be a propitiatiō through fayth in his blood to declare his ryghteousnes in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past 26 Which God dyd suffer to shew at this tyme his righteousnes that he might be iuste the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus ☜ 27 Where is then thy boastyng It is excluded By what lawe Of workes Nay but by the lawe of fayth 28 Therfore we holde that a man is iustified by fayth without the deedes of the lawe 29 Is he the God of the Iewes only Is he not also of the Gentiles Yes euen of the Gentiles also 30 For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth and vncircumcision through fayth 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth God forbyd But we rather mayntayne the lawe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 7 Iustification is the free gyft of God as it appeareth by Dauid and Abraham 13 and also by the office of lawe and fayth 1 WHat shall we saye then that Abraham our father as parteynyng to the flesshe dyd fynde 2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes thē hath he wherein to boaste but not before God 3 For what sayth the scripture Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes 4 To hym that worketh is the reward not reckened of grace but of duetie 5 To hym that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes 7 Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen whose sinnes are couered 8 Blessed is that man to whō the Lorde wyll not impute sinne 9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also For we say that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes 10 Howe was it then reckened when he was in the circumcision or whē he was in the vncircumcision Not in the circumcision but in vncircumcision 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue though they be not circumcised that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnes of fayth 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgression 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace that the promise myght be sure to all y e seede not to that only which is of the lawe but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham which is the father of vs al. 17 As it is written that I haue made thee a father of many nations before God whom he beleued which restoreth the dead vnto life and calleth those thynges whiche be not as though they were 18 Who contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shoulde be the father of many nations accordyng to that which was spoken so shall thy seede be 19 And he faynted not in the fayth nor considered his owne body nowe dead when he was almost an hundred yeres old neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe 20 He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe but was strong in fayth geuyng glorie to God 21 And beyng full certified that what he had promised he was able also to perfourme 22 And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes 23 Neuerthelesse it is not written for hym only that it was reckened to him 24 But also for vs to whom it shal be reckened so that we beleue on hym that raysed vp Iesus our Lorde from the dead 25 Which was deliuered for our sinnes and was raysed agayne for our iustification ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The fruite of fayth 7 The loue of God and obedience of Christe 12 From whence commeth death and from whence lyfe 1 THerefore being iustified by fayth we are at peace with GOD thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christe 2 By whom also we haue had an entraūce by fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God 3 Not that only but also we reioyce in tribulations knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience 4 Pacience profe profe hope 5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. 6 * For when we were yet weake accordyng to the tyme Christe dyed for the vngodly 7 Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye 8 ☞ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet sinners Christe dyed for vs. 9 Muche more then nowe we that are iustified by his blood shal be saued from wrath through hym 10 For yf when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne much more seyng we are reconciled we shal be saued by his lyfe 11 Not only so but we also ioye in God through our Lorde Iesus Christe by whō we haue nowe receaued the atonement 12 Wherfore as by one man sinne entred into the worlde death by sinne euen so death entred into all men insomuch as all haue sinned 13 For vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe 14 Neuerthelesse death raigned from Adam to Moyses ouer them also that had not sinned with lyke transgression as dyd Adam whiche is the figure of hym that was to come 15 But not as the sinne so is the gyft For yf through the sinne of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gyft by grace which is by one man Iesus Christe hath abounded vnto many 16 And not as by one that sinned euen so the gyft For the iudgement was of one into condemnation but the gyfte of many sinnes into iustification 17 For yf by the sinne of one death raigned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes shall raigne in life by the meanes of one Iesus Christe 18 Lykewyse then as by the sinne of one sinne came on all men to condempnation euen so by the ryghteousnes of one good came vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe 19 For as by one mans disobedience many became sinners so by the obedience
be declared the sonne of God First by power or workynge of miracles Secondly by the holy ghost appearyng in 〈◊〉 signes Thirdly by his resurrection from the dead i Cor. i. â— Gâ—th â—â— Iohn iiii c. i. Cor. iii. c. Phil. i. a. Coloss i. a. Act. xxvi b (c) All those that were not Iewes by a comon worde were called heathen And here they are deuided into Grekes barbarous By Grekes he vnderstaÌ„deth those that wer learned cruel and of good bryngyng vp By barbarous he meaneth rude and sauage people with whoÌ„ no man coulde well haue to do (d) Which apperaunce the worlde knoweth nothyng of For in the syght of God all men are godlesse synners and the chyldren of wrath wheÌ„ they knowe any thynge of God yet they be naught because they neyther thanke him nor serue hym and therfore plagues are powred vppon them from heauen (e) They hold the trueth in vnryghteousnes y e whiche vnderstande the trueth do not expresse the same in their deedes and lyfe Psal cvi c. Ierem. ii c. Eze. xiiii b. (f) By his trueth â–ª here he vnderstandeth the glorie of God and his true religion and a lie he calleth idoles â–ª because the idolaters went about to take away froÌ„ wood stone that whiche they were â–ª thynkyng theÌ„ to be neither wood nor stone but attributed to theÌ„ that that they were not that is diuine power nature Actes vii f. Ozee vii a. Math. vii a. (a) Saint Paul speketh â—ere agaynst those men only who being them selues fylled with alâ— wickednesse and impietie yet be of al other most busy and curyous in notyng and reprehendyng other mennes faultes nâ—t of any godlye zeale â–ª but to iustifie them selues and to bryng other men into hatred â— contempt Esai xxx â— Act. xvii g 〈◊〉 xvi d Not that 〈◊〉 works be â—ch merâ—te 〈◊〉 they deâ—e reward but the scripture vse this kynde of speakynge that tâ—erby it may prouoke and stâ—re vp men vnto good lyuyng â–ª wherby our fayth may the more appeare Which good workes God of his free grace doth reward ii Par. xâ—x c Act. x. e. Ephe vi b. Coloss iii b. Iames. i. b. Iohn viiii c. (c) It is his Gospell both for the ferueÌ„t loue and zeale that he beareth to it and also for the great paynes that he hath taken in settyng foorth the same (d) He awaketh y e Iews which were aslepe through a certain securitie and confidence in the lawe Math. vii a. Esaias lii a. Ezech. 36. g. (e) By this word he meaneth al y e people of what countrey or nation soeuer they be which haue not receaued the signe of circumcision accordyng to the lawe of Moyses Iohn viii c. Rom. ix b. Coloss ii b. Iohn viii c. Rom. ix b. Coloss ii b. Rom ix â— (a) Which is the perfourmance of gods promise For fayth is taken after two sortes both for our beliefe when we assure our selues that God wyl performe his promyse and also for y e stedfastnes of Gods promise to his people For although some of the Iewes dyd not beleue yet Gods trueth neuer fayled Psal xiiii a. and .lii. a. Psal v. b. Psal v. b. Prou. i. b. Esaias lix b Psa xxxvi a b 〈…〉 here 〈◊〉 whose lâ—we both the â—eremoniall and morall â–ª whose workes can not iustifie because theâ— be imperfecte in all men Esaias liii â— Iohn ii a. (c) which is a pacifiyng of Gods displeasure That whereas we were somtime bondslaues to synne â–ª God made his only sonne Christe Iesus a sacrifice for our sinnes to reconcile vs agayne by fayth into gods fauour Galat. ii â— (d) Meaning that y e Iewe and the Gentile are both iustified by one meanes which is by fayth Esaias li. a. Gene. xv b. Galath iii a. Iames. ii d. (a) That is whiche meaneth not to obteyne saluatioÌ„ through worthinesse of his workes (b) God is sayde to iustifie the vngodly because he pardoneth his synnes of a wicked man maketh hym good Psa xxxii â— â—n xv b. Gen. xvii b. So was Abrahams circumcision called because thereby was sealed y e ryghteousnes that through fayth was imputed to hym before his circumcision Galath iii. c Esaias li. a. Gen. xvii a. (d) In the creation of the world this appeared For when he commaunded any thyng to be foorthwith it was (e) That is which beleued and hoped for those thynges whiche God dyd promyse when as to mans reason they wer with out hope (f) For that she was past childe bearing Rom. xv a. Iohn xvi a. (a) By peace which is the fruite of faith is meant the incredible and most constant wy of mynde our conscience beyng quyet and established in Gods grace 〈◊〉 iii a. (b) Both for that the hope of the godly is not disapoynted of y e which they hope for and also for that they are not ashamed of any afflictioÌ„ in this world as the worldly mynded be but constantly abide without shame whatsoeuer trouble god doth send to them Gen. ii c. Rom. vi d. (d) For by Christe we are not onlye deâ—yuered fro the synnes of Adam but also froÌ„ all suche sinnes as we haue added thervnto â–ª Gala. iii. â— (a) He dyeth to synne in whom y e strength of sinne is broken by the power of Christe (b) That is that sinne thorow Christes death may be abolisshed and dye in vs and that as we are made cleane outwardlye with water in our baptisme so inwardlye our synnes 〈◊〉 be wasted away â–ª and clensed by the blood of â—hrist ii Tim. ii b. Apoc. i. b. (c) That is vnder y e curse of the lawe whose office is to accuse condempne but vnder grace wherby we haue forgeuenes of our sinnes are sanctified by the holye ghost into the newnesse of lyfe Iohn viii d Rom viii a. (d) Men vse to speake gentylly to their friendes and not to exact so much as they myght but so farre forth as reason requireth Gene ii c. Rom· v. c. (a) Before the coÌ„myng of Christe al meÌ„ were maryed and bounde to the lawe whiche dyd them none other seruice but disclosed their sinne and wickednesse forcyng them to seke helpe for their sin elswhere Nowe then the law being abolisshed for her imperfection and they cleansed thorowe Gods graâ—â— are spoused vnto Christe their new husband hym to serue in newnesse of lyfe (b) Because the bodye of Christe is made an offeryng and a sacrifice for our sinnes wherby god is pleased â–ª and his wrath appeased and for Christes sake 〈◊〉 holy ghost is geuen to all beleuers wherby the power of sinne is in vs dayly weakened we are counted dead to the lawe â–ª 〈◊〉 that y ◠〈◊〉 hath no dominion ouer vs. Rom. v. c. Galath iii. b Exod. xx c. Deut. v. b. Esaias lii a. (c) Lyke as bondmen are violeÌ„tly thrust hurled tormoyled as it pleaseth their cruel maister So are we through heapes of synnes drawen to many euil doings which we do neither lyke nor alowe
iii. Iohn xiii A Prid. Kl. Siluester bish xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iude. i. ¶ The summe of the vvhole Scripture of the bookes of the olde and new Testament The bookes of the olde Testament do teache vs that the same God whom Adam Noe Abraham Isahac Iacob Dauid and the other fathers did worship is the onely true God and that he the same is almightie and euerlasting VVho of his meere goodnesse hath created by his worde heauen and earth and all that is in them From whom all thinges do come without whom there is nothing at all And that he is iust and mercifull VVho also worketh all in all after his owne wyll To whom it is not lawfull to say wherefore he doth thus or thus Moreouer these bookes teache vs that this very God almightie after he created all thinges shope also Adam the first man to the image and spirituall similitude of him selfe and that he did constitute him lorde ouer all thinges that he had created in earth VVhich Adam by the enuie and fraude of the deuill transgressing the precept of his creator by this his sinne brought in such and so great sinne into the worlde that we which be sprong from him by the fleshe be in nature the children of wrath and therevpon we be made subiect and thraule to death to dampnation to the yoke and tyranny of the deuill Furthermore vve are taught by these excellent bookes that God promysed to Adam Abraham Isahac Iacob Dauid and to other fathers of the olde time that he would send that blessed seede his sonne Iesus Christe our sauiour which should deliuer all those from sinne and from the tyranny of the deuill which by a liuely and working faith should beleue this promise and put their trust in Iesus Christe hoping that of him and by him they shoulde obtayne this deliueraunce Also they geue vs to vnderstand that in the meane season whyle those fathers the Israelites loked for the saluation and deliueraunce promysed for that the nature of man is such so proude and so corrupt that those would not wyllingly acknowledge themselues to be sinners which had nede of the sauiour promysed God the creator gaue by Moyses his lawe wrytten in two tables of stone that by it sinne and the malice of mans heart being knowen men mought more vehemently thirst for the comming of Iesus Christe who should redeeme and deliuer them from sinne VVhich thing neither the lawe nor yet the sacrifices and oblations of the lawe did perfourme For they were shadowes and figures of the true oblation of the body of Christe by which oblation all sinnes should be blotted out and quite put away By the bookes of the newe Testament we be taught that Christe so afore promysed which is God aboue al thinges most blessed for euer euen he I say which was shadowed in the bookes of the olde Testament and in sacrifices figured that he was sent at the last from the father the selfe same time which the father did constitute within him selfe I say at that time when all wickednesse abounded in the worlde than he was sent And this Iesus our sauiour being borne in the fleshe suffered death and rose againe from the dead VVhich actes of his were not done by him in respect of the good workes of any man for we were all sinners but that this God our father shoulde appeare true in exhibiting the aboundant ryches of his grace which he promysed and that through his mercie he mought bring vs to saluation VVhereupon it is euidently shewed in the newe Testament that Iesus Christe being the true lambe the true sacrifice of the worlde putting away the sinnes of men came into this worlde to purchase grace and peace for vs with the father washing vs from our sinnes in his owne blood and should deliuer vs from the bondage of the deuil whom by sinne we did serue And so we should be adopted by him to be the sonnes of God made heires with him of that most excellent and euerlasting kingdome Now that we should acknowledge this singuler and excellent benefite of God toward vs almightie God geueth vs his holy spirite the fruite and effect of the which is faith in God and in his Christe For without the holy ghost by which we are instructed and sealed neither can we beleue that God the father sent Messias nor yet that Iesus is Christe For no man saith Paul can say that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy ghost The same spirite witnesseth to our spirite that we are the children of God and powreth into our bowels that charitie which Paul describeth to the Corinthians Furthermore that holy spirite doth geue vs hope which is a sure loking for eternall lyfe whereof he him selfe is the certaine token and pledge Also he geueth vs other spirituall giftes of the which Paul wryteth to the Galathians Therefore the benefite of faith is not to be despised or little to be set by For by the meanes of this trust and faith in Christe which worketh by charitie and sheweth it selfe foorth by the workes of charitie mouing man therto we are iustified and sanctified that is to say God and the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which is made our father also by him being our brother doth accompt vs to be iust and holy through his grace and through the merite of his sonne Iesus Christe not imputing our sinnes to vs so farre foorth that we shoulde suffer the paynes of hell for them Finally Christe him selfe came into the worlde to the intent that we through him being sanctified and cleansed from our sinnes folowing his wyll in good workes shoulde deny the thinges pertayning to the fleshe and freely serue him in righteousnesse and holynesse all the dayes of our lyfe and that by good workes which God hath prepared for vs to walke in we should shewe our selues to be called to this grace and gift of faith which good workes who so hath not doth shewe him selfe not to haue such a faith in Christe as is required in vs. To Christe must we come and folowe him with a chearefull minde that he may teache vs For he is our maister lowly and humble of heart he is to vs an example whereby we must learne the rule to lyue well Moreouer he is our bishop and our high priest which dyd him selfe offer vp for vs his owne blood being the onely mediator betweene God and men VVho now sitteth at the right hande of God the father being made our aduocate making prayer and intercession for vs who doubtlesse shall obtayne for vs whatsoeuer we shall desire eyther of him or els of his father in his name if so be that we thus desiring shall beleue that he wyll so do for thus hath he promysed Therefore let vs not doubt if we sinne at any tyme to come with
26 And the Lorde sayde If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie I wyll spare all the place for their sakes 27 And Abraham aunsweryng sayde beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde whiche am but dust and asshes 28 If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie ryghteous wylt thou destroy all the citie for lacke of fiue And he saide If I fynde there fourtie and fiue I wyl not destroy them 29 And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne and sayde What yf there shall be fourtie founde there He aunswered I wyll not do it for fourties sake 30 He sayde vnto hym agayne O let not my lord be angry that I speake What yf there shall thirtie be founde there And he sayde I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there 31 He sayde agayne O see I haue taken vppon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lord What if there shal be twentie founde there He aunswered I wyll not destroy them for twenties sake 32 And he sayde O let not my Lorde be angry and I wyll speake yet but this once What if ten shal be found there He aunswered I wil not destroy them for tennes sake 33 And the Lorde went his way assoone as he had left communyng with Abraham and Abraham also turned vnto his place ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 The hospitalitie of Lot receauyng angels 3 He prepareth a banket for them 4 The lust of the Sodomites 14 God delyuereth Lot from the Sodomites the subuersion of whom he foretelleth Lot is laughed to scorne of his sonnes in lawe 16 God compelleth Lot hym selfe to go out 18 The towne Segor is saued by the prayers of Lot 20 Lot confesseth the mercie of God 24 The destruction of Sodome and Gomorrhe 26 The wyfe of Lot is turned into a stone of salt 29 For Abraham Lot is delyuered 30 Lot goeth out of Segor 31 The incest of Lot with his daughters 37 Moab 38 Ammon 1 AND there came two angels to Sodome at euen and Lot sate at the gate of Sodome and Lot seing them rose vp to meete them and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the grounde 2 And he sayde Oh my Lordes turne in I praye you into your seruauntes house and tary all nyght and washe your feete and ye shall ryse vp early to go in your wayes Whiche sayde nay but we wyll byde in the streates all nyght 3 And he preassed vpon them exceedinglye and they returnyng in vnto hym entred into his house he made them a feast and did bake vnleuened bread and they did eate 4 And before they went to rest the men of the citie euen the men of Sodome compassed the house rounde about both olde and young all people frō all quarters 5 And they callyng vnto Lot sayde vnto hym Where are the men whiche came in to thee this nyght bryng them out vnto vs that we may knowe them 6 And Lot went out at the doore vnto them and shut the doores after hym 7 And sayde Nay for Gods sake brethren do not so wickedly 8 Behold I haue two daughters whiche haue knowen no man them wyll I bryng out nowe vnto you and do with them as it seemeth good in your eyes only vnto these men do nothyng for therefore came they vnder the shadowe of my roofe 9 And they sayde stande backe And they said agayne he came in as one to soiourne and wyll he be nowe a iudge we wyll surely deale worse with thee then with them And they preassed sore vpon the man euen Lot and came to breake vp the doore 10 But the men put foorth their hande and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to the doore 11 And the men that were at the doore of the house they smote with blyndenesse both small and great so that they were weryed in sekyng the doore 12 And the men sayde vnto Lot Hast thou here any besides sonne in lawe and thy sonnes and thy daughters and whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie bryng them out of this place 13 For we wyl destroy this place because the crye of them is great before the face of God for the Lorde hath sent vs to destroy it 14 And Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe which maried his daughters saying Stande vp get ye out of this place for the Lorde wyll ouerthrowe this citie But he seemed as though he had mocked vnto his sonnes in lawe 15 And when the mornyng arose the angels caused Lot to speede him saying Stande vp take thy wyfe and thy two daughters which be at hande lest thou perishe in the sinne of the citie 16 And as he prolonged the tyme the men caught both him his wife and his two daughters by the handes the Lorde beyng mercyfull vnto hym and they brought hym foorth and set hym without the citie 17 And when he had brought them out he sayde Saue thy selfe and loke not behynde thee neither tary thou in all this playne countrey Saue thy selfe in the mountaine lest thou perishe 18 And Lot sayde vnto them Oh not so my Lordes 19 Beholde thy seruaunt hath founde grace in thy syght and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast shewed vnto me in sauyng my lyfe Beholde I can not be saued in the mountayne lest some harme fall vppon me and I dye 20 Beholde here is a citie by to flee vnto euen yonder litle one Oh let me escape thyther Is it not a litle one and my soule shall lyue 21 And he sayde to hym See I haue receaued thy request as concernyng this thing that I wyll not ouerthrowe this citie for the whiche thou hast spoken 22 Haste thee and be saued there for I can do nothyng tyl thou be come thyther and therfore the name of the citie is Soar 23 And the sonne was nowe rysen vpon the earth and Lot was entred into Soar 24 Then the Lorde rayned vpon Sodome and Gomorrhe brymstone and fire from the Lorde out of heauen 25 And ouerthrewe those cities and all that plaine region and all that dwelled in the cities and that that grewe vpon the earth 26 But Lots wyfe folowyng him loked behynde her was turned into a piller of salt 27 Abraham rysyng vp early gote hym to the place where he stoode before the presence of God and loked towarde Sodome and Gomorrhe and towarde all the lande of that playne countrey 28 And behelde and lo the smoke of the countrey arose as the smoke of a furnesse 29 And it came to passe that when God destroyed the cities of that region he thought vpon Abraham and sent Lot out from the middest of the ouerthrow when he ouerthrewe the cities in one of the whiche Lot dwelled 30 And Lot departed out of Soar and dwelled in the mountayne with his two daughters for
for her 3 And Abraham stoode vp frō the sight of his corse and talked with the sonnes of Heth saying 4 I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my corse out of my sight 5 And the chyldren of Heth aunswered Abraham saying vnto hym 6 Heare vs my Lorde thou art a prince of God amongest vs in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead none of vs shall forbyd thee his sepulchre but thou mayest bury thy dead therin 7 Abraham stoode vp and bowed hym selfe before the people of the lande that is the chyldren of Heth. 8 And he communed with them saying If it be your mynde that I shal bury my dead out of my sight heare me and speake for me to Ephron the sonne of Sohar 9 That he may geue me the caue of Machpelah whiche he hath in the ende of his fielde but for as much money as it is worth shall he geue it me for a possession to bury in amongest you 10 For Ephron dwelleth amongest the chyldren of Heth and Ephron the Hethite aunswered Abraham in the audience of the chyldren of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his citie saying 11 Not so my Lord heare me the fielde geue I thee and the caue that therin is geue I thee also in the presence of the sonnes of my people geue I it thee burye thy dead 12 And Abraham bowed him selfe before the people of the lande 13 And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey saying yf thou wylt geue it then I pray thee heare me I wyll geue syluer for the fielde take it of me and I will bury my dead therin 14 Ephron aunswered Abraham saying vnto hym 15 My Lord hearken vnto me the lande is worth foure hundred sicles of siluer what is that betwixt thee and me bury therfore thy dead 16 And Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron and wayed him the siluer which he had sayde in the aundience of the sonnes of Heth euen foure hundred syluer sicles of currant money amongest marchauntes 17 And the fielde of Ephron in Machpelah which was before Mamre euē the fielde and the caue that was therein and all the trees that were in the fielde and that were in al the borders rounde about was made sure 18 Vnto Abraham for a possession in the sight of the chyldren of Heth before all that went in at the gates of the citie 19 After this dyd Abraham bury Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the fielde that lyeth before Mamre the same is Hebron in the land of Chanaan 20 And so both the fielde the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in by the sonnes of Heth. ¶ The .xxiiij. Capter 2 Abraham sendeth his man to seeke a wyfe for Isaac the whiche God prouideth for hym The maner of the Hebrewes othe 7 The fayth of Abraham to the promyse of God 12 A faythfull prayer of Abrahams seruaunt to God 15 Rebecca a fayre virgin is offred vnto the seruaunt not wyttyng it 18 Rebecca moderate and colde in wordes 27 The seruaunt doeth thankes vnto God 28 The marueylous diligence of Rebecca and Laban to the straungers warde 33 The seruaunt declareth the causes of his iourney and what thinges happened hym therein 35 What Gods blessing is 47 Rebecca the neece of Nachor by his sonne 50 They commit all thinges vnto God 53 The seruaunt offereth gyftes vnto Rebecca and her parentes 58 The consent of the mayden is asked 59 Rebecca is conducted vnto Isahac 60 The parentes do blesse Rebecca 67 Isahac taketh Rebecca to wife 1 AND Abraham was old stricken in dayes and the Lorde had blessed Abraham in all thinges 2 And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaūt of his house whiche had the rule ouer all that he had put thy hande vnder my thigh 3 And I wyll make thee sweare by the Lorde God of heauen and God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Chanaanites amongest which I dwel 4 But thou shalt go vnto my countrey and to my kinred and take a wife vnto my sonne Isahac 5 But the seruaunt sayd vnto hym peraduenture the woman wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lande shall I bryng thy sonne againe vnto the land whiche thou cammest out of 6 To whom Abraham aunswered beware that thou bring not my sonne thyther agayne 7 The Lorde God of heauen whiche toke me from my fathers house from the land of my kinred and which spake vnto me and that sware vnto me saying vnto thy seede wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before thee and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence 8 Neuerthelesse if the woman wyl not folowe thee then shalt thou be cleare from this my othe onlye bring not my sonne thyther agayne 9 And the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister and sware to hym as concernyng y e matter 10 And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister departed had of al maner of goods of his maister with him and so he arose went to Mesopotamia vnto y e citie of Nachor 11 And made his Camelles to lye downe without the citie by a welles side of water at euen about the time that women come out to drawe water 12 And he saide Lord God of my maister Abraham I pray thee sende me good speede this day and shewe mercy vnto my maister Abraham 13 Lo I stande here by the well of water and the daughters of the mē of this citie come out to drawe water 14 Nowe let the damsel to whom I say stoupe downe thy pitcher I pray thee that I may drinke If she say also drinke and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also let the same be she that thou hast ordeyned for thy seruaunt Isahac and thereby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my maister 15 And it came to passe yer he had lefte speakyng beholde Rebecca came out the daughter of Bethuel sonne to Milcha the wyfe of Nachor Abrahams brother and her pytcher vpon her shoulder 16 The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man and she went downe to the wel and filled her pitcher and came vp 17 And the seruaunt runnyng to meete her sayde let me I pray thee drinke a litle water of thy pitcher 18 And she sayd drinke my Lorde And she hasted and let downe her pytcher vpon her arme and gaue him drinke 19 And when she had geuen him drinke she sayde I wyll drawe water for thy Camelles also vntyl they haue dronke ynough 20 And she poured out her pytcher into the trough hastyly and ranne agayne vnto the well to
the beautie eloquence strength power successe administration of iustice aboundaunce of riches and maiestie of kyng Solomon with his wife and children setteth foorth Iesus Christe and his espouse the Churche whose eternal kingdome agaynst sinne death and hell is notably figured here in this psalme ¶ To the chiefe musition on the instrument Sosannim to be song of the children of Corach A song of loue geuyng wise instructions 1 MY heart is endityng of a good matter I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer 2 Thou art fayrer then the children of men full of grace are thy lippes because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer 3 Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thygh O thou most mightie that is with thy glorie and thy maiestie 4 Prosper thou with thy maiestie ryde on the worde of trueth and of affliction for ryghteousnesse sake and thy ryght hande shall teache thee terrible thynges 5 Thyne arrowes are sharpe a people the kynges enemies shall submit in heart them selues vnto thee 6 Thy throne O Lorde endureth for euer and euer the scepter of ryghteousnesse is the scepter of thy kyngdome 7 Thou hast loued iustice and hated vngodlynesse wherfore the Lorde euen thy Lorde hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse more then thy felowes 8 All thy garmentes smell of Myrre Aloes and Cassia out of the iuorie palaces wherby they haue made thee glad 9 Kynges daughters are amongst thy honourable women vpon thy ryght hande standeth the queene in a vesture of golde of Ophir 10 Hearken O daughter and consider encline thine eare forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house 11 So shall the kyng haue pleasure in thy beautie for he is thy Lorde and worship thou hym 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall come with a present the riche among the people shall make their earnest prayer before thee 13 The kynges daughter is all glorious within her clothyng is of wrought golde 14 She shal be brought vnto the kyng in rayment of needle worke the virgins that folowe her and her company shal be brought vnto thee 15 With ioy and gladnesse shall they be brought and shal enter into the kinges palace 16 In steade of thy fathers thou shalt haue children whom thou mayst make princes in all landes 17 I wyll remember thy name from one generation vnto another therfore shall the people prayse thee worlde without ende ¶ The argument of the .xlvj. Psalme ¶ The prophete acknowledgeth God to haue deliuered Hierusalem so notably out of perilles that they all haue a cause to conceaue a full hope not for to feare any aduersitie in tyme to come He exhorteth other to beholde the great workes of God and turneth his speache to his aduersaries ¶ To the chiefe musition a song to be song of the children of Corach vpon Alamoth 1 THe Lorde is our refuge strength a helpe very easyly founde in troubles 2 Therfore we wyll not feare though the earth be transposed and though the hilles rushe into the middest of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountaynes shake at the surges of the same Selah 4 Yet the fludde by his ryuers shall make glad the citie of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most hyghest 5 God is in the myddest of her therfore she can not be remoued the Lorde wyll helpe her and that ryght early 6 The heathen make much a do and the kyngdomes are moued but God shewed his voyce and the earth melted away 7 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah 8 O come hither and beholde the workes of God what distructions he hath brought vpon the earth 9 He maketh warres to ceasse in all the worlde he breaketh the bowe knappeth the speare in sunder and burneth the charettes in the fire 10 Be styll then and knowe that I am the Lorde I wyll be exalted among the heathen I wyll be exalted in the earth 11 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah The argument of the .xlvij. psalme ¶ The prophete inciteth the faythfull to prayse God with all kynde of melody for that he subdueth their enemies vnder them He also declareth that the heathen with their princes shall receaue the fayth ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme to be song of the children of Corach 1 CLap your handes all ye people make a noise vnto the Lorde with a ioyfull voyce 2 For God is hygh and terrible he is the great king vpō all the earth 3 He wyll subdue the people vnder vs and the nations vnder our feete 4 He hath chosen for vs our inheritaunce the glorie of Iacob whō he loued Selah 5 The Lorde ascendeth in a triumph and God with the sounde of a trumpet 6 Syng psalmes to the Lorde syng psalmes syng psalmes to our kyng sing psalmes 7 For the Lorde is kyng of all the earth * syng psalmes all you that haue skyll 8 God raigneth ouer the heathen God sitteth vpon his holy throne 9 The princes of the people are assembled together for to be the people of the God of Abraham for the shieldes of the earth be Gods who is hyghly exalted ¶ The argument of the .xlviii. Psalme ¶ The prophete magnifieth the maiestie of God for his goodnesse benefites fayth and wonderfull defence towardes his Churche which he commendeth vnder the name of the citie of God of mount Sion of the holy hyll and palaces of the north syde ¶ A song the psalme of the children of Corach 1 GReat is God and hyghly to be praysed in the citie of our Lorde his holy hyll 2 The hyll of Sion is fayre in situation and the ioy of the whole earth vpon the north syde lyeth y e citie of the great king 3 God is well knowen in her palaces as a most sure refuge 4 For lo kinges did assemble and passe by together they them selues sawe it * lykewyse they marueyled they were astonyed with feare and sodenly in haste they were gone away 5 A feare came there vpon them and sorowe as vpon a woman in her childe trauayle 6 Thou didst breake the shippes of the sea through the east wynde 7 Lyke as we haue hearde so haue we seene in the citie of God of hoastes in the citie of our Lorde God vpholdeth the same for euer Selah 8 O Lorde we haue wayted for thy louyng kindnesse in the myddest of thy temple 9 O Lorde accordyng to thy name so is thy prayse vnto the worldes ende thy ryght hande is full of iustice 10 Mount Sion shall reioyce and the daughters of Iuda shal be glad because of thy iudgementes 11 Compasse about Sion and go rounde about her and tell the towres therof 12 Marke well her bulwarkes beholde her hygh palaces that ye may tell it to your posteritie
without the striking of any battayl set men to kepe the welles that they drawe no water out of them so shalt thou destroy them without sworde or at the least they shall be so feeble that they must be fayne to geue ouer the citie which they thinke not able to be wunne for so much as it lyeth in the mountaynes 10 These wordes pleased Holophernes wel and all his men of warre and he set an hundreth at euery well round about 11 And when this watch had endured twentie dayes the cesternes and all that had water fayled them that dwelt in the citie of Bethulia so that in the whole citie they had not drincke inough for one day for the people had water geuen them dayly in a measure 12 Then came the men and women young persons and children al vnto Osias and sayd al with one voyce 13 God be iudge betwixt vs and thee for thou hast dealt euyll with vs thou wouldest not speake peaceably with the king of the Assyrians therefore hath God solde vs into their handes 14 And there is no man to helpe vs wheras we are brought downe before their eyes in thirst and great destruction 15 Therefore gather now together all the people that be in the citie that we may all yeelde our selues wyllyngly vnto the people of Holophernes 16 For better it is that we be captiue and prayse the Lorde with our liues then to be slayne perishe and to be laughed to scorne and shamed of euery man when we see our wiues and children die before our eyes 17 We take heauen and earth this day to record the God of our fathers whiche punisheth vs according to the deseruing of our sinnes and geue you warning that ye geue vp the citie nowe into the power of Holophernes hoast that our end may be short with the sworde which els shal endure long for want of water and for thirst 18 When they had spoken out these wordes there was a great weeping and howling in the whole congregation and that of euery man and they cryed a whole houre long vnto God with one voyce 19 Saying We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done a misse we haue dealt wickedly 20 Thou that art gratious haue mercie vpon vs or punishe our vnrighteousnes with thyne owne scourge and geue not those ouer that knowledge thee vnto a people which knowe thee not 21 That they may not say among the heathen Where is their God 22 And when they were so weery with this crying and weeping that they helde their peace 23 Osias stoode vp with watry eyes and sayde O take good heartes vnto you deare brethren and be of good cheare and let vs wayte yet these fiue dayes for mercie of the Lorde 24 Peraduenture he shal put away his indignation geue glorie vnto his name 25 But if he helpe vs not when the fiue dayes are past we shall do as ye haue sayde The .viii. Chapter 1 The parentage life and conuersation of Iudith 11 She rebuketh the fayntnesse of the gouernours 12 She sheweth that they shoulde not tempt God but wayte vpon him for succour 33 Her enterprise against the enemies 1 ANd it happened when these wordes came to the eares of Iudith a widdowe which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Idox the sonne of Ioseph the sonne of Osia the sonne of Elai the sonne of Iamnor the sonne of Gedeon the sonne of Raphaim the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Melchia the sonne of Enan the sonne of Nathania the sonne of Salathiel the sonne of Simeon the sonne of Ruben 2 And her husband was called Manasses whiche dyed in the dayes of the barlye haruest 3 For whyle he was binding the sheaues together in the fielde the heate came vpon his head and he died at Bethulia his citie and there was he buried beside his fathers 4 Nowe was Iudith his desolate wyddowe three yeres and sixe monethes 5 And in the higher partes of her house she made her selfe a priuie chamber where she dwelt beyng closed in with her maydens 6 She ware a smocke of heere and fasted al the dayes of her life except the Sabbathes and newe moones and the solempne dayes that the people of Israel kept 7 She was a very faire and beautiful person her husbande also had left her great riches a plenteous houshold great vnmoueable possessions many cattell 8 This Iudith was a woman of a very good report with euery one for she feared the Lord greatly and there was no body that spake an euyll worde of her 9 When this Iudith hearde how Osias had promised the people that after the fift day he woulde geue vp the citie vnto the Assyrians she sent for the elders Chabri and Charmi. 10 And when they came to her she sayde What thing is this wherin Osias hath consented that if God helpe not within fiue dayes he will geue ouer the citie to the Assyrians 11 What are ye that ye tempt the Lorde 12 This deuice obtayneth no mercie of God but prouoketh hym vnto wrath and displeasure 13 Will ye set the mercie of the Lorde a time and appoynt him a day after your will 14 Neuerthelesse for so much as the Lord is pacient let vs rather repent in this powring out teares and beseching hym of grace 15 For God threatneth not as a man neither will he be prouoked vnto wrath as the children of men 16 And therfore let vs heartyly fal downe before him and serue hym with a meeke spirite 17 And with weeping eyes say vnto the Lorde that he deale with vs according to his owne wil speedyly in mercie that like as our heart is nowe vexed and brought low through the pride of them it may so be comforted through his grace 18 In so much as we folowe not the sinnes of our fathers which forsoke their God and worshipped other gods 19 For the which sinne they perished with the sword were spoyled and brought to shame of al their enemies As for vs we knowe none other God but only hym 20 For whose comfort let vs tary with meekenesse and he shall require make inquisition for our blood from the vexations of our enemies he shall bring downe all the heathen that rise vp against vs and put them to dishonour euen the Lord our God 21 Therefore deare brethren seyng ye are the honorable and elders in the people of God and their lyfe hangeth all vpon you lift vp their heartes with your exhortation that they may call to remembraunce howe our fathers also in times past were tempted that they might be proued if they worshipped their God a right 22 They ought to remember howe our father Abraham beyng tempted tryed through many tribulations was found a louer and friende of God 23 So was Isahac so was Iacob so was Moyses and all they that pleased God passed stedfast in faith through many folde troubles 24 Againe they that receaued not their temptations with the feare
deedes of the lawe but by the fayth of Iesus Christe And we haue beleued on Iesus Christ that we might be iustified by the fayth of Christe and not by the deedes of the lawe because by the deedes of the lawe no fleshe shal be iustified 17 If then whyle we seke to be made ryghteous by Christe we our selues are founde sinners is therfore Christe the minister of sinne God forbyd 18 For yf I builde agayne the thynges which I destroyed then make I my selfe a trespasser 19 For I through the lawe am dead to the lawe that I myght lyue vnto God I am crucified with Christe 20 Neuerthelesse I lyue yet nowe not I but Christe lyueth in me And y e lyfe which I nowe liue in the fleshe I lyue by the faith of the sonne of God which loued me and gaue hym selfe for me 21 I reiect not the grace of God ▪ For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe then Christe is dead in vayne ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He rebuketh them sharply 2 and proueth by dyuers reasons that iustification is by fayth 6 as appeareth by the example of Abraham 10.19.24 and by the office and the ende both of the lawe 11.25 and of fayth 1 O Foolishe Galathians who hath bewitched you that ye shoulde not obey y e trueth To whom Iesus Christe was described before the eyes among you crucified 2 This only woulde I learne of you whether ye receaued the spirite by the deedes of the lawe or by the hearyng of the fayth 3 Are ye such fooles that after ye haue begun in the spirite ye woulde nowe ende in the fleshe 4 Haue ye suffered so great thynges in vayne Yf it be yet in vayne 5 He therfore that ministreth to you the spirite and worketh miracles among you doth he it through the deedes of the lawe or by hearyng of the fayth 6 Euen as Abraham beleued God it was ascribed to hym for righteousnesse 7 Knowe ye therfore that they which are of fayth the same are the chyldren of Abraham 8 For the scripture seyng aforehande that God woulde iustifie the Heathen through fayth shewed beforehand glad tydynges vnto Abraham saying In thee shall all nations be blessed 9 So then they which be of fayth are blessed with the faythfull Abraham 10 For as many as are of the deedes of the lawe are vnder the curse For it is writtē Cursed is euery one that continueth not in all thinges which are written in the booke of the lawe to do them 11 But that no man is iustified by y e lawe in the sight of God it is euident For the iust shall lyue by fayth 12 And the lawe is not of fayth but the man that doth them shall lyue in them 13 Christe hath redeemed vs from the curse of the lawe beyng made a curse for vs. For it is written Cursed is euery one that hangeth on tree 14 That the blessyng of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Iesus Christe that we myght receaue the promise of the spirite through fayth 15 Brethren I speake after y e maner of men Though it be but a mans testamēt yet if it be alowed no man reiecteth it or addeth therto 16 ☞ To Abraham and his seede were the promises made He sayth not to the seedes as of many but to thy seede as of one which is Christe 17 This I say that the lawe which began afterwarde beyonde foure hundred and thirtie yeres doth not disanull the testament that was confirmed afore of God vnto Christewarde to make the promise of none effect 18 For yf the inheritaūce be of the lawe then not nowe of promise But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promise 19 Wherfore then serueth the lawe It was added because of transgressions tyl the seede came to whom the promise was made and it was ordayned by Angels in the hande of a mediatour 20 A mediatour is not a mediatour of one but God is one 21 Is the lawe then against the promise of God God forbyd For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe 22 But the scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne that the promise by y e fayth of Iesus Christe shoulde be geuen vnto them that beleue ☜ 23 But before fayth came we were kept vnder the lawe and were shut vp vnto the fayth which shoulde afterwarde be reuealed 24 Wherfore the lawe was our scholemaister vnto Christe that we shoulde be iustified by fayth 25 But after that fayth is come we are no longer vnder a scholemaister 26 For ye are all the chyldren of God by fayth in Christe Iesu 27 For all ye that are baptized haue put on Christe 28 There is no Iewe neither Greke there is neither bonde nor free there is neither male nor female For ye are all * one in Christe Iesu 29 If ye be Christes then are ye Abrahams seede and heyres accordyng to the promise ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 2 He sheweth wherfore the ceremonies were ordayned which beyng shadowes must ende when Christe the trueth commeth 9 He moueth them by certayne exhortations 22 and confirmeth his argument with a strong example or allegorie 1 AND I say that the heyre as long as he is a chylde differeth nothyng from a seruaūt though he be Lorde of all 2 But is vnder tuters and gouernours vntyll the tyme appoynted of the father 3 Euen so we when we were chyldren were in bondage vnder y e rudimentes of the worlde 4 But when the fulnesse of the tyme was come God sent his sonne made of a woman and made vnder the lawe 5 To redeeme them that were vnder the lawe that we myght receaue the adoption of chyldren 6 Because ye are sonnes God hath sent the spirite of his sonne into your heartes crying Abba father 7 Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heire of God through Christ 8 Notwithstandyng when ye knewe not God ye dyd seruice vnto thē * which by nature are no Gods 9 But nowe after that ye haue knowen God yea rather are knowen of God howe turne ye agayne vnto the weake and beggarly rudimentes whervnto againe ye desire a freshe to be in bondage 10 Ye obserue dayes and monethes and tymes and yeres 11 I am in feare of you lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vayne 12 Brethren I besech you be as I am for I am as ye are Ye haue not iniured me at all 13 Ye knowe howe through infirmitie of the fleshe I preached the Gospell vnto you at the first 14 And my temptation which was in my fleshe ye dispised not neither abhorred but receaued me as an Angel of God euen as Christe Iesus 15 What is then your felicitie For I beare you recorde that yf it had ben possible ye
thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned from me of whō are Phygellus Hermogenes 16 The Lorde geue mercie vnto y e house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chayne 17 But whē he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and founde me 18 The Lorde graunt vnto hym that he may fynde mercie with the Lorde in that day And in howe many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well The .ij. Chapter 2 He exhorteth hym to be constant in trouble to suffer manly to abyde fast in the wholsome doctrine of our Lorde Iesus Christe 11 shewyng hym the fidelitie of Gods counsell touchyng the saluation of his 19 and the marke therof 1 THou therfore my sonne be strong in the grace that is in Christe Iesus 2 And the thynges that thou haste hearde of me by many witnesses the same commit thou to faythfull men which shal be apt to teache other also 3 Thou therfore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christe 4 No man that warreth entangleth hym selfe with th affayres of this lyfe that he may please hym which hath chosen hym to be a souldier 5 And if a man also wrestle yet is he not crowned except he wrestle lawfullie 6 The labouryng husbandman must first be partaker of the fruites 7 Consider What I say and the Lorde geue thee vnderstandyng in all thinges 8 Remember that Iesus Christe of the seede of Dauid was raysed from the dead accordyng to my Gospell 9 Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer euen vnto bondes But the worde of God is not bounde 10 Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes that they myght also obtaine the saluation which is in Christ Iesus with eternall glorie 11 It is a faythfull saying for yf we be dead with hym we shall also lyue with hym 12 If we be patient we shall also raigne with hym If we denie hym he also shall denie vs. 13 If we be vnfaythful he abideth faithfull he can not denie hym selfe 14 Of these thynges put them in remembraunce testifie before the Lorde that they striue not about wordes to no profite but to the peruertyng of y e hearers 15 Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God a workman not to be ashamed rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth 16 But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse 17 And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus 18 Which about the trueth haue erred saying that the resurrection is past alredie do ouerthrowe the fayth of some 19 But the strong foundation of God standeth styl hauyng this seale The Lorde knoweth thē that are his And let euery one that nameth the name of Christe depart from iniquitie 20 But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde and of siluer but also of wood and of earth some to honour and some vnto dishonour 21 If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these he shal be a vessell vnto honour and meete for y e vses of the Lorde and prepared vnto euery good worke 22 Lustes of youth auoyde but folowe ryghteousnesse fayth loue peace with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart 23 But foolishe vnlearned questions put from thee knowyng that they do but gender strife 24 And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue but be gentle vnto all men apt to teache sufferyng euyll in mekenesse 25 Instructing thē which are contrarie mynded yf God at any tyme wyll geue them repentaunce to the knowledge of the trueth 26 And that they may come to thē selues agayne out of the snare of the deuyll which are holden captyue of hym at his wyll ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He prophecieth of the perilous tymes 2 setteth out hypocrites in their colours 12 sheweth the state of the Christians 14 and howe to auoyde daungers 16 Also what profite commeth of the scriptures 1 THis knowe also that in the last dayes perylous tymes shal be at hande 2 For men shal be louers of their owne selues couetous boasters proude blasphemers disobedient to fathers and mothers vnthankefull vngodlye 3 Without naturall affection trucebreakers false accusers riotous fierce despisers of them which are good 4 Traytours headdy hye mynded louers of pleasures more then louers of God 5 Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse but denying the power therof turne away from these 6 These are they which enter into houses leade captiue simple women laden with sinne caryed with diuers lustes 7 Euer learnyng and neuer able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth 8 For as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moyses so do these also resist the trueth Men of corrupt myndes reprobate concernyng the fayth 9 But they shall preuayle no longer For their madnesse shal be manifest vnto all men as also theirs was 10 But thou hast folowed my doctrine fashion of lyuyng purpose fayth long sufferyng loue patience 11 Persecutions afflictions which came vnto me at Antioche at Iconium at Lystra which persecutions I suffred patiently And from them all the Lord deliuered me 12 Yea and all that wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesus shall suffer persecution 13 But the euyll men and deceauers shall waxe worse and worse deceauyng and deceaued 14 But continue thou in the thynges which thou haste learned which also were committed vnto thee knowyng of whom thou hast learned them 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus 16 All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to doctrine to reproue to correction to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse 17 That the man of God may be perfect instructed vnto all good workes ⧠The .iiij. Capter 2 He exhorteth Timotheus to be feruent in the worde and to suffer aduersitie 6 maketh mention of his owne death 9 and biddeth Timothe come vnto hym 1 I Testifie therefore before God the Lorde Iesus Christe which shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearyng and his kingdome 2 Preache the worde be instant in season out of season Improue rebuke exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine 3 For the tyme wyll come when they shall not suffer wholsome doctrine but after their owne lustes shal they whose eares itche get thē an heape of teachers 4 And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth and shal be turned vnto fables 5 But watche thou in all thynges suffer afflictions do the worke of an Euangelist fulfyll thy ministerie 6 For I am nowe redie to be offered the tyme of my dissolution is at hande 7 I haue fought a good fyght I haue fulfylled my course I haue kept y e faith 8 Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a
ordeined by the word of God and that thynges whiche are seene were made of thynges * whiche were not seene 4 By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous God testifiyng of his gyftes by which also he beyng dead yet speaketh 5 By fayth was Enoch translated that he shoulde not see death neither was he founde for God had taken hym away For afore he was taken away he was reported of to haue pleased God 6 But without fayth it is vnpossible to please hym For he that cōmeth to God must beleue that God is and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him 7 By fayth Noe beyng warned of God of thinges not seene as yet moued with reuerence prepared the arke to the sauyng of his house through the whiche arke he condempned the worlde and became heire of the righteousnes which is by fayth 8 By fayth Abraham when he was called obeyed to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce and he went out not knowyng whyther he shoulde go 9 By fayth he remoued into the lande of promise as into a straunge countrey whē he had dwelt in tabernacles with Isaac and Iacob heires with hym of the same promise 10 For he loked for a citie hauyng a foundation whose buylder and maker is God 11 Through fayth also Sara her selfe receaued strength to conceaue seede and was delyuered of a chylde whē she was past age because she iudged hym faythfull which had promised 12 And therfore sprang there of one euen of one whiche was as good as dead so many in multitude as are the starres in the skye and as the sande the whiche is by the sea shore innumerable 13 These all dyed according to fayth not hauing receaued the promises but seing them a farre of and beleuyng and salutyng and confessyng that they were straungers and pilgrimes on the earth 14 For they that saye suche thynges declare that they seke a countrey 15 Also yf they had ben myndfull of that countrey from whence they came out they had leasure to haue returned 16 But nowe they desire a better that is a heauenly Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God for he hath prepared for them a citie 17 By fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac when he was proued and he that had receaued the promises offered vp his only begotten sonne 18 To whom it was saide that in Isaac shall thy seede be called 19 For he considered that God was able to rayse the dead vp agayne frō whence also he receaued hym in a similitude of the resurrection 20 By fayth did Isaac blesse Iacob and Esau concernyng thynges to come 21 By fayth Iacob when he was a dying blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph and worshypped towarde the toppe of his scepter 22 By fayth Ioseph when he dyed remembred the departyng of the chyldren of Israel and gaue commaundement of his bones 23 By fayth Moyses whē he was borne was hyd three monethes of his father and mother because they sawe he was a proper chylde neither feared they the kynges commaundement 24 By fayth Moyses when he was great refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos daughter 25 Chosyng rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God then to enioye the pleasures of sinne for a season 26 Esteemyng the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt For he had respect vnto the recompence of the rewarde 27 By fayth he forsoke Egypt fearyng not the wrath of the kyng For he endured euen as though he had seene him which is inuisible 28 Through fayth he ordeyned the Passouer and the effusion of blood lest he that destroyed the first borne shoulde touche them 29 By fayth they passed through the redde sea as by drye lande which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned 30 By fayth the walles of Iericho fell downe after they were compassed about seuen dayes 31 By fayth the harlot Rahab perished not with them that were disobedient when she had receaued the spyes with peace 32 And what shall I more say for the tyme woulde fayle me to rehearse of Gedeon of Barac and of Sampson and of Iephte of Dauid also and Samuel and of the prophetes 33 ☞ Which through faith subdued kingdomes wrought righteousnesse obteyned the promises stopped the mouthes of the Lions 34 Quenched the violence of fyre escaped the edge of the sworde out of weakenesse were made strong waxed valiant in fyght turned to flyght the armies of the aliantes 35 The women receaued their dead raysed to lyfe agayne Other were racked not lokyng for deliueraunce that they might receaue a better resurrectiō 36 And others were tryed with mockynges and scourgynges Yea moreouer with bondes and prisonment 37 They were stoned were hewen asunder were tempted were slaine with sword wandred about in sheepskinnes and goates skinnes beyng destitute afflicted and tormented 38 Of whō the worlde was not worthie They wandred in wildernesse and in mountaynes and in dennes and caues of the earth 39 And these all through fayth obteyned good report and receaued not the promise 40 God prouidyng a better thyng for vs that they without vs shoulde not be made perfect ¶ The .xij Chapter 1 An exhortation to be patient and stedfast in trouble and aduersitie vpon hope of euerlastyng rewarde 25 A commendation of the newe Testament aboue the olde 1 WHerfore seyng that we are compassed with so great a cloude of witnesses lay away all that presseth downe the sinne that hangeth so fast on let vs run with patience vnto the battayle that is set before vs 2 Lokyng vnto Iesus the captayne and finissher of our fayth which for the ioy that was set before hym endured the crosse hauyng dispised the shame and is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of God 3 Consider therfore hym that endured such speakyng agaynst hym of sinners lest you shoulde be weryed fayntyng in your myndes 4 Ye haue not yet resisted vnto blood stryuyng agaynst sinne 5 And ye haue forgotten the exhortatiō which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren My sonne despise not thou the chastenyng of the Lorde neither faynt when thou art rebuked of hym 6 For whom the Lord loueth he chasteneth and scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth 7 If ye endure chastenyng God offereth him selfe as vnto sonnes For what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not 8 But yf ye be without chastisment wherof all are partakers then are ye bastardes and not sonnes 9 Furthermore we haue had fathers of our fleshe which corrected vs and we gaue them reuerence Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites and lyue 10 For they veryly for a fewe dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure
and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuen hym 6 But let hym aske in fayth nothyng waueryng For he that wauereth is like a waue of the sea tost of the wynde and caryed with violence 7 Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde 8 A double mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes 9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted 10 Agayne the riche â—n that he is made lowe Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away 11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate and the grasse hath withered and his flowre hath fallen away the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation For when he is tryed he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym ☜ 13 Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God can not be tempted with euyl neither tempteth he any man 14 But euery man is tempted when he is drawen away entised of his owne concupiscence 15 Then when lust hath conceaued it bryngeth foorth sinne and sinne when it is finished bryngeth foorth death 16 Do not erre my deare brethren 17 * ☞ Euery good geuyng and euery perfect gyft is from aboue and coÌ„meth downe from the father of lyghtes with whoÌ„ is no variablenes neither shadow of turnyng 18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures 19 Wherfore my deare brethreÌ„ let euery man be swyft to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrath 20 For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God 21 Wherfore lay apart all filthinesse and superfluitie of maliciousnes and receaue with mekenesse the worde that is graffed in you which is able to saue your soules ☜ 22 ☞ And be ye doers of the worde and not hearers only deceauyng your owne selues 23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde and not a doer he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse 24 For he hath considered hym selfe and is gone his wayes hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke shal be blessed in his deede 26 If any man among you seeme to be deuout and refrayneth not his tongue but deceaueth his owne heart this mans deuotion is vayne 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father is this To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie and to kepe hym selfe vnspotted of the worlde ☜ ¶ The .ij Chapter 1 He forbiddeth to haue any respect of persons 5 but to regarde the poore aswell as the riche 8 to be louyng and merciful 14 and not to boast of faith where no deedes are 17 for it is but a dead fayth where good workes folowe not 1 MY brethren haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe the Lord of glorie with respect of persons 2 For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng clothed in goodly apparell and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng and say vnto hym sitte thou here in a good place say vnto the poore stande thou there or sitte here vnder my footestoole 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde such as are riche in fayth and heyres of the kyngdome which he promised to them that loue hym 6 But ye haue despised the poore Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie and drawe you before the iudgementes seates 7 Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named 8 If ye fulfyll the royal lawe according to the scripture * thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe ye do well 9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another ye commit sinne and are rebuked of the lawe as transgressours 10 Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltie of all 11 For he that sayde thou shalt not commit adulterie sayde also thou shalt not kyll Though thou do none adulterie yet yf thou kyll thou art become a transgressour of the lawe 12 So speake ye and so do as they that shal be iudged by the lawe of libertie 13 For he shall haue iudgement without mercie * that sheweth no mercie And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement ☜ 14 What profiteth it my brethren though a man say he hath fayth and hath not deedes Can fayth saue hym 15 If a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of dayly foode 16 And one of you say vnto them depart in peace be you warmed and fylled notwithstandyng ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to the body what shall it profite 17 Euen so fayth yf it haue not deedes is dead in it selfe 18 But some man wyll say thou hast fayth and I haue deedes shewe me thy fayth by thy deedes and I wyll shewe thee my faith by my deedes 19 Beleuest thou that there is one God Thou doest well The deuyls also beleue and tremble 20 But wylt thou knowe O thou vayne man that that fayth which is without workes is dead 21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes when he had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter 22 Seest thou not howe y e faith wrought with his deedes and through y e deedes was the fayth made perfect 23 And the scripture was fulfylled which sayth Abraham beleued God and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse And he was called the friende of God 24 ☞ Ye see then howe that of deedes a man is iustified and not of fayth only 25 Lykewyse also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes when she had receaued the messengers and had sent them out another way 26 For as the body without the spirite is dead euen so fayth without workes is dead also ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He forbiddeth all ambition to seke honour aboue our brethren 3 He describeth the propertie of the tongue 15.16 And what difference there is betwixt the wisdome of God and the wisdome of the worlde 1 MY brethren be not mame maisters knowyng howe that we shall receaue the greater damnation 2 For in many thynges we sinne all If a man sinne not in word the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle all the body 3 Beholde we put bittes in the horses mouthes that they may obey vs and we turne about all the body of them 4
treasures Psal cxxxiii (c) The water increased fourtie dayes and were at one stay â–ª 150. dayes that is somwhat with sixe monethes “ Heb. Ararat (d) God gaue a token to Noah that y e fruitful lands were ridde of the water () Of the lyfe of Noah (e) Noah was in the arke one yere and ten dayes (f) Noah goeth neyther in nor out without gods commaundement (g) Reparation of y e worlde is promised to Noah Gen. i. d. ix a. (h) So by the great prouidence of God nothing peryshed in y e arke (i) Noahs thankfulnesse towarde God for his benefites (k) The outwarde smell pleased not God but the inwarde godlines of Noah (l) That is certaynely determined Gen. vi a. Mat. xv b. (m) We are borne the children of Gods wrath (n) Gods decree for the reparyng of the world which perished 2. Peter 2. (o) The worlde at his time shal haue an ende (a) The lawful vse of mariage repared (b) The dominion ouer other beastes restored to maÌ„ (c) Let vs be thankfull and modestly vse Gods creatures Gen. i. d. Leui. xvii d (d) By this prohibition God woulde teache his people to abhorre all crueltie (e) Punyshment for murther Mat. xxvi c Apoc xiii c (f) The magistrate may punyshe with death (g) The troubled mynde of Noah was to be comforted (h) Gods couenaunt with all people and all ages Esai liiii â— (i) God sealeth vp the worde of his promyse with an outwarde signe (k) The raynebowe is nowe made a signe of Gods grace and not first created Eccl. xl iii b God â—d take all â—ng out â—ns heart â—ing his â—yses â—ebre â—aan The ef◠〈◊〉 Gods â—ng â—ebre A 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 How filâ— sinne â—kennes â—nd howe â—ously god â—punishe (o) The godlynes of children towarde their father (p) He whom the father loued best became a mocker of his father (q) Greeuous punishement for the contempt of parentes vpon Adam his posteritie (r) He vnderstoode in spirite the graces that God woulde bestowe vpon Sem and his posteritie “ Or perswade (Å¿) The vocation of the gentiles is here witnessed by the Patriarche (t) Noah lyued vntyll AbrahaÌ„ was fourtie yeres olde and vpwarde ☞ Those â—renacâ—â—arâ—ed of â—yses â—ch were â—ces of naâ—s Al landes â—nd the â—hey call â—ndes as â—câ—a and â—lâ—a This â—iâ— waxed â—tie with â—ing and â—essing his â—hbours (d) Cruel princes are called in scripture hunters (e) God made the first aucthour of tirannie odious to the worlde by a common prouerbe “ Or the streetes of the citie (f) Names of the prouinces and people that came of Mizraim (g) The ende of this temporall felicitie was Gods curse (h) The seuen nations that came of these were destroyed afterwarde by the people of God (i) For y e blessing promised to Sem rested but in the familie of Heber i. Chro. i. c. (k) The seuentie interpreters adde here Cainam (l) Heber a preacher gaue his sonne his name of the deuision of tongues ☜ Or Phaleg (a) This vnitie continued a hundred yeres VVisd x. a. “ Or words (b) Nimrod and his posteritie inuading other mens possessions “ Hebre man said to his neighbour (c) Though they wanted necessarie stuffe yet they would go forwarde with great paynes (d) Here appeareth their wilfull pride ambition and contempt of God (e) They leauing heauen seeke immortalitie vpon earth (f) God seemed slowe in taking vengeaunce vpon the wicked (g) The deuises of the wicked seeme very harde to be ouerthrowen (h) An argument of the three persons in one Godhead (i) God most â—asely ouerthroweth the practises of the wicked (k) The diuersitie of language brought in also diuersitie of mindes and manours many other mischiefes (l) They loke ambiciously for glory but thâ— get perpetualâ— shame ☜ (m) Though men were â—nished for thâ— pride yet Goâ— dealt mercifullye with his Churche i. Chro. i. c. (n) Many of the posteritiâ— of godly Sem fell from the true religion (o) This Heber kept in his familie y e auncient tongue of the Iewes i Chro. i. d. i Chro. i. d. Jos xxiiii a. (p) Abraham was not the first borne though he be first placed (q) Abraham was borne when his father was .130 yere olde (r) The godlye shunned y e mariages of straungers ☞ (Å¿) It was a temptation to Abram to see the wicked blessed with chyldren and his wyfe barren (t) God was the aucthour of this departure and Tarah is named the chiefe instrument for his auctorities sake Iosue 24. a. Nehe. ix b. Iudith v. a. Act. vii a. “ Charran (v) The time is not expressed it seemeth they dwelt not long theâ—â— () Because the Churche was nowe sore decayed Moyses setteth foorth howe God repayred it agayne (a) Abram left not his owne couÌ„trey but at Gods commaundement before he dwelt in Charran Actes vii a. (b) The enemies of the Church God wyll ouerthrowe (c) Christe the seede of Abraham blessed all the cursed kynredes of the worlde (d) After his father was dead and he chiefe of the familie (e) The fayth full obedience of Abram (f) He meaneth bought seruauntes and such other of Abrams house (g) Abrams fayth is tried by hauyng no restyng place wanderyng among the wicked “ Hebre. Schichem “ Hebr. Kenaanite (h) Abram is thankefull to God for his comfort and professeth outwardly his religion (i) Moyses nameth places so as they were called when he writ (k) There Abram professed the true worshippe of God though the countrey was idolatrous (l An other triall o◠〈…〉 fayth (m) It is daungerous kepyng that which lyketh the worlde (n) Abram shoulde in so doubtfull a matter committed all to y e prouidence of God (o) The corruption of Pharaos court (p) Princes are liberall to them that satisfie their affections (q) God defended the chastitie of Sarai and restrayned the libertie of the Prince (r) Though Pharao was innocent touching Abram yet he and his court wanted not sinne (Å¿) Thus god maruelouslye bryngeth his seruauntes out of temptation (a) Neither riches nor other impedimentes of Egypt hindered Abram from folowing gods callyng “ Hebre. Heauy or loden (b) Men are delited with those places where they haue tasted of Gods graces Gen. xii c. (c) Abram continued all one man in his religion (d) Riches oftymes breaketh frendship betwixt great men Gen. 36. b. (e) Lest wealth should hurt Abram thus God prouided (f) Other mens strife shoulde not make the godly fallout (g) Though they dwelt among their enemies yet the stryfe was not abated (h) An example howe to pacifie them that are fallen out (i) To yelde part of mans ryght it is a remedie agaynst strife “ or playne (k) Lot dealeth very inconsideratly (l Lots choyse was not very luckye who had nowe such neighbours (m) God comforteth Abraham in his griefe for the departure of Lot Gen xii b. Deut. 34. a. (n) Though Abraham had no quietnes in this lande yet he satisfied
xii c. (p) Fathers ought to teach their chyldren the iudgementes of God (q) God had before by war and destructioÌ„ of their enemies called them to repentaunce but they contempned Gods callyng (r) God forbeareth punishment vntyl the riâ—enes of our sinnes compell hym to vengâ—aâ—nce “ Or peraduenture (Å¿) Abraham wisheth not y e wicked to be vnpuniâ—hed but the Godlâ— to be deliuered out of this vtter destructioÌ„ Rom. iii. (t) God byndeth not hymselfe here alwayes to spare the wicked for the godly mens sake as Ezec. (v) what care and regarde y e godly haue of their neighbours (x) The godly man would not condemne all the citie though he knewe it to be very corrupt (a) The godlye seke occasion to bryng foorth the fruites of fayth (b) Hospitalitie commended Gen. xviii a (c) Ezechiel sheweth by what euyll meanes they came to this extreme mischiefe (d) This one fact declareth the manifolde wickednes of all the citie (e) As the defence of the straungers was Godly so this meanes to saue them was not good (f) The wicked can not abyde to be tolde of their faultes ii Peter ii b. VVisd 19. c (g) The obstinate blindenesse of the Sodomites who amended not by this scourge of God (h) God dealeth mercifullye with all that pertayne to the Godly yf they contempne not his goodnes Gen. xviii c. (i) Angels may be ministers both of Gods grace and wrath (k) A shewe only of publike honestie is among the wicked (l) Manye thoughtes and cares made hym slacke wherin the angels instruct hym “ Punishement VVisd x. a (m) It was of Gods mercie that Lot was deliuered (n) God doth not onlye begin but also finisheth the saluation of his seruauÌ„tes “ Or flee for thy lyfe “ Or escape into the hyll (o) The infirmitie of Lots fayth not contenting hym selfe with the meanes that God had appoynted “ Heb. Face “ Or escape thither safe (p) The angell had in coÌ„maundement both to saue Lot and to destroy Sodome so that one must be done before the other Deut 29 c. Esai xi â— b. Ieremi l. c. Ezec. 16. d. Amos iiii b Luk. xvii c. (q) A terrible and newe punishment for so outragious newe sinnes (r) She beleued not stedfastly y e worde of God and slowly vnwillyngly left Sodome as appeareth Luk. xvij (Å¿) God declared howe much he loued Abraham in delyueryng iust Lot whoÌ„ he dyd also much regarde (t) Yet the angel had promised not to destroy it “ Or firste borne ☜ (v) Though this counsell was not for lust sake but for prorogatioÌ„ of chyldren yet y e meanes here vsed is detestable “ Hebr. To kepe alyue or quicken (x) The manyfolde punishment of Lotes intemperaunce (y) It is a daungerous thyng to begynne to fall into a sinne ☞ (a) God dyd thus teache hym that he was but a strauÌ„ger here (b) Abraham once agayne geueth more to his owne counsell then to the prouidence of God (c) We may learne howe greatly adulterie displeaseth God (d) He dyd neither purposely nor tirannicallye take another mans wyfe (e) The sinne agaynst our neighbour is sinne also agaynst God (f) In Gods threatninges is included the doctrine of repentauÌ„ce (g) A good kyng fyndeth many good Courtiours (h) The king doth not excuse hymselfe altogether of a fault as the hypocrites woulde “ Or sayde (i) Men are redy to al mischiefe where the feare of God is not Gene. xii c. (k) The princely modestie of Abimelech and his liberalitie (l) The gyft was not only for ornamentes for Sara and her company but an argument to â—her of her honestie and his innocencie (m) The sinne of a prince is punished in many (a) For Isahac was borne besides the order of nature (b) All thynges are done here accordyng to Gods worde promise to teache that Gods worde shoulde be our rule “ Hebre. Iitschac “ Hebr. The sonne of eyght dayes (c) Sara nowe geueth God thankes that she was become a mother “ Hebre. To me a laughter (d) It is the dutie of the mother if she may to nurse her chylde as appeareth â— Tim. v. (e) In the person of Isahac he dyd mocke at Gods promise his fathers fayth which Saint Paul calleth persecution Gal. 4. (f) Sara goeth not about to ouer rule her husbande for all this businesse was done by the motion of the holy ghost (g) The childreÌ„ of Isahac shall only be accompted the posteritie of Abraham (h) Abraham truely denieth hym selfe in submittyng his naturall affection to y e wyll of God “ Sheba (i) They were iustely punished who abusing gods giftes contempned his grace (k) Because of his promise sake for it appeareth not that Ismael prayed to God or repented hym (l) The bringyng vp and gouernement of Ismael is geuen to his mother (m) When God withdraweth his helpe we see not y e meanes which be hard at hande (n) Externall benefites come from God (o) Though he was a wylde man yet he obeyed his mother in chosing his wyfe (p) God prouideth for the quietnes of his seruaunt “ Hebre. Lye vnto me (q) Though he bare this iniurie patiently yet hauyng occasion he prouideth for hymselfe (r) Godlye men may seke for their securitie (Å¿) Abraham dyd not alter his true worshyppyng of God though he made a leage with the kyng “ Or things (a) This was a sore temptation when he with his own hande muste slay his child and do against the promise of God (b) God wyll trie our fayth in those thynges we set most store by () Moruah a hyll where the temple was afterward buylded (c) True obedience hath continuaunce and wisely ordereth all thynges “ Or swordâ— (d) The sweet wordes of the chylde pearsed the fathers heart (e) The best stay in troublesome matters is to rest vpon the prouidence of God (f) That which God had tryed by experience he is sayde to knowe (g) He doth not only geue God thankes but also leaueth a monument of Gods prouidence to the posteritie (h) God geueth his â—ree benefites the name of rewarde to prouoke men to godlynes not for the merite of the worke (i) God rewardeth vs for the giftes that he hath geuen vs. “ Aram. “ Ribka (i) She was the seconde wyfe which had not part of al y e goodes as the first wyfe had nor rule ouer the house “ Hebre. An huÌ„dreth yere and twentie yere and seuen yere Iosue xv a. (a) He myght lament y e commâ—n curse vppon all mankynde (b) The bying of a buriyng place was a witnes to his posteritie that gods promise was certayne (c) God lyues vertue are to be set by in whosoeuer they be “ Hebr. In your soules “ Duble (d) The godlye wyll noâ— bye â–ª to the hurt of other “ Or sate (e) The modestie and liberalitie of this noble man (f) A sicle is in value foure grotes when the ounce is at eyght grotes (a) Age admonished hym to take order with his
To gouerne well requireth continual studie of gods lawe (g) To gouerne well requireth continual studie of gods lawe h Studie and obserue gods lawe and be sure of prosperous successe in all thy doyngs i Meaning from thâ— day that this was proclâ—med Nu. xxxii d (k) Meaning the lâ—nd of Sihon the king of the Aâ—orâ—tes and Og king oâ— Bathâ— (l) In respecte of the lâ—nd of the Aâ—orâ—s Ier. xâ—ii a (a Which place was in the pâ—aâ—e of moab neare vnto Iordane Ebre xi f. Iam. ii d. “ Or Tâ—uerners house or hostesse (b) Though the wicked se the hand of God vpon theÌ„ yet they repent not but seke howe theâ— may by their power resist his meanes (c) The rooâ— after their maner was flat plaine so that they might walk and do their busines ther vpon De. xxviii a Iosu v. a. (d That people that will heare the voice of the Lorde and oâ—serue his lawe shal be honored feared it is Gods promise Deut. â—8 Num. xxi f. e God is no â—ter of persons â–ª For 〈◊〉 is a dauâ—ger of Abraham by fayth â—nd woorthy confession founde among the Gentiles 〈…〉 the sin 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 Or lyues â–ª (f) We warâ—aunt you on pâ—ne of our lyues (g) Whiche was neare vnto the citie (h) That is we shal be discharged of our oth yf thou doest not perfourme this condition that fâ—loweth For so and none otherwise shall we be able to saue thee and thyne (i) “ or Scarleâ— colourâ—d (k) 〈…〉 the 〈◊〉 Iordâ— a In march accordyng to the Ebrewes about fourtie dayes after Moyses death (b) Whiche tyme was geuen them for to prepare theÌ„ vittales or a myle Leui xx g. Num xi d. â—saâ—â— a. c Euen in the chanell where the streme had runne (d) By this miracle in deuiâ—ing the water (e) Which shoulde set vp twelue stones in remembraunce of the benefite Psal cxiiii Actes vii f. (f So called because in it was layed vp the tables wherin the couenaunt of the Lord was written that is the ten commandements eccl xxiiii d (g In that ripe soile the sonne hasteth haruest melteth the snowe in the hilles wherby Iordane theÌ„ swelleth so thâ—s miracle is the greater h Eyther tarying till the people were past or as some readâ— faire as thoughe they had bene vpon the drie land Deut. 27. a. (a) Meaning â— place where they shoulde â—mâ—e Deut. 27. a. (b) God commaundeth that not only we our selues profite by his wonderfull workes but that also our posteritie may know y e cause therof glorifie his name c Besydes y e twelue stones whiche were caryed by the tribes and set vp in Gilgal (d) The arke of the priestes whiche came ouer after the people beyng ouer went before y e people as Iosuah had appoynted chap. iii. Num 32. e. (e) That is the Arke Iosuah iii b f Wherein was the rod of Aaron and Manna witnesses of gods wonderfull workes and also the tables testifiyng gods wyll (g) Called Abib or Nisan conteynyng part of March and part of April 〈◊〉 xiiii e. h The woÌ„derful works of Gâ—d in the wicked 〈◊〉 a cause 〈◊〉 â—er condemnation 〈…〉 the god◠〈◊〉 occasion to prayse and feare hym (a) The Amorites were on both sydes I did 〈◊〉 wherof two kâ—nges were 〈…〉 Moab Iosuah i. b. Exod iiii f. (b For now they had lefte iâ— of about 40 yeres (c) Gilgal was so called because they were there circumcised (d Thei could not do it with out daunger in that troublesome vncertain state they were in in their iourney Num. xiiii f Num xiii e. (e) Before they were like to the vncircumcised Egyptians whom though theâ— serued yet they 〈◊〉 dayned and iudged them prophane and shamefull Exod. xii â— (f) The first moneth 〈◊〉 spoken of chap. 4. g In that that Iosuah worshyppeth hym he acknowledgeth him to be gâ— and in that that he 〈◊〉 hym selfe the Lordes capitayne he declareth hym selfe to be Christe (h) That is geue ouer 〈◊〉 clayme of thy selfe and of thy affeâ— a That none coulde go out b That none coulde come in (c) The conquest might not be assigned to mans power but to the mercie of god â–ª which with most weake things can ouercome that which semeth most strong (d) This is chiefly meant by the Rubenites Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh â–ª (e) Meaning the reare warde wherin was the standard of y e trybe of Dan. Num. x. (f) For that day (g) The tribe of Dan was so called because it marched last and gathered vp whatsoeuer was left of others (h) Besydes euery day once for the space of sixe dayes i Condempned 〈◊〉 to be destroyed Iosuah ii a. * Leui xxvii Num. xxi a Deut. xiii d. (k Man and beast beyng destroyed and all other thinges that could not by fire be moulten and transformed all metals are so reserued to the Lordes vâ—e that they should neuer be conuerted to any priuate vse Heb. x. â— 2 Mâ—a x. Iosuah ii â— (l) For it was not lawful for straungers to dwell among the Israelites tyll they were purged (m) Meanyng the tabernacle n For she was maryed to Salmon prince of the tribe of Iuda Math. 1. (o) He shall buyld it to the destruction of all his stocke which thyng was fulfylled in Hiel of Bethel 1. Reg. â— * Deut. vii d. (a) By takyng that which was coÌ„maunded to be destroyed (b) There was two â—is One Ai of the Amorites which was the greater and is here described the other of the Ammonites Ierem. 49. 〈…〉 〈…〉 e Iosuah here is 〈…〉 the mâ— proâ—â—od â–ª wiâ—h decla◠〈◊〉 ther 〈…〉 in 〈…〉 out 〈…〉 of God f For the enemies 〈…〉 thou wa st 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 name 〈…〉 〈◊〉 xix a Or 〈◊〉 〈…〉 The 〈◊〉 act of taking as some iudge was by 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 other say it was by â—tes (k) God is glorified when the trueth is confessed l That is before the arke of the Lorde (m Some leaue wedge others a pâ—te and some a rodde (o) What sharp iudgment and greeuous punyshment theâ— ought to haue that by wickednes drawe Gods wrath vâ—oâ— the multitude (p) That is â–ª the valley of trouble * Deut. vii c. Iosuah vi d. Deut. xx c. (a meanyng on the west syde That is with the rest of the 〈◊〉 (c That is â—tred them and set them in aâ—ay (d He set these fewe that the other which lay in ambushe might not be discouered (e) As they which fayned themselues to see for feare â–ª (f Or lyft vp the baner to signifie when they shall indede the citie “ Or pâ—wer * Deu. vii a. (g) For the firing of the citie was not to destroy it for they should take the spoile therof for a pray but was to signifie to Iosuah that they were entred Nu. xxxi d. Deut. xx c. (h) That it coulde neuer be buylt again (i) According as it was commaunded by the lawe Deu. 21 d. Iosu vii d. De. xxvii a.
Osee xiii c. Apoc. vii c. and .xxi. c. i. Cor. xv f. Ephe. ii Pro. xviii c. Zacha. ii a. Psa cxviii b Rom. v. a. Esai xxv a. Prou vi a. Iere. x. d. Psal lxiii a. and .cxliii. a. Phil. ii â— Leu. xxvâ— Iohn xvi â— Rom. viii d. i. Câ— â–ª 〈…〉 a By Leuiathan the greatest of fishes in the sea is ment the kingdome of Satan and the mightie tirauntes of the worlde enemies to Christe and persecutoâ—s of his religion i. Câ— xâ—â— â–ª Apoâ— xâ—i â— (b) God calleth his worde his strength because thereby he winneth men â–ª and bindeth them vnto him selfe (c) God vseth afflictions as â–ª meanes to call men to repentaunce whervpon foloweth forgeuenesse of sinnes Deut. 32. b. Ose◠〈…〉 Math. xvi c. Esai â–ª â—x a. Esai iii. â— Esai x. a. Mat. xxiii a i. Cor. xiiii e (a) Who so thorowe fayth doth stay hym selfe vpon Christe in hastie going forwarde shall not fal that is shall not fayle of that he hopeth to obtaine (b) The gospell is compared to hayle fluddes for that it breaketh downe and carieth away idolatrie and superstition wherein men do◠〈◊〉 in vayne Esa xxxvi f ii Reg. v. b. Iosu x. b. ii Par. xiii d. Esa xxxvi f ii Reg. v. b. Iosu x. b. ii Par. xiii d. â— Reg. v. b. Psal â— b. Psal 8â— â— â–ª Math. xv d. Esai vi b. Math. xv a. Mar. vii a. Abdi i. c. i. Cor. i. c. Esaâ— xlvii b. Eccl xxiii d Ezech. ix c. E◠〈…〉 Esai viii b. 4 Reg. 18. d. Iere. xvii b. Eze. xxix a. Esai viii â— Esai i. d Psâ—l 〈…〉 Exo. xiiii c. i. Par. xx c. Leui xxvi â— Iosu xxiii a Rom. ii a. Deut. iiii a. ii Pet. iii. b. Esai x. a. Mat. xxv b. Apoc. v. a. Gen. xlix b Apoc. v. a. Gen. xlix b Deut. 32. d. Esai â—i c. Esai 37. c. Pro. xvâ—i b. Rom. v. a. Iere. xxxiii Exo. xxi b. Leuit. 24. d. Sapi. xi c. Mat. vii a. Psal ix b. Iere. v. c. Psal xiiii a. and .xxiii. a. i. Cor. i. a. Heb ix b. Iacob iiii c. (a) God declareth his loue and care to preserue his Churche by his seuere punishyng of the enemies to his Church (a) The baren nature of mankynde to all goodnes shal be made fruitfull by grace promised in Christe Heb. xii b. Deut. xx a. and xxxi b. (b) God geueth strength of grace to the feeble consciences by preachyng the worde Mat. xi a. and xv c. Luk. xvii c. Psal viii a. Esa xli e. xliii c. xliiii a. 4. Reg 18. c. 2. Par. 32 a. Esai vii b. viii b. x. a. xvii d. and xxxâ—â— 4. Reg. 18. b. Eze. xxix a. Esai x. a. 4 Reg â— Iona 〈…〉 â–ª Esai xxxi b 1. Reg. 23 â— 3. Reg. 17. a. Exo. xxv c Gen. i. a. Baruc. i. c. 4. Reg 19 g Eccle 48. d. Esai 31. b. 2. Mac. 15 d. 4. Reg. 20. a. 2 Par. 34. f. 4. Reg. 20. a. 2 Par. 34. f. i. Reg 〈…〉 â—sâ—â— x. Iob. 4. b. Psal vi a. lxxviii b. cxv b. Luk. i. g. 4. Reg. 20. c. 2. Par. 32 â— â–ª 4. Reg 24 â–ª c. Mar. iii. a. Mat. i. a. Luk. iii. a. Ioh. i. c. Esa lvii c. Ioh. x. b. Psal x. c. Iacob i. c. i. Pet. i. b. Eccle. xiiii b Psal 33. b. and .117 i. Pet i. d. Iacob i. b. Sapi. ix b. Rom â–ª xi b. Psal lxii d. Esai xliiii d. Psal cxlvii a Iere. xvii d. (a) By the Ilandes God meaneth the gentiles whoÌ„ he reproueth for their idolatrie (b) By the iust man is ment Abraham who being called out of Vr of the Chaldeans who being iustified by fayth became the father of many nations whom God alwayes defended against all his enemies Esai xliiii a. and .xlviii. â— Apoc. ii b. Esai xliii b. Gene. xxi c. Esai xxv b. xliii xliiii a. Esai xliii â— Cyruâ— Math. iii. b. xii a. xvii a. 〈◊〉 x. c. and xâ—â—iii â— Esai xiix b. Luke ii â— Zach. ix b. Psal cl a. (a) Christe for a tyme deferreth as it were with payne to deliuer his elect from the tirannie of Antichriste but at the time appointed he will enforce hym selfe as a woman in her trauayle to deliuer his people Esai xliiii b. Math. xv b. (b) By the seruaunt messenger and the perfect man he meaneth the Iewes their priestes who ought of all other people to haue had knowledge and to haue serued God perfectly (c) A greeuous sentence against those that wyll not beholde the light when it shineth nor beleue Gods worde when it is preached Deut. 28 b. Esai xiilii d. Baruc i. d. Tob. iii. a. Dani. ix a. iiii Re. xvii c Esai xli b. Deut. vii a. and .xxvi. d. Exod. xiiii c Dani. iii. a. Esai xli d. Math. viii b Esai xxix d Gala. iii. a. Luk. xiiii c. Ephe. ii c. Esai xliiii b. Apoc. â— b. Osee xiii b. Iohn x. f. Esai v â— â—su iii c. Exod. xiiii â— Esai x. a and .xxvii. f. a 〈◊〉 is the wâ— the wâ—rlde is the desert the doctrine of the gospel the waters â–ª 〈◊〉 beasteâ— the cruel aâ—d superstitioâ—s misbeleueâ—s Psal vi d. Esa xxxv b xli c. xliiii a. 〈◊〉 â— d. Iere xvâ—â— c. Psa xxiiii a Ier. xxxiâ—i b Ge. 〈…〉 Num xx â— Esai 35. b. xi and .xiiii. c. Eze. xxxvi d Ioel. ii f. Actes ii b. Esai xii a. Apoc. i. b. Esai xlviii c Apo. xxii c. Esai xliii b. â—sa xiiâ— b. Esai xlii c. Esai xliii d. Gene ii a. Esai xlv â— i. Esdr i. a. (a) The loynes that is the power and strength Gene. 39. a. Esai xliii g. Iere. i. a. Gene. i. a. Iudit ix b. Gene. i. a. Iudit ix b. Esai xxix c Iere. xviii c. and .xix c. Rom ix c. Eccle 33 b. i. Esdr â— a. Rom. xâ— d. Gene. i. a. Exod xx â— Esai lxiiii c. Baruc. vi â— Esai xlvi b. Esai xliiii b Rom. xiiii b Pâ—il ii a. 〈…〉 c. 〈◊〉 â–ª xv a. Exod. xx a. Exo. xxxii a Esai xliiii c. Baruc. vi c. Exâ— xâ—i a 〈…〉 iiii a. Prou. xxi b Iere. l. b. Esai xx b. Apo. xviii c Dani. v e. Esai xxix c Ephe. ii b. Esai li. c. and .liiii. a. Iere. xxxi f. Esai 38. â— Exâ—d iii. b. Esai xli a· xliii b. xliiii b. Rom. vii b. i Tim. i. b. Tit. iii. b. Deu. xxviii Iere. li. a. i. Esd i. b. Exo xvii â— Num. xx b. Es lvâ— Esai li. c. Eph. vi c. Esai li. c. Eph. vi c. Ioh. xâ—ii b. Esai xlii b. Ioh. viii b. Act. xiii c. ii Cor. vi a. Iere. xi a. 〈◊〉 xiii â— Esa xlii a. Zach ix b. Luk. iiii b. Apoc. vâ— c Esai lii a. Rom. xi â— Gen. xv a. Esai xl a. Rom. ix d. Iere. iii. a. Esai lix a· Num. xi e. Esai lix a. Exo. xiiii c. Iosu iii. d. Exo. xiiii c. Iosu iii. d. Exod. x. e. i. Cor. i. a. Psal 39. b. Hebr. x. a. Mat. xxvi
commyng when he sâ—aâ— coâ—e 〈◊〉 glory Math. 24. b. Math. 24. c. Math. 24. d. (g) That is the faythfull that beleâ—e the Gospel wyll repayre vnto hym as â—auenyng bâ—des to the carian 1 Tâ—ess v. d. (a) The greke worde signifieth not to shrinke backe as towardes in warre or in daungers () Or do me iustice agaynst my aduersarie () Or do her ryght (b) That is although he seeme slowe in â—engâ—ng 〈◊〉 â—ries Deut. xvi c. Eccle. vii a. Math. 24. a. Luk. xiiii c. (c) The worde signifieth suckyng babes (d) That is those that cary the babes () Or sucking babes (e) Both Infantes in age and also in simplicitiâ— playnenesse (f) Laying aside al malice and pryde Mâ—t. xviâ—i a Mar. x. b Mat. xiâ— b. 〈…〉 b. Mat xix c. Mark x. c Math. xix c Mark x. c. Zach. viii b. Math. xix c Mark viii b Maâ— xvâ—â— and â—vi â— Maâ—â—â— Luk â— and â— Math xx b Mark x d Mark x. g. Actâ—â—â—i â— That is 〈…〉 Zacheâ—◠〈…〉 by the meanes of the â—eage that god made to Abraham and his seede b To be the 〈◊〉 of Abraham is to 〈◊〉 elect 〈…〉 to continue in yeâ—ppes of Abrahams faith 〈◊〉 and to do the workes oâ— Abraham Ioâ— 8. Math. xx b Mark. xiii b (c) God wyll not haue his seruaunts idle not his graces 〈◊〉 in them (d That is in this second comyng whiche shal be when he commeth to iudgement Mat. xxv b â— Reg i c. Math xii d Math. xiii b and .xxv c. Mark iiii c. Luk. viii c. Math. xxi c Mark xi a. Math. xxi a Mark xi a. Math. xxi b (e) That is by Christ we are reconsiled to God and Gods wrath is pacified toward vs. Ieâ—em lii a. Math. 24. a. Miche iii. d. Mark xiii a Luk. xxi a. Math. xx â— Mark xi â— Iohn â—â— 4. Reg 8 d. Esaias â—vâ—â— Ierem vii c 4. Reg 8 d. Esaias â—vâ—â— Ierem vii c Iohn vii d Mark. xi c Luk xx c. and xxâ—â— Math. xxii c Mark. xi d. (a) That is the whole ministerie of Iohn Mat. xxi â— Mark x. â— a. Esaias â—â— a Gene. â—x c. Ierem vii c Iohn iii â— Rom â—iii a. Gala. iiii a Gen. â— c. Math xxi â— Mark xâ—â— Psal cxviii (b) By the corner stone â–ª he meaneth Christe hymself â–ª who was refused of the Iewes Maâ— xx â— Maâ—â— â— b Mat. xxi c. Mark xâ—◠〈…〉 b 〈◊〉 xv b Mat. xxi c. Mark xâ—◠〈…〉 b 〈◊〉 xv b Mat. xxi c. Mark xâ—◠〈…〉 b 〈◊〉 xv b (c That is all 〈…〉 in the 〈◊〉 and aâ—â—he brâ—ng therin Iohn iii. a. 1. Iohn a. b. Exod. iii. c. Mat. xxii c Mark xii c. Mat. xxii d Mark xii d. Psal cx a. (d) For the sonne is not lord ouer hiâ— father therfore it foloweth â— Christe is God Mat. xxiii a Mark xii d. Maâ—â—â— d i. Cor viii c Maâ—â— 24 â— Mâ—â—â— xiii a Colosi ii b. Ephe. v b. i. Ioh. iiii a Colosi ii b. Ephe. v b. i. Ioh. iiii a Esaiâ—s xix a 4. Esd xiii c Math x. b. Mark xiii b Iohn xvi a. Exod. iiii b. Math. x. c. Actes vi c. Mich. vii b. (a) Those possesse their soules in pacience vnto whom God gouern a ioyful minde vnder the crosse euen vnto the ende i Thes ii d. Math. 24. â— Mark xâ—â—i â— Ioel. ii c. Ezech. 28 f. Math. 24. c. Mark xiii c Ecclesi â—i c xxxvii d Rom. xiii d. Math 24 d Mark. xâ— d Iohn â—â—â— Mat. xxvi c M◠〈…〉 Math. xx d Math 〈…〉 v. b. Luâ—â—x a. Esaias liii b. Math 27 b. Mark xv c. Ioh xviii f. Mat xxvi c Mat. xiiii c. 〈…〉 Mat. xxâ— â— Mar. xiiâ—i f Ioâ— xvii â— Mat xxâ—â— Mark xâ— â— Iâ— xx â— Maâ— xxâ— Mark x â— Mâ—t. xxvi â— Maâ— xâ— â— Math 2â— g. Mark xiiii g Luk â— a Actes iâ—ii a. Math. 27. d. Mark xv a. Ioh. xviii a Math. 27. c. Mark xv a. Iâ—hn xix â— Luk viii a· 〈◊〉 liiii a. Sâ—pi iii. c. Galat. iiii d. Math. 27. d. Mark xv c. Iohn xix d Mat. xvii d. Mark xv c. Psal xxii d. Math 2â— b. Iohn xix d. Math. 2â— c. Mark xâ— c. Math. â—â— c. Maâ—k xv c. Math â—â—â— Mark xâ— c Math. 2â— f. Mark. xv â— Math. 27. f. Mark xv d Math. 27. â— Mark xv â— Iohn 〈…〉 ☞ Math. 28. a. Mâ—â—â— xvi a Iohn xx a. Math. 28. a. Mark xvi a Math. 28 c. Mark xvi c Mar. xvi c. (a) That is seuen myles and a halfe Mat. xviii â— Luk. xxiiii c Iohn xx a. Mat. xxâ—â— c Esay liii c. Gen. xâ—x â— Luk. â—â— â— This 〈…〉 here 〈…〉 geue â—â—eckes as appeâ—â—eth by 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 Iohn xx c. 〈…〉 Aâ— Actes i. b Mark xvi ◠☞ Gen. i. a. Prou. viii d. (a) Without Christe no measure was made Ioh. xiiii d. Iohn viii b and. â—x a Ioh. xiiii d. Iohn viii b and. â—x a (b) That is of Christe which is the true lyght Iohn v. d â–ª Psal lvii b. (c) Meanyng priuelege or dignitie () Or was made (d) That is to say man Baruc. ii c. Math. 27. a. ii Peter i. c. i. Iohn i. a. Math iii. b. Mark i. a. Collâ—ss ii b. (e) That is God doth fauour vs and geueth grace to so many as beleue in Christe and are become his members that God in his sonne is well pleaseâ— â—â—hn v. d. Math. â— a Mark â— a. Luk. iii a. Esay xâ—â— Math. â— a Mark â— a. Luk. iii a. Esay xâ—â— Math iiii b. Mark i a. Luk. iii c. Actes xix g Iohn iii. d. and .x. d. Esay â–ª liii b. 1. Cor v. â— Math iii. d. Mark i. b. Luk iii. d. That was about two houres before nyght Or the Christe Mat xvâ—â— Iohn x â— Gen. iii. â— and xxi â— Deu. xviii â— Gen. iii. â— and xxi â— Deu. xviii â— (f) He speaketh after the common opinion for most men supposed hym to be Iosephes sonne () Or beleuest thou ☞ Luk. ii g. () Or seruauntes () Or measures Math. iiii b. Mark i. b. Luk. iiii d. Mat. xxi b. Mark xi c. Luk. xix g. Psal lxxix f Math. xvi f Mark xiiii f Iere. xvii b. Apoca. i. d. ☞ Iohn iiii b. and .vii. d. Titus iii. a. Rom. viii a. Eccle. xi a. (a) No man by his owne wyt can know the misteryes of Christes kyngdome but by Christ hym selfe (b) This is spoken for the vnitie of person and that which is proper to one nature is transferred to the other as Act. xx and .xxviii. and so Christe was in heaueÌ„ accordyng to his deuine nature Luk. xix a (c) That is all sortes of people that beleue whether they be Iewes or Gentiles Iohn i â— and xx f. Ephe. v. b â–ª (d) Christe hym selfe baptized not but his disciples Iohn iiâ— Mark iiii b. Iohn iiii a. Iohn i. b. 〈◊〉 iii. a. Esai lxi a. Mark xi d. Luk. i. d. Iohn vi f. 1. Iohn v. b. () Or he that obeyeth not the sonne Math.