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12 God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution ″ for iustice: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heauen. Blessed are ye when they shal reuile you, and persecute you, & speake al that naught is against you, vntruely, for my sake: be glad & reioyce, for your ″ reward is very great in heauen. For so they persecuted the Prophets, that were before you.

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt leese his vertue, wherewith shal it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast forth, and to be troden of men. You are the ″ light of the world. A citie cannot be hid, situated on a mountaine. Neither do men light a candel and put it vnder a bushel, but vpon a candlestike, that it may shine to al that are in the house. So let ″ your light shine before men: that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in Heauen.

Doe not thinke that I am come to breake the Law or the Prophets. I am not come to breake: but to fulfil. For assuredly I say vnto you, til Heauen and earth passe, one iot, or one tittle shal not passe of the Law: til al be fulfilled. He therfore that shal breake ″ one of these least commandements, and shal so teach men: shal be caled the least in the Kingdom of Heauen. But he that shal doe and teach, he shal be called great in the Kingdom of heauen. For I tel you, that vnles ″ your iustice abound more then that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shal not enter into the Kingdom of Heauen.

You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kil. And who so killeth, shal be in danger of iudgement. But I say to you, that whosoeuer is angrie with his brother, shal be in danger of iudgment. And whosoeuer shal say to his brother, Raca, shal be in danger of a councel. And whosoeuer shal say, Thou foole, shal be guilty of the ″ Hel of fire. If therefore thou offer thy ″ guift at the Altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath ought against thee; leaue there thy offering before the Altar, and goe first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift. Be at agreement with thy aduersarie betimes, whiles thou art in the way vvith him; lest perhaps the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the officer, and thou be cast into ∷ prison. Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not goe out from thence til thou repay the last farthing.

You haue heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit aduoutrie. But I say to you, that whosoeuer shal see a woman to lust after her, hath already committed aduoutrie with her in his hart. And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, & cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy limmes perish, rather then thy whole body be cast into Hel. And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it of, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy limmes perish, rather then that thy whole body go into Hel.

It was said also, whosoeuer shal dismisse his wife, let him giue her