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4. THE FOVRTH PART OF THE HISTORIE OF OVR LORD AND SAVIOVR IESVS CHRIST,
contayning those things which he did the third yeare after his Baptisme, which was the two and thirtieth yeare of his age, according to the foure Euangelistes: the yeare after the creation of the world 4173. beginning at the death of Iohn Baptist.
Iohn Baptist was beheaded, his head giuen to Herodias daughter, and his body buried by his Disciples the 13. of Aprill. Anno. Domini. 32.
The yeare of Christs Natiuitie,
The thirtie two, as then it was,
And thirteenth day assuredlie
Of Aprill, thus it came to passe,
That Iohn the Baptist lost his life,
To please Herodias, Philips wife.
The thirtie two, as then it was,
And thirteenth day assuredlie
Of Aprill, thus it came to passe,
That Iohn the Baptist lost his life,
To please Herodias, Philips wife.
For Iohn had said to Herods face,
Herodias may not be thy wife:
Which wrought in her that wanted grace,
Such feruent hate, she sought his life.
She neuer rested night nor day,
Till she had got his head away.
Herodias may not be thy wife:
Which wrought in her that wanted grace,
Such feruent hate, she sought his life.
She neuer rested night nor day,
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His doctrine she misliked so,
Because he said; she could not be
King Herods wife and Phillips to,
Two brethren may not mary thee.
And though she did him much despise,
Yet could not she his death deuise.
Because he said; she could not be
King Herods wife and Phillips to,
Two brethren may not mary thee.
And though she did him much despise,
Yet could not she his death deuise.
For Herod heard Iohn willingly,
And feared much him to offend:
For he confessed Iohn to be
Both iust and holy to his end.
This was a let, to worke her will,
Her malice she could not fulfill.
And feared much him to offend:
For he confessed Iohn to be
Both iust and holy to his end.
This was a let, to worke her will,
Her malice she could not fulfill.
Till it befell when Herod had
Enclosed Iohn in prison fast,
And on his byrth day to be glad,
As he had vsed in times past,
A Royall feast he causd to be
Made for the states of Galilie.
Enclosed Iohn in prison fast,
And on his byrth day to be glad,
As he had vsed in times past,
A Royall feast he causd to be
Made for the states of Galilie.
Whereat what hap'ned you shall heare,
Though Herod knew it in his hart,
That Iohn was iust, and stood in feare,
To play with him that bloudie part:
For oft he heard him ioyfully,
And did obay him willingly.
Though Herod knew it in his hart,
That Iohn was iust, and stood in feare,
To play with him that bloudie part:
For oft he heard him ioyfully,
And did obay him willingly.
Yet at that feast a daintie Dame,
Herodias daughter daunc'd so well,
That all that to the banquet came,
Commended her, and then befell
The thing that was desired so,
By the maydes mother long ago.
Herodias daughter daunc'd so well,
That all that to the banquet came,
Commended her, and then befell
The thing that was desired so,
By the maydes mother long ago.
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For Herod so was pleasd withall,
That straight he gaue without aduise,
(Hap what might happen to befall,
He did not recken of the price)
What gift soeuer she would craue,
The same he promisd she should haue.
That straight he gaue without aduise,
(Hap what might happen to befall,
He did not recken of the price)
What gift soeuer she would craue,
The same he promisd she should haue.
She quickly went and Counsell had,
Or else was taught to aske before:
This made her mother verie glad,
For this she thirsted had so sore.
Aske thou Iohn Baptists head she said:
Which done, was graunted to the mayd.
Or else was taught to aske before:
This made her mother verie glad,
For this she thirsted had so sore.
Aske thou Iohn Baptists head she said:
Which done, was graunted to the mayd.
Though Herod grieued at the same,
Yet would not he the gift deny:
For feare of foolish worldly shame,
And for their sakes that then stood by.
Therefore he to the hang-man said,
Go fetch his head, giue it the mayd.
Yet would not he the gift deny:
For feare of foolish worldly shame,
And for their sakes that then stood by.
Therefore he to the hang-man said,
Go fetch his head, giue it the mayd.
The minion with Iohn Baptists head,
Vnto her mother straightway went:
When his Disciples law him dead,
His death they greatly did lament;
And they his body buried,
And thereof Iesus certified.
Vnto her mother straightway went:
When his Disciples law him dead,
His death they greatly did lament;
And they his body buried,
And thereof Iesus certified.
Then Iesus fame so farre was spread,
That many wondred at his name:
King Herod knew that Iohn was dead,
Yet scarsly could beleeue the same.
Iohn risen is againe said he,
By whom are wrought the works you see.
That many wondred at his name:
King Herod knew that Iohn was dead,
Yet scarsly could beleeue the same.
Iohn risen is againe said he,
By whom are wrought the works you see.
Some other said Elyas was,
Or else some Prophet come againe:
By whom such workes were brought to passe,
To name him Christ they thought it vaine.
Yet Herod him desir'd to see,
That he might learne what he should be.
Or else some Prophet come againe:
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To name him Christ they thought it vaine.
Yet Herod him desir'd to see,
That he might learne what he should be.
Christ preaching in his owne countrey, was despised of his countreymen.
When as Christ Iesus for to preach,
To Nazareth his countrey came,
Esayas booke they did him reach,
That he might reade vpon the same:
Whereout, he taught them what he was,
What he should teach, and bring to passe.
To Nazareth his countrey came,
Esayas booke they did him reach,
That he might reade vpon the same:
Whereout, he taught them what he was,
What he should teach, and bring to passe.
His doctrine so astonied some,
That they did wonder at his words:
Whence doth (say they) this wisedome come?
Or who to him these works affoords?
Is not that Iosephs sonne I pray,
The Carpenter, we heard this day?
That they did wonder at his words:
Whence doth (say they) this wisedome come?
Or who to him these works affoords?
Is not that Iosephs sonne I pray,
The Carpenter, we heard this day?
His mother Marie we do call,
His brethren be they not with vs?
As men amazed they were all,
To heare him so that text discusse.
Saue in his countrey then, said he,
A Prophet shall sure honor'd be.
His brethren be they not with vs?
As men amazed they were all,
To heare him so that text discusse.
Saue in his countrey then, said he,
A Prophet shall sure honor'd be.
Wherefore he said to them againe,
When famine plagued Israell,
And they for three yeares wanted raine,
And moneths sixe as stories tell,
The Prophet then was sent to none,
Saue in Sarepta vnto one.
When famine plagued Israell,
And they for three yeares wanted raine,
And moneths sixe as stories tell,
The Prophet then was sent to none,
Saue in Sarepta vnto one.
Oh Israell, thy leprosie,
So great in Elyseus time,
Though few could finde a remedie,
Naaman yet was cured by him.
When they hard this, it grieu'd them sore,
And they deuis'd his death therefore.
So great in Elyseus time,
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Naaman yet was cured by him.
When they hard this, it grieu'd them sore,
And they deuis'd his death therefore.
No greater workes there then did he,
Then on few sicke his hands to lay:
When he their vnbeliefe did see,
He maruaild much, and went away,
Teaching in eu'ry towne and place,
Where he came, and had gotten space.
Then on few sicke his hands to lay:
When he their vnbeliefe did see,
He maruaild much, and went away,
Teaching in eu'ry towne and place,
Where he came, and had gotten space.
Christ sent forth his Apostles by two and two to preach.
And he the twelue did call againe,
And sent them forth by two and two:
Power of him they did obtaine,
And charge withall what they should do;
For clothing, or how they should fare,
He willed them to take no care.
And sent them forth by two and two:
Power of him they did obtaine,
And charge withall what they should do;
For clothing, or how they should fare,
He willed them to take no care.
What house ye enter to, said he,
There tarrie till ye thence depart:
If that you there despised be,
They worke themselues the greater smart.
Shake from your feet the dust away,
As witnesse against such I say.
There tarrie till ye thence depart:
If that you there despised be,
They worke themselues the greater smart.
Shake from your feet the dust away,
As witnesse against such I say.
That cittie, house, or man be sure,
That will not you receiue or heare,
A harder iudgement shall endure,
(When all in one place shall appeare)
Then Sodome and Gomorhe shall haue,
Where worldly wealth can no man saue.
That will not you receiue or heare,
A harder iudgement shall endure,
(When all in one place shall appeare)
Then Sodome and Gomorhe shall haue,
Where worldly wealth can no man saue.
So they went forth, and preaching told,
That all men should their liues amend.
They cast out deuils with courage bold,
And as their maister did them send,
Of griefes each grieued did relieue,
And to the sick they health did giue.
That all men should their liues amend.
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And as their maister did them send,
Of griefes each grieued did relieue,
And to the sick they health did giue.
The Apostles returning, shewed Christ what great things they had done.
When the Apostles came againe,They told to Christ all they had done,
Aswell where most they did remaine,
As how to preach they had begonne,
Relieuing all mens miseries,
And helping their infirmities.
Christ went aside into the wildernesse with his disciples, where he fed 5000. men with fiue loaues and two fishes.
And Iesus said, come hence, depart
By ship into another place:
He thought he might in the desart
Haue had some ease a little space:
For he and his Apostles were
Much cloide with prease then eu'ry where.
By ship into another place:
He thought he might in the desart
Haue had some ease a little space:
For he and his Apostles were
Much cloide with prease then eu'ry where.
This was not done so secretly,
The people soone espide the same:
In multitudes they after hie,
So great was growne Christ Iesus fame,
That from the citties all about
They follow'd, till they found him out.
The people soone espide the same:
In multitudes they after hie,
So great was growne Christ Iesus fame,
That from the citties all about
They follow'd, till they found him out.
Bethsayda was neare to the place,
Where Christ did meane to take some ease:
The people thither ran apace,
Each to be cur'd of his disease.
Like scattred sheepe the people were,
All ready for the Wolfe to reare.
Where Christ did meane to take some ease:
The people thither ran apace,
Each to be cur'd of his disease.
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All ready for the Wolfe to reare.
To pittie them it did him moue,
And that he might expresse the same,
And giue them tokens of his loue,
He heald their blind, their sick, and lame;
And of his kingdome verely,
He taught to them the certainty.
And that he might expresse the same,
And giue them tokens of his loue,
He heald their blind, their sick, and lame;
And of his kingdome verely,
He taught to them the certainty.
And now because the time was spent,
And that they had farre way to go,
Christ thought it was expedient,
With meate to feed those men also,
Least that they going by the way,
Should faint, and of his helpe dismay.
And that they had farre way to go,
Christ thought it was expedient,
With meate to feed those men also,
Least that they going by the way,
Should faint, and of his helpe dismay.
When his disciples came him to,
Willing the people might be gone:
For else said they, how shall they do,
The night apace now draweth on.
And this is desert where we are:
For vittailes therefore let them care.
Willing the people might be gone:
For else said they, how shall they do,
The night apace now draweth on.
And this is desert where we are:
For vittailes therefore let them care.
They haue no need to go away,
Said Iesus, vnto them againe:
See therefore that yee do them stay,
Let them a while with vs remaine:
And giue you them now of your meate,
For I would haue them heare to eate.
Said Iesus, vnto them againe:
See therefore that yee do them stay,
Let them a while with vs remaine:
And giue you them now of your meate,
For I would haue them heare to eate.
Then the disciples said, we haue
Fiue loaues, two fishes, and no more.
Giue thanks to God that the same gaue,
He daily will encrease your store:
Bring the same hither vnto me,
That your prouision I may see.
Fiue loaues, two fishes, and no more.
Giue thanks to God that the same gaue,
He daily will encrease your store:
Bring the same hither vnto me,
That your prouision I may see.
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Then Christ commanded on the grasse,
The multitude to sit downe round,
Where he brought that thing then to passe,
Which did their reasons all confound.
When he had prai'd and blest the bred,
Fiue thousand men therewith he fed.
The multitude to sit downe round,
Where he brought that thing then to passe,
Which did their reasons all confound.
When he had prai'd and blest the bred,
Fiue thousand men therewith he fed.
And of that broken meate had they,
Twelue baskets full among them all:
This was to warne men to obey,
And to depend on him withall.
They that his kingdome seeke to haue,
Shall want nothing that they do craue.
Twelue baskets full among them all:
This was to warne men to obey,
And to depend on him withall.
They that his kingdome seeke to haue,
Shall want nothing that they do craue.
For Christs demaund to Phylip was,
Where bread for all them might be bought.
He knew not what would come to passe,
And therefore spake as then he thought;
Two hundreth peniworth will not be,
To each of them a bit; said he.
Where bread for all them might be bought.
He knew not what would come to passe,
And therefore spake as then he thought;
Two hundreth peniworth will not be,
To each of them a bit; said he.
And Andrew said, here is a boy
That hath fiue loaues, and fishes two,
And thought it but a very toye,
To offer that, all those vnto:
Yet with the same, Christ fed as then,
As I haue said, fiue thousand men.
That hath fiue loaues, and fishes two,
And thought it but a very toye,
To offer that, all those vnto:
Yet with the same, Christ fed as then,
As I haue said, fiue thousand men.
The multitude when they did see,
The miracle that Christ had done:
Did straight confesse him then to be,
(Assure he was) Gods onely sonne.
This Prophet (say they) certainly,
We looked for so earnestly.
The miracle that Christ had done:
Did straight confesse him then to be,
(Assure he was) Gods onely sonne.
This Prophet (say they) certainly,
We looked for so earnestly.
When Iesus therefore did perceiue,
That they would seeke to make him king,
Worldly conceits could not deceiue,
(Or worke in him so base a thing.)
Therefore he did himselfe conuay
Into a mount out of the way.
That they would seeke to make him king,
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(Or worke in him so base a thing.)
Therefore he did himselfe conuay
Into a mount out of the way.
Christ stilled the raging of the sea, walked on the sea, and saued Peter, when through infidelitie he was ready to sincke.
Then Iesus sent by ship before,
All his disciples thence away,
And eke the people from the shore,
And went alone aside to pray.
But they were tossed too and fro,
The winde and waues then raged so.
All his disciples thence away,
And eke the people from the shore,
And went alone aside to pray.
But they were tossed too and fro,
The winde and waues then raged so.
All this he saw, that seeth all,
And therefore went to ease their paine:
Who so doth come when he doth call,
Or sent doth go, shall sure remaine
Amidst all troubles safe and free:
For Christ with such will euer be.
And therefore went to ease their paine:
Who so doth come when he doth call,
Or sent doth go, shall sure remaine
Amidst all troubles safe and free:
For Christ with such will euer be.
About the fourth watch of the night,
Christ walked on the sea as then:
And passing by them, at the sight
They cried out like fearfull men,
Supposing he had bene a ghost,
And that they surely had bene lost.
Christ walked on the sea as then:
And passing by them, at the sight
They cried out like fearfull men,
Supposing he had bene a ghost,
And that they surely had bene lost.
Comfort your selues then Iesus said,
It is my selfe, you need not feare:
Though want of faith made you affraid,
Yet none of you shall loose a haire;
Reioyce therefore, regard no paine,
You shall haue ease for this againe.
It is my selfe, you need not feare:
Though want of faith made you affraid,
Yet none of you shall loose a haire;
Reioyce therefore, regard no paine,
You shall haue ease for this againe.
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Then Peter minding him to trie,
Said; maister, bid me come to thee.
Then Iesus said; Come by and by,
And walke on foote along to me.
Out of the ship he stept straight way,
As one that would his Lord obay.
Said; maister, bid me come to thee.
Then Iesus said; Come by and by,
And walke on foote along to me.
Out of the ship he stept straight way,
As one that would his Lord obay.
But when he saw a mightie winde,
He sore afraide began to sinke:
If helpe (he cride) I do not finde,
I shall be drowned as I thinke.
So want of faith, did let him fall,
And faith againe, gaue grace to call.
He sore afraide began to sinke:
If helpe (he cride) I do not finde,
I shall be drowned as I thinke.
So want of faith, did let him fall,
And faith againe, gaue grace to call.
Him Iesus then reproued sore;
When they into the ship were come:
The sea and wind did ceasse to roare,
Which seem'd a maruell vnto some:
Yet all confessed verely,
By this, Christ Iesus deity.
When they into the ship were come:
The sea and wind did ceasse to roare,
Which seem'd a maruell vnto some:
Yet all confessed verely,
By this, Christ Iesus deity.
When Christ had landed in the countrey of Genezareth, they brought vnto him all that were sicke, and as many as touched the hemme of his vesture were healed.
Christ to Genezareth then went,
Where when he came first to the shore,
The countrey all with one consent,
(Yea such as saw him not before,)
Deuised how to bring him there,
All such as then diseased were.
Where when he came first to the shore,
The countrey all with one consent,
(Yea such as saw him not before,)
Deuised how to bring him there,
All such as then diseased were.
All which desired but to tuch
His garments, as he passed by:
His shadow did relieue all such,
As shadowed were, where they did lye.
Thus did their faith bring forth much fruit,
For they obtained all their suite.
His garments, as he passed by:
His shadow did relieue all such,
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Thus did their faith bring forth much fruit,
For they obtained all their suite.
Lo he that lately with disdaine,
Among his owne had no regard:
He whom his kinsmen would haue slaine,
Him truly, strangers gladly heard.
His doctrine these men did embrace,
And he on them shed forth his grace.
Among his owne had no regard:
He whom his kinsmen would haue slaine,
Him truly, strangers gladly heard.
His doctrine these men did embrace,
And he on them shed forth his grace.
Christs Sermon of Manna from heauen, and of the bread of life, at Capernaum.
The people that Christ Iesus fed,
Sought him till they found him againe:
They sought not for the heau'nly bread,
For earthly meate they tooke that paine.
Striue not so for that meate, said he:
Striue for the meate I shall giue thee.
Sought him till they found him againe:
They sought not for the heau'nly bread,
For earthly meate they tooke that paine.
Striue not so for that meate, said he:
Striue for the meate I shall giue thee.
Then said they all what shall we do,
That worke the works of God we might?
Christ Iesus answered thereto,
And taught them how to do it right;
The worke of God (with good intent,)
Is to beleeue in whom he sent.
That worke the works of God we might?
Christ Iesus answered thereto,
And taught them how to do it right;
The worke of God (with good intent,)
Is to beleeue in whom he sent.
Shew vs some signe that we may see,
And so beleeue in thee: they say,
Our fathers Manna had, to be
Their meate, in the desert alway:
God gaue them bread from heau'n to eat,
And it was long our fathers meat.
And so beleeue in thee: they say,
Our fathers Manna had, to be
Their meate, in the desert alway:
God gaue them bread from heau'n to eat,
And it was long our fathers meat.
And Iesus then said verely,
Not Moses but my father he
Doth giue to you assuredly,
True bread from heau'n: beleeue yee me;
The bread of God came downe I say,
And to the world giues life alway.
Not Moses but my father he
Doth giue to you assuredly,
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The bread of God came downe I say,
And to the world giues life alway.
Then they againe to Iesus said,
Giue vs this bread, Lord, euermore:
The bread of life (be not affraid)
I am: he shall not hunger sore,
Nor thirst, that doth beleeue in me,
So do not you, for all you see.
Giue vs this bread, Lord, euermore:
The bread of life (be not affraid)
I am: he shall not hunger sore,
Nor thirst, that doth beleeue in me,
So do not you, for all you see.
They come to me whom God doth giue,
And them I do not cast away:
I loose not one that doth beleeue,
But raise him vp at the last day.
My fathers will, not mine to do,
I came from heau'n this earth vnto.
And them I do not cast away:
I loose not one that doth beleeue,
But raise him vp at the last day.
My fathers will, not mine to do,
I came from heau'n this earth vnto.
The Iewes did murmure he said so,
(I am the bread that downe did come.)
What is this Iosephs sonne or no?
Is not he knowne to vs, said some?
No man can come (be sure said he)
But whom the father drawes, to me.
(I am the bread that downe did come.)
What is this Iosephs sonne or no?
Is not he knowne to vs, said some?
No man can come (be sure said he)
But whom the father drawes, to me.
Whom God hath taught, come vnto me,
Not that the father sure hath bene
Of any one, saue onely he
Which is of God (said Iesus) seene.
To him that doth in me beleeue,
Life euerlasting I do giue.
Not that the father sure hath bene
Of any one, saue onely he
Which is of God (said Iesus) seene.
To him that doth in me beleeue,
Life euerlasting I do giue.
I am the bread of life in deed,
Your fathers Manna long did eate,
Yet are they dead: so shall not speed,
Such as feed on this heau'nly meate.
My flesh it is the bread I giue,
Which is life to all that beleeue.
Your fathers Manna long did eate,
Yet are they dead: so shall not speed,
Such as feed on this heau'nly meate.
My flesh it is the bread I giue,
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How can this man giue vs to eate
His flesh say they? can it so be?
My flesh except it be your meate,
And that ye drinke my bloud, said he,
Eternall life I say againe,
Doth not at all in you remaine.
His flesh say they? can it so be?
My flesh except it be your meate,
And that ye drinke my bloud, said he,
Eternall life I say againe,
Doth not at all in you remaine.
Who so doth eate my flesh, I say,
And drinkes my bloud, hath life in deed:
Him I will raise at the last day,
But so shall not the wicked speed.
My flesh and bloud is faithfully,
Both meate and drinke assuredly.
And drinkes my bloud, hath life in deed:
Him I will raise at the last day,
But so shall not the wicked speed.
My flesh and bloud is faithfully,
Both meate and drinke assuredly.
He that doth eate my flesh, is he,
And he that drinkes my bloud withall,
In whom I dwell, and he in me,
As God the Father eternall
Hath sent me; so, by him I liue,
And life to others I do giue.
And he that drinkes my bloud withall,
In whom I dwell, and he in me,
As God the Father eternall
Hath sent me; so, by him I liue,
And life to others I do giue.
From heau'n aboue came downe this bread,
Not as your fathers that did eate
The Manna sent them, yet are dead,
For he that eateth of this meate
Shall liue, and he shall neuer dye,
As sinners do eternally.
Not as your fathers that did eate
The Manna sent them, yet are dead,
For he that eateth of this meate
Shall liue, and he shall neuer dye,
As sinners do eternally.
At Capernaum spake he this,
Where some of his Disciples were,
That said, a hard thing sure it is,
Who can abide the same to heare?
Doth this offend you then, said he?
What, if I should ascend, will ye?
Where some of his Disciples were,
That said, a hard thing sure it is,
Who can abide the same to heare?
Doth this offend you then, said he?
What, if I should ascend, will ye?
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It is the spirit that in deed
Doth quicken, not the flesh be sure:
In spirit, this both life doth breed
And nourish, euer to endure:
For what I speake (to end all strife)
To you is spirit and is life.
Doth quicken, not the flesh be sure:
In spirit, this both life doth breed
And nourish, euer to endure:
For what I speake (to end all strife)
To you is spirit and is life.
Yet some of you beleeue not this,
(He knew them, and the traitour to)
Therefore I told you how it is,
That come vnto me any do:
The father onely giues this grace
To him, that doth enioy the place.
(He knew them, and the traitour to)
Therefore I told you how it is,
That come vnto me any do:
The father onely giues this grace
To him, that doth enioy the place.
So some went cleane from him away,
Then Iesus said, vnto the rest;
Will ye depart from me this day?
And walke as they where you thinke best?
Shall we said Peter, then at last?
Words of eternall life thou hast.
Then Iesus said, vnto the rest;
Will ye depart from me this day?
And walke as they where you thinke best?
Shall we said Peter, then at last?
Words of eternall life thou hast.
And we beleeue, and know thou art
The Christ, the Sonne of God in deed:
And if we did from thee depart,
We should be sure, full ill to speed.
Christ did againe the traitour note:
Least his Apostles should forgote.
The Christ, the Sonne of God in deed:
And if we did from thee depart,
We should be sure, full ill to speed.
Christ did againe the traitour note:
Least his Apostles should forgote.
Christ rebuked the Scribes and Pharisies, for trangressing Gods commandements, and answered their accusation against his Disciples, for eating meate with vnwashen hands.
The Scribe and faithlesse Pharisie,
Came then our Sauiour Christ vnto,
Supposing by their subtiltie,
For to deface what he would do.
They from Hierusalem then came,
That so faine would his works defame.
Came then our Sauiour Christ vnto,
Supposing by their subtiltie,
For to deface what he would do.
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That so faine would his works defame.
Why thy Disciples do transgresse,
Of elders the tradition,
Do thou now vnto vs expresse;
This was at first their question:
For they (say they) wash not a hand,
When they eate meate, we vnderstand.
Of elders the tradition,
Do thou now vnto vs expresse;
This was at first their question:
For they (say they) wash not a hand,
When they eate meate, we vnderstand.
O hypocrites, said Christ againe,
You do Gods word still disobay,
Supposing you shall scape the paine,
That you do merite day by day.
He that his parents (sure saith God)
Dishonoreth, shall feele my rod.
You do Gods word still disobay,
Supposing you shall scape the paine,
That you do merite day by day.
He that his parents (sure saith God)
Dishonoreth, shall feele my rod.
In words you worship, but in vaine,
Lip labour, liketh not the Lord,
A double heart, he doth disdaine:
When words and deeds do well accord,
Then prayse and prayer he will heare,
Which neuer doth in you appeare.
Lip labour, liketh not the Lord,
A double heart, he doth disdaine:
When words and deeds do well accord,
Then prayse and prayer he will heare,
Which neuer doth in you appeare.
It is not meate that hurteth man,
Which with the mouth he doth consume:
But euill thoughts which now and than,
Do moue the heart to fret and fume,
Or else deuise some euill deed:
Of this ye should take greatest heed.
Which with the mouth he doth consume:
But euill thoughts which now and than,
Do moue the heart to fret and fume,
Or else deuise some euill deed:
Of this ye should take greatest heed.
Each plant my father planteth not,
Shall by the roote be pluckt againe:
Our God will not all his forgot,
When hypocrites do suffer paine.
These blindly still, the blind do lead,
You haue no cause, their craft to dread.
Shall by the roote be pluckt againe:
Our God will not all his forgot,
When hypocrites do suffer paine.
These blindly still, the blind do lead,
You haue no cause, their craft to dread.
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Christ cast a deuill out of the daughter of a woman of Canaan, and healed many other.
From thence likewise did Iesus passe,
Of Tyre and Sydon through the cost,
Of such great care our Sauiour was.
To saue that else might there be lost:
He ceassed not but day by day,
Did good to all that would him pray.
Of Tyre and Sydon through the cost,
Of such great care our Sauiour was.
To saue that else might there be lost:
He ceassed not but day by day,
Did good to all that would him pray.
Behold a woman, came to him,
That did within those borders dwell,
Whose daughter was in eu'ry lymme
Sore vexed with a deu'll of hell.
Christ she most earnestly did pray,
From her to driue the deu'll away.
That did within those borders dwell,
Whose daughter was in eu'ry lymme
Sore vexed with a deu'll of hell.
Christ she most earnestly did pray,
From her to driue the deu'll away.
Whose suite, though seeming to deny,
Christ graunted vnto her at last,
When that he saw how faithfully,
She hop't his fauour for to tast,
He gaue to her to do her good,
Some portion of the childrens food.
Christ graunted vnto her at last,
When that he saw how faithfully,
She hop't his fauour for to tast,
He gaue to her to do her good,
Some portion of the childrens food.
Christ returned thence againe into the costes of Galilie, healed a deaffe man that stammered in his speach and many others, and fed. 4000. men besides women and children with seuen loaues.
Christ did returne yet then againe,
Into the costes of Galilie,
Their late contempt and deepe disdaine,
Withdrew not so his pietie.
Among the middest of wolues he still,
Protecteth safe his flocke from ill.
Into the costes of Galilie,
Their late contempt and deepe disdaine,
Withdrew not so his pietie.
Among the middest of wolues he still,
Protecteth safe his flocke from ill.
A deaffe man vnto Christ they brought,
That stambred in his speach also:
He graunted them, what then they sought,
And healed him, and let him go:
So that amazed in great feare,
They gaue God prayse all that were there.
That stambred in his speach also:
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And healed him, and let him go:
So that amazed in great feare,
They gaue God prayse all that were there.
He then vp to a mountaine went,
And sate him downe vpon the same:
And the people with full intent,
By multitudes vnto him came,
To heare his doctrine, and to craue
That they some helpe of him might haue.
And sate him downe vpon the same:
And the people with full intent,
By multitudes vnto him came,
To heare his doctrine, and to craue
That they some helpe of him might haue.
They thither brought the lame, the blind,
The deaffe, the dumbe, and maymed sort;
These had as they did hope to find,
Their former health, to their comfort:
So that the people did reioyce,
And praysed God with heart and voyce.
The deaffe, the dumbe, and maymed sort;
These had as they did hope to find,
Their former health, to their comfort:
So that the people did reioyce,
And praysed God with heart and voyce.
Which caused Christ to pitie these,
As he before had done also,
When in the desert to their ease,
He fed fiue thousand men and mo.
This did he that they might perceaue,
That Christ would not his chosen leaue.
As he before had done also,
When in the desert to their ease,
He fed fiue thousand men and mo.
This did he that they might perceaue,
That Christ would not his chosen leaue.
Wherefore he fed now once againe,
Foure thousand men sure at the least,
Neare Galilie on that mountaine,
Where he had healed all the rest,
With seu'n loaues and few fishes small,
Christ Iesus fed those men withall.
Foure thousand men sure at the least,
Neare Galilie on that mountaine,
Where he had healed all the rest,
With seu'n loaues and few fishes small,
Christ Iesus fed those men withall.
The Pharisies and Saduces tempted Christ, and desired him to shew them a signe.
To Magdala, when this was done,
By ship our Sauiour did sayle,
To whom the Saducees did soone,
And Pharisies without all fayle
Resort, which faine a signe would see
From heau'n aboue, if it would be.
By ship our Sauiour did sayle,
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And Pharisies without all fayle
Resort, which faine a signe would see
From heau'n aboue, if it would be.
They could discerne the outward face,
And each appearance in the skie:
These hypocrites had yet no grace,
But needs they would Christ Iesus trie.
Those that by tempting, Christ assayle,
Do most in all their fetches fayle.
And each appearance in the skie:
These hypocrites had yet no grace,
But needs they would Christ Iesus trie.
Those that by tempting, Christ assayle,
Do most in all their fetches fayle.
For those no signe at all could haue,
But that of Ionas, which we reade,
That lay three dayes as in a graue,
Within a whale, as he were dead:
The sonne of man shall euen so,
Lye in the graue, and rise therefro.
But that of Ionas, which we reade,
That lay three dayes as in a graue,
Within a whale, as he were dead:
The sonne of man shall euen so,
Lye in the graue, and rise therefro.
Christ commanded his Disciples to beware of the leauen of the Pharisies.
They thence went to the other side,
But had forgot to buy them bread,
So farre mens fancies wander wide,
When they do stray from Christ their head.
These minded not that Iesus could
Prouide them meate when that he would.
But had forgot to buy them bread,
So farre mens fancies wander wide,
When they do stray from Christ their head.
These minded not that Iesus could
Prouide them meate when that he would.
Christ warning them to shunne alway
The leauen of the Pharisie,
Made them conceiue, this doth he say,
Sith we forgot some bread to buy.
They neuer thought how he had fed
Foure thousand men with litle bread.
The leauen of the Pharisie,
Made them conceiue, this doth he say,
Sith we forgot some bread to buy.
They neuer thought how he had fed
Foure thousand men with litle bread.
This leauen of the Pharisie,
The Saducees, and Herod to,
Then his disciples warned he,
They should in any wise forgo
False teachers, and their doctrine flee,
For they mens soules do slay yee see.
The Saducees, and Herod to,
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They should in any wise forgo
False teachers, and their doctrine flee,
For they mens soules do slay yee see.
Christ healed a blind man in Bethsayda.
Then Iesus to Bethsayda came,
Where they vnto him brought one blind,
Desiring him to heale the same,
For other helpe they could not finde.
Out of the towne the blind led he,
Where afterward he made him see.
Where they vnto him brought one blind,
Desiring him to heale the same,
For other helpe they could not finde.
Out of the towne the blind led he,
Where afterward he made him see.
Christ Iesus spat his eyes into,
And put his hands vpon him then,
And said, now tell it, if thou do
See any thing among these men.
I see them walke as trees, said he,
Though perfectly I cannot see.
And put his hands vpon him then,
And said, now tell it, if thou do
See any thing among these men.
I see them walke as trees, said he,
Though perfectly I cannot see.
Christ put his hands on him againe,
And bad him looke then all about.
He looked, and saw each thing plaine,
He stood of nothing then in doubt.
Go home said Christ, sith thou art well,
Of this in towne to no man tell.
And bad him looke then all about.
He looked, and saw each thing plaine,
He stood of nothing then in doubt.
Go home said Christ, sith thou art well,
Of this in towne to no man tell.
Peter in the name of all the Apostles, confessed Christ to be the sonne of the liuing God: to which confession Christ answered, and in his name promised vnto them all the keyes of the kingdome of heauen.
When to Cæsarea Iesus came,
Called Philippi, as we reade:
Of his disciples then what fame
He askt, of him abroad was spread?
The sonne of man I am said he:
What do men say therefore of me?
Called Philippi, as we reade:
Of his disciples then what fame
He askt, of him abroad was spread?
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What do men say therefore of me?
Iohn Baptist, some name thee, they say,
Elias some do thee suppose,
Or Ieremias, or some way,
That of the Prophets one of those
That in the elder times haue beene,
Is rise againe, and of them seene.
Elias some do thee suppose,
Or Ieremias, or some way,
That of the Prophets one of those
That in the elder times haue beene,
Is rise againe, and of them seene.
But whom say ye, said Christ againe,
That I the sonne of man should be?
Then Simon Peter said certaine,
The sonne of God we knowledge thee.
Then Christ said, Simon verely,
Blessed thou art, and worst thou why?
That I the sonne of man should be?
Then Simon Peter said certaine,
The sonne of God we knowledge thee.
Then Christ said, Simon verely,
Blessed thou art, and worst thou why?
To mens opinions subiect I,
Most willingly my selfe do giue:
Yet mine do know me perfectly,
And as they know, do so beleeue;
This knowledge thou couldst neuer haue,
Of flesh and bloud, but God it gaue.
Most willingly my selfe do giue:
Yet mine do know me perfectly,
And as they know, do so beleeue;
This knowledge thou couldst neuer haue,
Of flesh and bloud, but God it gaue.
O Peter, this confession,
The ground-worke of my Church shall be:
For vpon that foundation,
I meane to build a Church for me.
The gates of hell shall not preuaile
Against the same, but still shall fayle.
The ground-worke of my Church shall be:
For vpon that foundation,
I meane to build a Church for me.
The gates of hell shall not preuaile
Against the same, but still shall fayle.
To you of heau'n I giue the key,
That is the preaching of my word:
All men that will not it obey,
Against all such, draw out this sword;
What so in earth ye loose or bind,
The like in heau'n, the same shall find.
That is the preaching of my word:
All men that will not it obey,
Against all such, draw out this sword;
What so in earth ye loose or bind,
The like in heau'n, the same shall find.
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Then charged he that they should tell,
As then to no man what he were:
Ere Christ we learne to know full well,
We may not preach him, without feare;
For though no more but man we see,
Yet must we know him God to be.
As then to no man what he were:
Ere Christ we learne to know full well,
We may not preach him, without feare;
For though no more but man we see,
Yet must we know him God to be.
Christ taught the faithfull to beare his Crosse, and rebuked Peter for disswading his death.
From that time forth Iesus began,
To shew that he himselfe must go
Vnto Ierusalem, for man
To suffer and abide much wo:
The elders, Priests, and Scribes had plaine
Deuised all, to haue him slaine.
To shew that he himselfe must go
Vnto Ierusalem, for man
To suffer and abide much wo:
The elders, Priests, and Scribes had plaine
Deuised all, to haue him slaine.
And though he told them this before,
The third day I will rise againe:
Yet Peter thought it wisedome more,
To keepe him thence to shunne the paine.
And therefore he tooke him aside:
But Christ would not his words abide.
The third day I will rise againe:
Yet Peter thought it wisedome more,
To keepe him thence to shunne the paine.
And therefore he tooke him aside:
But Christ would not his words abide.
So he that late reueal'd by God.
Did know and knowledge Christ his sonne,
Doth straightway here deserue a rod,
Not knowing yet what he had donne.
When selfe-will casts Gods word behind,
Our weaknesse then we quickly find.
Did know and knowledge Christ his sonne,
Doth straightway here deserue a rod,
Not knowing yet what he had donne.
When selfe-will casts Gods word behind,
Our weaknesse then we quickly find.
Here Peter doth presume to teach
His master Christ, himselfe to saue:
Christ him of follie did appeach,
And so a sore rebuke him gaue.
Oh Sathan come (said he) behind,
On earth, not heau'n, thou set'st thy mind.
His master Christ, himselfe to saue:
Christ him of follie did appeach,
And so a sore rebuke him gaue.
Oh Sathan come (said he) behind,
On earth, not heau'n, thou set'st thy mind.
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Then Iesus said to them againe,
If any man will follow me,
He must forsake himselfe as vaine,
And beare my Crosse though vext he be:
If his afflictions shall be sore,
Yet in the same I go before.
If any man will follow me,
He must forsake himselfe as vaine,
And beare my Crosse though vext he be:
If his afflictions shall be sore,
Yet in the same I go before.
Who so would liue still lothing paine,
And yet doth seeke his life to saue,
Doth loose his labour, this is plaine,
Life without me he cannot haue.
He that for my sake yeelds to dye,
Shall saue his life eternally.
And yet doth seeke his life to saue,
Doth loose his labour, this is plaine,
Life without me he cannot haue.
He that for my sake yeelds to dye,
Shall saue his life eternally.
What profit shall that man obtaine,
That winnes the world his soule to loose?
When he hath reckned all his gaine,
Most vaine it is that he doth choose.
For he that will not for me dye,
Shall dye a death perpetually.
That winnes the world his soule to loose?
When he hath reckned all his gaine,
Most vaine it is that he doth choose.
For he that will not for me dye,
Shall dye a death perpetually.
For sure the sonne of man, he shall
In glorie of his father deare,
(The Angels him attending all)
In iudgement here againe appeare.
And then according to his deed,
Shall eu'ry man be sure to speed.
In glorie of his father deare,
(The Angels him attending all)
In iudgement here againe appeare.
And then according to his deed,
Shall eu'ry man be sure to speed.
Yet truly vnto you I say,
That some of them which here do stand,
Shall not by death be fetcht away,
Vntill the time be neare at hand,
That in his kingdome they do see
The sonne of man so come to be.
That some of them which here do stand,
Shall not by death be fetcht away,
Vntill the time be neare at hand,
That in his kingdome they do see
The sonne of man so come to be.
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Christ was transfigured on mount Thabor, in the presence of Peter, Iames, and Iohn, & talked with Moses and Elyas.
Saint Mathew after sixe daies said,
That Iesus was transfigured:
The order of it made affraid,
All such as saw what happened;
For he appear'd in maiestie,
Surpassing their capacitie.
That Iesus was transfigured:
The order of it made affraid,
All such as saw what happened;
For he appear'd in maiestie,
Surpassing their capacitie.
Christ, Peter, Iames, and Iohn then tooke
Into mount Thabor all apart:
Where on his glory they should looke,
That they might ponder it in hart:
He tooke them three, for against three,
Exceptions may not taken be.
Into mount Thabor all apart:
Where on his glory they should looke,
That they might ponder it in hart:
He tooke them three, for against three,
Exceptions may not taken be.
So as the sunne, did shine his face,
His clothes were white as is the light,
And two men standing in the place,
With whom to talke he tooke delight:
They Moses, and Elias were,
That stood and talked with him there.
His clothes were white as is the light,
And two men standing in the place,
With whom to talke he tooke delight:
They Moses, and Elias were,
That stood and talked with him there.
But his disciples were afraid
To looke vpon so strange a sight,
This voice withall made them dismaid,
That came out of the cloud forth-right,
This is my sonne I loue so deare,
Happy are they that do him heare.
To looke vpon so strange a sight,
This voice withall made them dismaid,
That came out of the cloud forth-right,
This is my sonne I loue so deare,
Happy are they that do him heare.
And Peter was amazed so,
That he knew not the words he spake;
Come Maister said he, ere we go,
Three tabernacles let vs make.
Be not affraid said Christ of me,
For now alone you may me see.
That he knew not the words he spake;
Come Maister said he, ere we go,
Three tabernacles let vs make.
Be not affraid said Christ of me,
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So as he came the mountaine fro,
He said to them, this vision
You may declare all men vnto,
After my resurrection:
Till then to no man may you say,
What you haue seene all three this day.
He said to them, this vision
You may declare all men vnto,
After my resurrection:
Till then to no man may you say,
What you haue seene all three this day.
Why do the Scribes said they tell vs,
Come needs must first Elyas be?
Then Christ to them gaue answer thus,
Elyas came, they could not see.
And his Apostles well then wist,
He had spoke this of Iohn Baptist.
Come needs must first Elyas be?
Then Christ to them gaue answer thus,
Elyas came, they could not see.
And his Apostles well then wist,
He had spoke this of Iohn Baptist.
Christ comming downe from the mountaine, cured a child that was lunatike.
When from the hill come downe they were,
Among the multitude was one
That said, oh master, pitie here,
And helpe I pray my vexed sonne:
Of thy Disciples I can haue
No helpe at all, my sonne to saue.
Among the multitude was one
That said, oh master, pitie here,
And helpe I pray my vexed sonne:
Of thy Disciples I can haue
No helpe at all, my sonne to saue.
Oh crooked generation,
Bring here said Christ, the child to me:
How long shall in this nation,
Such vnbeleefe ingraffed be?
Christ then the deu'll rebuked so,
That from the child he made him go.
Bring here said Christ, the child to me:
How long shall in this nation,
Such vnbeleefe ingraffed be?
Christ then the deu'll rebuked so,
That from the child he made him go.
Then his Disciples secretly,
Askt why they could not cast him out?
It was your infidelitie,
Else you had done it without doubt.
Prayer and fasting it the way,
Whereby this deu'll cast out you may.
Askt why they could not cast him out?
It was your infidelitie,
Else you had done it without doubt.
Prayer and fasting it the way,
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They came thence into Galilie, where he fore-told them of his passion, and payd tribute.
Christ told them this in Galilie,
The sonne of man shall giuen be,
Into mens hands assuredly,
For to be slaine as you shall see:
Yet he the third day, shall againe
Reuiue, and so for ay remaine.
The sonne of man shall giuen be,
Into mens hands assuredly,
For to be slaine as you shall see:
Yet he the third day, shall againe
Reuiue, and so for ay remaine.
Then they which tribute did receiue,
Came vnto Peter secretly,
And said to him, we do perciue,
Thy master at thy house doth lye,
Tell vs therefore and if he do
Pay tribute, vnto Cæsar to?
Came vnto Peter secretly,
And said to him, we do perciue,
Thy master at thy house doth lye,
Tell vs therefore and if he do
Pay tribute, vnto Cæsar to?
Whose answer (as he thought in deed,)
Was that his master payd the same:
Wherefore he hy'de him home with speed,
And to his master quickly came.
Who then preuenting him tooke paine,
To aske of him the same againe.
Was that his master payd the same:
Wherefore he hy'de him home with speed,
And to his master quickly came.
Who then preuenting him tooke paine,
To aske of him the same againe.
What thinkest thou, oh Peter show
Of whom do kings their tribute take?
Of children? or of strangers now?
Of strangers, he did answer make.
By this thy reason then said he,
Both thou and I may well go free.
Of whom do kings their tribute take?
Of children? or of strangers now?
Of strangers, he did answer make.
By this thy reason then said he,
Both thou and I may well go free.
Yet lest we should them so offend,
Go to the sea, and angle there:
Where if thou do a while attend,
A fish thou shalt take, do not feare,
That in his mouth shall surely haue
What they for thee and me do craue.
Go to the sea, and angle there:
Where if thou do a while attend,
A fish thou shalt take, do not feare,
That in his mouth shall surely haue
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Thus Christ to Peter twise did show,
That eu'ry thing what so it were,
Himselfe the same before did know:
Whereby his Godhead did appeare.
And therewithall example gaue,
To pay the king what he should haue.
That eu'ry thing what so it were,
Himselfe the same before did know:
Whereby his Godhead did appeare.
And therewithall example gaue,
To pay the king what he should haue.
The contention of the Apostles for the primacie, Christes answere, and warning against offences.
Then his Disciples did demand,
Who should in heau'n the greatest be?
Christ did a litle child command
To stand, and said, lo here you see,
In heau'n the greatest is the mild,
That humbleth him as doth a child.
Who should in heau'n the greatest be?
Christ did a litle child command
To stand, and said, lo here you see,
In heau'n the greatest is the mild,
That humbleth him as doth a child.
Offend not these, whose Angels see,
And do behold my fathers face:
Though that offences needs must be,
Yet sure offenders do want grace.
Cut of the hand, plucke out the eye,
If that offences come thereby.
And do behold my fathers face:
Though that offences needs must be,
Yet sure offenders do want grace.
Cut of the hand, plucke out the eye,
If that offences come thereby.
Of forgiuing our brethren.
But if thy brother thee offend,
Seeke thou to winne him priuatly:
If thee he heare not, nor amend,
Go yet, and warne him earnestly:
If then he do not heare the same,
Before the Church let him haue blame.
Seeke thou to winne him priuatly:
If thee he heare not, nor amend,
Go yet, and warne him earnestly:
If then he do not heare the same,
Before the Church let him haue blame.
Then Peter came to him, and said,
When that my brother doth offend,
Shall I when he doth seeme affrayd,
Forgiue him seu'n times, if he mend?
Not seu'n times, but as oft (said he)
As he repents, let him go free.
When that my brother doth offend,
Shall I when he doth seeme affrayd,
Forgiue him seu'n times, if he mend?
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As he repents, let him go free.
By you on earth what so is bound,
Or loosed likewise by you is,
The same in heau'n shall so be found.
Two their requests shall haue iwis,
Where in my name meete two or three,
I in the middst will surely be.
Or loosed likewise by you is,
The same in heau'n shall so be found.
Two their requests shall haue iwis,
Where in my name meete two or three,
I in the middst will surely be.
The example of the king receiuing accounts of his seruants, and the reward of crueltie.
A certaine king would take accounts,
Among his seruants Iesus said:
And one was brought whose debt surmounts
Ten thousand talents, all dismayd.
Of this, the mightie king could say,
Sell him and his, my debts to pay.
Among his seruants Iesus said:
And one was brought whose debt surmounts
Ten thousand talents, all dismayd.
Of this, the mightie king could say,
Sell him and his, my debts to pay.
But when the seruant cryed grace,
Desiring him a longer day:
He said not, go thou for a space,
But I forgiue, go hence away.
This king so full of pietie,
May teach vs to vse clemencie.
Desiring him a longer day:
He said not, go thou for a space,
But I forgiue, go hence away.
This king so full of pietie,
May teach vs to vse clemencie.
But the same seruant met his mate,
That ought to him an hundred pence:
He straight not waighing his estate,
Nor yet regarding the offence,
Put him in prison that did pray,
Without respect, till he would pay.
That ought to him an hundred pence:
He straight not waighing his estate,
Nor yet regarding the offence,
Put him in prison that did pray,
Without respect, till he would pay.
His felowes saw, and sorie were,
And told their master of the same,
Who would not long this fact forbeare,
But payd him like for like, with shame.
Till all were payd, withouten fayle:
He sent that seruant then to iayle.
And told their master of the same,
Who would not long this fact forbeare,
But payd him like for like, with shame.
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He sent that seruant then to iayle.
So likewise shall my father do,
(Said Christ) except you do forgiue,
Yea from your hearts your brethren to,
Their faults, whereat you so much grieue:
For as you hope of him to haue,
So graunt them grace, that grace will craue.
(Said Christ) except you do forgiue,
Yea from your hearts your brethren to,
Their faults, whereat you so much grieue:
For as you hope of him to haue,
So graunt them grace, that grace will craue.
Christ his iourney out of Galilie into Iudea, and his Sermons in the Temple at the feast of Tabernacles.
Christ did depart from Galilie,
And to Iudea came againe,
Where as he passed Iordan by:
While in that cost he did remaine,
(As gratiously he vsd to deale)
Their sicke and lame he then did heale.
And to Iudea came againe,
Where as he passed Iordan by:
While in that cost he did remaine,
(As gratiously he vsd to deale)
Their sicke and lame he then did heale.
Then came to him the Pharisie,
Full fraughted both in hart and minde,
With craft, and cloakt hypocrisie,
Hoping in Christ some fault to find.
But still for all his taken toyle,
Ere he departs he hath the foyle.
Full fraughted both in hart and minde,
With craft, and cloakt hypocrisie,
Hoping in Christ some fault to find.
But still for all his taken toyle,
Ere he departs he hath the foyle.
The feast of Tabernacles then,
Was kept with great solemnitie,
Vnto the which those countrey men,
Did vse to go continually:
That feast was euen then at hand,
Which they gaue Christ to vnderstand.
Was kept with great solemnitie,
Vnto the which those countrey men,
Did vse to go continually:
That feast was euen then at hand,
Which they gaue Christ to vnderstand.
His brethren to him therefore say,
Depart hence, and to Iurie go,
That thy Disciples there they may,
See all thy works, that here we do.
For none in secret workes the same,
That being know'n sets forth his fame.
Depart hence, and to Iurie go,
That thy Disciples there they may,
See all thy works, that here we do.
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That being know'n sets forth his fame.
My time is not yet come, said he,
But your time alwayes ready is:
The world loues you, and hateth me,
Because it doth all things amisse.
Go ye that are thereto addrest:
I will not yet go the feast.
But your time alwayes ready is:
The world loues you, and hateth me,
Because it doth all things amisse.
Go ye that are thereto addrest:
I will not yet go the feast.
These things he said, abiding still
In Galilie, behind the rest,
Till he his time might there fulfill:
Yet after he came to the feast,
Though secretly, which made the Iewes
To muse, they heard of him no newes.
In Galilie, behind the rest,
Till he his time might there fulfill:
Yet after he came to the feast,
Though secretly, which made the Iewes
To muse, they heard of him no newes.
Some cald' him good, some other bad,
And said he doth but men deceiue:
When halfe the feast was done, yet glad
Were some our Sauiour to receiue.
Christ taught, the Iewes did maruaile how
He should vntaught the Scriptures know.
And said he doth but men deceiue:
When halfe the feast was done, yet glad
Were some our Sauiour to receiue.
Christ taught, the Iewes did maruaile how
He should vntaught the Scriptures know.
My doctrine is his that sent me,
If any man will do his will,
Gods word he shall know it to be,
And that I must the same fulfill.
Vnrighteousnesse in him was none,
He sought Gods glorie not his owne.
If any man will do his will,
Gods word he shall know it to be,
And that I must the same fulfill.
Vnrighteousnesse in him was none,
He sought Gods glorie not his owne.
Did Moses geue to you a law?
And none of you doth keepe the same?
And yet as men that stood in awe,
For breach therefore ye do me blame.
Yea more then that, ye would me kill,
That onely do my fathers will.
And none of you doth keepe the same?
And yet as men that stood in awe,
For breach therefore ye do me blame.
Yea more then that, ye would me kill,
That onely do my fathers will.
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Thou hast the deu'll, said they againe,
Who goeth about to kill thee here?
One worke I did, I tell you plaine,
You maruell at, on may with feare.
You Circumcise them Sabboth day:
I made one whole, ye would me slay.
Who goeth about to kill thee here?
One worke I did, I tell you plaine,
You maruell at, on may with feare.
You Circumcise them Sabboth day:
I made one whole, ye would me slay.
Iudge not as outwardly you see,
But righteous iudgement iudge withall:
Is not this man (said some) eu'n he
Whose death they haue decreed all?
Do not the rulers see plainly,
That he now speaketh openly?
But righteous iudgement iudge withall:
Is not this man (said some) eu'n he
Whose death they haue decreed all?
Do not the rulers see plainly,
That he now speaketh openly?
This man from whence he is know we,
Whence Christ shall come we cannot tell:
Whence I am come ye know, said he,
Him that sent me ye know not well:
But I know him, and he sent me;
I am of him, so are not ye.
Whence Christ shall come we cannot tell:
Whence I am come ye know, said he,
Him that sent me ye know not well:
But I know him, and he sent me;
I am of him, so are not ye.
They sought to take him, but did lay
No hands on him, his houre as then
Was not come, to make him away.
Some said, beleeuing of those men,
When Christ comes shall his works be mo?
Or greater then we see him do?
No hands on him, his houre as then
Was not come, to make him away.
Some said, beleeuing of those men,
When Christ comes shall his works be mo?
Or greater then we see him do?
The Pharisies and high Priests sent
Their officers Christ for to take:
A litle while now be content,
Said Christ, my iourney hence I make:
To him that sent me will I go,
You (seeking) shall find me no mo.
Their officers Christ for to take:
A litle while now be content,
Said Christ, my iourney hence I make:
To him that sent me will I go,
You (seeking) shall find me no mo.
Now whither will he, said the Iewes?
That we shall not find him againe?
If to the Grecians that were newes.
This thing they would haue learned faine;
Ye shall seeke me, but shall not find,
Nor come to me, in deed or mind.
That we shall not find him againe?
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This thing they would haue learned faine;
Ye shall seeke me, but shall not find,
Nor come to me, in deed or mind.
Now in the last day of the feast,
Christ stood, and cryde to them, and said,
If any thirst, lo I am prest
To giue him drinke, be not affrayd,
In him that doth beleeue in me,
A well of life shall springing be.
Christ stood, and cryde to them, and said,
If any thirst, lo I am prest
To giue him drinke, be not affrayd,
In him that doth beleeue in me,
A well of life shall springing be.
This of the spirit they should receiue,
That would beleeue in, him he spake,
Although the Iewes did not perceiue,
Nor great account of Iesus make.
When Christ was glorified then,
The holy Ghost was giuen men.
That would beleeue in, him he spake,
Although the Iewes did not perceiue,
Nor great account of Iesus make.
When Christ was glorified then,
The holy Ghost was giuen men.
So many when they heard this, said,
This is the Prophet certainly:
Some other not so much affrayd,
Said, he was Christ apparantly.
Of other minds againe were some,
From Galilie Christ should not come.
This is the Prophet certainly:
Some other not so much affrayd,
Said, he was Christ apparantly.
Of other minds againe were some,
From Galilie Christ should not come.
Saith not the Scripture, of the seed
Of Dauid, Christ shall come to thee?
And out of Bethlehem in deed,
Where Dauid was, thou shalt him see?
Each lik't his owne opinion
Of Christ, which bred dissention.
Of Dauid, Christ shall come to thee?
And out of Bethlehem in deed,
Where Dauid was, thou shalt him see?
Each lik't his owne opinion
Of Christ, which bred dissention.
Some would he should then taken be,
Yet no man layd on him a hand:
The rulers all did so agree,
And so their officers command.
Of whom they askt the reason why,
Christ was not taken by and by?
Yet no man layd on him a hand:
The rulers all did so agree,
And so their officers command.
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Christ was not taken by and by?
The seruants said, assuredly,
Man neuer yet like this man spake.
The rulers answerd bitterly,
Ye are deceiu'd and much mistake.
What trust do wisemen to him giue,
Though the vnlearned him beleeue?
Man neuer yet like this man spake.
The rulers answerd bitterly,
Ye are deceiu'd and much mistake.
What trust do wisemen to him giue,
Though the vnlearned him beleeue?
Then Nicodemus said, our law
Doth iudge no man, before it heare
What he hath done of him in awe.
Art thou said they? what doest thou feare?
Search well and looke, from Galilie
Comes not one Prophet verely.
Doth iudge no man, before it heare
What he hath done of him in awe.
Art thou said they? what doest thou feare?
Search well and looke, from Galilie
Comes not one Prophet verely.
Then eu'ry man went to his home,
And to the mount of Oliues he
That night did go, it seemes to some,
He went to pray, yet other be
Of mind, he went to take his rest
In Bethanie, where he thought best.
And to the mount of Oliues he
That night did go, it seemes to some,
He went to pray, yet other be
Of mind, he went to take his rest
In Bethanie, where he thought best.
A woman taken in adulterie brought to Christ, was deliuered by him from her accusers.
And early in the morning came
Into the temple Christ againe:
Yea all the people saw the same,
Christ sate him downe and taught them plaine,
But marke the craft and subtiltie,
Of Scribe and froward Pharisie.
Into the temple Christ againe:
Yea all the people saw the same,
Christ sate him downe and taught them plaine,
But marke the craft and subtiltie,
Of Scribe and froward Pharisie.
Though they had by temptation,
Assaild him oft, and had the fall:
A new deuise they hammer on,
To tempt our Sauiour Christ withall.
A woman in adulterie
Was found, the act did verifie.
Assaild him oft, and had the fall:
A new deuise they hammer on,
To tempt our Sauiour Christ withall.
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Was found, the act did verifie.
They brought her vnto him, and said,
Moses commandeth in the law,
No time therein should be delayd,
To stone such as liue not in awe.
But master what doest thou suppose,
That God would haue vs do with those?
Moses commandeth in the law,
No time therein should be delayd,
To stone such as liue not in awe.
But master what doest thou suppose,
That God would haue vs do with those?
Then Iesus stouped to the ground,
And with his finger wrote thereon:
The Scribes still asking him were found,
Some answer to their question.
He that sinnes not, let him not stay,
Cast the first stone at her he may.
And with his finger wrote thereon:
The Scribes still asking him were found,
Some answer to their question.
He that sinnes not, let him not stay,
Cast the first stone at her he may.
They hearing this, no longer muse,
They go out eu'ry one away:
Their conscience did them so accuse,
To punish her they would not stay.
And Iesus was there left alone
With her, and she condemn'd by none.
They go out eu'ry one away:
Their conscience did them so accuse,
To punish her they would not stay.
And Iesus was there left alone
With her, and she condemn'd by none.
Sith no man hath condemned thee,
Go hence said Christ, and sinne no more:
Misliking her adulterie,
Which sure he would haue punisht sore,
But that repentance by her face,
He saw in her, had got his grace.
Go hence said Christ, and sinne no more:
Misliking her adulterie,
Which sure he would haue punisht sore,
But that repentance by her face,
He saw in her, had got his grace.
Christ is the true light of the world.
Of this world sure I am the light,
For him to walke that followeth me:
Yea cleare shall be the darkest night,
The light of life that man shall see.
Thou of thy selfe doest record beare,
It is not true, we therefore feare.
For him to walke that followeth me:
Yea cleare shall be the darkest night,
The light of life that man shall see.
Thou of thy selfe doest record beare,
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Then Iesus said, though I do so,
My record yet is true in deed:
For whence I came, and where I go,
I know, to learne I haue no need.
This thing from you so hidden is,
Because ye iudge each thing amisse.
My record yet is true in deed:
For whence I came, and where I go,
I know, to learne I haue no need.
This thing from you so hidden is,
Because ye iudge each thing amisse.
I iudge no man, yet if I do,
My iudgement ye the truth shall find:
For I alone do nothing so,
I still am of my fathers mind.
The father is alwayes with me,
Two witnesses allowed be.
My iudgement ye the truth shall find:
For I alone do nothing so,
I still am of my fathers mind.
The father is alwayes with me,
Two witnesses allowed be.
Where is thy father then, say they?
Ye know him not, nor will know me:
You all the sonne do disobey,
And yet the father faine would see.
He that doth seeke the sonne to know,
To him I do the father show.
Ye know him not, nor will know me:
You all the sonne do disobey,
And yet the father faine would see.
He that doth seeke the sonne to know,
To him I do the father show.
Iesus spake in the treasurie,
As he within the Temple taught,
These sayings all most constantlie,
And yet no man Christ Iesus caught.
His houre vncome, no man there could
(For all their spight) on him take hold.
As he within the Temple taught,
These sayings all most constantlie,
And yet no man Christ Iesus caught.
His houre vncome, no man there could
(For all their spight) on him take hold.
Then Iesus said, I go my way,
Ye shall seeke me, yet dye in sinne:
You cannot come to me I say,
Your wickedednesse so wraps you in.
Will he said they himselfe go kill,
That he saith so? what is his will?
Ye shall seeke me, yet dye in sinne:
You cannot come to me I say,
Your wickedednesse so wraps you in.
Will he said they himselfe go kill,
That he saith so? what is his will?
Ye from beneath, I from aboue,
Ye of this world, I am not thence:
Your sinnes, said Christ, I cannot loue,
In them you dye, departing hence,
Except your faith vnfained be,
And ye beleeue that I am he.
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Your sinnes, said Christ, I cannot loue,
In them you dye, departing hence,
Except your faith vnfained be,
And ye beleeue that I am he.
Who art thou then, said they againe?
The same said he, I told before:
And many things of you remaine
To say, and iudge, that grieue me sore.
Yet true is he that sent me here,
Whose words to speake I do not feare.
The same said he, I told before:
And many things of you remaine
To say, and iudge, that grieue me sore.
Yet true is he that sent me here,
Whose words to speake I do not feare.
They vnderstood not, he spoke this
To them as of the father then:
When ye lift vp the sonne iwis,
Then shall I be well knowne to men,
That of my selfe I do, nor say,
But as my father makes the way.
To them as of the father then:
When ye lift vp the sonne iwis,
Then shall I be well knowne to men,
That of my selfe I do, nor say,
But as my father makes the way.
For he that sent me is with me,
The father left me not alone:
My doings all directeth he,
Him please I, and we both are one.
As he spake these things, many were,
That then beleeued on him there.
The father left me not alone:
My doings all directeth he,
Him please I, and we both are one.
As he spake these things, many were,
That then beleeued on him there.
Christ said, to those that did beleeue,
In my word if ye do abide
Ye my Disciples are, I giue
You knowledge of the truth beside,
And the same truth shall make you free,
That are so ioynd in league with me.
In my word if ye do abide
Ye my Disciples are, I giue
You knowledge of the truth beside,
And the same truth shall make you free,
That are so ioynd in league with me.
They said we be of Abrahms seed,
And neuer yet to any bound:
Why sayst thou then ye shall be freed,
As we had bene in slau'rie found?
I say, said he, who so doth sinne,
Sinnes seruant is, it wraps him in.
And neuer yet to any bound:
Why sayst thou then ye shall be freed,
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I say, said he, who so doth sinne,
Sinnes seruant is, it wraps him in.
Of freedome, or the difference betweene the sonne and the seruant.
The seruant doth but soiourne here:
The sonne doth in the house abide.
They that the sonne shall free, are cleare
And shall be free at eu'ry tide.
I know ye are of Abrahms seede,
Ye seeke to kill me yet in deede.
The sonne doth in the house abide.
They that the sonne shall free, are cleare
And shall be free at eu'ry tide.
I know ye are of Abrahms seede,
Ye seeke to kill me yet in deede.
And why, in you can take no place
My words, I speake that I haue seene
With my father: you voyde of grace,
With your father to long haue beene;
Ye follow him, the deuill I say,
And therefore seeke ye me to slay.
My words, I speake that I haue seene
With my father: you voyde of grace,
With your father to long haue beene;
Ye follow him, the deuill I say,
And therefore seeke ye me to slay.
Abrah'm said they, our father is.
Christ said, if ye his children were,
Ye would his works then do, not this,
Ye would to kill me stand in feare,
This did not Abraham, sure I haue
Told you the truth, which God me gaue.
Christ said, if ye his children were,
Ye would his works then do, not this,
Ye would to kill me stand in feare,
This did not Abraham, sure I haue
Told you the truth, which God me gaue.
Your fathers works you do in deed:
They said, of fornication
We were not borne, we are Gods seed,
And other father haue we none.
If God were he, ye would loue me:
For I came forth from, God said he.
They said, of fornication
We were not borne, we are Gods seed,
And other father haue we none.
If God were he, ye would loue me:
For I came forth from, God said he.
I came not of my selfe, but sent,
My talke why do you not perceiue?
Because my word with good intent,
Ye do not heare nor yet receiue.
The deu'll your father is, whose lust
You do, and in him onely trust.
My talke why do you not perceiue?
Because my word with good intent,
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The deu'll your father is, whose lust
You do, and in him onely trust.
A murtherer he euer was,
And did the truth most deadly hate:
For lyes all other he doth passe,
This is your fathers dreadfull state.
Because I tell the truth said he,
Ye wickedly beleeue not me.
And did the truth most deadly hate:
For lyes all other he doth passe,
This is your fathers dreadfull state.
Because I tell the truth said he,
Ye wickedly beleeue not me.
Who can of sinne rebuke me here?
The truth why do ye not beleeue?
He heareth Gods word with much feare,
That is of God, and so doth liue.
Ye heare it not therefore said he,
Because of God none of you be.
The truth why do ye not beleeue?
He heareth Gods word with much feare,
That is of God, and so doth liue.
Ye heare it not therefore said he,
Because of God none of you be.
The Iewes then answering said againe,
Samaritan, a deuill thou hast:
I haue no deuill I tell you plaine,
My father whom away ye cast,
I honour, ye dishonour me,
Which your decay no doubt will be.
Samaritan, a deuill thou hast:
I haue no deuill I tell you plaine,
My father whom away ye cast,
I honour, ye dishonour me,
Which your decay no doubt will be.
And I seeke not so much my prayse,
But there is one that seeks the same:
And iudgeth you, and all your wayes,
Whose iudgement you may neuer blame.
The man that keeps my word, I say,
Shall see no death, nor dying day.
But there is one that seeks the same:
And iudgeth you, and all your wayes,
Whose iudgement you may neuer blame.
The man that keeps my word, I say,
Shall see no death, nor dying day.
A deu'll we know thou hast in deed,
For Abraham is dead and gone:
So did the Prophets likewise speed,
And yet thou sayst, there shall not one
That keeps thy word, death tast or see;
But from his dart, thou keepst him free.
For Abraham is dead and gone:
So did the Prophets likewise speed,
And yet thou sayst, there shall not one
That keeps thy word, death tast or see;
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Then Abraham which now is dead,
And all the Prophets, dead also,
Whose fame so farre abroad was spread,
Art thou greater then they or no?
Whom makest thou thy selfe to be?
Tell vs, that we may honour thee.
And all the Prophets, dead also,
Whose fame so farre abroad was spread,
Art thou greater then they or no?
Whom makest thou thy selfe to be?
Tell vs, that we may honour thee.
Iesus said, if I honour me,
My honour is nought worth at all:
My father doth the same, said he,
Which you your God in vaine do call;
Ye know him not: but him know I,
If I said no, then should I lye.
My honour is nought worth at all:
My father doth the same, said he,
Which you your God in vaine do call;
Ye know him not: but him know I,
If I said no, then should I lye.
I know him, and his word I keepe,
Your father Abrahm did reioyce,
To see before he fell on sleepe,
My day, and so to heare my voyce.
He saw it, and thereof was glad:
Ye want the grace your father had.
Your father Abrahm did reioyce,
To see before he fell on sleepe,
My day, and so to heare my voyce.
He saw it, and thereof was glad:
Ye want the grace your father had.
Thou art not old yet fiftie yeare,
Hast thou our father Abrahm seene?
Though this so strange to you appeare,
Before he was, I sure haue beene.
They tooke vp stones to stone him then:
But Iesus hid him from those men.
Hast thou our father Abrahm seene?
Though this so strange to you appeare,
Before he was, I sure haue beene.
They tooke vp stones to stone him then:
But Iesus hid him from those men.
Christ gaue sight to one that was borne blind.
And as Christ Iesus passed by,
When he out of the Temple went,
Where then the Iewes most cruelly,
To stone our Sauiour Christ had ment.
He saw a blind man by the way,
That had bene blind from his birth day.
When he out of the Temple went,
Where then the Iewes most cruelly,
To stone our Sauiour Christ had ment.
He saw a blind man by the way,
That had bene blind from his birth day.
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And his Disciples asked thus,
Oh master, who did sinne we pray?
He or his parents, tell it vs?
That he is blind, what doest thou say?
Then Iesus said, nor they, nor he,
But that all men Gods works might see.
Oh master, who did sinne we pray?
He or his parents, tell it vs?
That he is blind, what doest thou say?
Then Iesus said, nor they, nor he,
But that all men Gods works might see.
His works, I must worke, that sent me,
While it is day, the night comes on:
I am the light while here I be,
When I go hence, the light is gone:
And so he spat and made the clay,
Which curde his blindnesse cleane that day.
While it is day, the night comes on:
I am the light while here I be,
When I go hence, the light is gone:
And so he spat and made the clay,
Which curde his blindnesse cleane that day.
Then Christ said, go, in Siloam wash,
Lo, I haue sent thee so to do:
Which when he did, his eyes as glasse
Were made as cleare, and seeing to.
The neighbours that knew him before,
To see him see, did wonder sore.
Lo, I haue sent thee so to do:
Which when he did, his eyes as glasse
Were made as cleare, and seeing to.
The neighbours that knew him before,
To see him see, did wonder sore.
Some said, and thought that it was he,
Some other thought him like the same:
But he confest himselfe to be,
Borne blind, and spread Christ Iesus fame.
For whom (said he) you Iesus call,
Hath made me see, as you see all.
Some other thought him like the same:
But he confest himselfe to be,
Borne blind, and spread Christ Iesus fame.
For whom (said he) you Iesus call,
Hath made me see, as you see all.
They said, how op'ned he thine eyes?
Mine eyes he did annoint with clay:
And then he said to me arise,
Go wash the same from thee away.
I washt, and then receiued sight,
Which neuer saw before the light.
Mine eyes he did annoint with clay:
And then he said to me arise,
Go wash the same from thee away.
I washt, and then receiued sight,
Which neuer saw before the light.
Where Christ was then, he could not tell,
They brought him to the Pharisies:
Though Christ had done but all things well,
In opening the blind mans eyes,
They chaft, that Christ should worke the clay,
To heale him on the Sabboth day.
They brought him to the Pharisies:
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In opening the blind mans eyes,
They chaft, that Christ should worke the clay,
To heale him on the Sabboth day.
The Pharisees askt him the same,
He answer'd, as he did before.
From God (said they) he neuer came,
That makes not of the Sabboth more.
Some said, how can he sinfull be?
That workes such workes as we do see?
He answer'd, as he did before.
From God (said they) he neuer came,
That makes not of the Sabboth more.
Some said, how can he sinfull be?
That workes such workes as we do see?
Then asked they the blinde againe,
Tell vs of him what doest thou say?
He said he is a Prophet plaine,
That wrought this worke on me this day.
They scarse beleeu'd he had beene blind,
Till they had knowne his parents mind.
Tell vs of him what doest thou say?
He said he is a Prophet plaine,
That wrought this worke on me this day.
They scarse beleeu'd he had beene blind,
Till they had knowne his parents mind.
Of them his parents were afraid,
Because they had decreed so,
Who so confessed Christ, they said,
Out of their Sinagogue should go.
Our sonne he is, borne blinde he was,
Let him tell how this came to passe.
Because they had decreed so,
Who so confessed Christ, they said,
Out of their Sinagogue should go.
Our sonne he is, borne blinde he was,
Let him tell how this came to passe.
Then called they the blind againe,
And said to God the glory giue:
He is a sinner this is plaine,
Though he thy griefe did so relieue.
I know not if he sinfull be:
Once I was blind, and now I see.
And said to God the glory giue:
He is a sinner this is plaine,
Though he thy griefe did so relieue.
I know not if he sinfull be:
Once I was blind, and now I see.
How op'ned he thine eyes, say they?
I told you once, and hard you not?
Would yee his doctrine now obey?
Or else haue yee so soone forgot?
They checkt him, saying, Moses we,
Not his disciples, sure will be.
I told you once, and hard you not?
Would yee his doctrine now obey?
Or else haue yee so soone forgot?
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Not his disciples, sure will be.
God spake to Moses, this we know,
This man we know not whence he is.
The blinde man answer'd, now I trow,
Ye doubt not that he hath done this:
And this to all men may appeare,
That God will not a sinner heare.
This man we know not whence he is.
The blinde man answer'd, now I trow,
Ye doubt not that he hath done this:
And this to all men may appeare,
That God will not a sinner heare.
It was not since the world began,
Hard that his eyes were opened,
That was borne blind; and now a man,
But that of God it happened.
If he were not of God, said he,
He could not haue done this for me.
Hard that his eyes were opened,
That was borne blind; and now a man,
But that of God it happened.
If he were not of God, said he,
He could not haue done this for me.
In sinnes (they said) borne sure thou art,
Doest thou teach vs what we shall do?
They cast him out: he did depart,
When Iesus heard they had done so,
He said to him, wilt thou beleeue,
Now in the sonne of God and liue?
Doest thou teach vs what we shall do?
They cast him out: he did depart,
When Iesus heard they had done so,
He said to him, wilt thou beleeue,
Now in the sonne of God and liue?
Who is he Lord, that so I may,
Beleeue in him as thou would'st haue?
It is my selfe, Christ did then say.
Lord I beleeue, helpe me I craue.
Christ said, I make the blind to see,
And seeing blind, that loue not me.
Beleeue in him as thou would'st haue?
It is my selfe, Christ did then say.
Lord I beleeue, helpe me I craue.
Christ said, I make the blind to see,
And seeing blind, that loue not me.
Some of the Pharisies were there,
Which hard these words, and thus said then,
Are we blinde? how doth that appeare?
The blinde are not such sinfull men;
But now ye say that yee do see,
Your sinnes remaine therefore, said he.
Which hard these words, and thus said then,
Are we blinde? how doth that appeare?
The blinde are not such sinfull men;
But now ye say that yee do see,
Your sinnes remaine therefore, said he.
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Of the true shepheard and the hireling.
And that they might the better know
Their state, and so consider his,
Christ in a parable did showe
The faithfull Shepheard who he is:
The hireling Iesus did bewray,
And theefe, that liues vpon the pray.
Their state, and so consider his,
Christ in a parable did showe
The faithfull Shepheard who he is:
The hireling Iesus did bewray,
And theefe, that liues vpon the pray.
Verely, verely, I do say,
He that into the sheepfold goes,
Beside the doore some other way:
May well be counted one of those,
That comes to rob and steale the sheepe,
Which other men haue charge to keepe.
He that into the sheepfold goes,
Beside the doore some other way:
May well be counted one of those,
That comes to rob and steale the sheepe,
Which other men haue charge to keepe.
But he that goes in by the doore,
Is sure the sheepheard of the flocke:
To him the porter euermore,
Doth ope assoone as he doth knock;
To call his sheepe he doth reioyce,
The sheepe likewise to heare his voyce.
Is sure the sheepheard of the flocke:
To him the porter euermore,
Doth ope assoone as he doth knock;
To call his sheepe he doth reioyce,
The sheepe likewise to heare his voyce.
When that his owne sheepe forth are sent
He goeth before: they follow fast,
His voice they know, and what he meant
Their perill he before doth cast.
A stranger they will surely flee,
By voice they know him strange to be.
He goeth before: they follow fast,
His voice they know, and what he meant
Their perill he before doth cast.
A stranger they will surely flee,
By voice they know him strange to be.
They vnderstood not all he said,
Therefore Christ said to them againe,
My sheepe may safely vnaffraid,
Voide of all dangers so remaine.
I am the doore of all my sheepe,
And care most safely them to keepe.
Therefore Christ said to them againe,
My sheepe may safely vnaffraid,
Voide of all dangers so remaine.
I am the doore of all my sheepe,
And care most safely them to keepe.
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All that before me came, said he,
(That is, such as I haue not sent,
And such as faine them Christ to be)
The theeues and robbers are I meant.
But sure the sheepe heare not their voice,
Though to heare mine, my sheepe reioyce.
(That is, such as I haue not sent,
And such as faine them Christ to be)
The theeues and robbers are I meant.
But sure the sheepe heare not their voice,
Though to heare mine, my sheepe reioyce.
By me (the doore) if any do
Enter therein, shall saued be:
He in and out shall freely go,
And pasture finde that followes me.
The theefe doth steale, destroy, and kill,
I came to saue my sheepe from ill.
Enter therein, shall saued be:
He in and out shall freely go,
And pasture finde that followes me.
The theefe doth steale, destroy, and kill,
I came to saue my sheepe from ill.
I the good shepheard surely am,
That giue my life to saue my sheepe:
An hireling hath thereof no shame,
To see the Wolfe, and take no keepe;
He leaueth them: the Wolfe doth catch,
Destroying one at eu'ry snatch.
That giue my life to saue my sheepe:
An hireling hath thereof no shame,
To see the Wolfe, and take no keepe;
He leaueth them: the Wolfe doth catch,
Destroying one at eu'ry snatch.
The hireling fleeth, he serues for hire,
And therefore cares not for the sheepe,
But that t[illeg is not my desire:
The good Sheapheard takes little sleepe,
And I am [illeg.] my sheepe I know,
And so [illeg.] knowne of mine, I trow.
And therefore cares not for the sheepe,
But that t[illeg is not my desire:
The good Sheapheard takes little sleepe,
And I am [illeg.] my sheepe I know,
And so [illeg.] knowne of mine, I trow.
So as the father knoweth me,
So I do him: and for my sheepe
My life I lay downe; and there be
Another flocke that I must keepe:
As yet of this flock are not they,
When I call them, they will obey.
So I do him: and for my sheepe
My life I lay downe; and there be
Another flocke that I must keepe:
As yet of this flock are not they,
When I call them, they will obey.
My Father loueth me the more,
Because I do my life downe lay,
That I might it againe restore.
No man takes it from me away:
To lay and take I power haue,
But this precept my father gaue.
Because I do my life downe lay,
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No man takes it from me away:
To lay and take I power haue,
But this precept my father gaue.
Among the Iewes dissention grew,
For these his sayings then againe:
He should be mad, if some said true,
And haue a deuill: some other plaine
Confest his words and workes to be
No deuillish deeds, to make men see.
For these his sayings then againe:
He should be mad, if some said true,
And haue a deuill: some other plaine
Confest his words and workes to be
No deuillish deeds, to make men see.
Three feasts of dedication,
We finde in scripture there haue beene
The first, solemniz'd Solomon,
In haruest time this feast was seene.
Then Ezra next, did keepe the same
In Spring, when they from Babell came.
We finde in scripture there haue beene
The first, solemniz'd Solomon,
In haruest time this feast was seene.
Then Ezra next, did keepe the same
In Spring, when they from Babell came.
Then Iudas Macchabeus he,
Lastly this feast solemnized
In winter: and the same decree,
Till Christes time so continued.
When Iesus walkt (which tooke small rest)
In Solomons porch, this was the feast.
Lastly this feast solemnized
In winter: and the same decree,
Till Christes time so continued.
When Iesus walkt (which tooke small rest)
In Solomons porch, this was the feast.
The Iewes came there him round about,
If thou be Christ, now tell vs plaine,
How long doest thou keepe vs in doubt?
Then Iesus answerd againe;
Ye trust not what I told: yet see
That my works do witnesse with me.
If thou be Christ, now tell vs plaine,
How long doest thou keepe vs in doubt?
Then Iesus answerd againe;
Ye trust not what I told: yet see
That my works do witnesse with me.
Yea, yee beleeue not, for ye are
Not of my sheepe: mine heare my voice;
I know them, and for them I care,
To follow me they will reioyce.
Eternall life to them I geue,
They perish not, with me they liue.
Not of my sheepe: mine heare my voice;
I know them, and for them I care,
To follow me they will reioyce.
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They perish not, with me they liue.
My father which gaue them to me,
Is greater then all, this I know.
And in my fathers hand they be,
None can thence take them as I trow.
I and my father sure are one.
The Iewes againe thought him to stone.
Is greater then all, this I know.
And in my fathers hand they be,
None can thence take them as I trow.
I and my father sure are one.
The Iewes againe thought him to stone.
Then Iesus said, good works I haue
Shewd from my father verely:
For which of them now do I craue,
Would you stone me so cruelly?
For the good worke no stone cast we;
Thou being but man, God makest thee.
Shewd from my father verely:
For which of them now do I craue,
Would you stone me so cruelly?
For the good worke no stone cast we;
Thou being but man, God makest thee.
If that the Psalmist Gods them call,
To whom Gods word then giuen was,
The Scripture faultlesse yet withall,
Do I blaspheme? or so trespasse?
To say that I Gods sonne should be?
Sent to the world, as here ye see.
To whom Gods word then giuen was,
The Scripture faultlesse yet withall,
Do I blaspheme? or so trespasse?
To say that I Gods sonne should be?
Sent to the world, as here ye see.
If I do not my fathers workes,
Beleeue me not: but if I do,
In you some hidden hatred lurkes,
That wilfully the truth forgo.
Beleeue the works that ye do see,
The father works the same by me.
Beleeue me not: but if I do,
In you some hidden hatred lurkes,
That wilfully the truth forgo.
Beleeue the works that ye do see,
The father works the same by me.
So then ye shall know and beleeue,
That sure in me the father is:
And I in him, yea he doth giue
To me all power that is his.
They sought then to put him in bands:
But he escapt out of their hands.
That sure in me the father is:
And I in him, yea he doth giue
To me all power that is his.
They sought then to put him in bands:
But he escapt out of their hands.
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Now when the Iewes he scaped fro,
He passed Iordan, then againe
Where Iohn Baptized he did go,
And there a while he did remaine.
There many did to him resort,
And did receiue of him comfort.
He passed Iordan, then againe
Where Iohn Baptized he did go,
And there a while he did remaine.
There many did to him resort,
And did receiue of him comfort.
Though all Ierusalem of pride,
And deepe disdaine did Christ refuse,
Yet there where then he did abide,
They did our Sauiour better vse.
What Iohn of him had spoke before,
They knowledgd, praysing God the more.
And deepe disdaine did Christ refuse,
Yet there where then he did abide,
They did our Sauiour better vse.
What Iohn of him had spoke before,
They knowledgd, praysing God the more.
Thus many conflicts Iesus had,
With froward foolish Pharisies:
All which might make his chosen glad,
That he obtaind such victories.
To God let vs the honour giue,
That did our weakenesse so relieue.
With froward foolish Pharisies:
All which might make his chosen glad,
That he obtaind such victories.
To God let vs the honour giue,
That did our weakenesse so relieue.
Giue glorie vnto God on high,
To Father, and so to the Sonne:
See that the same perpetually,
Vnto the holy Ghost be donne,
Which is, and was, and so shalbe,
One mightie God in persons three.
To Father, and so to the Sonne:
See that the same perpetually,
Vnto the holy Ghost be donne,
Which is, and was, and so shalbe,
One mightie God in persons three.
Amen.
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