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A06987	A Catholike and ecclesiasticall exposition vppon the epistle of S. Iude the apostle collected and gathered out of the workes of the best writers by Augustine Marlorat ... ; translated out of Latin into Englishe ... by I.D. mynister.	Marlorat, Augustin, 1506-1562.; I. D.	1584 (1584)	STC 17406.5; ESTC S4778	35,894	86

hee had exhorted the faythfull to saue that which was lost to the intent that hee may make them better vnderstand that all their indeuours and laboures are in vayne except God bee the worker hee sheweth that they cannot otherwise bee saued but by the powre of God Howbeit in this later member the greeke worde is otherwyse namely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifieth a garding or keeping So hee should haue a respect to the first member when hee saith keepe your selues It followeth And to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glory A. Paule saith Aug. Mar. that God hath chosen vs before the foundation of the world was layde that wee should bee holy and without blame before him through loue Ephesians the firste Chapter verse the fourth But wee can neuer bee founde to bee such vnlesse God him selfe doe bring it to passe in vs. It followeth Wyth ioy I. Heere the faythfull ought to bee of good courage to perseuere in well doing to the ende L. Pelycane As if hee should say you haue great cause to reioyce and to bee glad for the comming of our Lord Iesus Chryste when other that seeme heere to liue deliciously in sinne for a season shall mourne lament True ioy the ioy that euery good christian man ought to haue hath alwayes faith annexed and ioyned with it according to this saying of Peter whom yee haue not seene meaninge Chryste and yet loue him in whom euen nowe though yee see him not yet doe you beleeue him reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and glorious receauing the ende of your faith euen the saluation of your soules The first epistle of Peter the first Chapter verse the eyght Here the godly beginne their ioy but when Chryste commeth to his last iudgement then it shall bee fully perfected and completed 25. To God our sauiour which only is wise The texte bee glory and maiesty and dominion and powre nowe and euer Amen To God our sauiour which onely is wise C. All creatures doe giue all the prayse and glory of all wysedome knowledge Caluin as most proper and peculiar to God alone see the sixeteenth chapter to the Romaines verse twenti-seuenth Aug Mar. To God our sauiour A. Wee haue declared before in the twenty-fourth verse and proued out of the scriptures that God alone is both the author and finisher of our saluation It followeth Bee glory maiesty and dominion and powre now and euer As wisedome so also to God only hee ascribeth all glory according to S. Paule saying in the first to Tymothe the first Chapter the 17. verse To the king euerlasting immortall inuisible vnto God onely wise bee honor and glory for euer and euer Amen And Dauid in his 104. Psalme the 31. verse The gloryous maiesty of the Lorde shall indure for euer the Lord shall reioyce in his workes It followeth Now and for euer Although the name of God bee continually prophaned and blasphemed of the wicked yet the godly doe euen now celebrate and set forth the glory and maiesty of the same which is a sacrifice most acceptable vnto our God as hee him selfe witnesseth by his prophet Dauid in the 50. Psalme the 23. verse Who so offereth mee thankes praise hee honoreth mee and to him that ordereth his conuersation a ryghte him wyll I shewe the saluation of God This word Amen as it is vsuall and familiar both with Christe our Sauiour him selfe with his Apostles with all the holy men of God so it confirmeth signeth and sealeth vp as it were whatsoeuer thinges haue beene wrytten or spoken by the saintes and holy men of God inspired wyth the holy-ghost so that wee neede not doubt of their faith truth and verity but cleaue contynually and sticke fast vnto them The which thinge that wee may doe God the Father of heauen graūt vnto vs who hath vouchedsafed to call vs into the fellowship of his sonne Iesus Christe B. To whom bee praise Bulling confession and thankes giuing worlde without ende Amen Soli Deo honor gloria Amen

bearers to the truth whom they vexe persecute but to their owne destruction ● Luth. M. They impute vnto vs that we are mouers of sedition when wee exclaime and inueighe against their most wicked and corrupt manners and their peruerse doctrine when as it is they themselues that rayse vp tumultes Christe is our Aaron and high priest whom alone wee all ought to heare and to acknowledge him to bee the Bysshop and high priest of holy thinges but the Pope his Byshops and Cardinalles will none of that For they doe wonderfully extoll and magnifie them selues they challenge to them selues all impery rule and power and as for Christe and the honor due vnto him they make smale accompte thereof they spoyle him of all together B. But they shall vnderstand and feele one day with whom they haue kept all this bitter cōtention when with the Corytes Bullin● they shall receaue condigne punishment M. Lut. M nay but God hath euen now already punyshed thē that the earth hath swallowed them vp and ouerwhelmed them that is they are altogether earthly and as it were drowned nad buried in sensuality and all kinde of volupteousnes and pleasure that are nothinge els but euen the very worlde it selfe 12. The text● These are spottes in your feastes of charity when they feaste with you without all feare feedinge them selues cloudes they are without water carried about of wyndes trees withered at fruite gathering and without fruite twise deade plucked vp by the rootes These are spottes in your feastes B. Hyther to by examples he hath depainted forth in liuely colours these deceauers and seducers Bullinger Now the very same deceauers he setteth forth againe by moste euident and liuely coloures of similitudes But before hee bringeth forth these parables or similitudes hee warneth vs aforehande that such deceauers are spottes in your feast of Charity ●uin C. For this greeke worde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth a banquet or feast which the faithfull are wonte to keepe among them selues for no other cause but to testifie and declare thereby the vnity and agreement that ought to bee among brethren But these wicked and vngodly seducers saith he defiled and polluted these feastes with their vngodly and vnciuile behauiour feedinge them selues afterwarde with banquet after banquet most dissolutely and beyonde all measure In the feasts of the godly there was moderation and honest behauiour frugality and tēperance And therefore they thought it vnseemely and vnlawfull to admit into their company any wicked and vngodly persons who make a God of their belly Touchinge the brotherly meetings of the godly at their feastes Tertullian in his Apologitico the 30. Chapter doth very trimly describe and set forth See Peter also in his second epistle the second Chapter verse thirteenth It followeth When they feaste with you without all feare feeding them selues L. That is to say L. Pelycane Caluin when you fast they feaste geuing them selues to royetousnes and gluttony C. Some bookes haue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is feasting together with you If you like it better to reade it so then the sence is that they are not onely shamelesse but also burdenous and troublesome as they that would stuffe and fill their panches vpon the common cost and charges of the Church But Peter wryteth somewhat otherwise That they delight in their deceauings 2. Pet. 2. vers 13. and eate with the company of the faythfull As if hee shoulde say yee bee not well aduised to feede and to nourishe such hurtfull beastes and venemous serpentes yea twice foolyshe to fulfill their ryotousnesse and wastfull spending And I would to God there were at this day more discretion and aduised iudgement in the good and godly men who while they shew them selues fauourable and ouer gentle to the wicked bring great hurte and damage to the whole church B. This also might well bee applyed to idle monkes and such like Bullinge For the only and chiefest care that they had was to feede to pamper vp themselues they are nothing els but spots corruption infamy and a burden to the church whereof they ought to bee the greatest ornaments lightes and pyllers It followeth Without all feare feeding themselues A. That is to say carelesly impudently A. Marl● without any reuerence eyther of God or of his church Cloudes they are wythout water C. The two similitudes that are in Peter hee gathereth into one ●uin and yet of one and the selfe same sence and meaninge For both of them doe often times touch their vayne ostentation and bragging For when these varlets make a shew of many fayre promises outwardly inwardly they become barren and fruitlesse Euen as the cloudes tost carried aboute with great windes and tempests doe make a shew and hope of much rayne sodainely doe vanishe to nothinge so these deceauers make great boast but litle roste great promises outwardly but nothinge so inwardly Peter addeth the similitude of Wells dry and without water But Iudas gathereth together many Metaphors to one and the selfe same ende It followeth Trees wythered at fruite gatheringe and without fruite I. They are like also vnto trees that lose their leaues at haruest time ●mserus that wyther a way and bring forth no fruite So these deceauers are naughty and deade trees that must bee mored and plucked vp by the rootes if they bringe forth no fruyte Aug. Mar. A. Some doe turne it rotten trees that is which bringe forth no fruite but such as is corrupte and wythered ●lling Twyce deade B. Besides this they lyue a lyfe not aunswerable to the euangelycall doctrine drawinge others also with them both with their wicked doctrine and euill example to destruction It followeth And plucked vp by the rootes That is they are like vnto trees plucked vp by the rootes beinge past all hope of sprynginge and sproutinge agayne howsoeuer the leaues appeare outwardely yet wythin they haue neyther Sappe nor Iuyce 13. They are the raging waues of the Sea The te● foming out their owne shame they are wādring starres to whom is reserued the mist of darknes for euer They are the raging waues of the Sea B. Furthermore Bullin● hee lykeneth them to the raging Sea lyfting and casting vp their waues on hygh Caluin C. Euen so these deceauers pufte vppe with pryde doe nought else but blowe and pufe out their swellinge and prowde wordes of hautynesse and vanityes sauouring nothinge at all of the spirite whereby they cast men into a brutishe kynde of amazednesse and astonyshmente Bullin● B. For as the water of the Sea the more that it is troubled and tossed with sharp stormes and cruell tempestes of wynde and weather the more filth and froth it gathereth and fometh so these wicked seducers the more outcries they make and stirre vp seditious tumults the more they make manifest to all men their shamelessenes infamy ●uin C. The