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¹ Paul the seruaunt of God and an Apostle of Iesu Christ to preache the fayth of goddis electe and ye knowledge of that trueth which is after godlynes² vpon the hope of eternall lyfe which lyfe God that cannot lye hath promised before the worlde begane:³ but hath opened his worde at ye tyme apoynted thorow preachynge which preachynge is committed vnto me by the commaundement of god oure saveoure.⁴ To Titus his naturall sonne in the commen fayth.Grace mercie and peace from God the father and from the lord Iesu Christ oure saveoure.

⁵ For this cause left I ye in Creta that thou shuldest performe that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne elders in every citie as I apoynted the.

⁶ Yf eny be fautelesse the husbande of one wyfe havynge faythfull childre which are not selandred of royote nether are disobediet.⁷ For a bisshoppe must be fautelesse as it be commeth the minister of God: not stubborne not angrye no dronkarde no fyghter not geven to filthy lucre:⁸ but herberous one that loveth goodnes sobre mynded righteous holy temperat⁹ and suche as cleveth vnto the true worde of doctryne that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsom learnynge and to improve them that saye agaynst it.¹⁰ For ther are many disobedient and talkers of vanite and disceavers of myndes namely they of the circumcisio¹¹ whose mouthes must be stopped which pervert whole houses teachinge thinges which they ought not because of filthy lucre.¹² One beynge of the selves which was a poyet of their awne sayde: The Cretayns are all wayes lyars evyll beastes and slowe belies.¹³ This witnes is true wherfore rebuke them sharply that they maye be sounde in the fayth¹⁴ and not takynge hede to Iewes fables and commaudmentes of men that turne from the trueth.¹⁵ Vnto the pure are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defiled and vnbelevynge is nothynge pure: but even the very myndes and consciences of them are defiled.¹⁶ They confesse that they knowe god: but with the dedes they denye hym and are abhominable and disobedient and vnto all good workes discommendable.