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A17647	A commentarie of M. Iohn Caluine vppon the Epistle to the Philippians wherein is set out the necessitie and profite of affliction vnto the faithfull, the benefite of God his word, the fruits, of vnitie and humilitie, free iustification by faith in Iesus Christ without our owne merites, the assurance, ioy, and contented mindes of the godlie, and their perseueraunce in godlinesse vnto the end. With many other comfortable and profitable pointes of religion. Translated out of Latine by W.B.; Commentarii in quatuor Pauli epistolas. English. Selections	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Becket, William, fl. 1584.	1584 (1584)	STC 4402; ESTC S107378	72,730	102

and the other elements to restore that which hath béene put in them foorthwith our mindes are erected into a strong hope as it were into a spirituall sight of the resurrection And it is not amisse also to mark that the right power to raise the dead yea to do all things according to his own wil is bestowed on the person of Christ by which praise his diuine maiesty is excellently beautified Moreouer hereof we gather that the world was created by him because to submit al things to himself belōgeth not but ōly to the creator Chapter .4 THerfore my Brethren beloued longed for my ioy my crowne so stand in the Lord my beloued 2 I exhort Euodia I exhort Syntiche that they be of one accord in the Lord. 3 Yea I beseech thee also faithfull yokefellowe helpe those women which labored with me in the Gospel with Clement with my other helpers whose names are in the booke of life THerfore Brethren He shutteth vp his exhortatiō with more vehemēt words than he was accustomed that he might the more déepely imprint it in mens minds And he insinuateth into their affections with swéete appellations whyche notwithstanding procéed not of flattery but of a sincere loue He calleth them his ioy and his crowne because he being glad that they gottē by his trauell did continue in the faith hoped for that triumph whereof we spake when the Lord shal crowne our déeds with his own happines Where he biddeth them so stand in the Lord he signifieth that he alloweth theyr estate although this word So might be referred to the former doctrine but that is more fit that by praising their present state he might exhort them to perseuerance indéed they had already shewed some token of their constancie yet Paule being priuie vnto mans weakenes thinke that they haue néede to be confirmed for the time afterward 2. I exhort Euodia Syntiche It is a common opinion receiued for the most part that Paule would quiet I knowe not what grudge betwéen these two women touching which matter although I would not contend yet the coniecture in the words of Paule is lighter than that it can perswade me that it was so It appeareth by the testimony which he giue thē that they were very wise women for he attributeth so much vnto them that he calleth them fellow laborers in the gospel therefore because in their agrement there was much moment in their discord greate danger he encourageth them peculiarly vnto concorde We must marke also that so oft as he speaketh of cōsent he addeth this band In the Lord. For without the Lord al agrement shal be accursed and there is nothing so disseuered whiche muste not in Christe againe be gathered togither Yea and I beseeche thee also faithfull yokefellow I wil not dispute of the sexe Therfore whither he speaketh to a man or to a woman I leaue it indifferent although the argument of Erasmus be too weake who gathereth therof that it was a woman because mention is here made of women as though he doth not immediately adde the name of Clement in the same cause but I cease from that disputation only I déeme that the wife of Paule is signified vnder this name They that affirme this do cite Clemēt and Ignatius for the authors of it if they did cite them truly I woulde not dispise suche men especially But séeing that counterfaite writings are brought forth by Eusebius and added by the vnlearned munkes they deserue but little credit with readers of sound iudgemēt Therfore let vs enquire of the matter without the preiudice of mē When Paule writ the firste Epistle to the Corinthians he reporteth that he then was vnmarried 1. Cor. 7.8 To them he saith that are vnmarried and to widowes I speake it is good if they continue euen as I am He wrote that epistle at Ephesus when he was ready to depart Not long after he came to Ierusalem where he was cast into prison and brought vnto Rome How vnfit a tyme was thys to marrye a wyfe whiche he spente partelye in hys iourney and partelye in bondes who seeth not Adde herevnto that he was then readye to endure bondes persecutions as he witnesseth in Luke Act. 21.13 Neyther am I ignorant what is wonte to bée obiected on the contrary parte namely that Paule being marriried did abstaine from the company of hys wife But the wordes sounde otherwyse for he wisheth that they which are vnmarried myght continue in his estate And what is hys estate but the state of singlenes Whereas they bryng in that Is it not lawfull for me to leade about a wife 1. Cor. 9.5 to proue that he had a wife it is too friuolous so that it néede no answere But now that we may grante that Paule was married whence had he a wife at Philippos the which Citie it is not read that he entered into aboue twise and where it is credible that he neuer abode two whole moneths To conclude there is nothing lesse agréeyng to the matter than to speake here of a wife no nor of any woman in my iudgement it is probable notwithstanding I leaue it to the readers iudgement The worde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whych Paule here vseth is in helping wise to apprehende embrace the same thing Whose names are in the booke of life The booke of life is the catalogue of the iust which are predestinate vnto life as in Moyses Exodus 33.32 This catalogue the Lorde kéepeth with himselfe Therefore the booke is nothing els but his eternall counsell determined in his brest For that sayth Ezechiell the writing of the house of Israel cap. 13.9 In the like respect it is said Psal 69.29 Let them be wiped out of the booke of the liuing and not be written among the righteous that is let them not be accounted among the elect of GOD whome he ascrybeth to hys Church and to the borders of his kingdome If any wil obiect that Paule therfore doth rashly who challenge vnto himselfe power to pronounce the secrets of God I answere that after a sort we may iudge by signes whereby God doth make his election manifest yet so much as our capacitie can beare Therfore in whomsoeuer we sée the notes of adoption to appeare let vs in the meane time accoūt them for the sonnes of God vntill the bookes shal be opened which shal altogither reueale al things It belōgeth only vnto god to knowe nowe those that are his and at length to separate the shéepe from the goats But it is our duty charitably to iudge al thē to be shéepe that obediently submit themselues vnto their pastor Christe who gather them selues into his shéepefold and there abide constantly It is our dutie so much to estéeme the gifts of the holy ghost which peculiarly he bestoweth vpon his elect that they may be to vs as it were seales of his hidden election 4 Reioyce in the Lord alwaie againe I say reioyce 5