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¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and shee constrained him to eate bread: And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, hee turned in thither to eate bread.

1611 marginal noteHeb. there was a day.

1611 marginal noteHeb. laid hold on him.

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft commeth their destruction vpon them? God distributeth sorrowes in his anger.

1611 marginal noteOr, lampe.

How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernesse: and grieue him in the desert?

1611 marginal noteOr, rebell against him.

¶ Then came to him the disciples of Iohn, saying, Why doe we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

1611 marginal noteMar. 2.18. luke 5.33.

Lord, haue mercie on my sonne, for he is lunatike, and sore vexed: for oft times he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sinne against mee, and I forgiue him? till seuen times?

1611 marginal noteLuke 17.4.

For the Pharises and all the Iewes, except they wash their hands oft, eate not, holding the tradition of the elders.

1611 marginal noteOr, diligently, in the Originall, with the fist: Theophilact, vp to the elbowe.

And I punished them oft in euery Synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them euen vnto strange cities.

After the same manner also hee tooke the cup when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new Testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drinke it, in remembrance of me.

Are they ministers of Christ? I speake as a foole, I am more: in labors more abundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prisons more frequent: in deaths oft.