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A09181	A frutefull booke of the comon places of all S. Pauls Epistles right necessarye for all sortes of people, but especially for those of the ministerye dyligentelye sette foorthe by Thomas Paniell. Anno. 1562; Bible. N.T. Epistles. English. Selections.	Paynell, Thomas.	1562 (1562)	STC 19492; ESTC S114192	128,237	388

Cherubins of glorye shadowing the seate of grace of whiche thinges we wyll not now speake particularlye ¶ Of the churche Capitu 38. THat Ierusalem whyche is aboue is free which is the mother of vs al. For it is written Reioyce thou baren that bearest no childrē Breake foorth and cry thou that trauailest not For the desolate hathe manye mo children then she which hath an husbande Christ is the heade of the congregation and the same is the sauioure of the bodye and the congregation is in su●i●ction to Christe the whyche loued the congregation and gaue him selfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the ●ountayne of water thorowe the worde of lyfe to make it vnto him a gloryous congregation withoute spo●te or wryncle or anye suche thinge but that i● shuld be immaculate and holy For no man euer yet hated his owne fleshe but nourisheth and chearyseth it euen as the Lorde doth the congregation for we are m●mbers of hys bodye of hys flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and shal continue with his wife and two shall be made one flesh Thys is a greate secrete and sacramente but I speake be●weene Christe and the congregation These thinges write I vntoo thee trus●inge to ●ome shor●ly vn●o ●hee but and if I tarye longe that then thou mayest yet haue knowledge how thou oughtest to behaue thy self in the house of God which is the congregation of the lyuinge God thy pyller and ground of truth And Moses verelye was faithfull in al his house as a minister to beare witnes of those thinges which shuld be spoken afterwarde But Christe as a sonne hathe rule ouer the house whose house are we Ye are the temple of the lyuinge God● vt sup Capi. 23. For ye are not come vntoo the mounte that can be touched and vnto burninge fire nor yet to myst and dar●ken●sse and tempest of wether neither vnto the sound of a troumpe and the voice of words Which voice they that hearde it wyshed awaye that the communication shoulde not bee spoken too them for they were not able to abyde that whiche was spoken Yf a beast hadde touched the mountayne it must haue bene stoned or thruste throughe wyth a darte euen so terrible was the sight which appeared Moses said I fear I quake But ye are come vnto the mount Sion and too the citye of the lyuinge God the ●c●estiall Ierusalem and to an innumerable sight of Aungels and vnto the congregation of the first borne sonnes which are written in heauen and to God the iudge of all and to the sprites of iust and perfecte menne and to Iesus the mediator of the newe Testamente and to the sprincklinge of bloude that speaketh better then the bloude of Abell Wherefore if we receaue a kingdom which is not moued we haue grace whereby we maye serue God and please him with reu●rence and Godlye feare ¶ Of the efficacitye and argumentes of ●he preachinge of the Euang●licall lawe and of the miracles of blessed saynt Paule the Apostle Capitu 39. I woulde that ye shoulde knowe brethen howe that I haue often times purposed to come vnto you but haue bene let hytherto to haue some frute amonge you as I haue amonge other of the gentiles For I am detter both to the Grekes and to them that are no grekes vnto the learned and also vntoo the vnlearned Likewise as much as in me is I am ready to preache the gospel to you at Rome also Neuer●helesse breethren I haue somewhat bol●lye written vnto you as one that putteth you in remembraunce thorowe the grace that is geuen me of God that I shoulde be the minister of Iesu Christe amonge the gen●●les and sanctify the gladde ●idinges of God that the gentyles might be an acceptable offering sanctify●d by the holy ghost I haue therfore wherof I may reioyce in Christ I●su in the thinges which pertayne to God For I dare not speake of any of these thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the gentiles obedieute with worde and dede in mightye sygnes and wonders by the power of the spirit of God so that from Ierusalem and the cos●es round about vnto I●liricum I haue fylled all cuntreys with the glad tidings of Christ. So haue I enforced my self to preach the gospell not where Christ was named least I shuld ●aue built on an other mans foundation But as it is written To whome he was not spoken of they shall see and they y ● hard not shal vnderstand For this cause I haue ben oft let to come vnto you but nowe seing I haue no more to do in these cuntres also haue ben desirous manye yeares to come vnto you whē I shall take my iorney in to Spain I wyll come to you I truste to see you in my iorney to be brought on my way thither ward bi you after y t I haue somwhat enioyed you now go I vnto Ierusalem minister vnto y e saints whē I ●aue performed this haue brought them this frute sealed I wil come backe again bi you in to Spaine And I am sure when I come that I shall come with aboundaunce of the blessinge of the gospell of Christe And I brethren when I came to you came not in gloryousenesse of wordes or of wysedome shewynge vnto you the testimonye of God Nether shewed I my selfe that I knewe anye thinge amonge you saue Iesus Christe euen the same that was crucified And my wordes and my preachinge was not with entising words of mannes wisdome but in shewing of the spirite and of power that your fayth shoulde not stande in the wisedome of menne but in the power of God We are Goddes labourers ye are Goddes husbandrye ye are Goddes buyldinge accordinge to the grace of God geuen vntoo me as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundation and an other builte theron Am I not free Am I not Apostle Haue I not seene Iesus Christe our Lorde Are ye not my worke in the Lorde Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other yet I am vnto you For the seale of mine Apostleshippe are ye in the Lord. Brethren as pertayninge to the gospell whiche I preached vnto you whiche ye haue also accepted and in the which ye continue by the which also ye are saued I doe you to wytte after what manner I preached vnto you if ye kepe it excepte ye haue beleued in vayne Thankes be vnto God Which alwayes geuethe vs the vyctorye in Christ and opened the sauer of hys knowledge by vs in euery place For we are vnto God the sweete sauoure of Christe bothe amonge them that are saued and also amonge them which pearishe To the one parte are we the sauoure of deathe vnto death And vnto the other parte are we the sauoure of lyfe vnto lyfe And who is mete vnto these thinges For we are not as manye are which choppe