive1  do now no longer    

sacrifice to dead  ,gods1 nor pay any   
worship to  them1 but have by him been  
brought to the knowledge of  the ,father
 of truth4    #i  ,whereby shall we show
 that  we do indeed know him1 and by    
not denying him by whom we  have come to
 the knowledge of  him4    #aj  ,for    
even he himself saith1  ,whosoever shall
 confess me before  men1 him will ,i    
confess before  my ,father4 ,this       
therefore is our  reward1 if we shall   
confess him by  whom we have been saved4
    #aa  ,but1 wherein must we confess  
him8--,namely1 in doing those  things   
which he saith1 and not  disobeying his 
commandments  by worshipping him not    
with  our lips only1 but with all our   
heart1 and with all our mind4 ,for  he  
saith in ,isaiah2 ,this people          
honoureth me with their lips1 but  their
 heart is far from me4    #ab  ,let us  
then not only call  him ,lord2 for that 
will not save  us4 ,for he saith3 ,not  
everyone  that saith unto me ,lord1     
,lord1  shall be saved1 but he that doth

  righteousness4    #ac  ,wherefore1    
brethren1  let us confess him by our    
works2  by loving one another2 in not   
committing adultery1 not speaking  evil 
against each other1 not envying  one    
another2 but by being temperate1        
merciful1 good4    #ad  ,let us also    
have a mutual  sense of one another's   
sufferings2  and not be covetous of     
money2 but  let us1 by our good works1  
confess  ,god1 and not by those that are
  otherwise4    #ae  ,also let us not   
fear men3 but  rather ,god4 ,wherefore1 
if we  should do such wicked things1 the
  ,lord hath said2 ,though ye should  be
 joined unto me1 even in my very  bosom1
 and not keep my commandments1  ,i would
 cast you off1 and say unto  you2       
,depart from me2 ,i know not  whence you
 are1 ye workers of iniquity4           
,,chapter ,,iii4         #a ,that1      
whilst we secure the other world1       
we need not fear what can befall its in 
this4       #e ,that1 if we follow the  
interests of this present world1        

we cannot escape the punishment of the  
other4       #aj ,which ought to bring  
us to repentance and holiness1       #ad
 and that presently3 because in this    
world       is the only time for        
repentance4    ,,therefore brethren1    
leaving  willingly for conscience sake  
our sojourning in this world1  let us do
 the will of him who has  called us1 and
 not fear to depart  out of this world4 
#b  ,for the ,lord saith1 ,ye shall  be 
as sheep in the midst of wolves4  ,peter
 answered and said1 ,what if  the wolves
 shall tear in pieces the  sheep8 ,jesus
 said unto ,peter1  ,let not the sheep  
fear the wolves  after death3 ,and ye   
also fear not  those that kill you1 and 
after that  have no more than they can  
do unto  you2 but fear him who after you
  are dead1 has power to cast both  soul
 and body into hell-fire4    #c  ,for   
consider1 brethren1 that  the sojourning
 of this flesh in the  present world1 is
 but little1 and of  a short            
continuance1 but the promise  of ,christ

 is great and wonderful1  even the rest 
of the kingdom  that is to come1 and of 
eternal life4    #d  ,what then must we 
do that  we may attain unto it8--,we    
must  order our conversation1 holy and  
righteously1 and look upon all the      
things of this world as none of  ours1  
and not desire them4 ,for1  if we desire
 to possess them we  fall from the way  
of righteousness4    #e  ,for thus saith
 the ,lord1 ,no  servant can serve two  
masters4 ,if  therefore we shall desire 
to serve  ,god and ,mammon1 it will be  
without  profit to us4 ,for what will it
 profit1  if one gain the vole world1   
and lose  his own soul8    #f  ,now this
 world and that  to come are two        
enemies4 ,this  speaketh of adultery and
 corruption1  of covetousness and       
deceit2 but that  renounces these       
things4    #g  ,we cannot1 therefore1 be
 the  friends of both2 but we must      
resolve by forsaking the one1  to enjoy 
the other4 ,and we think  it is better  
to hate the present  things1 as little1 

short-lived1  and corruptible2 and to   
love  those which are to come1 which    
are truly good and incorruptible4    #h 
,for1 if we do the will of  ,christ1 we 
shall find rest3  but if not1 nothing   
shall deliver  us from eternal          
punishment if we  shall disobey his     
commands4 ,for  even thus saith the     
,scripture in  the prophet ,ezekiel1 ,if
 ,noah1 ,job1  and ,daniel should rise  
up1 they  shall not deliver their       
children in  captivity4    #i           
,wherefore1 if such righteous  men are  
not able by their  righteousness to     
deliver their  children2 how can we hope
 to  enter into the kingdom of ,god1    
except we keep our baptism holy  and    
undefiled8 ,or who shall be  our        
advocate1 unless we shall  be found to  
have done what is holy  and just8    #aj
  ,let us1 therefore1 my brethren1      
contend with all earnestness1  knowing  
that our combat is at  hand2 and that   
many go long  voyages to encounter for a
  corruptible reward4    #aa ,and yet   

all are not crowned1  but they only that
 labour much1  and strive gloriously4   
,let us1  therefore1 so contend1 that we
 may  all be crowned4 ,let us run in the
  straight road1 the race that is       
incorruptible3 and let us in great      
numbers pass unto it1 and strive  that  
we may receive the crown4  ,but if we   
cannot all be crowned1  let us come as  
near to it as we are  able4    #ab      
,moreover1 we must consider1  that he   
who contends in a corruptible  combat2  
if he be found doing anything  that is  
not fair1 is taken away and  scourged1  
and cast out of the lists4  ,what think 
ye then that he shall  suffer1 who does 
anything that is  not fitting in the    
combat of  immortality8    #ac  ,thus   
speaks the prophet  concerning those who
 keep not  their seal2 ,their worm shall
 not  die1 and their1 fire shall not be 
quenched2 and they shall be for a       
spectacle unto all flesh4    #ad  ,let  
us therefore repent1 whilst  we are yet 
upon the earth3 for we  are as clay in  

the hand of the  artificer4 ,for the    
potter if he  make a vessel1 and it be  
turned  amiss in his hands1 or broken1  
again forms it anew2 but if he has  gone
 so far as to throw it into the  furnace
 of fire1 he can no more  bring any     
remedy to it4    #ae  ,so we1 whilst we 
are in this  world should repent with   
our whole  heart for whatsoever evil we 
have  done in the flesh2 while we have  
yet the time of repentance1 that  we may
 be saved by the ,lord4    #af  ,for    
after we shall have  departed out of    
this world1 we  shall no longer be able 
either  to confess our sins or repent   
in the other4    #ag  ,wherefore1       
brethren1 let us1  doing the will of the
 ,father1  and keeping our flesh pure1  
and observing the commandments  of the  
,lord1 lay hold on eternal  life3 for   
the ,lord saith in the  ,gospel1 ,if ye 
have not kept that  which was little1   
who will give  you that which is        
great8--  ,for ,i say unto you1 he that 
is  faithful in that which is  least1 is

 faithful also in much4    #ah  ,this1  
therefore1 is what he  saith2 keep your 
bodies pure1 and  your seal without     
spot1 that ye  may receive eternal life4
        ,,chapter ,,iv4         ,we     
shall rise1 and be judged1 in our       
bodies2       therefore we must live    
well in them2       #f that we ought1   
for our own interest1       to live     
well2 though few seem to       mind     
what1 really is for their advantage2    
#aj and we should not deceive ourselves3
       seeing ,god will certainly judge 
us1       and render to all of us       
according to our works4    ,,and let not
 any one among you  say1 that this very 
flesh is  not judged1 neither raised up4
  ,consider1 in what were you saved  in 
what did you look up1 if not  whilst you
 were in the flesh8    #b  ,we must1    
therefore1 keep our  flesh as the temple
 of ,god4 ,for  in like manner as ye    
were called  in the flesh1 ye shall also
 come  to judgment in the flesh4 ,our   
one  ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who has saved

  us1 being first a spirit1 was made    
flesh1 and so called us2 even so we     
also shall in this flesh receive the    
reward4    #c  ,let us1 therefore1 love 
one  another1 that we may attain unto   
the kingdom of ,god4 ,whilst we  have   
time to be healed1 let us  deliver up   
ourselves to ,god our  physician1 giving
 our reward unto  him4    #d  ,and what 
reward shall we  give8--,repentance out 
of a pure  heart4 ,for he knows all     
things  beforehand1 and searches out our
  very hearts4    #e ,let us1 therefore1
 give praise  unto him3 not only with   
our  mouths1 but with all our souls2    
that he may receive us as children4     
,for so the ,lord hath said2 ,they  are 
my brethren1 who do the will  of my     
father4    #f  ,wherefore1 my brethren1 
let us do the will of the ,father1  who 
hath called us1 that we may  live4 ,let 
us pursue virtue1 and  forsake          
wickedness1 which leadeth  us into sins2
 and let us flee all  ungodliness1 that 
evils overtake  us not4    #g  ,for1 if 

we shall do our diligence  to live well1
 peace shall follow us4  ,and yet how   
hard is it to find a man  that does     
this8 ,for almost all are  led by human 
fears1 choosing rather  the present     
enjoyments1 than the  future promise4   
#h  ,for they know not how great  a     
torment the present enjoyments  bring   
with them2 nor what delights  the future
 promise4    #i  ,and if they themselves
 only  did this1 it might the more      
easily  be endured2 but now they go on  
to infect innocent souls with their     
evil doctrines2 not knowing that  both  
themselves1 and those that  hear them1  
shall receive a double  condemnation4   
#aj  ,let us1 therefore1 serve  ,god    
with a pure heart1 and we  shall be     
righteous3 but if we shall  not serve   
him1 because we do not  believe the     
promise of ,god1 we  shall be miserable4
    #aa  ,for thus saith the prophet2   
,miserable are the double-minded1  who  
doubt in their heart1 and say1  these   
things we have heard1 even4  in the time

 of our fathers1 but we  have seen none 
of them1 though  we have expected them  
from day  to day4    #ab ,o ye fools6   
compare yourselves  to a tree2 take the 
vine for an  example4 ,first it sheds   
its leaves1  then it buds1 then come the
 sour  grapes1 then the ripe fruit2     
even so my people has borne its         
disorders and afflictions1 but shall    
hereafter receive good things4    #ac   
,wherefore my brethren1 let  us not     
doubt in our minds1 but let  us expect  
with hope1 that we may  receive our     
reward2 for he is  faithful1 who has    
promised that  he will render to        
everyone a  reward according to his     
works4    #ad  ,if1 therefore1 we shall 
do  what is just in the sight of ,god   
we shall enter into his kingdom1  and   
shall receive the promises2  ,which     
neither eye has seen1 nor  ear heard1   
nor have entered into  the heart of man4
    #ae  ,wherefore let us every  hour  
expect the kingdom of ,god  in love and 
righteousness2 because  we know not the 

day of ,god's  appearing4               
,,chapter ,v4    ,a ,,fragment4         
,man's immortal nature a type of the    
,lord's kingdom4    #a    99    99    99
    ,for the ,lord  himself1 being asked
 by a certain  person1 ,when his kingdom
 should  come8 answered1 ,when two shall
  be one1 and that which is without  as 
that which is within2 and the  male with
 the female1 neither male  nor female4  
#b  ,now two are one1 when we  speak the
 truth to each other1 and  there is     
7without hypocrisy7 one  seal in two    
bodies3    #c  ,and that which is       
without as  that which1 is within2--,he 
means  this2 he calls the soul that     
which  is within1 and the body that     
which  is without4 ,as therefore thy    
body  appears1 so let thy soul be seen  
by  its good works4    #d  ,and the male
 with1 the female1  neither ,male nor   
female2--,he  means this2 he calls our  
anger  the male1 our concupiscence the  
female4    #e  ,when therefore a man is 
come  to such a pass that he is subject 

neither to the one nor the other of     
these 7both of which1 through the       
prevalence of custom1 and an evil       
education1 cloud and darken the         
reason17    #f  ,but rather1 having     
dispelled  the mist arising from them1  
and  being full of shame1 shall by      
repentance have united both his  soul   
and spirit in the obedience  of reason2 
then1 as ,paul says1 there is  in us    
neither male nor female4                
,,reference ,,to ,,the ,,second         
,,epistle ,,the ,,corinthians4          
,archbishop ,wake is the translator of  
this ,second ,epistle1 which he says    
was not of so great reputation among the
 primitive ,fathers as the first4  ,he  
defends it notwithstanding2 and in      
answer to those who objected to         
,clement's ,first ,epistle1 that it did 
not duly honour the ,trinity2 the       
,archbishop refers to  this as          
containing proof of the writer's fulness
 of  belief on that point4