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¶ I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it be already kindled?

And if it beare fruit, Well: and if not, then after that, thou shalt cut it downe.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his owne life also, hee cannot be my disciple.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 10.37.

¶ Salt is good: but if the salt haue lost his sauour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

1611 marginal noteMat. 5.13.

What man of you hauing an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue the ninety and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he find it?

1611 marginal noteMatth. 18.12.

¶ Either what woman hauing ten pieces of siluer, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweepe the house, and seeke diligently till shee find it?

1611 marginal noteDrachma heere translated a piece of silver, is the eight part of an ounce which commeth to seven pence halfe penie, and is equall to the Romane penie, Mat. 18.28

If therefore yee haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

1611 marginal noteOr, riches.

And if ye haue not bene faithful in that which is another mans, who shall giue you that which is your owne?

And hee said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went vnto them from the dead, they will repent.

And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.