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

Christe among them that are saued and ●mong them whiche perishe To the one parte are we the sauoure of death vnto death And vnto the other parte are wee the sauoure of lyfe vnto lyfe And who is meete vnto those thynges ●● we are not as the moste parte are whiche chop and chaunge with the worde of God but ●●●●●●● of purenes and by the power of God in the sighe of God so speake we in Christe But after that I came to Troas there to preache the Gospell of Christ where there was by the fauoure of god a plentifull hope of encrease opened vnto me greately was my mynde disguieted becaused therwyse than I loked I found not my brother and felowe Titus there of whome I hadde greate neede to beare out that greate and weightie matter Leauing them therefore I went into Macedonia and that not without great ieopardye but thankes geue I vnto god whiche victoriously carrieth aboute by vs the triumphe of christian religion makyng it more glorious by that the glorye of hys Gospell dailye spreadeth more and more whiche by our preachyng enlargeth in all places abrode the knoweledge of hymselfe vsyng vs as though we were swete incense ▪ For when we preache in all places of the world the glorye of his gospell what elles dooe wee but spreade abrode the swete fauoure of Christe of it selfe in deede as I saye to all menne pleasaunte and holsome but yet to some throughe theyr owne faulte deadlye poyson holsom to suche as throughe fayth in the gospell obteyne saluacion vnholsome and deathlye to suche as refuse it thereby doublyng theyr damnacion to deathe euerlastyng as menne encreasyng theyr former offences wyth vnthankefulnes and stubbernesse of myndes But who is meete this to dooe and preache Whoso myndeth to laboure in this muste therein nothyng regarde but the onely glorye of Christe But some there bee whiche teachyng the gospell either for honoure or for aduauntage spreade not somuche abrode the swete sauers of Christe as theyr owne countrefaite deuises profityng themselfes and no● Christe whose manners wee abhorre Nor corrupte wee the woorde of God wyth worldlye doctryne sekyng oure own commodities but euen with a pure hearte teache it as a thyng that came from god and not of our selfes and that to the glorie of Iesus Christe as god hymselfe is witnesse ¶ The thyrde Chapter The texte ¶ We begin to praise our selues againe Neede we as some other of epistles of recommendacion vnto you or letters of recommendacion from you Ye are our epistle written in our hertes whiche is vnderstande and red of all men forasmuche as ye declare that ye are the epistle of Christ ministred by vs and written not with inke but with the spirite of the liuing God not in tables of stone but in fleshely tables of the hearte BVt this feare I leste anye manne thynke that we agayne prayse ourselfes vnto you to thyntente wee maye bothe of you other be had in price and more estemed But what nede hath any man to seke for commendacions when the matter self commendeth hym Nede we such letters of recommendacion as false apostles carrie about with them obteyned either of other vnto you or of you to other Nothing passe we vpon such letters The liuely epistle wherwyth we thinke our selfes sufficiently praised are ye Corinthians written in our heartes which I with muche lesse payne carrye aboute with me than they dooe theyrs This epistle in all places where I come euerye manne readeth and vnderstandeth so that I neede none other epistle synce that by youre Godlye lyfe all menne perfeitelye knowe what manner of apostles wee were and so farre foorth assure wee our selfes of youre good wyl towarde vs that seeyng that oure owne diligente labor doth aboundantly cōmend vs wee nede no mens letters of commendacion whiles ye in perfite fayth and christian life declare that ye are Christes epistle written by hym in dede but yet by our ministerie and laboure Written I say not wyth y●ke as theirs are which teache humaine and carnall phantasies but with the spirite of the liuing god nor written agayne in tables of stone as mannes lawes are but in the fleashye tables of the hearte Your heartes wherin wee printed the doctrine of the gospell ▪ vsed we in steade of parchmente my tongue was in steade and serued for a penne but Christe himselfe with his holye spirite indited that thing whiche we wrote The texte Suche truste haue we thorowe Christe to Godwarde not that we are sufficient of ou● selues to thynke any thing as of oure selues but if we be hable vnto any thyng the same cummethe of God whiche hathe made vs hable to ministre the newe Testamente not of the letter but of the spirite For the letter killeth but the spirite geueth lyfe If the ministracion of death thorowe the letters figured in stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not beholde the face of Moses for the glorie of his countenaunce whiche glorye is done awaye why shall not the ministracion of the spirite bee muche more glorious For if the ministryng of condemnacion bee glorious muche more dooth the ministracion of righteousnesse excede in glorye For no doubt that which was there glorified is not once glorified in respecte of this exceadyng glorie For if that whiche is destroyed ▪ was glorious muche more that whiche remayneth is glorious Seeyng then that wee haue suche truste wee vse greate boldenesse and dooe not as Moses whiche putte a vayle ouer his face that the children of Israell shoulde not see for what purpose that serued whiche is putte awaye But theyr myndes were blinded For vntill thys daye remaineth the same coueryng vntaken awaye in the lecture of the olde testament whiche vayle shal bee putte awaye in Christe But euen vnto this daye when Moses is re●ad the ●a●● hangeth before theyr heartes Neuerthelesse when they tourne to the Lorde the vayle shall be taken awaye The Lorde no doubte is a spirite And where the spirite of the Lorde is then is libertie But we all beholde in a mirroure the glorye of the Lorde w●th his face open and a● chaunged vnto the same similitude from glorye to glorye euen as of the spy●yte of the Lorde But asmuche as the doctrine of the gospell passeth and is better tha● Moses lawe somuche more fruitfull and better is our laboure than his Nor yet take we thus muche vpon vs arrogantlye but speake the trueth as God is my recorde whiche by our seruice through Christe perfourmed it that wee speake of For had not his healpe bene certainly farre were we euen from thinkyng vpon any suche thyng of our owne power and muche farther from doyng it But yf we be eyther hable or haue bene hable to doe anye thynge al that came of the free bounteousnesse of God whyche as he hathe healped vs ●● oure labours so hath he committed vnto vs this ministerye and dispensacion of the newe testamente to th entent wee should bestowe among you

intemperaunce is blamed by youre honest vprightnes They woulde loue the companions of their fylthynes but nowe they rayle vpon you because youre lyfe is not suche as theirs is but yet there is no cause why ye shoulde be moued at their raylynlynges neither are they to be rayled at agayne Let it be ynough for you that you haue a good conscience before God Yf you can by any possible waye conuerte them vnto better you ought to do your diligēce howbeit after such sort that you goe not backe from your own syncere vprightnes If they do repent it is to be ioyed at yf their hertes be hardened they rayle and scolde euen agaynst them that wyshe them well referre you the vengeaunce to God whose iudgement no mortall man is hable to escape For he in tyme shall iudge all men not onely the quycke but also the deade the quycke whom Christ at hys commyng shall fynde lyuinge in the bodye the deade whiche before Christes commyng are departed out of this lyfe Notwithstandyng none lyueth in dede but he that lyueth vnto godlynes Those that serue vices and fylthye lustes are dead vnto God And vnto him at his iudgement those that be dead in dede shal rendre accōpt yf they wil not repent from theyr vices For he that most equall indyfferent iudge shall punyshe them for youre sakes and paye you the full rewardes of your pacient suffraunce In dede he is desirous that all men reuiue vnto gospellike godlynes and for that cause sake he woulde haue the grace of the gospell p●●ached not onelye vnto the Iewes that lyued deuoutly after Moses lawe not onely vnto the Gentiles that lyued honestlye after the lawe of nature but also vnto the dead and vtterly buried in all kyndes of naughtines And vnto theyr darkenes he woulde haue the lyght of the gospell to be layed them he woulde haue taughte with all myldenes and pacience that they also awaking at length myght contemne those thynges wherin being nowe blynde they repose their felicitie and be reputed as dead in bodye with men in that they are not entangled with any affecciōs of the body but with God they myght lyue in spirite For none is alyue in dede in Goddes iudgement but he that is after this sorte deade There is nothyng of long continuaunce in this worlde and the ende of all thynges shall shoretly come And their voluptuous pleasures shall sone forsake them and your paynefull punishement shall sone haue an ende And also euerlastyng ioye abydeth for you and euerlasting cormentes abyde for them The texte Be ye therfore sobre and watche vnto prayer But aboue all thynges haue feruente loue among your selues For loue shal couer the the multitude of synnes Be ye her berous one to another without gr●d gynge As euerye man hath receyued the gyfte euen so minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifolde grace of God If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes of God If any man minister let hym do it as of the habilytie whych God ministreth vnto hym That God in al thynges maye bec glorified through Iesus Christ to whom be prayse and dominion for euer euer Amen Therfore it stondeth you in hande by all meanes that that daye fynde you not slugishly napping nor carelesly snourting by riot and slouthfulnes But rather prepare your selues alwayes ready agaynst that daye and be sobre and watching in continuall prayers For it shall come vnloked for so it is the will of Christ but if it shall fynd thee in them it can not chose but come happyly Sobrietie is an acceptable thyng to God it is a sure mater to watche for God doeth gladlye heare the prayers that are set forthe by temperaunce and watchyng But this is a thyng a greate deale most acceptable of all that you embrace euery one other with continuall and vehement loue releuing euery one other with mutuall good turnes So as he that is the more watchefull maye rayse vp the drowsye snourtour he that is the better learned may instructe the lesse learned he that is y● more diligente may warne the sluggarde he that is the more feruente maye prycke vp the colde one and he that is the more perfit maye forgeue him that doeth amysse through infirmitie For this brynnynge charitie towardes the neighboure couereth the multitude of sinnes wherwith we are endaungered to God That whiche we offende agaynste hym is verye well washen awaye by doyng good turnes vnto our neighbours Lyke as euery one hath the fortune of habilitie so lette hym studye to be good vnto hys brother Let him that hath substaunce to do withal shewe himselfe herberous and bestowe vnto them that haue nede not grudgingly nether with murmuryng but gladly and chearefully estemyng himselfe to receyue a good turne whan he geueth and that suche maner of losse of substaunce is a greate gayne with God whiche shal repaye al with vpheaped mesure And thinke this moreouer that whatsoeuer you spende to the helpynge of youre neyghboure is the good gyfte of God geuen to this ende that as it were hauing that chaunce of ●iches commytted to youre credence you shoulde waxe riche in the vsurye of godly workes Vnto some God hath distributed some sondry giftes vnto some other gyftes Let no man take vpon him to haue that whiche he hath of hym selfe let him thynke it to be Gods gyfte whiche he would haue distributed by you vpon other that of doynge good turnes one for an other mutuall loue maye be glewed together amonge youre selues more and more and that there might encreace by occasion vnto euery one the rewarde of godlynes Let no man be discōtent with him selfe in that he is not endued with this or that gift Let no man also stonde in his owne conceit in that he hath mo qualities geuen vnto him than other haue For so it was the will of the ryche and lyberall gentill God to bestowe his gyftes after sondry sortes No man is Lorde of that whiche he hath receaued he is nothing but the dispoler For the thyng that he disposeth is the lordes And yf he do that faithfully chearefully and desirouslye lette hym not loke for rewarde of man inasmuche as he shall receaue it of God If holsome doctrine chaunce vnto a man if any man haue the gyfte of a fyne learned tongue let him not abuse it vnto gayne vnto pompous statelynes and vayne glorye but vnto the commoditie of his neighboure and to the glory of Christe Let the hearers perceyue his wordes to be the wordes of God and not of men and that he whiche speaketh is nothyng els but the instrumēt of the voyce of God If any man be more hable to haue ministracion of office than of Doctrine let him administre his gyft so as he chalenge not thautoritie vnto him selfe but ascribe it vnto God that geueth him power and strength to goe aboute the thynge effectually that he taketh in hande And that shall be done to the