The Golpell
The Gofpell by Saint Luke.
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sThe firft Chapter.
CIChe pzekace ofLuhe. s DE Zacharias and elizabeth, nThe ngel heweth the
natiuitie of John Bapti. 20Che incredulitie of gacharie is punythed, 8 The
Angel taluteth DJarie, and heweth the natiuitie of Chrifke. 40 Harie viliteth
elabeth. 46Che fongue of Harie, 57 Che birth, circumcition, and graces of
edohn Baptil, 68 Chepzophetie of Zacharie, so Che office of Joh.
Drafinuche as manye 7
baue taken inhande to
fet foozth m ozder, ý de
claration ofthofe thyn- 8
ges whiche are mofte
lurclye to be beleued a
mong bs,
And they had no chylde, becaufe that
Elizabeth was barren: and they both
were nolbe well ftricken in age.
And it came to paffe, that when za
tharie erecuted the pzieltes office befoze
God, as his courle came,
Accozdyng top cuftome of the pzietes Exo. xxxb
office, his lot was to burne incence,whe Hebr.ix.b.
he went into the temple ofthe Lode.
meren
2 Euenas they deliucred them bnto bs,
which fromthe begymnyng fawe them
themfelues Withtheir eyes, and were 1o And the whole multitude of thepeo
minilters of the wozde :
Jdetermined alfo, affoone as Jhad
fearched out diligentlyall thnges from Andthere appeared bnto hymanAn
the begynnyng, that then J woulde
wite bnto thee, mofte ercellent Eheo-
philus.
4 That thou myghteft knowe the cer-
tentie ofthofe thinges wherof thou haft 13 25ut the Angel fapde vnto him: Feare 3
beninfourmed.
(a) Chat is,
thep were boi
ers in fuche
tages as be 3
let tooty un
ple were without inpzayer, whyle the
incence was burnmyng.
gel ofthe Lozde,tandyng on the ryght
fyde ofthe aulter ofmcence.
12 nd When Zatharas labe him, he
was troubled, and teare came bpõhún.
not Zacharie, fo2 thy pzayer is hearde:
here was in the dayes of herode and thyWyfe Eltzabeth fhall beare thee
the kyng of Jurie, a certaime paelft,
named zacharias, of the courfe of 14 And thou fhalt haue toyand gladneffe,
2Abia, ehis wyfe was of the daughters
of Aaron,her name bas Elizabeth.
They ibere both ryghteous befo2e
Goo, and wallked m all the lawes and
0zdinaunces ofthe Lozde, that noman
roulde fynde fault with them.
5
a fonne, e thou fhalt cal his name ohn.
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and many fhallreioyce at his birth.
IS fozhehalbe great in the fyght of the
Lozde, and hall neither dzpnke wine
noz ftrong dzynke: and he halbe fylled
with the holy gholt, cuen from his mo
thers wombe,
And
