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PHIL. It signifieth the Prophets, which prophesied of Christs coming, & declared that when he once came captivity should be exiled, & liberty reduced, all sorrow & care should be dry uenawaye, & all joyful & me ry things succeed & come in place. They prophesied that at his coming the eyes of the blind shall ¹be opened, the ears of the deaf shall hear, the halt shall skip as the heart, & the tongue of the dumb shall speak. Again the preached, that, when the anointed saviour come, he shall preach merry tidings to the poor, heal the contrite in heart, ²preach deliverance to the prison ners, and sight to the blind. &c. ⟨image 66⟩Are not all these joyful & pleasa• news? This doth the Gospel signify, which the priest readeth there. For this Greek word Evangeliō, ³which we call Gospel in English, so• death in our common tongue, a good, joyful and merry message. Thus ye perceive, what the reading of that Gospel signifieth.

PHIL. It signifiethe the Prophetes, whiche prophesied of Christes commynge, & declared that whan he once came captiuite shoulde be exiled, & liberty reduced, all sorow & care should be dry uenawaye, & all ioyfull & me ry thinges succede & come in place. They prophesied that at hys commynge the eyes of the blynde shall ¹be opened, the eares of ye deafe shall heare, the halte shall skyppe as the harte, & the tonge of the dūme shall speake. Agayne the preached, that, whan ye annoynted sauioure come, he shall preach mery tidynges to ye poore, heale the contryte in herte, ²preach delyueraunce to the preson ners, and syght to the blynde. &c. ⟨image 66⟩Are not all these ioyfull & pleasa• newes? This doth the Gospell signify, which the prest readeth ther. For this Greke worde Euangeliō,