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| 4:1 | From whence come warres and fightings among you? come they not hence, euen of your lusts, that warre in your members? |
| 4:2 | Ye lust, and haue not: yee kill, and desire to haue, and cannot obtaine: yee fight and warre, yet yee haue not, because ye aske not. |
| 4:3 | Ye aske and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that yee may consume it vpon your lusts. |
| 4:4 | Ye adulterers, and adulteresses, know yee not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoeuer therefore will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God. |
| 4:5 | Doe ye thinke that the Scripture saith in vaine, the spirit that dwelleth in vs lusteth to enuy? |
| 4:6 | But he giueth more grace, wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proude, but giueth grace vnto the humble. |
| 4:7 | Submit your selues therefore to God: resist the deuill, and hee will flee from you. |
| 4:8 | Draw nigh to God, and hee will draw nigh to you: cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purifie your hearts yee double minded. |
| 4:9 | Bee afflicted, and mourne, and weepe: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your ioy to heauinesse. |
| 4:10 | Humble your selues in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you vp. |
| 4:11 | Speake not euill one of another (brethren:) he that speaketh euill of his brother, and iudgeth his brother, speaketh euill of the Law, and iudgeth the Law: but if thou iudge the Law, thou art not a doer of the Law, but a iudge. |
| 4:12 | There is one Lawgiuer, who is able to saue, and to destroy: who art thou that iudgest another? |
| 4:13 | Goe to now ye that say, To day or to morrow wee will goe into such a city and continue there a yere, and buy, and sell, and get gaine: |
| 4:14 | Whereas yee know not what shalbe on the morow: for what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and then vanisheth away. |
| 4:15 | For that yee ought to say, if the Lord will, we shall liue, and doe this, or that. |
| 4:16 | But now yee reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill. |
| 4:17 | Therefore to him that knoweth to doe good, and doth it not, to him it is sinne. |
| 4:1 | From whence commeth warre and fightynge amonge you: come they not here hence? euen of yor volupteousnesses that rayne in youre mebres? |
| 4:2 | Ye lust, and haue not. Ye envie and haue indignacion, and can not obtayne. Ye fight & warre, and haue not, because ye axe not. |
| 4:3 | Ye axe & receaue not because ye axe amysse: eue to cosume it vpo yor voluptuousnes. |
| 4:4 | Ye aduouterars, & weme that breke matrimonie: knowe ye not how that the frenshippe of ye worlde is ennimite to godwarde? Whosoeuer wilbe a frende of the worlde, is made ye enemie of god. |
| 4:5 | Ether do ye thinke yt the scripture sayth in vayne. The sprete yt dwelleth in you, lusteth euen contrary to enuie: |
| 4:6 | but geueth more grace. |
| 4:7 | Submit youre selues to God, and resist the deuell, & he wil flye fro you. |
| 4:8 | Drawe nye to God & he wil drawe nye to you. Clense yor hondes ye synners, and pourge youre hertes ye wauerynge mynded. |
| 4:9 | Suffre affliccions: sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge, and youre ioye to heuynes. |
| 4:10 | Cast downe youre selues before the LORDE, and he shal lift you vp. |
| 4:11 | Backbyte not one another, brethren. He that backbyteth his brother, and he yt iudgeth his brother, backbyteth the lawe, and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe: but a iudge. |
| 4:12 | There is one lawe geuer, which is able to saue and to distroye. What art thou that iudgest another man? |
| 4:13 | Go to now ye that saye: to daye & to morow let vs go into soche a citie and continue there a yeare, and bye and sell, and wynne: |
| 4:14 | & yet ca not tell what shal happe to morowe. For what thinge is youre life? It is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme, and the vanysheth awaye: |
| 4:15 | For that ye ought to say: yf the LORDE wil, and yf we liue, let vs do this or that. |
| 4:16 | But nowe ye reioyce in youre bostinges. All soche reioysynge is euell. |
| 4:17 | Therfore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doth it not, to him it is synne. |
| 4:1 | Wherof ben batelis and cheestis among you? Whether not of youre coueitisis, that fiyten in youre membris? |
| 4:2 | Ye coueiten, and ye han not; ye sleen, and ye han enuye, and ye moun not gete. Ye chiden, and maken batel; and ye han not, for ye axen not. |
| 4:3 | Ye axen, and ye resseyuen not; for that ye axen yuele, as ye schewen opynli in youre coueitisis. |
| 4:4 | Auowtreris, witen not ye, that the frenschip of this world is enemye to God? Therfor who euere wole be frend of this world, is maad the enemye of God. |
| 4:5 | Whether ye gessen, that the scripture seith veynli, The spirit that dwellith in you, coueitith to enuye? |
| 4:6 | But he yyueth the more grace; for which thing he seith, God withstondith proude men, but to meke men he yyueth grace. |
| 4:7 | Therfor be ye suget to God; but withstonde ye the deuel, and he schal fle fro you. |
| 4:8 | Neiye ye to God, and he schal neiye to you. Ye synneris, clense ye hondis, and ye double in soule, purge ye the hertis. |
| 4:9 | Be ye wretchis, and weile ye; youre leiyyng be turned in to weping, and ioye in to sorewe of herte. |
| 4:10 | Be ye mekid in the siyt of the Lord, and he schal enhaunse you. |
| 4:11 | My britheren, nyle ye bacbite ech othere. He that bacbitith his brothir, ethir that demeth his brothir, bacbitith the lawe, and demeth the lawe. And if thou demest the lawe, thou art not a doere of the lawe, but a domesman. |
| 4:12 | But oon is makere of the lawe, and iuge, that may lese, and delyuere. |
| 4:13 | And who art thou, that demest thi neiybore? Lo! now ye, that seien, To dai ethir to morewe we schulen go in to thilke citee, and there we schulen dwelle a yeer, and we schulen make marchaundise, and we schulen make wynning; |
| 4:14 | whiche witen not, what is to you in the morewe. |
| 4:15 | For what is youre lijf? A smoke apperinge at a litil, and aftirward it schal be wastid. Therfor that ye seie, If the Lord wole, and if we liuen, we schulen do this thing, ether that thing. |
| 4:16 | And now ye maken ful out ioye in youre pridis; euery siche ioye is wickyd. |
| 4:17 | Therfor it is synne to hym, that kan do good, and doith not. |
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