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8Vnto me the lest of all sayntes is this grace geven, that I shuld preache amonge the gentyls the vnsearchable ryches of Christ, 9and to make all men se what the felyshippe of the mistery is, which from the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hid in God which made all thynges thorow Iesus Christ, 10to the intent, that now vnto the rulars and powers in heven myght be knowen by the congregacion the many folde wisdome of god, 11accord- inge to the eternall purpose, which he purposed in Christ Iesu oure lorde, 12by whom we are bolde to drawe nye in that trust, which we have by faith on him. 13Wherfore I desire that ye faynt not because of my trybulacions for youre sakes: which is youre prayse. 14for grace of this thing I bowe my knees to the fadir of oure lord ihesus crist, 15of whom eche fadirheed in heuenes and in erthe is named, 16that he 3eue to 3ou aftir the richessis of his glorie: vertu to be strengthid bi his spirit in the ynner man, 17that crist dwelle bi feith in 3oure hertis, that 3e rootid, and groundid in charite: 18moun comprehende with alle seyntis whiche is the breed and 19the lengthe, and the hi3ist and the depnesse, also to wite the charite of crist more excellent thanne science: that 3e be fillid in al the plente of god, 20and to hym that is my3ti to do alle thingis more plenteuousli thanne we axen, or vndirstonde bi the vertu that worchith in us: 21to hym be glorie in the chirche, and in crist ihesus in to alle the generaciouns of the worldis Amen. 14For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure lorde Iesus Christ, 15which is father over all that ys called father In heven and in erth, 16that he wolde graunt you acordynge to the ryches of his glory, that ye maye be strenghted with myght by his sprete in the inner man, 17that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by fayth, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue,
18myght be able to comprehende with all sayntes, what ys that bredth and length, deepth and heyth: 19and to knowe what is the love of Christ, which love passeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with all manner of fulness which commeth of God. 20Vnto him that is able to do excedynge aboundantly above all that we axe or thynke, accordynge to the power that worketh in us, 21be prayse in the congregacion by Iesus Christ, thorowout all generacions from tyme to tyme Amen. 4. THERFOR I bounden for the lord bisech 3ou, that 3e walke worthili in the clepynge in which 3e ben clepid, 2with al mekenesse, and myldenesse: with pacience, support- inge eche other in charite, 3bisie to kepe vnyte of spirit: in the boond of pees, 4o bodi and o spirit: as 3e ben clepid in oon hope of 3oure clepinge, 5o lord, o feith, o baptym, 6o god, and fadir of alle, whiche is aboue alle men , and bi alle thingis and in us alle, 4. I therfore which am in bondes for the lordes sake, exhorte you, that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called, 2in all hum- blenes of mynde, and meknes, and longe sufferynge, forbearinge one another thorowe love, 3and that ye be dyligent to kepe the vnitie of the sprete in the bonde of peace, 4beynge one body, and one sprete, even as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge. 5Let ther be but one lorde, one fayth, one baptim: 6one god and father of all, which is above all, thorow all and in you all. 7but to eche of us grace is 3ouun: bi the mesure of the 3euynge of crist, 8for whiche thing he seith, he stiynge an hi3: ledde caitifte caitif, he 3af 3iftis to men,

9but what is it that he stied up: no but also that he cam doun first in to the lower partis of the erthe. 10he it is that cam doun and that stied on alle heuenes: that he schulde fille alle thingis, 11and he 3af summe apostlis: summe profetis, other euan- gelistis, other schepardis, and techers:


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