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shall reward thee openly. But when yee pray, use not vaine repetitions, as the heathen doe. For they thinke that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not yee therefore like unto them: For your father knoweth what things yee have neede of, before yee aske him. After this maner therefore pray yee: Our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debters. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evill: For thine is the kingdome, and the power, and the glory, for ever, Amen. For, if yee forgive men their trespasses, your forgiving our heavenly father will also forgive you. But, if yee forgive not men brethren, their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses.

Moreover, when yee fast, be not as the Hypocrites, of a sad fasting, countenance for they disfigure their faces, that they may appeare unto men to fast: Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face that thou appeare not unto men to fast, but unto thy father which is in secret: and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and where our rust doth corrupt, and where theeves breake thorow, and steale. treasure is to be layed up, But lay up for your selves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where theeves doe not breake thorow, nor steale. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye: If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shalbe full of light. But if thine eye be evill, thy whole body shall be full of darknesse. If therfore the light that is in thee be darkenesse, how great is that darkenesse? No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one of serving God, and Mammon, and love the other, or else hee will holde to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therfore I say Exhorteth not unto you, Take no thought for your life, what yee shall eate, or to bee carefull for worldly what ye shall drinke, nor yet for your body, what yee shall put on things: Is not the life more then meate? and the body then raiment ? Behold the foules of the aire: for they sow not, neither doe they reape, nor gather into barnes, yet your heavenly father feedeth them. Are yee not much better then they? Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lillies of the field, how they grow they toile not, neither doe they spinne. And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory, was not arayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grasse of the field,

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which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven: shall he not much more clothe you, O yee of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or, what shall we drinke? or wherewithall shall wee be clothed? (for after all these things doe the Gentiles seeke:) for your heavenly father knoweth that ye have neede of all these things. But seeke ye first the kingdome Gods kingdome. of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shalbe added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of it selfe: sufficient unto the day is the evill thereof.

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Christ ending his Sermon in the Mount, reprooveth rash iudgement,

Forbiddeth to

cast holy things to dogges,

Exhorteth

to prayer,

To enter in at

I

UDGE not, that ye be not iudged. For with what iudgment ye iudge, yee shall be iudged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you againe. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye, but considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let mee pull out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beame out of thine owne eye: and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearles before swine: lest they trample them under their feete, and turne againe and rent you.

Aske, and it shalbe given you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened unto you. For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shalbe opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his sonne aske bread, will hee give him a stone? Or if he aske a fish, will hee give him a serpent? If ye then being evill, know how to give good giftes unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven, give good things to them that aske him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should doe to you, doe ye even so to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate, and broad is the strait gate, the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which goe in thereat because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that finde it.

To beware of

Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheepes clothing, false prophets, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Yee shall knowe them by their fruits: Doe men gather grapes of thornes, or figges of thistles?

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doers of the word:

Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit: but a corrupt CHAPTER tree bringeth forth evill fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring foorth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Not to be kingdome of heaven: but he that doth the will of my father which hearers, but is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophecied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderfull workes? And then wil I professe unto them, I never knew you: Depart from me, ye that worke iniquity. Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth like houses them, I wil liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rocke: and the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat upon that house and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rocke. And every one that heareth these sayings And not on of mine, and doeth them not, shall bee likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it. And it came to passe, when Iesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine. For he taught them as one having authoritie, and not as the Scribes.

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HEN he was come downe from the Mountaine, great

builded on a rocke,

the sand.

multitudes folowed him. And behold, there came Christ clenseth a leper, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, If thou wilt, the leper, thou canst make me cleane. And Iesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will, bee thou cleane. And immediatly his leprosie was cleansed. And Iesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man, but go thy way, shew thy selfe to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimonie unto them.

servant,

And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came unto healeth the him a Centurion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant Centurions lieth at home sicke of the palsie, grievously tormented. And Iesus saith unto him, I will come, and heale him. The Centurion answered, and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roofe: but speake the word onely, and my servant shalbe healed. For I am a man under authority, having souldiers under me and I say to this man, Goe, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and he commeth: and to my servant, Doe this, and

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Peters mother in lawe,

and many other diseased:

Sheweth how he is to be followed:

stilleth the tempest on the Sea,

driveth the

devils out of two men

possessed,

he doth it. When Iesus heard it, he marveiled, and said to them that followed, Verely, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall come from the East and West, and shal sit downe with Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, in the kingdome of heaven: but the children of the kingdome shall be cast out into outer darkenesse: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Iesus said unto the Centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast beleeved, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the self same houre.

And when Iesus was come into Peters house, hee saw his wives mother laid, and sicke of a fever: and he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministred unto them.

When the Even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and hee cast out the spirits with his worde, and healed all that were sicke, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying, Himselfe tooke our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

Now when Iesus saw great multitudes about him, hee gave commaundement to depart unto the other side. And a certaine Scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Iesus saith unto him, The Foxes have holes, and the birds of the ayre have nests: but the sonne of man hath not where to lay his head. And another of his Disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to goe, and bury my father. But Iesus said unto him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

And when he was entred into a ship, his Disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great tempest in the Sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleepe. And his Disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us : we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are yee fearefull, O yee of litle faith? Then hee arose, and rebuked the winds and the Sea, and there was a great calme. But the men marveiled, saying, What maner of man is this, that even the winds and the Sea obey him?

And when hee was come to the other side, into the countrey of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, comming out of the tombes, exceeding fierce, so that no man might passe by that way. And behold, they cryed out, saying, What have we to doe with thee, Iesus thou sonne of God? Art thou come hither to torment us befor the time? And there was a good way off from them, an heard of many swine, feeding. So the devils besought into the swine. him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to goe away into the herd

and suffereth

them to goe

of swine. And he said unto them, Goe. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and behold, the whole herd of swine ranne violently downe a steepe place into the Sea, and perished in the waters. And they that kept them, fled, and went their waies into the citie, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. And behold, the whole citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they saw him they besought him that hee would depart out of their coasts.

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his owne citie. And behold, they brought to him a man Christ curing sicke of the palsie, lying on a bed: and Iesus seeing their one sicke of faith, said unto the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, be of good cheere, the palsey, thy sinnes be forgiven thee. And behold, certaine of the Scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. And Iesus knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore thinke yee evill in your hearts? For whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes be forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walke? But that yee may know that the sonne of man hath power on earth to forgive sinnes, (Then saith hee to the sicke of the palsie) Arise, take up thy bed, and goe unto thine house. And he arose, and departed to his house. But when the multitudes saw it, they marveiled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

And as Iesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named calleth Matthew Matthew, sitting at the receite of custome: and he saith unto him, from the receite Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

of custome,

and sinners,

And it came to passe, as Iesus sate at meate in the house, behold, eateth with many publicanes and sinners, came and sate downe with him and Publicanes, his Disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicanes and sinners? But when Iesus heard that, hee said unto them, They that be whole neede not a Physicion, but they that are sicke. But goe ye and learne what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice : for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Then came to him the disciples of Iohn, saying, Why doe we and defendeth his the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Iesus saide Disciples for not fasting, unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourne, as long as the bridegrome is with them? But the dayes will come when the bridegrome shall bee taken from them, and then shall they fast. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an olde garment: for that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, and the