I besought the to abyde styll in Ephesus when I departed in to Macedonia euen so doe that thou commaunde some that they teache no other wise neither geue hede to fables and genealogies whych are endlesse and brede doubtes more then godly edifyinge whiche is by fayth Frome the whiche thinges some haue erred and haue tourned vnto vayne iangelinge because they woulde be doctoures in the scripture and yet vnderstande not what they speake neither whereof they affirme And also they learne to goo frome house to house ydle ye not ydle only but also triâinge and busye bodyes speakinge thynges whyche are not comelye For when we were with you this we warned you of that if there were any whiche would not worke that the same shoulde not eate We haue hearde saye no doubte that there are some which walke among you inordinatelye and worke not at allâ but are curius and busibodies TheÌ that are such we commaunde and exhort by the Lorde Iesu Christe that they worke with quieânes and eate theyr owne breade Caste awaye vnghostlye and oldâ wyues fables With an whole some worde which can not be rebuked y â he which withstandeth may be ashamed hauing no thing in you that âe may disprayse ¶ Of internall reformation thanks geuing and of certain spirituall exercises and of the ordinaunce of al things to the last ende Capiâu 29. FAshion not youre selues lyke vntoo this worlde Buââe ye chaunged iâ your shape by the renuynge of yoâre wyttes that ye may felâ what thinge that good that accepâable and perfect wil of god is Pourge therefore the olde leuân that ye maye be new dowe as ye are sâeatâ breade For Christ our Estâr lambe ãâã offered vââor vâ Therfore let vs kâpe holye day not with olde leaâââ neither with the leuen of maliciousnes and wiâkednesseâ but with the swete brânde of purenes truth Therfore whether ye eate or drinâ or what so euer ye doo do all to the praise of God For if we be âo seruent to God we are to seruent Yâ we kepe mâasure for youre cause kepe we measure for the loue of Christ coâstrayneth vs. Be ye renued in the spirit of youre mindes and put on that newe man which aftâr the image of God is shapen of righteousnes true holines Singinge and making melodye to the lord in your harts geuing thanks alwayes for all things vnto God the father in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christ. Furthermore brethren what so euer thinges are true what so euer thinges are honesse what so euer thingeâ are iust what so euer things are pure what so euer thinges pertayne to loue what so euer thyngs are of honest reporte if there be any vertuous thinge if there be any laudable thinge those haue ye in youre mynde which ye haue both learned and receaued bearde and also sene in me those thinges do and the God of peace shall be with you Let the olde man with his workes be put of and the newe be put on which is renued in knowledge after the ymage of hym that made hym where is nother gentyle nor Iewe circumcision nor vncirâuÌââsion barbarous or Sithian bound or fre but Christ is in all thinges and see that ye âe thankefull âeache and exhorte youre owne seluesâ in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them singynge in youre heartes to oure Lorde And all thynges what so euer ye doo in worde or deede doe it in the name of the Lorde Iesu geuinge thankes to God the father by him In all thinges geue thankes for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you For by him offer we the sacrifice of laud alwayes to God that is to say the frute of oure lyppes which confesse his name Which deliuered vs from so great perilles in whome we truste that yet here after he wyll delyuer by the helpe of youre prayer for vs that by the meanes of many occasions thankes maye be geuen of manye on oure behalfe for the grace geuen vnto vs. For I doo all thinges for youre sakes that the plentuous grace by thankes geuing of manye maye resounde to the prayse of God ¶ Of originall synne and the traÌsfusion therof And of the compariâon of Christes grace to Adams faule Capi. 30. WE haue now by Iesu Chrisâ receiued y e attonment wherforâ as by one mans sinne entred in to the worlde and death by the meanes of sinâe so death wente ouer all men in so much that all men sinned For death raigned from AdaÌ to Moses euen ouer theÌ also that sinned not with like traÌsgression as dyd Adam which is the similitude of him that is to come But the gifte is not like as the sinneâ For if thorowe the sinne of one manye be deadde muche more plentuous vppon manye was the grace of God and gifte of grace which grace was geuen by one man Iesus Christe And the gifte is not ouer one synne as death came thorowe one synne of one that synned For dampnation came of one sin vnto condempnation but the gift came to iustify from manye sins For if by the sinne of one death raigneâ by the meanes of one much morâ shall they which receaue abundaunce of grace and of the gifâ of righteousnes raign in liâe by the means of one that is to say Iesus Christ. Whârfore then as by the sinne of one condâmpnation came on all men euen so by the iustifying of âne cometh the righteousnes y e bringeth life vpon all men For as by one mans disobedience manye became sinners so by the obedience of oneâ shal manye be made righteous And wher abuÌdance of sin was ther was more plentuousenesse of grace That as sin had raigned vnto death euen âo might grace raigne thorowe righteousnesse vnto eternall life by the helpe of Iesus Christ our Lord. We know that the law is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder sin because I wote not what I doâ for what I would that do I not but y t I hate that do I. Yf I now do that which I would not I graunt to the law that it is good So then nowe it is not I that do it but sinne that dwelleth in me For I know y t in me that is to saye in my fleshe dwelleth no good thing To wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to performe that which is good For I do not that good thing which I would but that euyl do I which I wouldâ not finallye if I do that I woulde not then is it not I that doo it but synne that dwelleth in mâ doeth it I finde then by the lawe that when I woulde do good euyll is presente wyth me I delyte in the law of God concerning the inner manne But I see another lawe in my members rebellinge againste the lawe of my minde and subduinge me vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my
capitu 17.19 Couetous persons are worshippers of ydols ca. 17 Comfort the feble mynded ca. 15 CoÌpany not with fornicatours ca. 17 Continue in prayer cap. 26 Couet spirituall giftes cap. 42 Cretaines are liars cap 14 The creatures of god are good ca. 25 Crucifye the fleshe with the apetites thereof capitu 16 A crowne of righteousnes capi 3â Cut away occasions capi 68 D. Death is to me aâauntage ca. 6.33 Death worketh in vs and life in you capitu 10 Death entered by synne ca. 30 Deathe hathe no more power ouer Christ capit 62 Death is the last that shal be destroied ca. 65. Defraud not thy brother in barganninnge ca. 11 Despysers of Moses lawe were put to death ca. 8 Despise not the chasteninge ca. 10 Despise the superioures commaundementes and despise God ca. 14 Deacons and what manner of men they shoulde be capi 56 Departe from iniquitye ca. 13 Deny God and he shal deny the. ca. 11 the Dedes of the fleshe ca. 17. the Dedes of the law iustify no man capitu 50. Diuersyties of bodies ca. 65 Do all youre busines in loue ca. 7.36 Do nothinge groudgingly or of neceââitye ca. 11 Do all thinges honestly ca. 12 Do nothinge parcially ca. 14 Doe all thinges to the prayse of god capitu 29. Doo all thinges in the name of the Lorde Iesu ca. eo Do good to all men ca. 32 Do all thinges without murmuring capitu 36 Do all thinges vnto edifyinge ca. 42 Doers not hearers of the lawe be iustiââed ca. 45 Domes daye shall not come vntyll Antichriste be come capi 63. Domes daye shall come lyke a theeâe capi eodem Denye all vngodlynes capit 32 Deuour not one an other ca. 10 Drawe all one waye ca. 21 E. Eaâe not with couetus men ca. 35 Enoche was translated cap. â y â Earth that bringeth forth thornes must be burnie cap. 11 Esau solde his byrthrighte for one breakefast capi 16 âternall lyfe is the grace and gift of god ca. 23 Esteme not thy selfe more then it beâommeth the ca. 9.48 Esteeme other better then thy selfe âapitu 9. Euerye manne shall beare his owne âurthen capit 1â Euery man shall geue accomptes of âim selfe cap. 22 Euery maÌ hath not knowledge ca 34 Euery man shall receaue his reward âccordinge to his labour cap. 45 Euyll wordes corrupt good maners ââpitu 28 Experience bringeth hope caâ 10 Exhort one an other dayly ca. 12 Examyn thy selfe and so eate of that âreade ca. 57 F. Fayeth is the waye vnto grace ca. 4 Fayth and belefe of the hearâe iustiâyeth capi eod Fayth cometh by hearing ca 4.39 Fayeth by loue is mâghâye in operaâion cap. 4 Fayth is the gifte of god ca. eod Faith commeth not of workes ca. 4 Fayth is asure confidence of thinges which are hoped for ca. 5 the Faithfull are blessed with faythfull Abraham ca. 4 Fashion not youre selues like vnto the worlde ca. 29. Fathers moue not youre children to wrath cap. 60 Fathers raâe not your childreÌ ca. 60 Fathers must laye vp for their chyldren ca. eodem the Faule of the Iewes is vnto the gentiles saluation ca. 40 the Fashion of this worlde goeth awaye capitu 36 Fede thine enemy ca. 15 False Apostles the ministers of Saâhan ca. 25 Feare to faule in to the hands of god capitu 8 Filthy communication ca. 20 Fighte the good fight of faith ca. 32 Fire shal trye eâery maÌs work caâ 45 the Flesh lusâeth contrary to the spirit ca. 16.25 Fleshe and bloudde shall not inherit âhe kingdome of God cap. 23 Flee froÌ worshipping of ydols ca. 34 Fleshly men can noâ please god ca. 17 Folow that which is good ca. 10 Folow the truthe in loue ca. 23 Forget not to do good capitu 15 Folow y e thou maâst coÌprehend ca. 23 Fornicatours do synne against their âwne bodyes ca. 17 Folish questions do geÌder stryfe ca. 21 âhe Frutes of the spirite ca. 23 Fulfyl not the lustes of y e flesh ca. 16 G. Geue roume vnto wrath ca. 9 Geue to euery man his duty ca. 11 Geue your members seruauntes vnrighteousenes ca. 17 Geue no occasion of euill ca. 20 Geue no place vnto the deuil ca. 25.35 Geue no hede to fables ca. 28 Geue your selues vnto God ca. 36 Geue with singlenes cap. 41 Gentiles offer to deuils ca. 34 ãâã Gifts of the spirit ca. 41 Giftes of the spirite are diuers ca. 41 âod cannot lye ca. 1 God promised eternall life before the worlde began cap. ãâã God from the beginninge hath choseÌ vs to saluation cap. 2 God hath called vs vnto hope ca. 3 God brought our Lorde Iesus from death cap. 3.4 God is riche vnto all that call vpon hym capi 4 God iustifieth the heathen throughe fayth cap. eod God can not denye him selfe ca. âo God rewardeth them y â seke him ca. 5 God raiseth y â dead to life again ca. 6 God is able to subdue all thinges to him selfe ca. eo God is the sauioure of all that beleue capitu eodem God loueth a chearefull geuer ca. 11 God geueth power to edifye and not to destroye ca. âod God compasseth the wise in theyr folyshenes ca. 13 God quickeneth all thinge ca. 14â God forgettethe not the woorke that cometh of loue capitu 1â God wyll iudge adulterers ca. 17 God geueth the encrease ca. ââ God is causer of peace ca. eâ God shall rewarde euery man occordinge to his dedes ca. 22 God loketh on no mans person ca. eo God shal suffer no maÌ to be tempted aboue his strângth ca. 25.45 God hath deliuered vs frome the power of darkenes cap. 32 God sware by him selfe ca. eo God is not ashamed to be calde oure god ca. 33 God hath prepared a citi for vs ca. eo God gâueth vp synners to their hartes lustes ca. 35 God tryeth the harie cap. 39 God wyl make a short word in earth capitu 40 God hath wrapped al nations in vnbelefe caâ eo God woorkethe all thinges that are wroughte in all creatures ca. 14 God is not causer of strife ca. 42 God in his churche hathe ordayned diuers rulers ca. 41.43 God hath anoynted vs and sealed vs capitu 42 God is rych in mercy ca. 43 God loued vs when we were dead in synne ca. eod God raised Christ froÌ death ca. 43.63 God called vs not accordinge to oure deedes but accordinge too his grace capi 43 God hathe chosen the foolyshe of the worlde to confounde the wise ca. 44 God is faithfull ca. eo God ordayned vs too walke in good workes ca. eod God worketh both the deede and the wyll ca. eo God is not parciall ca. 45 God loketh on no mannes personne capit 45.60 God of his righteousenes recompenseth tribulation to those that trouble vs câpiâ 45 God hath made Christ a seate of mercye cap. 46 God onely doth iustifye man ca. 50 God calleth those thinges that be not as though they were ca. eod God is a spirit ca. 73 God is able to do exceadinglye
purposed in Christ Iesu our Lord. Yâa I thyâke all thinges but loste for that excellent knowledges sake of Christ Iesu our Lord. Whose gospell is preached among all creatures whiche are vnder heanen whereof I Paule am made a minister according to the ordinaunce of God whiche was geuen me vtno you warde to fulfyll the woorde of God that misterye hydde sence the worlde began and sence the beginninge of generations but nowe is opened vntoo his sainctes âo whome God would haue knowen the gloryous riches of this misterye amonge the gentiles whiche riches is Christ in you the hope glorye whome we preache warninge all wenne in all wisedome and teachinge all men to make them perfecte in Christe Iesu. Wherein I also laboure and stryue euen as far foorthe as his workinge worketh in me myghâelye That they might be comforted and knyt to gether in loue and in all ryches of full vnderstandinge âor too knowe the mistery of God the father and of Christe in whome are hydde all the treasures of wysedome and knowledge This I saye leaste any man shoulde beguyle you with entysing words For though I be absent in the fleshe yet am I present with you in the sprââe ioyinge and beholding the order that ye kepe and your stedfast fayth in Christ. Let the worde of Christe dwell in you plenteously in all wisedome Unghostly and vayne voyces passe ouer for thei shal eâcrease vnto greater vngodlines and theyr woordes shall frete eueâ as doeth a cancre of whose number is Hymeneus and Philetos whyche as concerninge the truthe haue erred sayinge that the resurrection is paste alreadye and doe destroye the fayth of dyuers personnes But the sure grounde of God remaynethe and hathe this seale the Lorde knoweth them that are his and let euery man that calleth on the name of Christe departe frome iniquity Aâ Iannes and Mambres withstode Moses âueÌ so do these resist the truth menne they are of corrupte mindes and lewde as concerninge the fayth but they shall preuayle no longer For their madnes shal be vttered vnto all men as theyrs was But thou haste seene the experience of my doctrine But continue thou in thâ thinges whych thou hast learned for all scripture geuen by inspyration of God is profitable to teache to improue to amende and to instructe in righteousnes that the manne of God maye be perfecte and prepared vnto all good works ¶ Of Obedience Capitu. 14. WE knowe that what soeuer the lawe sayeth he sayeth it to them which are vnder the lawe that all mouthes maye be stopped and all the world be subdued to God As by the synne or inobedience of one man condempnation came on al men euen so by the obedience of one shall manye be made righteous Remember ye not howe that to whom so euer ye exhibit and commit your selues as seruaunts to obey his seruauntes ye are to whome ye obey whether it bâ oâ sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto righteousnes God be thanked that thoughe ye were once the seruaunts of synne ye haue yet obeyed with hart vnto the forme of doctryne where vnto ye were deliuered Let euerye soule submit him selfe vnto the autority of the hier powers for ther is no power but of God The powers that be are ordained of God Who soeuer therfore resisteth power resysteth the ordinaunce of God And they that resist shall receaue to them self dampnation Wherefore ye must needes obey not for feare of vengeaunce onely but also because of âonscience And euen for this cause pay ye tribute For they are Goddes ministers seruinge for the same purpose Youre obedience is knowen in all places Brethren ye knowe the house of Stephana Fortunatus and Achaicus howe that they are the first frutes of Achaia and that they haue appointed them selues and minyster vnto the sainctes I beseche you that ye be obediente vnto suche and too all that healpe and laboure Lookâ therfore that ye know them that are suche Titus in warde affection is nowe more abundaunte toward you when he remembreth the obedience of euerye one of you howe with feare and tremblinge ye receaued him O foolishe Galathians who hath be wytched you that ye shoulde not beleeue and obey the truthe before whose eyes Iesus Christ was described and amonge you crucified Ye did runne well who was a let to you that ye shoulde not obey the truthe Euân that counsayle that is not of him that called you A lyttle leuen doeth feruent the whole lompe of dowe Wherefore my dearely beloued as ye haue alwayes obeyed not when I was presente onelye but nowe muche more in myne absence Euen so c. For ye know and remember what commaundementes we gaue you in oure Lorde Iesu Christ. He therfore that despyseth theese despiseth not manne but God whiche hath sent and geuen hys holye spyrite amonge you Therfore brethern stande fast and keepe the traditions and ordinaunces whiche ye haue learned whether it were by our preachinge or by our Epistle We haue confidence thorowe the Lord to you warde that ye both do and wyll doe that whiche we commaunde you Yf any man obey not oure sayinges sende vs woorde of hym by a letter and haue no companye with hym that he maye be ashamed and coumpt him not as an enemye but warne him as a brother This commaundement commit I vnto the sonne Timothe accordinge to the prophesies which in time past were prophesâed of the that thou in them shouldest fight a good fight hauing faith and good conscience whiche some haue put away from them and as concerninge fayth haue made shipwrake Of whose number is Hymeneus and Alexander which I haue delyuered vntoo Sathan that they might be taught not to blaspheme Such things commaund and teach Let no man contempne thy youth but be vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in conuersation in loue in spirite in fayth and in purenesse Priestes that rule wel are worthy of double honoure most speciallye they which laboure in worde and in teachinge For the scripture sayeth Thou shalt not mousell the mouthe of the oxe that treadeth out the corne And the labourer is worthye of hys rewarde I testifye bâfore God and the Lorde Iesus Christ and his elect Aungelles that thou obserue theese thinges withoute hasty iudgemente ând do nothinge parciallye I geue the charge in the sighte of God which quickeneth all thinges and before Iesus Châiste which vnder pontius pilate witnessed a good witnessinge that thou kepe the commaundement and be wythout spotte and vnrebukeable vntyl the appearinge in oure Lord Iesus Christ. There be manye disobediente and talkers of vanitye and dysceauers namelye they of the cyrcumcysion whose mouthes muste bee stopped whiche peruerte whole houses teachinge thinges whiche they oughte not because of fylthye lucre One beynge of them selues whyche was a poynte of theyr owne sayed The Cretaynes are alwayes lyars euill beastes and slowe
the mynde and were naturallye the chyldren of wrathe euen as well as other This I saye therefore and testifye in the Lorde that ye hence foorthe walke not as other gentiles walke in vanitye of their mynde blinded in their vnderstanding being straungers from the life whiche is in God thorowe the ignorauncye that is in them because of the blindenesse of their heartes whiche beinge past repentaunce haue geuen them selues vnto wantannes to worke al maner of unclennes euen with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christe if so be ye haue heard of him and are ââughte in him euen as the truthe is in Iesu to laye from you that olde man which is corrupte thorow the deceaueable lustes For many walke of whom I haue tolde you often and nowe tell you wepinge that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christe whose ende is dampnation whose God is their belye and whose glorye is their shame which are wordlye minded Mortifye therfore youre members which are on the earth fornication vnclennesse vnnaturall luste euyll concupiscence For whiche thinges âake the wrath of God commeth on the children of vnbeliefe in whyche thinges ye walked once when ye liued in them For this is the wyll of God euen that ye should be holye and that ye shoulde abstaine frome fornication that euerye one of you should knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynesse and honoure and not in the luste of concupyscence as doe the heathen which knowe not God Therefore let vs not slepe as other do but let vs watche and be sober Keepe thy selfe pure and chaste drinck no longer water but vse a little wine for the stomacke sake and thine often diseases Be sober Let ther be no fornicator or vnclean personne as Esau whiche for one breakefast solde his byrth righte Ye knowe how that afterward when he woulde haue inherited the blessinge he was put by and he found no meanes to come therby again no though hâ desired it with teares Therfore be not drânke with wine wherin is âxcâsse ¶ Agaynste the vyces of the fleshe Capitu 17. THey serued the creatures more then the makâr For this cause God gaue them vp vnto shamfull lustes for euen their women did chaunge their naturall vse vnto the vnnaturall And lyke wise also the men lefte the naturall vse of the woman and brente in their lustes one an other And manne with manne wroughte filthines and receaued in them selues the rewarde of their errour as it was accordinge Let not sin ragine therfore in your mortall bodies that ye shuld therunto obey in the lustes of it nether geue ye youre members as instrumentes of vnryghteousenesse vnto synne I speake grosselye because of the infyrmitye of youre fleshe As ye haue geuen your members seruaunts to vnclennes and to iniquitye frome iniquitye vnto iniquitye euen so nowe geue your members seruaunts vnto vnrighteousnes that ye may be sanctified what frute had ye then in those thnigs wherof ye are now ashamed For the end of those things is death For the reward of synne is death They that are geuen to the fleshe can not please God But ye are not geuen to the flesh but to the spirite if so be that the spirite of God dwell in you Therefore we are now dettours not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe for if ye lyue after the flesh ye muste dye but if ye mortifye the dedes of tââ body by the helpe of the spiriâe ye shall lyue Not in eatinge and drinking neither in chamburinge and wantannesse but put ye on the Lorde Iessus There goeth a common âayinge that there is fornication among you and suche fornication as is not once named among the gentiles that one shoulde haue his fathers wife And ye swell and haue not rathâr sorowed that he which hathe done thys deede mighte be put frome amonge you For I verely as absente in bodye euen so presente in spirit haue determined alreadye as thoughe I were presente of him that hath done this dede in the name of oure Lord Iesus Christ youre reioysinge is not goodâ know ye not that a little leuen sowreth the whole lompe of dowe I wrote vntoo you in a Epistle that ye shoulde not companye with fornitours Nor I mente not at all of the fornicatours of this worlde ether of the couetous or of extorsioners ether of the ydolaters For then muste ye nedes haue gone oute of the worlde But nowe I write vnâo you that ye company not to gether Meates are ordained for the bellye and the bellye for meates but God shall destroye bothe it and them Let not the bodye be applyed vnto fornication but vnto the Lorde and the Lorde vnto the body Ether remember ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe Shall I nowe take the members of Christe and make them the members of an harlote God for bydde Doe ye not vnderstand that he which coupleth him selfe with an harlot is become one bodye For two sayeth he shall be one flesh Fle fornication All sinnes that a man doth are wiâhoute the bodye but he that is a fornicatour synneth against his own body The deedes of the flâshe are manyfest which are these aduoutrye fornicaâion vnclennesse wantannes ydolatrye witchcrafte hatered variaunce zâale wrath strife sedition sectes enuyinge murther dronckennesse gluttonye and suche like of the whiche I tell you before as I haue tolde you in time past that they whiche commit suche thinges shall not inherit the kingdome of God Se that forniâation and all unclennes or coueteousnes be not ones namâd amonge you as it becommeth saynctes neither filthynes neither foolishe talkinge neither gestinge whyche are not comelye but rather geuinge of thankes For thys ye knowe that no whoremonger ether vncleane personne or couetuous personne which is the worshipper of ydoles hath anye inheritaunce in the kyngedome of Christe and God God hathe not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holines God wyll iudge fornicators and aduouterers ¶ Of fortitude and stabilitye and of the constancy of the hearte Cap 18. THerefore my deare breethren be ye stedfast and vnmouable alwaies rich and abundant in the works of the Lord in as much as ye knowe how that youre laboure is not in vaine in the Lord. And therfore let vs not hence foorth be no more children waueringe and caried with euery wynde of doctrine by the wilines of men and craftines whereby they laye awayte for vs to deceaue vs. Fynally my brethren be strong in the Lorde and in the power of hys mighte put on the armoure of God that ye may stand stedfast against the crafty assaultes of the dâuyl For we wrastle not against flesh and bloude but against rule against power against worldly rulers of the darkennes of this worlde against spirituall wyckednesse for heauenlye thynges For this cause take vnto you the armoure of God that ye may âe
in bondage ¶ Agaynste dyuers vices of menne Capitu. 35. THey are wythoute excuse in as muche as when they knewe God they gloryfyed hym not as God neyther were thankefull but waxed full of vanytyes in theyr ymagynations and theyr foolysâe heartes were blynded Wherefore God likewise gaue theÌ vp vnto their harts lustes vnto vnclennes to defile theyr owne bodyes betwene them selues And as it semed not good vnto them to be knowen of God euen so god deliuered them vp vnto a lewd minde that they should do the thinges whiche were not comlye beinge full of al vnrighteous doinge of fornication wickednesse coueteousnes maliciousnes full of enuy murther debate disceite euyll condicioned whisperers backebyters haters of God doers of wronge proude bosters bringers vp of euyll thinges disobediente to father and mother without vnderstanding couenaunt breakers vnlouinge truce breakers and merciles Which men though they knew the righteousnes of God howe that they which suche thinges committe are worthye of death yet not onelye do the same but also haue pleasure in them that do them We haue already proued how that both Iewes and gentiles are al vnder synne as it is written There is non righteous no not one there is none that vnderstandeth there is non that sekeeth after God they all are gone oute of the waye they are all made vnprofitable there is none that doth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tounges they haue disceaued the poysonne of Aspes is vnder their lippes Whose mouthes are full of cursinge and bitternes Theyr fete ar swifte to shed bloude Destruction and wretchednes are in their wayes And the way of peace thei haue notknowen Ther is no feare of God before their eies Yf anye that is called a brother amonge you be a fornicator or couetuous or a worshipper of ydols eyther a rayler eyther a dronckarde or an extortioner with him that is such see that ye eate not Put awaye from you that euyll person Be not deceiued for neither fornicatoures neâther worshippers of ydols neither who remongers nether weaklynges neither abusers of them selues with the mankynde neyther theues neither the couetuous neyther dronâkards neither cursed speakers neither rauishers shal inherit the kingdome of God Let vs not iuste after euyl things as they lusted Neither let vs commit fornication as some of them committed fornication and wer destroied in one day 33. thousande Neither let vs tempt Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes Neither murmure ye as some of theÌ murmureâ and were destroyed of the destroyer All thynges happened vnto them for ensamples and wâre written to put vs in remembraunce whome the endes of the worlde are come vpon Be angrye but synne not let not the sunne goo doune vpon your anger neyther geue place vnto the deuyll And greue not the holye spirite of God by whome ye are sealed vnto the daye of redemption Let all bitternes fearcenes and wrath roringe and cursed speakinge be put awaye fromâ you wyth all malicyousenesse Some there are whiche preache Christe of ennye and strife and somâ of good wyl The other part of louâ because they see that I am set to defende the gospell Some other preacheth Christ of strife and not purely supposinge to adde more aduersitye to my bondes But nowe put ye also awaye from you all thinges wrath fearcenes maliciousenes cursed speakinge filtâye speakinge out of your mouthes lye not one to an other And vnderstande this how that the lawe is not geuen vnto a righteous man but vnto the vnrighteous and disobediente to the vngodlye and to synners to vnholy and vncleane to murtherers of fathers and mothers to mansâears and whoremongers to them that defyle them selues with mankinde mensâelers to lyars and to periured and so foorth if ther be any other thinge that is contrarye to holesome doctrine accordinge to the gospel of the glory of the blessed godâ which is committed vnto me The spirit speaketh euideÌtly that in the later tymes some shall departe frome the fayth and shall geue hede vnto spirites of erroureâ and deuilish docârine of them whiche speake false thorowe ypocrisye and haue theyr consciencâs marked with a hote yron forbyddinge to mary and commaundinge to abstayn from meates which God hath created to be receiuâd with geuinge thankes of them which beleue and knowe the truth For al the creatures of God arâ good and nothing is to be refused if it be receaued with thanks geuing For it is sanctifiâd by the worde of God and praier This vnderstand that in y â last daies shal come parilous tymes for the meÌ shall be louers of their owne selues coueteous lusters proud cursed speakers disobediente to father and mother vnthankfull vnholye vnkynde truce breakers stubburne false accusers riâtous fearce despisârs of them whiche are good traytours heddy hye minded greedye vppon voluptiousnes more then the louers of God hauinge a similitude of godly liuing but haue denyed the power thereof and suche abhorre Of this sorte are they whiche enter in to houses and bringe in to bondage women loden with sinne whiche women are ledde with diuers luâtes euer learninge and neuer able too come vntoo the knowledge of the truth Unto the pure are all thynges pure but vnto them that are defiled and vnbeleuinge is nothinge pure but euen the verye myndes and conscyences of them are defyled They confesse that they knowe God but wyth the deedes they denye him and are abhomynable and disobedient and vnto all good woorkes dyscommendable ¶ An exhortation to dyuers vertues and to the actes of the same Capitu 36. GEue not your members as instrumentes of vnrighteousnes vntoo synne but geue youre selues vnto God as they that are all alyue from death Let not sinne haue power ouer you For ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace what theÌ shal we sinne becâuse we are vnder not the lawe but vnder grace God forbydde I desyre you to folow me For this cause haue I sente vntoo you Timotheus whâch is my deare sonne and faithfull in the Lord which shal put you in remembraunce of my wayes which I haue in Christe euen as I teach euery wher in al coÌgregations For though ye haue ten thousand instructors in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers For in Christ Iesu I haue be gotten you thorow the gospell I write not these things to shame you but as my beloued sons I warn you This I saye brethen the time is shorte it remayneth that they which haue wyues be as though they had non and they that wepe vs asthough they wept not and they that reioyceâ be as thoughe they reioysed notâ and they that bye be as though they possessed not they that vse this world be as though thei vsed it not For the fashion of this worlde goeth away I would haue you without care Watche ye stand fast in the faith
precious stones tymber haye or stoble euery mans worke shall appear For the day shall declare it and it shalbe shewed in fier And the fyer shall trye euerye mannes worke what it is Yf anye mans worke that he hath buylt vppon byde he shall receaue a rewarde Yf anye mans worke burne he shall suffer losse but he shall be safe him selfe neuerthelesse yet as it were thorow fire We muste all appeare before the iudgemente seate of Christe that euerye man maye receaue the workes of his bodye accordinge to that hee hathe done whether it be good or badde For god loketh on no mans person It is verelye a righteous thynge with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you and to you whiche are troubled reast with vs when the Lord Iesu Christ shal shew hym selfe frome heauen wyth hys mightye Aungels in flaminge fire rendringe vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God and too them that obeye not the Gospell of oure Lorde Iesus Christe Which shall be punyshed with euerlastinge damnation from the presence of the Lorde and frome the glorye of his power when he shal come to be gloryfied in his sainctes and to be made maruaylous in all them that beleeue because oure testimonye that we had to you was beleued euen the same daye that we preached it Some mennes sinnes are open before hande and goo before vntoo iudgemente Some mens synnes folowe after Likewise also good workes are manifeste before hande and they that be otherwyse canne not be hydde Wherfore I was greued with this generation and sayed They erre euer in their hartes they verelye haue not knowen my wayes so y t I sware in my wrath that they shuld not enter in to my reaste Some when they heard rebelledâ how be it not all that came oute of Egypte vnder Moses But with whome was he displeased fortye yeares was he not displeased with them that synned whose carkases were ouerthrowen in the desert To whome sware he that they shuld not enter in to his reast But vntoo them that beleued not And we see that they coulde not enter in because of vnbeleue A fearefull lokinge for iudgement and violente fyre which shal deuouâ the aduersaries For we knowe hâm that hath sayed vengeaunce belongeth vntoo me and I wyll recompence And agayne the Lorde shall iudge hys people For yet a vâryâ lyttle whyle and he that shall come wyll come and wyll not tarye Whiche wyll lyghten thinges that are hydde in darckenes and open the ounsayles of the heartes c. ¶ Of the vnspeakeable mercy of God vntoo mankynde And of Christes meke redemption of manne Caâpit 46. YE are iustyâyed freelye by the grace of God throughe the redemption that is in Christ Iesu whome God hathe made a seate of mercye throughe fayeth in his bloude to shewe the righteousnes which before him is of valure in that he forgeueth the synnes that are passed which God did suffer âo shewe at this time that he migâte be counted iust and a iustifiar of him which beleueth on Iesus Which was deliuered for our sinnes and rose agayne for to iustifye vs. For when we were yet weake accordinge to the time Christ dyed for vs whiche were vngodlye Yet ââace wyll any manne dye for a râghteous man Paraduenture for a good man durste a manne dye But God setteth out his loue that he hath to vs seing that whyle wee were yet synners Christe died for vs much more then nowe seinge we are iustified in hys bloud shall we be saued from wrath thorowe him For if when we were ennemies we were recânciled to god by the death of his sonne much more seinge we are reconciled we shall be preserued by his life Aâste minge this that if one be dead for all then are all deade and Christ dyed for all that they whiche lyue shoulde not hence âoorthe lyue vntoâ them selues but vnto him whyche dyed for them and rose agayne Therefore if anye man he in Christ he is a newe creature Olde thinges are passed awaye Bâholde all thingâs are beââme nâwe Neuerthelesse all thinges are of God whiche hathe reconcilâd vs vntoo hâm selfe by Iesus Christe and hathe geuen vnto vs âhe offyce too preache the attonment For god was in Chriââ and made agâeâmânt betwene the world and him selfe and impuâed not their sinnes vnto them and hathe câmmytted too vs the offâce of reconciliation Nowe then are we messengers in the roume of Christe Euen as thoughe God dyd beseeche you thorowe vs. So praye we you in Christes steade that ye be atone wiââ gââ For he hathe made hâm to be synne for vs whiche knewe no synne that we by hys meanes shoulde bee that ryghteousenesse whicâ bââore God is alowed Whyche gaue hym selfe for oure sinnes to deliuer vs frome this presente euyll world throughe the wyl of god our father to whom be praise for euer and euer Amen Christ hath redemed and deliuered vs frome the curse of the lawe and was made a cursed for vs. For it is written Cursed is euerye one that hangeth on tree that the blessinge of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Iesus Christ that we might receaue the promes of the spirit through fayeth Christ is our peace whiche made of both one and hath broken down y e wall that was a sâop betwene vs and hath also put awai thorow his flesh y e cause of hatred that is to saye the lawe of commaundementes contained in the lawe written for to make of twayne one new man in him selfe so makinge peace and to reconcyle bothe vnto God in one bodye thorow his crosse and slewe hatered therby and came and preached peace to you whiche were a farre of and to them that were nye For thorow him we bothe hauâ an open waye in in one spirite vnto the father For it pleased the father y â in Christ shuld all fulnes dwell and by him to reconcile al thing vnto him selfe and to set at peace by him throughe the bloude of his crosse bothe thinges in heauen and thinges in earthe And you which were in times past strauÌgers and ennemyes because youre myndes were set in euyll woorkes hath he nowe reconciled in the body of his flesh thorow death to make you holy vnblameable and without faut in his owne sight And ye whiche were deade in sinne through the vncircumâision of your fleshe hath he quickened with him and hath forgeueÌ vs al our trespases thâth put out the hand writing that was against vs contained in the law written And y â hath he taken out of y t way hath fastened it to his crosse â hath spoiled rule and power hath made a shew of them openly hath triumphed ouer theÌ in his own persoÌ This is a ârue sayinge and by all mâanes worthy to be receaued that Christ Iesus came in to the worlde to saue sinners For therâ is one God and
the prayse that is of valure before God Where is thân thy reioysinge It is excluded By what lawe By the lawe of workes Naye but by the lawe of fayth For we suppose that a man is iustified by sayeth without the dedes of the law Is âe the God of the Iewes onely is he not also the God of the gentiles Yes euen of the gentiles also For it is God onelye which iustifieth circumcision which is of fayth and vncircumcision thorowe faith Do we then destroye the lawe thorow faithe God forbyd But we rather maynetayne the lawe What shall we saye then that Abrahame oure father as partayninge to the fleshe did fynde Yf Abraham were iustified by dedes then hath he wherin to reioyce but not with god For what saith the scripture Abraham beleeued God and it was counted vnto him for righteousenes To him that worketh is the reward not reckened of âauouâe but oâ duty To him that worââtâ not but bâleueth on him that iusâifieth the vngodlye is his fayth coânââd for rightâouânâs Euân as âauid desâribâth the blessedfulnâssâ of the manne vnto whom âod ascribeth righteousenesse wythoute deedes Blâssâd are they whose vnrightâousnâssâ are fârgeuân and whose sinnes arâ couârâd Blessâd is that manne to whome oure Lord imputeth no âynne Came this blessednâsse then vpon the circumcised or vpon the vncircumcised we saye veâelye howe that fayeth was reckenâd vntoo Abraham for righteousnessâ Howe was it râckened In the time of circumcision or in the time before he was circumcised Not in the time of circumcision but when he was yet vncircumcised And he receaued the sygne of circumcysion as a seale of tâe righteousenâs which is by fayth whiche faieth he had yet beynge vncircumcisâd that he should be the father of all them that beleue tâough they be not circumciâed that righâeousnesse mighâe be imputed to them also and that he might be thâ father of the circumcisâd not because they are circumcisâd only but because thei walke also in thâ steppes of that fayeth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promes that he shulâ be the heier of the worlde was not geuen to Abraham or to his seede thorowe the lawe but thorowe the righteousânes which commeth of fayth For if they which are of the law be heyers then is fayth but vayne and the promâs of none effect Because the law causeth wrathe For where no lawe is there is no transgression Therfore by fayeth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come of fauour and the promes might be sure to all the sâde Not to them onely whiche are of the law but also to them which are of the faith of Abraham which is the father of vs all As it is written I haue made the a father to many nations euen before God whome thou hast beleued which quickeneth the deade and calleth those thynges which he notâ as thoughe they were For euen vnto the time of the law was synne in the worlde but sinne was not regarded as longe as there was no lawe For the lawe in the meane time entrâd in that syn shuld encrease Remâmber ye not brâethren I speake to them that know the lawe how that the law hath power ouer a maÌ as long as it endureth for the woman whâch is in subiection to a man is bounde by the lawe to the manne as longe as he lyuâth Yf the man be deade she is lowsâd frome thâ lawe of the man So that she is no wedlocke breaker though she couple her selfe with an other man Euen so ye my brethren are deadde concerninge the lawe by the body of Christ that ye shoulde be coupled to an other I meane to him that is rysen agayne frome death that we shoulde bring foorthe frute vnto God For when we wer in the flesh the lustes of sinne whiche were stirred vppe by the law âaygned in oure members to bring foorth frute vnto deathe But now we are deliuered from the lawe and deade from that wher vnto we were in bondage that we shoulde sârue in a newe conuersation of the spirite and not in the old conuersation of the letter What shall we say then ãâã the law synne God forbyd but I knewe not what synne meante but by the lawe For I had not knowen what lust had meante excepte the lawe had sayed thou shalte not luste but sinne toke an occasion by the meanes of the commaundemente and wroughte in me all manner of concupiscence For verely without the lawe synne was deade I ones liued withoute lawe but when the coÌmaundement came synne reuiued and I was dead And the verye same commaundemente whiche was ordained vnto lyfe was founde to be vntoo me an occasion of death For sinnâ tokâ occasion by thâ the meanes of the commaundement and so disceaued me and by the selfe commaundemente slewe me Wherfore the lawe is holye and the commaundemente iusâe and good Was that then which is good made death vnto me God for bydde But synne was deathe vnto me that it mightâ appeare how that synne by the meanes of that whyche is good hadde wroughte deathe in me that synne which is vnder the commaundement mighte be out of measure sinfull For the lawe of the spirite that bringeth life throughe Iesus Christ hath deliuered me frome the lawe of sinne and death All thinges are lawefull vnto me buâ all thinges are not profytable I mayâ do all thing as but I wyll be broughte vnder no mans power ¶ Of the âerfection and excellency of the eâangelâcall lawe aboue the âawâ wâitten Capiâu 51. IF the minystration of deathe throughe the letters figured in ââones was glorious sâ that the children of Israell coulde not beholde the face of Moses for the glorye of his countenaunce whiche glorye neuerthelesse is done awaye whyâ shall not the ministration of the spirite be muche morâ glorious For iâ the ministring of condempnation bâ glorious muche more doeth the ministration of righteousenes eâceade in glorye For no doubte that which was there glorified is not once gloryfied in respecte of this eâceadingâ glorye Then if that whiche is destroyed was glorious muche morâ shall that whiche remayneth be gloryous Then the commaundemente that wente aââre is disanulled because of her weaknes and vnprofitablenes For the lawe made nothinge perâect but was an introduction of a better hope by which hope we drawe nyâ vnto God And for this cause it ãâã a better hope that it was not promysed without an othe now hath Christ optayned a more excellente offyce in as muche as he is the mediator of a better Testamente whiche was made for better promises For if that first Testament had bene fautelesse then shuld no place haue bene sought for the second For in rebuking them he sayeth Beholde the dayes wyll come sayeth the Lorde and I wyll fyniâhe vppon the house of Israell and vppon the house of Iuda a new Testament not lyke the Testament that I made with their fathers at
is bound to offer for sinnes as wâll for hys owne parte as for thâ peoples And no man taketh honour vnto him selfe but he that is called of God as was Aaron Euen so like wise Christ glorified not him selfe to be made the hye priest but he that sayed vnto him thou arte my sonne this daye begat I the glorified him As he also in an other place speaketh Thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech Whereof we haue many thinges to say which are harde to bee vttered because ye are âull of hearinge This Melchisedech king of Salem which beinge priest of the most hye God met Abraham as he returned agayne frome the slaughter of the kinges and blessed him to whome also Abraham gaue tithes of al thinges firste is by interpretation kinge of righteousnes after that he is king of Salem that is to saye kinge of of peace withoute father withoute mother without kinne and hathe neither beginninge of his time neither yet ende of his life But is likened vnto the sonne of God and continueth a prieste for euer Consider what a manne this was vnto whom the Patriarke Abraham gaue tithes of the spoiles And verelye those children of Leuy whiche receaue the office of the priestes haue a commaundement to take according to the law tithes of the people that is to say of their brethreÌ ye though they sprong oute of the loynes of Abraham But he whose kinnered is not counted amonge them receaued tythes of Abraham and blessed him that had the promises And withoute all nay sayinge he whiche is lesse receaueth blessinge of him whiche is greater And here men that die receiue tithes but ther he receiueth tithes of whom it is witnessed that he liueth And to saye the truthe Leuy him selfe also whiche receaueth tithes paied tithes in Abraham For he was yet in the loynes of his father Abraham when Melchisedech met him Yf now therfore perfection came by the presthode of the leuytes for vnder that priesthode the people receaued the lawe What needed it furthermore that an other priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech and not after the order of Aaron Nowe no doubte if the priesthode be translated then of necessitye must the lawe be translated also For he of whome these thinges are spoken pertaineth vnto an other tribe of whiche neuer man serued at the altare For it is euidente that our Lord spronge of the tribe of Iuda of whiche triâe spake Moses nothynge concernynge priesthode And it is yet a more âuydent thynge if after the symilytuâe of Melchisedech there arise an other priest whiche is not made after the law of the carnall commaundementâ but after the power of the endelesse lyfe for he testyâyethe Thou arte a prieste for ââer after the order of Melchisedech Those priestes were made without an othe but this priest with an oâhâ by him that sayed vnto him The Lorde sware and wyll not repente Thoâ arte a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech And for that cause was Iesus a stablisher of a better Testameâte And among them many were made priestes because thei were not suffered to endure by reason of death But this man because he endureth euer hath an euerlastinge priesâhode Such an hye priest it became vs to haue whiche is holye harmelesse vndefyled separate frome synners and made hyar then heauen whiche nedeth not daily as yonder hie priest to offer vp sarciâice firste for his owne synnes and then for the peoples sinnes For that did he at once for all when he offered vppe hym selfe For the lawe maketh men priestes which haue infirmity but the word of the othe that came sence the lawe maketh the son priest which is perfect for euermore Of the thinges whyche we haue spoken this is the pith that we haue such an hie priest that is sitten on the righte hande of the seate of maiestye in heauen and is a minister of holye things of the very tabernacle whichâ God pyghte and not man For euerye hyghe prieste is ordayned to offer giftes and sacrifices Wherfore it is of necessitye that this man haue somewhat also to offer For he were not a priesâe if he were on the earthe where are pryestes that accordynge to the lawe offer gyftes whych priestes serue vnto the ensample and shadowe of heauenlye thinges euen as the aunswer of God was geuen vnto Moses when he was about to finishe the tabernacle Take hede saieth he that thou make all things accordinge to the patrone shewed to thee in thâ mounte ¶ Wyth what vertuouse byshops priestes and deacons beinge wythin holye orders oughte to be adorned Capitu. 56. This is a true sayinge if a man couet the office of a byshoppe he desireth a good woorke Ye and a byshoppe muste be fauâelesse the husbande of one wyfe sober discrete honestlye apparelled harberous apte to teache not droncken no fightâr not geuen to filthy lucre but gentle abhorringe fighting abhorringe couetâousnes and one that ruleth his owne house honestlye hauinge children vnder obedience with al honeâty For if a man can not rule his owne âouse howe shall he care for the congregation of God He may not be a yong scoler least he swel and faule in to the iudgement of the âuyl speaker He must also be well reporâed of amonge them whiche are with outeâ leaste hee fall in too rebuke and snare of the euyll speaker Lykewise must the deacons be honest not doble tonged not geuen vnto much drinkinge neither vnto filthy lucre but hauinge the mysterye of the faith in pure conscience And let them first be proued and theÌ let them minister if they be founde fâutelesse Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife and suche as rule their children wel and their own housholdes For they that minister well get them selues good degree and greate liberty in the faith which is in Christ Iesu. For this cause left I thee in Crete that thou shouldeste performe that which was lackinge and shouldest ordayne priestes and elders in euery citye as I appointed thee Yf anye manne be fautelesse the husbande of one wyfe hauinge faithfull children which are not slaundered of riot neither are disobediânt For a bishoppe must be fautelesse as it becommeth the minister of God not proude not angrye no dronkarde no fighter not geuen to filthy lucre but harberus one that loueth goodnes sober minded righteous holy temperate and suche as cleaueth vnto the true worde of docrine that he maye be able to exhorte with wholesome learninge and to improue them that say againste it Against an elder or a priest receaue non occasion but vnder two or three witnesses ¶ Of the institution of the coÌmunion and howe damnable a thinge it is to receaue it vnwoorthelye Capitu. 57. I Speake as vnto them whiche haue discretion iudge ye what I say Is not the cuppe of blessinge whyche we blesse partakinge of the bloude of Christe Is not the
to them For they watch for your soules euen as they that muste geue accomptes for youre soules that they maye doo it with ioye and not wyth grefe for that is a profytable thing for you And receaue suche a one with honour and all gladnesse Tyll I come geue attendaunce to readinge to exhortation too doctryne Despise not that gifte that is in thee whiche was geuen the thorowe prophesye and with the layinge on of handes of an elder Take hede vnto thy self and vnto learning and contynue âherein For if thou shalt so do thou shalt saue thy selfe and them that hear the. Laye handes sodenlye on no man Nether be partaker of other mennes synnes Watch thou in all things and suffer aduersitye and do the woorke of an euangelist fulfyll thyne office vnto the vttermost Be sober Of theese thinges put them in remembraunce and testifye before the Lorde For thou haste sene the experience of my doctrince fashion of liuinge purpose faythâ longe sufferinge loue paciene persecutions afflictions which happened vntoo me at Antyoche at Iconium and at Lystra Whyche persecutions I suffered pacientlye And from them al the lord deliuered me Preache the worde be feruent be it in season or out of season improue rebuke exhorte Be vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in conuersation in loue in spirit in charity An elder exhort as a father yong meÌ as brethren the elder women as mothers y â yoÌger as sisters in al chastity But speake thou that which becoÌmeth wholsome learning y â the elder men be sober honest discrete sound in the fayeth in loâe and in pacyence And the elder women likewyse that they be in suche raiment as becommeth holynes not false accusers not geuen to much drynckinge but teachers of honest thinges to make the yonge wemenne sober mynded to loue theyr husbands to loue theyr chyldren to be discrete chast huswyââye good and obedient vntoo theyr own husbands that the word of God be not euill spoken of Yf thou shalt put the breethren in remembraunce of these things thou shalte be a good minyster of Iesus Christ which hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of fayth and good doctrine which doctrine thou hast continually folowed ¶ Of the spirituall generation of baptime And why that from hence foorth we ought to depart from sinne Capâu 62. WHere abundaunce of synâe was there was more plentuousenesse of grace c. vt âuprâ What shall we say then Shal we continue in sin that ther may abundaunce of grace God forbydde How shall we that are deade as touchynge synne lyue any longer therein Remember ye not that al we which are baptised in the name of Iesus Christ are baptysed to dye wyth him We are buryed with hym by baptysme for too dye that likewyse as Christ was raysed vppe from death by the glorye of the faâher euen so we also should walke in a newe lyfe For iâ we graffe in death like vnto him eueÌ so muste we be in the resurrection This we must remember that our olde man is crucifyed with him also that the bodye of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that hence foorthe we should not be seruaunts of sinne For he that is dead is âustified from sin Wherfore if we be dead with Christ we beleue that we shall lyue wyth him remembringe that Christ once rayseh from death dyeth no more Death hath no more power ouer him for as touching that he dyed he dyed concerning synne once And as touchinge that he liueth he liueth vnto God Likewise imagine ye alsoâ that ye are dead concerninge synne but are aliâe vnto God thorowe Iesus Christ our Lorde For al ye that are baptised in Christ Iesu haue put on Christ. In whom ye are circumcised with circumcision made withoute handes by puttinge of the sinfull body of the fleshe throughe the circumcision that is in Christe in that ye are buryed with him through baptime in whom ye are also rysen agayne throughe faith y â is wroughte by the operation of God which raised him from death ¶ Of the comming of the most wicked and most falsest Antichrist and of the day of iudgement Capitu. 6â BE not sodeÌly moued aâthough the day of Christ were at hand Let no man deceiue you by any mâanes For the Lorde commeth not excepte there come a departinge first and that the sinfull man âe opened the sonne of perdition whiche is an aduersarye and is exalted aboue all that is called God or that is woorshipped so that he shall sytte as God in the temple of God and shewe him selfe as God Remember ye not that whan I was yet with you I toldâ you theese thynges And nowe ye knowe what wythholdethe euen that âe mighte âee vttered at hyâ tyme. For the mysterye of the iniquytye doeth alreadye woorke tyll he whiche nowe onely letteth be taâen oute of the waye And then shall that wicked be vttered whoÌ the lorde shall consume with the spirite of hys mouth and shall destroye it with appearaunce of his cominge euen him whose cominge is by the working of Satan with al lying power signes wonders and in al dâceiueablenes of vnrightuousenes amonge them that perish because they receaued not the loue of y e truth that they might haue bene saued And therefore God shall âend them strong delusion that they shuld beleue lyâs that all they might be dampned whyth beleued not the truth but had pleasure in vnrighteâusnes Of the times and ceasons brethren ye haue no nede that I write vntoo you for ye your selues knowe parfectly that the daye of the Lord shall coâe âuen as a theeâe in the nighte When they shall saye peace and no dâunger then commeth on theÌ soden destruction as the trauaylinge of a woman with chylde and they shall not scape But ye brethern are not in darkenes that that daye should come on you as it were a theâe ¶ Of the generall resurrection that is too come Capitu. 64 YF so be that any man haue not the spirit of Christ the same is none of his But if the spirit of him that raysed vp Iesus from ââathe dwell in you euen he that âaysed vp Christe from deathe shall âuycken youre mortall bodyes because that his spirit dwelleth in you God hath raysed vp the Lorde and shall rayse vs vp by his pwer For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vâ also by the meanes of Iesus and shall set vs with you Christe amonge you is not weake but is mightye in you For thoughe it came of weakenes that he was crucified yet liueth he thorow the power of God And we no doubte are weake in him but we shall lyue with him by the might of God amonge you If we beleue that Iesus dyed and and rose agayne euen so them also which slepe by Iesus wyl God bring agayne with him And this saye we vnto you
in the worde of the Lord that we whiche lyue and are remayninge in the comminge of the Lord shal not come yerre they which slepe For the Lord him selfe shall descend frome heauen with a shute and the voice of Archaungell and trompe of God And the dead in Christ shall arisâ first then shall we which lyue and remayne be caughte vppe with them also in the cloudes too mete the Lorde in the ayer And so shall we euer be with the Lorde Wherefore comforte youre selues one an other with these wordes ¶ Of fayethfull probation and and diuersity of the resurrection that is to come and of the giftes of the glorified bodies Capitu. 65. YF Christ be preached how that he rose from the dead How say some that are among you that there is no resurrecâion of the dead Yf there be no risinge againe then is Christe not risen Yf Christe be not risen then is our preachinge vaine and your faith also in vayne Ye and we are found false witnesses of God For we haue testifyed of god how that he raised vp Christ whom he raysâd not vppâ if it be so that the âeade ryse not again For if the dead rise not againe then is Christe not risen againe Yâ it be so that Christ rose not then is your fayeth in vain and yet are ye in youre synnes And therto they whiche are fallen a slepe in Christe are pearished if in this life onelye we beleue in Christ then are we of all men the miserabliest But nowe is Christe risen frome the deade and is become the first frutes of them that slepte For by a manne came deathe and by a manne came the resurrection of the deadde For as by Adam all dye euen so by Christ shall all be made a lyue and euerye man in his owne order The first is Christe then they that are Christs at his comminge Then commeth the ende when he hath deliuered vp the kingdome to god the father when he hath put down al rule aâctority and power For he must raign til he haue put all hys enemies vnder his feete The last enemy that shal be destroied is death For he hath put al thiâges vnder his fete But when he saieth all thinges are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted whiche did put all things vnder him When all thynges are subdued vntoo him then shall the sonne also him selfe bâ subiecte vnto him that put all things vnder him that God maye be all in all thinges Either els what do they which are baptised ouer the deade if the dead rise not at all Why are they then baptised ouer the dead yea and whye stande we in ieopardye euerye houre By our reioysinge whiche I haue in Christ Iesu our Lorde I dye daylye That I haue foughte wyth beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what aâauntageth it me if the dead rise not again Let vs eate dryncke to morow we shall dye Be not deceaued malycius speakynge corrupte good manners Awake ye iuste and synne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake thys to youre rebuke But some man wyll saye howe aryse the deadde wyth what bodyes come they inâ Thou âole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it ây And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that bodye that shall be but bare corne I meane ether of wheate or of some other and God geueth it a bodye at his pleasure to euerye seede a seuerall body All fleshe is not one maner of fleshe but there is one maner of fleshe of men an other manner of fleshe of beastes an other manner of flesh of fyshes and an other of byrds There are celesâiall bodyes and ther are bodyes terrestriallâ But the glorye of the celeââyall is one and the gloryâ of the terestryall is an other There is one manner gloâye of the sun and an other glorye of the mone and an other glory of the starres for one starre differeth from an other in glorye So is the resurrection of the deade It is sowen in corruption and riseth in incorruption It is sowen in dishonoure it riseth in honoure It is sowen in weakenes and riseth in power It is sowen a naturall bodye and rysethe a spirytuall bodye There is a naturall bodye and there is a spirituall body As it is written The first man Adam was made a lyuinge soule and the last Adam was made a quickeningâ spirite How be it that is not firste which is spirituall but that which is naturall and then that whiche is spirituall Beholde I shewe you a misterye We shal not all sleepe but we shall be all chaunged and that in a momente and in a twinckling of an eye at the sounde of the laste trompe For the trompe shall blowe and the deadde shall rise in corruptible and we shall bee chaunged For this corruptible must put on incorruptibilitye this mortall muste put on immortalitye When this corruptible hathe put on incorruptibility this mortall hath put on immortalitye then shall be brought to passe the saying y â is written Death is consumed in to victory Death wher is thy stynge Hel wher is thy victorye The stinge of death is synne and the strength of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto God which hath geuen vs victory thorow our Lord Iesus Christ. ¶ Of the feruente charitye of saynte Paul the Apostell Capitu. 66. I Haue wyshed my selfe too becursed frome Christe for my brâethren and my kynsmen as partaininge to the flesh My hartes desire and praier to god for Israell is that they mighte be saued For though I be free from all men yet haue I made my selfe seruaunte vnto all men that I mighte wynne the moo Unto the Iewes I became as a Iewe too wynne the Iewes To them that were vnder the lawe was I made as though I hadde bene vnder the lawe to wynne them that were vnder the lawe To them that were wythoute lawe became I as though I had ben w tout law when I was not without law as pertaining to God but vnder a lawe as concerninge Christe too wynne them that were without lawe To the weake became I as weake too wynne the weake In all things I fashoned my selfe to all men to saue at the leaste waye some And this I doe for the gospels sake that I mighte haue my parte therof And in this confidence was I minded the other time to haue come too you that ye might haue had yet one pleasure more and to haue passed by you in to Macedonia and too haue come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you and to haue bene lead foorth to Iewry ward of you When I was come to Troada for Christes Gospells sake and a great dore was opened vnto me of the lord I had no rest in my spirite because I founde not Titus my brother but toke my leaue of them and went awaye in to Macedonia For in great affliction and anguish of hart I
desyreth him selfe and his disciples to be praied for And of certain other his actes capitu 71. Of suche persons which in his Epistles saluted and were saluted ca. 72 The prayse and gloryfication of the omnipotente Lorde and God ca. 73. ¶ The Table A. Abraham contrarye to hope beleued in hope capi 4. Abraham dwelt in tabernacles ca. 4 Abraham gaue tythes to Melchiseâech capi 55. Abrahams belefe was imputed vnto him for righteousenes cap. 4 Abrahams children cap. 4. Abba father cap. 42. Abyde in the estate that thou art called capâ 1â Adam was not deceiued cap. 59. the Afflictions of this life are not to be compared to the glory that is too come ca. 32. All thynges woorke well vnto them that loue God capi 7. All synnes sauynge fornycation are withoute the body capi 17. All thinges are pure cap. 20. ca. 35. All thinges are not expedient ca. 20. All thinges edifye not ca. 20. All are vnder sinne cap. 35. All voyces haue signification ca. 42. All thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God ca. 44. All men are liars ca. 45 All thinges are become newe ca. 46 All thinges are good ââap 46 All thinges in the law was pourged with bloude cap. 47. All fulnes dwelleth in Christ. ca. 46. All haue sinned ca. 50 All thinges are lawfull but not profitable capi 50 Alexander the copper smith ca. 67 A lyttle leuen sowrethe the whole lompe of dowe ca. 27 A newe Testamente doeth abrogate the olde ca. 51 Among whoÌ the gospel is hiddeÌ ca. 36 AuÌgels are ministring spirits ca. 49 Antichriste shall syâte as God in the temple cap. 63 Antichrist shall be consumed by the spirit of Christes mouth ca. 63 Al things are naked vnto God ca. 49 the Apostles labour with theyr owne hands ca. 10 the Apostles were agasing âtocke vnto the worlde ca. 10 Apply not the body vnto fornication capitu 17â An othe is an ende of all strife ca. 3â Arme your selues w t faith loue ca. â8 As longe as we are in the bodye we are absente from God cap. 4 A ââombling âtone capitu 4 A seruaunt is the lords fre manâ ca. 11 A venge not your selues ca. 9 Auoyd an hereâike cap. 11 Auoyde vnghostly vanytyes ca. 12 Auâyde folyshe questions ca. 21 Auoyde lustes of youth ca. 36 A willinge mynde is accepted recordinge to that a man hath ca 11 B. Bear the frailnes of the weake ca. â5 Bear one an others burden cap. 15 Be alwayes feruent in a good thing capi 23 Be a foole in this world ca. 13 Be rych in hope ca. 6 Be not hie minded ca. 8.9.40 Be not wise in your owne eies ca. 9 Be not wise in your owne opinions capitu 9. Be not vaine gloryus ca. 9 Be not ouercome of euyll ca. 10 Be innoceÌt as concerning euill ca. 13 Be ready to al good workes ca. 14 Be mercifull one to an other ca. 15 Be not forgetful to kepe hospitalityâ capitu 15. Behaue your selues as the ministers of God ca. 16.36 Be not dronke with wyne ca. â6 Be rich in the works of y e lord ca. 18 Be angry but synne not ca. 35 Be not caryed with euery winde of doctrine cap. 18 Be not wery in well doinge ca. 18.32 Be not caryed aboute with straunge learningâ capit 18 Be content with raimente and fode capitu 19. Be riche in good workes ca. 19 Be ready to geue capi 19 Be not children in wytte but in maliciousnes capit 23 Be not ashamed to testifye our Lord capitu 23. Be not carefull ca. 27 Be thanefull capitu 29 Be not a worshipper of ydols ca. 34 Be not wise in your own conceytes capitu 40 Be ready to harboâr ca. 41. Beware leaste any man decâaue you through philosophye ca. 12 By grace we are saued capi 43 By the lawe cometh the knowledge of synne capi 50 Bodely exercise profitteth little ca. 15 a Bishop and what maner of man he oughte to be cap. 56 C. Carnall men are carnallye minded capitu 12. Cast away the dedâs of darknes ca. 32 the Children of wrathe ca. 16.30 the Children of fayth are Abrahams children ca. 4. Children obey and honour your parentes capiu 59. Christ came of the sede of Dauid ca. 1 Christ rose frome death ca. 1.47 Christes gospell is the power of God capitu 4. Christ is the ende of the lawe ca. 4 Christ is to me life ca. 6 Christ shall fashion oure vyle bodyes like vnto his glorious bodye ca. 6 Christ made him selfe of nâ reputation capât 9.47 Christ toke vppon him the shape of a seruaunte ca. 9.47 Christe died and rose agayne to be Lord both of the dead and the quick capitu 11. Christ speaketh in Paul ca. 11. Christ the embassidoure and priest of oure profession ca. 12 Christe is the power and wysedome of God capi 13 Christs riches are vnsercheable caâ 1â Christe was tempted in all poyntes like as we are cap. 25 Christe maketh intercession for vs. capi 26.44 Christ prayed wyth stronge cryinge and tearâs ca. 26 Christ is in all thinges ca. 29 Christ damned synne by syn ca. 30 Christ is our life cap. 32 Christ is preached of diuers diuersly capitu 35 Christ was a minister of the circumcision cap. 37 Christe is the headde of the churche capitu 38.48.58 Christ gaue him selfe for the congregation ca. 38 Christes bloud speaketh better then the bloude of Abell cap. 38 Christ throughe his bloude redemed vs capitu 43 Christ is the head corner stoneâ ca 43 Christ did put awaye death ca. eod Christ shal shew him selfe from heauen in flamynge fyer capiâ 4â Christ rose âo iustify vs cap. 46 Christ reconciled vs to God beynge enemies cap. 46 Christ which knewe no sinne hathe made him self to be sin for vs. ca. eodeÌ Christ was made a cursed for vs. eod Christ hath broken doun y e wall eod Christ hath put oute the hande wryâinge that was agaynst vs ca. eo Christ came in to this worde to saue synners ca. eo Christ is the hye priest of good thinges to come cap. 47 Christ is the mediatoure of the newe Testament ca. 47 Christ apeared put sin to flightâ eodâ Christe is a prieste after the order of Melchisedech ca. eod Christ descended and ascended to fulfyll all thinges ca. eod Christ is aboue al rule power ca. 48 Christ is the ymage of the inuisible God ca. 48 49 Christ is before all things ca 48 Christ offered him selfe once for allâ capituâ 52â 55 Christe spronge of the tribe of Iuda capitu 55 Christe is our hye priest cap. 55 Christs descention froÌ heauen ca. 64 Christ that in man beginneth a good thinge shall end the same cap. 66 Children of the flesh are not the children of God ca. 44 Circumcision is nothinge ca. 11. CircuÌcision how it auayleth ca. â7 Couetous persons haue no inheritaunce in heauen ca. 19 Coueteousnes is the rote of all euyll capitu 19. Coueteousenes is not too be named
not bound ca 47 They that faule canne not be renued vnto repentaunce ca. ââ There be that reioyce in the face and not in the hearte cap. 27 The thinges which god hath prepared for them that loue are vnspeakeable cap. 3â There is but one God in the worlde capitu ca. 34 Ther is not one that doth good ca. 35 They confesse God and in dedes denye him ca. eo Thei shal be damned that beleue nât the truthe capiâ 63 They that studye to please men are not the seruauntes of Christe ca. 67 Things written are written for our learninge ca. 6 Thynges seene and not seene caâ 13 the Tyme goeth awaye ca. 36 a Testament taketh auctorâây by the deathe of men cap. 47. To Abraham and his seede were the promyses made ca. â3 Translate the priesthode and translate the lawe ca. 55. Transgression receaueth a iuste rewardâ ca. 14 Treasure in earâhen vessels ca. 13 Tribulation bringeth pacience ca. 10 Trust not in vncertayne riches caâ 19 Tribulation preparethe for vs an eternall waygie of glorye cap. 3â To the defiled nothing is pure caâ 35 Trust not in your selues but in god capitu 6. True circumcision capi 37 U. W. Walke worthye of oure Lorde in all good workes ca. â Walke circumspeâtlye ca. 12 Walke not in vanitye of the myndâ âapitu 16 Walke as children of light ca. 23 Walke honestlye cap. 3â Walke worthye of God ca. 23 Walke worthye of youre vocation capitu 36. Walke in a newe life ca. 63 Wast not thy braynes about questions ca. 9 Warne the vnrulye ca. â4 Watche and be sober ca. 16 Wayte on thy officeâ ca. 41 Wantân widowes cap. 59 We shoulde swym in loue one to an other ca. 2 We are iustified by fayth cap. 4 We preache not ye and âay ca. eod We are not sufficient of oure selues to thinke anye thinge cap. 6 We are made the of scourynge of all thinges ca. 10 We wrastle not agaynste fleshe and bloude ca. 18 Wee broughte nothynge in too the worlde cap. 19 We knowe not what to praye for as we oughte ca. 26 We seke for a citye y â is to come ca. 32 We loke for the deliueraunce of oure bodyes capi 33. We are meÌbers of Christs bodi ca. 38 We are of the houshold of God ca. 43 We must all appeare before the iudgemente seate of Christ cap. 54 We are all one in Christ ca. 48 We are buried with Christe by baptymâ ca. 62 We shall be chaunged in the twinâkelânge of an eye ca. 65 Wemen throughe âayeth receaued theyr dead raysed to life agayn ca. 5 Women araye your selues in comelye apparell ca. 26 Wemen must pray couered ca. 59 Women were created for mans saks capi 59 Wemens heare is geuen them to couer them wyth all ca. âodem Women muste kepe silence cap. eo WomeÌ must be vnder obedience eod Wemen must learne of their husbandes ca eode Wemen may not teache men ca. eoâ Women throughe bearinge of children shall be saued cap. eodem a Woman is bounde to the man as longe as he lyueth ca. 50 the WomaÌ wâs deceaued not Adam capitu 59 What so euer is not of fayth is synne capitu 4. the walles of Ierico cap. 5 What companye hathe lighte with darkenes ca. 1â What so euer a manne soweth that shall he reape ca. âod What Godlyâ sorowe causeth ca. 31 When they counted theÌ selues wise they became fooles ca. 34 Where the spirite of God is there is liberty ca. 73 Who is sicke I am not sicke ca. 67 Without fayeth it is vnpossible too please god ca. 5 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of god ca. 7 Who goeth a warfare at his owne coste cap. 11 Who knoweth the minde of the lord capitu 13.44 Who shall deliuer me from this body of death ca. 33 Wylt thou be without feareâ do well capitu 8. Wylful sinners haue âo sacrifice for synne ca. 8 Whom the Lorde loueth him he chasteneth ca 10 Wo to me if I preache not ca. 11 Worke poure owne saluation ca. 8 the Wysedome of the fleshe is Gods ânemye ca. 12 be wise vnto that which is good ca. 13 the Wisedome of this worlde is but foolishenes câ âo the Wyll of god is that ye shoulde be holye ca. 16 Wyues loue and feare your husbandes ca. 58. Wydowes that lyue in pleasure are dead ca. 59. Workes of good wydowes ca. eod Wordlye sorowe causeth death ca. 31 Wrappe not your selues in the yoke of bondage ca. 54 the Word of god is quick and sharpe capitu 49. Wythdrawe youre selues from those that worke inordinately ca. 20 U. Uessels of mercy ca. 40 Uessels of wratâ prepared to damnation ca. 44 Uessels of mercy prepared vnto glorye cap. eod the Uisible thinges of God are knowen by the inuisible ca. 13 Y. Ye are the temple of the liuynge god capitu 11.41 Ye are dearelye boughte 23.41 Ye ye naye naye capi 28. 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