faithfully rendred the text and in all hard places most syncerely expounded the same For God is our witnes that we haue by al meanes indeuored to set forthe the puritie of the worde and right sense of the holy Gost for the edifying of the brethren in faith and charitie Now as we haue chiefely obserued the sense and laboured alwayes to restore it to all integritie so haue we most reuerently kept the proprietie of the wordes considering that the Apostles who spake and wrote to the Gentiles in the Greke tongue rather constrayned them to the liuely phrase of the Ebrewe then entreprised farre by mollifying their langage to speake as the Gen tiles did And for this and other causes we haue in many places reserued the Ebrewe phrases notwithstanding that they may seme somewhat hard in their eares that are not wel practised and also delite in the swete sounding phrases of the holy Scriptures Yet lest ether the simple shulde be discouraged or the malicious haue any occasion of iust cauillation seing some translations read after one sort and some after another whereas all may serue to good purpose and edification we haue in the margent noted that diuersitie of speache or readyng whiche may also seme agreable to the mynde of the holy Gost and propre for our langage with this marke Againe where as the Ebrewe speache semed hardly to agre with ours we haue noted it in the margent after thys sorte vsing that whiche was more intelligible And albeit that many of the Ebrewe names be altered from the olde texte and restored to the true writing and first original whereof they haue their signification yet in the vsual names litle is changed for feare of troublyng the simple readers Moreouer whereas the necessitie of the sentence required any thyng to be added for suche is the grace and proprietie of the Ebrewe and Greke tongues that it can not but ether by circumlocution or by adding the verbe or some worde be vnderstand of them that are not wel practised therein we haue put in the text with another kynde of lettre that it may easely be discerned from the common lettre As touching the diuision of the verses we haue followed the Ebrewe examples which haue so euen from the beginnyng distinct thē Which thing as it ismoste profitable for memorie so doeth it agre with the best translations is moste easie to finde out both by the best Concordances and also by the cotations which we haue diligently herein perused and set forth by this starre* Besides this the principal matters are noted and distincted by this marke ¶ Yea and the arguments both for the booke and for the chapters with the nombre of the verse are added that by all meanes the reader might be holpen For the which cause also we haue set ouer the head of euery page some notable worde of sentence whiche may greatly further aswel for memorie as for the chief point of the page And considering how hard a thing it is to vnderstand the holy Scriptures ād what errors sectes heresies growe dailie for lacke of the true knollage thereof and how many are discouraged as they pretend because they can not atteine to the true ād simple meaning of the same we haue also indeuored bothe by the diligent reading of the best commentaries and also by the conference with the godly and learned brethren to gather brief annotations vpon all the hard places aswel for the vnderstanding of suche wordes as are obscure and for the declaration of the text as for the application of the same as may moste apperteine to Gods glorie and the edification of his Church Forthermore whereas certeyne places in the bookes of Moses of the Kings and Ezekiell semed so darke that by no description they colde be made easie to the simple reader we haue so set them forthe with figures and notes for the ful declaration thereof that they whiche can not by iudgement being holpen by the annotations noted by the lettres a b c c. atteyn thereunto yet by the perspectiue and as it were by the eye may sufficiently knowe the true meaning of all suche places Whereunto also we haue added certeyne mappes of Cosmographie which necessarely serue for the perfect vnderstanding and memorie of diuers places and countreys partely described and partely by occasion touched bothe in the olde and newe Testament Finally that nothing might lacke which might be boght by labors for the increase of knowlage and forthe rance of Gods glorie we haue adioyned two moste profitable tables the one seruing for the interpretation of the Ebrewe names and the other conteyning all the chefe and principal matters of the whole Bible so that nothing as we trust that any colde iustely desire is omitted Therefore as brethrē that are partakers of the same hope and saluatiō with vs we beseche you that this riche perle and inestimable treasure may not be offred in vayne but as sent from God to the people of God for the increase of his kingdome the comfort of his Churche and discharge of our conscience whome it hath pleased him to raise vp for this purpose so you wolde willingly receyue the worde of God earnestly studie it and in all your life practise it that you may now appeare in dede to be the people of God not walking any more according to this worlde but in the frutes of the Spirit that God in vs may be fully glorified through Christ Iesus our Lord who lyueth and reigneth for euer Amen From Geneua 10. April 1561. THE FIRST BOKE OF MOSES called Genesis THE ARGVMENT MOses in effect declareth the thing which are here chiefly to be considered First that the worlde al things therein were created by God and that man being placed in this great tabernacle of the worlde to beholde Gods wonderfull workes and to praise his Name for the infinite graces 〈◊〉 with he had endued him fel willingly from God through disobedience who yet for his owne mercies sake restored him to life and confirmed him in the same by his promes of Christ to come by whome he shulde ouercome Satan death and hel Secondely that the wicked vnmindefull of Gods moste excellent benefites remained still in their wickednes and so falling most horribly from sinne to sinne prouoked God who by his preachers called them continually to repentance at length to destroye the whole worlde Thirdly he assureth vs by the examples of Abrahā Izhák Iakob and the rest of the Patriarkes that his mercies neuer faile them whome he chuseth to be his Churche and to professe his Name in earth but in all their afflictions and persecutions he euer 〈◊〉 them sendeth comforte and deliuereth them And because the beginning increase preseruation and successe thereof might be onely attributed to God Moses sheweth by the examples of Rain I shmaél Esaú and others which were noble in mans iudgement that this churche dependeth not on the estimacion and nobilitie of the worlde
wandered in the desert and wildernes out of the way and founde no citie to dwell in 5 Bothe hungrie and thirstie their soule fainted in them 6 Then they cryed vnto the Lord in their trouble and he de liuered them from their distres 7 And led thē forthe by the rightway that they might go to a citie ofhabitacion 8 Let them therefore confesse before the Lord his louing kindenes and his wonder ful workes before the sonnes of men 9 For he satisfied the thirstie soule and filled the hungrie soule with goodnes 10 They that dwel in darkenes and in the shadowe of death being bounde in miserie and yron 11 Because they rebelled against the wordes of the Lord and despised the coūsel of the moste High 12 When he humbled their heart with heauines then they fell downe and there was no helper 13 Then they cryed vnto the Lord in their trouble and he deliuered them from their distres 14 He broght them out of darkenes and out of the shadowe of death and brake their bands a sunder 15 Let them therefore cōfesse before the lord his louing kindenes and his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men 16 For he hathe broken the gates of brasse and brast the barres of yron a sundre 17 Fooles by reason of their transgression and because of their iniquities are afflicted 18 Their soule abhorreth all meat and they are broght to deaths dore 19 Then they crye vnto the LORD in their trouble and he deliuereth them frō their distres 20 He sendeth his worde and healeth them and deliuereth them from their graues 21 Let them therefore confesse before the Lord his louing kindenes and his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men 22 And let them offer sacrifices of praise declare his workes with reioycing 23 They that go downe to the sea in shippes and occupie by the great waters 24 They se the workes of the Lord and his wonders in the depe 25 For he commandeth and raiseth the stormie winde it lifteth vp the waues thereof 26 They mounte vp to the heauē descend to the depe so that their soule melteth for trouble 27 They are tossed to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and all their cunning is gone 28 Then they crye vnto the Lord in their trouble and he bringeth them out of their distres 29 He turneth the storme to calme so that the waues thereof are stil. 30 When they are quieted they are glad he bringeth them vnto the hauen where they wolde be 31 Let them therefore confesse before the Lord his louing kindenes and his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men 32 And let them exalt him in the Congregation of the people and praise him in the assemblie of the Elders 33 He turneth the floods into a wildernes and the springs of waters into drienes 34 And a fruteful land into barrennes for the wickednes of them that dwell therin 35 Againe he turneth the wildernes into pooles of water and the drye land into water springs 36 And there he placeth the hungrie and they buyld a citie to dwell in 37 And sowe the fields and plant vineyardes which bring forthe fruteful increase 38 For he blesseth them and they multiplie excedingly and he diminished not their cattel 39 Againe men are diminished and broght lowe by oppression euil and sorowe 40 He powreth contempt vpon princes and causeth them to erre in desert places out of the way 41 Yet he raiseth vp the poore out of miserie and maketh him families like a flocke of shepe 42 The righteous shal se it reioyce and all iniquitie shal stop her mouth 43 Who is wise that he maie obserue these things for they shal vnderstād the louing kindenes of the Lord. PSAL. CVIII This Psalme in composed of two other Psalmes before the seuen and fiftieth and sixtieth The matter here conteined is 1 That Dauid giueth him self with heart and voy ce to praise the Lord. 7 And assureth him self of the promes of God concerning his kingdome ouer Israél his power against other nacions 11 Who thogh he seme to forsake vs for a time yet he alone wil in the end cast dow ne our enemies ¶ A song or Psalme of Dauid 1 O God mine heart is prepared so is my tongue I wil sing and giue praise 2 Awake viole and harpe I wil awake early 3 I wil praise thee ô Lord among the people and I wil sing vnto thee among the nations 4 For thy mercie is great aboue the heaues and thy trueth vnto the cloudes 5 Exalt thy self ô God aboue the heauens and let thy glorie be vpon all the earth 6 That thy beloued maie be deliuered hel pe with thy right hand and heare me 7 God hathe spoken in his holines therefore I wil reioyce I shal diuide Shechém measure the valley of Succōth 8 Gileád shal be mine Manasséh shal be mine Ephráim also shal be the strength of mine head Iuda is my Lawegiuer 9 * Mōab shal be my washpot ouer Edōm wil I cast out my shoe vpon Palestina wil I triumph 10 Who wil leade me in to the strōg citie who wil bring me vnto Edom 11 Wilt not thou ô God which haddest forsaken vs and 〈◊〉 not go forthe ô God with our armies 12 Giue vs helpe against trouble for vaine is the helpe of man 13 Through God we shal do valiantly for he shal tread downe our enemies PSAL. CIX 1 Dauid being faisely accused by flatterers vnto 〈◊〉 praieth God to helpe him and to destroy his enemies 〈◊〉 And vn der them he speaketh of Iudas the traitour vnto Iesus Christ and of all the like enemies of the 〈◊〉 of God 27 And desireth so to be deliuered that his enemies 〈◊〉 knowe the worke to be of God 30 Thē doeth he promise to giue praises vnto God ¶ To him that excelleth A Psalme of Dauid 1 HOlde not thy tongue ô God of my praise 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth 〈◊〉 of deceit are opened 〈◊〉 me thei haue spoken to me with a lying ton gue 3 Thei compassed me about also with wordes of hatred and foght against me without a cause 4 For my friendship thei were mine aduersaries but I gaue my self to praier 5 And they haue rewarded me euil for good and hatred for my friendship 6 Set thou the wicked ouer him let the aduersarie stand at his right hand 7 When he shal be iudged let him be condemned and let his praier be turned in to sinne 8 Let his daies be fewe and let another take his charge 9 Let his childrē be 〈◊〉 and his wife a widowe 10 Let his children be vagabunds and begge and seke bread cōming out of their places destroied 11 Let the extorcioner 〈◊〉 all that the hathe let the strāgers
nomber in his armies vpon whome shal not his light arise 4 And how may a mā be iustified with God or how can he be cleane that is borne of woman 5 Behold he wil giue no light to the moone and the starres are vncleane in hys sight 6 How muche more man a worme euen the sonne of man which is but a worme CHAP. XXVI Iob sheweth that man can not helpe God and proueth it by his miracles 1 BVt Iob answered and said 2 Whome helpest thou him that hath no power sauest thou the arme that hathe no strength 3 Whome counselest thou him that hathe no wisdome thou shewest right wel as the thing is 4 To whome doest thou declare these wordes or whose spirit cometh out of thee 5 The dead thinges are formed vnder the waters and nere vnto them 6 The graue is naked before him there is no couering for destruction 7 He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place and hangeth the earth vpon nothing 8 He bindeth the waters in his cloudes and the cloude is not broken vnder them 9 He holdeth backe the face of his throne and spreadeth his cloude vpon it 10 He hathe set bondes aboute the waters vntil the day and night come to an end 11 The pillers of heauen tremble quake at his 〈◊〉 12 The sea is calme by his power and by hys vnderstāding he smiteth the pride ther of 13 His Spirit hath garnished the heauēs his hād hath formed the crooked serpēt 14 Lo these are part of his wayes but how litle a portion heare we of him and who can vnderstand his feareful power CHAP. XXVII 3 The constancie and perfitnes of Iob. 13 The rewarde of the wicked and of the tyrants 1 MOreouer Iob proceded and cōtinued his parable saying 2 The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement for the Almightie hathe put my soule in bitternes 3 〈◊〉 so long as my breath is in me and the 〈◊〉 of God in my nostrels 4 〈◊〉 lips surely shal speake no wickednes and my tongue shal vtter no deceit 5 God forbid that I shulde iustifie you vntil I dye I wil neuer take away mine d innocencie from my self 6 I will kepe my righteousnes and wil not forsake it mine heart shal not reprone me of my dayes 7 Mine enemie shal be as the wicked and he that riseth against me as the vnrighteous 8 For what hope hathe the hypocrite whē he hathe heaped vp riches if God take away his soule 9 Wil God heare his crye when trouble cometh vpon him 10 Wil he set his delite on the Almightie wil he call vpon God at all times 11 I wil teache you what is in the hande of God and I wil not 〈◊〉 that whiche is with the Almightie 12 Beholde all ye your selues haue sene it why then do you thus vanish in vanitie 13 This is the porcion of a wicked mā with God and the heritage of tyrants which they shal receiue of the Almightie 14 If his children be in greate nomber the sworde shal destroy them and his posteritie shal not be satisfied with bread 15 His remnant shal be buryed in death and his widowes shal not wepe 16 Thogh he shulde heape vp siluer as the dust and prepare raiment as the clay 17 He may prepare it but the iuste shall put it on and the innocent shal deuide the siluer 18 He buyldeth his house as the mothe as a lodge that the watchman maketh 19 When the riche man slepeth he shal not be gathered to his fathers they opened their eyes and he was gone 20 Terrours shal take him as waters and a tempest shal carie him a way by night 21 The East wind shal take him away and he shall departe and it shall hurlle him out of his place 22 And God shal cast vpon him not spare thogh he wold faine flee out of hys hand 23 Euerie man shal clap their hands at him and hisse at him out of their place CHAP. XXVIII Iob sheweth that the wisdome of God is Vnsercheable 1 THe siluer surely hath his vaine the golde his place where thei take it 2 Yron is taken out of the dust and brasse is molten out of the stone 3 God putteth an end to darknes and he tryeth the perfection of all things he setteth a bonde of darkenes and of the shadow of death 4 The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant the waters forgottē of the fote being higher thē mā are gone away 5 Out of the same earth cometh bread and vnder it as it were fyre is turned vp 6 The stones therof are a place of saphirs and the dust of it is golde 7 There is a path whiche no foule hathe knowē nether hath the kites eye sene it 8 The lions whelps haue not walked it nor the lion passed thereby 9 He putteth his hand vpon the rockes ouer throweth the moūtaines by the rootes 10 He breaketh riuers in the rockes and his eye seeth euerie precious thing 11 He bindeth the floods that they do not ouerflowe and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light 12 But where is wisdome founde where is the place of vnderstanding 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof for it is not found in the land of the liuing 14 The depth saith It is not in me the sea also saith It is not with me 15 Golde shall not be gyuen for it nether shal siluer be weighed for the price therof 16 It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir nor with the precious onix nor the saphir 17 The golde nor the christal shall be equall vnto it not the exchāge shal be for plate of fine golde 18 No mencion shal be made of corall nor of the gabish for wisdome is more precious then perles 19 The Topaz of Ethiopia shal not be equall vnto it nether shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde 20 Whence then cometh wisdome where is the place of vnderstanding 21 Seing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing and is hid frome the foules of the heauen 22 Destruction and death say We haue heard the same thereof with our eares 23 But God vnderstādeth the way therof and he knoweth the place thereof 24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world and seeth all that is vnder heauen 25 To make the weight of the windes to weigh the waters by measure 26 When he made a decree for the raine and away for the lightening of the thunders 27 Then did he se it and counted it he prepa red it and also considered it 28 And vnto mā he said Behold * the feare of the Lord is wisdome to departe from euil is vnderstanding CHAP. XXIX 1 Iob complaineth of the
the time which is long may be shortened the kingdome is already prepared for you watche 14 Take heauen and earth to witnes for I haue abolished the euil and created the good for I liue saith the Lord. 15 Mother embrace thy children and bring them vp with gladnes make their fete as fast as a piller for I haue chosen thee saith the Lord. 16 And those that be dead wil I raise vp from their places and bring them out of the graues for I haue knowen my Name in Israél 17 Feare not thou mother of the children for I haue chosen thee saith the Lord. 18 I wil send thee my seruants Esaie and Ieremie to helpe thee by whose counsel I haue sanctified ād prepared for thee twelue trees laden with diuers frutes 19 And as many fountaines flowing with milke and hony and seuen mightie mountaines whereupō there growe roses lilies where by I wilfilthy children with ioye 20 Execute iustice for the widdo we iudge the cause of the fatherles giue to the poore defende the fatherles clothe the naked 21 Heale the wounded and sicke laugh not a lame man to scorne defend the crepel and let the blinde come into the light of my clerenes 22 Kepe the olde and the yong that are within thy walles 23 * Where soeuerth ou findest the dead take them and burye them and I wil giue thee the first place in my resurrection 24 Abide stil ô my people and rest for thy quietnes shal come 25 Nourish thy children ô thou good nurse stablish their fete 26 None of the seruants that I haue giuen thee shal perish for I wil seke them from among thy nomber 27 Be not weary for when the day of trouble and 〈◊〉 commeth other shal wepe and be soroweful but thou shalt be mery and ha ue abundance 28 The heathen shal enuie thee and shal do nothing against thee saith the Lord. 29 Mine hands shal couerthee so that thy chil dren shal not se hell 30 Be ioyful ò thou mother with thy children for I wil deliuer thee saith the Lorde 31 Remember thy children that slepe for I wil bring thē out of the sides of the earth wil shewe mercie vnto them for I am merciful saith the Lord almightie 32 Embrace thy children vntil I come and she we mercie vnto thē for my fountaines runne ouer and my grace shal not faile 33 I Esdras receiued a charge of the Lord vpō the mount Horeb that I shulde go vnto them of Israel but when I came to them thei cast me of and despised the commandemēt of the Lord. 34 And therefore I say vnto yon ô ye heathen that heare and vnderstand Wait for your shepherd who shal giue you enerlasting rest for he is nere at hand that shal come in the end of the worlde 35 Be ready to the rewarde of the kingdome for the euerlasting light shal shine vpon you for euermore 36 Fle the shado we of this worlde receiue the ioye of your glorie I testifie my Sauiour openly 37 Receiue the gift that is giuen you and be glad 〈◊〉 thankes vnto him that hathe cal led you to the heauenlie kingdome 38 Arise and stand vp and beholde the nomber of those that are sealed for the feast of the Lord 39 Which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receiued glorious garments of the Lord. 40 Take thy nomber ô Sion and shut vp thē that are clothed in white which haue fulfilled the Law of the Lord. 41 The nomber of thy children whome thou longest for is fulfilled beseche the power of the Lord that thy people which haue bene called from the beginning may be sanctified 42 * I Esdras sawe vpon mount Siō a great peo ple whome I colde not nomber and they all praised the Lord with songs 43 And in the middes of them there was a yōg man hier in stature then them all and vpon euerie one of their heads he set crownes and was hier then the others which I much marueiled at 44 So I asked the Angel and said Who are the se my lord 45 Who answered and said vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortal clothing haue put on the immortal and haue confessed the Name of GOD now are they crowned and receiue the palmes 46 Then said I vnto the Angel What yong mā is it that setteth crownes on them giueth them the palmes in their hands 47 And he answered and said vnto me It is the sonne of God whome they haue confessed in the worlde Then began I greatly to commende thē that had stand so strongly for the Name of the Lord. 48 Then the Angel said vnto me Go thy way and tel my people what and how great won ders of the Lord God thou hast sene CHAP. III. 4 The wonderous workes which God did for the people are recited 31 Esdras marueileth that God suffreth the Ba bylonians to haue rule ouer his people which yet are syn ners also 1 IN the thirtieth yere after the fall of the citie as I was at Babylon I lay troubled vpō my bed and my thoghts came vpto mine heart 2 Because I sawe the desolacion of Sion and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon 3 So my spirit was sore moued so that I begā ne to speake fearful wordes to the moste High and said 4 O Lord Lord thou spakest at the beginning when thou alone plantedst the earth and ga uest commandement vnto the people 5 * And a bodie vnto Adā without soule who was also the workemanship of thine hands and hast breathed in him the breth of life so that he liued before thee 6 And leddest him into Paradise whiche thy right hand had planted or euer the earth broght forthe 7 Euen then thou gauest him commandemēt to loue thy way but he trāsgressed it and im mediatly thou appointedst death to him and his generacion of whome came nacions tribes people and kinreds out of nomber 8 * And euerie people walked after their own wil and did wonderful things before thee despised thy commandements 9 * But at the time appointed thou broghtest the flood vpon those that dwelt in the world and destroiedst them 10 So that by the flood that came to euerie one of them which came by death vnto Adam 11 Yet thou leftest one euen * Noe with his houshold of whome came all righteous mē 12 And when they that dwelt vpon the earth began to multiplie and the nomber of the children people and many nacions were increased they began to be more vngodlie thē the first 13 Now when they liued wickedly before thee * thou didest chose thee a man from among them whose name was * Abraham 14 Whome thou louedst and vnto whome one ly thou shewedst thy wil 15 And madest an euerlasting couenāt with him promising him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede 16 * And vnto him thou gauest Isahac * vnto Isa
me said Some things hast thou spoken a right and according vntó thy wordes it shal be 38 For I wil not verely consider the workes of thē before the death before the iudgement before destruction 39 But * I wil reioyce in the wayes of the righteous and I wil remember the pilgrimage the saluation and the rewarde that they shal haue 40 Like as I haue spoken now so shal it come to passe 41 For as the housband mā soweth much syde vpon the grounde planteth many trees yet alway the thing that is sowen cometh not vp in time nether yet doeth all that is plā ted take roote so nether shal thei all that are broght into the worlde be saued 42 I answered then said If I haue founde gra ce let me speake 43 Like as the housband mans sede perisheth if it come not vp and receiue not raine in due season or if it be destroyed with to muche raine 44 So perisheth man which is created with thine hands thou art called his patern because he is created to thine image for whose sake thou hast made all things and lickened him vnto the housbandmans sede 45 Be not wroth with vs ô Lord but spare thy people haue mercie vpō thine inheritācet for thou wilt be merciful vnto thy creature 46 Then answered he me and said The things present are for the present and the things to come for suche as be to come 47 For thou art farre of that thou shuldest loue my creature aboue me but I haue oft times drawen nere vnto thee and vnto it but neuer to the vn righteous 48 In this also thou art maruelous before the Highest 49 In that thou hast hūbled thy self as it be cometh thee and hast not iudged thy self worthie to boast thy self greatly among the righteous 50 For many miseries and calamities remaine for them that shal liue in the latter time because they shal walke in great pride 51 But learne thou for 〈◊〉 self seke out the glorie for suche as be like thee 52 For vnto you is paradise opened the 〈◊〉 of life is planted the time to come is prepared pléte ousnes made ready the citie is buylded and rest is prepared perfite goodnes and absolute wisdome 53 The roote of euil is sealed vp from you the weakenes moth is destroyed from you into hell sleeth corruption to be forgotten 54 Sorowes are vanished away and in the end is sheped the treasure of immortalitie 55 Therefore aske thou no more questiōs con cerning the multitude of them that perish 56 For when thei had libertie thei despised the most High they contemned his Law and for soke his wayes 57 Moreouer they haue trodēd downe his righ teous 58 * Saying in their heart that there was no God thogh they knewe that they shuld dye 59 For as the thing that I haue spoken of is made readie for you so is thirst peine prepared for them for God wolde not that man shulde perish 60 But they after that they were created haue defilled the Name of him that made them are vnthankeful vnto him which prepared life for them 61 Therefore my iudgement is now at hand 62 These things haue I not shewed vnto all mē but vnto thee and to a fewe like thee then I answered and said 63 Beholde now ô Lord thou hast shewed me the many wonders which thou art determined to do in the last time but in what time thou hast not shewed me CHAP. IX 5 All things in this worlde haue a beginning and an end 10 Tormērs for the wicked 〈◊〉 this life 15 The nomber of the 〈◊〉 is more then of the good 29 The Iewes in gratitude 36 Therefore 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 38 The vision of a woman 〈◊〉 1 HE answered me then and said Measure the time with it self and when thou seest that one parte 〈◊〉 the tokens come to passe which I haue tolde thee before 2 Then shalt thou vnderstād that it is the time wherein the moste High wil begin to visite the worlde which he made 3 Therefore when there shal be sene an * erthquake in the worlde and an vproare of the people 4 Then shalt thou vnderstand that the moste High spake of those things from the dayes that were before thee euen from the beginning 5 For as all that is made in the worlde hathe a 〈◊〉 and an end and the end is manifest 6 So the times also of the most High haue plaine beginnings in wonders and signes end in effect and miracles 7 〈◊〉 euerie one that shal escape safe and shal be deliuered by his workes and by the faith wherein ye 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 8 Shalbe preserued from the said perils shal se my saluacion in my land and within my borders for I haue kept me holy from the worlde 9 Then shal they haue pitie of them selues which now haue abused my waies and thei that haue cast them out dispitefully shal dwell in peines 10 For suche as in their life haue receiued benefites and haue not knowen me 11 But haue abhorred my Law while they we re yet in libertie and when they had yet leasure of amendement and wolde not vnderstand but despised it 12 They must be taught it after death by peine 13 And therefore be thou no more careful to knowe how the 〈◊〉 shal be punished but in quire how the righteous shal be saued and whose the worlde is and for whome it is and when 14 Then answered I and said 15 I haue a fore said that which I say now and wil speake it hereafter that there be many mo of them which perish then of them that shal be * saued 16 As the flood is greater then a drop 17 And he answered me saying As the field is so is also the sede as the floures be so are the colours also suche as the workeman is such is the worke and as the housband man is so is his housbandrie for it was the time of the worlde 18 Surely when I prepared the worlde which was not yet made for them to dwell in that now liue no man spake against me 19 For then 〈◊〉 one obeyed but now the maners of thē that are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a perpetual sede by a Law where out thei can not rid them selues 20 So I considered the worlde and beholde there was peril because of the deuises that were sprung vp into it 21 Yet when I sawe it I spared it greatly and haue kept me one grape of the cluster and a plant out of a great people 22 Let therefore the 〈◊〉 perish which are borne in vaine and let my grape 〈◊〉 kept and my plāt which I haue dressed with great labour 23 ¶ 〈◊〉 is thou wilt cease seuen daies mo but thou 〈◊〉 not fast in them 24 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 go into a faire field where no hou se is buylded and shalt eat onely of the sloures of the field
things be performed which thou shalt beginne to write 26 And then shalt thou declare some things openly vnto the perfite men some things shalt thou shewe secretly vnto the wise to morowe this houre shalt thou beginne to write 27 Then went I for the as he commāded me and gathered all the people together and said 28 Heare these wordes ô Israel 29 * Our father 's at the beginning were strāgers in Egypt from whence they were deliuered 30 And receiued the Law of life * which they kept not which ye also haue transgressed after them 31 Then was the land euen the lande of Sion parted among you by lot but your fathers and ye also haue done vnrighteously and haue not kept the wayes which the moste High commanded you 32 And for so muche as he is a righteous Iudge he toke from you in time the thing that he had giuen you 33 And now are ye here and your brethren among you 34 Therefore if so be that ye wil subdue your owne vnderstanding and reforme your heart ye shal be kept aliue and after death shal ye obteine mercie 35 For after death shal the iudgement come when we shal liue againe and then shal the names of the righteous be manifest the workes of the vngodlie shal be declared 36 Let no man therefore come now vnto me nor seke me these fortie daies 37 So I toke the fiue men as he commanded me and we went into the fielde and remayned there 38 The next daye beholde a voice called me saying Esdras * opē thy mouth drinke that I giue thee to drinke 39 Then opened I my mouth and behold he reached me a full cuppe which was full as it were with water but the colour of it was like fyre 40 And I toke it and dranke and when I had dronke it mine hearte had vnderstanding and wisdome grewe in my brest for my spirit was strengthened in memorie 41 And my mouth was opened and shut no more 42 The moste High gaue vnderstanding vnto the fiue men that they wrote the hie things of the night which they vnderstode not 43 But in the night they did eat bread but 〈◊〉 spake by day and helde not my tongue by night 44 In fortie daies they wrote two hundreth and foure bokes 45 And when the fortie dayes were fulfilled the moste High spake saying The first that thou hast writen publish openlye that the worthie and vnworthie may read it 46 But kepe the seuentie last that thou maiest gyue them to the wise amonge thy people 47 Forin them is the veine of vnderstanding and the fountaine of wisdome and the riuer of knowledge and I did so CHAP. XV. 1 The prophecie of Esdras is certeine 5 The euils that shal come on the worlde 9 The Lord wil aduenge the innocent blood 12 Egypt shal lament 16 Sedicion 20 And punishment vpon the Kings of the earth 24 Cursed are they that sinne 29 Troubles and warres vpon the 〈◊〉 earth 53 God is the reuenger of his elect 1 BEholde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wil put in thy mouth saith the Lord 2 And cause them to be writen in a lettre for they are faithful and true 3 Feare not the imaginacions against thee let not the vnfaithfulnes of the speakers trouble thee that spake against thee 4 For euerye vnfaithfull shall dye in his vnfaithfulnes 5 Behold saith the Lord I wil bring plagues vpon all the worlde the sworde famine death and destruction 6 Because that iniquitie hathe fully polluted all the earth and their wicked workes are fulfilled 7 Therefore saith the Lord I will holde my tongue no more for their wickednes they do vngodlie nether wil I suffer them in the things that they do wickedly 8 Beholde * the innocent and righteous blood cryeth vnto me the soules of the iust crye continually 9 I wil surelye auenge them saith the Lord and receiue vnto me all the innocēt blood from among them 10 Beholde my people is led as a flocke to the slaughter I will not suffer them now to dwell in the land of Egypt 11 But I will bring them out with a mightie hand and a stretched out arme smite it with plagues as afore and will destroie all the land thereof 12 Egypt shall mourne and the fundacions thereof shal be smitten with the plague and punishment that GOD shall bring vpon it 13 The plo wemen that till the grounde shal mourne for their sedes shall faile thorowe the blasting and haile and by an horrible starre 14 Wo to the worlde and to them that dwel therein 15 For the sworde and their destructiō draweth nere and one people shall stand vp to fight against another with swordes in their hands 16 For there shal be sedicion among men and one shal inuade another they shal not regarde their King the princes shal measure their doings by their power 17 Amāshal desire to go into a citie and shal not be able 18 Because of their pride the cities shal be troubled the houses shal be afraied men shal feare 19 A man shal haue no pitie vpon his neighbour but shal destroye their houses with the sworde and their goods shal be spoyled for lacke of bread and because of great trouble 20 Beholde saith God I call together all the Kings of the earth to reuerence me which are from the East and from the South from the East and from Libanus to turne vpon them and to repay the things that they haue done to them 21 As they do yet this day vnto my chosen so wil I do also and recompense them in their bosome thus saith the Lord God 22 My right hand shal not spare the sinners nether shal the sworde cease from them that shed in nocent blood vpon earth 23 The fyre is gone out from his wrath and hathe consumed the fundacions of the earth and the sinners like the strawe that is kindled 24 Wo to them that sinne and kepe not my commandements saith the Lord. 25 I wil not spare them departe ô children from the power defile not my Sanctuarie 26 For the Lord knoweth all them that sinne against him and therefore deliuereth he them vnto death and destruction 27 For now are the plagues come vpon the worlde and ye shal remaine in thē for God wil not deliuer you because ye haue sinned against him 28 Beholde an horrible vision cometh from the East 29 Where generacions of dragons of Arabia shal come out with manie charets and the multitude of them shal be caryed as the winde vpon the earth that all they which heare them may feare and tremble 30 Euen the Carmanians raging in wrath shal go for the as the bores of the forest and shal come with great power and stand against them in battel and shal destroye a porcion of the land of the Assyrians 31 But after this shal the dragons haue the vpper hand and
onely not be inhabited of men but be abhorred also of the wilde beastes and foules for euer THE WISDOME of Salomon CHAP. I 1 How we ought to searche and enquire after God 2 Who be those that finde him 5 The holy Gost. 8. 11 We ought to flee from backbyting and murmuring 12. Whereof death cometh 15 Righteousnes and vnrighteousnes 1 LOwe * righteousnes ye that be Iudges of the earth thinke re uerētly of the Lord and seke him in simplicitie of heart 2 * Forhe wil be founde ofthem that tem pte him not and appeareth vnto suche as be not vnfaithful vn to him For wicked thoghts separate from God and his power when it is tryed repro ueth the vnwise 4 Because wisdome can not enter into a wic ked heart nor dwell in the body that is sub iect vnto sinne 5 For the holy * Spirit of discipline fleeth from disceit and withdraweth him self from the thoghts that are without vnderstanding and is rebuketh when wickednes cometh 6 For the Spirit of wisdome * is louing and wil not absolue him the blaspemeth with his lippes for God is a witnes of his reines and a true beholder of his heart and an hearer of the tongue 7 For the Spirit of the Lord filleth all the worlde and the same that mainteineth all things hathe knowledge of the voyee 8 Therefore he that speaketh vnrighteous things can not be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shal the iudgement of reproche let him escape 9 For inquisition shal be made for the thogh tes of the vngodlie and the sounde of his wordes shal come vnto God for the correction of his 〈◊〉 10 For the eare of Ielousie heareth all things and the noyce of the grudgings shal not be hid 11 Therefore beware of murmuring which profiteth nothing and refraine your tongue from sclander for there is no worde so secret that shal go for noght the mouth that speaketh lies slaieth the soule 12 Seke not death in the errour of your life * destroye not your selues thorow the workes of your owne hands 13 * For God hathe not made death nether hathe he pleasure in the destruction of the liuing 14 For he created all things that thei might haue their being and the generacions of the worlde are preserued and there is no poyson of destruction in them and the king dome of hell is not vpon earth 15 For righteousnes is immortal but vnrighteousnes bringeth death 16 And the vngodlie call it vnto them bothe with hands and wordes and while they thinke to haue a friend of it they come to naught for they are confederate with it therfore are they worthie to be partakers thereof CHAP. II. The imaginacions and desires of the wicked and their coun sel against the faithful 1 FOr the vn godlie say as they safely ima gine with thē selues Our life is shorte and tedious and in the death of a man the re is no recouerie nether was any knowē that hathe returned from the graue 2 For we are borne at all aduenture and we shal be here after as thogh we had neuer bene for the breth is a smoke in our nostrels and the wordes as a sparke raised out of our heart 3 Which being extinguished the body is tur ned into ashes and the spirit vanisheth as the soft aire 4 Out life shal passe away as the trace of a cloude come to 〈◊〉 as the mist that is driuē away with the beaumes of the sun ne and cast 〈◊〉 with the heat thereof Our name also shal be for 〈◊〉 in time no man shal haue our workes in remembrance 5 * For our time is as a shadowe that passeth away and after our end there is no returning for it is fast sealed so that no man cometh againe 6 * Come therefore and let vs enioye the pleasures that are present and let vs chere fully vse the creatures as in youth 7 Let vs fill our selues with costlie wine and ointements and let not the floure of life passe by vs. 8 Let vs crowne our selues with rose buddes a fore they be withered 9 Let vs all be partakers of our wantonnes let vs leaue some token of our pleasure in euerie place for that is our porcion and this is our lotte 10 Let vs oppresse the poore that is righteous let vs not spare the widdowe nor re uerence the white heere 's of the aged that haue liued many yeres 11 Let our strēgth be the lawe of vnrighteous nes for the things that is feble is reproued as vn profitable 12 Therfore let vs defraude the righteous for he is not for our profite and he is contrarie to our doings he checketh vs for offending against the Lawe and blameth vs as transgressours of discipline 13 He maketh his boaste to haue the knowled ge of God and he calleth him self the sonne of the Lord 14 He is made * to reproue our thoghts 15 It grieueth vs also to loke * vpon him for his life is not like other mens his waies are of another facion 16 He counteth vs as bastardes and he withdra weth him self from our waies as from fil thines he commendeth greatly the latter end of the iust and boasteth that God is his father 17 Let vs se then if his worde be true let vs proue what end he shal haue 18 For if the righteous man be the * sonne of God he wil helpe him and deliuer him frō the hands of his enemies 19 Let vs * examine him with rebukes and tor ments that we may knowe his mekenes proue his pacience 20 Let vs condemne him vnto a shameful death for he shal be preserued as he him self saith 21 Suche things do they image go astraye for their owne wickednes hathe blinded them 22 And they do not vnderstand the misteries of God nether hope for the rewarde of righteousnes nor can discerne the honour of the soules that are fauteles 23 For God created man without corruptiō made him after the * image of his owne likenes 24 * Neuertheles thorow enuy of the deuii came death into the worlde and they that holde of his side proue it CHAP. III. 1 The conuersacion and assurance of the righteous 7 The rewarde of the faithful 11 who are miserable 1 BVt the * soules of the righteous are in the hand of God and no torment shal touche them 2 * In the sight of the vn wise thei appeared to dye and their end was thoght grieuous 3 And their departing from vs destruction but they are in peace 4 And thogh they suffer paine before men yet is * their hope ful of immortalitie 5 They are punished but in fewe things yet in many things shal they be wel rewarded * for God proueth them and findeth them mete for him self 6 He tryeth them as the golde in the fornace and 〈◊〉 them as a perfect frute offring
thou take them companying together Who answered Vnder a prime tree 59 Thē said Daniel vnto him Verely thou hast alsolyed against thine head for the Angel of God waiteth with the sworde to cut thee in two and so to destroie you bothe 60 ¶ With that all the whole assemblie cryed with a loude voyce and praised God which saueth them that trust in him 61 And they arose against the two Elders for Daniel had conuict them of false witnes by their owne mouth 62 * And according to the Law of Moyses they delt with them as they delt wickedly against their neighbour and put them to death Thus the innocent blood was saued the same day 63 Therefore Helcias and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna with Ioacim her housband and all the kinred that there was no dishonestie founde in her 64 Frō that day forthe was Daniel had in great reputacion in the sight of the people 65 And King Astyages was laide with his fathers Cyrus of Persia reigned in his steade THE HISTORIE OF BEL and of the dragon vvhich is the fourtenth chapter of Daniel after the Laten 1 NOw whē King Astya ges was laide with his fathers Cyrus the Persian receiued his kingdome 2 And Daniel did eat at the Kings table and was honored aboue all his friends 3 Now the Babylonians had an idole called Bel and the were spent vpon him euerie day twelue great measures of fine floure and fortie shepe and six great pottes of wine 4 And the King worshipped it and went daily to honour it but Daniel worshipped his owne God And the King said vnto him Why doest not thou worship Bel 5 Who answered and said Because I may not worship idoles made with hands But the liuing God which hathe created the heauen the earth and hathe power vpon all flesh 6 Then said the King vnto him Thinkest thou not that Bel is a liuing God seest thou not how muche he eateth drīketh euerie day 7 Then Daniel smiled and said O King be not deceiued for this is but claye within bras se without and did neuer eat any thing 8 So the King was wroth and called for his Priests and said vnto them If ye tell me not who this is that eateth vp these expenses ye shal dye 9 But if ye can certifie me that Bel eateth thē then Daniel shal dye for he hathe spoken blasphemie against Bel. And Daniel said vnto the King Let it be according to the word 10 Now the Priests of Bel were thre score ten beside their wiues and children and the King went with Daniel into the tēple of Bel 11 So Bels Priests said Beholde we wil go out and set thou the meat there ô King and let the wine be filled then shut the dore fast seke it with thine owne signet 12 And to morowe when thou commest in if thou findest not that Bel hathe eaten vp all we wil suffer death orels Daniel that hathe lyed vpon vs. 13 Now they thoght themselues sure yn ough for vnder the table thei had made a priuie en trance and there went they in euer and toke away the things 14 So when they were gone forthe the King set meates before Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his seruants to bring ashes and these they strowed thorow out all the temple in the presence of the King alone then went they out and shut the dore sealed it with the Kings signet and so departed 15 Now in the night came the Priests with their wiues and children as they were won te to do and did eat and drinke vp all 16 In the morning betimes the King arose Daniel with him 17 And the King said Daniel are the seales who le Wo answered Yea ö King they be whole 18 And assone as he had opened the dore the King loked vpon the table and cryed with a loude voyce Great art thou o Bel and with thee is no disceite 19 Then laughed Daniel and helde the King that he shuld not go in and said Behold now the pauement and marke wel whose footesteppes are these 20 And the King said I se the foote steppes of men women children therefore the King was angrie 21 And toke the Priests with their wiues and children and they shewed him the priuie do res where they came in and consumed such things as were vpon the table 22 Therefore the King slewe them and deliuered Bel into Daniels power who destroyed him and his temple 23 ¶ Moreouer in that same place there was a great dragon which the Babylonians worshipped 24 And the King said vnto Daniel Sayest thou that this is of brasse also lo he liueth and eateth and drinketh so that thou canst not say that he is no liuing God therefore worshippe him 25 Then said Daniel vnto the King I wil worshippe the Lord my God for he is the liuing God 26 But giue me leaue ô King and I wil slay this dragô without sworde or staffe And the King said I giue thee leaue 27 Then Daniel toke pitche fatte and heere and did seeth them together and made Iom pes thereof this he put in the dragōs mouthe and so the dragon burst in sunder And Daniel said Beholde whome ye worshippe 28 When the Babylonians heard it they were wonderful wroth and gathered them together against the King saying The King is be come a Iewe 〈◊〉 he hathe destroyed Bel and hathe slaine the dragon and put the Priests to death 29 So they came to the King and said Deliuer vs Daniel orels we wil destroy thee and thine house 30 Now when the King sawe that thei preased sore vpon him and that necessitie 〈◊〉 him he deliuered Daniel vnto them 31 Who cast him into the lions denne where he was six daies 32 In the denne there were seuen lions and they had giuen thē euerie day two bodies two shepe which then were not giuē thē to the intent that they might deuour Daniel 33 ¶ Now there was in Iewrie a Prophet called Abbacuc which had made potage and broken bread into a bowle and was going into the field for to bring it to the reapers 34 But the Angel of the Lord said vnto Abbacuc Go carye the meat that thou hast into Babylon vnto Daniel which is in the lions denne 35 And Abbacuc said Lord I neuer sawe Baby lon nether do I knowe where the denne is 36 Then the Angel toke him by the crowne of the head barc him by the heereof the head and through a mightie winde set him in Babylon vpon the denne 37 And Abbacuc cryed saying O Daniel Daniel take the dinner that God hathe sēt thee 38 Then said Daniel O God thou hast thoght vpon me and thou neuer failest them that seke thee and loue thee 39 So Daniel arose and did eat and the Angel of the Lord set Abbacuc in his owne place againe immediatly 40 Vpon the seuenth day the King went to be waile
Daniel and when he came to the denne he loked in and beholde Daniel sate in the middes of the lions 41 Then cryed the King with a loude voyce saying Great art thou ò Lord God of Daniel and there is none other besides thee 42 And he drewe him out of the denne cast them that were the cause of his destruction into the denne and they were deuoured in a momente before his face THE FIRST BOKE OF THE Maccabees CHAP. I. 1 The death of Alxāder the King of Macedonia 11 Antiochus taketh the kingdome 12 Many of the children of Is rael make couenant with the Gentiles 21 Antiochus sub dueth Egypt and Ierusalem vnto his dominion 50 Antiochus setteth vp idoles 1 AFfter that Alexander the Macedoniā the sōne of Philippe wēt forthe of the land of Chettiim slew Darius King of the Persiās and Medes rei gned for him as he had before in Grecia 2 He toke great warres in hand and wan strōg holdes and slewe the Kings of the earth 3 So went he thorow to the ends of the world and toke spoiles of many naciōs in so much that the worlde stode in awe of him therefo re his heart was puffed vp and was hawtie 4 Now when he had gathered a mightie strōg hoste 5 And had reigned ouer regiōs naciōs king domes they became tributaries vnto him 6 After these things he fel sicke and knewe that he shulde dye 7 Then he called for the chief of his seruātes which had bene broght vp with him of chil dren and parted his kingdome among thē while he was yet aliue 8 So Alexander had reigned twelue yeres whē he dyed 9 And his seruants reigned euerie one in his roume 10 And they all caused thē selues to be crowned after his death and so did their childrē after thē many yeres muche wickednes increased in the worlde 11 For out of these came the wicked roote euen Antiochus Epiphanes the sonne of King Antiochus which had bene an hostage at Rome and he reigned in the hundreth and seuē and thirtieth yere of the kingdome of the Grekes 12 In those dayes went there out of Israel wic ked men which entyced many saying Let vs go make a couenant with the heathē that are rounde about vs sor since we depar ted frō them we haue had muche sorowe 13 So this deuice pleased them wel 14 And certeine of the people were readie went to the King which gaue thē licence to do after the ordinances of the heathen 15 Thē set they vp a place of exercise at Ierusalē according to the facions of the heathen 16 And made thē selues vncircumsed forsoke the holy couenant ioyned thē selues to the heathen were solde to do mischief 17 So whē Antiochus kingdome was set in order he wēt about to reigne ouer Egypt that he might haue the dominiō of two realmes 18 Therefore he entred into Egypt with a migh tie companie with charets and elephantes and with horsement and with a great nauie 19 And moued warre against Ptolemeus King of Egypt but Ptolemeus was afraid of him fled and manie were wounded to death 20 Thus Antiochus wanne many strong cities in the land of Egypt and toke away the spoi les of the land of Egypt 21 And after that Antiochus had smittē Egypt he turned againe in the hundreth fortie thre yere 22 And wentvp towarde Israel and Ierusalém with a mightie people 23 And entred proudly into the Sanctuarie and toke away the golden altar and the candlesticke for the light and all the instruments thereof and the table of the shewbread and the powring vessels and the bowles and the golden basins and the vaile and the crownes and the golden apparel which was before the Temple and brake all in pieces 24 He toke also the siluer and golde and the precious iewels and he toke the secret treasures that he founde and whē he had taken away all he departed into his owne land 25 After he had murthered many men and spo ken verie proudely 26 Therefore there was a great lamentacion in euerie place of Israél 27 For the princes and the Elders mourned the yong women and the yong men were made feble and the beautie of the women was changed 28 Euerie bridegrome toke him to mourning and she that sate in the mariage chāber was in heauines 29 The land also was moued for the inhabitāts thereof for all the house of Iacob was couered with confusion 30 After two yeres the King sent his chief taxe master into the cities of Iuda which came to Ierusalém with a great multitude 31 Who spake peaceable wordes vnto them in disceite and they gaue credit vnto him 32 Then he fell suddenly vpon the citie and smote it with a great plague and destroied muche people of Israél 33 And when he had spoiled the citie he set fyre on it casting downe the houses thereof walles thereof on euerie side 34 The women and their children toke they captiuitie and led away the cattel 35 Then fortified they the citie of Dauid with a great and thicke wall and with mightie towres and made it a strong holde for them 36 Moreouer they set wicked people there and vngodlie persones and fortified them selues therein 37 And they stored it with weapons vitailes and gathered the spoile of Ierusalém laied it vp there 38 Thus became they a sore snare and were in ambushment for the Sanctuarie and were wicked enemies euermore vnto Israél 39 For thei shed innocent blood on euerie side of the Sanctuarie and defiled the Sāctuarie 40 In so muche that the citizens of Ierusalém fled away because of them and it became an habitacion of strangers being desolate of them whome she had borne for her owne children did leaue her 41 Her Sāctuarie was left waste as a wildernes her holie daies were turned into mourning her Sabbaths into reproche and her honour broght to naught 42 As her glorie had bene great so was her dishonour and her excellencie was turned into sorowe 43 Also the King wrote vnto all his kingdome that all the people shulde be as one and that euerie man shulde leaue his lawes 44 And all the heathen agreed to the comman dement of the King 45 Yea many of the 〈◊〉 consented to his religion offring vnto idoles and defiling the Sabbath 46 So the King sent letters by the messengers vnto Ierusalém and to the cities of Iuda that they shulde followe the strange lawes of the countrey 47 And that they shulde forbid the burnt offrings and sacrifices and the offrings in the Sanctuarie 48 And that they shulde defile the Sabbaths and the feasts 49 And pollute the Sanctuarie and the holie men 50 And 〈◊〉 set vp altars and groues and chappels of idoles and offer vp swines flesh and vncleane beasts 51 And that they shulde leaue their children vncircumcised and defile their soules with vnclennes and pollute themselues that they might
to passe that thei came all safe to land CHAP. XXVIII 2 Paul with his compagnie are gently intreated of the barbarous people 5 The viper hurteth him not 8 He healeth Publius father and others and being fornished by them of things necessarie he fared towarde Rome 15 Where being receiued of the brethren he declareth his busines 30 And there preacheth two yeres 1 ANd when they were come safe thē they knewe that the yle was called Melita 2 And the Barbarians shewed vs no litle kindenes for they kindled a fyre and receiued vs euerie one because of the present showre and because of the colde 3 And when Paul had gathered a nomber of stickes laid them on the fyre there came a viper out of the heat and leapt on his hand 4 Now when the Barbarians sawe the worme hang on his hand they said among thē selues This man surely is a murtherer whome thogh he hathe escaped the sea yet Vengeance hathe not suffred to liue 5 But he shoke of the worme into the fyre and felt no harme 6 Howbeit thei waited when he shulde haue swolne or fallen downe dead suddenly but after they had loked a great while and sawe no inconuenience come to him thei chāged their mindes and said That he was a God 7 In the same quarters the chiefman of the yle whose name was Publius had possessions the same receiued vs lodged vs thre dayes courteously 8 And so it was that the Father of Publius lay sicke of the feuer and of a bloodie flixe to whome Paul entred in when he prayed he laid his hands on him and healed him 9 When this then was done other also in the yle which had diseases came to him were healed 10 Which also did vs great honour and when we departed they laded vs with things neces sarie 11 ¶ Now after thre moneths we departed in a ship of Alexādria which had wintred in the yle whose badge was Castor and Pollux 12 And when we arriued at Syracuse we taryed there thre dayes 13 And from thence we fet a compasse came to Rhegium and after one daye the South winde blewe and we came the seconde daie to Putioli 14 Where we founde brethren and were desired to tarie with them seuen dayes and so we went towarde Rome 15 ¶ And from thence when the brethren heard of vs they came to mete vs at the Market of Appius and at the Thre tauernes whome when Paul sawe he thanked God and waxed bolde 16 So when we came to Rome the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the general Captaine but Paul was suffred to dwel by him self with a souldier that kept him 17 And the third day after Paul called the chief of the Iewes together and when they were come he said vnto them Men and bre thren thogh I haue commited nothing against the people or Lawes of the fathers yet was I deliuered prisoner frō Ierusalem into the hands of the Romaines 18 Who when thei had examined me wolde haue let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Iewes spake contrarie I was constrained to appeale vnto Cesar not because I had ought to accuse my nacion of 20 For this cause therefore haue I called for you to se you and to speake with you for the hope of Israels sake I am bounde with this chaine 21 Then they said vnto him We nether receiued letters out of 〈◊〉 concerning thee nether came anie of the brethren that shewed or spake anie euil of thee 22 But we wil he 〈◊〉 of thee what thou thinkest for as concerning this secte we knowe that euerie where it is spoken against 23 And when they had appointed him a daye there came manie vnto him into his lodging to whome he expounded and testified the kingdome of God and preached vnto them concerning Iesus bothe out of the Law of Moses and out of the Prophetes from morning to night 24 And some were persuaded with the things which were spoken and some beleued not 25 Therefore when thei agreed not among them selues they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde to wit Wel spake the holie Gost by Esaias the Prophet vnto our fathers 26 Saying * Go vnto this people and say By hearing ye shal heare and shal not vnderstād and seing ye shal se and not perceiue 27 For the heart of this people is waxed fat and their eares are dull of hearing and with their eyes haue they winked lest they shulde se with their eyes heare with their eares and vnderstād with their hearts and shulde returne that I might heale them 28 Be it knowen therefore vnto you that this saluacion of God is sent to the Gentiles and they shal heare it 29 And whē he had said these things the Iewes departed and had great reasoning among them selues 30 And Paul remained two yeres ful in an house hired for himself and receiued all that came in vnto him 31 Preaching the kingdome of God and teaching those things which cōcerne the Lord Iesus Christ with all boldenes of speache without let THE EPISTLE OF THE Apostle Paul to the Romaines THE ARGVMENT THe great mercie of God is declared towarde man in Christ Iesus whose righteousnes is made ours through saith For when man by reason of his owne corruption colde not fulfil the Law yea committed most abominably bothe against the Law of God and nature the infinite bountie of God mindeful of his promes made to his seruant Abraham the Father of all beleuers ordeined that mans saluation shulde onely stand in the perfect obedience of his Sonne Iesus Christ so that not onely the circumcised Iewes but also the vn circumcised Gentiles shulde be saued by faith in him euen as Abraham before he was circumcised was counted iuste onely through faith and yet afterwarde receiued circumcisiō as a seale or badge of the same righteousnes by faith And to the intent that none shulde thinke that the couenant which God made to him and his posteritie was not performed other because the Iewes receiued not Christ which was the blessed sede orels beleued not that he was the true redemer because he did not onely or at least more notably preserue the Iewes the examples of Ismael Esau declare that all are not Abrahams posteritie which come of Abrahā according to the flesh but also the verie strangers and Gentiles grafied in by faith are made heires of the promes The cause whereof is the onlie wil of God forasmuche as of his fre mercie he electeth some to be saued and of his iuste iudgement reiecteth others to be damned as appeareth by the testimonies of the Scriptures Yet to the intent that the Iewes shuld not be to muche beaten downe nor the Gentiles to muche puffed vp the example of Elias proueth that God hathe yet his elect euen of the natural posteritie of
wherein to reioyce but not with God 3 For what saith the Scripture * Abraham beleued God it was counted to him for righteousnes 4 Now to him that worketh the wages is not counted by fauour but by dette 5 But to him that worketh not but beleueth in him that iustifieth the vngodlie his faith is counted for righteousnes 6 Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednes of the 〈◊〉 vnto whome God imputeth righteousnes without workes saying 7 * Blessed are thei whose iniquities are forgiuen and whose sinnes are couered 8 Blessed is the man to whome the Lord imputeth not sinne 9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision onely or vpon the vncircumcision also For we say that faith was imputed vnto Abraham for righteousnes 10 How was it then imputed when he was cir cumcised or vncircumcised not when he was circumcised but when he was vncircum cised 11 * After he receiued the signe of circumcisiō as the seale of the righteousnes of the faith which he had when he was vncircumcised that he shulde be the Father of all them that beleue not being circūcised that righteousnes might be imputed to them also 12 And the Father of circumcision not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision but vnto thē also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our Father Abraham which he had when he was vncircumcised 13 For the promes that he shulde be the heire of the worlde was not giuen to Abraham or to his seed through the law but through the righteousnes of faith 14 For if they which are of the Law be heires faith is made voyde the promes is made of none effect 15 For the Law causeth wrath 〈◊〉 where no Law is there is no transgression 16 Therefore it is by faith that it might come by grace and the promes might be sure to all the sede not to that onely which is of the Law but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham who is the Father of vs all 17 As it is written * I haue made thee a Father of many naciōs euen before God whom he beleued who quickeneth the dead 〈◊〉 calleth those things which be not as thogh they were 18 Which Abraham aboue hope beleued vnder hope that he shulde be the Father of many nacions according to that which was spoken to him * So shal thy sede be 19 And he not weake in the faith considered not his owne bodie which was now dead being almost an hundreth yere olde nether the deadnes of Saras wombe 20 Nether did he doubte of the promes of God through vnbeliefe but was strengthened in the faith and gaue glorie to God 21 Being fully assured that he which had promised was also able to do it 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnes 23 Now it is not written for him onely that it was imputed to him for righteousnes 24 But also forvs to whome it shal be imputed for righteousnes which beleue in him that raised vp Iesus our Lord from the dead 25 Who was deliuered to death for our sinnes and is risen againe for our iustification CHAP. V. 1 He declareth the frute of faith 7 And by comparison setteth forthe the loue of God and obedience of Christ which is the fundacion and grounde of the same 1 THen being iustified by faith we haue peace towarde God through our Lord Iesus Christ. 2 * By whome also we haue accesse through faith vnto this grace where in we stand and reioyce vnder the hope of the glorie of God 3 Nether do we so onely but also we * reioyce in tribulations knowing that tribulation bringeth forthe patience 4 And patience experience and experience hope 5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the holie Gost which is giuen vnto vs. 6 For Christ when we were yet of nostrength at his time dyed for the * vngodlie 7 Douteles one wil scarse dye for a righteous man but yet for a good man it may be that one dare dye 8 But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seing that while we were yet sinners Christ dyed for vs. 9 〈◊〉 more then being now iustified by his blood we shal be saued from wrath through him 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Sonne muche more being reconciled we shal be saued by his life 11 And not onely so but we also reioyce in God through our Lord Iesus Christ by whome we haue now receiued the atonement 12 Wherefore as by one man sinne entred into the worlde and death by sinne and so death went ouer all men for asmuche as all men haue sinned 13 For vnto the time of the Law was sinne in the worlde but sinne is not imputed whille there is no Law 14 But death reigned from Adam to Moses euen ouer thē also that sinned not after the like maner of the trāsgressiō of Adā which was the figure of him that was to come 15 But yet the gift is not so as is the offence for if through the offence of one many be dead muche more the grace of God and the gift by grace which is by one man Iesus Christ hath abunded vnto many 16 Nether is the gift so as that which entred in by one that sinned for the faute came of one offence vnto condēnacion but the gift is of many offences to iustification 17 For if by the offence of one death reigned through one muche more shal they which receiue the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousnes reigne in life through one that is Iesus Christ. 18 Likewise thē as by the offence of one the faute came on all men to condemnation so by the iustifying of one the benefit abūded toward all men to the iustification of life 19 For as by one mans disobediēce many were made sinners so by the obediēce of one shal many also be made righteous 20 Moreouer the Law entred thereup on that the offence shuld abūde neuertheles where sinne abunded there grace abunded much more 21 That as sinne had reigned vnto death so might grace also reigne by righteousnes vnto eternallife through Iesus Christ our Lord CHAP. VI. Because no man shulde glorie in the flesh but rather seke to subdue it to the Spirit 3 He sheweth by the vertue end of Baptisme 5 That regeneration is ioyned with iustification and therefore exhorteth to godlie life 21 Setting before mens eyes the 〈◊〉 of sinne aud righteousnes 1 WHat shal we say then Shal we continue stilin sinne that grace may abunde God forbid 2 How shal we that are dead to sinne liue ye therein 3 Knowe ye not that* all we
Gods iudgement 7 Beating downe their glorie which hindered them to praise that which they dis praised in him 16 He sheweth what he requireth on their parte and what they ought to loke for of him at his returne 1 LEt a man so thinke of vs as of the ministers of Christ ād disposers of the secrets of Cod. 2 And as for the rest it is required of the disposers that euerie man be founde faithful 3 * As touching me I passe verie litle to be iud ged of you or of mans iudgement no Iiudge not mine owue self 4 For I knowe nothing by my self yet am I not thereby iustified but he that iudgeth me is the Lord. 5 Therefore * iudge nothing before the time vntil the Lord come who wil lighten things that are hid in darkenes and make the counsels of the hearts manifest and then shal euerie man haue praise of God 6 Now these things brethren I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne self and Apollos for your sakes that ye might learne by vs that no man presume aboue that which is written that one swel not against another for anie mans cause 7 For who separateth thee and what hast thou that thou hast not receiued if thou hast receiued it why reioycest thou as thogh thou hadest not receiued it 8 Now ye are ful now ye are made riche ye reigne as Kings without vs and wolde to God ye did reigne that we also might reigne with you 9 For I thinke that God hathe set forthe vs the laste Apostles as menappointed to death for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde and to the Angels and to men 10 We are fooles for Christs sake and ye are wise in Christ we are weake and ye strong ye are honorable and we are despised 11 Vnto this houre we bothe honger thirst and are naked and are buffeted and haue no certeine dwelling place 12 * And labour working with our owne hāds we are reuiled and yet we blesse we are persecuted and suffer it 13 * We are euil spoken of and we pray we are made as the filthe of the worlde the of skowring of all things vnto this time 14 I write not rhese things to shame you but as my beloued children I admonish you 15 For thogh ye haue ten thousand instructours in Christ yet haue ye not manie fathers for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel 16 Wherefore I pray you be ye followers of me 17 For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my beleued sonne and faithful in the Lord which shal put you in remem brance of my waies in Christ as I teache eue rie where in euerie Church 18 Some are puffed vp as thogh I wolde not come to you 19 But I wil come to you shortely * if the Lord wil and wil knowe not the speache of them which are puffed vp but the power 20 For the kingdome of God is not in word but in power 21 What wil ye shal I come vnto you with a rod or in loue and in the spirit of mekenes CHAP. V. 1 He reproueth sharpely their negligence in punishing him that had committed inceste 3 Willing them to excommunicate him 7 To embrace puritie 9 And flee wickednes 1 IT is heard certeinely that there is fornica tion among you and suche fornication as is not once named among the Gentils * that one shulde haue his fathers wife 2 And ye are puffed vp and haue not rather sorowed that he which hathe done this dede might be put from among you 3 * For I verely as absent in bodie but present in spirit haue determined already as thogh I were present that he that hathe thus done this thing 4 When ye are gathered together and my spirit in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ that suche one I say by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ 5 * Be deliuered vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus 6 Your reioycing is not good * know ye not that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe 7 Purge out therefore the olde leauen that ye may be a newe lumpe as ye are vnleauened for Christ our Passeouer 〈◊〉 sacrified for vs. 8 Therefore let vs kepe the feast not with olde leauen nether in the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednes but with the vnleauened bread of sinceritie and trueth 9 I wrote vnto you in an epistle * that ye shulde not companie together with fornicators 10 And not all together with the fornicators of this worlde or with the couetous or with extorcioners or with idolaters for then ye muste go out of the worlde 11 But now I haue written vnto you that ye companie not together if anie that is called a brother be a fornicator or couetous or an idolater or a railar or a drunkard or an extorcioner with suche one eat not 12 For what haue I to do to iudge them also which are without do ye not iudge thē that are within 13 But God iudgeth them that are without Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man CHAP. VI. 1 He rebuketh them for going tolaw together before the Heathen 7 Christians ought rather to suffer 12 He reproueth the abusing of Christian libertie 15 And sheweth that we ought to serue God purely bothe in bodie and in soule 1 DAre anie of you hauing busines against another be iudged vnder the vniust and not vnder the Saintes 2 * Do ye not knowe that the Saintes shal iud ge the worlde If the worlde then shal be iud ged by you are ye vnworthie to iudge the smallest matters 3 Knowe ye not that we shal iudge the Angels how muche more things that perteine to this life 4 If then ye haue iudgements of things perteining to this life set vp them which are least estemed in the Church 5 I speake it to your shame Is it so that there is not a wise man among you no not one that can iudge betwene his brethren 6 But a brother goeth to lawe with a brother aud that vnder the infideles 7 Now therefore there is vtterly a faute amōg you because ye go to law one with another why rather suffer ye not wrong why rather susteine ye not harme 8 * Nay ye your selues do wrong do harme and that to your brethren 9 Knowe ye not that the vnrighteous shal not inherite the kingdome of God Be not deceiued * nether fornicatours nor idolaters nor adulterers nor wantons nor bouggerers 10 Nor theues nor couetous nor drunkards nor railers nor extorcioners shal inherite the kingdome of God 11 And suche were * some of
able to saue and to destroye * Who art thou that iud gest another man 13 Go to no we ye that saye To daye or to morowe we wyll go into suche a citie and continue there a yere and bye and sel and get gaine 14 And yet ye can not tell what shal be to moro we For what is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time and af ter warde vanisheth away 15 For that ye ought to say * If the Lord wyll and If we liue we wil do this or that 16 But no we ye reioyce in your boastyngs all suche reioycing is euil 17 Therefore to him that knoweth howe to do wel and doeth it not to him it is sinne CHAP. V. 2 He threateneth the wicked riche men 7 Exhoiteth vnto pacience 12 To beware of swearyng 16 One to knowledge his fautes to another 20 And one to labour to bring another to the trueth 1 GO to nowe ye ryche men wepe and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you 2 Your riches are corrupt and your garments are moth eaten 3 Your Golde and Siluer is cankred and the rust of them shal be a wytnes agaynste you and shall eat your fleshe as it were fyre * Ye haue heaped vp treasure for the last dayes 4 Beholde the hyre of the laborers which haue reaped your fields whiche is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them which haue reaped are entred into the eares of the Lord of hostes 5 Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earthe and in wantōnes Ye haue nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter 6 Ye haue condemned and haue killed the iuste and he hathe not resisted you 7 Be pacient therefore brethren vnto the commyng of the Lorde Beholde the housband man waiteth for the precious frute of the earth and hathe longe pacience for it vntill he receiue the former and the latter rayne 8 Be ye also pacient therefore and setle your hearts for the commyng of the Lord draweth nere 9 Grudge not one against another brethren lest ye be condemned beholde the iudge standeth before the dore 10 Take my brethren the Prophetes for an ensample of suffering aduersitie and of long pacience whiche haue spoken in the Name of the Lord. 11 Beholde we count them blessed whiche endure Ye haue heard of the pacience of Iob 〈◊〉 haue knowen what end the Lord made For the Lord is verie pitiful and mercifull 12 But before all thyngs my brethren * sweare not nether by heauen nor by earth nor by anie other othe but let your yea be yea and your naye naye lest ye fall into condemnation 13 Is anie among you afflicted Let him pray Is anie merie Let him sing 14 Is anie sicke among you Let hym call for the Elders of the Churche and let them praye for him and anoint hym with * oyle in the Name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of fayth shal saue the sicke and the LORDE shall rayse him vp and if he haue committed sinne it shal be forgiuen hym 16 Acknowledge your fautes one to another and pray one for another that ye may be hea led for the prayer of a ryghteous man auaileth muche if it be feruent 17 * Helias was a man subiect to lyke passions as we are and he prayed earnestlye that it myght not rayne and it rained not on the earth for thre yeres and six moneths 18 And he prayed agayne and the heauen gaue rayne and the earth broght forthe her frute 19 Brethren if anye of you hathe erred frome the trueth and some man hathe conuerted hym 20 Let him knowe that he whiche hathe conuerted the sinner from goyng astraye out of his way shal saue a soule from death ād shal hide a multitude of sinnes THE FIRST EPISTLE general of Peter THE ARGVMENT HE exhorteth the faithful to denie them selues and to contemne the worlde that being deliuered from all carnal affections and impediments they may more spedely atteine to the heauēlie kingdome of Christ whereunto we are called by the grace of God reueiled to vs in his Sonne and haue already receiued it by faith possessed it by hope and are therein confirmed by holines of life And to the intent this faith shulde not faint seing Christ contemned and reiected almost of the whole worlde he declareth that this is nothyng els but the accomplishyng of the Scriptures whiche testifie that he shulde be the stombling stone to the reprobate and the sure fundation of saluation to the faithfull therefore he exhorteth them courageously to go forwarde considering what they were and to what dignitie God hathe called them After he entreateth particular points teaching subiects how to obey their gouernours and seruants their masters how maried folkes ought to behaue them selues And because it is appointed for all that are godlie to suffre persecutions he sheweth them what good yssue their asflictions shal haue and contrariewise what punishment God reserueth for the wicked Last of all he teacheth how the ministers ought to behaue them selues forbidding them to vsurpe autoritie o 〈◊〉 the Churche also that yong men ought to be modest and apt to learne and so endeth with an exhortation CHAP. I. 2 He sheweth that through the abundant mercie of God we are elect and regenerate to a liuelie hope 7 And how faith must be tried 10 That the saluation in Christ is no newes but a thing prophecied of olde 13 He exhorteth them to a godlie conuersation forasmuche as they are now borne a newe by the worde of God 1 PETER an Apostle of Iesus Christ to the strangers that dwel here and there throughout Pontus Galacia Cappadocia Asia Bithynia 2 Elect according to the fore knowledge of God the Father vnto sanctificatió of the spirit through obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Iesus Christ Grace and peace be multiplied vnto you 3 * Blessed be God euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ whiche accordyng to his abundant mercie hathe begotten vs againe vnto a liuelie hope by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead 4 To an inheritance immortall and vndefiled and that fadeth not away reserued in heauen for you 5 Whiche are kept by the power of GOD through faith vnto saluation whiche is prepared to be shewed in the last time 6 Wherein ye reioyce thogh now for a ceason if nede require ye are in heauines through manifolde tentations 7 That the triall of your faith being muche more precious then golde that perisheth thogh it be tried with fyre might be foūde vnto your praise and honour and glorie at the appearing of Iesus Christ. 8 Whome ye haue not sene and yet loue him in whome now thogh ye se him not yet do you beleue and reioyce with ioye vnspeakeable and glorious 9 Receiuing the
haue eternal life and that ye maye beleue in the Name of the Sonne of God 14 And thys is the assurance that we haue in him * that if we aske aniething accordyng to his wil he heareth vs. 15 And if we knowe that he heareth vs whatsoeuer we aske we knowe that we haue the peticions that we haue desired of him 16 If anie man se his brother sinne a sinne that is not vnto death let hym aske and he shall giue him lyfe for them that sinne not vnto death * There is a sinne vnto death I saye not that thou shuldest praye for it 17 All vnryghteousnes is sinne but there is a sinne not vnto death 18 We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God kepeth himself and the wicked toucheth him not 19 We knowe that we are of GOD and the whole worlde lyeth in wickednes 20 But we knowe that the Sonne of God is * come and hathe giuen vs a minde to knowe him whiche is true and we are in him that is true that is in his Sonne Iesus Christ this same is verie God and eternal life 21 Babes kepe your selues from idoles Amē THE SECONDE EPISTLE of Iohn He writeth vnto a certeine ladie 4 Reioycing that her children walke in the trueth 5 And exhorteth vnto loue 7 Warneth them to beware of such deceiuers as denie that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh 8 Prayeth them to continue in the doctrine of Christ. 10 And to haue nothing to do with them that brynge not the true doctrine of Christ Iesus our Sauiour 1 THe Elder to the elect Ladie and her chyldren whome I loue in 〈◊〉 the trueth ād not I onelye but also all that haue knowē the trueth 2 For the trueths sake whyche dwelleth in in vs and shal be with vs for euer 3 Grace be with you mercie ād peace frō God the Father and frō the Lord Iesus Christ the Sonne of the Father with trueth and loue 4 I reioyced greatly that I founde of thy children walkyng in trueth as we haue receiued a commandement of the Father 5 And now beseche I thee Ladie not as writing a new commandement vnto thee but that same whiche we had frō the beginning that we * loue one another 6 And this is the loue that we shulde walke af ter his commandements This commandement is that as ye haue hearde from the begynning ye shulde walke in it 7 For manie deceiuers are entred in the world which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh He that is suche one is a deceiuer and an Antichrist 8 Loke to your selues that we lose not the thyngs whiche we haue done but that we may receiue a ful rewarde 9 Whosoeuer transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hathe not God He that continueth in the doctrine of Christ he hath bothe the Father and the Sonne 10 If there come anie vnto you and bring not this doctrine * receiue him not to house nether bid him God spede 11 For he that biddeth him God spede is partaker of his euil dedes Althogh I had manie thynges to write vnto you yet I wolde not write with paper and yncke but I trust to come vnto you ād speake mouth to mouth that our ioye may be ful 12 The sonnes of thine elect sister grete thee Amen THE THIRD EPIstle of Iohn 3 He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth 8 Exhorteth to be louyng vnto the poore Christen in their persecution 9 Sheweth the vnkinde dealing of Diotrephes 12 And the good reporte of Demetrius 1 THE Elder vnto the beloued Gaius whome I loue in the trueth 2 Beloued I wishe chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst wel as thy soule prospereth 3 For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in thee how thou walkest in the trueth 4 I haue no greater ioye then this that is to he are that my sonnes walke in veritie 5 Beloued thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren and to strāgers 6 Whiche bare witnes of thy loue before the Churches Whome if thou bringest of their iourney as it besemeth accordyng to God thou shalt do wel 7 Because that for hys Names sake they went forthe and toke nothing of the Gentiles 8 We therefore ought to receiue suche that we might be helpers to the trueth 9 I wrote vnto the Churche but Diotrephes whiche loueth to haue the preeminence among them receiueth vs not 10 Wherefore if I come I will declare hys dedes whyche he doeth prateling againste vs with malicious wordes and not there with content nether he him self receiueth the bre thren but forbiddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the Church 11 Beloued followe not that which is euil but that whiche is good he that doeth well is of god but he that doth euil hath not sene god 12 Demetrius hathe good reporte of all men and of the trueth itselfe yea and we ourselues beare recorde and ye knowe that our recorde is true 13 I haue manie thyngs to write but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto thee 14 For I truste I shall shortely se thee and we shal speake mouth to mouth Peace be with thee The friends salute thee Grete the friends by name THE GENERAL Epistle of Iude. THE ARGVMENT SAint Iude admonisheth all Churches generally to take hede of deceiuers which go about to drawe awaye the hearts of the simple people from the trueth of God and willeth them to haue no societie with suche whome he setteth forthe in their liuelie colours shewing by diuers examples of the Scriptures what horrible vengeance is prepared for thē finally he comforteth the faithful and exhorteth them to perseuere in the doctrine of the Apostles of Iesus Christ. 1 IVde a seruant of Iesus Christ and brother of Iames to them whiche are cal led and sanctified of God the Father and reserued to Iesus Christ 2 Mercie vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied 3 Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the commune saluation it was nedeful for me to write vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde earnestly contende for the maintenance of the faith whiche was once giuen vnto the Saintes 4 For there are certeine men crept in whiche were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation vngodlie men they are whiche turne the grace of our God into wantonnes and * denye God the onelie Lorde and our Lord Iesus Christ. 5 I wil therefore put you in remembrance forasmuche as ye once knewe thys howe that the Lord after that he had deliuered the peo ple out of Egypte * destroyed them afterwarde which beleued not 6 The * Angels also which kept not their first estat but
God was opened in heauen and there was sene in his Temple the Arke of his couenāt and there were lightnings and voyces and thōdrings and earthquake and muche haile CHAP. XII 1 There appeareth in heauen a woman clothed with the sunne 7 Michael fighteth with the dragon which persecureth the woman 11. The victorie is gotten to the comfort of the faithful 1 ANd there appeared a great wonder in heauen A woman clothed with the iunne and the moo ne was vnder her fete and vpon her head a crowne of twelue starres 2 And she was with childe and cryed trauailing in birth and was pained readie to be 〈◊〉 3 And there appeared another wonder in heauen for beholde a great red dragon hauing seuen heades and ten hornes and seuen crownes vpon his heads 4 And his taile drue the third parte of the star res of heauen and cast them to the earth And the dragon stode before the woman which was readie to be deliuered to deuoure her childe when she had broght it forthe 5 So she broght forthe a man childe whiche shulde rule all nations with a * rod of yron and her sonne was taken vp vnto God and to this throne 6 And the woman fled into wildernes where she hathe a place prepared of God that they shulde fede her there a thousand two hundreth and threscore dayes 7 And there was a battel in heauen Michael and his Angels foght against the dragon and the dragon foght and his Angels 8 But they preuailed not nether was their pla ce founde anie more in heauen 9 And the great dragon that olde serpent called the deuil and Satan was cast out which deceiueth all the worlde he was euen cast into the earth and his Angels were cast out with him 10 Thē I heard a loude voyce saying Now is saluation in heauen and strength and the kingdome of our God and the power of his Christ for the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before our God day and night 11 But they ouercame him by the blood of the Lambe and by the worde of their testi monie and they loued not their liues vnto the death 12 Therefore reioyce ye heauens and ye that dwell in thē Wo to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea for the deuil is come downe vnto you which hathe great wrath knowing that he hathe but a short time 13 And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the womā which had broght forthe the man childe 14 But to the woman were giuen two winges of a greate egle that she myght flie into the wildernes into ther place where she nourished for a time and times and halfe a time from the presence of the serpent 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth was water after the woman lyke a flood that he myght cause her to be caryed awaye of the flood 16 But the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the flood whiche the dragon had cast out of his mouth 17 Then the dragon was wroth with the woman and wente and made warre wyth the remnant of her sede whiche kepe the commandements of God and haue the testimonie of Iesus Christ. 18 And I stode on the sea sand CHAP. XIII 1.8 The beast deceiueth the reprobate 2. 4. 12. And is confirmeth by another 17 The priuiledge of the beastes marke 1 ANd I sawe a beast rise out of the sea hauing seuen heads and ten hornes and vpon his hornes were ten crownes and vppon his heades the name of blasphemie 2 And the beast which I sawe was lyke a leoparde and hys fete lyke a beares and hys mouth as the mouth of a lion and the dragon gaue him his power and his throne and great autoritie 3 And I sawe one of hys heades as it were wounded to death but his deadlie wounde was healed and al the worlde wondred and followed the beast 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beast and they worship ped the beast sayinge Who is lyke vnto the beast who is able to warre with 〈◊〉 5 And there was giuen vnto hym a 〈◊〉 that spake greate thynges and blasphemies and power was giuen vnto hym to do two and fortie moneths 6 And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemie against God to blaspheme his Name ādhis tabernacle and them that dwel in heauen 7 And it was giuen vnto hym to make warre wyth the Saintes and to ouercomethem and power was giuen him ouer euerie kinred and tongue and nation 8 Therefore all that d well vpon the earth shal worship hym whose names are not * writen in the Boke of life of the Lambe whiche was slaine frō the beginning of the worlde 9 If anie man haue an eare let him heare 10 If anie lead into captiuitie he shal go into captiuitie ifanie kill with a sworde he must be killed by a sworde here is the pacience and the faith of the Saintes 11 And I behelde another beast commyng vp out of the earth whiche had two hornes like the Lābe but he spake like the dragō 12 And he did all that the first beast colde do before him and he caused the earth ād them whiche dwel therein to worship the firste beast whose deadlie wounde was healed 13 And he did great wonders so that he made fyre to come down frō heauen on the earth in the sightof men 14 And deceiued them that dwel on the earth by the signes which were permitted to him to do in the sight of the beast saying to thē that dwel on the earth that they shuld make the image of the beaste whiche had the wounde of a sworde and did liue 15 And it was permitted to him to giue 〈◊〉 spirit vnto the image of the beast so that the image of the beaste shulde speake and shulde cause that as manie as wolde not worshyp the image of the beast shulde be killed 16 And he made al bothe small and great riche and poore fre ād bonde 〈◊〉 receiue a marke in their right hand or in their forheads 17 And that no man might bye or sell saue he that had the marke or the name of the beast or the nomber of his name 18 Heare is wi dome Let hym that hathe wit count the nomber of the beaste for it is the nomber of a man and his nomber is six hun dreth threscore and six CHAP. XIIII 1 The notable companie of the Lābe 6 One Angel annoū 〈◊〉 the Gospel 8 Another the fal of Babylon 9 And the 〈◊〉 warneth to flee from the beast 13 Of their blessed nes which dye in the Lord. 18 Of the Lords haruest 1 THen Iloked and lo a
doings Iudg. 13. vnto the. 16. chap. Samuel and his doings 1. Sam. 1. vnto the. 25. chap. Sanctifie the Lord god in your hearts 1. Pet. 3. 15. The forme of the Sanctuarie Exod. 25. 8. The purgyng of the Sanctuarie Leuit. 16. 16. Sarah nourceth her sonne izhak Gen. 21. 27. Sarra the daughter of raguel Tob. 3. 7. and 10. Satan the god of this worlde 2. Cor. 4. 4. The nombre of them that shal be Saued is smale Luk. 13. 23. Saul king of Israel and his doings 1. Sam. 9 vnto the. 31. chap. ¶ The profite of the Scriptures 2. Tim. 3. 16. The vnderstanding of the Scriptures is the gift of God Luk. 24. 45. ¶ The scribes sit in moses Seat Matth. 23. 2 Christ the Sede of Dauid 2. Sam. 7. 12. a Seer that is a prophet 1. Sam. 9. 11. The ceremoniall law forbiddeth to Seeth meat on the sabbath Exod. 16. 23 To Sell his goods and to giue them c Mat. 19. 21. Luk. 12. 33. and 18. 22 The Sepulchre of Christ. Mat. 27. 60 Sergius paulus Act. 13. 7 The Brasen Serpent set vp Nomb. 21. 9. Iohn 3. 14. broken in pieces 2. King 18. 4 Of Seruants Exod. 21. 2. Deut. 15. 12 The Seruant that knoweth the wil. c. Luk. 12. 47. The duetie of Seruants Ephes. 6. 6 Serue god Exod. 23. 25. Ebr. 12. 28. Deu. 6. 13. Iosh. 24. 14 Serue god with a good heart Deut. 28. 47. The true Seruice of god Isa. 1. 16 The outwarde Seruice that lacketh faith is reiected Isa. 43. 22. ¶ Shall maneser the King of asshur 2. King 18. 9. Shaminah alone sleke manie philistims 2. Sam. 23. 11 Shallum killeth zechariah the sonne of Ieroboam 2. King 15. 10 Shebnah 2. King 18. 18. Isa. 22. 15 The Shechemites are burnt Iudg. 9. 45. Sheehem slayne Gen. 34. 26 Shem. Gen. 5. 32. and 10. 21 Shemaiah a prophet 1. King 12. 22 Shelah the sonne of arpachshad Gen. 11. 12. Shelah the sonne of Iudah Genes 38. 5. Lost Shepe Mat. 15. 24. The Shepe of christ heare his voyce Iohn 10. 27 The office of a Shepherd Ezek. 33. 2. The good Shepherd christ Iohn 10. 11. 1. Pet. 5. 4. Christ the Shepherd of the faithfull Ezek. 34. 23. Christs birth declared to the Shepherds Luk. 2. 9 False Shepherds Ierem. 12. 10. and 23. 1. Ezek. 34. 2 Shepherds that admonish not Ezek. 3. 18 the golden Shields of Salomon 1. king 10. 17. and 14. 26. Shimei and his vilenie 2. Sam. 16. 5. and 19. 16. 1. King 2. 36. In Shiloh was the tabernacle of the con gregacion Ioshu 18. 1. 1. Samuel 1. 24. Shuah the father of iudahs wife Genes 38. 2 ¶ The Sicke ought to send for the elders of the church Iam. 5. 14 Christs Side is perced Iohn 19. 34. a Signe giuen to hezekiah 2. King 20. 9. a Signe giuen to saul for a confirmacion 1. Sam. 10 2 Feare not the Signes of heauen Ierem. 10. 2. Signes which shal not come before the latter daye Luk. 21. 25. Sion king of heshbon giuen into the hands of israel Deut. 2. 24 Simeon and his doings Gen. 29 and 34 42 46 49 Simon iudas maccabeus brother 1. Mac. 13. 14. Simon the pharise Luk. 7. 36 Simon the forcerer Act. 8. 9 Sinai a mountaine Exod. 19. 1. Galat. 4. 24. Dauid the swete Singer of israel 2. Sam. 23. 1. Dauids Singers 1. Chro. 25. 1. Sing spiritual songs to the Lord. Ephes. 5. 19. To Sing with the spirit and vnderstanding 1. Cor. 14. 15. Christ hathe deliuered vs from Sinne. Luk. 1. 74. God onelie forgiueth Sinne. Nombres 14. 18. The knowledge of Sinne by the law Rom. 3. 20. He that committeth Sinne is of the deuil 1. Iohn 3. 8. He that committeth sinne is the seruant of sinne Ioh. 8. 34. sinne against the holie Gost. Mar. 3. 29. By the Sinne of adam death entred into the worlde Rom. 5. 12. the Lord washeth awaye our sinnes Isa. 4. 4. 1. Cor. 6. 11. sinners captiues Rom. 7. 23. Christ is come to call Sinners Matth. 9. 12. the penitent Sinner shalliue Ezek. 33. 11. Deut. 30. 2. Sisera Iudg. 4 ¶ The Skye red in the morning Matth. 16. 2. ¶ To Sleape for to dye Gen. 47. 30. Mat. 9. 24. He that Slayeth a mā shal dye the death Exod. 21. 12. Leuit. 24. 17. ¶ The Smel of noahs sacrifice Gene. 8. 21. what punishmēt he shal haue that Smiteth his father or a woman with childe Exod. 21. 22 ¶ Of the Sodbmites Gene. 13 14 19 Ezek. 16. 48. Ioseph Solde by gods prouidence Gen. 45. 5. The Solemne feasts of the iewes Exod. 23. 14. Christ prayeth in a Solitarie place Mar. 1. 35. The Songs of moses Deut. 32. 1. The Songs of salomon a thousand and fiue 1. King 14. 32 The disobediēt Sōne is stoned to death Deut. 21. 21. Sopater Act. 20. 4. Sorcerers ought to dye the death leuit 20. 27. Sorowe not aboue measure for thē that are dead 1. Thes. 4. 13. Sosthenes Act. 18. 17. The duetie of Souldiers Luk. 3. 14. Iosiah toke away South sayers 2. King 23. 24. What man Soweth that shal he reape Gala. 6. 7. ¶ Gods prouidence euen vpon the Sparow Mat. 10. 29. Euil Speakers shal not inherit the kingdome of god 1. Cor. 6. 10 whoso speaketh let him Speake the wordes of God 1. Pet. 4. 11. Sobrietie in Speaking Prou. 17. 27 the Spies of the land of promes are slaine for stirring vp the people Nomb. 14. 36. spies sent into iericho iosh. 2. 1 sanctification of the Spirit 1. Pet. 1. 2. the frute of the Spirit Gal. 5. 22. The wisdome of the Spirit Rommains 8. 6. we must not beleue euerie Spirit 1. Ioh. 4. 1. Lying Spirits Isa. 19. 14 the Spirit and the flesh lust one against another Gal. 5. 17 Spirit for winde Gene. 8. 1. Grieue not the holie Spirit of God Ephes. 4. 30. the Spirit prayeth for vs. Rom. 8. 26. Spoiles deuided equally 1. Sam. 30. 24. Iosh. 22. 8. the Spouse of Christ the Church Psal. 45. 10. ¶ Paul baptized Stephanas and his fami lie 1 Cor. 1. 16. Steuen and his death Act. 6. 5 7. Christ the corner Stone is refused Mat. 21. 42. 1. Pet. 2. 7. the stone to stōble at 1. Pet. 2. 8. It raineth Stones Iosh. 10. 11. God loueth the Stranger Deut. 10. 18. Oppresse not Strangers Exod. 13. 9. Leuit. 19. 33. strangers had the tithes giuen them Deut. 14. 29. Strangled things forbidden Genes 9. 4. God is our Strength 2. Samuel 22. 3. Exod. 15. 2. The waters of Strife Nomb. 20. 13 striue not with anie Prou. 20. 3. 2. Timo. 2. 23. ¶ The elders of Succoth put to death how Iudg. 8. 14. ¶ The Sunne and moone for signes and for ceasons Gen. 1. 14. the Sūne stayed at the wordes of ioshua Iosh. 10. 12. the Supper of our Lord with his disciples Mat. 26. 26. the Supper of the Lord ought to be do ne
to be vtterly 〈◊〉 a For 〈◊〉 of the Reubenites 〈◊〉 of the halfe tribe colde not beare the insolencie of the sonne against the father and therefore ioyned with Dauid b Sygnifying that a good gouernour ought to be so deare vnto his people that 〈◊〉 wil rather lose their 〈◊〉 then that ought shuld come vnto him c So called because the 〈◊〉 as somesay fed their cattel beyon de 〈◊〉 in this wood () This is a terri ble example of Gods vengeance against them that are rebels or disobedieÌ„ce to their parents Gen. 23. 13. †Ebr. 〈◊〉 mine hand †Ebr. alye 〈◊〉 my soule †Ebr. in the heart of Absalom d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hadpiti of the people which was sedu 〈◊〉 by Absaler 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 e 〈◊〉 God tur 〈◊〉 his vaine glo rie to shame Gen. 14. 17 f It semeth that God had punished him in taking away is childreÌ„ 〈◊〉 14. 27. †Ebr. iudged g For Ioab baré a good affection to Ahimaaz and douted how Dauidwold takethe reporte of Absaloms death h He sate in the gate of the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 †Ebr. tidinges are in his mouth †Ebr. I se the running i He had experience of hys 〈◊〉 Chap. 17 21 “ Or deliuered vp k To wit Chushi who was an Ethiopian †Ebr. tidings it broght l Because he considered both the iudgement of God againste his sinne and colde not other wyse hide his fatherly affection toward his sonne †Ebr. saluation or deliuerance “ Or by stealthe a As they do that mourne b At Mahanaim “ Or captaines †Ebr. bene right in thine eyes †Ebr. to the heart of thy 〈◊〉 c VVhere the moste resorte of the people haÌ„ted d Euerie one bla med another aÌ„d stroue who shuld firste bryng hym home e That thei shuld reproue the negligence of the Elders 〈◊〉 the people were so for warde f By this policie Dauid thogh that by Winning of the 〈◊〉 he shulde haue the hearte of all the people g VVho had before 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 16. 〈◊〉 Chap. 16. 〈◊〉 Chap. 16. 〈◊〉 h For in hys aduersitie he Was hys moste 〈◊〉 enemie and now in his prosperitie seketh by flat terie to crepe into 〈◊〉 i By Ioséph he meaneth 〈◊〉 Manasseh aÌ„d Beniamin Wher of he Was becau se these threwere vnder one standerd Nomb. 2. 18. k VVhen 〈◊〉 beyng at Ierusalem had met the king Chap. 16. 3. l Able for 〈◊〉 Wisdome to iud ge in al matters m VVorthy to 〈◊〉 for Sauls 〈◊〉 to Ward 〈◊〉 n Dauid did euil in takynge hys lands from hym before he knewe the cause but muche Worse that knowynge the trueth he did not restore them †Ebr. how manydayes are the yeres of my life o He thoght it not meete to receiue benefites of him to Whome he Was not able to do seruice againe p My 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 “ Or bad hym fare Well q VVhere the tribe of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 hym r VVhich had taken parte With the King s To Warde 〈◊〉 salem “ Or haue 〈◊〉 We 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to bryng home the king 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a VVhere the ten tribes 〈◊〉 against 〈◊〉 b As they of 〈◊〉 say c He thoght by speaking contem preously of the king to stirre the people rather to sedicion d From Gilgal Whiche Was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 16. 12. e VVho Was his chief captaine in Ioabs roume Chap. 19 〈◊〉 f 〈◊〉 them Which had bene vnder Ioáb or Dauids men Chap 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g Which Was his coat that he vsed to Weare in the Warres †Ebr peace †Ebr. doubled not his stroke h He stodeby 〈◊〉 at Ioabs ap pointement i Vnto the citie 〈◊〉 Which Was 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 k That is he WeÌ„t about to ouerthrowe it l She sheweth that the olde custome Was not to destroie a 〈◊〉 be fore peace Was of fred Deur 20 11. m She speaketh in the name of the 〈◊〉 n Hearing 〈◊〉 te tolde him he gaue place to 〈◊〉 son and 〈◊〉 onely him that Was 〈◊〉 of the treason †Ebr. the i 〈◊〉 scatered Chap. 8 16 o Ether in dignitie or 〈◊〉 †Ebr. yere after 〈◊〉 †Ebr. soght the 〈◊〉 of the Lord. a Thinking to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 these Were not of the seede of AbrahaÌ„ Iosh. 9 39. b VVhere With may your Wrath be appeased that you may pray to God to 〈◊〉 this plague 〈◊〉 his people c Saue onely of 〈◊〉 stocke d Of Sauls kinsemen e To pacifie 〈◊〉 Lord. 1. Sam. 18. 3 f Here Michál is named for Merab Adriels Wife as appeareth 1. Sam. 18 19. for Michal Was the Wife of 〈◊〉 1. Sam. 25 44 neuer had 〈◊〉 2. Sam. 6 23 †Ebr. 〈◊〉 g Which Was in the moneth Abib or Nisan Which 〈◊〉 parte of Marche and parte of April h To make 〈◊〉 a tent 〈◊〉 she prayed to God to turne away his Wrath. i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the cause of this famine God by sending of raine 〈◊〉 Wed that he Was paci 〈◊〉 1. Sam. 31 10. k For Where the magistrat suffreth fautes vnpu 〈◊〉 there the plague of God 〈◊〉 vpon the land l That is of the race of 〈◊〉 m VVhich 〈◊〉 to nine pounde thre quarters n For the glorie and Welth of the countrey staÌ„deth in the 〈◊〉 of the godly magistrate o 〈◊〉 Gézer 〈◊〉 is called zip 〈◊〉 1. Chro. 20 4. p That is Lahmi the brother of Go háth 〈◊〉 Da 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. 〈◊〉 10 5. 1. Sam. 16 9. a In token of the Wonderful benefites that he recei ued of God b By the diuersitie of these 〈◊〉 names he sheweth how his faithwas streÌ„gthned in all tentacions Psal. 18 2. “ Or rocke c As Dauid Who Was the figure of Christ Was by Gods power deliuered 〈◊〉 all daÌ„ gers so Christ his Churche shal ouercome 〈◊〉 greuous daÌ„gers tyraÌ„nie death d That is cloudes and vapors e Lightening aÌ„d thundering f So it semeth When the aire is darke g To flie in a mo ment through the Worlde h By this 〈◊〉 of a tempest he declareth the power of God against his enemies i He alludeth to the miracle of the red Sea k I Was so 〈◊〉 that all meanes semed to faile l To Warde Saul and myne enemies m I attempted nothynge Without his comâ—â—â—dement n Their Wickednes is cause that that thou semest to forget thy 〈◊〉 mercie o The maner that God vsech to sue cour hys neuer faileth p He vseth extra ordinarie meanes to make me Winne most stroÌ„g holdes Or steele q He acknowled geth that GOD Was the autor of his victories Who gaue hym strength r The Wicked in their necessitie are compelled to slieto God but it is to late s Meaning of the Iewes Who conspired againste me t Not Willirgly obeying me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 y. u Let him shewe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of all the 〈◊〉 Rom. 〈◊〉 9. Chap 7 〈◊〉 a VVhiche he spake after that he had made the Psalmes b Meanyng 〈◊〉
asked for our infirmitie for God knew whēce became o Herein is described the nature of Satan whi che is euer ranging for his pray 1 〈◊〉 5. 8. p He seareth thee not for thine owne sake but for the commoditie that he receiueth by thee q Meanyng the grace of GOD whiche 〈◊〉 Iob as a rampare against all tentations r This signifieth that Satan is not able to touch vs but it is GOD that must do it s Satan noteth the vice whereunto men are cō monly subiect that is to hide their rebellion and to be contēt with God in the time of prosperiue whiche vice is disclosed in the time of their aduersitie t GOD giueth not Satan power ouer man but that which God giueth him u That is went to execute that whiche God had permitted him to do for elles he can neuer go out of Gods presence x That is the Arabians y VVhich 〈◊〉 was also done by the craft of Satan to tempt Iob the more grieuously for asmuche as he might se that not onely men were his enemies but that GOD made warre againste him z This 〈◊〉 plague declareth that when one plague is past whiche serneth hard to be borne God can send vs another farre more grieuous to trye hys and teache them obedience a Whiche came not of 〈◊〉 but declareth that the children of God are not insensible like bloc kes but that in their 〈◊〉 thei fele 〈◊〉 and grief of minde yet they kepe a meane herein rebell not against God as the wicked do Eccle 5. 14. 1. Tim. 6 7. b That is ito the belly of the earth which is the mother of all c Hereby he confesseth that God is iuste and good all thogh his hād be sore vpō him d But declared that God did althing 〈◊〉 to iustice equitie a That is the An gels as Chap. 1 6. b Read Chap. 1 13 Ezek 14 14. c He proueth Iobs integritie by this that he ceased not to feare God when his plagues were grie uously vpon him d That is when thou hadst noght against him or when thou wast not able to bring thy purpose to passe e Hereby he mēt that a mās owne skinne is dearer vnto him then another mans f Meaning his owne persone g Thus Satán can go no further in punishing then God hathe limited vnto him h This sore was moste vehement where with also God plagued the Egyptians Exo. 9 9. and threateneth to punish there belliouspeo ple Deut. 28 27. so that this tentatiō was moste grieuous for if Iob had measured Gods fauour by the vehemencie of his disease he might haue thoght that God had cast him of i As destitute of all other helpe and meanes and wonderfully afflicted with the soro we of his disease k Satán vseth the same instrument against Iob as he did against Adám l Meaning what gainest thou to serue God seing he thus plagueth thee as thogh he were thine enemie This is the moste grieuous tentacion of the faithful when their faith is assailed and when Satán goeth about to persuade them that thei trust in God in vayne m For death was appointed to the blasphemer and so she ment that he shulde be sone ridde out of his 〈◊〉 n That is to be pacient in 〈◊〉 as we reioy ce when he sendeth prosperitie so to acknowledge him to be bothe merciful Iusle o He so 〈◊〉 his affectiōs that his tongue 〈◊〉 impaciencie did not murmure against God p Which were men of autoritie wise and learned and as the Septuagint write King and came to comfort him but when they saw how he was visiced they conceiued an euil opinion of him as thogh he had bene but an hypocrite and so iustely plagued of God for his sinnes q This was also a ceremonie which they vsed in those countreis as the renting of their clothes in signe of sorowe c. r And therefore thoght that he wolde not haue hearkened to their counsel a The seuē dayes ended Chap. 9 13 b Here Iob begin neth to 〈◊〉 his great 〈◊〉 in this battel betwene the Spirit the flesh Rem 7 18 after a maner yeldeth yet in the end he 〈◊〉 vi ctorie thogh he was in the meane time greatly wounded c Men ought not to be weary of their life cursse 〈◊〉 because of the infirmities that it is subiect vnto but because they are giuē to sinne and rebellion against God d Let it be put out of the nōber of dayes and let it not haue the light of the senne to separate it frō the night e That is moste obscure darknes which maketh them afraied of death that are in it f Which cursse the day of their birth let thē lay that cursse vpon this night g Let it be always night and neuer se day †Ebr. the eye liddes of the morning h This and that which followeth declareth that when mā giueth place to his passions he is not able to stay nor kepe measure but runneth head ling 〈◊〉 all euil except God call him backe i The 〈◊〉 of his afilictions made him to 〈◊〉 these wordes as thogh death were the end of all miseries and as if there were nolife after this whiche he speaketh not as thogh it were so but the infirmities of his flesh caused him to brast out into this error of the wicked k He 〈◊〉 the ambition of thē which for their pleasure as it we re change the or der of nature buylde in moste baren places because they wolde hereby make their names immortal l Thatis by death thecrueltie of the tyrants hathe reased m All they that susteine anie kinde of calamitie and 〈◊〉 in this worlde which he speaketh after the iudgement of the flesh n He sheweth that the benefites of God are not comfortable except the heart ye ioyful and the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 o That 〈◊〉 not how to come out of his miseries because he dependeth not on Gods pouidence p In my prosperitie I loked euer for a fall as is come now to passe q The feare of troubles that shulde insue caused my prospe ritie to seme to me as nothing and yet I am not exempted from trouble a Seing this thine impaciencie b Thou haste cōforted others in their afflictions canst not now comfort thy selfe c This he concludeth that Iob was but an hypo crite and had no true feare not trust in God d He concludeth that Iob was reproued seing that God handeled him so extremely whiche is the argument that the carnal men make against the children of God e They that do euil can not but receiue euil f He sheweth that God nedeth no great preparatiō to destrove his enemies for he cā do it with the blastof his mouth g Thogh men ac cording to 〈◊〉 office do not punish tyrants whome for their crueltie he compareth to lions and their children to their whelpes yet God bothe is able and his iustice wil pu nish them h A
to be an example for others t God Wil be reuenged of this hastie iudgement Where by you condemne me a He declareth that two things moued him to speake to Wit because Iob semed to touche him because he thoght he had knowled ge sufficient to confute him b His purpose is to proue Iob to be a Wicked man and an hypocrite because God punished him changed his 〈◊〉 into aduersitie c Where as the fa ther through am bition and tyran nie 〈◊〉 pressed the poore the children through pouertie and miserie shal 〈◊〉 fauour at the pore d So that the thing Which he hathe takē away by violence shal be 〈◊〉 againe by force e Meaning that he shal cary nothing a Way With him but his sinne f As poyson that is swere in the mouthe bringeth destruction Whē it cometh into the body so all vice at the first is pleasant but after Ward God turneth it to destruction g He compareth euil 〈◊〉 goods to the venim of aspes Which serpent is moste dā gerous nothing that Iobs great riches Were not truely come by and therefore God did plague him iustely for the same h Thogh God giue to all other 〈◊〉 of his blessings yet he shal haue no par te thereof i That is thesera neners and spoilers of the poore shal enioye their 〈◊〉 but for a 〈◊〉 after God Wil take it frome them cause thē to make restitutiō so that it is but an exchange k He shall leaue nothing to hys posteritie l The Wicked shal neuer be in rest for one Wicked man shall seke to destroy another m Some read vpō his flesh alluding to Iob whose flesh Was smiten with a scabbe n Some read of the quiuer o All feare sorow shall light vpon him Whē he thīketh to escape p That is fyre frō heauen or the fire of Gods Wrath. q Meaning the children of the Wicked shal flow awayelike riuers and be dispersed indiuers places r Thus God Wyll plague thewicked s Agaynste God thinking to excuse him self to es cape Gods hand a Your diligent marking of my wordess halbe to me a great consolation b As thogh he Woldesay I do not 〈◊〉 with mā 〈◊〉 with God Who will not answer me and ther fore my mynde 〈◊〉 be trou bled c He chargeth thē as thogh thei were not 〈◊〉 to cōprehend thys hys feling of Gods iud gement exhorteth them therfore to silence d Iob proueth against his aduersa ries that god puni sheth not straight Waies the wicked but oft times gyueth them lōg life prosperitie so that We must not iudge God iust or vniust by the thīg that appeare to our eye e Thei haue store of children Iustie and helthful in these pointes he answereth to that Which zophar alledged before f Not beynge tormented with long sickenes g Thei desire nothing more thē to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from all subiectiō hat 〈◊〉 shulde 〈◊〉 to God this Iob shew eth hys aduersaries that if they reason onely e by that which is sene by commune experience the wicked 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God are better delt with all then thei that loue him h It is not theyr owne but GOD onelye lendeth it 〈◊〉 them i God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 theyr 〈◊〉 k When God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his wickednes he s hal know that his 〈◊〉 Was but 〈◊〉 l Who sendeth to the Wicked prospe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the godlie m 〈◊〉 the Wicked n To Wit the godlye o As concernyng their bodies and this he speaketh accordinge to the cōmune 〈◊〉 p Thus thei called Iobs house in 〈◊〉 concludyng that it was destroyed because he was Wicked q VVhich 〈◊〉 long trauailing haue experience and 〈◊〉 herof to Wit that the wicked do prosper the godlye liue in affliction r Thogh the Wicked florishe here yet God will punishe hym in the last day s Thogh men do 〈◊〉 him and none dare reproue him in 〈◊〉 Worlde yet death is a tokē that God will bring him to an account t He shall be glad to lie in a stimye pit Which before colde not be content With a royal palace u Saying that the iust in this world haue prosperitie the wicked aduer sitie a 〈◊〉 Were iust yet God colde haue no profite of this his iustice therfore when he punisheth him he hath no regard to his iustice but to his sinne b Lest thou 〈◊〉 dest reproue 〈◊〉 hurt him c Thou hast bene cruel and without charitie Woldest do nothing for the poore but 〈◊〉 thine owne a 〈◊〉 Chap. 35. 7. d 〈◊〉 wast in power and autoritie thou didst no iustice but wrong e Thou haste not onely notshewed 〈◊〉 but oppressed them f That is manifold 〈◊〉 g He accuseth Iob of impietie con tempt of God as thoght he wolde say If thou passe not for men yet cōsider the height of Gods maiestie h That so muche themore by that excellent worke thou maiest 〈◊〉 God and 〈◊〉 him i He reproueth Iob as 〈◊〉 he denied Gods prouidence and that he 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 things that were done in thys worlde k How God hath punished thē from the beginning l He proueth gods 〈◊〉 by the punishement of the wicked whome he taketh away before they can brynge 〈◊〉 wicked purposes to passe m He answereth to that which Iob had said Chap. 21. 7. that the wicked haue prosperitie in this world desitynge that he might not be partaker of the sike n The iuste reioyce at the destruction of the wicked for two 〈◊〉 ses firste because God sheweth him selfe iudge of the 〈◊〉 by this meanes 〈◊〉 his honour glorie secondlye because God sheweth that he hathe care ouer hys in that he punisheth their enemies o That is the state and preseruation of the godly is hid vnder gods wings p Meaning of the wicked q He exhorteth Iob to repentance and to returne to God r God wil restore vnto thee all thy substāce s VVhich 〈◊〉 in abundance like dust t That is the fauour of God u God 〈◊〉 deliuer his when the wicked are destroyed rounde about them as in the flood and in Sodome x God will deliuer a whole countreye frome perill euen for the iuste manssake a He sheweth the iuste cause 〈◊〉 hys complaining and as touching that Elphaz had exhor ted him to returne to God cha 22. 21. he declareth that he 〈◊〉 nothyng more but it semed that God wold not be founde of him b Vsing his 〈◊〉 power 〈◊〉 saying Because I am God I maye do what I wil. c Of his me cie he wolde giue me power to answer him d VVhen he of his mercie hathe giuē strength to mainteine their cause e Meaning that if he consider Gods iustice he is not able to 〈◊〉 his iudgemēts on what side or part so euer he 〈◊〉 him self f God hathe thys 〈◊〉 aboue me that he know eth my waye to wit that I am innocent and I am not able to iudge of his workes he sheweth
also hys confidence that God doeth 〈◊〉 him for his profit g His worde is more precious vnto me then the meat where with the bodie is 〈◊〉 h Iob 〈◊〉 that at this 〈◊〉 he felt not Gods fauour and yet was assured that he had appointed him to a good ende i In manye pointes man is not able to 〈◊〉 to Gods iudgementes k That I shulde not be without feare l He sheweth the cause of his feare which is that he beirgin 〈◊〉 seeth none end nether yet know et h the cause a Thus Iob speaketh in 〈◊〉 and after the iudgemēt of the flesh that is that he seeth not the thinges that are done at times 〈◊〉 yet hathe a 〈◊〉 care ouer all because he punisheth not the wic ked nor reuēgeth the godlie b VVhen he punisheth the wicked and rewardeth the good c And for crueltie oppression dare not shewe theyr faces d That is spareno diligence e He and his lyus by robbing and murdering f Meaning 〈◊〉 poore mans g Signifying that one wicked man wil not spoile an other but for 〈◊〉 h The poore are driuē by the wicked into rockes holes where they can not lye drye for the rayne i That is they so powle and pille the poore widow that she can not haue to susteyne her selfe that she may be able to giue her child sucke k That is his garment wherewith he shulde be couered or clad l In suche places whiche are appointed for that purpose meaning that those that la bour for the wicked are pined for hungre m For the greate oppression and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 n Crye out call for vengeance o God doeth not cōdemnethe wicked but semeth to passe ouer it by his long silēce p That is Goddes worde because thei are 〈◊〉 thereby q By these particu 〈◊〉 vices and the licence therunto he wolde proue that God punisheth not the wic ked rewardeth the iuste r He fleeth to the waters for his succour s Thei thinke that all the worlde is bent against thē and dare not go by the hieway t As the drye grounde is neuer full with waters so will thei neuer cease sinning till thei come to the graue u Thogh God suffer thewicked for a time yet theyr end shal be moste vile destinction in this point Iob cometh to him self and sheweth his confidence x He sheweth why the wicked shal not be 〈◊〉 because he dyd not pitie others y He declareth that after that the wicked haue destroyed the weakest they will do like to the stronger and therefore are iustely preuented by Gods iudgements z That is that 〈◊〉 to your reasoning no man can giue a perfite reason 〈◊〉 Gods iudgements 〈◊〉 me be reproued Chap. xxv a His purpose is to proue that 〈◊〉 God trye and afflict the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 son after h sendeth prosperitie and because he did not so to Iob he cōcludeth that he is 〈◊〉 b 〈◊〉 can hide him from hisp esence c That is be iuste in respect of God d If God hewe his power the moone 〈◊〉 can not haue that light which is giuen them muche lesse can mā haue anye 〈◊〉 but of 〈◊〉 Chap. xxvi a Thou concludest nothing for nether thou 〈◊〉 me which am destitute of all helpe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ly on Gods 〈◊〉 who hath nonede of thy defence b But thou doest not applie it to the purpose c That is moueth thee to speake this d Iob 〈◊〉 to declare the force of Gods power and prouidence in the mines metals in the depe places of the earth e There is nothīg bid in the bottom of the earth but he seeth it f Meaning the graue wherein 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g He causeth the whole heauen to turne aboute the North pole h That is he hideth the 〈◊〉 whiche are called his throne i So long as this worlde 〈◊〉 k Not that 〈◊〉 hathe pillers to vpholde it 〈◊〉 he speaketh by a 〈◊〉 as thogh he 〈◊〉 say The heauen it self is not able to 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 l VVhiche is a figure of 〈◊〉 facioned like a serpent because of the crookednes m If these fewe things which we se daily with our eyes declare his 〈◊〉 power and prouidence how muche more wolde they appeare if we were able to comprehend all his workes a He hathe so sore afflicted me that men cānot iudge of mine vprightnes for thei iudge onely by 〈◊〉 signes b Howsoeuer mē iudge of me 〈◊〉 will I not speake contrarie to that which I haue said so do wickedly in betraying the 〈◊〉 c VVhich condēne me as a wicked man because the hād of God is vppon me 〈◊〉 I wil not cōfesse that God doeth thus punishe 〈◊〉 for 〈◊〉 sinnes e Of my life past f What aduantage hathe the dissembler to gaine neuer so much seing he shall lose hys owne soule g That is what God reserueth to him self whereof he giueth not the knowledge to all h That is these secret iudgemēts of God and yet do not vnderstande them i Why mainteine you then this 〈◊〉 k Thus Will God ordre the wicked and punishe him euen vnto his posteritie l None shal 〈◊〉 him m Which bredeth in another mans 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 garment but is sone shaken 〈◊〉 n He meaneth that the wicked tyrants shall not haue a quiet death 〈◊〉 be buried honorably a His purpose is to declare that mā maye atteine in this Worlde to diuers secrets of nature but man is neuer able to comprehend the wisdome 〈◊〉 God b 〈◊〉 is nothing but it is cōpased within certeine limites and 〈◊〉 he an end but Gods wisdome c Meaning him that 〈◊〉 thereby d VVhiche a man can not wade through e That 〈◊〉 corne vnder nethe is 〈◊〉 stone or cole which easely cōceiueth fyre f He alludeth to the mines and secrets of nature which are vnder the earth where into nether soules nor beasles can entre g After that he hath declared the wisdome of God in the secretes of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 describeth his power h Thogh 〈◊〉 power and wisdome may be 〈◊〉 stād in 〈◊〉 things yet his heauēlie wisdome can not be 〈◊〉 vnto i It is to hie a thing for man to atteine vnto in this worlde k I can nether be boght for golde nor precious 〈◊〉 but is onelye the gift of God l VVhich is thoght to be a kinde of precious 〈◊〉 m Meaning that there 〈◊〉 no natural meanes wherby man might atteine to the heauē lie wisdome whiche he 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 that she hie n He 〈◊〉 God onelye the 〈◊〉 of this wisdome and the 〈◊〉 thereof 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 7. o He declareth that man hathe so much of this heauenlie wisdome as he sheweth by fearing God and departing from 〈◊〉 †Ebr. moneths before a When I felt his fauour b I was fre from affliction c That is semed by euident tokēs to be more preset with me d By these similitudes he declareth the great prosperitie that he was in so that he
b He declareth that in our praier we muste liuely fele that whiche we desire and sted fastly beleue to obteine c These excessiue kindes of speache shew how 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the Churche ought to wound the hearts of the godlie d My sorowes were so greate that I passed not for mine ordinarie so de e Euer mourning and 〈◊〉 casting out searefull cryes f Haue conspired my death g I haue not risen out of my mourning to take my refection h He sheweth that the afflictions did not onelye thus moue him but 〈◊〉 the feling of Gods displeasure i Howsoeuer We be 〈◊〉 yet thy promes is sure and the remembrance thereof shall confirme vs for euer k That is the seuentie yeres Whiche by the prophet Icremie thou didst appoint Ier. 19. 12. l The more that the Churche is in miserie and desolation the more ought the faithfull to loue 〈◊〉 it m That is when he shall haue drawē his Church out of the darkenes of death n The deliuerance of the Church is a most excellent 〈◊〉 and therfore he compareth it to a new creation for in their banish ment the bodie of the Church semed to haue bene dead whiche by deliuerance was as it were created a newe o VVho now in their 〈◊〉 colde 〈◊〉 for nothing but death p He sheweth 〈◊〉 Gods Name is 〈◊〉 more praised then when religiō florisheth and the Church 〈◊〉 whiche thynge is chiefly accōplished vnder the 〈◊〉 dome of Christ. q The Churche lament that they 〈◊〉 not the time of Christ which was promised but haue but fewe yeres and short daies r If 〈◊〉 and earth perish muche more 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 perish but the 〈◊〉 by reason of Gods promes 〈◊〉 for euer s Seing thou hast chosen thy Church out of the worlde and ioyned it to thee it can not but continue for 〈◊〉 for thou art 〈◊〉 a He wakeneth his dulnes to praise God shewing that both vnderstā ding affections of minde heart are to litle to set forthe his praise b This is the beginning and 〈◊〉 of all benefites remission of sinne c For before that we haue remissiō of our sinnes weare as dead men in the graue d As the egle whē her beake ouergroweth sucketh blood and so it renued in strength euen so God mira culously giueth strength to his Church aboue all mans expectation e As to his chief minister and next to his people f He sheweth first his 〈◊〉 iudgement but so sone as the sinner is humbled he receiueth him to mercie g VVe haue prouē by continual expe rience that his mercie hathe euer preuailed against our offences h As great as the worlde is so 〈◊〉 it of signes of Gods mercies toward his faithful when he hathe remoued their sin nes i He declareth that man hathe nothing in him selfe tomoue God to mercie but onely the confession of his infirmitie and miserie k His 〈◊〉 and faithful keping of his promes l To whome he giueth grace to feare him and to obey his worde m In that that we which naturally 〈◊〉 to prai se God exhort the angels which wil lingly do it we 〈◊〉 vp our selues to consider our duerie and awake out of our 〈◊〉 a The Prophet she weth that we nedenot to 〈◊〉 into the heauens to seke God forasmuch as all the ordre of nature with the proprietie and placing of the elements are moste 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to se his ma iestie in d If by this power 〈◊〉 didest 〈◊〉 bridle the rage of the 〈◊〉 it were not possible but the whole worlde shulde be destroied b As the Prophet here 〈◊〉 that all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are readie to se ue God so the Apostle to the 〈◊〉 1. 7. 〈◊〉 in this glasse how that ve tie Angels also are obedient 〈◊〉 his commandement c Thou makest he sea to be an ornament vnto the earth d If by this power 〈◊〉 didest 〈◊〉 bridle the rage of the 〈◊〉 it were not possible but the whole worlde shulde be destroied e If God prouide for the verie 〈◊〉 much more wil he extend his prouident care to man f There is no pare of the worlde so bareu where moste 〈◊〉 signes of Gods blessings appeare not g Frō the cloudes h He 〈◊〉 Gods prouiden care ouer man who doeth not on ly prouide necessa rie things for him as her besand ano ther mea 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things to 〈◊〉 and comforte him as wine and 〈◊〉 or ointements “ Or dsie roes and suche like i As to separat the daie and to note daies moneth and yeres k That is by his course ether 〈◊〉 or nere it noreth sommer winter other seasons l That is they one ly finde meat according to Gods prouidence who 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for the 〈◊〉 beastes m To wit when the daie 〈◊〉 for thelight is as it were a shield to defend man against the tyrannie and fiercenes of beastes n He confesseth that no tongue is able to expresse Gods workes nor minde to compre hende them “ Or VVhale o God 〈◊〉 a moste 〈◊〉 Father who prouideth for all creatures their dalelie 〈◊〉 p As by thy presence all things ha ue 〈◊〉 so if thou with drawe thy blessings 〈◊〉 all peris h q As the death of creatures shew eth that we are nothing of ourselues so their generaciō declareth that we receiue all things of our Creator r Gods merciful facegiu thstrēg th to theearth but his seuere countenan ce 〈◊〉 the mountaines s VVho infect the worlde so cause God that he can not reioyce in his workes Psal. 〈◊〉 a Forasmuch as the the Israelites were exempted from the commune condemnation of the worlde were elected to be Gods people the Prophet willeth them to shewe them selues 〈◊〉 by thankesgining b By the strength and face he meaneth the Atke we e God declared his power his presence c VVhich he hathe wroght in the de liuerance of his people d Because his power was there by as liuely decla red as if he shuld haue declared it by 〈◊〉 e The promes which God made to 〈◊〉 to be his God and the God of his sede af ter him he renued and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to his sede after him f He 〈◊〉 that thei shulde not enioye the land of Canaan by anie other meanes but by reason of his couenantmade 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g That is the King of Egypt and the King of 〈◊〉 Gen. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 20. 3. h Those whome 〈◊〉 haue 〈◊〉 to be my people i Meaning the old fathers to whome God sheweth him self plainely and who were setters for he of his wo. de k 〈◊〉 her hy seding 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 o by taking aware the strength and 〈◊〉 thereof l So long he suffred 〈◊〉 as God had appointed and til he had tryed sufficiently his pacience m That the 〈◊〉 princes of the 〈◊〉 trey shulde be ac Ioseph commandement and learne 〈◊〉 an him n So it is in God ether to moue tho hearts of the
deliuered miraculously from his enemies but specially by the comming of Christ of whome he prophecieth in the next 〈◊〉 k The autor of eternitie and by whome the Church and 〈◊〉 member thereof shal be preserued for euer and haue immortal life l His singular loue and care for his elect m This is another prophecie against thē of Samaria which were 〈◊〉 and concemners of Gods promises and menaces g Their nomber was greater whē they went into captiuitie then when they retur ned but their ioye was greater at their returne 〈◊〉 2 10. n VVe were but weake when the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ouercame vs ut we wil make 〈◊〉 so strōg hat we wil neher care for 〈◊〉 mies nor feare Godsthreatenīgs o Rezin King of 〈◊〉 who was in league with 〈◊〉 was slaine by the Assyrians after whose death 〈◊〉 that is the Syrians 〈◊〉 againste Israél which on the other side were as sailed by the 〈◊〉 p wickednes as abellow se 〈◊〉 the fyre of Gods wrath which 〈◊〉 all his obstinate enemies q Thogh there were no foren enemie yet they shal destroy one another r Their griedines shal be 〈◊〉 so that one 〈◊〉 shal eat vp another as thogh he shulde eat his owneflesh a which write pronounce a wic ked 〈◊〉 to op presse the poore meaning that the wicked magistra tes which were the chief cause of mischief 〈◊〉 be first 〈◊〉 b To wit from Assyria c Your riches autoritie thatthei maie be safe and that yemaie recei 〈◊〉 them againe d Because thei ha ue forsaken 〈◊〉 someshal go into 〈◊〉 the rest shal be slaine e God calleth for the Assyrians to be the 〈◊〉 of his vengence f That is the Assyrians againste the Iewes which are but 〈◊〉 in this sixt seuenth verse is 〈◊〉 the difference of the worke of God of the wicked in one verie thing and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gods intentiō is to cha stice thē for their amendement the 〈◊〉 pur pose is to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to enriche them selues thus in respect of Gods 〈◊〉 it is Gods worke but in re spect of their owne 〈◊〉 it is the worke of the deuil g Seing that haue ouercome aswel one 〈◊〉 as another so that none colde 〈◊〉 shal 〈◊〉 be able to escape 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 h VVen he hathe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cople for he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at his owne house ti ēwil he bur ne 〈◊〉 roddes i Meaning o Saneherib k Here we se that no 〈◊〉 is able to do anie thing but as God appointeth him that they are allbut his in 〈◊〉 ments to do his worke thogh the intentions be diuerse as ver 6. l Meaning that God is a light to comfort his people and a fyre to burne his enemies m That is the As syrians n To wit bodie and soule vtterly o When the battel is lost and the standerd taken p This is the end of Gods plagues towards his to 〈◊〉 them to him and to forsake all trust in others q This smale nomber whiche semed to be consumed and yet according to Gods decre is 〈◊〉 ued shall be sufficient to fil all the worlde with righteousnes r God will destroye this lande as he hathe deter mined and after saue a smal portion s As the Egyptians did punish thee t Read Chap. 9. 4 u VVhen the Israelites passed through by the lifting vp of Mo ses rod and the enemies 〈◊〉 drowned Exod. 14. 28. x Because of the promes made to that kingdome whereby Christs kingdome was 〈◊〉 y He describeth by what waye the 〈◊〉 shulde come against Ierusalem to 〈◊〉 me the fai hfull when it shulde come to passe that as their plague was come so shuld they be deliuered z Feare and destruction shall come vpō 〈◊〉 for the princes the people shall all be led awaie captiues a Because the 〈◊〉 of Babylon was a figure of the spirituall 〈◊〉 vnder sinne he she weth that our true deliuerance must come by Christe for as Dauid 〈◊〉 out of Ishai a man without di gnitie so 〈◊〉 shuldecome of a poore carpēters house as out of a dead stocke b All these properties can agre to none but onely vnto Christ for it is he that 〈◊〉 the heartes of the faithful ād 〈◊〉 their concupiscences to the wicked he is the sauour of death and to thē that shal 〈◊〉 so that all the worlde 〈◊〉 be 〈◊〉 with this rod when is hys worde Chap. 〈◊〉 2. c Mē because of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 affections are 〈◊〉 by the names of beastes wherein 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but Christ by his Spirit shal 〈◊〉 thē 〈◊〉 in them suche mutual 〈◊〉 that they shal be like lambes sauoryng and louing one another and cast of all their cruel affections Chap. 65. 25. d It shal be in as great abundance as the waters in the sea e He prophecieth of the calling of the Gentiles f That is 〈◊〉 Churche whiche he also calleth his rest Psal. 〈◊〉 14. g For God firste deliuered his peo ple 〈◊〉 of Egypt and now 〈◊〉 seth to deliuer thē cut of their enemies hands as from the Parthians Persians Chaldeans and thē of Antiochia amonge whome they were dispersed and this is chiefly ment of Christ who calleth hys people being dispersed through 〈◊〉 all the worlde h Here he descri 〈◊〉 the consent that shal be in his Churche and their victorie against their enemies i Meaning a corner of the sea that entreth into the land and hathe the forme of a tongue k To wit Nilus the great 〈◊〉 of Egypt whiche entreth into the sea with seuen 〈◊〉 a He sheweth how the Churche shal praise God when they are de liuered frome their captiuitie b Our saluacion standeth onelye in God who giueth vs an assured confidence constancie and occasion to praise hym for the same c The graces of God shal be so abundant that ye may receiue thē in as greà t plentie as waters out of a fountaine that is ful * 1. Chron 16. 8. Exod. 15. 2. Psal. 118. 14. d Ye that are of the Church a That is the great 〈◊〉 ie which was prophecied to come on Babel as a moste grieuous burden whiche they were not able to beare in these 12 Chapters followynge he speaketh of the plagues wherewith God wolde smite these strāge nacions who me they knew to declare that God chastised the 〈◊〉 as hys childrē and these other as hys enemies and also that if God spare not these that are ignoraunt that they muste not thinke strange if he punished thē whiche haue kno ledge of his Law and kepe it not b To wit to the Medes and the Persians c That is prepared and appointed to execut my iudgements d VVhich willingly go about the worke whereunto I appointe them but howe the wicked do this read Chap. 10. 6. e The 〈◊〉 of the Medes and the Persians against Babylon f Ye Babilonians g The Babylonians angre and 〈◊〉 shal be so muche that their faces shal burne as fyre
I haue determi ned in my secret counsel and 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 to destroy thē 〈◊〉 my sworde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with sheding blood e Thei had an opi nion of holines because thei came of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but in effect were accursed of God enemies vnto his Church as the 〈◊〉 are f That is bothe o yong and olde poore and riche of his enemies g That famous citie shal be consumed as a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 h The mightie riche shal be as well destroyed as the 〈◊〉 i He alludeth to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorah k Read Chap. 13. 21 and zephan 2 14. l In vaine shall any mā go about to buyld it 〈◊〉 m Meaning there shal be nether order nor policie nor 〈◊〉 of commune weale n Read Chap 13. 21 o Signifying that Idumea shuld be an 〈◊〉 desolation and baren wildernes p That is in the Law where such curses are threatned againste the wicked Chap. XXXV q To wit beastes and foules r That is the mouthe of the Lord. s He hathe giuen the beastes and foules Idumea for an inheritance a He 〈◊〉 of the ful 〈◊〉 ̄ of the Church both of the 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 vnder 〈◊〉 which shal be 〈◊〉 accōplished at the last day albeit as yet it is 〈◊〉 to a desert and 〈◊〉 b The Church whi che was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to a 〈◊〉 wildernes shal by Christ be made 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and beautiful c He sheweh that the 〈◊〉 of God is the cause that the 〈◊〉 doeth bring forth 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 d He 〈◊〉 all to 〈◊〉 one an other and 〈◊〉 the ministers to exhorte strengthen the 〈◊〉 that they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 abide the coming of God 〈◊〉 is at 〈◊〉 e To destroye your enemies f VVhē the knowledge of Christ is 〈◊〉 g 〈◊〉 that were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 of God shal haue thē giuen by Christ. h It shal be for the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for the Wicked i God shal lead guide 〈◊〉 alluding to the 〈◊〉 forthe of 〈◊〉 k 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 to the wicked to be 〈◊〉 hereby 〈◊〉 30 6. l VVhome the Lord shal 〈◊〉 from the 〈◊〉 tie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a This historie is 〈◊〉 because it is as a 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 of the doctrine 〈◊〉 bothe for the threatnings and 〈◊〉 to wit that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 suffer his Churche to be afflicted but at length wolde end deliuerance b VVhen he had abolished supersticion and 〈◊〉 and restored religion yet God wolde exercise his Church to 〈◊〉 their 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 cience c For hewas now restored to his 〈◊〉 as Isaiah had prophecied Chap. 22. 20 d This declareth that there we e sew 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 in the Kings house when he was 〈◊〉 to send this w 〈◊〉 man in suche a 〈◊〉 matter c Saneheribs chief captaine f He speaketh this in the persone of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 charging him that he put his 〈◊〉 in his wit and eloquence where as his 〈◊〉 confidence was in the Lord. g Satan labored to pul the godlye King from one vaine confidence to another to wit from trust in the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 power was weak and wold deceiue thē to yelde him selfe to the 〈◊〉 and so not to hope for anye helpe of God “ Or turne backe h He reprocheth to Hezekiah his smale power whi che is not able to resist one of 〈◊〉 least captaines i Thus the wicked to deceiue 〈◊〉 will 〈◊〉 the Name of the Lord but we must trye the 〈◊〉 whether thei be of God or 〈◊〉 k Thei were afraide lest by hys wordes he shuld haue 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 against he King and also 〈◊〉 tended to 〈◊〉 we to so me 〈◊〉 with him †〈◊〉 the water of theirfete l The 〈◊〉 worde 〈◊〉 blessing whereby this wicked 〈◊〉 wold haue persuaded the peo ple that their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be 〈◊〉 vnder 〈◊〉 thē vnder Hezekiah m That is of Antiochia in 〈◊〉 of the which these two others cities also were whereby we se how euery towne had his peculiar idole how the wicked make God an idol becau se they do not vn 〈◊〉 that God maketh them his scourge and punisheth cities for sin nes n Not that thei did not shewe by 〈◊〉 signes that 〈◊〉 did 〈◊〉 hisblasphemie for thei had now rent 〈◊〉 clothes but they knewe it was in vaine to vse long reasoning with this in side le whose rage thei shulde haue somuch more pro uoked Chap. XXXVII 2. King 19. 1. a In signe of grief and 〈◊〉 b To haue cōfort of him by the worde of God that his faith might be confirmed andso his prayer be more earnest teaching hereby that in all 〈◊〉 these two are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 remedies to seke vnto God and his ministers c VVe are in as great sorowe as a woman that trauaileth of childe and can not be de liuered d That is wil declare by effect that he hathe heard it for when God 〈◊〉 to punish it 〈◊〉 to the flesh that he knoweth not the sinne or heareth not the cause e Declaring that the ministers offi ce not onely stand in comforting by the worde but al so in praying for the people f 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 that shal come sight against him g VVhich was a citie toward Egypt thinking the rehy to 〈◊〉 the force of his enemies h Thus God wolde haue him to vt ter amoste horrible blasphemie be fore his 〈◊〉 as to call the autor of all trueth a deceiuer 〈◊〉 gather hereby that Shenah had 〈◊〉 sed vnto 〈◊〉 the answer that Isaidh sent to the King i VVhich was aci tie of the 〈◊〉 k Called also Char 〈◊〉 in Meso 〈◊〉 whence Abraham came of ter his fathers death l He 〈◊〉 his praier on Gods promes who pro mised to heare 〈◊〉 from betwene the Cherubins m Meaning of the ten tribes n He declareth for what cause he praied that they might be deliuered to wit that God might beglo rified thereby through all the worlde o VVhome God had chosen to him self as a chaste vir gine ouer who me he had care to preserue her from the Iustes of the ty rant 〈◊〉 a father wolde haue ouer his daughter p Declaring here by that they that are enemies to Gods Church 〈◊〉 against him who sequarel his Chur che onely 〈◊〉 neth q He 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his policie in 〈◊〉 that he can 〈◊〉 meanes to 〈◊〉 his armie and 〈◊〉 his power in that that his armie is so great that it is able to drye vp whole riuers and to destroy the wa ters whiche the Iewes had closed in r Signifying that God made 〈◊〉 his Church to destroy it but to preserus it therefore he saieth that he formed it of olde 〈◊〉 in his eternal coūsel which can not be changed †〈◊〉 short in hand s He sheweth that the state power of moste 〈◊〉 cities 〈◊〉 but a moment in respect of the Church which shal remai ne for euer because God is the main 〈◊〉 thereof t Meaning his counsels and enterprises u
and 〈◊〉 ād put on the apparel of ioye and gladnes c The Babylonians paied 〈◊〉 to me for you therefore I will take you againe without 〈◊〉 d VVhen Iaakob went thether in time of 〈◊〉 e The Egyptians myght 〈◊〉 some 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 op presse my people because they went thether ād remained amōg them but the As 〈◊〉 haue no title to excuse their tyrānie by and therfore wil I punis he them more them I did the Egyptians f To wit by the wicked whiche thinke that I haue no power to deliuer them g 〈◊〉 that the 〈◊〉 ād good tidings of their deliurance shuld make their affliction in the mea ne time more ea sy but this is chie fly ment of the spiritual ioye as Nah. 1. 15. h The Prophetes whiche are thy watchmen shal publish this thy deliurance this was 〈◊〉 vnder zerubbabél Ezra ād Nehemiah but was accomplyshed vnder Christ. Rom. 10. 〈◊〉 k He warneth the faithfull not to pollute them selues with the superstitions of the Babylonians as Chap. 48. 20. 2 Cor. 6. 7. l For the time is at 〈◊〉 that the 〈◊〉 and Leuites chiefly and so by them all the people which shal be as 〈◊〉 in this of office shal cary home the vessels of the Temple which N 〈◊〉 had taken awaye m As your fathers did out of E 〈◊〉 n Meanyng Christ by 〈◊〉 our spiritual deliurance shulde be 〈◊〉 whereof this was a figure i As ready to smite hysennemies and to deliuer his people o In the corrupt 〈◊〉 of man Christ in his persone was not estemed p He shall sp ead his worde through manie nations q In signe of 〈◊〉 and as beyng aslonis hed at his excellencie r By the preachyng of the Gospel a The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that ve rie fewe shal receiue this their preachynge of Christ of their deliuerance by him Ioh. 〈◊〉 38. b Meanyng that none can beleue but whose heartes God 〈◊〉 with the vertue of his holie spirit c The beginning of Christs kingdome shal be smale and contē ptible ī the sight of mā but it shal growe wonderfully and florish before God d Read Chap 11. 〈◊〉 Rom. 〈◊〉 16. e VVhich was by gods singular pro uidence for the comforte of sinners Ebr. 4. 〈◊〉 f That is the punis hment due to our sinnes for the whiche he hath both suffred and made satisfa ction Mat. 8. 17. 1. pet 2. 24. g VVe iudge euil thinking that he was punished for his owne sin nes and not for 〈◊〉 h He was chastised for our recon ciliation 1. Cor. 15 〈◊〉 i Meaning the punishemnt of our 〈◊〉 not the 〈◊〉 it self k But willingly paciently obey ed his fathers appointement Mat 26 63. act 8 〈◊〉 l From the crosse and graue after that he was con demned m Thogh he dyed for 〈◊〉 yet after his resurrectiō he shal liue for euer and this his death is to restore life to his mem bers Rom. 6 9. n God the Father deliuer dhim into the hands of the wicked and to the powers of the worlde to do with him what hev wolde o Christ by off 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him self shal giue life to his Church and so cause them to liue with him for euer p That is the frut and effect of his labour which is the saluacion of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 q 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 iustifie by faith through is worde where as Moses colde not 〈◊〉 by the Lawe r 〈◊〉 be humbled him self therefore 〈◊〉 shal be 〈◊〉 to glorie 〈◊〉 2 7. s 〈◊〉 is in all that beleue in him a After that he hathe declared the death of Christ he speaketh to the Church because it shulde fele the frute of the same calleth her barē because that 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 she was as a widdowe without hope to haue anie children b The Church in this her affliction captiuitie 〈◊〉 bring forth mo children then when she was at 〈◊〉 or this may he spok n by 〈◊〉 cōsidering the great nomber that shul de come of her Her deliuerance vnder Cyrus was as 〈◊〉 childe he de therefore this was accōplished when she came to her age whiche was vnder the Gospel c Signifying that for the great 〈◊〉 ber of children that God shulde gvue her she shulde seme to lacke roume to lodge them d The afflictions whiche thou suf fred at the begin 〈◊〉 e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap 50. 1. f That did 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thee by his holy 〈◊〉 g His glorie 〈◊〉 al 〈◊〉 through the whole worlde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be shut vp in 〈◊〉 h As a wife which wast 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thy you h. i As sure as the promes that I made to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 shulde no more 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 earth k 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 te of the Church vnder 〈◊〉 l By the hearing of 〈◊〉 worde and in ward 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 m In 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 so that it shal 〈◊〉 for euer Or 〈◊〉 or pea 〈◊〉 o Meaning the domestical enemies of the Chu ch as 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p 〈◊〉 ing hereby that man can do nothing but so 〈◊〉 as God giueth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 seing that all are his 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 nedes gouerne and guide them n And therefore shal not preuaile a Christ by proposing his graces and 〈◊〉 to his Church 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 which are 〈◊〉 with their imagined 〈◊〉 the Epicures which areful with their worldelie lusts and so thirst not after these waters b Signifying that Gods 〈◊〉 can 〈◊〉 be boght for 〈◊〉 c By 〈◊〉 wine milke bread he meaneth all things necessarie to the 〈◊〉 life as these are necessarie to this corporal life d He reproueth their ingratitude which refuse tho se things that God off eth wil lingly and in the meane time spare nether cost 〈◊〉 labour to obteine those which are nothing profitable e You shal be fed abundantly f The same couenant whiche through my mer cie I ratified and confirmed to Da uid that it shulde be eternal 2. Sam 7 13. act 13 34. g Meaning Christ of whom Dauid was a figure h To wit the Gē tiles whiche before thou 〈◊〉 not receiue to be thy people i When he offreth him self by the preaching of his worde k Hereby he shew eth that repentā ce mustbe ioyned with faith and how we can not call vpon God aright except the frutes of ourfaith appeare l Althogh you are not sone reconciled one to another and iudge me by your selues yet I am most easie to be reconciled yea I offer my mercies to you m If these smale things haue their effect as daiely 〈◊〉 muche more shal my promes which I haue made and cōhrmed bring to passe the thing which I haue spoken for your deliuerance n Read Chap 44 2 49 1. o To set forth his glorie p Of Gods deliuerance and that the wil neuer 〈◊〉 his Church a God sheweth what erequireth of thē after that he hath deliuered 〈◊〉 wit the workes of 〈◊〉 whereby 〈◊〉 saith is
for their office sake are called gods ād are made here in earth as hys lieutenāts wher fore if thys noble title be giuen to man muche more it appertei ned to hym that is the Sonne of God equall with his Father o VVhereby 〈◊〉 gathered that Christ was more excellent then Iohn Chap. 12. 3. Mat. 26. 7. a For althogh he dyed yet beyng restored so sone to life it was al most no death in comparison Chap. 7. 30. and 8. 59. and 10. 33. b He that walketh in his voca tion and hathe the light of God for his guide nedeth to feare no dāgers The day also bothe sommer and Winter was wyth the Iewes diuided into 12 houres c They labored to stay Christ frō going into Iudea as thogh there had bene no nede “ Or 〈◊〉 slepe d Which signisieth in our tongue a twynne in birth e Which were almost two mile f She sheweth some faith which not withstāding was almost ouer come by her affections g Christ restoreth vs from death to giue vs euerlastīg life h Wherein she declared her affe ction and reuerence that she ba re to Christ. i For 〈◊〉 for he felr our 〈◊〉 series as 〈◊〉 he suffred 〈◊〉 like k We read 〈◊〉 that his 〈◊〉 were so 〈◊〉 that he kept 〈◊〉 measure as 〈◊〉 do in our 〈◊〉 es ioyes and 〈◊〉 ther affections l That is a 〈◊〉 cle whereby Gods Name 〈◊〉 de be glorified m They resiste God thinking to hinder his worke by their owne 〈◊〉 n Or for that pre sent time o God made him to speake nether colde his impietie let Gods purpose who caused this wicked man euen as he did Balaam to be an instrument of the holie Gost. Because thei 〈◊〉 hereby to 〈◊〉 them 〈◊〉 more holie 〈◊〉 thei shul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 but they 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 by God 〈◊〉 vse this 〈◊〉 Mart. 26. 6. Mar. 14. 3. a Euen from the head to the 〈◊〉 b Read Mark. 14. 5. 5 〈◊〉 Chap. 13. 29. Matt. 21 8. mark 11. 7. Luk. 19. 35. c 〈◊〉 is saue I besech thee d This doeth Wel declare that his kingdome stode not in out Warde things 〈◊〉 9 9. “ Or the preasse e They Were of the race of the Iewes and came out of Asia and Grecia for els the Iewes Wolde not haue permitted that they shulde Worship With them in the Tem ple. f Which is that the knowledge of him shulde be manifest through all the Worlde g If the loue thereof let him from comming to Christ. h And so 〈◊〉 it for Christs sake Mat. 10. 39. 16.10 Marke 8. 35. Luk 9. 24. 17. 〈◊〉 Chap. 17. 24. Chap. 3. 14. i The reformacion and restoring of those things Which Were out of order k The crosse is the meane to 〈◊〉 the Church of God together and to drawe men to heauen l Not onely the Iewes but also the Gentiles Psal 89. 37. 〈◊〉 4. 117. 2. Ezek. 37. 25. Chap. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 10. 6. m That is the Go spel Which is the power of God to saluacion to 〈◊〉 one that doeth beleue Isa. 6. 9. Mat. 13. 14. Mark 4. 12. Luke 8. 11. Act. 28. 26. n By deliueryng them from their miseries and giuing them true felicitie Rom. 11. 8. “ Or 〈◊〉 o To be estemed of men Chap. 5. 44. Chap. 3. 19. and 9. 39. “ Or condemne “ Or condemne “ Or condēneth Mark 16. 25. p 〈◊〉 that daye shal be the apptobacion of the Gospel Chap. 3. 17. Mat. 26. 〈◊〉 Mark 14. 〈◊〉 Luke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Because he sawe the danger great Which Was towarde them therfore he toke the greater eare for them b VVhiche Was the eating of the passeouer c And makethee cleane from thy sinnes d That is to be con inually purged of hys corrupte affections and 〈◊〉 cares Whiche remaine daylye 〈◊〉 vs. Chap. 15. 〈◊〉 e To serue 〈◊〉 another Chap. 15. 20. Mat. 10. 4. Luke 6. 〈◊〉 Psal. 41. 10. f Vnder pretence of friendes 〈◊〉 seketh hys destruction g To Wit the Christ and redemer of the World Mat. 10 40. Luke 10. 16. h For verie horror and 〈◊〉 tion of suche an abominable acte as Iudas shulde commit i He did openly affirme Mat 26. 21. Marke 14. 18. k Their 〈◊〉 Was not to 〈◊〉 at table but hauing their shoes of cust hions vnder theyr elbowes 〈◊〉 on their sides as it Were halfe lying Luke 22. 21. l Satan toke ful 〈◊〉 of him m Meaning that his crosse 〈◊〉 in gēder a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and that in it shal 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 bountie of God Chap. 7. 34. 〈◊〉 19 18. n VVhereof we oght to 〈◊〉 cou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ce as 〈◊〉 it 〈◊〉 newly 〈◊〉 Mat. 22. 39. Chap. 15. 2. 〈◊〉 Iohn 4. 21. o VVhen thou shalt be more strong Mat 26. 14. 〈◊〉 14. 30. a For in so beleuing no troubles shall ouercome them b So that there is not onely place for him but for all his c At the 〈◊〉 day Act. 1. 11. d He was not altogether igno 〈◊〉 at but his knowled ge wis weake imperfite e Therefore we muste begin in him contine we in him and 〈◊〉 end in him f For the verie fulnes of the diuinitie remaineth in Christ. g In that that he is man h Who declareth his maiestie and vertue by his 〈◊〉 and miracles i This is referred to the whole bo die of the Church in whome this vertue of Christ doeth shine and remaine for euer Chap. 16. 23. mat 7. 7. mar 11. 24. iam 1. 5. k I haue comforted you whiles l Was with you but hensforthe the holie Gost shal comfort you and preserue you I So called becau se he worketh in vs the trueth m VVhich thing he doeth by the vertue of his Spirit n He shal sensibly 〈◊〉 that the grace of God abi deth in him o But the brother of 〈◊〉 p VVhereby he aduertiseth them not to haue respect to the worlde lest they shulde be drawē backe by 〈◊〉 example q That is not his alone for he had nothing separate from his Father r All comfort prosperitie s In that that Christ is become man to be Media 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God and vs. t Satā executeth his rage tyran nie by the permission of God u Satā shal assaile me with all his force but he shal not finde that in me whiche he loketh for for I am that innocēt lambe without spot Mat. 〈◊〉 13. Chap. 〈◊〉 11. a VVe can bring forthe no frute except we be in greffed in Christ. b VVe muste be rooted in Iesus Christ by faith 〈◊〉 cometh of 〈◊〉 word of God c So that ye folowe Gods word which ye cōprehend by faith d VVhere with I 〈◊〉 you e Perfect entier Chap. 13. 34. 1. Thess. 1. 9. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. 11. 4. 21. f So that there is nothing omitted that is necessarie for vs and concer ning our saluaciō Mat. 28. 19. g The worde also signifieth
to be diligent to espie fautes to trippe one in h Which is the self same worde but 〈◊〉 called 〈◊〉 because 〈◊〉 preache it Chap. 11. 16. Matt. 10. 24. Matth. 24. 9. i But shulde haue semed to be innocent if I had not discouered their malice k In that they 〈◊〉 Christ 〈◊〉 taketh frō them all excuse where 〈◊〉 they wolde haue iustified thē selues as if they had bene very holie ād without all sinne Psal. 35. 19. l That is in the holie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 14 26. 〈◊〉 24. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a And so shrinke from me †Greke put you out of the Synagogues b He bare with thē because they were but weakelings c For if you did cōsider 〈◊〉 wold reioyce d Or conu 〈◊〉 This is to be vnderstand of the comming of the holie Gost when his vertue and strength shal shine in the 〈◊〉 e His enemies which contēned him and put him to death shal be 〈◊〉 by their owne conscience for that they did not beleue 〈◊〉 him Act. 2. 37 shall know that with our Iesus Christ there is nothing but sinne f Wherefore the W 〈◊〉 must nedes confesse that he was iuste and beloued of his Father and not condemned by him as a blasphemer or 〈◊〉 g When they shal knowe that I whome they called the carpen 〈◊〉 sonne and willed to come downe from the crosse am theve rie Sonne of God which haue ouer come all the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of hel and reigne ouer all h These things are conteined in the doctrine of the Apostles which onely is sufficient i As touching the spiritual kingdome of God for the Apo stles knewe 〈◊〉 that til after the resurrection k Mine absence 〈◊〉 not be long for 〈◊〉 wil send you the holie Gost who shal remaine with you for euer l From death I passe to glorie so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in due you with mine heauenlie vertue 2. Cor. 10. 12. ephe 1. 19. m By thepower and vertue of the 〈◊〉 Gost. n For it shal be grounded vpon my resurrection the grace of the holie Gost. o For ye shal haue perfect knowledge and shal no more 〈◊〉 as you were wont Chap. 14. 13. p In respect of that that you shal 〈◊〉 if you aske in faith Mat. 7. 7. 21. 22. 〈◊〉 11. 24. Luk. 〈◊〉 9. Iam 1. 5. q Christ denieth not that he is the mediator but 〈◊〉 that they shal obteine their requests without difficultie or any paine Chap 17. 8. Matth. 26. 37. Mark 14. 27. r Althogh men forsake Christ yet is 〈◊〉 whit diminished for he and his Father are one s We haue rest and comfort whē we 〈◊〉 are truely graffed in Christ. Mat. 28. 8. a Christ hathe all rule and dominion ouer men b Which are the elect c That is that thei acknowledge bothe the Father and the Son ne to be verie God d Aswel by doctrine as miracles e Our election standeth in the good pleasure of God which is the onelie funda tion and cause of our saluation 〈◊〉 is declared to vs in Christ 〈◊〉 whome we are iustified by faith and sanctified Rom. 8. 39. Ephes. 1. 4. f That is the reprobate Chap. 16. 27. g That they may be ioyned in vni tie of faith and spirit h He was so called not onely for that he perished but because God had appointed ād ordeined him to this end i But are separate by the spirit of regeneration Act. 1. 16. 4. 27. Psal. 10. 9. 〈◊〉 “ Or consecrat them 〈◊〉 thy self k Rene we them with thine heauenlie grace that they onely may seke thy wil. l Which thing declareth that Christs holinesis ours m That the infideles may be experience be conuicted to confesse my glorie n I haue shewed 〈◊〉 the example and patron of perfect felicitie Chap. 12. 16. o That they maie profit ād growe vp in suche sort that in the end they may enioy the 〈◊〉 glorie with me p For without him we can not comprehēde the loue where with God loueth vs. 1. 〈◊〉 15. 13. a Which was a deepe valley through the which a streame ranne after a 〈◊〉 raine Matt. 26. 36. Mat. 14. 32. Luk. 22. 39. b The which he had obteined of the gouernour of the Temple Matth. 26. 47. 〈◊〉 14. 43. Luk. 22. 47. c He bothe 〈◊〉 their bodies and also saueth their soules Chap. 17. 12. Luk. 3. 2. d Who sent Christ vnto Caiaphas the high Priest bounde e Althogh this office was for ter me of life by Gods ordinance yet the ambition and 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 caused the Romaines 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 time to 〈◊〉 it either for briberie or fa uour Chap. 11. 50. Matth. 26. 38. Matth. 14. 54. Luk. 22. 〈◊〉 f That is 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 g After that Caiaphas had first sent him to 〈◊〉 Matth. 26. 57. 〈◊〉 14. 〈◊〉 Luk. 22. 〈◊〉 Mat. 27. 2. 〈◊〉 16. 15 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 10. 28. 11. 3. h He spake this 〈◊〉 because they were so 〈◊〉 against 〈◊〉 e 〈◊〉 i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they shul de say 〈◊〉 wilt not suffre vs to do 〈◊〉 for he knew hat 〈◊〉 was not 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 death 〈◊〉 20. 19 〈◊〉 27 11. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. Luk. 〈◊〉 31. k 〈◊〉 standeth not in strength of mē nor in world 〈◊〉 defence l This was a 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 question 〈◊〉 27. 15. m This was one of their blinde abuses for the Law of God gaue no 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quite a wicked trespaser Mark 〈◊〉 6. Luk 2 27. Act. 〈◊〉 14. a He thoght to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the furie of the Iewes by some in 〈◊〉 correction Matth. 27. 〈◊〉 Mark 15 18. b He spake in 〈◊〉 i 〈◊〉 Christ called him 〈◊〉 King c Christ was in dede the 〈◊〉 of GOD and therefore might 〈◊〉 call him 〈◊〉 so without 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 wherefore then 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was falsely applied d Hereby he 〈◊〉 him 〈◊〉 ought not to 〈◊〉 his office and 〈◊〉 e A place some what high and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vp f Which was midday 〈◊〉 27. 31. 〈◊〉 15 21. Luk. 23. 26. g Which was the place 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 h Because all 〈◊〉 might vnderstand it Mat. 27. 35. Mark 15. 14. Luke 23. 33 i That whiche was prefigured in Dauid was ac complished in Iesus Christ. 〈◊〉 22. 20. “ Or 〈◊〉 Psal. 68. 〈◊〉 k Or 〈◊〉 it vpon an hyssope stalke l It may appeare that the crosse was not hye seyng a man myght 〈◊〉 Christes mouthe with an hyssope stalke which as 〈◊〉 1. King 4. 33. Was the lowest 〈◊〉 herbes as the cedre was hyest amonges 〈◊〉 m Mans saluacion is perfected by the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 and all the ceremonies of the Lawe are ended n Because the dai of the Passeouer fel on the Sabbath day o 〈◊〉 declareth that he was dead in dede as he rose 〈◊〉 e 〈◊〉 death to life Exod. 12. 46. Nomb. 9. 12. 〈◊〉 12. 10. Mat. 27. 〈◊〉 Mark 〈◊〉 42. p That is to say 〈◊〉 Christes death but now he declareth him selfe manifestly Luk.
bothe one doctrine Read Mark 〈◊〉 34. m To wit the clothes of Paul and Silas 2. Cor. 11. 3. 1. 〈◊〉 2. 2. “ Or in the bottome of the prison or in a 〈◊〉 “ Or woundes or hurtes “ Greke he set the table () The Gouernours assembled together in the market and remembring the 〈◊〉 quake that was they feared and sent c. n No man had 〈◊〉 to beat or put to death a citizen Romaine but the Romaines them selues by the consent of the People o For the punish ment was great against thē that did 〈◊〉 to a 〈◊〉 Romaine a Like quarell piking thei vsed against Christ ād these be the wea pons where with the worlde continually 〈◊〉 against the mem bres of Christ trayson and sedition “ Or a sufficient answer b Not more excellent of birth but more prōpt and couragious in receiuing the worde of God for he compareth them of Berea with thē of Thessalonica who persecuted the Aposties in Betea c This was not onely to 〈◊〉 if these thīgs which thei had heard were true but also to confirme them selues in the same and to increase their faith Ioh. 5. 39. “ Or had the char ge to conduit him safely d That citie which was the fountaine of all knowledge was now the sinke of moste horrible Idolatrie e Suche was his feruent zeale towards God glo rie that he labored to amplifie the same bothe in season and out of season as he taught 〈◊〉 de to Timothie f who helde that pleasure was mās whole folicitie g who taught that vertue was onely mans felicitie which not withstāding they neuer atteined vnto h where iudgement was giuen of waightie matters but chiefely of 〈◊〉 against their gods whereof Paul was accused or els was led thither because of the resorte of peo ple whose eares euer tickled to heare newes Or 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 “ Or had leasure Chap. 7. 48. Psal. 50. 〈◊〉 l Before mā was created God had appointed his sta te and condition m This is 〈◊〉 as touching the sondrie changes of the worlde as when some people departe out of a countrey others come to dwel therein n Men 〈◊〉 in darkenes til Christ the true light shine in their hearts o As Aratus and others p He condēneth the matter and the forme where with God is coūterfaited q But pardoned it and did not 〈◊〉 nish it as it deser ued Isa. 40. 23. r This is ment of the vniuersal worlde and not of euery particular man for who soeuer sinneth without the Law shal die without the Lawe “ Or a iudge of Mars strete Rom. 16. 3. a This was Clau dius Cesar who then was Emperour b Thus he vsed where euer he came but principally at Corinthus because of the false Apostles whiche preached with out wages to winne the peo ples fauour c Or pauillions 〈◊〉 thē were made of skinnes d And boyled with a certeine zeale e Because they haue none excuse he denounceth the vengean ce of God against them through their owne 〈◊〉 1. Cor. 1. 14. Chap. 11. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 16. 14. f God promiseth him a special pro tection whereby he wolde defende him from the violent rage of his enemies “ Or Grecia g They accused him because he 〈◊〉 the seruice of God appointed by the Law h Of whome 〈◊〉 spoken 1. Cor. 1. 1. i Paul did thus 〈◊〉 with the Iewes infirmities which as 〈◊〉 were not sufficiently instructed Nomb 6. 18. Chap. 21. 24. 2. Cor. 4. 19. Iam. 4. 15. k Called Cesaria 〈◊〉 2. Cor. 1. 12. “ Or wel instructed l That is wasome what entred m He had but as yet the first principales of Christs religionand by baptisme is here ment the doctrine n This great lear ned and eloquēt man 〈◊〉 not to be taught of a poore 〈◊〉 man o The way to sal uation a That is the par ticular 〈◊〉 of the Spirit for as yet they knewe not the visible 〈◊〉 b Meaning what doctrine they did professe by their baptisme for to be baptized in Iohns bap tisme signifieth to 〈◊〉 the do ctrine which he taught sealed with the signe of baptisme to be baptized in the Name of the Father c. is to be dedicate and con secrate vnto him to be 〈◊〉 in the death of Christ or for the dead or into one bodie vnto remission of sinnes is that sinne by Christs death may be abolished and dye in vs that we may growe in Christ our head that our sinnes may be washed away by the blood of Christ. c Endewed with the visible graces of the holie Gost d That is of a cer teine man so cal led () 〈◊〉 fiue a clocke vnto ten Mat. 3. 11. Mat. 1. 8. Luk. 3. 16. Iohn 1. 27. Chap 1. 5. 〈◊〉 2. 11. 16. “ Or napkins e This was to au torize the Gospel to cōfirme Pauls ministerie not to cause men to worship him or his napkins “ Or coniurers f They abuse Pauls autoritie and without any vocation of God vsurpe that which is not in mans power g That is declared by 〈◊〉 of their sinnes and by their good workes that they were 〈◊〉 h This mounteth to of our money about 2000 markes i By the motion of the holie Gost he vndertoke this iorney k That his about the state of the Christians for they contemned the Christians be cause they left the olde religion and broght in another trade of doctrine “ Or sorines l What impietie doeth not couetousnes driue a man vnto m He was moued with his pro fit and the others for their bellies so that they wolde rather lose bothe their liues and religiō then their filthie gaine n Meaning their arte and occupation o Religion is his seconde argument which he lesse estemeth then his profit and therefore put 〈◊〉 it last which 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 of the faithful for they 〈◊〉 religion aboue all p He groundeth his religionvpon the multitude autoritie of the worlde as do the Papistes Rom. 16. 〈◊〉 1. Cor. 1. 14. Colos. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 q And set him in an hie place where the people tolde not comenere him but whence thei might wel heare his voyce r Antiquitie and the acouetousnes of the Priests broght in this superstition for it is writen that the temple being repaired seuen times this idole was neuer chan ged Plin lib. 16. 40. by suche delu sions the worlde is moste easely abused s He pacifieth the People by worldelie wisdome and hathe no respect to religion a He remained there these daies because he had better opportunitie to teache also the 〈◊〉 of the Law was not yet knowē b which we call Sonday Of this place and also of the. 1. Cor. 16. 2. we gather that the Christians vsed o haue their 〈◊〉 assemblies this day laying aside the ceremonie of the 〈◊〉 Sabbath c To celebrate the Lords Supper Chap. 2. 46. “ Or boye Or we d
whose name was also Israel g The Israelites must not be estemed by 〈◊〉 kinred but by the secret electiō of God which 〈◊〉 aboue the external vocation 1. Sam. 4. 21. Psal. 26. 8. Gen. 〈◊〉 12. Ebr. 11. 17. h As Ismael Gal. 4. 28. Gen. 18. 10. Gen. 25. 1. Gen. 25. 〈◊〉 Malac. 1. 2. Exod. 33. 19. i As the 〈◊〉 wil purpose of God is the chief cause of election 〈◊〉 so his fre mercie in Christ is an inferior cause of saluacion the har 〈◊〉 of the heart an 〈◊〉 cause of dānaciō k That is God in the Scripture Exod. 9. 16. Or speakest 〈◊〉 Isa. 45 9. 〈◊〉 28. 6. VVisd 15. 7. “ Or vnto honest vses Hose 2. 23. 1. Peter 1. 10. Hose 1. 10. Isa. 10. 21. l God wil make suche waste of that people that the sewe whiche shall remaine shal be a worke of his iustice ād shall set for the his glorie in his Churche m That is vtterly lost Isa. 1. 9. n Iesus Christ is to the infideles destruction and to the faythfull life and 〈◊〉 Isa. 8. 14. and 28. 16. 1. Peter 2. 6. Psal. 118. 22. 〈◊〉 a That is a certeine affectiō but not a true know ledge Gal. 3. 24. b The end of the Lawe is to iustifie them whiche obserue it therefore Christe hauyng fulfilled it for vs is made our iustice sancti fication c. Lcui 〈◊〉 5. 〈◊〉 20. 〈◊〉 Gal. 3. 12. 〈◊〉 30. 12. Deut. 30. 14. c Because we can not performe the Law it 〈◊〉 vs to doute who shall go to 〈◊〉 and to say who shal go downe to the depe to de liuer vs thences but fayth teacheth vs that Christ is 〈◊〉 vp to take vs with hym and hathe descended into the depth of death to 〈◊〉 death and deliuer vs. d That is the pro mes and the Gospell whiche agreeth with the Lawe Isa. 28. 16. e That is the way to be saued is to beleue with heart that we are saued onely by Christ and to confesse the same before the world Isa. 32. 7. Ioel. 2. 32. Act. 2. 21. Naum. 1. 15. “ Or the 〈◊〉 Isa. 53. 8. Iohn 12. 38. f Mcanynge the Gospell and the good tydyngs of saluacion which they preached g That is by Gods commādement of whome they are 〈◊〉 that preache the Gospell It maye be also taken for the verye preaching it self h Both the Iewes and Gentiles i The Hebrewe worde signifieth the line or proportiō of the 〈◊〉 uēs whose most excellent frame besides the reste of Gods creatures preacheth vnto the whole worlde and secreth forthe the worthines of the Creator Psal. 19. 5. k Then seing all the world knew God by his creatures the Iewes cold not be igno rant and so sinned of malice “ Or vnbeleuing 〈◊〉 32. 21. Isa. 65. 1. Isa. 65. 2. a And elected before all beginning 1. King 19. 10. b He talked With God not that he shulde punish Israel but yet lamēted their falshode so his Wordes made against them 1. King 19. 18. Meaning an infinit nomber Or fre election Isa. 6. 29. and 9. 10. Mat. 13. 14. iohn 12. 40. act 28. 26. Psal. 69. 22 “ Or pritking d Christ by the mouth of thep to pherwisheth that Which came vpō the Iewes that is that as birdes are taken Where as they thinke to finde fode so the Law Which the Iewes of a blinde 〈◊〉 preferred to the Gospel thinking to haue saluation by it shulde turne to their destruction e Take from thē thy grace and strength f Without hope to be restored g The Iewes to followe the Gentiles h In that the Gentiles haue the knowledge of the Gospel i That they might be ielouse ouer Christ against the Gentiles and so to be more seruent in loue toward Christ then the Gentiles k The Iewes now remaine as it Were in death for lacke of the Gospel but When bothe they the Gentiles shal embrace Christ the Worlde shal be restored to a newe life l Abraham Was not 〈◊〉 sanctified but his sede also Which negle cted not the promes m Meaning Abraham “ Or in them n That is the Church of the Israelites o Be careful Wor ship God and 〈◊〉 in his 〈◊〉 p Mespeaketh of the Iewes and Gentiles in 〈◊〉 q Meaning stubbernes and induration against Gods Worde Isa 59 20. r He sheweth that the time shal come that the Whole nation of the Iewes thogh not euery one particularly shal be ioyned to the Church of Christ. Isa. 27. 9. Ierem. 22. 〈◊〉 Ebr. 8. 8. 10. 16. s To Whome God giueth his Spirit of adoptiō and Whome he calleth effectually he can not perish for Gods eternal counsel neuer changeth “ Or that by your mercie t That is bothe Iewes and Gentiles Isa. 40. 〈◊〉 Wisdom 9. 13. 1. Cor. 2. 16. u He reproueth the rashnes of men Which mur mure against the iudgements of God x That is 〈◊〉 ked him by his good 〈◊〉 y All things are created preserued of God to set for the his glorie a In stede of dead beasts liuelie sacrifice in ste de of the blood of beastes Which Was but a shad owe and pleased not God of it self the acceptable sacrifice of the spiritual man framed by faith to godlines and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 b That is true lawful and spiritual 1. Pet. 2. 5. c VVhatsoeuer is not agreable to Gods Wil is euil displeasant and vnperfect Ephes. 5. 17. 1. Thess. 3. 1. d TWo things are required if We Wil iudgesoberly of Gods giftes in vs the one that We do not attogate to ourselues that Which We haue not next 〈◊〉 We boast not of the giftes but reuerētly vse thē to Gods honour Mat. 6. 2. e That is soberly not neglecting Gods 〈◊〉 but vsing them to his glorie 1. Cor. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ephes. 4. 7. 1. Pet. 4. 10. f By prophecying here he meaneth preaching teaching by office or ministerie all such offices as ap perteme to the Church as Elders Deacons c. g By faith he me a neth the knowledge of God in Christ With the gifes of the holie Gost. h Of these officers some are Deacōs some Gouernors some kepe the 〈◊〉 i He meaneth thē Which Were appoīted to loke vnto the poore as for the moste parte Were the Widowes 2. Cor. 9. 7. Amos. 5. 〈◊〉 Ephes. 4. 2. 1. pet 2. 17. “ Or the time Ebr. 13. 1. Luk. 18. 1. 1. Cor. 16. 1. Ebr. 13. 2. 1. pet 4. 13. Mat. 5. 44. k That is in your owne conceit * Prou. 20. 22. * Mat. 5. 〈◊〉 * 1. Pet. 3. 9. * 2. Cor. 8. 11. l Liue so honestly godly that no man can finde faute With you * Ebr. 12 14. * Eccle 28. 1. * Mat. 5. 38. * Deu 32 35. * 〈◊〉 10 30 * Prou. 25. 21. m For ether thou shalt Wōne him With thy benefit or els his 〈◊〉 albeare him Witnes that Gods burning Wrath 〈◊〉 ouer him Act. 6. 1. 1. Tim. 5. 9.
Church Act. 18. 24. k Read the anno tacion Act 3. 16. Act. 18. 8. Psal. 138. 8. l This Gaius Was Pauls hoste in Whose house also the Church Was at Corinthus m That is chiefly and peculiacly Rom. 16. 23 there Was yet another so called Whiche Was of Derbe ād followed Paul n As the toricke 〈◊〉 arte 〈◊〉 o 〈◊〉 men shuld attribute that vn to eloquence Which onely belonged to the power of God Act. 10. 4. Chap. 2. 19. Galat. 5. 4. 2. pet 1. 16. Rom. 1. 16. Isa. 29. 14. p That is the interprete of the Law q He that is so subtil in discussing questions herein Paul repro cheth euen the best learned as thogh not one of them colde perceiue by his own Wisdome this mysterie of Christ reueiled in the Gospel Mat. 12. 38. r He speaketh in the persone of Wicked Who con trarie to their cōscience rather attribute these things to God then acknowledge their owne follie Weakenes s According as the Wolde termeth Wise men t VVhiche are in mans iudgemēt almost nothing but taken for abiects and castaWayes u Estemed and in reputacion Ierem. 〈◊〉 5. x Thus he calleth man in cōtempt to beare down his atrogancie y That is 〈◊〉 te all things to God With thankesgiuing Ierem. 9. 24. 2. cor 10. 17. Chap. 1. 17. “ Or mysterie a That is the Gos pel Whereby God doeth manifest him self to the World or Where of God is the autor and Witnes “ Or I thogh nothing Worthis to be knowen b Herein appeareth his great mo destie Who Was not glorious but abiect humble not ful of vaine hoastings 〈◊〉 gancie but With feare and trembling set forthe the 〈◊〉 power of God Act. 18. 1. Chap. 1. 17. 2. pet 1. 16. c They Whose vn derstandings are illuminate by faith acknowledge this Wisdome Which the Worlde calleth follie d The Worde is here taken for thē Whome ether for Wisdome riches or power mē moste esteme Isa. 64. 4. e That is very fewe f He calleth Iesus the mightie-God ful of true glorie and maiestie Whome Dauid also calleth the King of glorie Psal. 24. 7. Steuē nameth him the God of glorie Act. 7. 2 heareby appeareth the diuinitie of Christ coniunction of 〈◊〉 natures in one persone g Mā is not able to thinke Gods prouidence toWards his h For he is one God With the Fa ther the Sōne i Mans minde Which vnderstan deth and iudgeth k VVe are not moued with that Spirit Which tea cheth things Where With the World is delited Which men vnderstād by nature l All the benefites of God in Iesus Christ. Chap. 1. 17. 2 pet 1. 16. m As that Which We teache is spiritual so 〈◊〉 kinde of teaching must be spiritual that the Wordes may agre With the matter n VVhose 〈◊〉 iudgement is not cleared by Gods Spirit * Prou. 27. 19. * Isa. 40. 13. * VVisd 9. 17. * Rom. 11. 34. o For the trueth of God is not subiect to the iudgement of man p That is Christ Spirit * Iohn 16. 13. * Rom. 8. 9. a Being 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 by faith we begin to moue by his 〈◊〉 as we 〈◊〉 in faith we growe vp to a ripe age And here let him take hede 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for milke he giue poysō for milke and 〈◊〉 meat in effect are one but onely differ in maner and forme b He chargeth them with two fautes the one that thei 〈◊〉 ted to muche to the 〈◊〉 the other that thei preferred one minister to another Psal. 62. 13. 〈◊〉 6. 5. c So made by his grace d He reproueth the ministers of 〈◊〉 as teachers of curicus doctrines and questions e Or the time which is when the light of the trueth shal expel the darkenes of ignorance then the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of mans wisdome shal be broght 〈◊〉 noght f By the tryal of Gods Spirit g Bothe his 〈◊〉 rewarde Chap. 6. 19. h He 〈◊〉 thē not as 〈◊〉 apostles but as curious 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 humaine scien ces as they which lothing at the simplicitie of Gods Word prea che philosophical speculacions i As touching his life if he 〈◊〉 fast the fundaciō Iob. 5. 13. 2. cor 6. 16. k When they thē selues are 〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 laid for others Psal. 94. 11. l But in God who 〈◊〉 by his ministers to his owne 〈◊〉 and the cōfort of his Church a As it is a thing 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 ministers of God so it is greatly reprehensible 〈◊〉 attribute more vnto them then is 〈◊〉 †Greke mās day Mat 7. 1. Mat. 7. 1. b Whether I haue great gifts or litle few or manie c For as I do not knowe whereby I shuldde take anie occasion of glorie so I am 〈◊〉 thac before God another maner of iustice is required d Concerning mi ne office Rom. 2. 1. e By our example f To 〈◊〉 from other men and preferreth 〈◊〉 g To 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 they obiected that he was not made an Apostle by Christ but after wardes h By this bitter 〈◊〉 in abiecting him self and 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 thians he make 〈◊〉 them ashamed of their vaine glorie Act 20. 34. 1. Thess. 2. 9. 2. Thess 3. 8. Mat. 5. 44. Luk. 23. 34. Act. 7 60. “ Or vse gentle wordes “ Or pedagogues skole masters i For as muche as they had so sone forgotten Act. 19. 21. Iam. 4. 15. k That is what soeuer giftes we haue receiued of God to this end that he may reigne among vs. l Of the holie Gost. a Who wolde 〈◊〉 that you wolde suffer that mischief vnpunished which the 〈◊〉 barbarous uations abhotre to speake of Leuit. 18. 8. Coloss. 2. 5. b Hauing now 〈◊〉 the Gospel c My wil and con sent d With inuocatiō of Gods Name as becometh thē which procure the Lords busines and not their owne e Which is to be as an heathen man publicane f For being wounded with shame and sorrowe his flesh or olde man shal dye and the spirit or newemā shal remaine aliue ād enioye the 〈◊〉 in that day when the Lord shal iudge the quicke and dead g Seing you suffer suche 〈◊〉 vices among you 1. Timo. 1. 20. h As euerie man particularly is pure so the whole 〈◊〉 in general may be pure 2. Corin. 4. 18. i But he meant of those that were conuersant in the Church whome they oght by discipline to haue corrected for as touching strangers they oght by all meanes godly to winne them to Christ. 1. Pet. 4. 6. Gal. 5. 9. Mat 18. 17. 2. Thess. 3. 14. k Who to please bothe partes wolde be present at idole 〈◊〉 and yet 〈◊〉 the Gospel l Vnto whome the Ecclesiastical diseipline doeth not stretch m Which are subiect to Gods worde and to the discipline of the Church “ Or iudges ma gistrates which are infideles a He calleth them vniuste whosoeuer are not sanctified