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An exposition of a parte of S. Iohannes Gospel made in sondrie readinges in the English congregation by Bartho. Traheron ; and now published against the wicked entreprises of new sterte vp Arrians in Englande.
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Traheron, Bartholomew, 1510?-1558?
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1557
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STC 24168.5; ESTC S2370
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malice of Sathan and his owne fault he neglected Gods commaundemente and so lost those goodly qualitees and became blinde and begatte blinde childreÌ namely such as he was himselfe This is diligently to be noted that the faute mal remaine where it is in dede and not in God who is the autor of good thiÌges oÌlye and not of any thinge that is euill although he dispose in dede and order all the thinges that man hath infected and made euill For nothing coÌmeth to passe without him But he appointeth and ordreth where and whan euerye man shall vtter that euil that is in him that is in hiÌ I say not by Gods workinge but by hys owne procuring For God is not the autor of an adulterous theuishe or murtherous minde and yet no man shall put in practise the leacherie that boileth within him nor the thefte and murder that lurketh in his heart as often and wher whan he will but only where and whan God will And therefore S. Augustyne saieth that nothiÌge is doÌ in the world that commeth not out of the inner courte of the soueraine Emperor For this cause we grauÌte not that God willeth euil thinges to be don lest he shulde be thought the autor of euil thiÌges which is impossible nether grauÌte we that he willeth euil thiÌges not to be doÌ or that he nilleth theÌ to be don lest he shuld be thought impoteÌt not able to ordre meÌnes euils to his glorie which is false But this matter we wil leaue to another occasioÌ giue God thaÌckes for that he hath now permitted vs to speake who grauÌte vnto vs al both to acknowlege the darckenes that we haue madly pulled vp on our selues also to perceaue the same insome part lightned againe by the beames of his sonnes diuine spirite AmeÌ The Fourth READINGE ¶ THERE was a maÌ seÌt of God c. IT is manifestly true that plaine traces euideÌt signes of the diuinite Goddes wisedom the shew theÌ selues euerie where For if we lifte vp our yes beholde the mouiÌges the due courses coÌstaÌt ordre of the starres we shal be coÌstrained to coÌfesse that there must nedes be aÌ heaueÌlie miÌde that gaue theÌ those mouiÌges that appoiÌted to theÌ those limited courses certaine ordre For where thiÌges goe by chauÌce there no ordre no du certaiÌtie is kepte Againe if we cast doune our eyes loke vpoÌ thiÌges in the erth coÌsidre how creatures are preserued coÌtinued in ther certaiÌe kiÌdes we shal be led to God as it were by the haÌde For we see that meÌ begette not horses nor horses meÌ lions begette not wolues nor wolues beares birdes briÌge not forth fishes nor fishes conies But if thinges went by chance withoute the gouernment of a minde endued with strength and wisdome these thinges many moe monsters should be seen daily and howrely What nede we to straye farre we may remaine within our selues and almost touche God For we see that euery thinge in vs is made to a certaine ende and vse The mouth besides other vses is made to receaue meate and beecause hard thinges are sometymes to bee taken the teeth are ready to breake and to grinde them whan the meate is wel grounde and fitte to passe there is a condure pipe to conueie it to the stomake where because the meate must bee more sodden the liuer is sette vnder as a fier to geue it heate Whan the meate is well concocte in the stomake and turned into a iuce it is sent thens into certaine gutts whiche are small because it shal not passe away to hastely and from theÌce the best and swetest part is draweÌ vp by innumerable litle veines and deriued to the liuer and there thorough more heate turned into blood And the warrishe part of that blood is seuered and sent to the kidneys theÌce strained out conueied to the blader beneth The hotest part foÌe of it which we cal cholere or gal is receued into a litle blader fastened for that purpose to the liuer The dregges earthiest part coÌmoÌly called melaÌchol is thrust into the milt The blood that remaineth is sente oute by a great veine called the gate veine to the hearte wher it is made hoter and finer Whan that is done ther be arteries to receaue the finest and purest part of the blood called the vital spirites whiche bee twise as thicke as the veines because of the thinnes of the matter that they muste kepe and there bee veines also to coÌuei the rest of the blood into all partes of the body that no parte be left without norishmeÌt and sustinaÌce The remnaunte of the meate whyche is grosse and vnprofitable hath conuenieÌte places where to be receaued and issues also to be voided out of the body And because the ill sauour and sente of those thinges woulde hurte the noble partes that bee aboue as it were a skinne called the midriffe parteth them a sonder and kepeth of suche noisances Now where thiÌges be appoiÌted to certaine eÌdes vses chauÌce hath no place but there must nedes be a miÌde to appoiÌte the same For they cold not be so appoiÌted by chauÌce yea chauÌce wolde ofteÌ sette our mouthes iÌ our fore heades our teeth in our fingers eÌdes ChauÌce wold ofteÌ hange our stomakes at our elbowes sett our heeles vpoÌ the toppe of our heades our eyes in our knees ChauÌce wold iomble al to gether without ordre without al coÌsideratioÌ of eÌde our vse We nede not thaÌ to goe far for a witnes of the diuinitee Howbeit though there shine in our selues a thousaÌde lampes to shew vs God a thousaÌde thousaÌd iÌ al his other worckes yet our blindnes is such that we are not thereby rightly directed to God Therefore it pleased the goodnes of the almightie to adde to his worckes the testimonie of his worde to guide vs more certainly familiarly to a iust knowlege of him This his worde he deliuered to our first grauÌdfathers afterward in more ample wise to Moses the Prophetes vntil the appoiÌted time was comme that he wold most largely fully reuele him selfe by the in carnatioÌ of his sonne To this most glorious most excelleÌt most opeÌ most cleare reuelatioÌ our Euangelist hasteth therefore passeth ouer the patriarches Moses and the Prophetes and beginneth with the testimonie of Iohan Baptiste the first and most excelleÌt preacher of Goddes sonne beinge now clothed with maÌnes nature THERE WAS A MAN c. In Iohan Baptiste al thinges were wonderful diuine aboue mannes nature His begettinge his conuersation his zeale manifolde vertues shewed a singular power miraculous worckinge of Goddes spirite This is he whom the Prophete Esaie painteth forth calleth the voice of a crier in the wildernes This is he of whom God saieth beholde I send myn Angel before my face c. And agayne beholde I sende you Elyas the Prophet before that great