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A13863 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. Traheron, Bartholomew, 1510?-1558? 1557 (1557) STC 24168.5; ESTC S2370 60,439 164

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accomplisshed al thinges that pertaine to Goddes spiritual kingdome bringinge perfecte forgiuenes of sinnes perfirminge indede al that was shadowed and figured in Moses law Other teache that ful of grace and veritee is as much to saie as most amiable and ful of true vertues And they verie lernedly shew how these two wordes chen and aemeth ar takē in the scripture Chen which worde to vs soundeth grace is taken for fauor as whā Abraham saieth to God im mat sathi chen if I haue found grace in thy sight it is asmuch to saie as if thou fauor loue me And Salomon saieth shaeker hachen that is grace is deceaueable whereby he meaneth amiablenes what so euer winneth vs fauor in mēnes eyes Aemeth signifieth some times sincerite vnfainednes some times large bountefulnes liberalitee some times certaintie surenes firme cōstant abidinge In the first significatiō that is for simple sincere vncōtrefaite dealinge kinge Ezechias vseth it in the 36. of Esaie Remēbre lord that I haue walked before the be aemeth in truth in a perfecte herte In the secōde significatiō we haue it in Genesis if it please you to shew boūtifulnes truth towardes my master In the third Ezechias vseth it againe The lordes word is good only lette there be peace truth in my daies By truth he vndrestādeth a firme assured state of the kingdō And this much for this time Giue god the praise ¶ The Sixte READINGE THe Euāgelist hauīge breifely sobrely spokē of the Godhead of the lorde Iesus as the excedinge highnes incomprehēsible maiestie of the matter required made mētion forth with of Iohan Baptiste the most notable man in dede for singular holines and so than taken also that euer was in that nation where yet had bē soundrie so plentiously furnished with Goddes spirite as in al the worlde the like were neuer seē This most excellēt man Iohan Baptiste the Euangelist brought in as a witnes of the true light of the foūtaine of al light of that light that lightneth al mē ether with general light whereby the reprobate know there is a God to their iust damnation or with special light whereby the chosen know God more fully and perfectly to their iustification and saluation This tru and aeternal light that shineth of it selfe and boroweth not of other is the lord Iesus to whom the Euangelist sheweth vs that the wōdre of the world Io. Baptist a verie phenix amōge mē rēdred notable witnesse But what his witnes was and with what wordes vttered he hath not heretofore tolde vs but in the wordes that folow repetinge his purpose left for a while he teacheth vs fully And the summe and meaninge of the wordes which he now setteth forth is this that the lorde Iessus though he iogned vnto him mannes nature in time yet he is aeternal before al time without beginninge and the verie autor maker prince of al mē high and low and the true foūtaine of al goodnes righteousnes and holines and of al the benefites and graces that at anie time haue ben giuen to mē sithens the beginninge of the world or shal be giuen hereafter to the ende of the world Finally that he is of Goddes most priuie coūsel and that al the knowlege of God that euer anie mā had what so euer that man was proceded was deriued from him This is the summe of the testimonie of Io. Bap. and these be the wordes of the Euangelist declaringe first the maner of Io. witnessinge which foloweth streight after Ioanne witnesseth Io. was vndoubtedly by the confession of al men euē of his aduersaries a man of rare vprightnes of life of excedinge great grauitee and mālie cōstantie so for from flatterie mē pleasinge that nether honor and courtely pleasaūt intertainemēt nor the face of a cruel tyraunt nor most painful emprisonmēt nor the presence of horrible death cold moue him to forbeare to speake the truth at al times The testimonie therefore of such a mā ought wel to be herkēned vnto to haue singular force and most certaine credite amonge vs. Witnesseth Io. office was not only to propoune sette forth to the hearinge of mē the diuinitee of Godes sonne but also to testifie the same to affirme it by legitime lawful testimonie beinge duly called to the office of a witnes Chrysosto notheth that the Euangelist vseth a verbe of the present time and thincketh that thereby he teacheth that Io. witnes hath cōtinual force and shuld moue vs no lesse now thā whā it was first vttered And cried This worde aunciant writters do wel note And partly they teach that thereby an allusion is made and a regarde had to the wordes of the prophete Esaie the voice of one criynge in the wildernes ▪ partly thei saie that thereby is sett forth the plaine mālie bolde behauior of Io. in witnessinge the truth For he vttered not the matter with a soft faint tremblinge waueringe darcke and doubteful voice that few might heare it and vnderstande it but he cried with an assured minde with great confidence and boldnes with an ernest Zeale desiringe that his voice might clearely sounde to the eares of al men Such shuld al the witnesses of goddes truth be no whisperers no dreaners no faint darcke speakers but criers For this cause also it is necessarie for Goddes ministers to crie bicause mē be not only dul slow but for the most parte deafe to heare the truth This is he Other prophetes painted forth spake a sore hād of one that shuld be the kinge saueor of Goddes people but none cold point him forth as it were with the finger saie this is he let not your mindes be caried hither and thither muse no more doubte no more where he is or who he is by whom ye shal obteine a quiet and blisful state for here he is and this is verie he In this point Iohā Baptist excelleth al other prophetes that were before him For our mindes ar not staied and quieted in the name of a saueor vntil we know certaīly who it is Of whom I spake Hereby we vndrestande that Iohan had before made manie sermons of the Lorde Iesus and that the ende of al his preachinge was to bringe men to him And this shuld be the ende of the preachinge and teachinge of al other He that cōmeth after me In these wordes he teacheth vs the aeternitee of the lorde Iesus his diuine nature god head For he saieth he that came after me was before me But touchinge the humanitee of the lord Iesus he was not before Iohā but after him Touchinge also the office of preachinge Iohā was before the lord Iesus Howbeit touchinge his diuine nature it is truly said that the lord Iesus was before Iohā For Iohā was not in the beginninge with God Goddes worde Goddes brightnes Goddes sonne verie God Touchinge this nature the lorde him selfe saieth before