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And behold, there are last, which shall be first; and there are first, which shall be last.

1611 marginal noteMat. 19.30.

And they all with one consent began to make excuse: The first said vnto him, I haue bought a piece of ground, and I must needs goe and see it: I pray thee haue me excused.

For which of you intending to build a towre, sitteth not downe first, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to finish it?

Or what king going to make war against another king, sitteth not downe first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand?

So hee called euery one of his lords detters vnto him, and said vnto the first, How much owest thou vnto my lord?

But first must hee suffer many things, & be reiected of this generation.

Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

There were therefore seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and died without children.

But when ye shall heare of wars, and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to passe, but the end is not by and by.

¶ Now vpon the first day of the weeke, very earely in the morning, they came vnto the Sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certaine others with them.

1611 marginal noteMat. 28.1.