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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

purposed in Christ Iesu our Lord. Y●a I thy●ke all thinges but loste for that excellent knowledges sake of Christ Iesu our Lord. Whose gospell is preached among all creatures whiche are vnder heanen whereof I Paule am made a minister according to the ordinaunce of God whiche was geuen me vtno you warde to fulfyll the woorde of God that misterye hydde sence the worlde began and sence the beginninge of generations but nowe is opened vntoo his sainctes ●o whome God would haue knowen the gloryous riches of this misterye amonge the gentiles whiche riches is Christ in you the hope glorye whome we preache warninge all wenne in all wisedome and teachinge all men to make them perfecte in Christe Iesu. Wherein I also laboure and stryue euen as far foorthe as his workinge worketh in me mygh●elye That they might be comforted and knyt to gether in loue and in all ryches of full vnderstandinge ●or too knowe the mistery of God the father and of Christe in whome are hydde all the treasures of wysedome and knowledge This I saye leaste any man shoulde beguyle you with entysing words For though I be absent in the fleshe yet am I present with you in the spr●●e ioyinge and beholding the order that ye kepe and your stedfast fayth in Christ. Let the worde of Christe dwell in you plenteously in all wisedome Unghostly and vayne voyces passe ouer for thei shal e●crease vnto greater vngodlines and theyr woordes shall frete eue● as doeth a cancre of whose number is Hymeneus and Philetos whyche as concerninge the truthe haue erred sayinge that the resurrection is paste alreadye and doe destroye the fayth of dyuers personnes But the sure grounde of God remaynethe and hathe this seale the Lorde knoweth them that are his and let euery man that calleth on the name of Christe departe frome iniquity A● Iannes and Mambres withstode Moses ●uē so do these resist the truth menne they are of corrupte mindes and lewde as concerninge the fayth but they shall preuayle no longer For their madnes shal be vttered vnto all men as theyrs was But thou haste seene the experience of my doctrine But continue thou in th● thinges whych thou hast learned for all scripture geuen by inspyration of God is profitable to teache to improue to amende and to instructe in righteousnes that the manne of God maye be perfecte and prepared vnto all good works ¶ Of Obedience Capitu. 14. WE knowe that what soeuer the lawe sayeth he sayeth it to them which are vnder the lawe that all mouthes maye be stopped and all the world be subdued to God As by the synne or inobedience of one man condempnation came on al men euen so by the obedience of one shall manye be made righteous Remember ye not howe that to whom so euer ye exhibit and commit your selues as seruaunts to obey his seruauntes ye are to whome ye obey whether it b● o● sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto righteousnes God be thanked that thoughe ye were once the seruaunts of synne ye haue yet obeyed with hart vnto the forme of doctryne where vnto ye were deliuered Let euerye soule submit him selfe vnto the autority of the hier powers for ther is no power but of God The powers that be are ordained of God Who soeuer therfore resisteth power resysteth the ordinaunce of God And they that resist shall receaue to them self dampnation Wherefore ye must needes obey not for feare of vengeaunce onely but also because of ●onscience And euen for this cause pay ye tribute For they are Goddes ministers seruinge for the same purpose Youre obedience is knowen in all places Brethren ye knowe the house of Stephana Fortunatus and Achaicus howe that they are the first frutes of Achaia and that they haue appointed them selues and minyster vnto the sainctes I beseche you that ye be obediente vnto suche and too all that healpe and laboure Look● therfore that ye know them that are suche Titus in warde affection is nowe more abundaunte toward you when he remembreth the obedience of euerye one of you howe with feare and tremblinge ye receaued him O foolishe Galathians who hath be wytched you that ye shoulde not beleeue and obey the truthe before whose eyes Iesus Christ was described and amonge you crucified Ye did runne well who was a let to you that ye shoulde not obey the truthe Eu●n that counsayle that is not of him that called you A lyttle leuen doeth feruent the whole lompe of dowe Wherefore my dearely beloued as ye haue alwayes obeyed not when I was presente onelye but nowe muche more in myne absence Euen so c. For ye know and remember what commaundementes we gaue you in oure Lorde Iesu Christ. He therfore that despyseth theese despiseth not manne but God whiche hath sent and geuen hys holye spyrite amonge you Therfore brethern stande fast and keepe the traditions and ordinaunces whiche ye haue learned whether it were by our preachinge or by our Epistle We haue confidence thorowe the Lord to you warde that ye both do and wyll doe that whiche we commaunde you Yf any man obey not oure sayinges sende vs woorde of hym by a letter and haue no companye with hym that he maye be ashamed and coumpt him not as an enemye but warne him as a brother This commaundement commit I vnto the sonne Timothe accordinge to the prophesies which in time past were prophes●ed of the that thou in them shouldest fight a good fight hauing faith and good conscience whiche some haue put away from them and as concerninge fayth haue made shipwrake Of whose number is Hymeneus and Alexander which I haue delyuered vntoo Sathan that they might be taught not to blaspheme Such things commaund and teach Let no man contempne thy youth but be vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in conuersation in loue in spirite in fayth and in purenesse Priestes that rule wel are worthy of double honoure most speciallye they which laboure in worde and in teachinge For the scripture sayeth Thou shalt not mousell the mouthe of the oxe that treadeth out the corne And the labourer is worthye of hys rewarde I testifye b●fore God and the Lorde Iesus Christ and his elect Aungelles that thou obserue theese thinges withoute hasty iudgemente ●nd do nothinge parciallye I geue the charge in the sighte of God which quickeneth all thinges and before Iesus Ch●iste which vnder pontius pilate witnessed a good witnessinge that thou kepe the commaundement and be wythout spotte and vnrebukeable vntyl the appearinge in oure Lord Iesus Christ. There be manye disobediente and talkers of vanitye and dysceauers namelye they of the cyrcumcysion whose mouthes muste bee stopped whiche peruerte whole houses teachinge thinges whiche they oughte not because of fylthye lucre One beynge of them selues whyche was a poynte of theyr owne sayed The Cretaynes are alwayes lyars euill beastes and slowe

wrot vnto you with manye teares not to make you sorye but that ye mighte perceaue the loue which I haue most speciallye vnto you Ye are oure Epistle written in oure hartes whiche is vnderstande and reede of all men in that ye are knowen how that ye are the Epistle of Christ● ministred by vs and writ●en not with yncke but with the spirit of the liuing God not in tables of stone but in fleshely tables of the heart For the loue and charitye of Christ constrayned vs. vt su Behold now I am ready to come the thirde tyme vnto you and yet I wyll not be greuous vnto you For I seeke not youres but you I wyll verye gladly bestow and wyll be bestowed for your soules thoughe the more I loue you the lesse I am loued againe I am surelye certyfied of this that be whiche beganne a good worke in you shall goo foorth with it vntyll the day of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me so too iudge of you all because I haue you in my hart and in my bondes and in the defence and stablishmente of the gospel For god beareth me witnesse how greately I long after you all from the very hart rote in Iesus Christ. I truste in the Lorde Iesus for too sende Timothe shortelye vntoo you that I also maye be of good comfort when I know what case ye stand in For I haue no man that is so liuelye mynded to me whiche with so pure affection careth for youre matters for all other seeke their owne and not that whyche is Iesus Christes Ye knowe the prose of him how that as a sonne wyth the father so wyth me he bestowed his laboure vpon the gospell Him I hope to send as soont as I knowe how it wyl go with me I truste in the Lorde that I also my selfe shall come shortly It greueth me not to wryte all one thinge vnto you For vnto you it is necessarye I woulde ye knew what solicitude and care I haue for youre sakes and for them of Laodicia and for as manye as haue not s●ene my personne in the fleshe that they might be comforted Although I wrote vnto you I did i● n●t for his caus● that did hurte nether for hys cause that was hurt but that our good mynde which we haue towarde you in the sighte of God mighte appeare vnto you Euen as a nourse cherysheth her children so was oure affection towarde you oure good wyll was to haue dealte vnto you not the Gospell of God onelye but also oure owne soules because ye were deare vntoo vs. I thanke God whome I serue from myne elders wyth pure conscience that withoute ceasinge I make mention of the in my prayers nighte and daye desiringe to see the myndefull of thy teares so that I am filled with ioye when I call too remembraunce the vnfained faith that is in the whiche dwelte first in thy grandmother Lois and in thy mother Animica and I am sure that it dwelleth in the also Brynge Zenas the lawear and Apollos on their iourney dilygentelye that no●hinge be lackinge vnto them I for charities sake beseche the seinge thou arte as I am euen Paule aged and nowe in bondes for Iesus Christe sake I beseeche the for my sonne Onesymus whome I begatte in my bondes whiche in tyme passed was to the vnprofitable but nowe profitable both to the and also to me whome I haue sente ●ome agayne Thou therefore receaue him that is to saye mine owne bowels whome I would fayne haue retained with me that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bonds of the Gospell Neuerthelesse without thy mynde I would do nothing that the good which springeth of the shoulde not be as it were of necessity but wyllingely Happely he therefore departed for a season that thou shouldest receaue hym for euer not nowe as a seruaunte but aboue a seruaunte I meane a brother beloued speciallye to me but how much more vnto the both in the fleshe and also in the Lorde Yf thou count me ● felowe receaue hym as my selfe Yf hee haue hurte thee or owethe thee ought that lay to my charge I Paule haue wrytten it wyth myne ●ande I wyll recompence it So that I do not say to thee howe that thou ●west vnto me euen thine owne self Euen so brother let me enioye thee in the Lorde Comforte my bowels in Christe Moreouer prepare mee lodgynge for I truste throughe the helpe of your prayers I shall be geuen vnto you ¶ Of the humilitye pacience and persecutions of blessed Paul the Apostell Capitu 67. ANd last of all Christ was sene of me as of one that was borne oute of due tyme. For I am the least of all the Apostles whiche am not worthye to be called an Apostle because I persecutee the congregation of God But by the grace of God I am that I am and his grace which is in me was not in vaine but I labour●d more abundantlye then they all yet not I but the grace of God which is with me Whether it were I or they so we preache and so haue ye beleued I Paule my selfe besech you by the mekenes and so●ten●s of Christ whiche when I am pr●sente amonge you am of no reputa●ion but am bolde towarde you beinge absente I beseche you that I n●de not to be bolde when I am presente with the same confidence wherwith I am supposed to be bold against som which repute vs as tho●gh we walk●d carnallye For we dare not make our selues of y ● number of them or compare our selues too them whiche la●de th●m selues Neuerthel●sse whyle they measure them selues with them s●lues and compare them selues wyth them selues they vnderstand nought Other goo I about● to please men Yf I studyed to please men I were not the seruaunte of Christe Nor we were not as thoughe we entended to please men c. vt supra Capitu. 39. This is a true sayinge that Christ Iesus came in to this worlde to saue synners of whome I am cheefe c. For this cause haue I delectation in infirmities in rebukes in nede in persecutions in anguyshe for Christs sake For when I am weake ●hen am I stronge They are the ministers of Christe I speake lyke a foole I am more In laboures more abundaunte In strypes aboue measure In prysonne plentuouslye In deathe o●●e Of the Iewes fyue tymes receaued I euerye tyme fourtye strypes saue one Thryse was I beaten wyth roddes I was once stoned I su●fered thryse shipwrake N●ghte and daye haue I bene in the depe of the sea In ●orneing often In parele of waters In parelles of robbers In ieoperdyes of mine owne nation In ieoperdyes amonge the heathen I haue bene in parels in cityes in parels in wildernesse in parels in the sea in parels amonge false breethren in laboure and trauaile in watchinge often in hunger and thirst in fastinges often in