The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Then sayde the Lorde to him: Put of thy showes from thy fete for the place where thou stondest is holy grounde.

I have perfectly sene the affliccion of my people which is in Egypte and I have hearde their gronynge and am come doune to delyver them. And now come and I will sende the into Egypte.

This Moses whom they forsoke sayinge: who made the a ruelar and a iudge: the same God sent bothe a ruler and delyverer by the hondes of the angell which appered to him in the busshe.

And the same brought them out shewynge wonders and signes in Egypte and in the reed see and in the wyldernes .xl. yeares.

This is that Moses which sayde vnto the chyldre of Israel: A Prophet shall the Lorde youre God rayse vp vnto you of youre brethren lyke vnto me him shall ye heare.

This is he that was in the congregacion in the wyldernes with the angell which spake to him in the moute Syna and with oure fathers. This man receaved the worde of lyfe to geve vnto vs

to who oure fathers wolde not obeye but cast it from them and in their hertes turned backe agayne into Egypte

sayinge vnto Aaron: Make vs goddes to goo before vs. For this Moses that brought vs out of the londe of Egypte we wote not what is become of him.

And they made a calfe in those dayes and offered sacrifice vnto the ymage and reioysed in the workes of their awne hondes.

Then God turned him selfe and gave them vp that they shuld worship the starres of the skye as it is written in the boke of the prophetes. O ye of the housse of Israel gave ye to me sacrefices and meate offerynges by the space of xl. yeares in the wildernes?

And ye toke vnto you the tabernacle of Moloch and the starre of youre god Remphan figures which ye made to worshippe them. And I will translate you beyonde Babylon.

Oure fathers had the tabernacle of witnes in the wyldernes as he had apoynted the speakynge vnto Moses that he shuld make it acordynge to the fassion that he had sene.

Which tabernacle oure fathers receaved and brought it in with Iosue into the possession of the gentyls which God drave out before the face of oure fathers vnto the tyme of David

which founde favour before God and desyred that he myght fynde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob.

But Salomon bylt him an housse.

How be it he that is hyest of all dwelleth not in temple made with hondes as saith the Prophete:

Heven is my seate and erth is my fote stole what housse will ye bylde for me sayth the Lorde? or what place is it that I shuld rest in?

hath not my honde made all these thinges?

Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised hertes and eares: ye have all wayes resisted the holy goost: as youre fathers dyd so do ye.

Which of the prophetes have not youre fathers persecuted? And they have slayne them which shewed before of the commynge of that iust whom ye have now betrayed and mordred.

And ye also have receaved a lawe by the ordinaunce of angels and have not kept it.

When they hearde these thinges their hertes clave a sunder and they gnasshed on him with their tethe.

But he beynge full of the holy goost loked vp stedfastlye with his eyes into heven and sawe the glorie of God and Iesus stondynge on the ryght honde of God

and sayde: beholde I se the hevens open and the sonne of man stondynge on the ryght honde of god.

Then they gave a shute with a loude voyce and stopped their eares and ranne apon him all at once

and caste him out of the cite and stoned him. And the witnesses layde doune their clothes at a yonge mannes fete named Saul.

And they stoned Steven callynge on and sayinge: Lorde Iesu receave my sprete.

And he kneled doune and cryed with a loude voyce: Lorde laye not this synne to their charge. And when he had thus spoken he fell a slepe.

Saul had pleasure in his deeth. And at that tyme there was a great persecucion agaynst the congregacion which was at Ierusalem and they were all scattered abroade thorowout the regions of Iury and Samaria except the Apostles.

Then devout men dressed Steven and made great lamentacion over him.

But Saul made havocke of the congregacion entrynge into every housse and drewe out bothe man and woman and thrust the into preson.

They that were scattered abroade went every where preachyng the worde.

Then came Philip into a cite of Samaria and preached Christ vnto them.

And the people gave hede vnto those thinges which Philip spake with one acorde in that they hearde and sawe the miracles which he dyd.

For vnclene spretes cryinge with loude voyce came out of many that were possessed of them. And manye taken with palsies and many that halted were healed

And ther was great ioye in that cite.

And ther was a certayne man called Simon which before tyme in the same cite vsed witche crafte and bewitched the people of Samarie sayinge that he was a man that coulde do greate thinges

Whom they regarded from the lest to the greatest sayinge: this felow is the great power of God.

And him they set moche by because of longe tyme with sorcery he had mocked them.

But assone as they beleved Philippes preachynge of the kyngdome of God and of the name of Iesu Christ they were baptised bothe men and wemen.

Then Simon him selfe beleved also and was baptised and cotinued with Phillip and wondered beholdynge the miracles and signes which were shewed.

When the Apostles which were at Ierusalem hearde saye that Samaria had receaved the worde of God: they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn

which when they were come prayed for the that they myght receave the holy goost

For as yet he was come on none of them: But they were baptised only in the name of Christ Iesu.

Then layde they their hondes on them and they receaved the holy goost.

When Simon sawe that thorowe layinge on of the Apostles hondes on them the holy goost was geven: he offered the money sayinge:

Geve me also this power that on whom soever I put the hondes he maye receave the holy goost.

Then sayde Peter vnto him: thy monye perysh with the because thou wenest that the gifte of God maye be obteyned with money.

Thou hast nether parte nor felloushippe in this busines. For thy hert is not ryght in the syght of God.

Repent therfore of this thy wickednes and praye God that the thought of thyne hert maye be forgeven the.

For I perceave that thou arte full of bitter gall and wrapped in iniquite.

Then answered Simon and sayde: Praye ye to the lorde for me that none of these thinges whiche ye have spoken fall on me.

And they when they had testified and preached the worde of the lorde returned toward Ierusalem and preached the gospell in many cities of the Samaritas.

Then the angell of the lorde spake vnto Phillip sayinge: aryse and goo towardes mydde daye vnto the waye with goeth doune from Ierusalem vnto Gaza which is in the desert.

And he arose and wet on. And beholde a man of Ethiopia which was a chaberlayne and of grete auctorite with Candace quene of the Ethiopias and had the rule of all her treasure came to Ierusalem for to praye.

And as he returned home agayne sittynge in his charet he rede Esay the prophet.

Then the sprete sayde vnto Phillip: Goo neare and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet.

And Philip ranne to him and hearde him rede the prophet Esayas and sayde: Vnderstondest thou what thou redest?

And he sayd: how can I except I had a gyde? And he desyred Philip that he wold come vp and sit with him.

The tenoure of the scripture which he redde was this. He was ledde as a shepe to be slayne: and lyke a lambe dome before his sherer so opened he not his mouth.

Because of his humblenes he was not estemed: who shall declare his generacion? for his lyfe is taken from the erthe.

The chamberlayne answered Philip and sayde: I praye the of whom speaketh the Prophet this? of him selfe or of some other man?

And Philip opened his mouth and beganne at the same scripture and preached vnto him Iesus.

And as they went on their waye they came vnto a certayne water and the chamberlayne sayde: Se here is water what shall let me to be baptised?

Philip sayde vnto him: Yf thou beleve with all thyne hert thou mayst. He answered and sayde: I beleve that Iesus Christe is the sonne of God.

And he commaunded the charet to stonde still. And they went doune bothe into the water: bothe Philip and also the chamberlayne and he baptised him.

And assone as they were come out of the water the sprete of the lorde caught awaye Philip that the chamberlayne sawe him no moore. And he wet on his waye reioysinge:

but Philip was founde at Azotus. And he walked thorow out the countre preachynge in their cities tyll he came to Cesarea.

And Saul yet brethynge oute threatnynges and slaughter agaynst the disciples of the lorde went vnto the hye preste

and desyred of him letters to Damasco to the synagoges: that yf he founde eny of this waye whether they were men or wemen he myght bringe them bounde vnto Ierusalem.

But as he went on his iorney it fortuned that he drue nye to Damasco and sodenly ther shyned rounde about him a lyght from heven.

And he fell to the erth and hearde a voyce sayinge to him: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me?

And he sayde what arte thou lorde? And the lorde sayd I am Iesus whom thou persecutest it shalbe harde for the to kycke agaynst the pricke.

And he bothe tremblynge and astonyed sayde: Lorde what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lorde sayde vnto him: aryse and goo into the cite and it shalbe tolde the what thou shalt do.

The men which iornayed with him stode amased for they herde a voyce but sawe no man.

And Saul arose from the erth and opened his eyes but sawe no man. Then ledde they him by the honde and brought him into Damasco.

And he was .iii. dayes with out syght and nether ate nor dranke.

And ther was a certayne disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him sayde the lorde in a vision: Ananias. And the he sayde: beholde I am here lorde.

And the lorde sayde to him: aryse and goo into the strete which is called strayght and seke in the housse of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus. For beholde he prayeth

and hath sene in a vision a man named Ananias comynge in to him and puttynge his hondes on him that he myght receave his syght.

Then Ananias answered: Lorde I have hearde by many of this man how moche evell he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem

and here he hath auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all that call on thy name.

The lorde sayde vnto him: Goo thy wayes: for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the gentyls and kynges and the chyldren of Israel.

For I will shewe him how great thinges he must suffre for my names sake.

Ananias went his waye and entryd into the housse and put his hondes on him and sayde: brother Saul the lorde that apperyd vnto the in the waye as thou camst hath sent me that thou myghtest receave thy syght and be filled with the holy goost.

And immediatly ther fell from his eyes as it had bene scales and he receaved syght and arose and was baptised

and receaved meate and was comforted. Then was Saul a certayne daye with the disciples which were at Damasco.

And streyght waye he preached Christ in the synagoges how that he was the sonne of God.

All that hearde him were amased and sayde: is not this he that spoyled the which called on this name in Ierusalem and came hyther for the entent that he shuld bringe the bounde vnto the hye prestes?

But Saul encreased in stregth and confounded the Iewes which dwelte at Damasco affirminge that this was very Christ.

And after a good whyle the Iewes toke counsell to gether to kyll him.

But their layinge awayte was knowen of Saul. And they watched at the gates daye and nyght to kyll him.

Then the disciples toke him by night and put him thorow the wall and let him doune in a basket.

And when Saul was come to Ierusalem he assayde to cople him silfe with the discyples and they were all afrayde of hym and beleued not that he was a disciple.

But Bernabas toke hym and brought hym to the apostles and declared to the how he had sene the Lorde in the waye and had spoke wyth hym: and how he had done boldely at damasco in the name of Iesu.

And he had his conuersacion with them at Ierusalem

and quit hym silfe boldly in the name of the lorde Iesu. And he spake and disputed wyth the grekes: and they went aboute to slee hym.

But when the brethren knew of that they brought hym to cesarea and sent hym forth to Tharsus.

Then had the congregacions rest thorowoute all Iewry and galile and Samary and were edified and walked in the feare of the lorde and multiplied by the comforte of the holy gost.

And it chaunsed that as Peter walked throughoute all quarters he came to the saynctes which dwelt at Lydda