God. 10Blessed are they that suffer persecution ″ for justice: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 11Blessed are ye when they shal revile you, and persecute you, & speake al that naught is against you, untruly, for my sake: 12be glad & rejoyce, for your ″ reward is very great in Heaven. ✠ For so they persecuted the Prophets, that were before you.
The Ghospel on the feasts of Doctours.13You are the Mr 9, 50.
Luc. 14, 34* salt of the earth. 14But if the salt leese his vertue, wherewith shal it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast forth, and to be troden of men. 15You are the ″ light of the world. A citie cannot be hid, situated on a mountaine. 16Neither do men light a Mr. 4, 21.
Lu. 8, 16. 11, 33.* candel and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestike, that it may shine to al that are in the house. 17So let ″ your light shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven.
18Doe not thinke that I am come to breake the Law or the Prophets. I am not come to breake, but to fulfil. 19For assuredly I say unto you, Luc. 16, 17.* til Heaven and earth passe, one jot, or one tittle shal not passe of the Law, til al be fulfilled. 20He therfore that shal Ja. 2, 10.* breake ″ one of these least commandements, and shal so teach men, shal be caled the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But he that shal doe and teach, he shal be called great in the Kingdom of heauen. ✠ The Ghospel upon the fifth Sunday after Pentecost.21For I tel you, that unles ″ your justice abound more then that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shal not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
22You have heard that it was said to them of old: Exo 20, 58.
Deut. 5, 17.* Thou shalt not kil. And whoso killeth, shal be in danger of judgement. 23But I say to you, that whosoever is angrie with his brother, shal be in danger of judgment. And whosoever shal say to his brother, Raca, shal be in danger of a councel. And whosoever shal say, Thou foole, shal be guilty of the ″ Hel of fire. 24If therefore thou offer thy ″ guift at the Altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath ought against thee; 25leave there thy offering before the Altar, and goe first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy guift. ✠ 26Be Luc. 12, 58.* at agreement with thy adversarie betimes, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest perhaps the adversarie deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into [1] prison. 27Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not goe out from thence til thou repay the last farthing.
28You have heard that it was said to them of old: Exo 20, 14.* Thou shalt not commit advoutrie. 29But I say to you, that whosoever shal see a woman to lust after her, hath already committed advoutrie with her in his hart. 30And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, & cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy limmes perish, rather then thy whole body be cast into Hel. 31And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it of, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy limmes perish, rather then that thy whole body go into Hel.
32It was said also, Deu. 24, 1. Mr 19, 6.* whosoever shal dismisse his wife, let him give
- ↑ This Prison is taken of very ancient Fathers, for Purgatorie: namely S. Cypr ep. 12. ad Anton. nu. 6.
