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A36033	Pious annotations, upon the Holy Bible expounding the difficult places thereof learnedly, and plainly: vvith other things of great importance. By the reverend, learned and godly divine, Mr. Iohn Diodati, minister of the gospell; and now living in Geneva. It is ordered this 11. of Ianuury, 1642, by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that this exposition of the book of the Old and new Testament, be printed by Nicholas Fussel, stationer. Iohn White.; Annotationes in Biblia. English	Diodati, Giovanni, 1576-1649.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, engraver.	1643 (1643)	Wing D1510; Wing D1509A; ESTC R5893	1,521,231	922

all manner of persons even for Kings and Princes Of the decency and modesty of women in their clothing and of their silence in holy Assemblies But especially of qualities required of Bishops and other Ecclesiasticall persons Then he proceedeth to foretell by divine inspiration the horrible corruptions which would befall the Church in insuing ages as well in doctrine as in manners exhorting Timothie to forewarn the Church and cause it to beware of those accidents giving him also divers particular instructions as of sincerity and discretion in pastorall censures of chusing men for severall degrees of Ecclesiasticall Offices of admonishing the rich that they should not trust nor set their hearts upon riches but imploy them in charity and Christian communication to redargue false Doctors and their avarice and to endeavour to persevere in all contrary vertues Finally this Epistle is a gathering together of Precepts necessary for Pastours as well to preserve a good form in the state of the Church in their times as to leave it well established after them and withall to prepare themselves for greater combats and strengthen them against dangerous scandals untill the end of the world CHAP. I. Vers. 2. MY own the Italian my true whom I have intrusted with a fatherly care in the faith of the Gospel and who also conformeth himself to my precepts by a loyall profession and observancy and by an enterchangeable affection and bond towards me see 1 Cor. 4. 17. V. 4. Fables he seems to mean the Jews fabulous histories which at the first were composed for allegories and afterwards were beleeved to be true whereunto that nation hath at all times been much given Endlesse whereof there can be no certain nor finall resolution had as they have no certain foundation and therefore are like Labirinths without any issue Genealogies it is likely that he ●●xes those curious and scrupulous searchings after Jewish Genealogies and chiefly after those which concern Christs birth about which there were great controversies in the Church for Herod having burnt all the publike Records in which they were preserved to extinguish all manner of proofs of Davids issue many either by tradition or by their particular memories did 〈…〉 e some with much uncertainty And though Saint Matthew and Saint Luke had gathered what was certain thereof yet these curious persons would not content themselves therewith Then edifying rather then instruction confirmation or advancement in the knowledge love and service of God the onely foundation whereof is faith in Christ contrary to all vain and ambiguous questions V. 5. The end against these Jewish disputations which bred controversies and divisions the Apostle sheweth the true use of the Law in beleevers and regenerate men A pure namely sanctified by the holy Ghost by means of a lively faith in Christ. V. 7. To be that is to say to seem so and to be held for such V. 8. Lawfully according to Gods order and intention which is that sinfull man might thereby learn lively to acknowledge his sin and condemnation to fl●e unto the remedie of grace in Christ Rom. 3. 20. and 7. 7. Gal. 3. 24. And that the regenerate man may take it for a rule of all his actions a curbe to his will and a guide to his life and neither of them to found their righteousnesse or subsistencie before God upon it nor the observation of it which is in Christ alone V. 9. That the Law he sheweth that contrary to the opinion of those false Doctors the Law as it is composed of so many threatnings forbiddings and other rigous doth carry a certain proof with it of mans perversnesse whereby it is evident that he hath no naturall disposition or voluntary inclination to fulfill it for otherwise he would apply himselfe thereunto of his own proper motion as beleevers and those who are regenerate by Gods Spirit do who having the habit of righteousnesse in themselves as an inward and living Law have no need of the terrour thereof and also being justified in Christ are freed from the curse of it seeing that a Soveraigns sentence given in the behalfe of one stayeth and endeth all Actions of the Law which tend to accusing or condemning him Lawlesse he names certain grievous sins not but that the Law condemns all others even the least but onely to reprove those hypocrites who were so zealous of the Law and the righteousnesse thereof and yet were stained with most horrible vices see Rom. 2. 21 22. V. 10. Men ste 〈…〉 rs or plagiaries namely such as stole away or received other mens servants Or bought and sold or held for sl●ves such as were free men Liers● the Italian false witnesses the Greek word indeed signifieth plain liers but because the other sins which are here mentioned are of of a more grievous kinde it seems that it must bee here taken for such as lie in bearing witnesse in swearing and publike act● c. To sound namely to the pure doctrine of the Gospel which doth not derog●●e one whit from the rigour of the Law in condemning of sinne but doth rather authorize and confirm it Matth. 5. 19 21. Rom 3. 3. V. 11. The glorious Gospel the Italian To the Gospel of the glory namely the Gospel which is altogether glorious and divine as well in splendor of truth as in power and efficacy of Spirit to discover and condemn sin see 〈◊〉 Cor. 3. 9 18. and 4. 4. The end of the Apostle is to shew that for thi●●se of the Law to condemn wicked men there was no need to recall the Law of 〈…〉 ses and the discipline thereof seeing the Gospell did fully perform that office and he a true Apostle more then the false Doctors his adversaries V. 12. Inable me the Italian strengthned 〈◊〉 that is to say By whose power and vertue the Gospell worketh so powerfully He counted me that is to say Hath honoured me with a charge in which faithfulnesse is required above all things which he knoweth to be in me because he gave it me and preserves it in me by his grace 1 Cor. 7. 25. V. 13. Mercy my sinne hath not been irremissible as theirs that sin against the holy Ghost fighting knowingly and wilfully against divine truth which is known and sealed in the heart Mat. 12. ●1 Heb. 6. 4. and 10. 26. Ignorantly by a false zeal without knowledge see Acts 3. 17. V. 14. With faith he opposeth his faith to his former incredulity and his love to his crueltie see 2 Tim. 1. 13. Which is in this love of mine is spirituall and an effect of my communion with Christ. V. 15. Came into that is to say Hath taken humane flesh upon him V. 16. In me first namely before any of those who beleeved through his ministery or soveraignly and excellently V. 17. Onely wise he seems to have an especiall relation to Gods providence who had so miraculously brought to passe the work of his conversion V. 18. To the prophecies they were speciall

sacred ceremonie which hath its whole relation to unity and charity V. 21. In eating namely in these feasts of charity at the end of which they celebrated the Lords supper you doe not observe the true ecclesiasticall communion but every one beeing come to the place of the assembly doeth presently si t downe to eate what he hath brought in the company of those of his part leaving the other whereupon this action is not celebrated neither at the same time by al nor in holy concord nor in communion of goods which is contrary to the truevnion of Christians which is sealed by this sacrament is drunken that is to say filled with wine and meate V. 22. What have yet not here we ought to supply there is prophanesse in what you do for yow celebrate these religions feasts like untowordinary meales though you have your owne house for that end without being tyed to make use of any holy places for that purpose where all things ought to be done religiously with a respect to the soul and not to the body shall I praise you I praise you not one whit for that V. 23. For I have because that these abuses are contrary to the Lords institution who hath ordained the holy supper for a sacrament of his body and bloud and for a bond of union and not for a bodily meale nor for occasion of diuisions to which vse you put it V. 24. Which is broken all overthrowen and broken with extreame pains See Isa. 53. 4. V. 25. This cup even as Gods covenant with his elect is renewed and ratified by mydeath and passion so it is sealed to every belever by the Lords cup. V. 26. For as after Saint Pauls words ye doe shew that is to say ye shall doe a sacred act whereby ye shall publish the truth and shall acknowledge and preach the benefit of Christs death and shall protest to take part thereof by a lively faith V. 27. Wherefore whosoever namely seeing that this sacred supper is appointed for this sacred use vnworthyly without being fittingly disposed thereunto according to the diginity of this sacrament but especially having no charity nor reverence which were he two vices for which the Corinthians were taxed before the body namely of having through his unreverence prophaned the remembrance of the Lords death and undervalued the meanes by him appointed to participate of it V. 28. Examine the Italian trie let every man examine his own conscience to known wither he be well disposed to participat of this sacrament by faith repentance charity purity of heart c. For to abstaine from it in case hee bee not so untill such time as by renouncing the contrary vices and by prayers and conversion to God he have obtained grace to do it V. 29. Damnation th● Italian Iudgement namely the cause and sudiect of a grieveous punishment Form God which the Apostle in regard of believers distinguisheth from the everlasting condemnation of the wicked not discerning bearing no greater respect to the Sacrament of the communion of the body of Christ then to any other corporall and common kinde of food V. 30 For this cause this p●opliannesse hath cau'ed amongst you many visitations of popular diseales and mortalities this the Apostle speakes by divine revelation sleepe that is to say are dead according to the stile of the Scripture in hope of the blessed relurrection V. 31. would judge the Italian did examine truely to acknowledge our faults and desire pardon and grace at Gods hands thorow repentance wee should 〈◊〉 that is to say we should prevent Gods judgments V. 32. Wee are namely wee believers V. 33 To eat namely in the Church at feasts of charitie but especially at the Lords table V. 34. Hunger be constrained to take meat which seemes was their excuse who committed the foresaid error CHAP. XII VIR 1. GIfts namely those miraculous ones which were in those first times of the Christian church confetred by Gods spirit for the confirmation of the doctrine and for the founding of Churches See Acts. 2 38 Ignorant of the onely author and of the true end of them that you may not abuse them to pride and to divisions which were the Corinthians chief defects V. 2. Yea kn●w the remembrance of what you were may make you acknowledge that all you have received is out of Gods meere grace and the worke of his spirit to humble you and cause you to give him all the glory therefore dumbe opposite to the true living God who speaketh in his word even as following blindly and like bruite beasts the false customes the inventions and commandements of men V. 3. Wherefore by your former condition you may conclude that the holy Ghost alone is he that hath freed you from the heathens blasphemies and keepes you from Apostasie and worketh in you the sincere confession of the name of Christ and finally by vertue of it alone ye are Christians and therefore the glory thereof is due to God and not to you And if he be the only author of those gifts which are common to all beleevers much more ought we to acknowledge him to be such in these other singular and miraculous ones Iesus this was a forme of detesting and abiuring of Christianity which was used amongst the Iewes accu●sed See Romans 9. 3. 1. Cor. 16. 22. Gal. 1. 8. V. 4. But the same therefore his gifts ought not to be drawen to divisions and partialities as the Co. rinthians did V. 5. Adm●rations namely ecclesiasticall offices Lord namely Iesus Christ. V. 6. Operations namely supernatuall gifts and ●●●lties of working diverse great miracles V. 7. The manifestation namely some singular gift of the holy Ghost shewing it self● in some person and by him manifesting his power to profit namly for the common good of the Church to which only end all ought to be referred V. 8. The word of namely the gift of treating of Christian doctrine with the application to all the uses of beleevers which seemes to have speciall relation to the pastors charge Rom. 12. 8. Of Knowledge namely of the pure and plaine exposition of the said doctrine without any application which is the doctors office Rom. 12. 7. Ephes 4. 11. V. 9. Faith he meaneth not the common gift of Christian faith but the singular and miraculous referred to the working of miracles Matth. 17. 19. 1. cor 13. 2. without which it had bin rashnesse to undertake it and the effect would not have followed but he that felt himself to have this gift might lawfully exercise it with certainty of successe by the same namely by his power of healing of bodily diseases See Mark 6. 13. and 16 18. Iames. 5. 14. V. 10. Working of miracles the Italian working of powerfull operations that is to say some singular gift appropriated to certaine higher and more noted miracles as of the casting out of devills raising of the dead changing or staying of the course of nature prophecie that is to say

or because they ought to doe it with feare namely because that being able to do nothing of themselves but onely through Gods grace they should not make themselves uncapable of it through carnall security confidence or presumption Rom. 11. 20. but be ready and obedient to all Gods motions whereof they are but onely the instruments V. 15. The word namely the doctrine of the Gospell of salvation professed and administred by the Church whose vertue is set forth and clearely proved by the life and conversation of it V. 17. 〈◊〉 and if it be this sheweth that the Apostle who perhaps had had some revelation of the prolonging of his life Phi. 1. 25. did also foresee that he should end it by martyrdome Offered upon the Italian powred out upon the Offering and Sacrifice of your faith a phrase taken from ancient Sacrifices in which besides the Offering there was also added a powring on of some kind of liquor See Exod. ●9 40. The meaning is your faith and conversion is like a spirituall sacrifice by which I have consecrated you to God Rom. 15. 16. and I will willingly adde mine owne blood to it for an accomplishment and seale V. 19. In the Lord namely through his grace and assistance V. 20. For your estate namely for things belonging to your salvation and to the happy estate of your Church V. 21. All manner of people even some of the pastors doe not imploy themselves in Christs service with so entire an affection as therefore renouncing his owne profits and commodities See 1 Cor. 10 33. V. 22. The proofe how he hath shewed himselfe to be an approved person by all the effects of fidelity V. 25. To send 〈◊〉 you presently expecting an opportunity to send Timothy unto you or to come my selfe In labour and namely in the ministery of the Gospell and in the combates and persecutions for it which he hath horne and suffered together with me Your messenger the Italian your Apostle that is to say Evangelist which was an office like unto a particular Apostle of a Province See Rom. 16. 7. 〈◊〉 Cor. 8. 23. Others expound it sent by you to bring me that supply which you have been pleased to furnish me with at my need V. 27. Mercy not so much in preserving of him alive as in restoring him to his perfect health to finish the course of his service V. 28. Be the lesse may receive some comfort and ease through your rejoycing as 2 Cor. 2. 2. V. 29. In the Lord namely with a truly spiritual and Christian affection V. 30. For the worke He seemes to mean that this sicknesse proceeded from the toil of his voyage undertaken for the love of Christ to assist Paul who was his Minister whereupon the service was reputed to be done to Christ himselfe Matth. 25. 40. Not regarding or being carelesse Your lacke namely to do that which you by reason of your absence and being so farre off could not do to me according to your desires CHAP. III. Vers. 1. IN the Lord namely in his graces or with a spirituall joy which Christ creates in the hearts of believers in the communion of himselfe The same as you have heard of me either by word of month or by other letters V. 2. Of dogges of prophane and unclean persons Rev. 22. 25. whether it be meant in general or whether it have a particular relation to false Doctours who had their lives stained with many vices Gal. 6. 13. Phil. 3. 19. Evil workers namely from from false Doctours and Pastours Of the concision the Italian of the cutting off from seducers who impose the observation of circumcision as a thing necessary to salvation and as a part of mans righteousnesse before God Acts 15. 1. Gal. 5. 2. Now this sect being vulgarly called by the name of circumcision the Apostle in disdain cals it concision as if he should say that cutting which they desired was no more a sacrament of Gods covenant but a meer cutting off from it Gal. 5. 2 4. and an incision or wound of the consciences and a rending of the Church V. 3. For we are I give them that hatefull name which they deserve for the name of circumcision doth not belong to the Jewdaizing Jewes but to us true Christians who say that mans holinesse and Gods service consists in spiritual things and all our confidence joy and honour before God is in the benefit of Christ onely who fulfils in us by the imputation of his righteousnesse and by vertue of his Spirit that whereof circumcision is but a signe in the bodie See Rom. 2. 28 29. and 4. 11. In the flesh namely in external and bodily things or in any humane righteousnesse out of Christ all which things are called carnal in reproach and contempt as contrariwise any thing that is Christs and in Christ is called Spirit V. 4. Though If that I would imitate them and lay open my glorious titles amongst the Jewes I should go farre beyond them V. 5. Circamcised He seemes to mean that he was a Jew borne and not a proselite as his adversaries were Touching the Law namely in regard of the doctrine and exposition of the Law which was different amongst the Jewish sects others take the word Law for a religious rule V. 6. Concerning zeal namely for a proof of my fervent affection to the Jewish Religion Which is in the Law namely which a man can obtain without Christ studying and keeping himselfe to the Law to be approved of and justified before God and is nothing but an outward discipline an imperfect resemblance a dead picture of righteousnesse before men and cannot subsist before God Romans 4. 2. V. 7. Were gain which by a false judgement I imagined might much helpe me in things concerning everlasting saluation I counted by a spirituall judgement after my conversion and illumination Losse dangerous allurements of hypocrisie and hurtfull illusions of vain confidence For Christ namely to embrace him alone and set all my righteousnesse and life in Him who in the effect of justification cannot be mixed with workes and with the Law Gal. 2. 21. and 5. 2. 4. V. 8. And I count I have not onely renounced all manner of confidence estimation of these workes and observances as they are used amongst the Jewes which being out of Christ are not onely of no value but pernicious but I also hold that in Christianitie which I now professe Christ gives them no vertue of merit nor dignitie and that now they are onely but a harmefull superstition For the excellencie namely to give place in my heart to this onely and soveraigne meanes of obtaining righteousnesse and life which is faith in Christ and cause him onely to raigne in me by a total and voluntary disannulment of my selfe Suffered the losse I have quite given over all manner of confidence and good opinion of these vain things for to put it all in Christ who is mine onely Treasure V. 9. Be found by God in

is that Christ is risen again by vertue of his death by which he hath fulfilled his obedience whereby he hath obtained the reward of life Or that he is the great shepheard by his blood having by it redeemed saved and gotten his sheep which he likewise feedeth unto everlasting life by the perpetuall application of his death V. 21. Through Iesus that is to say working in you by his Spirit V. 22. Of exhortation namely the reprehensions admonitions and corrections inserted amongst the doctrine of this epistle For I have if there seem to you to be any harshnesse in it impute it to the brevity of an Epistle which will not allow a man to use such infinuations and mitigations as a rhetoricall discourse wil do see 1 Pet. 5. 12. V. 23. Know ye seeing he writes this Epistle by Timothy himself the meaning is Ye shal know by himselfe that he is delivered namely out of prison where he was with me and how If he come namely if he returns from the voyage which he undertakes by mine appointment to come to you I will see you I hope according to all likelihood that I shall see you see Phil. 1. 25. THE GENERALL EPISTLE OF St. JAMES the Apostle ARGUMENT THis Epistle and those which follow saving the two last of John have been named Catholick because they are not directed to any particular Church or person as those of Saint Paul but in common to all the Churches gathered out from amongst the Iewes scattered over all the World This beares the name of James it is uncertaine of which namely whether it be the Apostle sonne of Alpheus or the Bishop of Jerusalem and Evangelist often times called the brother of the Lord. The subject is a gathering together of divers doctrines exhortations comforts reproofes instructions and sentences concerning afflictions and trials to desire of God with faith wisedome and all other gifts Of riches and of poverty of the temptation of concupiscence of true regeneration and of the fruits thereof of faith joyned with true charity equall towards all men without any respect of outward qualities and fructifying in good workes to flie ambitious superiorities to bridle the tongue of contentions and of fleshly desires of humility and turning to God to eschew evill speaking and rash judgements to depend upon Gods providence of the vanity and wretched end of unjust riches of patience of abstaining from unlawfull and vaine oathes of the power and force of prayer and of setting againe in the way such as are strayed from the truth CHAP. I. VER 1 JAmes according to some it is James of Alpheus the Apostle according to o●hers James the brother of the Lord Act. 15. 13. Gal. 1. 19. Which are scattered namely amongst the Gentiles see Iohn 7. 35. V. 2. Temptations that is to say tryals and exercises through afflictions and adversities V. 4. Have her that is to say let it persevere unto the end and be accompanied with other Christian vertues Be perfect that is to say furnished with all necessary vertues though never in a perfect degree in this World V. 5. Wisedome namely spirituall wisedome to judge rightly of afflictions of their causes end and fruit c. to moderate in them the afflictions of the soule keeping it in an immoveable tranquillity Liberally or benignely the Greeke simply see 2 Cor. 8. 2. Upbraided not that is to say disdainfully rejecting or upbraiding the asker with his unworthinesse V. 6. Is like a hath not the constancie of the soule nor is not perswaded of Gods grace by the Holy Ghost whereby wanting the first foundation of faith God doth not build the fabricke of his other gifts in him According to the saying of the Gospell that to him that hath is given Matth. 25. 29. V. 8. A double minded the Italian a double hearted because that his inward part doth not agree with his outward profession whereby his thoughts motions and actions floating continually he is uncapable of patience and perseverance vertues which require a constant and firme posture of the soule V. 9 the brother the meaning is that Christian patience ought not onely to beare afflictions but also to glory in it see Rom. 5. 3. That he is exalted spiritually being the Sonne of God member of Christ made worthy of participating of his afflictions Acts 5. 41. Rev. 2. 9. V. 10. That he is made low that is to say if he does not exalt himselfe in pride for his goods and honours but containes himselfe in holy humility before God and modesty towards men and if acknowledging the vanity thereof he doth with his heart renounce them as if he possessed them not He shall passe namely this his worldly prosperity V. 11. In his waies namely in this his state and condition V. 12. Tried the Italian approved namely of God for his obedience to his will order and condition established by him V. 13. Let no man now he goeth on to the other kind of temptation which is the inducement and allurement to sinne which doth not proceed from God as the other of afflictions doth For God as he hath no inclination nor taketh no delight in evill so can he not induce others unto it as the divell doth V. 15. When lust namely mans depraved and corrupted will which is the first spring of all vicious appetites Hath conceived namely after it hath by the apprehension of some unlawfull object fixed in it selfe a wicked desire it doth afterwards bring it to effect whence followeth the punishment of eternall death V. 16. Doe not erre either in attributing to God the cause of your sins or not having recourse to him in your wants as to the authour of all good things V. 17. From the father namely from God the authour and fountaine of all light of knowledge grace and spirit without ever changing or diminishing Shadow a terme taken from the celestiall lights which by reason of their resolutions and vicissitudes doe not alwaies shine in the same degree and some of them do also suffer eclipses decreases and failings V. 18. His owne will of his grace and free will to oppose this spirituall regeneration of grace to that of nature and everlasting of the onely begotten Sonne With the word which is as it were the seed of this new generation revived by the Spirit see 1 Cor. 4. 15. 1. Pet. 1. 23. First fruits namely a part of the whole masse of mankind which is consecrated unto him as the first fruits were under the Law see Ier. 2. 3. Rev. 14. 4. V. 19. Wherefore seeing you have received from God the gift of spirituall regeneration worke you the true workes and performe the true duties thereof keeping your selves especially from your most common and sudden sinnes which are those of rash speaking and wrath V. 20. For the wrath Though wrath in man be moved naturally with some resemblance of justice against a wrong and offence yet that is not the right way to do the Will of God wherein