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What the? Israel hath not optayned yt which he soughte, but the eleccion hath optayned it. As for ye other, they are blynded.

For yf their fall be the riches of the worlde, and the mynishinge of the the riches of the Heythen: how moch more shulde it be so, yf their fulnesse were there?

I speake vnto you Heythen: for in as moch as I am ye Apostle of the Heythen, I wil prayse myne office,

For yf the losse of them by the recocylinge of the worlde, what were that els, then as yf life were taken of the deed?

and they, yf they byde not styll in vnbeleue, shal be grafted in agayne. For God is of power to grafte the in agayne.

For yf thou be cut out of the naturall wilde olyue tre, and grafted (contrary to nature) in the good olyue tre, how moch more shal they that are naturall, be grafted in their awne olyue tre agayne?

As concernynge the Gospell, I holde them as enemies for youre sakes: but as touchinge the eleccion, I loue them for the fathers sakes.

For verely the giftes & callynge of God are soch, that it can not repente him of them.

For likewyse as ye also in tyme passed haue not beleued, but now haue optayned mercy thorow their vnbeleue:

For God hath closed vp all vnder vnbeleue, that he mighte haue mercy on all.

For who hath knowne the mynde of the LORDE? Or who hath bene his councell geuer?

For of him, and thorow him, and in him are all thinges. To him be prayse for euer, Amen.

I beseke you brethre by the mercyfulnesse of God, that ye geue ouer youre bodies for a sacrifice, yt is quycke holy, and acceptable vnto God, which is yor reasonable seruynge off God.

For I saye thorow the grace yt is geue me, vnto euery man amonge you: that no man esteme off him selfe more, then it becometh him to esteme: but that he discretly iudge of himselfe, acordinge as God hath dealte vnto euery man the measure of faith.

For like as we haue many membres in one body, but all the membres haue not one maner of operacion:

Recompese vnto no man euell for euell. Prouyde honestie afore hade towarde euery ma.

Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE.

Therfore yf thine enemye hunger, fede him: Yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doinge thou shalt heape coales of fyre vpo his heade.

Let euery soule submytte himselfe to the auctorite off the hyer powers. For there is no power but of God.

For rulers are not to be feared for good workes, but for euell. Yf thou wilt be without feare off the power, do well then, and thou shalt haue prayse of the same: