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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68942	The seconde tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testament conteynyng the epistles of S. Paul, and other the Apostles : wherunto is added a paraphrase vpon the reuelacion of S. John.; Paraphrases in Novum Testamentum. Vol. 2. English. 1549	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Old, John, fl. 1545-1555.; Allen, Edmund, 1519?-1559.	1549 (1549)	STC 2854.7; ESTC S107068	904,930	765

For as the body is one and hath many membres and all the membres of one bodye though they be many yet are but one body euen so is Christ For by one spirite are we all baptysed to make one bodye whether we be Iewes or Gentyles whether we be bond or fre and haue all droncke of one spirite For the body is not one member but many If the fote saye I am not the hande I am not of the body is he therfore not of the body And yf the care saye I am not the eye I am not of the body is he therfore not of the body If at the body wer an eye where wer thē the eare If al were hearing where wer the smelling But now hath God set the membres euery one seuerally in the bodye as it hathe pleased hym If they were al one member where were the body Now are there many membres yet but one body And the eye cannot saye vnto the hand I haue no nede of the. Agayne the heade cannot saye to the fete I haue no nede of you For as albeit euery mannes bodye bee one whole thinge yet is it made of diuerse members framed together but so yet that one spirite geueth lyfe to all the members of whome notwithstandinge euery one by hymselfe consydered are many and diuers yet is there of all made but one bodye euen so woulde Christe haue it to bee in hys bodye the churche wherof we bee because all we hauyng equallye receyued baptisme are through the selfe same one spirite framed into one bodye whether we be Iewes or Grecians bonde or fre men or women maried or single hygh or lowe And thesame spirite haue we all receyued not withstanding it haue in diuerse of vs didiuerse operacions Nor is our body made of one parte onely but of manye and diuerse Nowe and yf the foote abasyng it selfe saye I am not the hande I haue with the reste of the body nothyng to doe is it therfore no parte of the body Or yf the eare bewayling her condicion saye I am not the iye I haue with the reste of the body nothing to doe is it therfore not of the body The diuers placyng and vse is not to the member reprochful but this varietie rather apertayneth to the welth of the whole body And what office soeuer is geuen to any part thesame is geuen vnto it to helpe the whole body The iye is a goodly parte of the body but yf the whole body were an iye where were thē the eares Again if the whole body were aneare where were the nose God forseing this made y● body of dyuerse members gaue euery mēber his proper place and office not as they deserued but as his pleasure was Now yf thys multitude and diuersitie of mēbers were al brought to one for example to a nose or an iey where were the armonie and comlynes of the bodye become But nowe so is it not but wheras euery member seuerally differeth from other yet by reasō they haue but one soule the same make but one body so that one member cannot lothe an other be it neuer so vile For neither can the iye as a more excellent parte of the body or as a more familiar instrument of the soule say vnto the hande as a more vile parte I haue no nede of thy helpe Nor yet can the head albeit it be the palace of our soules saye vnto the fete as lowest partes I care not for your seruice The texte Yea rather a great deale those membres of the body whiche seme to be more feble are necessary And vpon those membres of the body whiche we thynke leaste honeste put we more honestie on And our vngoodly partes haue more bewtie on For our honeste membres nede it not But God hath so disposed the bodye and hath geuen the more honour to that parte whiche lacked leste there should be any stryfe in the body but that the membres should indifferently care one for an other And yf one membre suffre all suffer with hym if one membre be had in honour all membres be gladde also So farre vnsemyng is it that any membre of the body should be despised that rather contrarie wyse suche as seme imperfiter partes of the body vpon them as necessarie haue we a speciall care and suche as in comen estimacion are thought partes of lesse honestie to them outwardly we geue great honour and suche as seme vngoodly to them ioyne we some comly vesture with our diligence recompensyng that whiche elswyse semeth vnperfite knowyng well that by the vncomlynesse of any parte the whole body is diswurshypped For suche partes as of themselfe are beautiful nede none outward ornament for example neither our faces nor handes when that yet our priuey partes must be couered with honest apparel And for this cause hath God the creatour of all so wondrefully tempered and disposed the whole body in a meruaylouse consent agrement of so sondry partes that to suche as semed to lacke some semelynes albeit by nature no parte of the body is there vnsemely by our diligence more honour should be adioyned leaste among the mēbres selfe there myght dissenciō rise among whom none is there whose vse is not necessarie but rather that eche one should indifferently care for and defende other leste yf whyles through dissencion eche of them pryuately fauoureth it selfe the whole bodye and hys membres decaye and peryshe But muche rather yf to any membre anye commoditie or discommoditie chaunce the reste thynke thesame to belong to themselfe or if any membre bee greued with thesame the rest also are greued or if anye one certayne membre bee honoured also the other be gladde and reioyce therof Wyll ye not at leastwise by this example leaue your stryuing one with an other you I say whiche are by the spirite of Christe more surely ioyned in one than the membres of one bodye are by the naturall spirite coupled to gether The texte Ye are the body of Christ membres one of an other And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacion first Apostles secondarily Prophetes thyrdly teachers then them that doe myracles after that the gyftes of healyng helpers gouerners diuersitie of tonges Are all Apostles Are all Prophetes Are all teachers Are all doars of myracles Haue al the gyftes of healyng Doe all speake with tonges Doe all interprete Couete after the beste gyftes And yet shewe I vnto you a more excellente waye Howe is it that nature can doe more than grace Are ye not the bodye of Christ or at the leaste some parte of his members whom he hath after suche sorte placed in his bodye whiche is the churche that he hath geuen euery of them a conuenient degree and office And in the firste and chiefe place hath he ordayned Apostles whiche beyng as stuardes of the grace of the gospell execute here Christes office Secondarely Prophetes eyther to shewe thinges to come or els to declare secret thinges Thrydly teachers whiche beeing