is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the CHAPTER dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sinnes XXIIII should be preached in his Name, among all nations, beginning at Giveth them Hierusalem. And yee are witnesses of these things.

a charge:

And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but Promiseth the tarie ye in the citie of Hierusalem, untill ye be indued with power holy Ghost: from on high.

And he led them out as farre as to Bethanie, and hee lift up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to passe, while hee blessed And so ascendthem, hee was parted from them, and caried up into heaven. eth into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Hierusalem, with great ioy and were continually in the Temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

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Word The Divinitie,
The Humanitie,
All Iesus Christ.

IN the beginning was the Word, and the
was with God, and the Word was God.
same was in the beginning with God.
things were made by him, and without him was
not any thing made that was made. In him
was life, and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darknesse, and the
darknesse comprehended it not.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn. The same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of the light, that all men through him might beleeve. Hee was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light. That was the true light, which lighteth every man that commeth into the world. Hee was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. Hee came unto his owne, and his owne received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave hee power to become the sonnes of God, even to them that beleeve on his Name: which were borne, not of blood, nor of the will of the

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The testimonie of Iohn.

flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the onely begotten of the Father) full of grace and trueth.

Iohn bare witnesse of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that commeth after me, is preferred before me, for he was before me. And of his fulnesse have all wee received, and grace for grace. For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ. No man hath seene God at any time: the onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.

And this is the record of Iohn, when the lewes sent Priests and Levites from Hierusalem, to aske him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not: but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that Prophet? And hee answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou, that we may give an answere to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thy selfe? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wildernesse: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias. And they which were sent, were of the Pharises. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that Prophet? Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not, he it is, who comming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Iordane, where Iohn was baptizing.

The next day, Iohn seeth Iesus comming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me commeth a man, which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therfore am I come baptizing with water. And Iohn bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven, like a Dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record, that this is the sonne of God.

Againe the next day after, Iohn stood, and two of his disciples. And looking upon Iesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lambe of God. And the two disciples heard him speake, and they followed Iesus. Then Iesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seeke ye? They said unto him, Rabbi,

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(which is to say being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth The calling houre. One of the two which heard Iohn speake, and followed of Andrew, him, was Andrew, Simon Peters brother. He first findeth his owne Peter, etc. brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Iesus. And when Iesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona, thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.

The day following, Iesus would goe foorth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the citie of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathaneel, and saith unto him, We have found him of whom Moses in the Law, and the Prophets did write, Iesus of Nazareth the sonne of Ioseph. And Nathaneel said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Iesus saw Nathaneel comming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile. Nathaneel sayeth unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Iesus answered, and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the figge tree, I saw thee. Nathaneel answered, and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Sonne of God, thou art the king of Israel. Iesus answered, and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the figge tree, beleevest thou? thou shalt see greater things then these. And hee saith unto him, Verily, verily I say unto you, heereafter yee shall see heaven open, and the Angels of God ascending, and descending upon the sonne of man.

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ND the third day there was a mariage in Cana of Galilee, Christ turneth and the mother of Iesus was there. And both Iesus was water into wine, called, and his disciples, to the mariage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Iesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Iesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to doe with thee? mine houre is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, doe it. And there were set there sixe water pots of stone, after the maner of the purifying of the lewes, conteining two or three firkins apeece. Iesus saith unto them, Fill the water pots with water. And they filled them up to the brimme. And hee saith unto them, Drawe out now, and bare unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler

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Departeth into Capernaum, and to Ieru

salem,

Where hee purgeth the temple of buyers and sellers.

his death and resurrection.

of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants which drew the water knew) the governor of the feast called the bridegrome, and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set foorth good wine, and when men have well drunke, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine untill now. This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory, and his disciples beleeved on him.

After this hee went downe to Capernaum, hee and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples, and they continued there not many dayes.

And the Lewes Passeover was at hand, and Iesus went up to Hierusalem, and found in the Temple those that sold oxen, and sheepe, and doves, and the changers of money, sitting. And when he had made a scourge of small cordes, he drove them all out of the Temple, and the sheepe and the oxen, and powred out the changers money, and overthrew the tables, and said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence, make not my fathers house an house of merchandize. And his disciples remembred that it was written, The zeale of thine house hath eaten me up.

Then answered the Iewes, and said unto him, What signe shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? He foretelleth Iesus answered, and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three dayes I will raise it up. Then said the lewes, Fourty and six yeres was this Temple in building, and wilt thou reare it up in three dayes? But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore hee was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that hee had said this unto them: and they beleeved the Scripture, and the word which Iesus had said.

Many beleeved because of his miracles, but he would not trust himselfe

with them.

Now when hee was in Hierusalem at the Passeover, in the feast day, many beleeved in his Name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Iesus did not commit himselfe unto them, because he knew al men, and needed not that any should testifie of man: for hee knew what was in man.

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HERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the lewes: the same came to Iesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, wee know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can doe these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Iesus answered, and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be borne againe, he

cannot see the kingdome of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be borne when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mothers wombe, and be borne? Iesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdome of God. That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh, and that which is borne of the spirit, is spirit. Marveile not that I saide unto thee, Ye must be borne againe. The winde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tel whence it commeth, and whither it goeth: So is every one that is borne of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered, and said unto him, How can these things be? Iesus answered, and saide unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Verely, verely I say unto thee, We speake that we doe know, and testifie that we have seene; and yee receive not our witnesse. If I have tolde you earthly things, and ye beleeve not: how shall ye beleeve if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but hee that came downe from heaven, even the Sonne of man which is in heaven,

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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wildernesse : even so of faith in must the Sonne of man be lifted up: that whosoever beleeveth in his death. him, should not perish, but have eternall life.

the world.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten The great love Sonne: that whosoever beleeveth in him, should not perish, but of God towards have everlasting life. For God sent not his Sonne into the world to condemne the world: but that the world through him might be saved.

He that beleeveth on him, is not condemned: but hee that Condemnation beleeveth not, is condemned already, because hee hath not beleeved for unbeliefe. in the Name of the onely begotten Sonne of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darknesse rather then light, because their deedes were evill. For every one that doeth evill, hateth the light, neither commeth to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But hee that doeth trueth, commeth to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

After these things, came Iesus and his disciples into the land of Iudea, and there hee taried with them, and baptized.

And Iohn also was baptizing in Aenon, neere to Salim, because The baptisme, there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. witnes and For Iohn was not yet cast into prison.

doctrine of Iohn concern

Then there arose a question between some of Iohns disciples and ing Christ. the Lewes, about purifying. And they came unto Iohn, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Iordane, to whom

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