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B15167	A plaine exposition vpon the whole thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth chapters of the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romanes Wherein the text is diligently and methodically resolued, the sense giuen, and many doctrines thence gathered, are by liuely vses applied for the benefit of Gods children. Performed with much varietie, and conuenient breuitie, by Elnathan Parr Bachelor in Diuinity, and preacher of Gods word. To which is prefixed an alphabeticall table, containing the chiefe points and doctrines handled in the booke.	Parr, Elnathan, d. 1622.	1622 (1622)	STC 19321; ESTC S114077	263,450	369

corruption of our hearts and our reprobatenesse vnto that which is good Pray that thou maist profit vnto godlinesse by the word Sacraments Iudgements of God which is a signe thou hast the Spirit dwelling in thee Pray for that Spirit For thy heauenly Father will giue the holy Spirit to them which aske him Luke 11.13 VERSE 19. So that from Hierusalem and round about vnto Illyricum I haue sully preached the Gospell of Christ 20. Yea so haue I striuen to preach the Gospell not where Christ was named lest I should build vpon another mans foundation 21. But as it is written To whom he was not spoken of they shall see and they that haue not heard shall vnderstand IN these words are the two other things set downe concerning Pauls bringing the Gentiles to obedience namely his trauell about it and his earnest desire to doe Christ seruice therein The first in the 19. verse the other in the 20. and 21. verses In the first we haue the Execution of his office and the Place The execution of his office preaching the Gospell of Christ set forth by the manner fully Fully preached The word in the Greeke signifies to fulfill Some thinke that Paul vseth a Metaphor Tolet. in which hee should compare the Gospell to a net which Paul hath filled with the Gentiles Some expound Luther I haue filled all places with the Gospell Some Caluin I haue supplyed that which was lacking carrying the Gospell of Christ farre off which was neer-hand preached by others But the best is that is here translated fully preached that is fully discharged the duty of an Apostle as Archippus is wished to fulfill his ministery Coloss 4.18 which Paul by another word somewhere * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Acts 20.24 calleth finishing his ministery and declaring the whole councell of God a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Acts 20.27 The place is set downe by the two termini or vttermost bounds of his trauell Hierusalem and Illyricum and the medium or middle places betweene round about not by a right line but circlewise Hierusalem a Citie of Iudea in the East Illyricum a country westward from Hierusalem hauing on the North Hungary on the West Istria a part of Italy on the South the Adriatickesea it is now called Sclauonia Danubius the greatest riuer in Europe entring into Illyricum receiueth into it 60. Riuers and is thenceforth called Ister S. Hierom was borne in this country in a towne called Strido though the Italians contend this towne to be in Istria From Hierusalem to Illyricum by a right line is about 1000. miles but Paul trauelled not so for it had not beene difficult so to haue done in a short time both Iury Illyricum being scituated vpon the Sea he began at Hierusalem though his first Sermon were preached at Damascus from whence he went into Arabia and so to Damascus againe and then to Hierusalem then to Syria Phaenicia Cilicia Pamphilia Licia to Phrygia Pisidia to Galatia Bithinia Cappadocia and many other Countries Northward from Hierusalem many hundred miles thence Westward into Greece and so through Macedonia and Achaia to Illyricum and this not once onely but diuers times returning to the same places So that that was fulfilled which Christ spake vnto him being in a traunce at Hierusalem I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles Act. 22.21 The horses which Habakkuk speaketh of Habak 3.15 Thou diddest walke through the sea with thine horses Hicrom there expounds of the Apostles which carried Christ Psal 45.4 riding prosperously to the Gentiles and among all the Apostles he saith that Paul is that white horse in the 19. of the Reuelation I thinke hee might rather haue said Reu. 6.2 Hierom also cals Paul the Arrow of God Hieron tom 3. in expos Psal 45. ad prin●ipiam virg applying to him that of Psal 127.4 As arrowes in the hand of a mighty man S. Chrysostome compares him to the Sunne so speedily and powerfully did hee illustrate the whole world almost with the Gospell of Christ Moses and Aaron conuerted not one country namely Aegypt with their signes and wonders but Paul many Cities and Countries sauing innumerable soules The second which is Pauls earnest desire is in the 20. and 21. verses where we may consider two things 1. The intention of his desire 2. The obiect of it The intention is notably expressed in the Greeke word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies a high ambition to preach the Gospell that which he did he was ambitious to doe The obiect to preach the Gospell set forth by the condition of the place where which is set downe negatiuely and affirmatiuely The negatiue not where Christ was named and preached before declared by a reason lest he should build on another mans foundation not that it was vnlawfull for him so to doe but because it was proper to Apostles to lay foundations of Churches hee would not enter vpon other mens labours and so deriue the glory due to them to himselfe Where Christ was already knowne there was not so much need of him and therefore he applied him to such places where he was not knowne that hee might enlarge his kingdome and saue the moe not vnlike our Master who left the ninety nine sheepe in the wildernesse and seeketh the lost one The affirmatiue but where Christ is not named which he deliuereth in the words of Esay the Prophet Esay 52.15 To whom hee was not spoken of they shall see c. Paul greatly and with earnest desire laboureth in preaching the Gospell as appeareth in the booke of the Acts. Ministers of the word must earnestly labour in discharging their office Doctr. Mat. 9.38 Ministers are called Haruest labourers 2 Tim. 4.5 They must watch they must suffer they must worke that they may make their ministery fully knowne For preuention Vse 1 Pauls trauell from place to place is not to be followed of ordinary Ministers In a Church planted a rouing and vagrant Ministery is vncomely It was said to the Apostles Act. 1.8 yee shall be witnesses to me both in Hierusalem and in all Iudea and in Samaria and to the vttermost part of the earth Tit. 1.5 but Titus must ordaine Elders in euery City 1 Pet. 5.2 and to vs it is said Feed the flocke which is among you Pastor is a word of relation to a flocke so that no flock no Pastor properly Minister is a tearme of action and requires a place for lawfull imployment Booke of Constit Can. 33. Therefore it is well prouided in our Church against making Deacons or Priests which haue not first some certaine place where to vse their function though there be Titular Bishops at Rome yet we are not to reckon of the Ministery as of a title onely Those therefore which haue no station are to be accused for we are to be as starres fixed in our seuerall orbs those also which hauing a

Caietanus in locum when a man doing good is persecuted this commeth to passe non ex natura operum sed ex abusu potestatis Not of the nature of the workes but by the abuse of the power The Vse is for Magistrates and Subiects Vse For Magistrates 1. They are the Ministers of God therefore let them take heed what they doe for they iudge not for man but for the Lord who is with them in the iudgement let them feare the Lord and take heed for there is no iniquity with the Lord nor respect of persons nor taking of gifts as said King Iehoshaphat to his Iudges c 2. Chron. 19.6.7 as also our good Iehoshaphat to this purpose admonisheth the reuerend Iudges before the riding of their Circuits 2. Let good Magistrates bee comforted many troubles accompany gouernment and the due execution of Iustice many slaundrous speeches of euill men but Magistrates are Gods seruants and he will beare them out and reward them 3. Magistrates must remember that they are aduanced for the good of subiects not for the honour onely of their persons and families nor at all that they should be licentious without controulment as Nero Tiberius Caligula c. Magistrates differ from the rest of the people not by Impunity but by vertue and equity and are to respect the vtility of the people not their lust It was the word of Aelius Adrianus who succeeded Troiane in the Empire of Rome Non mihi sed populo signifying that which he often was heard to say Ita se Rempublicam gesturum vt seiret rem populi esse non suā that is that he would so gouerne the Commonwealth as knowing it was the wealth of the people not his owne The principall ayme of Kings Princes and Magistrates must be the good of them which obey them and therefore they are called Benefactors d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luke 22.25 and indeed a good King or Magistrate is a Benefactor and mans greatest friend vpon earth e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Now the Magistrate procureth the good of subiects three wayes 1. By establishing and maintaining true Religion A State without the true Religion is like a City without wals or a house without a foundation and stories record infinit euils to haue betide Kingdomes for the neglect of true Religion Kings are to be nursing Fathers of the Church and of Religion Such of old were Dauid Ezechias Iosias Constantine Theodosius such of late was our famous Elizabeth such a one now is blessed be our God our most Noble King Iames the tenderest Father of the true Church and the greatest defender of the faith vpon earth 2. By hearing the cries of the poore receiuing their petitions and redressing their wrongs So did Dauid so did Salomon so doth King Iames I thinke neuer any King more neuer pretending want of leisure as sometimes Antipater in matters of this kind 3. By seeing to the making of good lawes and their execution Populi salus suprema lex Law is the chiefe safety of the people But what are good lawes if not duly executed and without respect of persons we haue good Lawes against drunkennesse and yet for want of due execution through the negligence doubtlesse of inferiour magistrates it daily encreaseth to the great damage of the Commonwealth The not executing of good lawes vprightly is an intolerable iniury to the supreme Magistrate for from hence is many times the alienation of the subiects from their Prince This caused many to depart from Saul to Dauid 1. Sam. 22.2 and this was the pretended ground of Absolons rebellion and this alledged as the cause of the deposition of Richard the second Most worthy therefore are all Iudges Iustices and subordinate Magistrates of most seuere punishment which shall through negligence corruption fauour hatred c. wrong the Maiesty of the supreame Magistrate the authority of good lawes and the safety of the common people As it is a damned thing for a Physitian to be corrupted to destroy his patient whom he hath vndertaken to restore to health so for a Iudge or Iustice any way to peruert iustice and not duly to execute good lawes Cambyses caused such a Iudge to be slaine e Herodot l 5. Valer. Max. l 6. c. 3. For Subiects 1. To reuerence loue and pray for their Gouernours as for the ministers of God sent for their good 2. To obey the Lawes vnto which here are two motiues First obedience bringeth praise of thy fellow Citizens of the Magistrate of God Secondly such obedience is called doing good whom then doth it better become then such as glory to be accounted professors of the Gospell But in what degree a good worke euen in the highest of the second Table in which obedience to Magistrates is in the first place commanded and Saint Paul wisheth Titus to put the people in remembrance that they be subiect to Magistrates and obedient and ready to euery good worke f Tit. 3.1 as if there were no good workes to be expected from him that obeieth not the Rulers I wish such seriously and in the feare of God to consider hereof who resist and oppose the lawes and constitutions of the Magistrate in certaine matters of order in the holy seruice both refusing to obey and making a sleight matter of such disobedience though it pertaine to one of the highest transgressions of the second Table VERSE 4. But if thou doe that which is euill be afraid For he beareth not the sword in vaine For he is the Minister of God a reuenger to execute wrath vpon him that doth euill IN these words the Apostle by a like figure as before sheweth that Magistrates are a terrour to cuill workes as he hath shewed the Magistrate to be amiable to the good and that they may reioyce in him so here he maketh him terrible to the wicked that such as will not doe well for the loue of vertue may by feare of punishment be kept in awe Here are two things a Proposition He that doth ill hath iust cause to feare a Reason from his power and authority He beareth not the sword in vaine and this is set forth by the Author of his power which is God Hee is the Minister of God and by the end wherefore he receiueth such power in regard of the wicked To execute vengeance or wrath vpon him that doth euill If thou doe that which is euill Morall euill or Ciuill contrary to the Decalogue or particular positiue lawes and Canons of the Church or Commonwealth or place where thou liuest which Lawes and Canons to be the same in all places and Countries is not necessary He beareth not the sword in vaine There is a twofold sword of the Word in the mouth of the Minister by admonition suspension excommunication and of iustice in the hand of the Magistrate which is here meant and here are two figures 1. a Metonymie of the signe for the thing signified the sword for authority