T h e   G o s p e l l
o f f   S a n c t e   J h o n .

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T h e   G o s p e l l
o f f   S a n c t e   J h o n .

      The fyrst Chapter.

      IN the begynnynge was that worde/ and that worde was with god: and god was thatt worde. The same was in the begynnynge wyth god. All thynges were made by it/ and with out it/ was made noo thinge/ that made was. Jn it was lyfe/ And lyfe was the light of men/ and the light shyneth in darcknes/ and darcknes comprehended it not.

      There was a man sent from god/ whose name was Jhon. The same cam as a witnes/ to beare witnes of the light/ that all men through him myght beleve. He was nott that light: but to beare witnes of the light. That was a true light/ which lighteneth all men that come into the worlde. He was in the worlde/ and the worlde by him was made: and the worlde knewe hym not.

      He cam into his awne/ and his receaved him not. vnto as meny as receaved him/ gave he power to be the sonnes of god: in that they beleved on his name: which were borne not of bloude nor of the will of the flesshe/ nor yet of the will of man: but of god.

      And that worde was made flesshe/ and dwelt amonge vs/ and we sawe the glory off yt/ as the glory off the only begotten sonne off the father | which worde was full of grace and verite.