our Lord ād our God euen the Father which hathe loued vs and hathe giuen vs euerlasting consolacion and good hope through grace 17 Comforte your hearts and stablish you in euerie worde and good worke CHAP. III. 1 He desireth them to pray for him that the Gospel may prosper 6 And geueth thē warning to reproue the ydle 16 And so wisheth them all wealth 1 FVrthermore brethren * pray for vs that the worde of the Lord may haue fre passage and be glorified euen as it is with you 2 And that we may be deliuered from vnreasonable and euill men for all men haue not faith 3 But the Lorde is faithful whiche wil stablish you and kepe you from euil 4 And we are persuaded of you through the Lord that ye bothe do and wil do the things whiche we commande you 5 And the Lord guide your hearts to the loue of God and the weatyng for of Christ. 6 We commande you brethren in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ that ye withdrawe your selues frō euerie brother that walketh inordinately and not after the instruction whiche he receiued of vs. 7 For ye your selues knowe * how ye ought to folowe vs * for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you 8 Nether toke we pread of anie mā for noght but we wroght with labour trauaile night and day because we wolde not be chargeable to anie of you 9 Not but that we had autoritie * but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. 10 For euen when we were with you this we warned you of that if there were anie whiche wold not worke that he shuld not eat 11 For we heard that there are some whiche walke among you inordinately and worke not at all but are busie bodies 12 Therefore them that are suche we commande and exhorte by our Lord Iesus Christ that thei worke with quietnes and eat their owne bread 13 * And ye brethrē be not wearie ī wel doing 14 If anie man obey not our sayings note hym by a lettre * and haue no companie with him that he maie be ashamed 15 Yet count him not as an enemie but admo nish him as a brother 16 Now the Lord of peace giue you peace alwaies by all meanes The Lord be with you all 17 The salutation of me Paul with mine owne hand which is the token in euerie Epistle so I write 18 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with you all Amen The seconde Epistle to the Thessalonians written from Athens THE FIRST EPISTLE of Paul to Timotheus THE ARGVMENT IN writing this Epistle Paul semed not onely to haue respect to teache Timotheus but chiefly to kepe other in awe which wolde haue rebelled against him because of his youth And therefore he doeth arme him against those ambitious 〈◊〉 which vnder pretence of zeale to the Law disquieted the godlie with foolish and vnprofitable questions whereby they declared that 〈◊〉 the L w they knewe not what was the chief end of the Law And as for him self he so confesseth his 〈◊〉 that he 〈◊〉 to what 〈◊〉 the grace of God hathe preferred him and therefore he willeth prayers to be made for all degrees and 〈◊〉 of men because that God by 〈◊〉 his Gospel and Christ his Sonne to thē all is indifferent to euerie sorte of men as his Apostleship which is peculiar to the Gentiles witnesseth And forasmuche as God hathe left ministers as 〈◊〉 meanes in his Church to bring men to saluacion he describeth what maner of men they ought to be to whome the 〈◊〉 of the Sonne of God manifested in fleshis committed to be preached After this he 〈◊〉 him what troubles the Church at all times shal susteine but specially in the latter dayes when as vnder pretence of religion men shal teache things 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 worde of God This done he teacheth what widdowes shulde be receiued or refused to minister to the sicke 〈◊〉 what Elders ought to be chosen into office exhorting him nether to be hastie in admitting nor in iudging anie also what is the duetie of 〈◊〉 the nature of false teachers of vaine speculations of couetousnes of riche men and aboue all things he chargeth him to beware false doctrine CHAP. I. 3 He exhorteth Timotheus to waitevpon his office namely to se that nothing be taught but Gods worde c. 5. Declaring that faith with a good cōscience charitie and edification are the end thereof 20 And admonisheth of Himeneus and Alexander 1 PAul an Apostle of IES V S Christ by the cōmandement of God our Sauiour and of our Lord Iesus Christ * our hope 2 * Vnto Timotheus my natural sonne in the fayth Grace mercie and peace from God our Father and frō Christ Iesus our Lord. 3 As I besoght thee to abide stil in Ephesus whē I departed into Macedonia so do that thou maiest cōmande some that thei teache none other doctrine 4 Nether that they giue hede to * fables and genealogies * which are endles which brede questiones rather then godlie edifying which is by faith 5 For * the end of the commandement is loue out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith vnfained 6 From the which things some haue erred haue turned vnto vaine iangling 7 They wolde be doctours of the Law and yet vnderstand not what they speake nether whereof they affirme 8 * And we knowe that the Law is good if a man vse it lawfully 9 Knowing this that the Law is not giuen vnto a righteous man but vnto the lawles disobedient to the vngodlie and to sinners to the vnholie and to the prophane to murtherers of fathers and mothers to man-slayers 10 To whoremongers to buggerers to men stealers to liers to the periured and if there be anie other thing that is cōtrarie to wholsome doctrine 11 Whiche is according to the glorious Gospel of the * blessed God whiche is committed vnto me 12 Therefore I thanke him which hath made me strong that is Christ Iesus our Lord for he counted me faithfull and put me in his seruice 13 When before I was a blasphemer and a per secuter and an oppresser but I was receiued to mercie for I did it ignorantly through vnbelief 14 But the grace of our Lorde was excedyng abundant with faith and loue whiche in Christ Iesus 15 This is a true saying and by almeanes worthie to be receiued that * Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners of whome I am chief 16 Not withstanding for this cause was I recei ued to mercie that Iesus Christe shulde first shewe on me allong suffring vnto the ensam ple of them which shal in time to come beleue in him vnto eternal life 17 Now vnto the King euerlasting immortal
in Christ. Wisd. 3. 2. b Whom are now apostates and deuils Mat. 25. 41. c Tat is make them iudges d 〈◊〉 ye so burne with desire to pleade kepe a court among your selues and make the least estemed your iudge for it is moste easie to iudge 〈◊〉 brethren “ Or 〈◊〉 of minde Matth. 5. 39. Luke 6. 29. rom 12. 19. 1. e He doeth then 〈◊〉 reprouethe godlie whiche with a good conscience vseth the 〈◊〉 to defende his right but con demneth hatred grudges and desi res of 〈◊〉 Thess 4. 6. Ephe. 5. 3. 1. tim 1. 9. Eph. 2. 12. tit 3. 3. 1. pet 4. 3. Chap. 10. 23. eccle 37. 31. f Here he spea keth of things indifferent of their nature and first as touching carnal libertie g For we are subiect to those things which we cannot want h They abused meates bothe in that they offended others thereby and also prouoked their own lusts 〈◊〉 vnclennes Rom. 6. 5. i God wil be Lord bothe of the soul bodie k Whereby he signifieth that bothe we shal se the glorie of the resurrection of the iuste aud also that dignitie and priuiledge where by we be mad the mēbers of Christ. * Ephe. 5. 31. * Chap. 3. 17. * 2 Cor. 6 16. * Chap. 7. 23 * 1. Pet. 1. 10. l That is he more polluteth his owne bodie then he that 〈◊〉 anie other sinne Gen. 2 24. Mat. 19. 5. 〈◊〉 10. 7. a Or expedient because mariage through mans corruption and not by Gods institutiō bringeth eares 〈◊〉 b Speaking to all men in general c Which conteineth all dueties perteining to ma riage 1. Pet. 3. 7. d He sheweth that be comman deth not precisely all men to marie but that God hathe granted this temedievnto them Which can not liue chaste Mat. 5. 32. 9 9. Mar. 10. 11. 〈◊〉 16. 18. e With the fyre of concupiscence that is when mās 〈◊〉 so giueth place to the lust that temteth that he can not call vpon God with a quietconscience Matth. 5. 32. f Eor hatred 〈◊〉 angre c g Saue for whor dome as h In asmuche as there Was nothig expressy spoken hereof in the Law or 〈◊〉 or els he spake this moued by the Spirit of God as he testifieth in the 〈◊〉 ver i Meaning that the faith of the be leuer hathe more power to 〈◊〉 mariage then the wickednes of the other to pollute it k They that are 〈◊〉 of ether of the parents faith ful are also coun 〈◊〉 members of Christs Church because of the promes l When suche things come to passe that the faithful and vnfaithful be maried together 〈◊〉 the one forsake the other without cause Act 2 〈◊〉 m The lawful 〈◊〉 cation in outwarde things must not lightly be neglected n Which is when the surgeon by arte draweth out the skinne to couer the parte Celsus lib. 7. ca. 25 Epiphan lib. de ponderib men sur 1. Maccab 1. 〈◊〉 o It is all one whither thou be 〈◊〉 or Gentil p Althogh God hath called thee to serue in this life yet thinke not thy conditiō vnworthie for a Christian but reioyce that thou art deliuered by Christ from the miserable 〈◊〉 of sinne and death q Being seruant by condition is made partaker of Christ. Ep he 4. 1. 1. Tim. 6. 1. “ Or dearly r Syncerely as in the presence of God “ Or the state of virginitie s He bindeth no mā 〈◊〉 thatwhich God hath left fre but sheweth what is moste agreable to Gods wil according to the circūstance of the time place persones “ Or beleued t To be single u In these afflictions and 〈◊〉 Chap. 6. 20. 1. per. 1. 20. x As wordlie cares of their chil dren familie y He doeth not preferre 〈◊〉 as a thing more holie then mariage but by reason of incōmodities whiche the one hathe more then the other z In wishing that you colde liue without 〈◊〉 “ Or it remaineth that a VVhiche be in aduersitie b VVhiche be in prosperitie c In this 〈◊〉 there is nothing but me revanitie d VVhich onely apperteine to this present life () And he is diuided meaning 〈◊〉 diuers cares e She may atteine vnto itson 〈◊〉 then the other because she is without 〈◊〉 f Seing S. Paul colde by ndeno mans 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 what 〈◊〉 tiō is it that any other shuld do it g That is that she shulde 〈◊〉 to auoide 〈◊〉 h Meanynge he that is fully 〈◊〉 that he hathe nō nede i For the fathers wil depēdeth on his childrens in this point en so muche as he is bounde to haue respecto their in firmitie nether can he iustly require of thē 〈◊〉 if they ha ue not that gifte of God so to liue k And more cōmodious for his children in preseruing thē from cares l Of matrimonie Roma 7. 1. 1. Thes. 4 8. a Of the libertie that God hathe giuē vs touching outward things “ Or taught b This he 〈◊〉 in their per sone which brag ged so muche of 〈◊〉 liberrie say ing that an image amongs all things that are made is of no 〈◊〉 c VVhiche being idoles yet are estemed of men as Lordes and 〈◊〉 Iohn 13. 23. d In that they thogh the meate offered vp to the image not to be pure and therefore cold not eat it with a good conscience Chap. 12. 3. e This abundance and want is referred to spiritual things “ Or 〈◊〉 in thyngs indifferent Roma 14. 17. †Greke buylded vp f By thine exam ple without any grounde of doctrine g VVhich eateth against his cōscience or indoute Roma 14. 15. Roma 14. 21. a I nede no further declaration but the workes 〈◊〉 I haue 〈◊〉 among you b And call into doure myne office c On the Church charge d The Apostles led their 〈◊〉 about with thē e A faithfull and Christian wife “ Or cousins f VVhether they myght not as lawefullye liue wythout labouring for 〈◊〉 liuing with their owne handes as other Apostles Deut. 25. 4. 1. Tim. 5. 18. g Had God respect properlye to the oxē them selues when he made thys 〈◊〉 and not rather vnto men Roma 15. 27. h To liue on other mens charges “ Or take in worthe Deut. 18 〈◊〉 i For that parte that was burnt was deuored of the altar ād the other was due vnto the Priests by the Law k For now you haue no iustcause against me 〈◊〉 that I preached the Gospel frely vnto you l 〈◊〉 he is char ged to preach he muste willingly and earnestly 〈◊〉 lowe it for if he do it by constrainte he doeth not his duetie m That 〈◊〉 not chargeable to thē vnto whome I preache 〈◊〉 that they thinke that I preache for gaines Act. 16. 3. Gal. 2. 3. n As touchynge the ceremonies o In things indif ferent as 〈◊〉 of meats 〈◊〉 of feastes and daies ād such like he facioned him selfe to men in suche sorte as he myght beste game them
intention semed good and necessarie and of Iosiah also who for greate considerations was moued for the defence of true Religion and his people to fight agaynste Pharaoh Necho Kyng of Egypt may sufficiently admonish vs. Laste of all moste graciōus Quene for the aduancement of this buyldyng and rearyng vp of the worke two things are necessarie First that we haue a lyuely and sted fast faith in Christ Iesus who must dwel in our heartes as the only meanes and assurance of our saluation for he is the ladder that reacheth from the earth to heauen he lifteth vp his Churche and setteth it in the hea uenly places he maketh vs lyuely stones and buildeth vs vpon him selfe he ioyneth vs to hym selfe as the membres and body to the head yea he maketh him selfe ād his Church one Christ. The next is that our faith bring forthe good fruites so that our godly conuersation may serue vs as a witnes to confirme our election and by an example to all others to walke as apperteyneth to the vocation whereunto they are called leste the worde of God be euill spoken of and this buyldyng be stayed to growe vp to a iuste heyght whiche can not be without the greate prouocation of Gods iuste vengeance and discouragyng of many thousandes through all the worlde if they shulde se that our life were notholy and agreable to our profession For the eyes of all that feare God in al places beholde your countreyes as an example to all that beleue and the prayers of all the godly at all tymes are directed to God for the preseruation of your maiestie For consideryng Gods wonderfull mercies towarde you at all seasons who hathe pulled you out of the mouth of the lyons and howe that from your youth you haue bene broght vp in the holy Scriptures the hope of all men is so increased that they can not but looke that God shulde bryng to passe some wonderful worke by your grace to the vniuersall comforte of hys Churche Therefore euen aboue strength you muste she we your selfe strong and bolde in Gods matters and thogh Satan lay all his power and crafte together to hurt and hinder the Lordes building yet be you assured that God will fight from heauen againste this great dragon the ancient serpent whiche is called the deuill and Satan till he haue accomplished the whole worke and made his Churche glorious to hym selfe without spot or wrincle For albeit all other kingdomes and monarchies as the Babylonians Persians Grecians and Romaines haue fallen and taken end yet the Churche of Christe euen vnder the Crosse hathe from the begynning of the worlde bene victorious and shal be euerlastyngly Trueth it is that sometyme it semeth to be shadowed with a cloude or driuen with a stormie persecution yet suddenly the beames of Christ the sunne of iustice shine and bryng it to light and libertie If for a tyme it lye couered with ashes yet it is quickely kindeled agayne by the wynde of Gods Spirit thogh it seme drowned in the sea or parched and pyned in the wildernes yet GOD giueth euer good successe for he punysheth enemyes and deliuereth hys nourisheth thē and still preserueth them vnder hys wyngs This Lord of Lordes and King of kings who hath euer defended his strengthen comfort and preserue your maiestie that you maye be able to builde vp the ruines of Gods house to hys glorie the discharge of your conscience and to the comfort of all them that loue the commyng of Christ Iesus our Lord. From Geneua 10. April 1561. TO OVR BELOVED IN THE LORD THE BRETHREN OF ENGLAND Scotland Ireland c. Grace mercie and peace through Christ Iesus BEsides the manifolde and continuall benefites whiche almyghtie God bestoweth vpon vs bothe corporall and spirituall we are especially bounde deare brethren to giue him thankes without ceasing for hys great grace and vnspeakable mercies in that it hathe pleased hym to call vs vnto this meruelous lyght of his Gospel and mercifully to regarde vs after so horrible back esliding and falling away from CHRIST to ANTICHRIST from lyght to darcknes from the liuing God to dumme and dead idoles and that after so cruell murther of Gods Saintes as alas hathe bene among vs we are not altogether cast of as were the Israelites and many others for the like or not so manifest wickednes but receiued againe to gra ce with moste euident signes and tokens of Gods especialloue and fauour To the intent therefore that we may not be vnmyndefull of these greate merecies but seke by all meanes accordyng to ourduetie to be thank efull for the same it behoueth vs so to walke in his feare and loue that all the dayes of our life we maye procure the glorie of his holy name Now forasmuche as thys th ing chefely is atteyned by the knollage and practising of the worde of God which is the light to our paths the keye of the kyngdome of heauen our comforte in affliction our shielde and sworde against Satan the schoole of all wisdome the glasse wherein we beholde Gods face the testimonie of his fauour and the only foode and nourishement of our soules we thoght that we colde bestowe our labours and studie in nothyng whiche colde be more acceptable to God and comfortable to his Church then in the translating of the holy Scriptures into our natiue tongue the which thing albeit that diuers heretofore haue indeuored to atchieue yet consideryng the infancie of those tymes and imperfect knollage of the tongues in respect of thys rype age and cleare light whiche God hath now reueiled the translations required greatly to be perused and reformed Not that we vendicat anything to our selues aboue the least of our brethren for God knoweth wyth what feare tremblyng we haue bene nowe for the space of two yeres more daye and nyght occupied herein but beyng earnestly desired and by diuers whose learnyng and godlines we reuerence exhorted and also incouraged by the ready willes of suche whose heartes God lyke wise touched not to spare any charges for the fortherance of suche a benefite and fauour of God towarde his Churche thogh the tyme then was moste dangerous and the persecution sharpe and furious we submitted our selues at length to their godly iudgementes and seing the great oportunitie and occasions whiche God presented vnto vs in this Church by rea son of so many godly and learned men and suche diuersities of translations in diuers tongues we vnder toke this great and wonderful worke with all reuerence as in the presence of God as intreating the worde of God whereunto we thinke ourselues vnsufficient whiche nowe God according to his diuine prouidence and mercie hath directed to a moste prosperous end And this we may with good conscience protest that we haue in euery point and worde accordyng to the measure of that knollage whiche it pleased almightie God to giue vs
thre thousand chosen men out of all Israél and went to seke Dauid and his men vpon the rockes among the wilde goates 4 And he came to the shepecoates by the way where there was a caue Saúl went in to do his easement and Dauid his men sate in the inward partes of the caue 5 And the men of Dauid said vnto him Se the day is come whereof the Lord said vn to 〈◊〉 Beholde I will deliuer thine enemie into thine hand and thou shalt do to him as it shall seme good to thee Then Dauid 〈◊〉 and cut of the lappe of Sauls garment priuely 6 And afterward Dauid was touched in his heart because he had cut of the lappe which was on Sauls garment 7 And he said vnto his mē The Lord kepe me from doing that thing vnto my master the Lords Anointed to lay mine hand vpon him for he is the Anointed of the Lord. 8 So Dauid ouer came his seruants with these wordes and suffred them not to arise against Saul so Saúl rose vp out of the caue went away 9 ¶ Dauid also arose afterward and went out of the caue and cryed after Saúl saying O my Lord the King And when Saúl loked be hinde him Dauid 〈◊〉 his face to the earth and 〈◊〉 him selfe 10 And Dauid said to Saúl Wherefore giuest thou an eare to mens wordes that say Beholde 〈◊〉 seketh euil against thee 11 Beholde this day thine eyes haue sene that the Lord had deliuered thee this day into mine hand in the caue ad some bade me kil thee but I had compassion on thee said I wil not lay mine hand on my master for he is the Lords Anointed 12 Moreouer my father beholde beholde I say the lappe of thy garment in mine hand for when I cut of the lappe of thy garment I killed thee not Vnderstand se that there is nether euill nor wickednes in me nether haue I sinned against thee yet thou huntest after my soule to take it 13 The Lord be iudge betwene thee and me and the Lord auenge me of thee and let not mine hand be vpon thee 14 Accordyng as the olde prouerbe saith Wickednes procedeth frō the wicked but mine hand be not vpon thee 15 After whome is the King of Israél come out after whome doest thou pursue after a dead dog and after a flye 16 The Lorde therefore be iudge and iudge betwene thee and me and se and pleade my cause deliuer me out of thine hand 17 When Dauid had made an end of speaking these wordes to Saul Saul sayd Is thys thy voyce my sonne Dauid and Saullift vp hys voyce and wept 18 And sayd to Dauid Thou art more ryghteous then I for thou hast rendred me good and I haue rendred thee euil 19 And thou hast shewed this daye that thou hast dealt wel with me forasmuche as when the Lord had closed me in thine hands thou killedstme not 20 For who shall finde hys 〈◊〉 and let hym departe fre wherefore the Lordrendre thee good for that thou haste done vnto me this day 21 For now behold I knowe that thou shalt be Kynge and that the kyngdome of Israél shal be stablished in thine hand 22 Sweare now therfore vnto me by the Lord that thou wilt not destroy my seede after me and that thou wilt not abolish my name out of my fathers house 23 So Dauid sw are vnto Saul and Saul went home but Dauid and his men went vp vnto the holde CHAP. XXV 1 Samuél dyeth 3 Nabal and Abigail 38 The Lord killeth Nabal 43 Abigail and 〈◊〉 Dauids wiues 44 Michal is giuen to Phalti 1 THen * Samuél dyed and all Israél assembled and mourned for hym and buryed hym in hys owne house at Ramáh And Dauid arose and went downe to the wildernes of Parán 2 Nowe in Maōn was a man who had hys possession in Carmél and the man was excedyng myghty and had thre thousand shepe and a thousand goates and he was sheryng his shepe in Carmél 3 The name also of the man was Nabál and the name of hys wife Abigáil and she was a woman of singular wisdome and beautifull but the man was churlish and euil conditio ned and was of the familie of Caléb 4 And Dauid heard in the wildernes that Nabál did shere his shepe 5 Therefore Dauid sent ten yong men and Dauid said vnto the yong men Go vp to Car mél and go to Nabál and aske him in my na me how he doeth 6 And thus shal ye say for salutation Bothe thou and thine house and all that thou hast be in peace welth and prosperitie 7 Behold I haue heard that thou hast sherers nowe thy shepherds were with vs and we did them no hurt nether did they misse anie thing all the while they were in Carmél 8 Aske thy seruants and they will shewe thee Wherefore let these yong 〈◊〉 finde fauour in thyne eyes for we come in a good season gyue I praye thee whatsoeuer commeth to thine hande vnto thy seruants and to thy sonne Dauid 9 ¶ And when Dauids yonge men came they tolde Nabál al those wordes in the name of Dauid and helde their peace 10 Then Nabál aunswered Dauids seruaunts and sayde Who is Dauid and who is the sonne of Ishai there is manie seruants nowe a dayes that breake away euerye man from hys master 11 Shall I then take my bread and my water and my fleshe that I haue kylled for my sherers and giue it vnto men whome I knowe not whence they be 12 ¶ So Dauids seruauntes turned their waye and went againe and came and tolde him all those things 13 And Dauid said vnto hys men Girde euery man hyssworde aboute him And they girded euerye man hys sworde Dauid also girded hys sworde And about foure hundreth men went vp after Dauid and two hundreth abode by the cariage 14 Nowe one of the seruauntes tolde Abigail Nabals wife saying Behold Dauid sent messengers oute of the wildernes to salute our master and he rayled on them 15 Notwithstanding the men were very good vnto vs and we had no displeasure nether missed we any thing as long as we were conuersant with thē when we were in the fields 16 They were as a wall vnto vs bothe by night and by daye all the while we were with thē keping shepe 17 Now therfore take hede and se what thou shalt do for euill wil surely come vpon our master and vpon all hys familie for he is so wicked that a man can not speake to him 18 ¶ Then Abigail made haste and toke two hundreth cakes and two bottles of wine and fiue shepe ready dressed and fiue measures of parched corne and an hundreth frailes of raisins and two hundreth of figges and laded them on asses 19 Then she said vnto her seruants Go ye before'me beholde I will come
of death 13 Euen in laughing the heart is sorowful and the end of that mirth is heauines 14 The heart that declineth shal be saciate with his owne wayes but a good man shal departe from him 15 The foolish wil beleue euerie thing but the prudent wil consider his steppes 16 A wise man eareth and departeth from euil but a foole rageth and is careles 17 He that is hastie to angre committeth folie and a busie bodie is hated 18 The foolish do inheritie folie but the prudent are crowned with knowledge 19 The euil shal bowe before the good and the wicked at the gates of the righteous 20 The poore is 〈◊〉 euē of his owne neigh bour but the friēds of the riche are manie 21 The sinner despiseth his neighbour but he that hathe mercie on the poore is blessed 22 Do not they erre that imagine euil 〈◊〉 but to them that thinke on good things shal be mercie and trueth 23 In all labour there is abundance but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want 24 The 〈◊〉 of the wise is their riches and the folie of fooles is foolishnes 25 A faithful witnes deliuereth soules but a disceiuer speaketh lies 26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength and his children shal haue hope 27 The feare of the Lord is as a well spring of life to auoide the snares of death 28 In the multitude of the people is the ho nour of a King and for the want of people cometh the destruction of the prince 29 He that is slowe to wrath is of great wis dome but he that is of an hastie minde exalteth folie 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh but enuie is the rotting of the bones 31 * He that oppresseth the poore reproueth him that made him but he honoreth him that hathe mercie on the poore 32 The wicked shal be cast away for his malice but the righteous hathe hope in his death 33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of him that hathe vnderstanding and is knowē in the mindes of fooles 34 Iustice exalteth a nation but sinne is a shame to the people 35 The pleasure of a King is in a wise seruāt but his wrath shal be toward him that is lewde CHAP XV. 1 A * Soft answer putteth away wrath but grieuous wordes stirre vp angre 2 The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright but the mouth of fooles * bableth out foolishnes 3 The eyes of the Lord in euerie place behol de the euil and the good 4 A wholsome tongue is as a tre of life but the frowardnes thereof is the breaking of the minde 5 A foole despiseth his fathers instruction but he that regardeth correctiō is prudēt 6 The house of the righteous hathe muche treasure but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble 7 The lippes of the wise do spread abroad knowledge but the heart of the foolish doeth not so 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is a bomin ation to the Lord but the praier of the righ teous is acceptable vnto him 9 The way of the wicked is an abominacion vnto the Lord but he loueth him that fol loweth righteousnes 10 Instructiō is euil to him that for saketh the way and he that hateth correction shal dye 11 Hel destructiō are before the lord how much more the hearts of the sonnes of mē 12 A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him nether wil he go vnto the wise 13 * A ioyful heart maketh a chereful countenance but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie 14 The heart of him that hathe vnderstanding seketh knowledge but the mouthe of the foole is fed with foolishnes 15 All the daies of the afflicted are euil but a good conscience is a continual feast 16 * Better is a litle with the feare of the lord thē great treasure and trouble therewith 17 Better is a dinner of grene herbes were loue is then a stalled oxe hatred therewith 18 * An angrie man stirreth vp strife but he that is slowe to wrath appeaseth strife 19 The way of a slouthful man is as an hedge of thornes but the way of the righteous is plaine 20 * A wise sonne reioyceth the father but a foolish man despiseth his mother 21 Foolishnes is ioye to him that is destitute of vnderstanding but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly 22 Without coūsel toghtes come to nought but f in the multitude of counsellers there is stedfastnes 23 A ioye cometh to a mā by the answer of his mouth and how good is a worde in due season 24 The waie of life is on high to the prudēt to auoide from hel beneth 25 The Lord wil destroy the house of the prou de men but he wil stablish the borders of the widowe 26 The thoghts of the wicked are abomination to the Lord but the pure haue plea sant wordes 27 He that is gredie of gaine troubleth his owne house but he that hateth giftes shal liue 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to an swer but the wicked mans mouth bableth euil things 29 The Lord is farre of from the wicked but he heareth the praier of the righteous 30 The light of the eies reioyceth the heart and a good name ma keth the bones fat 31 The eare that hearkeneth to the correction of life shal lodge among the wise 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his owne soule but he that obeieth correctiō getteth vnderstanding 33 The feare of the Lord is the instruction of wisdome and before honour goeth humilitie CHAP. XVI 1 THe preparations of the heart are in man but the answer of the tōgue is of the Lord. 2 All the waies of a man are cleane in his o wne eies but the lord pōdereth the spirits 3 Cōmit thy workes vnto the Lord thy thoghts shal be directed 4 The Lord hathe made all things for his owne sake yea euen the wicked for the day of euil 5 All that are proude in earth are an abomi nation to the Lord thogh * hand ioyne in hand he shal not be vnpunished 6 By mercie and trueth iniquitie shal be forgiuē and by the feare of the Lord they departe from euil 7 When the waies of a man please the Lord he wil make also his enemies at peace with him 8 * Betteri litle with righteousnes then great reuenues without equitie 9 The heart of mā purposeth his way but the Lord doeth direct his steppes 10 A diuine sentence shal be in the lippes of the King his mouth shal not transgresse iniudgement 11 * A true weight and balance are of the Lord all the weights of the bagge are his worke 12 It is an abominacion to Kings to commit wickednes for the throne isstablished by iustice 13 Righteous lippes are the
his sinnes 16 For a season will he bide with thee but if thou stomble he taryeth not 17 * An ennemie is swete in his lippes he can make manie good wordes and speake manie good things yea he can weepe with his eyes but in his heart he imagineth how to throwe thee into the pit and if he may fin de opportunitie he wil not be satisfied with blood 18 If aduersitie come vpon thee thou shalt fin de him there first and thogh he pretend to helpe thee yet shal he vndermine thee he wil shake his head and clappe his hāds and wil make manie wordes and disguisse his countenance CHAP. XIII 1 The companies of the proude and of the riche are to be 〈◊〉 15 The loue of God 17 Like do cōpanie with their like 1 HE * that toucheth pitch shal be defiled with it and he that is familiar with the proude shal be like vnto him 2 〈◊〉 not thy self aboue thy power whi les thou liuest and companie not with one that is mightier and richer then thy self for how agre the kettel and the earthen pot together for if the one be smitten against the other it shal be broken 3 The riche dealeth vnrighteously threat neth with all but the poore being oppressed must in treat if the riche haue done wrong he must yet be intreated but if the poore haue done it he shal straight waise be threatned 4 If thou for his profite he vseth thee but if thou haue nothing he wil forsake thee 5 If thou haue anie thing he wil liue with thee yea he wil make thee a bare man and wil not care for it 6 If he haue nede of thee he wil defraude thee and wil laugh at thee and put thee in hope and giue thee all good wordes and say What wantest thou 7 Thus wil he shame thee in his meat vntil he haue supt thee cleane vp twise or thrise and at the last he wil laugh thee to scorne afterwarde when he seeth thee he wil forsake thee and shake his head at thee 8 Submit thy self vnto God and 〈◊〉 vpō his hand 9 Bewarre that thou be not disceiued in thine owne cōceit broght downe by thy sim plenes be not to hūble in thy wisdome 10 ¶ If thou be called of a mightie man absent thy self so shal he call thee the more oft 11 Prease not thou vnto him that thou be not shut out but go not thou farre of lest he forget thee 12 With drawe not thy self from his speache but beleue not his manie wordes for with muche communication wil he temptthee and laughingly wil he grope thee 13 He is vnmerciful and kepeth not promes he wil not spare to do thee hurt and to put thee in prison 14 Beware and take good hede for thou wal kest in peril of thine ouerthrowing when thou hearest this awake in thy slepe 15 Loue the Lord all thy life and call vpon him forthy saluacion 16 ¶ Euerie beast loueth his like and euerie man loueth his neighbour 17 All flesh wil resorte to their like and euerie man wil kepe companie with suche as he is him self 18 How can the wolfe agre with the lambe nomore cāthe vngodliewith the righteous 19 What felowship hathe hyena with a dog ge and what peace is betwene the riche and the poore 20 As the wilde asse is the lions praye in the wildernes so are poore mē the meat of the riche 21 As the proude hate humilitie so do the riche abhorre the poore 22 If a richeman fall his friends set him vp againe but when the poore falleth his friēds driue him away 23 If a riche man offend he hathe many helpers he speaketh proude wordes and yet men iustifie him but if a poore man faile they rebuke him and thogh he speake wisely yet can it haue no place 24 When the riche man speaketh euerie mā holdeth his tongue and loke what he saith they praise it vnto the cloudes but if the poore man speake they say What felow is this if he do amisse they wil destroie him 25 Riches are good vnto him that hathe no sinne in his conscience and pouertie is euil in the mouth of the vngodlie 26 The heart of a man changeth his countenance whether it be in good or euil 27 A cheareful countenance is a token of a good heart for it is an hard thīg to knowe the secrets of the thoght CHAP. XIIII 1 The offence of the tongue 17 Man is but a vaine thing 21 Happie is he that continueth in wisdome 1 BLessed is the man * that hathe not fallen by the worde of his mouth and is not tormented with the sorow of sinne 2 Blessed is he that is not condemned in his conscience and is not fallen from his hope in the Lord. 3 Riches are comelie for a nigarde what shulde an enuious man do with money 4 He that gathereth together from his owne soule heapeth together for others that wil make good cheare with his goods 5 He that is wicked vnto him self to whome wil he be good for suche one can haue no pleasure of his goods 6 There is nothing worse then whē one 〈◊〉 him self and this is a rewarde of his wickednes 7 And if he do anie good he doeth it not knowing thereof and against his wil and at the last he declareth his wickednes 8 The enuious man hathe a wicked loke he turneth away his face and despiseth men 9 A couetous mās eye hathe neuer ynough of a porcion and his wicked malice withereth his owne soule 10 A * wicked eye enuieth the bread and the re is scarcenes vpon his table 11 My sonne do good to thy self of that thou hast and giue the Lord his due offrings 12 Remember that death tarieth not that couenant of the graue is not shewed vnto thee 13 * Do good vnto thy friend before thou dye according to thine habilitie stretch out thine hand and giue him 14 Defraude not thy self of the good day and let not the porcion of the good desires ouet passe thee 15 Shalt thou not leaue thy trauails vnto another and thy labours for the deuiding of the heritage 16 Giue and take sanctifie thy soule worke thou righteousnes before thy death for in the hell there is no meat to finde 17 ¶ * All flesh waxeth olde as a garment this is the condition of all times Thou shalt dye the death 18 As the grene leaues on a thicke tree some fall and some growe so is the generacion of flesh and blood one cometh to an end and another is borne 19 All corruptible things shal faile and the worker thereof shal go withal 20 Euerie excellent worke shal be iustified and he that worketh it shal haue honour thereby 21 * Blessed is the man that doeth meditate honest things by wisdome and exerciseth him self in iustice and he that reasoneth of holie things by his
and he that taketh autoritie to him self shal be hated 9 Some man hathe oft times prosperitie in wicked things some time a thing that is founde bringeth losse 10 There is some gift that is not profitable for thee and there is some gift whose rewarde is double 11 Some man humbleth him self for glories sake and some by humblenes lifteth vp the head 12 Some man byeth muche for a litle price for the which he payeth seuen times more 13 * A wise man with his wordes maketh him self to be loued but the mery tales of fooles shal be powred out 14 The gift receiued of a foole shal do thee no good nether yet of the énuious for his importunitie for he loketh to receiue manie things for one he giueth litle and he vpbraideth muche he openeth his mouthe like a towne crier to day he lendeth to morowe asketh he againe and suche one is to be hated of God and man 15 The foole saith I haue no friend I haue no thanke for all my good dedes and they that eat my bread spake euil of me 16 How oft and of how manie shal he be laughed to scorne for he comprehendeth not by right iudgement that which he hathe and it is all one as thogh he had it not 17 The fall on a pauement is verie sudden so shal the fall of the wicked come hastely 18 A man without grace is as a foolish tale which is oft tolde by the mouthe of the ignorant 19 A wise sentence loseth grace when it cometh out of a fooles mouthe for he speaketh not in due season 20 Some man sinneth not because of pouertie yet is not grieued when he is alone 21 Some man there is that destroyeth his owne soule because he is ashamed and for the regarde of persones loseth it 22 Some man promiseth vnto his friend for shame and getteth an enemie of him for naught 23 * A lie is a wicked shame in a man yet is it oft in the mouth of the vnwise 24 A thief is better then a man that is accustomed to lye but they bothe shal haue destruction to heritage 25 The conditions of liers are vnhonest and their shame is euer with them 26 A wise man shal bring him self to honor with his wordes and he that hathe vnderstanding shal please great men 27 * He that tilleth his land shal increase his heape he that worketh righteousnes shal be exalted he that pleaseth great men shal haue pardon of his iniquitie 28 * Rewardes and giftes blinde the eyes of the wise and make them domme that they can not reproue fautes 29 Wisdome that is hid and treasure that is horded vp what profite is in them bothe 30 Better is he that kepeth his ignorance secret them a man that hideth his wisdome 31 The necessarie pacience of him that followeth the Lord is better then he that gouerneth his life without the Lord. CHAP. XXI 1 Not to continue in sinne 5 The prayer of the afflicted 6 To hate to be reproued 17 The mouthe of the wise man 26 The thoght of the foole 1 MY sonne hast thou sinned do so no more * but pray for the fore sinnes that they may be forgiuen thee 2 Flee from sinne as from a serpent for if thou comest to nere it it wil bite thee the teeth thereof are as the teeth of alyon to slaye the soules of men 3 All iniquitie is as a two edged sworde the woundes whereof can not be healed 4 Strife and iniuries waste riches so the hou se of the proude shal be desolate 5 * The prayer of the poore going out of the mouth cometh vnto the eares of the Lord and iustice is done him in continently 6 Who so hateth to be reformed is in the way of sinners but he that feareth the Lord con uerteth in heart 7 An eloquent talker is knowen afarre of but he that is wyse perceyueth when he falleth 8 Who so buyldeth his house with other mens money is like one that gathereth stones to make his graue 9 * The congregacion of the wycked is lyke towe wrapped together their end is a flame of fyre to destroye them 10 The waye of sinners is made plaine with sto nes but at the end thereof is hel darkenes and paines 11 He that kepeth the Law of the Lord ruleth his owne affections thereby and the increase wisdome is the end of the feare of God 12 He that is not wise wil not suffer him self to be taught but there is some wit that increaseth bitternes 13 The knowledge of the wise shall abounde like water that runneth ouer and his counsel is like a pure fountaines of life 14 * The inner partes of a foole are like a broken vessel he can kepe no knowledge whiles he liueth 15 When a man of vnderstāding heareth a wise worde he will commend it and increase it but if an ignorant man heare it he will disalowe it and cast it behinde his backe 16 The talkyng of a foole is lyke a burden in the way but there is comelines in the talke of a wise man 17 They inquire at the mouthe of the wyse man in the congregacion and they shal pon der his wordes in their 〈◊〉 18 As is an house that is destroyed so is wisdome vnto a foole ād the knowledge of the vn wise is as wordes without order 19 Doctrine vnto idoles is as fetters on the fete and like manicles vpō their right hād 20 * A foole lifteth vp his voyce with laughter but a wise man doeth scarse smile secretly 21 Learning is vnto a wise mā aiewel of golde and like a bracelet vpon his right arme 22 A foolish mans fote is sone in hys neyghboures house but a man of experience is ashamed to loke in 23 A foole wil pepe in at the dore into the hou se but he that is wel nurtured wil withstand without 24 It is the point of a foolishman to hearken at the dore for he that is wise wil be grieued with suche dishonour 25 The lippes of talkers will be tellyng suche things as perteine not vnto them but the wordes of suche as haue vnderstandyng are weighed in the balance 26 The heart of fooles is in their mouth but the mouth of the wise is in their heart 27 When the vngodlie curseth Satan he curseth his owne soule 28 * A backebiter defileth his owne soule and is hated wheresoeuer he is but he that kepeth his tongue and is discrete shal come to honour CHAP. XXII 1 Of the sluggard 12 Not to speake muche to a foole 16 A good conscience seareth not 1 A Slothful mā is like a filthie stone which euerie man mocketh at for his shame 2 A slothful man is to be compared to the don gue of oxen and euerie one that taketh it vp wil shake it out of his hand 3 An euil nurtered sonne is the dishonour of the father the daughter is least
perteyning to the Law hauing good reporte of all the Iewes which dwelt there 13 Came vnto me and stode and said vnto me Brother 〈◊〉 receiue thy sight and that same houre I loked vpon him 14 And he said The God of our fathers hathe appointed thee that thou shuldest knowe his will and shuldest se that Iust one and shuldest heare the voyce of his mouth 15 For thou shalte be hys witnes vnto all men of the things which thou hast sene heard 16 Now therefore why tariest thou Arise and be baptized and washe away thy sinnes in calling on the Name of the Lord. 17 ¶ And it came to passe that whē I was come againe to Ierusalem and prayed in the Temple I was in a traunce 18 And sawe him saying vnto me Make hast ād get thee quickely out of Ierusalem for they wil not receiue thy witnes concerning me 19 Then I said Lord they knowe that I * prisoned ād bet in euerie Synagogue them that beleued in thee 20 And when the blood of thy martyr Steuen was shed I also * stode by and consented vnto his death ād kept the clothes of them that slewe him 21 Then he said vnto me Depart for I wil send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles 22 ¶ And they heard vnto this worde but thē they lift vp their voyces and said A way with suche a felowe frome the earth for it is not mete that he shulde line 23 And as they cryed and cast of their clothes and threwe dust into the aire 24 The chief captaine commanded hym to be led into the castle and bade that he shulde be scourged ād examined that he might know wherefore they cryed so on him 25 And as they bounde him with thongs Paùl sayd vnto the Centurion that stode by Is it lawfull for you to scourge one that is a Romaine and not condemned 26 No we when the Centurion heard it he went and tolde the chief Captaine saying Take hede what thou doest for this man is a Romaine 27 Then the chief captaine came and sayd to hym Tell me art thou a Romaine And he said Yea. 28 And the chief captaine answered With a great summe obteined I this burgeship Then Paul said But I was so borne 29 Then strayght waye they departed frome him whiche shulde haue examined hym and the chief Captaine also was afrayd after he knewe that he was a Romaine and that he had bounde him 30 On the next daye because he wolde haue knowen the certeintie wherfore he was accused of the Iewes he losed him frome hys bondes and commanded the hie Priests and all their Council to come together and he broght Paul and set him before them CHAP. XXIII 3 The answer of Paul being smit and the ouerthrowe of his enemies 〈◊〉 The Lord encourageth him 23 And becau se the Iewes layed waite for him he is sent to Cesarea 1 ANd Paul behelde earnestly the Council and sayd Men and brethren I haue in all good conscience serued GOD vntil this daye 2 Then the hie Priest Ananias commanded thē that stode by to smite him on the mouth 3 Then said Paul to him God will smite thee thou whited wall for thou sittest to iudge me accordyng to the Law and commaundest thou me to be smiten contrary to the Law 4 And they that stode by sayd Reuilest thou Gods hie Priest 5 Then say de Paul I knewe not brethren that he was the hie Priest for it is written * Thou shalte not spake euill of the Ruler of thy people 6 But when Paul perceiued that the one parte were of the Sadduces and the other of the Pharises he cried in the Council Men and brethren * I am a Pharise the sonne of a Pha rise I am accused of the hope and resurrection of the dead 7 And whē he had said this there was a dissen sion betwene the Pharises and the Sadduces so that the multitude was deuided 8 * For the Sadduces say that there is no resurrection nether Angel nor spirit but the Pha risses confesse bothe 9 Then there was a great crye and the Scribes of the Pharises parte rose vp and stroue saying We finde none euill in this man but if a spirit or an Angel hathe spoken to him let vs not fight against God 20 And when there was a great dissension the chief captaine fearing lest Paul shulde haue bene pulled in pieces of them commaunded the souldiers to go do wne and to take him from among them and to bring him into the castel 11 ¶ Now the night following the Lord stode by hym and said Be of good courage Paul for as thou hast testified of me in Ierusalem so must thou beare witnes also at Rome 12 And when the day was come certeine of the Iewes made an assemblie and bounde thē sel ues with an othe saying that they wold ne ther eat nor drinke til they had killed Paul 13 And they were more then fourtie whiche had made this conspiracie 14 And they came to the chief Priests and Elders and sayd We haue bounde our selues with a solēne othe that we will eat nothing vntill we haue slaine Paul 15 Nowe therefore ye and the Council signifie to the chief Captaine that he bring him for the vnto you to morowe as thogh ye wolde knowe some thynge more perfitely of him and we or euer he come nere wil be readie to kil him 16 But when Pauls sisters sonne heard of their laying await he went and entred into the castle and tolde Paul 17 And Paul called one of the Centurions vnto him and said Bring thys yong man vnto the chief captaine for he hathe a certeine thing to she we him 18 So he toke hym and broght hym to the chief Captaine and sayd Paul the prisoner called me vnto him and prayed me to bryng this yong man vnto thee which hath some thing to say vnto thee 19 Thē the chief captaine to ke him by the hād and went aparte with him alone and asked him What hast thou to shewe me 20 And he said The Iewes haue conspired to desire thee that thou woldest bring for the Paul to morow into the Council as thogh they wolde inquire some what of him more perfitely 21 But let them not persuade thee for there lie in waite for him of them more then fourtie men whiche haue bounde them selues with an othe that they wil nether eat nor drinke til they haue killed him and now are they readie and wait for thy promes 22 The chief captaine then let the yong man departe and charged him to speake it to no man that he had shewed him these things 23 And he called vnto him two certeine Centurions saying Make readie two hundreth souldiers that they may go to Cesarea and horsmen thre score and ten and two hundreth with dartes at the thirde houre of the night 24 And let thē make readie an horse
no man euil for euil procure things honest in the sight of all men 18 * If it be possible asmuche as in you is haue peace with all men 19 Dearly beloued * auēge not your selues but giue place vnto wrath for it is written * Vengeance is mine I wil repaye saith the Lord. 20 * Therefore if thine enemie hunger fede him if he thirst giue him drinke for in so doing thou shalt heape coles of fyre on his head 21 Be not ouercome of euil but ouercome euil with goodnes CHAP. XIII 1 The obediēce to the Rulers 4 Why they haue the sword 8 Charitie ought to measure all our doings 11 An exhortation to innocencie and puritie of life 1 LEt * euerie soule be subiect vnto the higher powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordeined of God 2 Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shal receiue to them selues iudgement 3 For princes are not to be feared for good workes but for euil Wilt thou thē be with out feare of the power do wel so shalt thou haue praise of the same 4 For he is the minister of God for thy wealth but if thou do euil seare for he beareth not the sworde for noght for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euil 5 Wherefore ye must be subiect not because of wrath onely but also for conscience sake 6 For for this cause ye paye also tribute for they are Gods ministers applying thē selues for the same thing 7 * Giue to all men therefore their duetie tribu te to whome ye owe tribute custome to whome custome feare to whome feare honour to whome ye owe honour 8 Owe nothing to any man but to loue one another for he that loueth another hathe fulfilled the Law 9 For this * Thou shalt not commit adulterie Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes Thou shalt not couet and if there be any other cōmaundement it is briefly comprehended in this saying euen in this * Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self 10 Loue doeth not euil to his neighbour there fore is loue the * fulfilling of the Law 11 And that considering the season that it is now time that we shulde arise from slepe for now is our saluation nerer then when we beleued it 12 The night is past the day is at hand let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenes and let vs put on the armour of light 13 So that we walke honestly as in the day not in * glotonie and dronkennes nether in chambering and wantonnes nor in strife and enuying 14 * But put ye on the Lord IESVS CHRIST and take no thoght for the flesh to fulfil the lustes of it CHAP. XIIII 1 The weake ought not to be despised 10 No man shulde offende anothers conscience 15 But one to supporte another in charitie and faith 1 HIm that is weake in the faith receiue vn to you but not for controuersies of disputations 2 One beleueth that he may eat of all things another which is weake eateth herbes 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not and let not him which 〈◊〉 not iudge him that eateth for God hathe receiued him 4 * Who art thou that condemnest another mans seruant he standeth or falleth to his owne master yea he shal be established for God is able to make him stande 5 This man estemeth one day aboue another day and another man counteth euerie daye a like let euerie man be fully persuaded in his minde 6 He that obserueth the day obserueth it to the Lord and he that obserueth not the day obserueth it not to the Lord. He that eateth eateth to the Lord for he giueth God thākes and he that eateth not eateth not to the Lord and giueth God thankes 7 For none of vs liueth to him self nether doeth anie dye to him self 8 For whether we liue we liue vnto the Lord or whether we dye we dye vnto the Lord whether we liue therefore or dye we are the Lords 9 For Christ therefore dyed and rose againe and reuiued that he might be Lord bothe of the dead and the quicke 10 But why doest thou iudge thy brother or why doest thou despise thy brother * for we shal all appeare before the iudgemēt seat of Christ. 11 For it is written * I liue saith the Lord euerie knee shal bowe to me and all tōgues shal confesse vnto God 12 So then euerie one of vs shal giue accountes of him self to God 13 Let vs not therefore iudge one another anie more but vse your iudgement rather in this that no man putte an occasion to fall or a stombling blocke before his brother 14 I knowe and am persuaded through the Lord Iesus that there is nothing vncleane of it self but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane to him it is vncleane 15 But if thy brother be grieued for the meat now walk est thou not charitably * destroy not him with thy meat for whome Christ dyed 16 Cause not your commoditie to be euil spoken of 17 For the kingdome of God is not meat nor drinke but righteousnes and peace ioye in the holie Gost. 18 For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ is acceptable vnto God and is approued of men 19 Let vs then folowe those things which con cerne peace and where with one may edifie another 20 Destroy not the worke of God for meats sake * all things indede are pure but it is euil for the man whiche eateth with offence 21 * It is good nether to eat flesh nor to drinke wine nor any thing whereby thy bro ther stombleth or is offended or made weake 22 Hast thou faith haue it with thy self before God blessed is he that condemneth not him self in that thing which he aloweth 23 For he that douteth is condemned if he eat because he eateth not of faith and whatsoeuer is not 〈◊〉 saith is sinne CHAP. XV. 1 Paul exhorteth thē to support and loue one an other by the example of Christ 9 And by the onelie mercie of God which is the cause of saluation bothe of the one the other 14 He sheweth his zeale towarde them and the Church 30 And requireth the same of them 1 WE which are strōg ought to beare the infirmities of the weake and not to please our selues 2 Therefore let euerie man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification 3 For Christ also wolde not please him self but as it is written * The rebukes of them which rebuke thee fel on me 4 For whatsoeuer things are writtē afore time are
the Lord is libertie 18 But we all beholde as in a mirrour the glorie of the Lord with open face are changed into the same image from glorie to glorie as by the Spirit of the Lord. CHAP. IIII. 1 He declareth his diligence and roundenes in his office 8 And that which his 〈◊〉 toke for his disaduantage to wit the crosse and 〈◊〉 which he endured he tur ned it to his great aduantage 11 17. Shewing what profit cometh thereby 1 THerefore seing that we haue this ministerie as we haue 〈◊〉 mercie we fainte not 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of shame and * walke not in craftines nether handle we the worde of God disceitfully but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euerie mans conscience in the sight of God 3 If our Gospel be then hid it is hid to them that are lost 4 In whome the god of this worlde hathe blinded the mindes that is of the infideles that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ which is the 〈◊〉 of God shulde not shine vnto them 5 For we preache not our selues but Christ Iesus the Lord and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake 6 For God that * commanded the light to shine out of darkenes is he which hathe shined in our hearts to giue the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the fa ce of Iesus Christ. 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellēcie of that power might be of God and not of vs. 8 We are afslicted on euerie side yet are we not in distresse in pouertie but no ouer come of pouertie 9 We are persecuted but not forsaken cast downe but we perish not 10 Euerie where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lord Iesus that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies 11 For we which liue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh 12 So then death worketh in vs and life in you 13 And because we haue the same Spirit of faith according as it is written * I beleued and therefore haue I spoken we also beleue and therefore speake 14 Knowing that he which hathe raised vp the Lord Iesus shal raise vs vp also by Iesus shal set vs with you 15 For all things are for your sakes that moste plenteous grace by the thank esgiuing of manie may redounde to the praise of God 16 Therefore we faint not but thogh our out warde man perish yet the inwarde man is renewed daily 17 For our light affliction which is but for a moment causeth vnto vs a farre moste excellent and an eternal waight of glorie 18 While we loke not on the things which are sene but on the things which are not sene for the things which are sene are temporal but the things which are not sene are eternal CHAP. V. 1 Paul procedeth to declare the vtilitic that cometh by the crosse 4 How we ought to prepare ourselues vnto it 5. By whome 9 And for what end 14. 19 He setteth forthe the grace of Christ 10 And the office of ministers and all the faithful 1 FOr we knowe that if our earthlie house of this tabernacle be destroied we haue buylding giuen of God that is an house not made with hands but eternal in the heauens 2 For therefore we sigh desiring to be clothed with our house which is from heauen 3 Because that if we be clothed we shal not be founde * naked 4 For in dede we that are in this tabernacle sigh and are burdened because we wolde not be vnclothed but wolde be clothed vpon that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of life 5 And he that hathe created vs for this thing is God who also hathe giuen vnto vs the earnest of the Spirit 6 Therefore we are alway bolde thogh we knowe that whiles we are at home in the bodie we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walke by faith and not by sight 8 Neuertheles we are bolde and loue rather to remoue out of the bodie to dwell with the Lord. 9 Wherefore also we couet that bothe dwelling at home remouing from home we may be acceptable to him 10 * For we must all appeare before the iudgement seat of Christ that euerie man may receiue the things which are done in his bodie according to that he hathe done whether it be good or euil 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men and we are made manifest vnto God I trust also that we are made manifest in your consciences 12 For we praise not our selues againe vnto you but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye may haue to answere against thē which reioyce in the face and not in the heart 13 For whether we be out of our wit we are it to God or whether we be in our right minde we are it vnto you 14 For the loue of Christ constraineth vs because we thus iudge that if one be dead for all then were all dead 15 And he dyed for all that they which liue shulde not hence forthe liue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose againe 16 Wherefore hence for the know we no man after the flesh yea thogh we had knowen Christ after the flesh yet now hence forthe know we him no more 17 Therefore if anie man be in CHRIST let him be a newe creature * Olde things are passed away beholde all things are beco me newe 18 And all things are of God which hathe reconciled vs vnto him self by Iesus Christ and hathe giuen vnto vs the ministerie of reconciliation 19 For God was in Christ and reconciled the worlde to him self not imputing their sinnes vnto them and hathe committed to vs the worde of reconciliation 20 Now then are we ambassadours for Christ as thogh God did beseche you through vs we praye you in Christs stede that ye be reconciled to God 21 For he hathe made him to be sinne for vs which knew no sinne that we shulde be made the righteousnes of God in him CHAP. VI. 1 An exhortation to Christian life 11 And to beare him like affection as he doeth them 14 Also to kepe them selues from all pollution of idolatrie bothe in bodie and soule and to haue none acquaintance with idolaters 1 SO we therefore as workers together be seche you that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine 2 For he saith * I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of saluation haue I suckered thee beholde now the accepted time beholde now the daye of saluation 3 We
inuisible vnto God onely wise be honour and glorie for euer and euer Amen 18 This commandement commit I vnto thee sonne Timotheus according to the prophecies which went before vpon thee that thou by them shuldest * fight a good fight 19 Hauing faith and a good consciēce whiche some haue put away and as concerning faith haue made ship wracke 20 Of whome is Himeneus and Alexander * whome I haue deliuered vnto Satan that they might learne not to blaspheme CHAP. II. 1 He exhorteth to pray for all men 4 wherefore 8 And how 9 As touching the apparel and modestie of women 1 IExhorte therefore that first of al supplicacions praiers intercessions and giuing of thankes be made for all men 2 For Kings and for all that are in autoritie that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all godlines and honestie 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour 4 * Who will that all men shal be saued and come vnto the knowledge of the trueth 5 For there is one God and one Mediator betwene God and man which is the man Christ Iesus 6 Who gaue him self a raunsome for all men to be a testimonie in due time 7 * Whereunto I am ordeined a preacher and an Apostle I speake the trueth in Christ ād lie not euen a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and veritie 8 I wil therefore that the men pray euerie where lifting vp pure hands without wrath or douting 9 * Like wise also the women that they araye them selues in comelie apparel with shamefastnes ād modestie not with broyded heare or pearles or costlie apparel 10 But as be commeth women that professe the feare of God with good workes 11 Let the woman learne in silence with all sub iection 12 I permit not a woman to teache nether to vsurpe autoritie ouer the man but to be in silence 13 For Adam was first formed then Eue. 14 And Adam was not deceiued but the woman was deceiued and was in the transgression 15 Not withstanding through bearing of children she shal be saued if they continue in faith and loue and holines with modestie CHAP. III. 2 He declareth what is the office of ministers 11 And as touching their families 15. The dignitie of the Church 16 And the principal point of the heauenlie doctrine 1 THis is a true saying * If any man desire the office of a bishoppe he desireth a worthie worke 2 A bishop therefore must be vnreproueable the housband of one wife watching sober modest harberous apt to teache 3 Not giuen to wine no striker not giuen to filthie lucre but gentle no fighter not couetous 4 One that can rule his owne house honestly hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie 5 For if any can not rule his owne house how shal be care for the Church of God 6 He may not be a yong scholer lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuil 7 He must also be wel reported of euen of the which are without lest he fall into rebuke and the snare of the deuil 8 Like wise must deacons be honest not dou ble tongued not giuen vnto muche wine nether to filthie lucre 9 Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience 10 And let them first be proued then let them minister if they be founde blameles 11 Like wise their wiues must be honest not euil speakers but sober and faithful in all things 12 Let the deacons be the housbands of one wife and suche as can rule their childrē wel and their owne housholdes 13 For they that haue ministred wel get them selues a good degre and great libertie in the faith which is in Christ Iesus 14 These things write I vnto thee trusting to come very shortely vnto thee 15 But if I tary long that thou maist yet know how thou oghtest to be haue thy selfe in the house of God whiche is the Churche of the liuing God the pillar grounde of trueth 16 And without controuersie great is the mysterie of godlines whiche is God is manifested in the flesh iustified in the Spirite sene of Angels preached vnto the Gentiles beleued on in the worlde and receiued vp in glorie CHAP. IIII. 2 He teacheth him what doctrine be ought to flee 6. 8. 11. And what to followe 15 And wherein ought to exercise himself continually 1 NOw the Spirit speaketh euidently that in the * latter times some shall departe from the faith and shal giue hede vnto spirits of errour and doctrines of deuils 2 Whiche speak elyes through hypocrisie haue their consciēces burned with an hore yron 3 Forbidding to marie and commandyng to absteine from meats which God hath created to be receiued with giuyng thankes of them whiche beleue and knowe the trueth 4 For euerie creature of God is good and nothing ought to be refused if it be receiued with thank esgiuing 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ whiche hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of faith and of good doctrine which thou hast continually followed 7 * But cast away prophane and olde wiues fables and exercise thy 〈◊〉 vnto godlines 8 For bodelie exercise profiteth litle but godlines is profitable vnto 〈◊〉 which hathe the promes of the life present and of that that is to come 9 This is a true saying and by al meanes worthie to be receiued 10 For therefore we labour and are rebuked because we trust in the liuing God whiche is the Sauiour of all men specially of those that beleue 11 These things commande and teache 12 Let no man despise thy youth but be vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in conuersation in loue in spirit in faith in purenes 13 Til I come giue attendance to reading to exhortation and to doctrine 14 Despise not the gift that is in thee which was giuen thee by prophecie with the laying on of the hands of the companie of the Eldership 15 These things exercise and giue thy self vn to them that it may be sene how thou profitest among all men 16 Take hede vnto thy self and vnto learning continue therein for in doing this thou shalt bothe saue thy self and them that heare thee CHAP. V. 1 He teacheth him how he shal behaue him self in rebuking all degrees 3 An ordre concerning widowes 17 The establishing of ministers 23 The gouuernance of his bodie 24 And the iudgement of sinnes 1 REbuke not an elder but exhort him as a father and the yonger men as brethren 2 The elder women as
contentions curious disputations and vaine questions to the intēt that his doctrine may al together edifie Considering that the examples of Hymeneus and Philetus which subuerted the true doctrine of the resurre ction were so horrible yet to the intent that no man shulde be offended at their fall being men of autoritie inestima tion he sheweth that all that professe Christ are not his that the Churche is subiect to this calamitie that the euill must dwel among the good til Gods trial come yet he reserueth them whom he hathe elected euen to the end And that Timotheus shulde not be discouraged by the wicked he declareth what abominable men and dangerous times shall followe willing him to arme him self with the hope of the good yssue that God wil giue vnto his to exercise him self diligētly in the Scriptures bothe against the aduersaries and for the vtilitie of the Churche desiring him to come to hym for certeine necessarie affaires and so with his and others salutations endeth CHAP. I. 6 Paul exhorteth Timotheus to stedfastnes and pacience in persecution and to continue in the doctrine that he had taught him 12 Whereof his bonds and afflictions were agage 16 A commendation of Onesiphorus 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God accordyng to the promes of life whiche is in Christ Iesus 2 To Timotheus my beloued sonne Grace mercie and peace from God the Father and from Iesus Christ our Lord. 3 I thanke God * whome I serue from mine elders with pure conscience that without ceasing I haue remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day 4 Desiring to se thee mindful of thy teares that I may be filled with ioye 5 When I call to remembrance the vnfained faith that is in thee whiched welt first in thy grandmother Lois and in this mother Eunice and am assured that it dwelleth in thee also 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stirre vp the gifte of God whiche is in thee by the putting on of mine hands 7 For God hathe not giuen to vs the Spirit of feare but of power and of loue and of a sounde minde 8 Be not therefore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lord nether of me his prisoner but be partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel according to the power of God 9 Who hathe saued vs and called vs with an * holie calling not according to our* workes but according to his owne purpose grace which was giuen to vs through Christ Iesus before the * worlde was 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Sauiour Iesus Christ who hathe abolished death and hathe broght life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospel 11 * Whereunto I am appointed a preacher Apostle and ateacher of the Gentiles 12 For the which cause I also suffre these things but I am not ashamed for I knowe whome I haue beleued and I am persuaded that he is able to kepe that whiche I haue cōmitted to him against that day 13 Kepe the true paterne of the wholsome wordes whiche thou hast heard of me in faith and loue whiche is in Christ Iesus 14 That worthie thing which was committed to thee kepe through the holie Gost whiche dwelleth in vs. 15 This thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned from me of whiche sorte are Phygellus and Hermogenes 16 The Lorde giue mercie vnto the house of One siphorus for he oftrefreshed me was not ashamed of my chaine 17 But when he was at Rome he soght me out verie diligently and founde me 18 The Lord grant vnto him that he may finde mercie with the Lord at that day and in how manie things he hathe ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest verie wel CHAP. II. 2 He exhorteth him to be constant in trouble to suffer manly to abyde faste in the wholsome doctrine of our Lord Iesus Christ. 11 Shewing him the fidelitie of Gods counsel touching the saluation of his 19 And the marke thereof 1 THou therfore my sonne be strong in the grace that is in Christ Iesus 2 And what things thou hast heard of me by manie witnesses the same deliuer to faithfull men whiche shal be able to teache other also 3 Thou therefore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth hym self with the affaires of this life because he wolde please him that hathe chosen hym to be a souldier 5 And if anie man also striue for a masterie he is not crowned excepthe striue as he ought to do 6 The housband man must labour before he receiue the frutes 7 Consider what I say and the Lord giue thee vnderstanding in all things 8 Remember that Iesus Christ made of the sede of Dauid was raised againe from the dead accordyng to my Gospel 9 Wherein I suffer trouble an euil doer ouen vnto bondes but the worde of God is not bounde 10 Therefore I suffer all things for the * elects sake that they might also obteine the the saluation which is in Christ Iesus with eternal glorie 11 It is a true saying For if we be* dead wyth him we also shal liue with him 12 If we suffer we shal also reigne with hym * if we denie him he also wil denie vs. 13 If* we beleue not yet abideth he faithful he can not denie him self 14 Of these thyngs put them in remembrance and protest before the Lord that they striue not aboute wordes whiche is to no profit but to the peruerting of the hearers 15 Studie to she we thy selfe approued vnto God a workeman that nedeth not to be asha med diuiding the worde of trueth a right 16 * Stay prophane and vaine bablings for they shal encrease vnto more vngo 〈◊〉 17 And their worde shall fret as a cancre of which sorte is Hymeneus and Philetus 18 Whiche as concernyng the trueth haue erred saying that the resurrection is past already and do destroye the faith of certeine 19 But the fundation of God remayneth sure and hathe thys seale The LORD knoweth who are his and Let euerie one that calleth on the Name of Christ departe frome iniquitie 20 Notwithstanding in a great house are not onely vessels of Golde and of Siluer but also of wood and of earth and some for honour and some vnto dishonour 21 If anie man therefore purge him selfe from these he shal be a vessel vnto honour sanctified and mete for the Lord and prepared vn to euerie good worke 22 Flee also frome the lustes of youth and followe after ryghteousnes fayth loue and peace with them that* cal on the Lord with pure heart 23 * And put away foolish and vnlearned que stions knowing that they in gendre strife 24 But the seruant of the Lord
of the campe bearing his reproche 14 For here haue we no continuing citie but we seke one to come 15 Let vs therefore by hym offer the sacrifice of praise alwayes to God that is the * frute of the lippes whiche confesse his Name 16 To do good and to distribute forget not for with suche sacrifices God is pleased 17 Obey them that haue the ouersight of you and submit your selues for they watche for your soules as thei that must giue accountes that they may do it with ioye and not with grief for that is vnprofitable for you 18 Pray for vs for we are assured that 〈◊〉 haue a good conscience in all thyngs desiryng to liue honestly 19 And I desire you some what the more earnestly that ye so do that I may be restored to you more quickely 20 The God of peace that broght againe frō the dead our Lord Iesus the great shepherd of the shepe through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant 21 Make you perfite in all good workes to do his will working in you that whiche is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ to whome be praise for euer and euer Amen 22 I beseche you also brethren suffre the wordes of exhortation for I haue writen vn to you in fewe wordes 23 Knowe that our brother Timotheus is deliuered with whome if he come shortely I wil se you 24 Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you and all the Saintes They of Italie salute you 25 Grace be with you all Amen Written to the Hebrewes from Italie and sent by Timotheus THE GENERAL Epistles of Iames. THE ARGVMENT IAmes the Apostle and sonne of Alpheus wrote this Epistle to the Iewes which were conuerted to Christ but dispersed throughout diuers countreis and therefore he exhorteth them to pacience prayer to embrace the true worde of God and not to be partial nether to boast of an ydle faith but to declare a true faith by liuelie frutes to auoide ambitiō to bridel the tongue to rule the affections to be humble and loue their neighbours to beware of swearing to vtter their fautes when they haue offended to praye one for another and to bring him which is out of the way to knowledge of Christ. CHAP. I. 2 He exhorteth to reioyce in trouble 6 To be feruent in prayer with stedfast belief 17 To loke for al good things from aboue 21 To forsake all vice and thankefully to receiue the worde of God 22 Not onely hearyng it and speaking ofit but to do thereafter in dede 27 What true religion is 1 IAMES a seruant of GOD and of the Lord IES VS CHRIST to the twelue Tribes whiche are scattered abroade salutation 2 My brethren counte it exceadyng ioye whē ye fell into diuers tentations 3 * Knowyng that the trying of your faith bringeth for the pacience 4 And let pacience haue her perfite worke that ye may be perfite and entier lackyng nothyng 5 If any of you lacke wisdome let hym aske of God whiche giueth to all men liberally and reprocheth no man and it shal be giuen hym 6 * But let him aske in faith and wauer not for he that wauereth is like a waue of the sea tost of the winde and caryed away 7 Nether let that man thinke that he shall receiue any thyng of the Lord. 8 A wauering minded man is vnstable in al his wayes 9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted 10 Againe he that is riche in that he is made 〈◊〉 for as the flower of the grasse shall he* vanish away 11 For as when the sunne riseth with heat thē the grasse withereth and his flower falleth away and the beautie of the facion of it perisheth euen so shal the riche man fade away in all his wayes 12 * Blessed is the man that endureth tentatiō for when he is tryed he shall receiue the crowne of life whiche the Lord hath promi sed to them that loue him 13 Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God can not be tēpted with euil nether tempteth he any man 14 But euerie man is tempted when he is drawne away by his owne concupiscence and is entised 15 Then when lust hathe conceiued it bryngeth forth sinne and sinne when it is finished bringeth forthe death 16 Erre not my deare brethren 17 Euerie good giuyng and euerie perfite gift is from aboue and cōmeth downe from the Father of lights with whome is no varia blenes nether shadowing by turning 18 Of his owne will begate he vs with the worde of trueth that we shulde be as the first frutes of his creatures 19 Wherefore my deare brethren * let euerie man be swift to heare slowe to speake and slowe to wrath 20 For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnes of God 21 Wherefore lay aparte al filthines and superfluitie of maliciousnes and receiue with 〈◊〉 the worde that is graffed in you whiche is able to saue your soules 22 * And be ye doers of the worde and not hearers onely deceiuyng your owne selues 23 For if anic heare the worde and do it not he is like vnto a man that beholdeth his natural face in a glasse 24 For when he hathe considered him self he goeth his way and forgetteth immediatly what maner of one he was 25 But who so loketh in the perfit Law of libertie and cōtinueth therein he not being a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke shal be blessed in his dede 26 If anie man among you semeth religious and refraineth not his tongue but deceiueth his owne heart this mans religion is vaine 27 Pure religion and vndefiled before GOD euen the Father is this to visite the fatherles and widdowes in their aduersitie and to kepe him self vnspotted of the worlde CHAP. II. 1 He forbiddeth to haue anie respect of persones 5 But to regarde the poore as well as the riche 8 To be louyng and merciful 14 And not to boast of faith where no dedes are 17 For it is but a dead faith where good workes followe not 1 MY brethren haue not the faith of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ in respect of persones 2 For if there come into your companie a mā wth a gold ring and in goodlie apparell and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gaye clothyng and say vnto hym Sit thou here in a good place and say vnto the poore Stand thou there or sit here vnder my 〈◊〉 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues and are become iudges of euill thoghts 5 Hearken my beloued brethren hathe not God chosen the poore of this worlde that they shulde be riche in faith and heires of the kingdome whiche he promised to them
end of your faith euen the saluation of your soules 10 Of the which saluation the Prophetes haue inquired and searched which prophecied of the grace that shulde come vnto you 11 Searching when or what time the Spirit which testified before of Christ which was in them shulde declare the suffrings that shulde come vnto Christ and the glorie that shulde followe 12 Vnto whome it was reueiled that not vnto them selues but vnto vs they shulde minister the things which are now shewed vnto you by them which * haue preached vnto you the Gospel by the holie Gost sent downe from heauen the which things the Angels desire to beholde 13 Wherefore girde vp the * loynes of your minde be sober and trust perfectly on the grace that is broght vnto you by the reuelacion of Iesus Christ 14 As obediēt childrē not facioning your selues vnto the former lusts of your ignorāce 15 But as he which hathe called you is holie so be ye holie in * all maner of conuersacion 16 Because it is written * Be ye holie for I am holie 17 And if ye call him Father which without * respect of persone iudgeth according to eue rie mans worke passe the time of your dwelling here in feare 18 Knowing that ye were not redemed with corruptible things as siluer ād golde from your vaine conuersacion receiued by the tra dicions of the fathers 19 * But with the precious blood of Christ as of a Lambe vndefiled and without spot 20 Which was ordeined before the fundacion of the worlde but was declared in the last times for your sakes 21 Which by his meanes do beleue in God that raised him from the dead and gaue him glorie that your faith and hope might be in God 22 Seing your soules are purified in obeing the trueth through the spirit to * loue brotherly without faining loue one another with a pure heart feruently 23 Being borne a new not of mortal sede but of immortal by the worde of God who liueth and endureth for euer 24 For all * flesh is as grasse and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse The grasse with ered and the flower falleth away 25 But the worde of the Lord endureth for euer and this is the worde which is preached among you CHAP. II. 1 He exhorteth them to laye a side all vice 4 Shewing that Christ is the fundacion whereupon they buylde 9 The excellent estate of the Christians 11 He praieth them to absteiue from 〈◊〉 lustes 13 To obey the rulers 18 How seruants shulde behaue them selues to ward their masters 20 He exhorteth to suffer after the ensample of Christ. 1 WHerefore * laying aside all maliciousnes and al guile and dissimulacion and enuie and euil speaking 2 As new borne babes desire the syncere milke of the worde that ye maye growe thereby 3 If so be that ye haue tasted how bountifull the Lord is 4 To whome ye come as vnto a liuyng stone disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious 5 And ye as liuelie stones be made a spirituall house and holie* Priesthode to offer vp spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. 6 Wherefore it is conteined in the Scripture * Beholde I put in Sion a chief corner stone elect precious he that beleueth therein shal not be ashamed 7 Vnto you therefore whiche beleue it is precious but vnto them which be disobedient the * stone which the buylders disalowed the same is made the head of the corner 8 And a * stone to stomble at and a rocke of offence euen to them which stomble at the worde being disobedient vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeined 9 But ye are a chosen generacion a royall * Priesthode an holie nacion a peculiar people that ye shulde shew forthe the vertues of hym that hathe called you out of darkenes into his marueilous light 10 * Whiche in time past were not a people yet are now the people of God whiche in time past were not vnder mercie but now haue obteined mercie 11 Derely beloued I beseche you as strangers and pilgrems * absteine from fleshlie Iustes whiche fight against the soule 12 * And haue your conuersacion honest amōg the Gentiles that they which speake euil of you as of euill doers maye by your * good workes whiche they shal se glorifie God in the day of the visitacion 13 * Submit your selues vnto all maner ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be vnto the King as vnto the superiour 14 Or vnto gouernours as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishmēt of euil doers and for the praise of them that do wel 15 For so is the wil of God that by wel doyng ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men 16 As fre and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but as the seruants of God 17 Honour all men * loue brotherlie felowship feare God honour the King 18 * Seruants be subiect to your masters with all feare not onely to the good courteous but also to the frowarde 19 * For this is thanke worthie if a man for conscience towarde God endure grief suffering wrongfully 20 For what praise is it if when ye be buffeted for your fautes ye take it paciently but and if when ye do wel ye suffer wrong and take it paciently this is acceptable to God 21 For hereunto ye are called for Christ also suffred for vs leauing vs an ensample that ye shulde folowe his steppes 22 * Who did no sinne nether was there guile founde in his mouth 23 Who whē he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffred he threatened not but committed it to him that iudgeth righteously 24 * Who his owne self bare our sinnes is his bodie on the tre that we being deliuered from sinne shulde liue in righteousnes by whose stripes ye were healed 25 For ye were as shepe going astraye but are now returned vnto the shepherd and bishope of your soules CHAP. III. 1 How wiues ought to ordre them selues towarde their housbands 3 And in their apparel 7. The duetie of men towarde their wiues 8 He exhorteth all men to vnitie and loue 14 And paciently to suffre trouble by the example and benefite of Christ. 1 LIkewise * let the wiues be subiect to their housbands that euen thei which obey not the worde may without the worde be wonne by the conuersacion of the wiues 2 While they he holde your pure conuersacion with feare 3 * Whose apparelling let it no be out warde as with broyded heere and golde put about or in putting on of
apparel 4 But let the hid man of the heart be vncorrupt with a meke quiet spirit which is before God a thing muche set by 5 For euen after this maner in time past did the holie women which trusted in GOD tier them selues and were subiect to their housbands 6 As Sarra obeied Abraham and * called him Sir whose daughters ye are while ye do wel not being afraid of anie terrour 7 * Likewise ye housbands dwel with them as men of knowledge giuing honour vnto the woman as vnto the weaker vessel euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life that your prayers be not interrupted 8 Finally be ye all of one minde one suffre with another loue as brethren be petiful be courteous 9 * Not rendring euil for euil nether rebuke for rebuke but contrarie wise blesse knowing that ye are there unto called that ye shulde be heires of blessing 10 * For if anie man long after life and to se good daies let him refraine his tongue from euil and his lippes that they speake not guile 11 * Let him eschewe euil and do good let him seke peace and folow after it 12 For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers and the face of the Lord is vpon them that do euil 13 And who is it that wil harme you if ye folowe that which is good 14 * Not withstanding blessed are ye if ye suffre for righteousnes sake Yea feare not their feare nether be troubled 15 But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and be readie alwaies to giue an answer to euerie man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you 16 * And that with mekenes and reuerence hauing a good conscience that when theyr speake euil of you as euil doers thei may be ashamed which blame your good conuersacion in Christ. 17 For it is better if the wil of God be so that ye suffer for wel doing then for euil doing 18 * For Christ also hathe once suffred for sinnes the iust for the vniust that he might bring vs to God and was put to death concerning the flesh but was quickened in the spirit 19 By the which he also went preached vnto the spirits that were in prison 20 Which were in time passed disobedient when once the long suffring of God abode in the daies of * Noe while the 〈◊〉 was preparing wherein fewe that is eight soules were saued in the water 21 To the which also the figure that now saueth vs euen Baptisme agreeth not the putting awaye of the filth of the flesh but in that a good conscience maketh request to God by the resurrection of Iesus Christ. 22 Which is * at the right hand of God gone into heauen to whome the Angels and Powers and might are subiect CHAP. IIII. 1 He exhorteth men to cease from sinne 2 To spende no more time in vice 7 To be sober and apt to praye 8 To loue echeother 12 To be pacient in trouble 15 To be ware that no man suffre as an euildoer 16 But as a Christian man and so not to be ashamed 1 FOrasmuche then as Christ hathe suffred for vs in the flesh arme your selues likewise with the same minde which is that he which hathe suffred in the flesh hathe ceased from sinne 2 That he hence forwarde shulde liue as muche time as remaineth in the flesh not after the lustes of men but after the wil of God 3 * For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the time past of the life after the lust of the Gentiles walking in wantonnes lustes dron kennes in glottonie drinkings and in abominable idolatries 4 Wherein it semeth to them strange that ye runne not with them vnto the same excesse of ryote therefore speake thei euil of you 5 Which shal giue accountes to him that is ready to iudge quicke and dead 6 For vnto this purpose was the Gospel preached also vnto the dead that they might be condemned according to men in the flesh but might liue according to God in the spirit 7 Now the end of all things is at hand Be ye therefore sober and watching in prayer 8 But aboue all things haue feruent loue among you * for loue couereth the multitude of sinnes 9 Be ye * herberous one to another without grudging 10 * Let euerie man as he hathe receiued the gifte minister the same one to another as good disposers of the manifolde grace of God 11 If anie mā speake let him talke as the wordes of God If anie man minister let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth that God in al thīgs may be glorified through Iesus Christ to whome is praise and dominion for euer and euer Amen 12 Dearly beloued thinke it not strange concerning the fyrie trial which is among you to proue you as thogh some strange thing were come vnto you 13 But reioyce in asmuche as ye are partakers of Christs sufferings that whē his glorie shal appeare ye may be glad and reioyce 14 * If ye be railed vpon for the Name of Christ blessed are ye for the Spirit of glorie and of God resteth vpon you which on their parte is euil spoken of but on your parte is glorified 15 But let none of you suffer as a murtherer or as a thefe or an euil doer or as a busibodie in other mens matters 16 But if anie man suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let him glorifie God in this behalfe 17 For the time is come that iudgement must beginne at * the house of God If it first begin at vs what shal the end be of them which obey not the Gospel of God 18 * And if the righteous scarsely be saued where shal the vngodlie and the sinner appeare 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the wil of God cōmit their soules to him in wel doing as vnto a faithful Creator CHAP. V. 2 The duetie of Pastours is to fede the flocke of Christ and what rewarde they shal haue if they be diligent 5 He exhorteth yong persones to submit them selues to the elders 8 To be sober and to watche that they may resist the enemie 1 THe elders which are among you beseche which am also an elder and a witnes of the suffrings of Christ and also a partaker of the glorie that shal be reueiled 2 Fede the flocke of God which dependeth vpō you caring for it not by constraint but willingly not for filthie lucre but of a readie minde 3 Not as thogh ye were lords ouer Gods heritage but that ye may be ensamples to the flocke 4 And when the chief shepherd shal appeare ye
God had ap 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 shuld be 〈◊〉 oyed made the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 Chap. 7. 1. g Some read For 〈◊〉 an shal be in steade of the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 to come out in the siege against thee a This Lawe declareth 〈◊〉 hor rible a thing mur ther is 〈◊〉 that for one man a whole 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 punished except a remedy be founde “ Or rough b 〈◊〉 blood 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a so 〈◊〉 place 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 make 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the fact c This was the 〈◊〉 whiche the Priests made in the audience of the people d Signifying that her former life must be changed 〈◊〉 they 〈◊〉 be ioyned to the people of God e As hauing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and countrey f This onely was permitted in the 〈◊〉 otherwise the 〈◊〉 colde not mary strangers g This declareth that the 〈◊〉 of wiues 〈◊〉 of a corrupt affection “ Or while the sonne of the hated liueth h As muche as to 〈◊〉 of the others i Except he be vnworthy as was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 k For it is the mothers 〈◊〉 also to instruct her children l Which death was also appoin ted for 〈◊〉 and idolaters so that to disobey the parents is moste horrible m For Gods Lawe by his death is satisfied and 〈◊〉 abhorreth 〈◊〉 Gal. 3. 13. Exod. 23. 4. a As thogh thou sawest it not b Shewing the brotherly affection must be shewed not one ly to them that dwel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vnto vs but also to them which are 〈◊〉 c Muche more art thou bounde to do for thy neighbours 〈◊〉 d For that were to 〈◊〉 ordre of nature to despite God e If God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 done to li I birdes 〈◊〉 muche more 〈◊〉 man made accor ding to his images f The 〈◊〉 of this 〈◊〉 to walke in simpli 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 of newe 〈◊〉 Nomb. 〈◊〉 38. g That is be 〈◊〉 occasion that she is standred h Meaning the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of her 〈◊〉 were i For the 〈◊〉 of the childe re doundeth to the shame of the parents therefore he was recompenced when she 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Leuit. 20. 10. Or defiled “ Or no sinne worthy death k Meaning that the innocent 〈◊〉 not be punished Exod. 22. 16. l He shal not lye with his step mo ther meaning he reby allother de grees forbidden 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Ether to bears office or to 〈◊〉 a wife b This was to cause them to liue chastely that their 〈◊〉 might not be reiected Nomb. 22. 5. Nehem. 13. 〈◊〉 c Hereby he con demneth all that further nor the children of God in their vocation d Thou shalt ha ue nothing to do with them e If the fathers haue 〈◊〉 their idolatrie and receiued 〈◊〉 f For the 〈◊〉 of nature g Meaning hereby that his peo ple shulde be pu 〈◊〉 he in soule and body h This is ment of the 〈◊〉 then who fled for their masters 〈◊〉 and imbraced the 〈◊〉 religion 〈◊〉 gates i Forbidding he reby that anie gaine gotten of 〈◊〉 things shulde be applied to the 〈◊〉 of God Mic. 1. 7. Exod. 22. 25. Leu. 25. 36. k This was permitted for a time for the hardenes of their heart l If thou shewe thy charitie to thy 〈◊〉 God 〈◊〉 declare his loue toward thee m If the vowe be 〈◊〉 and godly n Being hiredfor to labour o To bring home to thine house 〈◊〉 12. 1. a Hereby God approueth not that light diuotcement but permitteth it to auoide further inconuenience Matth. 10. 7. b Seing that by dimitting her he iudged her to be vncleane and 〈◊〉 c That thei might learne to knowe one anothers cōditions so after warde liue in godly peace d Nor aniething whereby a man 〈◊〉 his liuing 〈◊〉 13. 2 Nomb. 12. 10. e As thogh thou woldest appoint what to haue but shalt receiue what he may 〈◊〉 f Thogh he 〈◊〉 de be vnthankeful yet God wil not forget it Leui. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tob. 4. 〈◊〉 2. King 4. 〈◊〉 2. Chro. 25. 4. 〈◊〉 31. 29. Ezech. 18. 20. g Because the world did least esteme these sortes of people the refore God hathe moste care ouer them Leu. 19. 9. 23. 22. “ Or gatherest thine oliues “ Or the grapes of thy vineyarde h God iudged then not mindeful of his benefite except they were beneficial vnto others a Whether 〈◊〉 be a plaintife or none the magistrates ought to trie out fautes punishe according to the crim b When 〈◊〉 me 〈◊〉 not death c The iewes of 〈◊〉 after ward toke one awaie 2. Cor. 11. 24. 2. Cor. 9 9. 1. Tim. 5. 18. Ruth 4. 3. Matt. 22. 24. Mar. 12. 19. 〈◊〉 20. 27. d Because 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 worde signifieth not the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the Worlde 〈◊〉 signifieth a bro her is taken also for a kinseman it semeth that it is not 〈◊〉 that the naturall brother shuld ma 〈◊〉 his brothers wif but some other of the kinred that was in that degre which might mary e This 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that god ly 〈◊〉 fastnes be preserued 〈◊〉 It is an horrible thing to se a wo man pasis hame †Ebr. 〈◊〉 and stone †Ebr. 〈◊〉 and ephah read Exod. 16. 36. Exod. 17. 〈◊〉 f This was parte ly accōplished by Saul about 450. yeres afterward a By this ceremo mie they acknow ledge that they receiued the lād of Canáan as fre gift of God b To be called vpon seruer and worshipped spiritually Chap. 12. 5. c Meaning Iaakob who 〈◊〉 20 yeres in Sytia d Onely by 〈◊〉 mercie and not by their fathers desernings e Alledging the promises made to our fathers Abrahám Izhák and Iaakob f In token of a thankful heart and mindful of this 〈◊〉 g 〈◊〉 thai God giueth vs not goods for curselues onely but for their vses also which are 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 charge h without hypo crisie Chap. 14. 27. i Of 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 k Or for 〈◊〉 cessitie l By putting thē to anie prophane vse m As farre as my sinneful nature wolde suffer for els as Dauid and Paul say where is not one iust Psal. 14. 4. Rom. 3. 10. n with a good and simple conscience Chap. 7. 6. 14. 2. o 〈◊〉 that there is a mutual bonde betwene God and his peo ple. Chap 4. 7. Chap. 7. 6. 〈◊〉 13. 11. a As Gods minister and charged with the same b God wolde that his Law shul de be set vp in the 〈◊〉 of the land of Caná an hat all that loked thereon might knowe that the landwas dedicate to his seruice Exod. 20. 25. Iosh 8. 31. c The altar shul de not be curiously wroght because it shulde 〈◊〉 we but for a time for God wolde haue but one altar in Iudáh d That euerie one may wel read it and vnder stand it e This condition God hathe boun de theevnto that if thou wilt be his people thou must kepe his Lawes f Meaning Ephráim and 〈◊〉 g Signifying that if they wolde not obey God for loue they shulde
k For they knew that they ought not to obey the wicked cōmandement of the king in slaying the innocents l This was Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to his 〈◊〉 preserued some of the house of Eli. Chap. 2. 33. Or he that taketh thy life shal take mine also a Whiche was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Iosh. 15. 44. b That is in the middes of 〈◊〉 much more whē we come to the borders against our 〈◊〉 Chap. 22. 20. c By Gods 〈◊〉 dence the Ephod was preserued kept with Dauid the true king †Ebr. in his hand d To cōsult with the lord by 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 Or to fro 〈◊〉 hauing no certe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to go to †Or strōg places e No power 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 can 〈◊〉 against Gods 〈◊〉 but whenhe 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 †Ebr. 〈◊〉 hande f 〈◊〉 assureth Dauid that God will accomplish hīs promes that 〈◊〉 father striueth against 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 conscience †Or of the Wildernes g The Lorde recompence this friendship †Ebr. where his fote hathe bene h In your 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 whi che is in 〈◊〉 i Which was also in the tribe of Indáh Iosh. 15. 5. k Thus the Lord cā 〈◊〉 backe the bridel 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 deliuer his out of 〈◊〉 lions mouthe l That isthe stone of 〈◊〉 because there they deuided them 〈◊〉 one frome another a That is 〈◊〉 places 〈◊〉 were defensed by nature b A citie of 〈◊〉 Iosh. 15. 62. †Ebr. to couer 〈◊〉 fete †Ebr. in the sides c Here wese how ready we 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 promes if the 〈◊〉 serue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 litle d For seing is was his owne 〈◊〉 uate cause 〈◊〉 that he had touched his enemie e 〈◊〉 to the salse report of thē that said Dauid was Sauls enemie he 〈◊〉 him selfe to be his friend †Or the prouerbe 〈◊〉 an ancien man †Ebr. iudge f Thogh he was a most cruel enemie to Dauid yet by his great gen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ce 〈◊〉 hym to 〈◊〉 †Ebr. a good waye g Thogh this tyrant saw and cō fessed the fauour of God towar de Dauid yet he cea seth not to perse 〈◊〉 him against his 〈◊〉 conscience Chap. 28. 3. Eccles. 〈◊〉 23. a That is among his owne kinred b Maon ād Carmel were 〈◊〉 in the tribe of lu dah 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 was in Galile †〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 c Some read so maiest thou liue in prosperitie the nexte yere 〈◊〉 thou c. †Ebr 〈◊〉 d VVhatsoeuer thou haste ready for vs. e Thus the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in stede of releuing the necessitie of Gods children vse to reuile their personnes and condemne their cause †Ebr. 〈◊〉 †Ebr. droue the awaye f VVhē we kepte our shepe in the wyldernes of Paran †Ebr. is accomplished †Ebr. bread †Or 〈◊〉 g Because she knewe his crooked nature that he wolde rather haue perished then consented to her 〈◊〉 h Meanyng by thys prouerbe that he wolde de stroy both 〈◊〉 and great †Ebr. in 〈◊〉 caues “ Or foole i That is that thou shuldest not be reuenged of thine enemie “ Or present †〈◊〉 Walke as the 〈◊〉 k Confirme hys kingdome to his 〈◊〉 †Ebr. from thy dayes l To Wit Saul m God shal preserue thee longe in his seruice ād destroye thyne enemies n That he hathe not auēged him selfe Whyche things Wold haue 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 o Read vers 26. p He attributeth it to the Lordes mercie and not to him selfe that he Was stayed †〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thy face q For he had no 〈◊〉 to cōsider or giue thankes for this great be nefite of deliuerance r For feare of the great danger “ Or reuenged s For he had experience of her greate godlynes Wisedome and humilitie s For he had experience of her greate godlynes Wisedome and humilitie †Ebr Went at her fete Iosh. 15. 55. 2. Sam. 3. 〈◊〉 t VVhiche 〈◊〉 place borderyng on the countrey of the Moabites Chap. 23. 〈◊〉 “ Or in 〈◊〉 “ Or the Wildernes a That is of the most skilfull and valiant soldiers “ Or to a 〈◊〉 teine place Chap. 14. 50. and 17. 〈◊〉 b VVho Was a stranger and not an 〈◊〉 c Who afterward Was Dauides chief captaine “ Or bilsler d Meaning he Wolde make him sure at one stroke e To Wit in his owne priuate cause for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 kings at Gods appoint ment 2. king 9. 24. †Ebr. the heaue slepe of the lord Was fallen vpon them †Ebr. answerest f Estemed moste valiāc and mete to saue the king †Ebr. sonnes of death g Hereby it appeareth that the hypocrite 〈◊〉 Dauid against his owne 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 to his 〈◊〉 h Let his 〈◊〉 towarde vs be pacified by 〈◊〉 i As muche as laye in thē they compelled him to 〈◊〉 because they forced him to 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 k Because thou 〈◊〉 my life this day l Thus he protestech his innocen 〈◊〉 toward Saul not defending his iustice in the sight of God in Whose presence none is righteous Psal. 14. 3 130. 3. m To Gibeáh of Beniamin a Dauid 〈◊〉 Gods prote ction and therefore fleeth vnto the idolaters Who Were enemies to Gods people b Thus God by his prouidence changeth the ene mies hearts and maketh them to fauour his in their 〈◊〉 c Let thine of 〈◊〉 sappoint me a place “ Ebr. the 〈◊〉 of the dayes d These Were the Wicked 〈◊〉 Whome God had appointed to be de stroyed “ Or against Whome e Which Were a familie 〈◊〉 the tribe of 〈◊〉 1. Chro. 2. 9. “ 〈◊〉 he doeth 〈◊〉 rely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Albeit it Was a great 〈◊〉 to Dauid to fight against the people of God yet suche Was his infirmitie he 〈◊〉 not deny him Chap. 23. 1. b According to the 〈◊〉 of God Exod. 22. 18. and Deut. 18. 10. c Meaning the hie Priest Exod. 28. 30. d He seketh not to God in his mi 〈◊〉 but is led by Satan to vnlaWful meanes Which in is conscience he 〈◊〉 “ Or punishemēt e He speaketh ac cording to his grosse ignorance not considering the state of the Saints after this life and howe Satan hathe no power ouer thē “ Or an excellent persone f To his imaginacion albeit it Was Satan Who to blinde his eyes toke vpon him theforme of Samuél as he can do of an Angel of light †Ebr. by the hād of Prophets g That is to Da uid “ Or ministerie Chap. 15. 28. h Ye shal be dead Chap. 〈◊〉 6. i The Wicked When they heare Gods 〈◊〉 tremble and dispaire but can not seke for mercie by repentance k I haue ventured my life l Because it required haste “ Or in Ala. “ Or captalnes a According to their bandes or ensignes b Meaning a 〈◊〉 tyme that is foure monethes certeme dayes Chap. 27 7. †Ebr. fell as Gen. chap. 25 18. 1. Chro. 12 19. c Wolde not 〈◊〉 receiue him to fa 〈◊〉 if he
not 〈◊〉 them selues by couenant i Wheresoeuer we laboured or traueled there the 〈◊〉 were due vnto the Lorde both by 〈◊〉 Law and accordyng to the othe and coue nāt that we made Nomb. 18. 26. k We wil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it 〈◊〉 of that that shal be necessarie for it Because their 〈◊〉 dwelt 〈◊〉 about thē 〈◊〉 prouided that 〈◊〉 might be 〈◊〉 with men 〈◊〉 vsed this 〈◊〉 because here were fewe 〈◊〉 offred them 〈◊〉 willingly b Whiche came of Pérez the sonne of Iudah “ Or of a Shilonite c That is was the he Priest d That serued and ministred in the Temple “ Or of one of the greatmen e That is he begā the psalme was the chanter f Meaning of the Temple g O them which 〈◊〉 not in Ierusalém “ Or Ophel h Was chief aboue the Kynge for all his 〈◊〉 a From Babylon to Ierufalém b Next in dignitie to the hie 〈◊〉 and whiche were of the stocke of Aaron c Had charge of them that sang the Psalmes d They kept their wardes and watches accordyng to their turnes as 1. Chro. 23. 6. e That is next to Seraiah or rather of that 〈◊〉 whi che was called after the Name of Seraiah f Whereof was zacharie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g That is one after another and euerie one in hys course 〈◊〉 sonnes of the singers h Whiche were a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 had their possessions in the 〈◊〉 1. 〈◊〉 2. 54. i Meaning 〈◊〉 k That is the brethren of zaccur l Whiche was the going vp to the mountzion 〈◊〉 is called the citie of Dauid †Ebr. caused to heare m Whiche were chambers appointed by Hezekiah to put in the tithes such things 2. Chr. 31. 11. now 〈◊〉 repared againe for the same vse Chro. 15. 16. n That is the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 23. 〈◊〉 Nomb. 22. 5. a That is all such which had ioyned in vnlawfull mariage and also those with whome God had forbidden them to haue societie b That the 〈◊〉 was made c He was 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tobiah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and enemie of the Iewes d Called also 〈◊〉 Ezra 7. 1. “ Or at the yeres end e 〈◊〉 we se to what 〈◊〉 the people fall into whē they are 〈◊〉 of one that 〈◊〉 of God seing that their chief gouernour was but a while absent and yet they fell into suche great 〈◊〉 as appeareth also Exo. 32. 1. f He 〈◊〉 that he did 〈◊〉 with a good conscience yet he 〈◊〉 not iustifie him selfe herein but 〈◊〉 reth God to fauor him to be 〈◊〉 vnto him 〈◊〉 his owne goodnes sake as ver 22. g I 〈◊〉 vnto them that GOD wolde not 〈◊〉 suche 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 h Was 〈◊〉 this a great cause why God plagued vs in times paste meaning 〈◊〉 if they transgressed now in the same againe 〈◊〉 plague shuld be greater i 〈◊〉 the tyme that the sunne went 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Sabbath 〈◊〉 from the sunne going downe of the one 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the sunne 〈◊〉 of the other k Meaning of the 〈◊〉 that none thatwas vncleane shulde 〈◊〉 l which was a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 and they had maried wiues therof and so had corrupted theyr speache and religion m That is I did excommunicate them and dryue them out of the Congregacion 1. King 〈◊〉 7. 1. King 11. 1. n Punish 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cording to 〈◊〉 faute euil exāple which they haue giuen to the rest of thy people contrarie to their vocation o That is to shewe mercie vn to me a Called also 〈◊〉 who was now the 〈◊〉 Monarch had the gouernemē of the Medes Persiās and Chaldeans some think he was Darius 〈◊〉 sonne called also 〈◊〉 b Daniel chap. 6. 〈◊〉 maketh mencion but of six score leauing out the nomber that is vnperfit as the Scripturein diuers placesvseth c That is had rest and quietnes Nehem. 1. 1. d VVhich they in those coūtreis instead of tables e As was beseming for so ma gnificala King f None might be cōpelled to drink more then it plea sed him g VVhich was the lastday of the 〈◊〉 that the King ma de for the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 5. †Ebr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the hand of the eunuches h That had 〈◊〉 rience of 〈◊〉 as thei had 〈◊〉 ned by 〈◊〉 marking in 〈◊〉 nuance of 〈◊〉 i VVhich were 〈◊〉 chief counselers that might 〈◊〉 alwaies accesse to him k By her disobedience she hathe giuen an example to all women to do the like to their 〈◊〉 l That is her disobedience m Meaning that wolde take first 〈◊〉 here of to do the like and that the rest of women wold by continuance do the same n Let her be 〈◊〉 and another made Quene o For he had vnder him an hundreth twentie seuen countreis p That is that the wife shulde be subiect to the housband and at his commandement a That is he called the matter againe into communication b By the seuen wise men of his counsel c The abuse of the se countreis was so great that they in uented manie meanes to serue the lustes of 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 as they ordeined wicked Iawes that the King might haue whose daughters he wold so they had diuers houses ap pointed as one for them whiles they were virgines 〈◊〉 when they were 〈◊〉 and for the Quenes another d Read what this purification was vers 13. 2. Kin. 24. 〈◊〉 †Ebr. portions o For thogh she was taken 〈◊〉 by a cruellaw yet he ceased not to haue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ca re ouer her and therefore did resort oft times to heare of her f VVhat 〈◊〉 she asked of the eunuch 〈◊〉 was he bounde ogiue her “ Or Hegai g VVherein het modestie appeared because she soght 〈◊〉 apparel to commend her beautie but ftode tothe eu nuches appoint ment h VVhich conteined parte of Decē ber and part of 〈◊〉 i That is made for her sake k He released their tribute their tribute I That is great magnifical m That is at the mariage of Ester which was these conde mariage of the King n Meaning to 〈◊〉 him o In the Chronicles of the Medes and 〈◊〉 as Chap 10. 2. a The Persians maner was to knele downe and reuerence their Kings and suche as he 〈◊〉 in chief autoritie which Mordecai wolde not do to this ambitious proude man b Thus we se that there is none so wicked but thei haue their flatterers to accuse the godlie ' Ebr despised in his eyes c VVhich 〈◊〉 to parte of Marche and parte of April d To knowe what monethand day shulde be good to enterpri se this thing that it might haue good successe but God disapointed their lottes expectation e Cōteining part of Februarie and parte of Marche f These be the two arguments which commonly the worldelings aud the wic ked vse toward princes against the godly that is the concempt of their Iows and diminishing of their profit without respect how God his 〈◊〉
thing that I knew not before was declared vn to me by vision that is that who soeuer thinketh him selfe iuste shal be founde a sinner when he commeth before God i In these visions whiche GOD sheweth to his creatures there is euer a certeine feare ioyned that the autoritie the reof mightbehad in greater reuerence k Whē all things were quiet or when the feare was some what as waged as God appeared to 〈◊〉 1. Kīg 19 12. l He proueth that if God did punish the innocent the creature shulde be more iust then the Creator which were a blasphemie m If God finde imperfection in his Angels when they 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 by his power how muche more shal he lay foly to mans charge when he wolde 〈◊〉 him selfe against God n That is in this 〈◊〉 body subiect to corruption 2 Cor. 5 1. o They se death 〈◊〉 before their eyes and daily appioc ing toward them p No man for all this doeth consider it q That is before that any of them were so wise as to thinke on death a He willeth Iob tocōsider the exā ple 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thē that haue liued or do liue godly whether any of thē be like vnto him in raging against God as he doeth b Murmuring against God in afflictions increaseth the peine 〈◊〉 mans folie c That is the sinner that hath not the feare of God d I was not mou ed with his prosperitie bu knew that God had cur sed him and his e Thogh God some time suffer the fathers to pas se in this 〈◊〉 yet his iudgemēts wil 〈◊〉 vpon their wicked chil dren f By publicke iud gement thei shal be condēned and none shal pitie them g Thogh there be but two or thre eares left in the hedges yet these shal be taken frō him h That is the earth is not the cause of barennes and mans miserie but his owne sinne i Which declareth that sinne is euer in our corrupt na ture for before sinneit was not subiect to peine afflictiō k If I suffred as thou doest wolde seke vnto God He 〈◊〉 Iob to humble him self vnto God to whome all creatures are subiect and whose workes declare that man is inexcusable except he glorifie God in all his workes m He sheweth bv particular examples of God are * 1 Cor. 3 19. n In things plaine euidēt thei shewe thē selues fooles instead of wisemen o This declareth that GOD punisheth the world ly wise as he threatned Deut. 28. 29. p That is he that hūbleth him selfe before God q He compareth the 〈◊〉 of the wicked to sharpes swordes r 〈◊〉 the wicked be compelled at 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 their mou thes muche more they that professe God s He will send trouble after trouble that his 〈◊〉 may not for one time but continually trust in him but they shal haue a com 〈◊〉 issue euen in the greatest and the 〈◊〉 whiche is here calledthe 〈◊〉 t VVhere as the wicked lament in their 〈◊〉 thou shalt haue 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 u VVhen we are in Gods fauour all creatures shal serue vs. x God shal so blesse thee that thou shal 〈◊〉 haue occasion to reioyce in all thyngs and not to be offended y 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of God haue not 〈◊〉 this promes 〈◊〉 yet GOD doeth recompence it other wise to their 〈◊〉 z VVe haue learned these pointes by 〈◊〉 that God 〈◊〉 not the innocent that man can not compare iustice with him that the 〈◊〉 shal not long 〈◊〉 and that the affliction which man 〈◊〉 commeth for hys owne sinne a To knowe whe 〈◊〉 er I complaine without 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 b My 〈◊〉 is so great 〈◊〉 I lack wordes to expresse it c VVhiche declareth that he was not onely 〈◊〉 in bodye but wonded in 〈◊〉 whiche is the greatest battell that the faithfull can haue d 〈◊〉 you that 〈◊〉 with out 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the brute beastes do not complaine when they haue what they wolde e 〈◊〉 a mans tast delite in that that hathe no 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that none take pleasure 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 seing they can not 〈◊〉 with 〈◊〉 ges 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to the mouth f Herein he sinneth double bothe in wishynge through 〈◊〉 to dye and also in 〈◊〉 of GOD a thyng whiche was not agreable to his wil. g That is let me dye at once before I come to di 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mine 〈◊〉 h He 〈◊〉 lest he shulde be bro 〈◊〉 to inconueniencies yf 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shulde continue i Haue I not soght to helpe my 〈◊〉 as muche as 〈◊〉 possible Or wisdome or Lawe k He 〈◊〉 those friendes whiche comfort not in 〈◊〉 to a broke whiche in 〈◊〉 whē we nede waters is 〈◊〉 winter is hard frosen ād in the tyme of raine when we haue no nede ouerfloweth with water l 〈◊〉 that passe thereby to gointo the 〈◊〉 coun treies of Arabia thinke to finde water there quenche their thirst but they are deceiued m 〈◊〉 is like to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whyche deceiueth them that thinke to haue water there in their nede as I loked for consolation as your hands n He toucheth the 〈◊〉 W iche for no necessitie will giue 〈◊〉 of their goods and muche more hesemen whiche woldenot giue him comfortable wordes o 〈◊〉 me wherein I haue 〈◊〉 and I will confesse my 〈◊〉 p He that hathe a good conscience doeth not shrinke at the sharpe wordes or reasonyngs of others excepte they be able to persuade hym by reason q Do you 〈◊〉 at my wordes 〈◊〉 I shulde be thoght to speake foolis hly whiche am nowe in miserie r Consider whether I speake as one that is driuen to this 〈◊〉 through verye sorowe or as an hypocrite as you condemne me a Hathe not an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 some reste and 〈◊〉 then in this my 〈◊〉 tor ment I am worse then an hyreling b My 〈◊〉 hathe continued from moneth to moneth and I haue loked for 〈◊〉 in vaine c This signifieth that his disease was rare and moste horrible d Thus he speaketh in respecte of the 〈◊〉 of mans life which passeth without hope of 〈◊〉 inconsideration whereof he desireth God to haue compassion on him e If thou beholde me in thine angre I shal not be able to stande in thy presence f Shall no more enioye this mortal life g Seing I can by nonother meanes comfort my selfe I will declare my griefe by wordes and thus he speaketh as one ouercome with grief of minde h Am not I a poore wretche what nedest thou then to lay so muche peine on me i So that I can ha ue no rest night nor day h Am not I a poore wretche what nedest thou then to lay so muche peine on me k He speaketh as one ouercome with sorowe and not of iudge ment or of the examination of his faith l Seing my-terme of lyfe is so shorte let me haue some reste and ease m Seing that mā of him selfe is so vile why doest thou 〈◊〉 hym 〈◊〉 honour to contende against him
confesse herein mine ignorance that I spakes 〈◊〉 not what d He sheweth that he wil be Gods schoker to learne of him e I knewe thee onely before by heare say but now thou hast caused me to fele what thou art to me that I may resigne my self 〈◊〉 vnto thee f You toke in hād an euil cause in that you condēned him by his outward afflictiōs and not cōforted him with my mercies g Who had a good cause but handeled it euil h When you haue reconciled your selues to him for the fautes that you haue cōmited against him he shal pray for you I wil heare him i He deliuered him out of the 〈◊〉 fliction wherein he was k That is all his 〈◊〉 read Chap. 〈◊〉 13. “ Or 〈◊〉 or money so marked l God made him twise so riche in 〈◊〉 as he was afore gaue him as manie 〈◊〉 as he had taken from him m That is of lōg life or beautiful as the day n As pleasant as 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 spice o That is the hor ne of beautie * Or Praises according to the 〈◊〉 were chiefly 〈◊〉 to praise giue thankes to God for his benesires They are called the 〈◊〉 or Sōgs of Dauid be cause the moste 〈◊〉 were made by him a VVhen a men hathe giuen once place to euil coū sel or to his owne cōcupiscence he beginneth to for get him self in his sin so falleth into contempt of God which con tempt is called the seat of the 〈◊〉 b In the holie Scriptures Deut. 6 6. Iosh 1 8. Pro. 6 20. Iere. 17 〈◊〉 c Gods children are so moystened euer with his grace that whatsoeuer cometh vn to thē tēdethly to their saluaciō d Thogh the wic ked seme to beare the swinge in this worlde yet the Lord 〈◊〉 them downe that they shal not rise nor stand in the compagnie of the righteous e But tremble when they fele Gods wrath f Doeth approue and pro sper like as not to knowe is to reproue and reiect a The conspiracie of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the iewes and power of Kings 〈◊〉 not p 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 4 25. “ Or anointed b 〈◊〉 the Wicked say that they Wil cast of the yoke of God and of his Christ. 〈◊〉 1 〈◊〉 c Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that in 〈◊〉 his Christ they 〈◊〉 against him Act. 13 〈◊〉 d To she We that my 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 is of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 e That is to say as touching 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because 〈◊〉 Was the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 elected of God So is it applied to Christ in his first comming 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 f Not onely the Iewes but 〈◊〉 Gē tiles also g He exhorteth all 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 in time 〈◊〉 1. 27. h in signe of hōmage i When the Wicked shal say 〈◊〉 reste 〈◊〉 yet to 〈◊〉 but in the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a This 〈◊〉 a tokē of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that for all his troubles he had his 〈◊〉 to God b 〈◊〉 here signineth 〈◊〉 vp of the 〈◊〉 to cause vs to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 as a thing of great 〈◊〉 c When he cōside 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of Gods 〈◊〉 omes 〈◊〉 the same his 〈◊〉 inc 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 d Be the dangers neuer so great or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 GOD hathe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to deliuer 〈◊〉 a Among them that Were appoin ted 〈◊〉 sing the 〈◊〉 and to play on the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one 〈◊〉 appointed chief to set the 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 who had the charge because he was moste excellent and he begā this 〈◊〉 on the instru ment called 〈◊〉 or in a 〈◊〉 so called b Thou that are the defender of my iust cause c Bothe of minde and body d Ye that thinke your selues noble in this Worlde e Thogh your en terprises please you neuer so muche yet God Wil bring them to noght f A King that Walkethin his vo 〈◊〉 g For feare of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 h 〈◊〉 your 〈◊〉 i 〈◊〉 God pure 〈◊〉 and not With outward ceremo 〈◊〉 k The multitude 〈◊〉 Worldlie Welth but Dauid 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 in Gods 〈◊〉 l This 〈◊〉 in Ebrew may be re 〈◊〉 to God as it is here 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or to Dauid signifying that he shulde dwel as ioyfully alone as if he had manie about him be 〈◊〉 the Lord is 〈◊〉 him “ Or a 〈◊〉 st 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tune Psal. 〈◊〉 a That is my 〈◊〉 prayer secret complaint 〈◊〉 b VVich pacience and trust til I be 〈◊〉 c Seing that God 〈◊〉 nature hatteth Wickednes he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Wicked sa ue the godlie d VVhich runne moste ragingly after their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 e In the deepest of his 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 his ful confidence in God f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 iust therefore lead me out of the 〈◊〉 s of mi ne enemies Rom. 3 〈◊〉 “ Or cause them to erre g Let their deuisescome to noght h Thy fauour toWarde me shall 〈◊〉 me the 〈◊〉 of all others “ Or giue good successe i So that he shall be safe frome all dangers 〈◊〉 0 〈◊〉 a Thogh I deserue destruction yet let thy mercye 〈◊〉 my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 b For my Whole 〈◊〉 is abated c 〈◊〉 conscience is also touched With the feare of Gods iudgement d 〈◊〉 lamenteth that occasion shulde be taken frome hym to praise god in the 〈◊〉 “ Or mine eye is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Were With Wormes e God sendeth cō fort and boldnes in affliction that We may 〈◊〉 e ouer 〈◊〉 enemies f VVhen the Wicked thinke that the godlie shall 〈◊〉 God deliuereth them suddenly ād destroy eth their enemies “ Or kinde of tune “ Or accusation 〈◊〉 Sam. 16. 7. a He desireth God to deliuer him from the rage of cruel Saul b VVhere With 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 me c If I 〈◊〉 not Saul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 ued hys 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 8. d Let me not 〈◊〉 dye but be dis 〈◊〉 for euer e In 〈◊〉 me the kigdome f Not onely for 〈◊〉 e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 declare 〈◊〉 power g As 〈◊〉 my 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and mine enemies h Thogh they 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 cause against me yet God shal 〈◊〉 d ge their 〈◊〉 i He doeth conti 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the W. ked to 〈◊〉 tance by some signe 〈◊〉 his iudgement es k Except Saul 〈◊〉 ne his mynde 〈◊〉 dye for he 〈◊〉 bothe men and Weapons to destroye me Thus consideryng hys great danger he 〈◊〉 gods grace 〈◊〉 59. 4. Iob. 15. 35. l In keping faith fully 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 With me “ Or kinde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or tune “ Or noble or 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 the Wic ked Wolde 〈◊〉 Gods praises yet the very babes are 〈◊〉 Witnesses of the same “ Or established Or confunde b It had bene suf ficient for him to haue set forthe his glorie by 〈◊〉 heauens thogh he had not come so low as to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is but 〈◊〉 c Touchyng hys first creation d By the temporal gifts of mans creation he is led to 〈◊〉 the benefites
Which haue to do in the 〈◊〉 as it 〈◊〉 by a solemne 〈◊〉 that thei 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 thereof d This is 〈◊〉 of Christ who toke vpon him our na 〈◊〉 to come to helpe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the cloke of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 f So that We can not haue 〈◊〉 knowledge of him in this life g That is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the comming of Christ 〈◊〉 here 〈◊〉 by the spring 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all things 〈◊〉 h Thou that arte as 〈◊〉 of thy sinnes come and shewe thy selfe vnto me i Suppresse the 〈◊〉 whiles thei are yōg that is when they beginne to shewe their 〈◊〉 and destroye the vyne of the Lord. k The Church 〈◊〉 Christ to be moste readye to helpe her in all dangers a The Churche by night that is in troubles seketh to Christ but is not 〈◊〉 heard b Shewing that althogh We be not heard at 〈◊〉 firste yet we must still continue in 〈◊〉 till 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c which declareth that we must 〈◊〉 vnto all of whome we 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 any 〈◊〉 d Read Chap 2. 7. e This is 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 of Israél which Was led by the wildernes 〈◊〉 yeres †〈◊〉 powdre f Bythe bed 〈◊〉 ment the Temple Whiche Salomon made g He 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 watch whiche kept the 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 h All ye that are of the nomber of the faithful i Christ become man Was 〈◊〉 by theloue of God With the 〈◊〉 crowne of his 〈◊〉 a Because Christ 〈◊〉 in his Church he 〈◊〉 all that is in her b He hathe 〈◊〉 to the multitude of the faithful whi che are manie in nomber Chap. 6. 4. c VVherein are knowledge and zeale two precious iewels d Christ promiseth his Church to call his faithfull from all the corners of the Worlde e Christ 〈◊〉 his Churche sister in respect that he had taken the flesh of 〈◊〉 f In that he madē his Churche be 〈◊〉 and riche he loued his 〈◊〉 her g Because of thy confession thākesgiuing h The Church confesseth that all 〈◊〉 glorie and 〈◊〉 cometh of 〈◊〉 who is the 〈◊〉 fountaine of all grace i She desireth Christ to comforte her and to powre the graces of his Spirit vpon her whiche Spirit is mēt by the North and South Winde Chap. V. a The gardē signifieth the kingdome of Christ where heprepareth the bāket for his elect b The spouse saith that she is troubled with the cares of wordly things which is ment by sleping c Declaring the long pacience of the Lord towarde sinners d The spouse confesseth her nakednes and that of her selfe she hathe nothing or seing that 〈◊〉 is once made cleane she promiseth not to 〈◊〉 her self againe †Ebr. My bowels were moued towards him e The spouse whiche shuld be anoin ted of Christ shall not finde him if she thinke to anoint him with 〈◊〉 good workes f These are the false teachers Whiche wounde the conscience with their traditions g She asketh of them whiche are godlie forasmuch as the law and saluation shuld come out of ziō and Ierusalem that they wolde directe 〈◊〉 to Christ. h Thus say thei of Ierusalém i She describeth Christ to be of per 〈◊〉 beautie and comelines †Ebr. Tars hish k Hearing of the excellēcie of christ the faithful desire to knowe how to finde him a That is is cōuersant here in earth among men b VVhiche was a faire and stronge 〈◊〉 1. King 14. 17 c This declareth the exceding loue of Christ towarde his Church Chap. 4. 1. d Meaning that the giftes are infinite which Christ to his Churche or that his 〈◊〉 are manie in nōber e He she weth that the beginning of the Churche was smale but that it grewe vp to a great multitude f He went downe into the Synagogue to se what 〈◊〉 came of the Lawe and the 〈◊〉 g I foūde nothing but rebellion h I ran as swift as the nobles of my people in their charets i O ye people of Ierusalem for Ierusalem was called Shallem which 〈◊〉 peace Chap. VII a He 〈◊〉 the comelie beau tie of the Church in euerie parte which is to be vnderstand spiritual ly b Read Chap. 4. 5. c He deliteth to come nere thee to be in thy companie “ Or galeries d This the spouse speaketh e If the people that are called to Christ bring forthe anie frute a The Church cal led of the 〈◊〉 speaketh thus to the Church of Ierusalem “ Or me b Read Chap. 〈◊〉 c Read Chap. 3. 5. d The spouse desi reth Christ to be ioyned in perpetual loue with him e The Iewishe Church speaketh this of the Chur che of the Genti 〈◊〉 f If she be sure 〈◊〉 fast she is 〈◊〉 for 〈◊〉 housband to dwel in g The Church pro miseth fidelitie constancie h This is the vineyarde of the Lord hired 〈◊〉 Mat. 22 33. i Christ dwelleth in his Church whose voyce the faithful heare k The Church de 〈◊〉 Christ that if he depart from them yet that he wolde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 help them 〈◊〉 their troubles a That is areuela tion or prophecie which was one of the two mea nes whereby God declared him selfe to his seruants in olde time as Nom. 12. 6. therefore the Prophetes were called Seers 〈◊〉 Sam 9. 〈◊〉 b Isaiah was chiefly sent to Iudah and Ierusalém but not onely for in this boke are prophe cies concerning other nations al so c Called also Azariah 2. King read 2. King from Chap 14 vnto Chap. 21 and 2. Chro. from Chap. 25. vnto Chap. 33 d Becau se men were obstinate and insensible he calleth to the dumme creatures which were mo 〈◊〉 to obey Gods worde as Deu 32. 1 e He declareth his great 〈◊〉 towarde the Iewes for asmuche as he chose them aboue all other nations to be his people children as Deu 10 15. f Themoste brute and dulbeasts do more acknowledg their duetie toward their masters them my people do toward me of whome thei haue receiued benefits with out comparison g Ther were not onely wicked as were their fathers but 〈◊〉 corrupt and by their 〈◊〉 example infected others h That is him that sanctifieth Isracl i VVhat auaileth it to seke to amēd you by pur 〈◊〉 ēt seing the more I correct you the more yerebell k By naming the chief partes of the bodie he signifieth that there was no parte of the whole bodye of the Iewes fre from his roddes l Huerie parte of the bodie 〈◊〉 the least as the chie fest was plagued m Their plagues were so grieuous that they were incurable and yet they wolde not repent n Meaning of thē that dwell farre of which because they loke for no aduantage of that which remaineth destroye all before them o That is Ierusalem p Because that he wil euer haue a Church to call vpō his Name q That is all destroyed r Ye that for your vices deserued all
then vsed to 〈◊〉 alone communely and disdained that anie shulde sit in their 〈◊〉 now to 〈◊〉 his power and how 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thy his enemie which then besieged Babylon he made a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vsed excesse in their companie which is ment hereby drinking wine thus the wicked are moste dissolute and negligent when their destruction is at hand ' Or ou 〈◊〉 with wine c Meaning his grand father d In contempt of the true God they praised their idoles 〈◊〉 that they thoght 〈◊〉 the golde or siluer were gods but that there was a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and power in them to do them good with is also the opinion of all 〈◊〉 e That it might the better 〈◊〉 f So he that before 〈◊〉 God was moued by this 〈◊〉 to tremble 〈◊〉 feare of Gods iudgements g Thus the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 their troubles seke manie meanes who draw ethem from God because they seke not to him who is the onelie comfort in 〈◊〉 h To wit his grād mother 〈◊〉 nezzars wise which for her age was not before at the feast but came 〈◊〉 when she heart of these strāge newes i Read Chap 4. 6. and this declareth that bothe this na me was odious vnto him and also that he did not vse these vile 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because he was not among them when all were called k For the idolaters thoght that the Angels had power as God therefore had thē in like estimation as they had God thinking that the spirit of prophecie and vnderstāding came of them l Before he red the writing he declareth to the King his great in gratitude toward God who 〈◊〉 not be moued to giue him the glotie considering his wonderful worke toward his grand father and so sheweth that he doeth not sinne of ignorance but of malice m After that God had so long time 〈◊〉 his angre and 〈◊〉 wai ted for thine amē dement n This worde is twise writen for the certeinitie of thing shewing that God had moste surely counted signifying also that God hathe appointed a terme for all kingdo mes and that a miserable end shal come on all that raise them selues against him “ Or wanting o 〈◊〉 sonne in lawe giue him this title of honour althogh 〈◊〉 in effect had the dominion a Read 〈◊〉 Chap 1 〈◊〉 †Or not be troubled b This heathen King preferred Da niél a stranger to all his nobles and familiars because the graces of God were more excellent in him then in others c Thus the wicked can not abide the graces of God in others but sake by all occasions to de 〈◊〉 them 〈◊〉 re against suche assaltes there is no better remedie 〈◊〉 to walke vprightly in the feare of God and to haue a good conscience d 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 ned the wickednes of the King who wolde be set vp as a god and passel not 〈◊〉 wicked lawes he approued for the maintenance of the same e Because he wolde not by his silen ce shew that he cō sented to this wic ked decre he set opē his windowes towarde 〈◊〉 lém 〈◊〉 he pray ed bothe to 〈◊〉 vp him self 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of Gods promises to his people when they shulde pray towarde that 〈◊〉 also 〈◊〉 others might 〈◊〉 he wolde nether consent in heart nor dede for these 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thing that was cō 〈◊〉 to Gods glo rie f Thus the wicked 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 laws 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is of 〈◊〉 times 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or stubbernes when is the innocents the 〈◊〉 perish therefore 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 re nor be ashamed to b. 〈◊〉 suche g This 〈◊〉 that Darius 〈◊〉 not touched with the true knowled ge of God because he douted of his power h My iuste cause vp 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 thing wherein I was charged is ap proued of God i For he did 〈◊〉 bey the Kings wic ked cōmandemēt to obey God and so did no iniurie to the King who oght to commande nothing whereby God shulde be dishonored k Because he 〈◊〉 him self wholy vnto God whose cause he did defend he was assured that 〈◊〉 but good colde co me vnto him 〈◊〉 rein we se the power of faith as Ebr 11. 〈◊〉 l This 〈◊〉 a terrible example against all the wicked whiche do against their conscience make c uel lawes to destroye he children of God and also admonis heth princes how to punish such when their Wickednes is come to light 〈◊〉 not in euerie point or with like circumstances yet to execute true iustice vpon them m This 〈◊〉 not that 〈◊〉 did wo ship God 〈◊〉 or els was 〈◊〉 for thē he wolde haue destroyed all 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and not one ly giuen God the chief place but one ly haue set him vp and caused him to be honored 〈◊〉 to his worde 〈◊〉 this was a 〈◊〉 confession of Gods power whereunto he was compelled by this wonderful miracle n Which hathe not onely life in him self but is the onelie fountaine of life and quickeneth all things so that without him there is no life a VVhere as the people of Israél loked for a continual 〈◊〉 after these seuen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 had declared he 〈◊〉 weth that 〈◊〉 rest shal not be a 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 but a beginning ther 〈◊〉 mean aged them to toke or a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 be 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 by whome they shulde 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they shulde 〈◊〉 a certeine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the destruction of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 kingdome b 〈◊〉 signified 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shulde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 troubles and afflictions in the worlde in all corners of the worlde and at son 〈◊〉 times c Meaning the 〈◊〉 Caldeā 〈◊〉 whiche was moste strong 〈◊〉 in power 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one come to their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thogh 〈◊〉 had had wings to 〈◊〉 ye their wings were pulled by the Persians thei went on thei fete were made like other men which is here 〈◊〉 by mans heart d Meaning the Persians which were barbarous and 〈◊〉 e Thei were 〈◊〉 in the beginning were shut vp in their mountaines and had no 〈◊〉 f That is destroyed many kingdomes was 〈◊〉 g To wit the Angels by Gods cōmādement who by this meanes punished the 〈◊〉 of the worlde h Meaning Alexander the King of Macedonie i That is his foure chief captaines whiche 〈◊〉 the empire among them after his death Seleueus had Asia the great Antigonus the esse Cassander and after him 〈◊〉 was King o Macedonie 〈◊〉 had Egypt k It was not of him self 〈◊〉 of his owne power that he 〈◊〉 all these countreis for his armie conteined but thirtie thousand men and 〈◊〉 ouercame in one battel Darius which had 〈◊〉 hundreth thousand when he was so 〈◊〉 with slepe that his eyes were se 〈◊〉 open is the stories reporte therefore this power was giuen him of God l That is he Romain em 〈◊〉 which was as a monster colde not be 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 beast because
l By the title of aliance and here by brother he meaneththe next kinsmā that law fully might marie her Luk. 20. 17. Act. 23. 6. Deu. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Or sonnes m VVhere Gods worde is not preached and vnderstand there must nedes reigne blindenes ād errous n Forasmuche as theishalbe exem 〈◊〉 from the in 〈◊〉 of this present life Exod. 3. 6. Mar. 12. 28. Deut. 6 5. Luk. 10. 27. Leui. 19. 18. Mar. 12. 31. Rom. 13 9. Gal. 5. 14. Iam. 2. 8. Mar. 12. 35. Luk 20 41. o Ofwhat 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 p By the spirit of prophecie speaking of the king dome of Christ. q By the right hand is signified the autoritie and power which God giueth his Sonne Christ in making him his lieurenant and gouernour ouer his Church Psal 110. 1. r Not that his kingdome shal then end but the office of his humanitie shal cease and he with the Father and holie Gost shal reigne for euer as one God all in all s Christ is Dauids sonne touching his manhode ād his Lord concerning his GOD head Nehe. 8. 4. a And teache that which Moses saith b According to Moses whome they read but not that which they teache of them selues Luk. 11. 46. Actes 15 10. c They weres 〈◊〉 les of 〈◊〉 where in the cōmandemēts 〈◊〉 written to this day the Iewes vse the same and close them in a piece of lether and so binde thē to their browe and left arme to the intent they might haue continual remēbran ce of the Law d Christ for bideth nor to giue iuste honour to Magistrates ād Masters but condemneth ambicion and 〈◊〉 perioritie ouer our brothers faith which office apperteineth to Christ alone Nom. 15 38. Deut 22. 12. Mar. 12 38. e The Pharises were called Masters or Fathers and the Scribes Docters Luk. 11. 43. 20. 46. Or master Iam. 3. 1. f The highest dignitie in the 〈◊〉 is notlord shippe or dominion but ministe rie and seruice Or teacher Mal. 1. 6. Luk. 14. 〈◊〉 and 18 14. g Ye kepe backe the pure religion knowledge of God when men are readie to em brace it h Which haue now their 〈◊〉 within the dores i They soght all meanes thatthei colde inuent to make of a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 k And maketh it to be taken as an 〈◊〉 thing because of the vse and hereby Christ sheweth that mans doctrine doeth not onely obscure the worde of God but is 〈◊〉 to it Marke 12. 40. luke 20. 47. “ Or is a detter * 1. King 8. 〈◊〉 * 〈◊〉 Chro. 6. 1. Chap. 〈◊〉 34. Luk 〈◊〉 42. l Ye staye at that which 〈◊〉 and let passe that 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 importance m Ye seke how to get estimaciō with men and passe not whether ye haue a good conscience or no. “ Or intemperancre Or painted n 〈◊〉 a remembrance of thē in the meane sea son they passed not for their doctrine o It is not now onely that our nacion hathe be gōne to be cruel against the seruants of God therefore it is no 〈◊〉 thogh the children of suche mu therers 〈◊〉 roughly the Prophetes p To conuince you of greater in gratitude q Christ meaneth that all their race shal be punished so that the iniqui tie of the fathers shal be 〈◊〉 in to the bosome of the children which resemble their fathers Gen. 4 8. Ebr. 11 44. r Read 2. Chro. 24 22. Luke 13 14. 2. Esdr. 1 30. s He wil returne no more to them as a teacher but as a iudge when as they shal be cōp lled to confesse althogh to late that he is the verie Sōne of God Chap. 〈◊〉 Marke 13 1. luke 21 5. a whose excellen cie appeareth in that that Herode for the space of 8. ye es kept 10000 men in worke the stones were 15 cubites long in height 12 in breadth 8 as losephus writeth Luke 19 44. b 〈◊〉 thoght the worlde 〈◊〉 be at an end when Ierusalem were destroyed Ephe. 5 6. c He answereth them not according to their mindes but admonisheth them of that which is necessarie for them to knowe Colos. 2 28. d Great ād cruel warres haue en sued since amongs the heathen for the contempt of the Go spel and increase more and more Chap. 10. 17. Luke 21 12. Iohn 15 20. and 16. 2. e As if you were the cause of these troubles f Manie wil kep backe their charitie because they are 〈◊〉 and euill vpon whō they shuld besto wit 2. Thes. 3. 13. 2. Tim. 2. 3. Marke 13. 14. Luke 22. 20. Dan. 9 27. g When the 〈◊〉 shal be pollu ted it shal be a signe of extreme desolation the sacrifices shall end and neuer be restored h The horrible destructiō of the Temple and the corruption of Gods pure religion Act. 1. 12. “ Or man i God preuideth for hys children in the middes of troubles Marke 〈◊〉 21. Luke 17. 23. k Whiter the false Christs and deceiuers leade the people hyding them selues in holes as if they were ashamed of their pro fession “ Or clossetes l 〈◊〉 despite of 〈◊〉 the faithful shal he gathered and ioyned with Christ as the 〈◊〉 assemble to adead 〈◊〉 m VVhen God 〈◊〉 made an end of the troubles of his Church n He 〈◊〉 an horrible trem bling of the worlde and as it were an alteration of the ordre of nature Luk. 17. 37. Mar. 13. 24. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 25. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 10. 〈◊〉 32 7. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. 15. Reuel 1. 7. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 12. 〈◊〉 4. 16. o For within fiftie yeres after Ierusalem was destroied the godlie were persecuted falle teachers seduced the people religion was polluted so that the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to beat an 〈◊〉 Mar. 13 32. Gene. 7. 5. 〈◊〉 17. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. 20. p Because of their incredulitie q This teacheth euerie man to walke warely not respecting his companion althogh he be neuer so dere vnto him Luk 17. 〈◊〉 1. thes 4. 17. Mar. 13. 35. Luk. 12. 19. 2. thes 3. 2. 〈◊〉 16. 18. Luk. 12 42. “ Or separat him Chap 〈◊〉 42 and 25. 30. a This similitud̄e teacheth vs that it is not sufficiēt to haue once giuē our selues to followe Christ but that we muste continue b To do him ho nor as the maner was c Manie seke that which they haue contemned but it is to late “ Or quenched d This was spokē in reproche because they made not prouision in time e I wil not open to you because you haue failed in the midde way f This similitude teacheth how we oght to continue in the knowledge of God do good with those graces that God hathe giuen vs Chap 24. 43. mar 13. 33. Luk. 19. 12. g Euerie talent 〈◊〉 made threscore poūde read “ Or made Chap. 18. 24. h The master receiueth him into his house to giue him parte of his goods and 〈◊〉 “ Or lingerer Chap. 13. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 8. 18. and 〈◊〉 26. mar 4. 〈◊〉 i The 〈◊〉 of God 〈◊〉 takē away
the Churche of Christ whiche is our mother and not of the Synagogue whiche is a seruant vnder the Law Rom. 9. 8. By the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs fre a If you ioyne circumcision to the Gospel as a thing necessarie to saluacion Chap. V. Act. 15. 2. b We liue in hop through that Spi rit whiche causeth faith and whiche is giuen to the faithfull that we shulde 〈◊〉 faith and not by the Law obtaine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of glorie whiche Christe gyueth frely 1. Cor. 1. 17. c Then whatsoeuer is not the worde of God whiche here he calleth trueth is verie lies d Which is God e A litle corruption doeth destroy the whole doctrine 1. Cor. 5. 6. f That ye wil 〈◊〉 the word of God purely g That is the doctrine of the Gospell whiche the worlde ab horred as a sclanderous thing and therewith were offended h Meaning the seconde table 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 18. 〈◊〉 22. 39. k That is the na tu all man 〈◊〉 against the 〈◊〉 of of 〈◊〉 Mar. 12. 31. Iam. 2. 8. Rom. 13. 14. 1. Pet 2. 10. i In the man regenerat i If you be 〈◊〉 by the Spirit of 〈◊〉 that whiche ye do 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to God althogh it be nor be 〈◊〉 fity m For they are vnder the 〈◊〉 or grace n Christ hath 〈◊〉 onely remitted their sinnes but sanctified tl 〈◊〉 into 〈◊〉 es of lif o That being dead to sinne liuyng to God we may declare the same in holines and innocencie of life a Father by reason of his flesh or Satan b Christe exhorteth in 〈◊〉 places to mutual loue 〈◊〉 brotherlie loue is here called the Lawe of Christ and his comman 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 n. 13. 14. and. 5. 12. c He sheweth that man hathe nothing of him 〈◊〉 whereof he shulde 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 1. 12. Wherein he may reioyce 〈◊〉 me but not before God d For his reioycing is a 〈◊〉 of a good conscience e For it were a shame not to prouide for their corporal necessities whiche fede our soules with the heauenlie things 1. Cor. 5 8. 1. 〈◊〉 9. 7. f He proueth that the ministers must be nowrished for if men onely prouide for wordely thinges 〈◊〉 out respect of the life euerlasting then they procure to them selues death and mocke God who hath giuen them his ministers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them heauenlie thing 2. Thes. 3. 13. g The frute whiche God hathe promised h By the outwarde ceremonies i That is for prea 〈◊〉 Christ 〈◊〉 k That thei haue made you Iewes l By the 〈◊〉 he meaneth all ou warde pom pe 〈◊〉 things which please mens fantasies m Which is rege nerate by faith Rom. 2. 19. n That is vpon the Iewes as o Let no man trouble my preaching from hēce forthe for my markes are witnesses how valiantly I haue foght p Which 〈◊〉 odious to the worlde but glorious before God a As with the knowledge of God in Christ with faith hope charitie other gifts “ Or places b This election to lif euerlasting can neuer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ged but in temporal offices which God hathe appointed for a certeine space when the terme is expired he chā geth his election as we se in Saul and Iudas 1. Cor. 1. 2. c When Christs iustice is imputed ours d Whereas we were not the 〈◊〉 children he receiued vs by grace and made vs his children 2. Cor. 1. 3. 1. Pet. 1. 3. 2. Tim. 1. 9. e The principal end of our election is to praise and glorifie the grace of God Colos. 1. 22. f That is in Christ. g By this he mea neth the whole bodie of the Churche which he deuideth into them which are in heauen and them which are in earth also the faithful which re maine in earth stād of the Iewes and the Gentiles h To wit the Iewes i Thogh we be redemed frō the bondage of sinne by the death of Christ Rom 6. 22 〈◊〉 we hope for this seconde 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 be when we shal possesse our inhe ritāce in the heauens whereof we haue the holie Gost for a gage as Chap. 4. 30. k Of Christ. l Made him Go uernour of all things bothe in heauen and in'earthe so that Christs bodie is now onely there or elsit shuld not be a true bodie and his ascenciō shulde be but a fantasticall thing and onely imagi ned Col. 2. 12. Chap. 3. 7. Psal. 8. 8. Ebr. 2. 8. m This is the great loue of Christe towarde his Churche that he counteth not him selfe perfect without vs whiche are his members therefore 〈◊〉 Church is also Christ as 1. Cor. 12. 12. Col. 2. 13. Chap. 6. 12. 〈◊〉 Meaning Satan b Not by creation but by Adās 〈◊〉 so by 〈◊〉 c Bothe Iewe Gentil “ Or with Christ. d We that are the members are raised vp 〈◊〉 death and reigne without head christ in heauen by faith e Here he meaneth as concerning grace and not by nature f He sheweth here that the further the Gentiles were of frome the grace of God the greater detters they are now to the 〈◊〉 1. Sam. 17. 26. Eze. 44 7. Rom. 9. 4. g It was but one couenant but because it was diuers times confirmed and established 〈◊〉 here he calleth them Couenants h Whereno promesis there is no hope “ Or 〈◊〉 i That is the cau se of the diuision that was 〈◊〉 ne the Iewes the Gentiles k For in Christ 〈◊〉 all things were accomplished which were pre figurate in the Law l For of the Iewes and the Gentils he made one flocke “ Or death Rom. 5. 2. a He reioyceth in that he suffred imprisonmēt for the maintenance of Christs glorie b Which was his 〈◊〉 to prea che vnto the 〈◊〉 c That is in the first chap of this Epistle ver 9. d Althogh the fathers and the Prophetes had reuelations certeine yet it was not in comparison of that 〈◊〉 which was shewed when the Gētiles were called nether 〈◊〉 was the time 〈◊〉 the maner knowen Chap. 1 19. 1. Cor. 15 9. 〈◊〉 1. 16. Rom. 16. 25. Col. 1. 26. 2. Timo. 1. 10. e The Angels Tit. 1. 2. 1. Pet. 1. 20. f The Churche being gathered of so many kindes of people is an example or a glasse for the An gels to beholde the wisdome of God in who hath turned their particular discords in to an vniuersal concorde and of the 〈◊〉 of bondage hathe made the Church of 〈◊〉 dome g He that is not of the bodie of Christ is in death h The faithful which 〈◊〉 befo re Christ 〈◊〉 were adopted by him and make one familie with the Saincts which yet remaine a liue i For we confesse that which we beleue k All perfection on euerie side is in him l That all the graces of God may abounde in you Rom. 16. 25. m In that we fele Christ in vs. a For the Lords cause Philip. 1. 27. Col. 1. 10. 1. Thess. 2. 12. b 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 you
10. Luk 18 1. 〈◊〉 18. 12. m Then is a man fully sanctified perfect when his minde thinketh no thing his soule that is his vnderstanding and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nothing nether his bodie doeth execute any thing contrary to the wil of God colos 4 3. Chap. 3 12. 1. cor 1 8. 1. Cor. 1 8. 1. Thess. 1. 2. a Whiche procedeth of your faith as a moste notable frute b The faithful by their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in a cleare glasse the end of Gods iust iudgement when as they shal reigne with Christ whiche haue suffered with him ād the wicked shal 〈◊〉 his extreme wrath and vengeance Iude. 6. c By whome he declareth hys might 1. 〈◊〉 4. 16. d As God is euer lasting so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 punishmēt be euerlasting as he is moste mightie of power so shal their punishment be moste sore e The frebeneuo 〈◊〉 of Gods goodnes compre hendeth his purpose his predesti nation vocatiō the worke of faith conteineth our iustification to the which God addeth glorification and al these he worketh of his mere grace through Christ. f Faith is Gods wōderful worke in vs. g As the head with the bodie a As false 〈◊〉 tion or dreames b Which are spo ken or written Ephes. 5 6. c A wonderful 〈◊〉 of the moste parte from the faith d This wicked Antichrist comprehendeth the whole succession of the 〈◊〉 of the Church all that abominable kingdome of 〈◊〉 whereof some were beares some lyōs others leopardes as Daniel describeth thē and is called the man of sinne because he setteth him self vp agaīst God e Who as he destroyeth others so shal he be destroyed him self f Because the false apostles had persuaded after a sorte the Thessalonians that the day of the Lord was nere and so the redemption of the Church Paul 〈◊〉 thē to loke for this horrible dissipation before and therefore rather to prepare them selues to patience then to rest and quietnes for as yet there was a let that is that the Gospel shulde be preached through out all g To wit 〈◊〉 and is therefore called a mysterie because it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 h Which shal 〈◊〉 for a time i That is with his worde k Meaning the whole time that he shal remaine l Satans power is limited that he can not 〈◊〉 the elect to their destruction m Delited in false doctrine n The 〈◊〉 of our election is the loue of God the sanctification of the Spirit and beleuing the trueth are testimonies oft e same election 〈◊〉 24. 14. o Before the fundacion of the worlde p And Gospel q By our preaching Isay. 11. 4. r That is the doctrine 〈◊〉 s That is by my 3. 6. preaching of the Gospel * Thes. 2. 2 * Chap. Ephes 6. 〈◊〉 Colos. 4. 3. a Althogh they 〈◊〉 them selues there of b Frō the slaights of Satan c By the Worde of God d Which is to tra 〈◊〉 if he Wil eat Chap. 2. 〈◊〉 1. Cor. 4. 12. 1. Thes. 4 11. Act. 20. 34. 1 〈◊〉 4. 12. 1. Thes 2. 9. 1. Cor 11. 10 e Then by the Worde of God noneogh to liue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 him selfe to some 〈◊〉 to get his 〈◊〉 by to do good to others Galat. 6. 9. Mat. 18. 27. 1. Cor. 5. 9. f The end of excommunicacion is not to 〈◊〉 from the Church suche as haue fallē but to Winne thē to the Church by amendement g Whether they be mine Epistles or other mens “ Or ordinance a So called becau se he followed the simplicitie of the Gospel Colos. 1. 8. b Because these questionistes preferred their curious 〈◊〉 to all other knowledge and 〈◊〉 them with the Law as if thei had bene theverie Law of God S. Paul sheweth that the end of Gods Law is loue which can not be without a good conscience nether a good 〈◊〉 science without faith nor faith 〈◊〉 the wor de of God so their doctrine which is an occasion of 〈◊〉 is worth nothing “ Or of the Law Act. 16 〈◊〉 Chap. 4. 7. Tic. 1. 14. Chap. 6. 4. Rom. 13. 10. c Whose hearts God spirit 〈◊〉 direct to do that willingly which the Law requireth so that their 〈◊〉 affection is to thē as a Law without further 〈◊〉 d Suche as onely delite in sinning Rom. 7. 12. e Whiche steale away children or seruants f He declareth to 〈◊〉 the ex cellent-force of Gods Spirite in them whome he hath chosen to beare his worde althogh before they were Gods 〈◊〉 enemies to encourage hym in this battel that he shulde fight against al insideles hypocrites Chap. 6. 13. g Not knowing that I foght against God h Whiche chased away 〈◊〉 i Whiche ouercame crueltie Mat. 9. 13. Mar. 2. 17. Chap. 6. 12. k He brasteth forthe into these godlie affections cōsidering Gods greate mercie toward him l It appeareth that the vocatiō of 〈◊〉 was approued by notable prophecies which thē were reueiled in the primatiue Churche as Paul Bar nabas by the ora cle were appointed to go to the Gentles m That is sounde doctrine 1. Cor. 5. 5. n Excommunicate and cast out of the Churche a That is of euerie degre of all sortes of people b Althogh they 〈◊〉 the Churche of God so it be of ignorance els if they do it maliciously as Iulianus A 〈◊〉 they may not be praied for Galat. 5. 12. 1. Thes. 2. 16. c As Iewe Gē tile poore riche 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. 〈◊〉 2. Tim. 4. 14. 1. Iohn 5. 16. d Who wil reconcile of all nations people and 〈◊〉 to one god e Who being God was made man f He sheweth that there can be no 〈◊〉 or except he be also the redemer g Which shulde beleue h Which the 〈◊〉 testified that Christ shulde offre him self forthe redem ption of man at the time that god had determined 1. Pet. 3. 3. i As testimonies of a pure heart conscience 2. Tim. 1. 11. k The worde signifieth to plat to crispe to 〈◊〉 de to folde to bush to hurle or tolay it curiously whereby al 〈◊〉 pe wantonnes is condemned which women vse in trimming their heades Gen. 1. 27. l Read * Gen. 3 6. * 1. Cor. 14. 34. m The woman was first deceiued and so became the instrument of Satan to deceiue the man and thogh therefore God punis heth them with subiection and paine in their trauel yet if they be faithful and godlie in their vocacion they shal be saued n That is giltie of the transgression “ Or women a With a 〈◊〉 zeale to 〈◊〉 the Church of God whereso euer he shal call him Tit. 2. 6. b Whether he be Pastor or Elder c Bothe for the difficultie of the charge and also the excellencie thereof and the necessitie of the same d For in those countries at that time some men had mo thē one which was a signe of incontinencie “ Or reuerence e If it be requisite that a man shulde take
care in gouerning his owne house how muche more are they 〈◊〉 to be careful which shal gouer ne the Church of God f In the doctrine of faith g Lest being proude of his degreehe be h 〈◊〉 condemned as the deuil was for lifting vp him self by pride i As being defamed shulde become impudent do muche harme * Chap 1. 19. k That is no man may haue any thing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lay to his charge k Hauing the true 〈◊〉 of the Gospel and the feare 〈◊〉 God l Of the bishopes and Deacons m The good reporte 〈◊〉 all men n To serue God with 〈◊〉 assurance because 〈◊〉 haue alway a good 〈◊〉 o This is spoken in the respect of men for as much as in this world the trueth onely 〈◊〉 the Chu ch by trason of Gods 〈◊〉 for othe wise Christ is the fundation and the corner stone whiche bothe beareth mainteineth his Churche p Approued 〈◊〉 in that he was not onely a man but God also q So that the Angels marueilled at his excellencie r To the right hand of God the Father 2. Tim. 3. 1. 2. Pet. 3. 3. a False teachers which boast thē selues that they haue the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 Gost. Iud 18. 5. b Their dul consciences first wa xed harde then after canker and corruption bred therein last of all it was burnt of with an hote 〈◊〉 so that he 〈◊〉 such as haue no conscien ce Ephe. 4. 19. c Vnto vs which receiue it as at Gods hands Chap. 1. 4. 6. 20. 2. Tim. 2. 16. 23. 〈◊〉 3. 9. d Meaning to be giuen to ceremo nies and to such things as delite the fantasies of man e That is he that hath faith and a good conscience is promised to haue al things ne cessarie for this life and to enioy life euer lasting f The goodnes of God declareth it self towarde all men but chiefely towarde the faithful by preser uing thē here he meaneth not 〈◊〉 euerlasting g In godlie zeale or giftes of the Spirit h And reuelation of the holie Gost. i Vnder this name he conteineth the whole ministe rie of the Church which was at Ephesus “ Or that all may se how thou profitest k Thou shaltfaith fully do thy duetie which is an assurance of thy saluation a Take care for them b Paul willeth that the widdowes put the Chu ch to no charge which haue 〈◊〉 children or 〈◊〉 that are able to relieue them but that the children 〈◊〉 rish their mother or kinsfolkes according as nature bindeth them c Which hathe no maner of worldlie meanes to helpe her selfe with d Because she is vtterly vnprofitable e He meaneth suche widowes which being iustly diuorced from their first housbands maried again to the selander of the Church for els he doeth not reproue the widowes that haue bene oftener maried them once f Forgetting their vocation g Not onely haue sclandred the Churchin leauing their charge but haue forsaken their religion therefore shal be punished with euer lasting death h They haue not onely done disho nour to Christ in leauing their vocation but also haue brokē their faith i Which are with out al mās helpe and succour Deut. 15. 18. Deut. 25. 4. 1. Cor. 9. 9. Mat. 10. 10. Luk 10. 7. k Except that he which doeth 〈◊〉 him haue at least two witnesses whiche promesse with the accoser to proue that whiche they laye to his charge l Chiefly the ministers and so all others “ Or protest “ Or without ha 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 6. 13. m In 〈◊〉 them without suf ficient trial n From iuste offence o As Simon the sorcerer p Their sinnes followe whiche for a i me haue deceiued the god lie and after 〈◊〉 detected 〈◊〉 Saul Iudas and other 〈◊〉 Ephe. 6. 5. Col 3. 22. 1. Pet. 2. 18. a That is of the grace of God as 〈◊〉 seruāts are and hauyng the same adoption Chap. 1. 〈◊〉 b They that measure religion by riches are here taught that onely religion is the true riches Iob. 1. 21. 〈◊〉 27. 26. c That set their felicitie in riches Eccies 5. 14. d For they are 〈◊〉 quiet nether in soule nor bodie e Whome Gods Spirit doeth rule Chap. 5. 11. Mat. 27. 11. Iohn 18. 37. Chap. 1. 11. Reuel 17. 14. 19. 16. e By this mightie power of God the 〈◊〉 are admonished 〈◊〉 dely to stande in their vocation althogh the 〈◊〉 Satan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them f In things 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 life Iohn 1. 18. 1. Iohn 1. 12. Mar. 4. 19. Luk. 22. 15. Mat. 6 20. Luk. 6. 9. g The gifes of God for the vtilitie of the Church Chap. 1. 4. 4 7. h As when question 〈◊〉 question a Being sent of God to preache that life 〈◊〉 he had promised in Christ Iesus Act. 22. 〈◊〉 b Following the steppes of mine ancestres as Abraham 〈◊〉 Iacob and others of whome I am come and of whome I receiued the true reli gion by successiō c The gift of God is a certein huelie flame 〈◊〉 in our hearts whiche Satan the flesh labour to quenche and therfore we must 〈◊〉 it and 〈◊〉 it vp d With the rest of the Elders of Ephesus 1. e As thogh God wolde destroye vs. Tim. 4. 14. 1. Cor. 1. 2. 〈◊〉 1. 3. 〈◊〉 16. 25. f He speaketh here of his first 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 it semed 〈◊〉 contemptible yet was honorable glo rious therefore our mindes ought to be lifted vp from the consideration of worldlie things to contemplate the maiestie ther of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 9. Col. 〈◊〉 26. T it 1. 2. 1. Pet. 〈◊〉 20. 〈◊〉 Tim 2. 7. g Whiche is my self h The grace of the holie Gost. †Or in the presence of manie witnesse a So that the trueth of God may remaine 〈◊〉 b As with hys hous holde and other ordinarie affaires c So that the paine must go before the 〈◊〉 d Not withstanding mine impri 〈◊〉 the worde of God hathe it race and increaseth e To confirme their faith more esteming the edi fication of the Church then him selfe 2. Cor. 1. 4. Col. 1. 24. Rom. 6. 5. Mat. 10. 33. Mar. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 3 3. f Giuing to euerie one his iuste portion VVherin he alludeth to the Priests of the olde Lawe whiche in their sacrifice gaue to God hys parte toke their owne parte and gaue to him that broght the sacrifice his duetie 1. Tim. 4 7. and 6. 20. Tit. 3. 9. g He 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gods election and mans fayth h Because the wicked shulde not couer them selues vnder the name of the chur the he sheweth by this similitude that bothe good and bad may 〈◊〉 therein i That is bothe separate him self fro the wicked and also purge his naturall corruption by Gods Spirit 2. Cor. 1. 2. k VVhich do not edifie 1. Tim. 1. 4. and 4. 7. Tite 3. 9. l VVhich faile of ignorance m He meaneth not this of Apostates or heretikes whome he willeth to 〈◊〉
commande things against God then let vs answer It is better to obey God then men h Knowing that God 〈◊〉 this charge vpō him Isa. 53. 9. 1. Iohn 3. 2. Isa. 53. 5. Mat. 8. 17. Col. 3. 18. Ephes. 5 22. 2. Tim. 2. 9. “ Or master Gen. 18. 12. a But willingly do your dueties for your condicion is not the worse for your obedience 1. Cor. 7. 1. b By nether keping them to streite nor in giuing thē to much libertie c Taking care and prouiding for her d Man ought to loue his wife because they lead their life together also for that she is the weaker ves sel but chiefly because that God hathe made them as it were felowe heires together of life euerlasting e For they can not pray when they are at 〈◊〉 tion Prou. 17. 11. 20. 22. Mat 5. 19. Rom. 12. 17. f God hath made vs when we were his enemies heires of his kingdo me and shal not we forgiue our 〈◊〉 a smale faute 1. Thes 5. 15. Psal 33. 13. Isay. 1. 16. g To take venge ance on him Mat. 5. 10. h That is when thei thinke to make you a fraid by their threatnings i Giue him praise and depende on him Isa. 〈◊〉 13. Chap. 2. 12. Rom. 5. 6. Ebr. 9. 15. k By the power of God l Christ being from the beginning head and gouernour of his Church came in the daies of Noe not in bodie which then he had not but in Spirit and preached by the mouth of Noe for the space of 120 yere to the disobedient which wolde not repēt and therefore are now in prison re serued to the last iudgement “ Or persones Gen. 6. 14. Mat. 24. 38. Luk. 17. 26. Ebr. 1. 3. Or the taking to witnes of a good conscience a Our sanctification standeth in two points in dying to sinne liuing to God Or bodie Ephes. 4. 23. b Althogh the wicked thinke this Gospel newe and vexe you that imbrace is yet hath it bene prea ched to them of time past which now are dead to the intent that thei might haue bene condemned or dead to sinne in the flesh and also might haue liued to God in the spirit which two are the effect of the Gospel c As liate moueth vs to reproche our brother when he offendeth vs so loue hideth and pardoneth the fautes which he commiteth against vs thogh they be neuer so manie Prou. 10. 12. Rom. 12. 13. Ebr. 13. 2. Rom. 12. 6. Philip. 2. 14. Mat. 5. 110. d That is by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 Iere. 25. 29. Luk. 23. 31. e As concerning this life where he is punished Prouerb 〈◊〉 31. a By elders he vn derstandeth all them which prea che teache or minister in the Church “ Or Christ. “ Or which is cōmit vnto you or as muche as in you lyeth Rom. 11. 10. Iam. 4. 6. Iam. 4. 10. Psal. 54. 〈◊〉 Wisd. 12. 13. Mat. 6. 25. Luk. 12. 22 Luk. 22. 31. b Nothing cometh vnto vs Which We se not to apperteine to the rest of Christs members and therefore We ought not to 〈◊〉 se that condition Which is commu ne to all the Saintes c Which Was a famous citie in Assyria Where Peter then Was the Apostle of the 〈◊〉 Rom. 16. 16. 1. Cor. 16. 〈◊〉 2. Cor. 13. 13. a In that he declared him self iuste and faithful in accomplishing his 〈◊〉 by Christ. b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Christ as he is God ād Sauiour c That is saluation d The summe of our saluation and religion is to be 〈◊〉 by Christ to the 〈◊〉 Who calleth vs in the Sonne “ Or through his glorie e We are made partakers of the 〈◊〉 nature in that We 〈◊〉 the corruption of the World or as Paul 〈◊〉 are dead to sinne and are not in the flesh f Godlie maners g The Greeke Worde signifieth him that natural ly can not se except he holdeth nere his eyes So Peter calleth suche as can not se heauenlie things Which are 〈◊〉 of pure blinde or sand blinde h A 〈◊〉 it be sure in it self forasmuche as God can not change yet We must con 〈◊〉 it in 〈◊〉 selues by the frutes of the Spirit knowing that the purpose of God electeth calleth sanctifieth and iustifieth vs. i For God Wil euer vp holde you k In this bodie 2. Cor. 5. 3. 〈◊〉 21. 19. 1. Cor. 1. 17. 〈◊〉 “ Or sophistical and 〈◊〉 Mat. 17 〈◊〉 l For by Christs presence it Was for the time holie m That is the doctrine of the Pro 〈◊〉 n A 〈◊〉 knowledge then vnder the Law o Meaning Christ the sunne of iustice by his Gospel 2. Tim. 3. 16. p Cometh not of men “ Or interpretation Act. 20. 〈◊〉 1. Tim. 4. 2. Iud. 11. “ Or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a This is 〈◊〉 sene in the Pope and his Priests Whiche by lies flatteries sel mēs soules so that it iscerteine that he is not the successour of Simon Pe ter but of Simon Magus Iob. 4. 18. Iude. 6. Gen. 7. 2. Gen. 19. 24. Gen. 19. 〈◊〉 1. King 22. 22. Iob. 1. 12. b Albeit the An gels condemne the vice and 〈◊〉 of Wicked anagistrates yet they blame not the autoritie and power Which is giuen thē of God c As beasts Without reasō or Wit followe 〈◊〉 nature leadeth them so these Wicked mē desti 〈◊〉 of the Spirit of God onely seke to fulfil 〈◊〉 sensualitie and as they are vessels made to destructiō and 〈◊〉 to this iudgement so thei 〈◊〉 into the snares of Satan to their 〈◊〉 struction d For in your 〈◊〉 lie feasts they sit as members of the Church Where as in dede they be but spottes so deceiue you read Iude 12. Nomb. 22 23. Iude 〈◊〉 e Thei haue some appearance outWarde but With in they are drie and barren or at moste they cause but a tempest Iude 12. Iohn 8. 34. Rom. 6. 20. Mat. 12. 〈◊〉 f Which commeth by hearing the Gospel preached Ebr. 6. 4. 10 16. “ Or doctrine Proue 29. 〈◊〉 a For We fall quickely 〈◊〉 and forget that Which We 〈◊〉 taught 1. Tim. 4. 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 3. 1. Iude 18. b He 〈◊〉 them Which had once professed Christian religiō but became after Warde 〈◊〉 mockers as Epicurians 〈◊〉 atheistes c As touching the beautie therof things whiche were therein except thē which were in the arke Psal. 〈◊〉 4. Eze. 33. 32. d He 〈◊〉 not here of the 〈◊〉 and eternal counsel of God whereby he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it pleaseth him but of the preaching of the Gospell whereby all are called and biddē to the banket 1. Tim. 2. 4. Mat. 24. 44. 1. Thes. 〈◊〉 2. Reuel 3. 3. 16. 15. Isa. 65. 17. 66. 〈◊〉 Reuel 〈◊〉 1. e In quiet conscience Rom. 2. 4. f Albeit his epistles were writ to peculiar Churches yet they 〈◊〉 a generall doctrine apperteining to al 〈◊〉 g As no man 〈◊〉 the bright nes of the sunne because his eye is not able to sust
and therefore are commēded after a sorte x All suche are like counsellours to Balaam Which for luere persuade to idolatrie or Whoredome Nō 24. 14. 25. 〈◊〉 y And not commune to all z Suche a stone Was Wont to be giuen to thē that had gotten anie victorie or prise in signe of honour and therefore it signifieth here a token of Gods fauour and grace also it Was a signe that one Was cleared in iudgement a The newe name also signifieth renome and honour “ Or alcumine Iohn 〈◊〉 24. b To helpe the Saincts * 1. King 16. 31. c As that harlot Iezabel mainteined strange religion and exercised cruelrie against the seruants of God so are there among them that do the like d They that consent to Idolattie and false doctrine commit spirituall Who redome Whereof foloweth corporal Who redome * Hose 4. 13. * 1. Sam 16. 7. * Psal. 7. 10. * Iere. 11. 29. and 17. 10. e Thē that followe her Wayes f The false theachers termed their 〈◊〉 by this name 〈◊〉 thogh it conteined the most depe knowledge of heauenlie things and Was in deed drawen out of the depe dongeon of helleby suche termes now the Anabaptists Libertines Papists Arrians evse to beautifie their monstruous errors and blasphemies * Psal. 2 9. g The children of Iezabel a The minister liueth When he bringeth for the good frutes els he is dead Chap. 16. 〈◊〉 1. Thess. 5. 2. 〈◊〉 pet 3. 10. “ Or persones b Ether by consenting to idolaters or els polluting their conscience With any euil Chap. 20. 12. 21. 27. Philip. 4. 4. c Which signifieth that Christ ha the all the power ouer the house of Dauid Which is the Churche so that he may ether receiue or put 〈◊〉 Whome he Wil. Isa. 22. 22. Iob. 22. 14. d Which is to ad uāce the 〈◊〉 me of God e I Wil cause 〈◊〉 in thy sight to humble them sel ues and to giue due honour to God and to his Sonne Christ. f Let no man plucke thē away Which thou hast Wonne to 〈◊〉 for they are thy crowne as Saint Paul Writteth saying Brethren ye are my ioye and my crowne Phil. 4. 1. 1. Thes. 2. 19. g That is Trueth it self h Of Whome all creatures haue their beginning i Persuading thy self of that Which thou hast not k Thus the hypo 〈◊〉 boast of their owne power and do not vnderstand their infirmities to seke to Christ for remedie Prou. 3. 11. Ebr. 12. 5. l Suffer the 〈◊〉 of thine vnderstanding to be opened m Nothing mo re displeaseth God then indiffe rencie and colde nes in religion therefore he wil spewe suche out as are not zealous feruent n In my seate royal and to be partaker o' mine heauenlie ioyes a 〈◊〉 that he make mencion of the great affli ctions of the Church he setteth forthe the maiestie of God by whose wil wisdome and prouidence all thing are created and gouerned to teache vs pacience b He describeth the Diuine and incomprehensible vertue of god the father as Chap. 5. 6. and the Sonne who is ioyned with him c By these are ment all the holie companie of the heauens d From the 〈◊〉 of the Fa ther and the Son ne procedeth the holie Gost who hauing all but one throne decla re the vnitie of that God head e The holie Gost is as alightening vnto vs that beleue and as a feareful thunder to the disobedient f The worlde is compared to a sea because of the changes and vnstablenes g It is as cleare as christal before the eyes of God because there is nothing in it so litle that is hid from him “ Or vnder the throne h They are called Cherubins Isa. 6. 3. i we are hereby taught to giue glorie to God in all 〈◊〉 workes 〈◊〉 wil 〈◊〉 no autoritie honour nor power before God Eze 10. 20. Chap. 5. 12. a A similitude taken of earthlie princes which iudge by bokes and writtings and here it doeth signifie all the counsels and iud gements of God which are onely knowē to Christ the Sonne of Da uid vers 5. b That is manie Genes 〈◊〉 9. c This vision con firmeth the power of our Lord Iesus which is the Lābe of God that taketh away the sinne of the worlde d That is manifolde power e Signifying the fulnes of the Spi rit which Christ powreth vpō all f The Angels ho nour Christ he is therefore God g This declareth how the prayers of the faithful are are agreable vnto God read h Our Sauiour Iesus hathe redemed his Church by his blood shending and ga thered it of all nations Act 10. 4. i Noc corporally Chap. 8. 3. 1. Pet 2. 8. Dan. 7. 10. Chap. 4. 11. a The opening of the seale is the declaration of Gods wil and the executing pf his iudgements b Signifying that there was maruelious things to come c The white horse signifieth innocencie victorie and felicitie whiche shulde come by the prea ching of the Gospel d He that rideth on the white horse is Christ. e Signifying the cruel warres that ensued when the Gospel was refused f who was Satā g This signifieth an extreme famine want of all things h The Greke worde signifieth that measure whi che was ordinarily giuen to seruants for their portion or 〈◊〉 of meate for one day i which amounted about foure pence halfe penie k whereby is ment sickenes plagues 〈◊〉 and death of mā and beast “ Or the graue l The continuall persecutiō of the Church noted by the fift seale m The soules of the Saintes are vn der the altar whi che is Christ mea ning that they are in his safe custodie in the hea uens n 〈◊〉 signifieth the change of the true doctri ne which is the greatest cause of motions troubles that come to the worlde o That is the brightnes of the Gospel p The traditions of men q The Church mi serably defaced with idolatrie afflicted by tyrants r Doctours and preachers that de parte from the trueth s The kingdome of God is hid and withdrawē frō men and appeareth not t Realmes kingdomes 〈◊〉 that did seme to be asstable i that faith as moun taines * Isa. 2. 19. * Ose. 10. 8. * Luk. 23. 30. u Suche men afterwarde of what estat soeuer thei be shal be desperate and not able to susteine the weight of Gods wrath but shall continually feare his iudgement a The spirit is compared to winde and the doctrine also thogh there be one spirit one doctrine yet foure are here 〈◊〉 respect of the 〈◊〉 of the foure quarters of the earth where the Gospel is spred and for the foure writers thereof the preaches of the same throughe the whole worlde b Meaning the men of 〈◊〉 earth c That 〈◊〉 the ylands d Signifying all men in general who can no more liue without this spiritual doctrine then treen can