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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

appeared healthfull to all men teaching vs that denying vngodlynes and worldly lustes ● to Tit. 2. vers 11. wee shoulde lyue soberly and righteously and godly in this present euyll worlde Let vs know therefore that there is nothinge more hurtfull pernitious then these kinde of men which of the grace of Christe doe take an occasion to liue wantonly and licentiously And because wee teach that wee are saued by the free mercy of God the Papists lay this to our charge as a greate faulte But what doth it preuaile with wordes to confute their shamelessnes sith euery where in all places we call earnestly vpon repentance the feare of God newnes of life They themselues doe not only corrupt marre that whole world by their euill examples wicked life but also take quite out of the world by their pestiferous and wicked doctrine true holines and the pure worshipping and seruing of God Mar. Lu● M. In deede they call them selues christians and brag much of the gospell but they liue such a kinde of life as they doe whatsoeuer pleaseth them sinning most wickedly and abhominably in dronkennes in lechery and all abhomination Their Bysshops and Prelates doe vaunte and say wee haue taken vpon vs not a worldly but a spirituall state and condition of life vnder which name false pretence Caluin they haue gotten great treasures pleasures and dignities although wee may rather thinke them to bee like the Lybertines of our time of whom Iudas speaketh as it shall more clearely appeare in the discourse hereof It followeth And God which is the only Lord Certaine old translations haue Christ which is the only God Lorde In the epistle of S. Peter mention is made onely of Christe and there hee is called Lord. For thus he writeth 2. Peter 2. vers 1. Euen denyinge the Lorde which hath boughte them ●g Mar. A. If any man thinke it better to reade it disiunctiuely or by it selfe then the sence will be Chiefly they deny God ● Pely●e L whom once they haue professed which is the only Lord of all things both in heauen and earth It followeth ●aluin And deny our Lord Iesus Christe C. Hee vnderstandeth Christe to be denyed when such as haue bene redeemed by his bloud haue geuen them selues againe to bee bondslaues to Satan makinge as much as in them lyeth the incōparable and inestimable benefite price of our redemption to be frustrate of none effect Therefore let vs remember that Christe dyed and rose againe for vs to the end he might make vs a peculiar people to him selfe that he might be Lord of our lyfe ●ug Mar. and death A. Agayne Christe is denied when wee derogate from him that which is his owne After which maner the Monks and such like deny Christ M. For when they preach that the way to eternall happinesse felicity Mar. Lut. is to fast to gad wander on pylgrimage to builde Churches and Monasteries to vowe chastity obedience pouerty and such like they plainely deceaue the simple and ignorante by their works but of Christe they make no mention at all which is as much as if they shoulde say it is very needeful and necessary for thee to deserue heauen by thy owne good workes Christe profiteth thee nothing his works cannot help thee and so they deny the Lorde who hath boughte vs with his bloude The Heretickes also that destroy eyther the humanity or deity of Christe are sayd to deny him as it may appeare in the 1. of Ihon 2. the 22. vers and in the same epistle the 4. chapter the 3. vers 5. My minde is therefore to put you in remembrance hereof The text● forasmuch as yee once know this how that the Lord after that he had deliuered the people out of Aegypte destroyed them which afterwarde beleeued not My mynde is therefore to put you in remēbrance B. He declareth by diuers examples Bullinger that it is not enough for vs to confesse that we are deliuered out of the Aegyptian bōdage that is out of Satans kingdome into the freedome glorious liberty of the gospell which wee enioy vnlesse our life bee answerable to the same L. And except wee perseuere continew in the grace of God whereunto wee are called L. Pelycane our deliuerance shal profit vs litle Bullinger B. By al which things he confuteth those seducers and exhorteth the saintes of God to expresse the fayth of Chryste by a lyfe worthy of Christe and to be helpers to others that they follow not the filthy examples of these seducers Caluin C. But he vseth a litle preface either for modesty sake to excuse himselfe that hee seeme not to teach them as being altogether ignorant of things vnknowne or els truely for some greater cause of earnestnes he confesseth that he bringeth vnto them no new thing or not heard of before that hee may winne thereby the more credit and authority in that which hee is about to speake Imlerus I. I suppose saith hee that it is not needefull for me to teach you sith you your selues are not ignorant Caluin C. Only I bring to your remembrances that which yee haue once learned L. Pelycane L least that which yee knowe slip out of your memories But as he geueth them knowledge to geue the more heede to be wary and circumspect so leaste they shoulde thinke the care that hee toke for them to bee superfluous hee saith that it was needefull for them to bee forewarned For this is not the vse of Gods worde only to learne those things whereof wee haue none experience but also that it may styrre vs vp to the earnest meditatinge of those thinges which we haue heretofore learned and may not suffer vs by any meanes to waxe dull and colde in knowledge A. After this maner Aug. M● doth Paule exhorte his sonne Tymothee saying Preach the worde bee instant in season out of season improoue rebuke exhort in all longe sufferinge and doctryne 2. Tymo Chap. 4. vers 2. C. But of all that hath bene hetherto spoken Caluin this is the summe after that wee are called of God wee must not securely brag and glory of his grace but rather walke warely in his feare because if any man doe dally and mocke with God after this sorte the cōtempt of his grace shall not escape vnpunished And this hee declareth by three examples That the Lord when hee had deliuered his people out of the land of Aegypt The first example is taken out of the seconde booke of Moses Bullinge B. Euen as God in time past brought the chyldren of Israëll out of the hard seruitude and bondage of Aegypt and led them through the middest of the red Sea and through the wyldernes into the lande of promyse euen so the very same God hath brought vs the Lord Chryste being our guyde captaine out of the