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13In whom also ye (after that ye hearde the worde of trueth, I meane the gospell of youre saluacion, wherin ye beleved) were sealed with the holy sprete of promes,

14which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce, to redeme the purchased possession and that vnto the laude of his glory. 15therfor I herynge 3oure feith that is in crist ihesus, and the loue in to al seintis: 16ceese not to do thankingis for 3ou, makynge mynde of 3ou in my preyers, 17that god of oure lord ihesus crist, the fadir of glori: 3eue to 3ou the spirit of wisdom and of reuela- cioun in to the knowynge of hym, 18that the i3en of 3oure herte ly3tned: that 3e wite whiche is the hope of his clepynge, and whiche ben the richessis of the glorie of his eritage in seyntis, 19and whiche is the excellent greet- nesse of his vertu in to us that han bileued bi the worchynge of the my3t of his vertu, 20whiche he wrou3te in crist reisynge hym fro deeth, and settynge him on his ri3thalf in heuenli thingis: 21aboue eche principat and potestat, and vertu & domynacioun and aboue eche name that is named, not oonli in this world: but also in the world to comynge, 22and made alle thingis suget vndir his feet: & 3af hym to be heed ouer al the chirche 23that is the bodi of hym, & the plente of hym whiche is al thingis: in alle thingis fulfillide. 15Wherfore even I (after that I hearde of the fayth which ye have in the lorde Iesu, and love vnto all the saynctes) 16cease not to geve thankes for you, makynge mencion of you in my prayers, 17that the God of oure lorde Iesus Christ and the father of glory, myght geve vnto you the sprete of wisdome, and open to you the knowledge of him silfe, 18and lighten the eyes of your myndes, that ye myght knowe what that hope is, where vnto he hath called you, and what the riches of his glorious inheri- taunce is apon the sainctes, 19and what is the excedynge greatnes of his power to vs warde which beleve accordynge to the workynge of that his mighty power, 20which he wrought in Christ, when he raysed him from deeth, and set him on his right honde in hevenly thynges, 21above all rule, power, and myght and dominacion, and above all names that are named, not in this worlde only, but also in the worlde to come: 22and hath put all thynges vnder his fete, and hath made him aboue all thynges, the heed of the congregacion 23which is his body and the fulnes of him that filleth all in all thynges. 2. AND whanne 3e weren deed in 3oure giltis: and synnes 2in whiche 3e wandriden sumtyme, aftir the couris of this world, aftir the prince of the power of this eire, of the spirit that worchith now in to the sones of vnbileue, 3in whiche also we alle lyueden sumtyme in the desiris of oure fleisch, doynge the willis of the fleisch & of thou3tis, and we weren bi kynde the sones of wraththe as other men, 2. AND hath quickened you also that were deed in treaspasse and synne, 2in the which in tyme passed ye walked, accordynge to the course of this worlde, and after the governor that ruleth in the ayer, the sprete that now worketh in the children of vnbelefe, 3amonge which we also had oure conversacion in tyme past, in the lustes of oure flesshe, and fulfilled the will of the flesshe and of the mynde: and were naturally the children of wrath, even as wel as other. 4but god that is riche in merci: for his ful myche charite in whiche he loued us,
53e whanne we weren deed in synnes, quykened us to gidre in crist, bi whos grace 3e ben saued, 6and a3enreisid to gidre: and made to gidre to sitte in heuenly thingis in crist ihesus, 7that he schulde schewe in the worldis aboue comyng: the plenteuous richessis of his grace in goodnes on us in crist ihesus, 8for bi grace 3e ben saued bi feith: and this not of 3ou, for it is the 3ifte of god, 9not of werkis: that no man haue glorie, 10for we ben the makynge of hym made of nou3t in crist ihesus in good werkis whiche god hath ordeyned: that we go in tho werkis, 4But God which is rich in mercy thorow his greate love wherwith he loved vs, 5even when we were deed by synne, hath quickened vs together in Christ (for by grace are ye saved) 6and hath raysed vs vp together and made vs sitte together in hevenly thynges thorow Christ Iesus, 7for


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