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A17683	The lectures or daily sermons, of that reuerend diuine, D. Iohn Caluine, pastor of the Church of God in Geneua, vpon the prophet Ionas, by N.B. student in Diuinitie. Whereunto is annexed an excellent exposition of the two last epistles of S. Iohn, done in Latin by that worthy doctor, August. Marlorate, and englished by the same N.B.	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Baxter, Nathaniel, fl. 1606.; Marlorat, Augustin, 1506-1562. Novi testament Catholici expositio ecclesiastica. aut	1578 (1578)	STC 4432; ESTC S109621	135,321	202

THE Lectures or daily Sermons of that Reuerend Diuine D. Iohn Caluine Pastor of the Church of God in Geneua vpon the Prophet Ionas by N. B. Student in Diuinitie Whereunto is annexed an excellent exposition of the two last Epistles of S. Iohn done in Latin by that worthy doctor August Marlorate and englished by the same N.B. Math. 12.39 An euill and adulterous generation seeketh a signe but no signe shall be giuen vnto it saue that signe of the Prophet Ionas ¶ Jmprinted at London for Edward White dwellyng at the little North dore of Poules at the signe of the Gunne 1578. ¶ To the right honorable Sir Fraunces Walsingham knight chiefe Secretary to the Queenes moste excellent Maiestie and of her Highnesse most Honorable priuie Counsell And to the right worshipful Sir Iohn Broket of Broket Hall and Sir Henrie Cocke Knightes N. B. Minister of the vvord of God in the towne of Ridborne wisheth grace and peace from God the father through Iesus Christ THE first view of this small booke may mooue you right honorable Sir to deeme the same of small price if you mesure as the common forte of men do the inward excellency by the outward appearāce Which thing I confesse at the first did some thing stay me from either the publishing or the exhibiting therof vnto anye manne much lesse durst I presume to present the same vnto the sight of anye honorable personage But when I more deepely considered the wisdome of godly men in our age which iudge not the conscience all together by the coate nor the booke by the bynding I then endeuored without casting any moe doubtes to make that common to others which first I priuately red for mine owne commoditie And truly if there be any thing that first moued me thereto the ignoraunce together with the vanitie of many of our own people was one who being vtterly vnskilfull of God and godlines do yet apply their myndes to the vaine delightes of this flattering world quite forgetting both the iustice of God which daily hangeth ouer them and death which continually followeth and sodainly striketh them yea and eternall destruction which gapeth wide for them and hopeth in the ende to swallow them It grieued me to see what baites are layd for them by the world death and hell as pride of lyfe and contempt of gods worde of purpose to entangle both their soules and bodies As touching pride of life I nede not speake much thereof it is to manifest What man ●eeth it not who is he almost that is not infected with it what nation is voyde of it doe not heauen and earth and all creatures grone and grieue at it do not all good men bewayle it preachers crye out of it and God redy to punish it yes verily As for contempt of gods word is it not in most places found Are not the ministers contemned their preachings discredited and their ministery skorned by papists and Ruffians and olde cutters called lusty and tall fellowes who can sweare out a matter at a pinch and blaspheme the sacred name of God most horriblie Are not prophane Comedies and tragedies most of them beyng monstrous lies with great pompe celebrated when the holy worde of God the foode of our soules being preached ought with reuerence to be heard it is certainly true We haue right honorable in many places the tables and tennis in steede of the Testament the cardes in steede of the Catechisme the boules in steede of the Bible yea and that more is men think they haue made a very good change We see some men bestowe their time in writing some in printing and mo men in reading of vile blasphemous or at lest of prophan friuolous bokes such as are that infamous legēd of K. Arthur which with shame inough I heare to be newly imprinted with the horrible actes of those whoremasters Launcelot du Lake Tristram de Liones Gareth of Orkney Merlin the lady of the Lake with the vile and stinking story of the Sangreal of king Peleus c. some agayn study the liues of Huon of Burdeaux and king Oberon the king of the Fairies of Valentine and Orson and the lady Cleremond with the Iuggler Paccolet and king Trumpert and the giant Ferragus and the liues of the foure sonnes of Aymon with the worthy actes of Oliuer and Rouland Guichard and Richard some are expert in Beuis of Hampton that notable man with the death of Boniface Arundel and Trunchifice some in the court of Venus some in the Iestes of Skoggen the kinges dizzard some in the subtleties of Howleglas and Garagantua some agayne and to many in the pestilent pollicies of that Mahound Matchiauile in the puddle of pleasure and Folist of histories and such like which doe manifestly shew that gods word is either shamefully neglected or despitefully condemned For if any good booke be writen it lieth in the printers handes smally regarded seldome enquired after so that the printer is scarce paied for the paper that goeth to the booke And this maketh many printers which seeketh after gaynes to take in hande rather those thinges that are profitable to the purse though thei be ridiculous so satisfie mens humors then to printe without profite those bookes that be godly which being once printed serue for nothing els but for waste paper acceptable to very few It could not therefore but grieue me to see those enemies of mankinde the World Death and Hell so preuaile by their flattering illusions that they haue drawen after them the most parte of the people at this day yea and sought in time past euen in my yongest yeres to haue taken me in those their nettes together for company Whereupon I determined amongest others to geue them one blow more with the sword of the spirit the word of God according to my duty calling profession and to ring the Alarum bel together with al godly preachers vnto our sleepie country men aduertising them of the approching of our deadly foes long agoe descried by the sermons and writinges of the Martirs Once before this time I attempted by mine own booke lately published to abandone the securitie of this our nation the Lord graunt that it hath any thing awaked them But now the second tyme I haue caused that Diuine Doctor of the Church Iohn Caluine the Lordes vigilant watchman euen in our owne tongue to sound the trumpe if by this meanes eyther he or I may geue them warning before their fall to eschew these baytes of wily Sathan who knoweth whether the Lorde by this meanes wil open the eyes of some men to see their owne sinnes and to be sory for the same But if they be neuer the better but rather the blynder my conscience is discharged and these few lines shal be vnto their consciences a witnesse that they are from henceforth with out excuse before the throne of God And I feare there will bee denounced agaynst them the iudgementes of God that

in the doctrine deliuered vnto them he consequentlie affirmeth him to be Antichriste which denyeth Christ to become in the fleshe V. and with a verie notable sentence also he admonisheth them that sinne is to be flied least a man be depriued of the offered rewarde Lastly he exhorteth them to beware of the false Prophets Oe. and commaundeth that no man take suche to house neither bid them God speede but rather shun them as the most pernicious enemyes of Christ In the ende he rendereth a reason why in this Epistle he studied to be briefe euen because he hopeth shortlie to speake the rest face to face Oe. and so with a Christian salutation enterlaced he concludeth or finisheth his Epistle Vers 1 ¶ The Elder to the Elect Lady and her Childrē whom I loue in the truth and not I alone but also all that haue knowne the truth THe Elder to the Elect Ladye This is the inscription or tytle of the Epistle which sheweth fyrst the office of the wryter and secondly conteyneth the name or dignitie of her to whome the Epistle was written The word Elder in this place is not referred to age but rather first to integritie of minde secondly honestie of manners and thirdly excellencie of erudition For all these thinges that Name Presbyteros Senior Elder doth comprehende Of the which reade more Acts. 20.17 and .1 Tim. 5.17 They which thinke this Epistle to be wrytten by the Apostle Iohn affirme that he vsed this name for modestie sake against the hartinesse of our Elders in expressing their tytles whome the name of a Minister and Bishoppe doth so displease that they must be called Popes high Priests chiefe Monarches of Christian pietie When as yet Christ the Lorde of all sayde to his Disciples The kings of the Gentiles raigne ouer them and they that beare rule ouer them are called bountifull But ye shall not be so but let the greatest among you be as the least and he which is chiefe as he which ministreth Iohn also might be called Elder by a figure called Antonomasia among the Apostles Of wome as some thinke none remained alyue beside this Elect beloued disciple of Christ And then also the Seniors or Elders gouerned the Congregation being famous men of an approued faith honorable perfection full of the holie ghost which by word examples ruled the Churche But this is the opinion of those men which affyrme Iohn the Euangelist to be the wryter of this present Epistle They which thinke otherwise referre the name Elder to the office of teaching as it is already fayde He calleth her also to whome he wryteth Elect. Oec Eyther by reason of her name or of her great emulation or study about vertue To this also he séemeth to adde the tytle of Ladie that he might shewe the profite of this Woman in the worde of God who nowe through the victorie of our Lorde Iesus Christ beganne to be a Lady ouer death sinne the Diuell and hell and might saye with Saint Paul Death is swalowed vp in the victorie O death where is thy styng O hell where is thy victorie The stinge of death is sinne the strength of sinne is the law but thanks be to God which hath geuen vs victorie through our Lord Iesus Christ 1. Cor. 15. .57 The beginning of this victory doeth that word which he vseth euen the Elect Ladie also declared vnto vs if the word Elect be taken in the proper signification thereof to the entent to admonish vs of that eternall election of the sonnes of God as if the wryters of the Epistle shoulde saye God almightie woulde haue thée receyued into the number of his predestinated and Elected chyldren Of the which thing Paul verie notablie preacheth saying But we ought to geue thankes to God alway for you brethren beloued of the Lord because that God hath chosen you to saluation from the beginning through the sanctification of the spirit and the faith of trueth whervnto he called you by our Gospell to obtaine the glorie of our Lorde Iesus Christ And her children There be some which by this Ladye wyll haue the Church vnderstanded and by her Sonnes or Chyldren the lytle ones or those which are weake and which are in the Churche begotten by the fayth of Iesus Christe but this exposition is racked For to what ende shoulde the Author of the Epistle saye that he woulde shortlie speake in the presence of the Ladie to whome he wryteth vnleast he meant some certaine person Nowe he addeth VVhome I loue in the trueth By which wordes he signifieth what maner of thing true Christian loue is euen that truelie which is most voyde of all hypocrisie For to loue with mouth faynedlie oftentimes commeth to passe euen as it is noted in the fiirst Epistle of Iohn where he saide Litle children let vs not loue in worde neither in tongue onelie but in deede and trueth And Paul sayde Let loue be without dissimulation Peter also speaketh of it thus You which haue purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite to loue brotherlie without fayning Loue one another with a pure harte feruently being borne anew not of mortal seede but of immortal by the word of God who liueth and remaineth for euer It foloweth And not I alone Great is the concorde and friendshippe among the sonnes of god For seeing they all are dyrected by one spirit euen of Christ it is not possible but that they holde mutuall amitie betwéene them selues and embrace all those which according to the measure of the grace geuen vnto them doo studie to further the glorie of Christ alone The distaunce therefore of place or diuersitie of tongues or their diuers estates nothing at all let but that this most excellent loue among them maye florish Christian profession and fame of name alone hath most surelie ioyned them together in such sort that oftentymes one of them reioyce of another whome yet they neuer sawe So Paul hearing of the fayth of the Romanes desyred ardentlie to sée them Vnto whome also he commendeth Prisca and Aquila after this sorte Gréete Priscila and Aquila my felow helpers in Christ Iesus which for my lyfe haue layde downe their owne necke vnto whom not I onelie geue thankes but also all the Churches of the Gentiles It foloweth But also al that haue knowne the trueth It is a Periphrasis or Circumlocution of the Christians For properly they are sayde to knowe the truth vnto whom Christ which is the truth is reuealed moreouer this knowledge in the faythfull is not ydell but liuely and occupied For they doo not onely hould that which is true but they both loue it and followe it And for certainty sythe the knowledge of God and the knowledge of the truth is one it cannot be that they which are indued with the knowledge of the truth doo not conforme themselues to the