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| 5:1 | Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. |
| 5:2 | Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. |
| 5:3 | Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. |
| 5:4 | Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. |
| 5:5 | Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. |
| 5:6 | Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. |
| 5:7 | Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. |
| 5:8 | Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. |
| 5:9 | Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. |
| 5:10 | Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. |
| 5:11 | Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. |
| 5:12 | But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. |
| 5:13 | Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. |
| 5:14 | Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: |
| 5:15 | And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. |
| 5:16 | Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. |
| 5:17 | Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. |
| 5:18 | And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. |
| 5:19 | Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; |
| 5:20 | Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. |
| 5:1 | Goe to now, yee rich men, weepe and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you. |
| 5:2 | Your riches are corrupted, and your garments motheaten: |
| 5:3 | Your gold and siluer is cankered, and the rust of them shall bee a witnesse against you, and shall eate your flesh as it were fire: ye haue heaped treasure together for the last dayes. |
| 5:4 | Beholde, the hire of the labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which is of you kept backe by fraud, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of Sabaoth. |
| 5:5 | Yee haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and bene wanton: ye haue nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter: |
| 5:6 | Yee haue condemned, and killed the iust, and he doth not resist you. |
| 5:7 | Be patient therefore, brethren, vnto the comming of the Lord: behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, vntill hee receiue the early and latter raine. |
| 5:8 | Be yee also patient; stablish your hearts: for the comming of the Lorde draweth nigh. |
| 5:9 | Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the Iudge standeth before the doore. |
| 5:10 | Take, my brethren, the Prophets, who haue spoken in the Name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. |
| 5:11 | Beholde, wee count them happie which endure. Ye haue heard of the patience of Iob, and haue seene the end of the Lord: that the Lord is very pitifull and of tender mercie. |
| 5:12 | But aboue all things, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by the earth, neither by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay: lest yee fall into condemnation. |
| 5:13 | Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing Psalmes. |
| 5:14 | Is any sicke among you? let him call for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray ouer him, anointing him with oyle in the Name of the Lord: |
| 5:15 | And the prayer of Faith shall saue the sicke, and the Lord shall raise him vp: and if hee haue committed sinnes, they shall be forgiuen him. |
| 5:16 | Confesse your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that yee may bee healed: the effectuall feruent prayer of a righteous man auaileth much. |
| 5:17 | Elias was a man subiect to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not raine: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three yeeres and sixe monethes. |
| 5:18 | And hee prayed againe, and the heauen gaue raine, and the earth brought foorth her fruit. |
| 5:19 | Brethren, if any of you doe erre from the trueth, and one conuert him, |
| 5:20 | Let him know, that hee which conuerteth the sinner from the errour of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hide a multitude of sinnes. |
| 5:1 | Goo to now ye ryche men. Wepe and howle on youre wretchednes that shall come apon you. |
| 5:2 | Youre ryches is corrupte youre garmentes are motheaten. |
| 5:3 | Youre golde and youre silver are cankred and the rust of them shalbe a witnes vnto you and shall eate youre flesshe as it were fyre. Ye have heaped treasure togedder in youre last dayes: |
| 5:4 | Beholde the hyre of ye labourers which have reped doune youre feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: and ye cryes of them which have reped are entred into the eares of the lorde Sabaoth. |
| 5:5 | Ye have lived in pleasure on the erth and in wantannes. Ye have norysshed youre hertes as in a daye of slaughter. |
| 5:6 | Ye have condempned and have killed the iust and he hath not resisted you. |
| 5:7 | Be pacient therfore brethren vnto the commynge of the lorde. Beholde the husbande man wayteth for the precious frute of the erth and hath longe pacience ther vppon vntill he receave (the erly and the latter rayne.) |
| 5:8 | Be ye also pacient therfore and settle youre hertes for ye commynge of the lorde draweth nye. |
| 5:9 | Grodge not one agaynst another brethre lest ye be dapned. Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore. |
| 5:10 | Take (my brethren) the prophettes for an ensample of sufferynge adversitie and of longe pacience which spake in the name of the lorde. |
| 5:11 | Beholde we counte them happy which endure. Ye have hearde of the pacience of Iob and have knowen what ende the lorde made. For the lorde is very pitifull and mercifull. |
| 5:12 | But above all thynges my brethre sweare not nether by heven nether by erth nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye and youre maye naye: lest ye faule into ypocrecy. |
| 5:13 | Yf eny of you be evyll vexed let him praye. Yf eny of you be mery let him singe Psalmes. |
| 5:14 | Yf eny be defeated amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacion and let the praye over him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the lorde: |
| 5:15 | and the prayer of fayth shall save the sicke and the lorde shall rayse him vp: and yf he have committed synnes they shalbe forgeuen him. |
| 5:16 | knowledge youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a ryghteous ma avayleth moche yf it be fervet. |
| 5:17 | Helias was a man mortall even as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the erth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes. |
| 5:18 | And he prayed agayne and the heve gave rayne and the erth brought forth her frute. |
| 5:19 | Brethren yf eny of you erre from the trueth and an other convert him |
| 5:20 | let the same knowe that he which converted the synner fro goynge a straye out of his waye shall save a soule fro deeth and shall hyde ye multitude of synnes. |
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