The Mission of John the Baptist 1In those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury 2saynge; Repet the kyngdome of heue is at honde. 3This is he of whom it is spoken by the Prophet Esay which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernes prepare the Lordes waye and make hys pathes strayght. 4This Iho had hys garmet of camels heer and a gerdell of a skynne aboute his loynes. Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony. 5The went oute to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all ye regio roude aboute Iorda 6and were baptised of him in Iorda cofessynge their synnes. 7When he sawe many of ye Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto the: O generacio of vipers who hath taught you to fle fro the vengeauce to come? 8Brynge forth therfore the frutes belongynge to repentauce. 9And se that ye ons thynke not to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldern vnto Abraha. 10Euenowe is ye axe put vnto ye rote of ye trees: soo that every tree which bringeth not forthe goode frute is hewe doune and cast into ye fyre. 11I baptise you in water in toke of repentauce: but he ye cometh after me is myghtier then I whose shues I am not worthy to beare. He shall baptise you with ye holy gost and with fyre: 12which hath also his fan in his hod and will pourge his floure and gadre ye wheet into his garner and will burne ye chaffe with vnquecheable fyre The Baptism of Jesus 13Then cam Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Ihon to be baptised of hym. 14But Ihon forbade hym saynge: I ought to be baptysed of the: and comest thou to me? 15Iesus answered and sayd to hym: Let it be so now. For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all rightwesnes. Then he suffred hym. 16And Iesus assone as he was baptised came strayght out of ye water. And lo heue was ope over hym: and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym. 17And lo there came a voyce from heven sayng: Thys ys that my beloved sonne in whom is my delyte. |
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