shal receiue an incorruptible crowne of glorie 5 Like wise ye yonger submit your selues vnto the elders and submit your selues euerie man one to another * decke your selues in wardely in low lines of minde for God * resisteth the proud giueth grace to the hūble 6 Humble * your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of God that he may exalt you in due time 7 Cast * all your care on him for he careth for you 8 Be sober and watch for * your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walk eth about seking whome he may deuoure 9 Whome resist sted fast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren which are in the worlde 10 And the God of all grace which hath called vs vnto his eternal glorie by Christ Iesus after that ye haue suffred a litel make you perfect cōfirme strengthen stablish you 11 To him be glorie and dominion for euer and euer Amen 12 By Siluanus a faithful brother vnto you as I suppose haue I writen briefly exhorting and testifying how that this is the true grace of God where in ye stand 13 The Church that is at Babylon elected to gether with you saluteth you and Marcus my sonne 14 Grete ye one another with the * kysse of loue Peace be with you all which are in Christ Iesus Amen THE SECONDE EPISTLE general of Peter THE ARGVMENT THe effect of the Apostle here is to exhorte them which haue once 〈◊〉 the true faith of 〈◊〉 to stande to the same euen to the last breath also that God by his effectual grace towardesmen moueth them to holines of life in punishing the hypocrites which abuse his Name and in increasing his gifts in the godlie wherefore by godlie life he being now almost at deaths dore exhorteth them to approue their vocation not setting their affection on worldlie things as he had oft writ vnto them but lifting their eyes towarde heauen as they be taught by the Gospel whereof he is a cleare witnes chiefly in that he heard with his owne eares that Christ was proclaimed from heauen to be the Sonne of God as likewise the Prophetes testified And lest they shulde promise to them selues quietnes by professing the Gospel he warneth them bothe of troubles which they shulde susteine by the false teachers and also by the mockers and 〈◊〉 of religion whose maners and trade he liuely setteth forthe as in a table aduertising the faithful not onely to waite diligently for Christ but also to beholde presently the day of his comming and to preserue them selues vnspotted against the same CHAP. I. 4 Forasmuche as the power of God hathe giuen them all things perteining vnto life he exhorteth them to flee the corruption of worldlie lusts 10 To make their calling sure with good workes and frutes of faith 14 He maketh mention of his owne death 17 Declaring the Lord Iesus to be the true Sonne of God as he him self had sene vpon the mounte 1 SIMON Peter a seruant and an Apostle of IESVSCRIST to you which haue obteined like precious faith with vs by the rightousnes of our God and Sauiour Iesus Christ. 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you by the knowledge of God and of Iesus our Lord 3 According as his godlie power hathe giuen vnto vs all things that perteine vnto life and godlines through the knowledge of him that hathe called vs vnto glorie and vertue 4 Whereby most great and precious promises are giuen vnto vs that by them ye shulde be 〈◊〉 of the godlie nature in that ye flee the corruption which is in the worlde through lust 5 Therefore giue euen all diligence thereunto ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith and with vertue knowledge 6 And with knowledge temperāce and with temperance pacience and with pacience godlines 7 And with godlines brotherlie kindenes and with brotherlie kindenes loue 8 For if these things be among you and abun de they wil make you that ye nether shal be ydle nor vnfruteful in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ. 9 For he that hathe not these things is blinde and can not se farre of and hathe forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes 10 Wherefore brethren giue rather diligence to make your calling and election sure for if ye do these things ye shal neuer fall 11 For by this meanes an entring shal be ministred vnto you abundātly into the euerlastiug kingdom of our Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ. 12 Wherefore I wil not be negligent to put you alwais in remembrance of these things thogh that ye haue knowledge and be stablished in the present trueth 13 For I thinke it mete as long as I am in this tabernacle to stirre you vp by putting you in remembrance 14 Seing I knowe that the time is at hand that I must lay downe this my tabernacle euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hathe * she wed me 15 I wil endeuour therefore alwaise that ye also may be able to haue remembrāce of these things after my departing 16 For we folowed not * deceiueable fables when we opened vnto you the power and comming of our Lord Iesus Christ but with our eyes we saw his maiestie 17 For he receiued of God the Father honour and glorie whē there came suche a voyce to him frō the excellent glorie * This is my beloued Sonne in whome I am well pleased 18 And this voyce we heard whē it came from heauē being with him in the holye mounte 19 We haue also a moste sure worde of the Prophetes to the whiche ye do well that ye take hede as vnto a light that shineth in a darke place vntil the day dawne and the daye starre arise in your hearts 20 * So that ye first know this that no prophecie in the Scripture is of anie priuate motion 21 For the Prophecie came not in olde time by the wil of man but holie men of God spake as they were moued by the holie Gost. CHAP. II. He prophecieth of false teaches and sheweth their punishment 1 BVt * there were false prophetes also among the people euen as there shal be false teachers among you whiche priuely shal bring in dānable heresies euen denying the Iord that hathe boght them and bryng vpon them selues swift damnation 2 And manie shall followe their damnable wayes by whome the way of trueth shal be euil spoken of 3 And through couetousnes shall they with fained wordes make marchandise of you whose iudgement long agone is not farre of and their damnation slepeth not 4 For if God spared not the * Angels that had sinned but caste them downe into hell and deliuered them into chaines of darkenes to be kept vnto damnation 5 Nether hathe spared the olde worlde but saued * Noe the eight persone a
giue no occasion of offence in anie thing that our ministerie shulde not be re prehended 4 But in all things we approue our selues as * the ministers of God in muche patience in afflictions in necessities in distresses 5 In stripes in prisones in tumultes in labours 6 By watchinges by fastinges by puritie by knowledge by long suffering by kindnes by the holie Gost by loue vnfained 7 By the worde of trueth by the power of God by the armour of righteousnes on the right hand an on the lefte 8 By honour and dishonour by euill reporte and good reporte as deceiuers yet true 9 As vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we liue as chastened and yet not killed 10 As sorowing and yet alway reioycyng as poore and yet make manie riche as hauing nothing and yet possessing all thyngs 11 O corinthians our mouth is open vnto you our heart is made large 12 Ye are not kept straite in vs but ye are kept straite in your owne bowelles 13 Now for the same recompense I speake as to my children Be you also enlarged 14 Be not vnequally yoked with the infideles for what felowship hathe righteousnes with vnrighteousnes and what communion hathe light with darkenes 15 And what concorde hathe Christ with Belial or what parte hathe the beleuer with the infidel 16 And what agrement hathe the Temple of God with idoles * for ye are the Temple of the liuyng God as God hathe said * I will dwell among them and walke there and I will be their God and they shal be my people 17 * Wherefore come out from among them and separate yourselues saith the Lord and touche none vncleane thing and I will receiue you 18 * And I wil be a Father vnto you ye shal be my sonnes and daughters saith the Lord almightie CHAP. VII 1 He exhorteth them by the promise of God to kepe them selues pure 37 Assuring thē of his loue 8. 13 And doeth not excuse his 〈◊〉 toward their but 〈◊〉 therat considering what profite came thereby 10 Of two sortes of sorow 1 SEing then we haue these promises dearely beloued let vs clense our selues from all filthines of the flesh and Spirit and growe vp vnto ful holines in the feare of God 2 Receiue vs we haue done wrong to no man we haue consumed no man we haue defrauded no man 3 I speake it not to your condemnacion for I haue said before that ye are in our hearts to dye and liue together 4 I vse great boldenes of speach towarde you I reioyce greatly in you I am filled with comfort and am exceadyng ioyous in all our tribulacion 5 For when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no reste but we were troubled on euerie side fightings without and terrours within 6 But God that comforteth the abiect comforted vs at the comming of Titus 7 And not by his comming onely but also by the consolacion where with he was comforted of you whēhetolde vs your great desire your mourning your feruent minde to me warde so that I reioyced muche more 8 For thogh I made you sorie with a letter I re pent not thogh I did repent for I perceiue that the same epistle made you sorie thogh it were but for a season 9 I now reioyce notthat ye were sorie but that ye sorowed to repentance for ye sorowed godly so that in nothing ye were hurt by vs. 10 * For godlie sorowe causeth repentance vnto saluacion not to be repented of but the worldlie sorowe causeth death 11 For beholde this thing that ye haue bene godly sorie what great care it hath wroght in you yea what clearing of your selues yea what indignacion yea what feare yea how great disire yea what a zeale yea what punishment in all things ye haue shewed your selues that ye are pure in this matter 12 Wherefore thogh I wrote vnto you I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong nether for his cause that had the iniurie but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you 13 Therefore we were comforted because ye were comforted but rather we reioyced muche more for the ioy of Titus because his spirit was refreshed by you all 14 For if that I haue boasted anie thing to him of you I haue not 〈◊〉 ashamed but as I haue spoken vnto you all things in trueth enē so our boasting vnto Titus was true 15 And his in warde affection is more abundant towarde you when he remembreth the obedience of you all and how with feare and trembling ye receiued him 16 I reioyce therefore that I may put my cōfidence in you in all things CHAP. VIII 1 By the example of the 〈◊〉 9 And Christ he exhorteth them to continue in relieuing the poore Saintes commending their good beginning 23 After he cōmendeth Titus and his felowes vnto them 1 WE do you also to wit brethren of the grace of God bestowed vpōthe Chur ches of Macedonia 2 Because in great tryal of affliction their ioye abunded and their moste extreme pouertie abunded vnto their riche liberalitie 3 For to their power I beare recorde yea beyonde their power they were willing 4 And prayed vs with great instance that we wold receiue the grace and felowship * of the ministring which is towarde the Saintes 5 And this they did not as we loked for but gaue their owne selues first to the Lord and after vnto vs 〈◊〉 the wil of God 6 That we shulde exhorte Titus that as he had begonne so he wolde also accomplish the same grace among you also 7 Therefore as ye abunde in euerie thing in faith and worde and knowledge and in all diligence and in your loue towards vs euen so se that ye abunde in this grace also 8 This say I not by commandement but because of the diligence of others therefore proue I the naturalnes of your loue 9 For 〈◊〉 knowe the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ that he being riche for your sakes became poore that ye through his pouertie might be made riche 10 And I shewe my minde herein for this is expedient for you which haue begonne not to do onely but also to wil a yere ago 11 Now therefore performe to do it also that as there was a readines to wil euen so ye maye performe it of that which ye haue 12 For if there be first a willing minde it is accepted according to that a man hathe and not according to that he hathe not 13 Nether is it that other men shulde be eased and you grieued 14 But vpon like condicion at this time your abundance supplieth their lacke that also their abundance may be for your lacke that there may be equalitie 15 As it is wiritten *
minister by the gifte of the grace of God giuen vnto me* through the working of his power 8 * Euen vnto me the least of all Saintes is this grace giuen that I shulde preache among the * Gentiles the vnsearcheable riches of Christ 9 And to make cleare vnto all men what the felowship of the * mysterie is which frō the beginning of the worlde hathe bene hid in God who hathe created all things by Iesus Christ 10 To the intēt that now vnto principalities and powers in heauenlie places might be knowen by the Church the manifolde wisdome of God 11 According to the eternal purpose which he wroght in Christ Iesus our Lord. 12 By whome we haue boldnes and entrance with confidence by faith in him 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for your sakes which is your glorie 14 For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ 15 Of whome is named the whole familie in heauen and in earth 16 That he might grante you according to the riches of his glorie that ye may be strengthned by his Spirit in the inner man 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that ye being rooted and grounded in loue 18 May be able to comprehend with all Saintes what is the breadth length depth and height 19 And to knowe the loue of Christ which pas seth knowledge that ye may be filled with all fulnes of God 20 * Vnto him therefore that is able to do exceading abundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke according to the power that wor keth in vs 21 Be praise in the Church by Christ Iesus throughout all generations for euer Amen CHAP. IIII. He exhorteth themvnto mekenes long suffering vnto loue and peace 3 Euerie one to serue and edifie another with the gift that God hathe giuen him 14 To beware of strange doctrine 22 To lay aside the olde conuersation of griedie lustes and to walke in a newe life 1 I * Therefore being prisoner in the Lord praye you that ye walke worthie of the vo cation whereunto ye are called 2 With all humblenes of minde and mekenes with long suffring supporting one another through loue 3 Endeuoring to kepe the vnitie of the Spirit in the bonde of peace 4 There is one bodie and one Spirit euen as ye are called in one hope of your vocation 5 There is one Lord one Faith one Baptisme 6 * One God and Father of all which is aboue all and through al in you all 7 * But vnto euerie one of vs is giuen grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith * When he ascended vp on hie he led captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men 9 Now in that he ascended what is it but that he had also descēded first into the louest partes of the earth 10 He that descended is euen the same that ascended farre aboue all heauens that he might fill all things 11 * He therefore gaue some to be Apostles and some Prophetes and some Euangelistes and some Pastours and Teachers 12 For the gathering together of the Saintes for the worke of the ministerie and for the edification of the bodie of Christ. 13 Till we all mete together in the vnitie of faith and knowledge of the Sonne of God vnto a perfite man and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnes of Christ. 14 That we hence forthe be no more children waueringe and caryed about with euerie winde of doctrine by the deceit of men and with craftines wherby the laye in waite to deceiue 15 But let vs followe the trueth in loue and in all things growe vp into him whiche is the head that is Christ. 16 By whome all the bodie being coupled and knit together by euerie ioynt for the furniture thereof according to the effectuall power whiche is in the measure of euerie parte receiueth increase of the bodie vnto the edifying of it self in loue 17 This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforthe walke not as * other Gentiles walke in vanitie of their minde 18 Hauing their cogitation darkened being strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the hardenes of their heart 19 Which being past * feling haue giuen thē selues vnto 〈◊〉 to worke all vnclennes euen with griedines 20 But ye haue not so learned Christ. 21 If so be ye haue heard him and haue bene taught by him as the trueth is in Iesus 22 That is * that ye cast of concernyng the conuersatiō in time past the olde man whiche is corrupt through deceiueable lustes 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your minde 24 * And put on the new man whiche after God is created in righteousnes and true holines 25 * Wherefore cast of lying and speake euerie man trueth vnto his neighbour for we are members one of another 26 * Be angry but sinne not let not the sunne go downe vpon you wrath 27 * Nether giue place to the deuil 28 Let hym that stole steale no more but let him rather labour and worke with hys hāds the thing which is good that he may haue to giue vnto him that nedeth 29 * Let no corrupt communication procede out of your mouth but that whiche is good to the vse of edifying that it may minister grace vnto the hearers 30 And grieue not the holie Spirit of God by whome ye are sealed vnto the day of redēption 31 Let all bitternes and angre and wrath crying and euil speaking be put away from you with all maliciousnes 32 * Be ye courteous one to another and tender hearted forgiuing one another euen as God for Christs sake forgaue you CHAP. V. 2 He exhorteth them vnto loue 3 Warneth them to beware of vnclennes couetousnes foolish talking and false doctrine 17 To be circumspecte 18 To auoide dronkennes 19 To reioyce and to be thākefull towarde God 21 To submit them selues one to another 22 He entrea teth of corporall mariage and of the spirituall betwixt Christ and his Churche 1 BE ye therefore followers of God as dere children 2 * And walke in loue euen as Christe hathe loued vs and hathe giuen himself for vs to be an offring and a sacrifice of a swete smel ling sauour to God 3 * But fornication and all vnclennes or coueto usnes let it not be once named among you as it becometh Saintes 4 Nether filthines nether foolish talking nether iesting which are thing not comelie but rather giuing of thankes 5 For this ye knowe that no whoremonger nether vncleane persone nor
must not striue but must be gentle towarde all men apt to teache suffring the euil men paciently 25 Instructing them with mekenes that are cō trarie minded prouyng if GOD at anye time will gyue them repentaunce that they may knowe the trueth 26 And that they maye come to amendement out of the snare of the deuill which are takē of him at his wil. CHAP. III. 1 He prophecieth of the perilous times 2 Setteth out hypo crites in their colours 12 Sheweth the state of the Christians 14 And how to auoide dangers 16 Also what profit cometh of the Scriptures 1 THys knowe also that in the * laste dayes shal come perilous times 2 For men shal be louers of theyr owne selues couetous boasters proude cursed speakers disobedient to parents vnthankefull vnholye 3 Without naturall affection truce breakers false accusers intemperate fierce 〈◊〉 of them which are good 4 Traitours headie hygh mynded louers of pleasures more then louers of God 5 Hauyng a she we of godlynes but haue denied the power thereof turne away therfore from suche 6 For of this sorte are they which crepe into houses and lead captiue simple women laden with sinnes and led with diuers lustes 7 Whiche women are euerlearnyng and are neuer able to come to the knowledge of the trueth 8 * And as Iannes and Iambres with stode Mo ses so do these also resiste the trueth men of corrupte myndes reprobate concernyng the fayth 9 But they shall preuaile no longer for theyr madnes shal be euident vnto al men as theirs also was 10 ¶ But thou hast fully knowen my doctrine maner of lyuing purpose faith long suffering loue pacience 11 Persecutions and afflictions whiche came vnto me at* Antiochia at Iconium and at I ystri whiche persecutions I suffered but from them all the Lord deliuered me 12 Yea and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus shal suffer persecution 13 But the euill men and deceiuers shall waxe worsse and worsse deceyuyng and beyng de 〈◊〉 14 But continue thou in the thyngs whyche thou hast learned and art persuaded thereof knowyng of whome thou hast learned them 15 And that thou hast knowen the holie Scriptures of a childe whiche are able to make thee wise vnto saluation through the fayth whiche is in Christ Iesus 16 * For the whole Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to teache to improue to correct and to instructe in ryghteousnes 17 That the man of GOD may be absolute being made perfite vnto all good workes CHAP. IIII. 1 He exhorteth Timotheus to be feruēt in the worlde and to suffer aduersitie 6 Maketh mention of his own death 9 And biddeth Timothie come vnto him 1 I Charge thee therefore before God and before the Lord Iesus Christ whiche shal iudge the quicke and dead at his appearing and in his kingdome 2 Preache the worde be instant in season and out of season improue rebuke exhorte with all long suffring and doctrine 3 For the time will come when they will not suffer wholsome doctrine but hauyng their eares itching shal after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers 4 And shall turne their eares from the trueth and shal be giuen vnto fables 5 But watch thou in all thyngs suffer aduersitie do the worke of an Euangeliste make thy ministerie fully knowen 6 For I am nowe ready to be offered and the time of my departing is at hand 7 I haue foght a good fight and haue finished my course I haue kept the faith 8 For hence forth is laid vp for me the crown of righteousnes which the Lorde the rightous iudge shall giue me at that daye and not to me onely but vnto all them also that loue his appearyng 9 Make spede to come vnto me atonce 10 For Demas hath forsakē me and hath embraced this present worlde and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia 11 * Onely Luke is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me to minister 12 And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus 13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus when thou comest bring with thee and the bokes but specially the parchements 14 Alexander the copper smith hath done me muche euil the Lorde rewarde hym according to his workes 15 Of whome be thou ware also for he withstode our preaching sore 16 At my first answering no man assisted me but all forsoke me I praye God that it may not be laid to their charge 17 Notwithstanding the Lord assisted me and strengthened me that by me the preachyng myght be fully knowen and that all the Gen tiles shulde heare and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the lion 18 And the Lord will deliuer me from euerie euil worke and wil preserue me vnto his hea uenlie kingdome to whome be praise for euer and euer Amen 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila and the * housholde of Onesiphorus 20 Erastus abode at Corinthus Trophimus I left at Miletum sicke 21 Make spede to come before winter Eubulus greteth thee and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren 22 The Lorde Iesus Christ be with thy spirit Grace be with you Amen The seconde Epistle written from Rome vnto Timotheus the first bishop elected of the Churche of Ephesus when Paul was presented the second time before the Emperour Nero. THE EPISTLE OF Paul to Titus THE ARGVMENT WHen Titus was left in Creta to finish that doctrine which Paul had there begonne Satan stirred vp certeine which went about not onely to ouerthrowe the gouernement of the Churche but also to corrupt the doctrine for some by ambition wolde haue thrust in them selues to be Pastours others vnder pretext of Moses Law broght in manie trifles Against these two sortes of men Paul armeth Titus first teachyng him what maner of Ministers he ought to chose chiefly requiryng that they be men of sounde doctrine to the intent they myght resiste the aduersaries and amongs other things he noreth the Iewes whiche put a certeine holines in meates and suche outwarde ceremonies teachyng them whiche are the true exercises of a Christian life and what things apperteine to euerie mans vocation Againste the whiche if anie man rebelle or els doeth not obey he willeth him to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 CHAP. I. 5 He aduertiseth Titus touchyng the gouernement of the Church 7. The ordinance and office of ministers 12 The nature of the Cretians and of them which sowe abroade Iewish fables and inuentions of men 1 PAVLa seruant of God and an Apostle of IESVS Christ accordynge to the fayth of Gods elect and the knowledge of the trueth which is accordyng to godlines 2 Vnder the hope of eternall life whiche God that can not lie hathe promised before the * worlde began 3 But
of the campe bearing his reproche 14 For here haue we no continuing citie but we seke one to come 15 Let vs therefore by hym offer the sacrifice of praise alwayes to God that is the * frute of the lippes whiche confesse his Name 16 To do good and to distribute forget not for with suche sacrifices God is pleased 17 Obey them that haue the ouersight of you and submit your selues for they watche for your soules as thei that must giue accountes that they may do it with ioye and not with grief for that is vnprofitable for you 18 Pray for vs for we are assured that 〈◊〉 haue a good conscience in all thyngs desiryng to liue honestly 19 And I desire you some what the more earnestly that ye so do that I may be restored to you more quickely 20 The God of peace that broght againe frō the dead our Lord Iesus the great shepherd of the shepe through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant 21 Make you perfite in all good workes to do his will working in you that whiche is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ to whome be praise for euer and euer Amen 22 I beseche you also brethren suffre the wordes of exhortation for I haue writen vn to you in fewe wordes 23 Knowe that our brother Timotheus is deliuered with whome if he come shortely I wil se you 24 Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you and all the Saintes They of Italie salute you 25 Grace be with you all Amen Written to the Hebrewes from Italie and sent by Timotheus THE GENERAL Epistles of Iames. THE ARGVMENT IAmes the Apostle and sonne of Alpheus wrote this Epistle to the Iewes which were conuerted to Christ but dispersed throughout diuers countreis and therefore he exhorteth them to pacience prayer to embrace the true worde of God and not to be partial nether to boast of an ydle faith but to declare a true faith by liuelie frutes to auoide ambitiō to bridel the tongue to rule the affections to be humble and loue their neighbours to beware of swearing to vtter their fautes when they haue offended to praye one for another and to bring him which is out of the way to knowledge of Christ. CHAP. I. 2 He exhorteth to reioyce in trouble 6 To be feruent in prayer with stedfast belief 17 To loke for al good things from aboue 21 To forsake all vice and thankefully to receiue the worde of God 22 Not onely hearyng it and speaking ofit but to do thereafter in dede 27 What true religion is 1 IAMES a seruant of GOD and of the Lord IES VS CHRIST to the twelue Tribes whiche are scattered abroade salutation 2 My brethren counte it exceadyng ioye whē ye fell into diuers tentations 3 * Knowyng that the trying of your faith bringeth for the pacience 4 And let pacience haue her perfite worke that ye may be perfite and entier lackyng nothyng 5 If any of you lacke wisdome let hym aske of God whiche giueth to all men liberally and reprocheth no man and it shal be giuen hym 6 * But let him aske in faith and wauer not for he that wauereth is like a waue of the sea tost of the winde and caryed away 7 Nether let that man thinke that he shall receiue any thyng of the Lord. 8 A wauering minded man is vnstable in al his wayes 9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted 10 Againe he that is riche in that he is made 〈◊〉 for as the flower of the grasse shall he* vanish away 11 For as when the sunne riseth with heat thē the grasse withereth and his flower falleth away and the beautie of the facion of it perisheth euen so shal the riche man fade away in all his wayes 12 * Blessed is the man that endureth tentatiō for when he is tryed he shall receiue the crowne of life whiche the Lord hath promi sed to them that loue him 13 Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God can not be tēpted with euil nether tempteth he any man 14 But euerie man is tempted when he is drawne away by his owne concupiscence and is entised 15 Then when lust hathe conceiued it bryngeth forth sinne and sinne when it is finished bringeth forthe death 16 Erre not my deare brethren 17 Euerie good giuyng and euerie perfite gift is from aboue and cōmeth downe from the Father of lights with whome is no varia blenes nether shadowing by turning 18 Of his owne will begate he vs with the worde of trueth that we shulde be as the first frutes of his creatures 19 Wherefore my deare brethren * let euerie man be swift to heare slowe to speake and slowe to wrath 20 For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnes of God 21 Wherefore lay aparte al filthines and superfluitie of maliciousnes and receiue with 〈◊〉 the worde that is graffed in you whiche is able to saue your soules 22 * And be ye doers of the worde and not hearers onely deceiuyng your owne selues 23 For if anic heare the worde and do it not he is like vnto a man that beholdeth his natural face in a glasse 24 For when he hathe considered him self he goeth his way and forgetteth immediatly what maner of one he was 25 But who so loketh in the perfit Law of libertie and cōtinueth therein he not being a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke shal be blessed in his dede 26 If anie man among you semeth religious and refraineth not his tongue but deceiueth his owne heart this mans religion is vaine 27 Pure religion and vndefiled before GOD euen the Father is this to visite the fatherles and widdowes in their aduersitie and to kepe him self vnspotted of the worlde CHAP. II. 1 He forbiddeth to haue anie respect of persones 5 But to regarde the poore as well as the riche 8 To be louyng and merciful 14 And not to boast of faith where no dedes are 17 For it is but a dead faith where good workes followe not 1 MY brethren haue not the faith of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ in respect of persones 2 For if there come into your companie a mā wth a gold ring and in goodlie apparell and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gaye clothyng and say vnto hym Sit thou here in a good place and say vnto the poore Stand thou there or sit here vnder my 〈◊〉 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues and are become iudges of euill thoghts 5 Hearken my beloued brethren hathe not God chosen the poore of this worlde that they shulde be riche in faith and heires of the kingdome whiche he promised to them
thing you seared x Because they soght not with an affection to God but for ease of their owne grief y Shewing that without faith and obedience we cā nor call vpon God 〈◊〉 z They shall feele what commoditie their wicked life shal giue them a That is the prosperitie and sensualitie wherein they delite a That is kepe thē in thine heart b If thou giue thy selfe to the true knowledge of god without hypoc isie c Meaning that we must seke the knowledge of God with care diligence d Shewing that no labour must be spared e This sayth he is the true wisdome to knowe feare God “ Or hideth the 〈◊〉 f The word of God shal teache thee counsel thee how to 〈◊〉 thy self g That is the word of God whiche is the onelie light to follow their owne fantasies whiche are darkenes h VVhē thei se any giuen to euill as thei are i Meaning that wisdome whiche is the worde of God shal preserue vs from all vices naming this vice of 〈◊〉 whereunto man is moste proue k That is her hous band which is her head and guide to gouerne her from whome she ought not to depart but remaine in his sub iection l Which is the pro mes made in mariage m Her acquaintā ce with her 〈◊〉 and thē that 〈◊〉 n To thē that are dead in bodie and seule o Thei shal 〈◊〉 the temporal and spiritual promises of God as the wic ked shal be voyde of them Deut. 8 1. 30. 16. a Long life is the blessing of GOD whiche he giueth to his so farre for the as it is expedient for them b By mercie and trueth he meaneth the commandements of the firste and second tablet or els the mercie faithfulnes that we ought to vse toward our neigh bours c Kepe them as a moste precious iewel d Haue them euer in remembrance e By this parte he cōprehendeth the whole bodie as by health he meaneth all the benefites promised in the Law both cor poral spiritual f Av was cōmanded in the 〈◊〉 Exod. 23. 19 D ut 26 2. and by thys thei acknowledged that God was the giuer of all thinges and that thei were readye to bestowe all at his 〈◊〉 g For to the faithfull distributer GOD giueth in greater abundāce Ebr. 12. 5. Reuel 3. 17. h Meaning that he that seketh wis dome that is suffreth him selfe to be gouerned by the word of God shal haue all prosperitie both corporal spiritual i VVhich bringeth forthe suche frute that thei that eate thereof haue lifea and he alludeth to the tre of life in Paradise k Hereby he shew eth that this Wisdome whereof he speaketh is euerlasting because it was before alt creatures and that all things euen the whole worlde were made by it †Or 〈◊〉 read chap. 〈◊〉 9. l For when GOD destroieth the 〈◊〉 ked he will saue his as he did Lot in Sodom m Not onely from them to whome the possession belangeth but also thou shalt not kepe it from thē whiche haue nede of the vse thereof n That is putteth his trust in thee o Desire not to be like vnto him p That is his coue nant and fatherly affection which is hid secret from the worlde q He will shewe by his plaguesthat 〈◊〉 skornes shal turne to their owne destruction as Chap. 1. 26. a He speaketh this in the persone of a preacher and minister which is as a father vnto the people read chap. 1. 8. b In Ebrewe it is Onely for thogh she had thre others by Vriiah yer Salomon was onelye her sonne by Dauid c Meaning Dauid his fathers d He sheweth that we muste 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 begin at Godsword if so be we will that other thinges prosper with vs contrarie to iudgement of the worlde whiche make it their last studye or els care not for it at all e Salomon declareth what care his father had to brīg him vp in the true feare of God for this was Dauids protestation f Thou shaltwalke at libertie withour offence g Meaning that to do euil is more propre and natural to the wicked then to slepe eare or drinke h Gotten by wicked meanes and cruel oppression i Signifying that the godlie increase daily in knewledge and perfectiō till thei come to full perfection whiche is when thei shal be ioyned to their head in the heauens k That is thei shal haue health of body vnder the whiche all other 〈◊〉 promised in the Lawe are conteined l For as the 〈◊〉 is ether pure or corrupte so is the whole course of mans life m Kepe a measure in all thy doings “ Or vnderstāding a That is an harlot which giueth her self to another then to her housband b By oyle honie he meaneth 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 intisements c All her doynges lead to destructiō d She hathe euer newe meanes to allure to wickednes e That is 〈◊〉 strength goods to her that wyll haue no 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thee as is red of Samson and the prodigal sonne f The goods 〈◊〉 by thy trauail g Although I was faithfully instructed in the trueth 〈◊〉 had I almoste fallen to vtter shame and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 my good bringing vp in the assemblie of the godlie h He teacheth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 exhorting vs to liue of our owne 〈◊〉 and to be beneficial to the godlie 〈◊〉 want i Distribute them not to the wicked and infidelles but reserue them for thyself thy familie and them that are of the housholde of faith k Thy 〈◊〉 whi che shal come of thee in great 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mariage curseth who 〈◊〉 l 〈◊〉 thou didst mariein thy youth “ Or. go astraye with a stranger m He declareth that excepte man do ioyne to hys wife bothe in heart and in outward conuersatiō that he shall not escape the iudgements of God n Because he will not giue eare to Gods worde and be admonished a He 〈◊〉 vs not to become 〈◊〉 one for another accordyng to 〈◊〉 rule of charitie but that we 〈◊〉 forwhome 〈◊〉 what sort so that the 〈◊〉 maye not be 〈◊〉 b 〈◊〉 worde of 〈◊〉 can not 〈◊〉 thee yet 〈◊〉 at the littel 〈◊〉 to labour 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not to burden others Chap. 24 32 c He 〈◊〉 liuely thenature of the 〈◊〉 which thogh they slepe 〈◊〉 so 〈◊〉 yet haue neuer ynough but euer seke occasions thereunto d That is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lokest not for it e It shall come in suche sort as thou art not able to resist it f He sheweth to what inconueniēce the idle persones sluggardes come by calling them 〈◊〉 or the men of Belial and sclanderous 〈◊〉 speaketh g Thus all his gesture tendeth to wickednes h Meaning the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 away in such 〈◊〉 that he can not tel what he doeth “ Or neighbours Read Chap. 3. 3. k By the comman dement he meaneth the worde of God and by the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the
Dauid c To 〈◊〉 him in the deliuer ance of my people d I wyll take 〈◊〉 all impediments and 〈◊〉 e Not that 〈◊〉 did knowe God to 〈◊〉 him a ryght but he had a 〈◊〉 par ticular knowledge as profane men maye haue of his power ād so was compelled to 〈◊〉 Gods people f Nor for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is in thee or for thy 〈◊〉 g I haue giuen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pow er and 〈◊〉 h I sende peace and warre prosperitie and aduersitie as Amos 3. 6. i He comforteth the Iewes as if he wolde saye thogh when ye loke to the heauens and earth for succour ye se nothyng nowe but signes of Gods wrath yet I wil cause them to bryng for the most certeine tokens of your deli uerance and of the performance of my promes which is mēt by righteousnes k I haue appointed Cyrus to 〈◊〉 vse and purpose l Hereby he brid leth their impaci 〈◊〉 whiche in aduer sitie and trouble 〈◊〉 againste God and will not 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 Willing that mā shulde matche with his like ād not contend against God m That is it is not 〈◊〉 made n In stead of mur 〈◊〉 humble your selues and aske what ye wilfor the conso lation of my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and you shal be sure of it as ye are of these thinges which are at your commande ment Someread it with an interrogation and make it the application of the similitude o That is the starres p To Wit Cyrus that I may shew by him the faithfulnes of my pro mes in deliueting my people q Meaning 〈◊〉 and without ran some or any grie uous cond cion r These people were 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 Persians and so King 〈◊〉 gaue this money towarde the buylding of the Temple 〈◊〉 7. 21. s VVhere as to fore they were thyne enemies they shal nowe honour thee and thou shalt rule them whyche was accomplished in the time of Christ. t 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 the Iew es to 〈◊〉 thogh their deliuerence be differ red for a tyme shewynge that they shulde not repent their long pacience but the w cked and idolaters shal be destroied u To wit of man 〈◊〉 chiefly of his Churche x As do the false Gods 〈◊〉 giue vncerteine answers y Allye 〈◊〉 whiche thogh you seme to haue neuer so muche 〈◊〉 dignitie yet in Gods sight you are vile and abiect z He 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 to repentance wylling them to loke vnto him with the eye of faith a That is that the thing whiche I haue promised shal be faith fully performed b The knowledge of God and the true worshyping shal be through all the worlde Rom 14. 11. Phil. 2. 10 whereby he signifieth that we muste not onely 〈◊〉 God in heart but declare the same also by outwarde profession c Meaning the faythfull shal fele and confesse this d All the contemners of God a The were the chief idoles of Babylon b Because they were of golde ād siluer the 〈◊〉 des and Persiās caried thē away c The beasts that 〈◊〉 the idoles fel downe vnder their burden d He derideth the idoles whiche had nether soule nor sense e He sheweth the difference betwene the idoles ād the true 〈◊〉 for they muste be caryed of others but God him self caryeth hys as Deut. 32. 〈◊〉 f Seing I haue be gotten you I wil 〈◊〉 and pre 〈◊〉 you for euer g The people of God seing their owne calamitie the florishing estate of the Babylonians shuld be tempted to thinke that their God was not so mightie at the idoles of their ene mies therfore he 〈◊〉 the original of all the idoles 〈◊〉 make them to be abhor red of all men 〈◊〉 that the most that can be spoken in their commendaciō is but to giue them vile Bar. 6. 25. h Become wise meaning that all 〈◊〉 with out wit or sense like mad men i That is 〈◊〉 which shal come as swift as a birde and fight against Babylon k 〈◊〉 whome I haue appointed to execute that which I haue determined l 〈◊〉 by your 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wolde let the performance of my 〈◊〉 m He sheweth that mans 〈◊〉 can not abolish the promes of God Rom. 3. 3. a VVhiche hast li ued in wealth 〈◊〉 wantonnes and haste not yet bene ouercome 〈◊〉 any enemie b Thy gouernement shal be taken from thee c Thou shalt be broght to moste vile 〈◊〉 for 〈◊〉 turne the mille was the of fice of 〈◊〉 d The thynges wherein she set teth her greatest pride shal be made vile euen from the head to the 〈◊〉 e I wil vse no 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nor 〈◊〉 towarde thee f The Israelites shal confesse that the Lord doeth this for his Church sake g Forvery shame and hide thy self h They abused Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this king that be punished the Israelites because he wolde vtterly 〈◊〉 them of and therefore instead of 〈◊〉 their 〈◊〉 thou didist 〈◊〉 it i So that thy punishment shal be so great as is pos sible to be imagi ned k Thou didest thinke that thine owne wisdome policie wolde haue saued thee l He derideth their vaine confidence that put their trust in any thing but in God condemning also suche vaine scien ces 〈◊〉 serue to no 〈◊〉 but to delude the people and to 〈◊〉 them 〈◊〉 depending onely in God m They shal vtterly perish and no parte of them 〈◊〉 n They shal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one to that place which he thoght by his spe 〈◊〉 to be moste sure but that shal deceiue 〈◊〉 a He 〈◊〉 their hypocrisie which vanted them selues to be Israelites were not so in dede b Meaning the fountaine and stocke c They make a shew as thogh they wolde haue none other God d He sheweth that they colde not 〈◊〉 him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thing for 〈◊〉 as he had performed whatsoeuer he had promised e I haue done 〈◊〉 thee more then I promised that thy stubbernes 〈◊〉 might haue bene ouercome f How thoushuldest be 〈◊〉 out of Babylon g VVil he not acknowledge 〈◊〉 my 〈◊〉 de clare it vnto others h She wing that mans 〈◊〉 is the cause why God 〈◊〉 not declare all things at 〈◊〉 lest they shuld attribute this knowledge to their 〈◊〉 wisdome i From the time that I broght thee out of Egypt for that deliuerance was as 〈◊〉 the bi th of the Church k As it was my fre mercie that I did chuse thee so is it my fre mercie that must saue thee l For I had respect to thy 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 for in 〈◊〉 there is some purenes but in vs there is nothing but 〈◊〉 m I toke 〈◊〉 on t of the fornace where thou 〈◊〉 dest haue bene consumed n God 〈◊〉 the saluacion of his with his own honour so that they can not perish but his glorie shulde be diminished as Deu 32 27. o Read Chap. 42 8 p Read 〈◊〉 4. q To obey me to do whatsoeuer I commande thē r Meaning 〈◊〉 whome he had chosen to destroy Babylon
at all times to approue their reli gion if the Kings autoritie were al ledged for the esta blishemēt thereof not cōsidering in the meane season what Godsworde did permit d These are the two dangerous weapons where with Satā 〈◊〉 fight against the children of God the consent of the multitude and that 〈◊〉 of the punishment for thogh some feared God yet the multitude which consented to the wickednes astonied them and here he King 〈◊〉 not an inward consent but an outward gesture that the Iewes might by litle and 〈◊〉 learne to forget their true religion e It semeth 〈◊〉 thei named not Daniél because he was greatly in the Kings fauou thin king if these thre had bene destroyed they might ha ue had better occasion to accuse Daniél this declareth that this policie of erecting this image was in uented by the ma licious flatteters which soght nothing but the destruction of the Iewes Whome they accused of rebelliō and ingratitude f Signifying that he wolde receiue them to grace If they wolde now at the length obey his decre g For they shulde haue done 〈◊〉 to God if they shul de haue douted in 〈◊〉 is holie cause therefore they say that they areresol ued to dye for Gods cause h They groūde on two pointes first in the power and prouidēce of God ouer them secon dly on their cause whiche was Gods glorie and the testi fying of his truete ligion with their blood so make open confession that they Wil not so muche as outwardly consene to 〈◊〉 i This declareth that themore that tyranes rage and the more Witty the shewethē selurs in inuenting strange and cruel punishements the more is glorified God glorified by his sernāts to Who me he giueth pacience and constau cie to abide the 〈◊〉 of their punishement forether he deliue reth thē frō death or els for this life giueth thē a better k For the Angels were called the sō nes of God becau se of their 〈◊〉 therefore the King called this Angel whome God sent to comfort his in these great 〈◊〉 the sonne of God l This cōmendeth their obediēce vn to God that they wolde not for any feare departe out of this fornace til the time was appointed as Noáh remained in the Arke 〈◊〉 the Lord called him forthe m He was moued by the greatnes of the miracle to prai se God but his heart was not tou 〈◊〉 And here we se that miracles are not sufficient to 〈◊〉 men to God but that doctrine must chiefly be adioyned without the whiche there can be no faith n If this heathen King moued by Gods 〈◊〉 woldenorse blasphemie vnpunished but made a Law and set a punishemēt to such e trāsgresser 〈◊〉 te ought all they that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 take order that suche impietie 〈◊〉 not lest according as their knowledge and charge is greater so they suffer double punishment o Meaning so farre as his dominiō extended p Read Chap. 2. 44 a There was no trouble that might cause me to dreame therefore it came onely of God b This was another dreame besides that which he sawe of the foure empires for Daniél bothe declared what that drea me was what it ment and here 〈◊〉 onely expoundeth the dreame c In that that 〈◊〉 sent abroad to others whose igno rance in times past he had experimen ted 〈◊〉 Daniél which was euer readie at hand 〈◊〉 declareth the 〈◊〉 re of the vngodie which neuer 〈◊〉 to the seruantes of God but for very 〈◊〉 and thē they spare no flat terings d This no doute was a great grief to Daniél not one ly to haue his name chāged but to be called by the na me of a vile idole which thing 〈◊〉 chad-nezzar did to make him forget the true religion of God e VVich also was a great grief to the Prophet to be nōbred among the 〈◊〉 and men whose practises were wicked and contraty to Gods worde f By the tre is signified the dignitie of a King who me God 〈◊〉 to be a defence for all kinde of men and whose state is profitable forman kinde g Meaning the Angel of God which nether eateth not slepeth but is euer ready to do Gods wil is not infect with mans corruption but is euer holy in that that he cōmandeth to 〈◊〉 downeth is tre he knewe that it shul de not 〈◊〉 cut downe by mā but by God h Hereby he meaneth that Nehuchad-nezzà r shul de not onely for a timeloose his kīgdome but be like a beast i God hathe 〈◊〉 this iudgement the whole armie of heauē ha ue as it were sub scribe dvnto it like as also thei desire the execution of his decre against all them that life vp them selues against God k He was troubled for the 〈◊〉 ment of God whiche he sawe 〈◊〉 ned against the King and so the Prophetes vsed on the one parte to de nounce Gods iudgements for the zeale they bare to his glorie on the other parte to haue 〈◊〉 vpon man also to 〈◊〉 that they shulde be subiect to Gods 〈◊〉 if he did not regarde thē with pitie l VVhereby he meaneth a long space as seuen 〈◊〉 Some interpre teseuen moneths and others seuen wekes but it semeth he ment of yeres m Not that his shape or forme was changed into a beast but that he was ether striken mad and so auoided mans cōpanie or was cast out for his tyrannie and so wandred among the beasts and are herbes and grasse o Daniel sheweth the cause why God thus punished him o Cease from 〈◊〉 God to angre any longer by thy sinnes that he may mitigate his punishment if thou shewe 〈◊〉 thine vpright life that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 faith and repentance p Suffre the errours of thy former life to be redressed q After that Daniel had declared this vision and this his 〈◊〉 declared 〈◊〉 it is not in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to God 〈◊〉 his Spirit moue him seing that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 threatnings colde not moue him to repent r VVhen the terme of these seuen yeres was ac complished Chap. 7. 14. mich 4. 11. luk 〈◊〉 33. s He confesseth 〈◊〉 wil to be the rule of all iusti ce and a moste per 〈◊〉 Law where by he gouerneth bothe man 〈◊〉 gels and 〈◊〉 so that 〈◊〉 ought to 〈◊〉 or aske a 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 but onely to stand 〈◊〉 there with giue him the glorie t By whome it semeth that he had bene put from his kingdome before u He doeth not onely praise God for his deliuerance but also confesseth his faute that God may onely haue the glorie man the 〈◊〉 that be may be 〈◊〉 and man castdowne a Daniel 〈◊〉 this historie of King 〈◊〉 hazzar euil 〈◊〉 son ne to shewe Gods 〈◊〉 against the wicked for the deliuerance of his Church and how the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 was true that they shuld be deliuered after seuentie yeres b The Kings of the 〈◊〉
that the 〈◊〉 of their bap 〈◊〉 appeared in them p This worde comprehendeth the whole doctrine that Iohn 〈◊〉 q Meaning to their owne condemnation 〈◊〉 as some read with them selues because they durst not openly speak against Iohns 〈◊〉 for they feared the people Mat. 11. 16. r The songs of litle children are sufficient to condemne the Pharises and suche like s Liueth according to the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 men Matth. 21. 46. t He sheweth that the wicked althogh they tur ne from God shal 〈◊〉 hin der the 〈◊〉 to cō tine we in the faith of the Gospel Mar. 15. 40. Iohn 20. 11. u This great loue is a signe that she felt her self muche 〈◊〉 vnto Christ who had forgiuen her so manie sinnes x The peace of 〈◊〉 cometh onely of faith Marke 16. 9. a Whereby they acknowledged the benefite which they had receiued of him and also shewed their perseuer ance which proued their knowledge 〈◊〉 be of God Or to them Matth. 13. 3. Marke 4. 10. b That is to vnderstand and beleue these things c which worde is here taken for an obscure or dar ke saying Isa. 6. 9. Matth. 13. 14. Mark 4. 12. Ioh 12. 40. Act 28. 26. Rom. 〈◊〉 8. Mat. 13 18. Mark 4. 15. d That is acknowledge and consent to the worde and also reuerence it e when they returne home to their 〈◊〉 f Christ warneth his to do good with their light which they haue receiuede and to set it forthe before all mens faces Chap. 12. 13. Matth. 5. 〈◊〉 “ Or bed Marke 4. 22. Chap. 12 2. Mat. 10. 26. Mar. 4. 〈◊〉 g Bothe to him self and to others Matt. 3. 12. and 25 〈◊〉 Mar. 4. 15. Chap. 19. 20. Mat. 12. 46. Mar. 3 32. “ Or 〈◊〉 h The spiritual kinred is to be preferred to the carnal and natural for asmuche as thereby of many we are made one confessing to gether one God one faith and one baptisme louing God aboue all thing and our neighbour as our selues i The worde signifieth a depe or sounde 〈◊〉 Matt. 8. 23. Mar. 4. 16. Mat 8 8. Mar. 5. 4. k Satan is tormented where Christ is 〈◊〉 “ Or many a day agone l The worde signifieth to be inforced with violence as an horse when he is spurred m A Legion as writteth Vegetius conceiued 6000 footemen and 732 horsemē but here it is taken for an vncer teine ād infinite nomber n That is so to depart that they colde do no harme this word Chap. 16. 25. is called hel where the deuils are chained in the obscuritie of dar kenes 2 Pet. 2. 6. o Christ knewe that he shulde better serue him being absent thē with him p This was his owne citie called Gadaris whi che was in the countrey of Decapolis therefore Luke dissen teth not frome Marke who writeth that he preached in Decapolis q Of the Congregation of the Iewes Mat. 9. 18. Mat. 5. 22. r Being assured of the 〈◊〉 and power of Iesus Christ ād not attributynge any vertue to the gar ment s Christ 〈◊〉 not impute vnto vs the weaknes of our faith but doeth accept it as thogh it 〈◊〉 perfite t Meanyng the ruler of the Syna gogue u Althogh she was verely dead yet to Christ it was more easie to restore her to life then it is for one mā to wake another out of his slepe x He meaneth those which he 〈◊〉 in the house Mat. 10. 1. Marke 3. 13 and 6. 7. Mat. 10. 7. Marke 6. 8. a To the ende they myght do 〈◊〉 charge with greater di 〈◊〉 whē they had nothyng to let them “ Or roddes b He willeth thē not to tary long but to preache from towne to towne c VVhich was a signe of detestation and of the vengeance whiche was prepared for such contemners of Gods benefites which are vnworthie that one 〈◊〉 receyue anye thyng at theyr hands Chap. 10. 11. Act. 13. 51. Mat. 14. 1. Marke 6. 14. Marke 6. 30. Mat. 14. 13. Marke 6. 32. Mat. 4. 15. mar 6. 3. 〈◊〉 6. 5. d Christ fersaketh not them that folowe him but sendeth them sufficient relief e Iohn sayeth he gaue thankes Ioh. 6. 11. Mat. 16. 13. mar 8. 27. f For he knewe best his 〈◊〉 time which was appointed for him to be manifested in Mat. 17. 38. mar 8. 〈◊〉 Chap. 14. 27. mat 10. 38 16 24 mar 8. 35. g For as one day followeth another so doethone crosse folo we in the necke of ano ther. Chap. 12. 9. 17. 33 Mat. 10 33. mar 8 38. 2. tim 2 12. Mat. 16. 23. Mar. 9. 1. h Established enlarged by the preaching of the Gospel Mat. 17. 1. mar 9. 2. i That is what yssue he shulde haue and how he shulde dye k For other wayes they had not bene able to comprehend his great maieslie Mat. 3. 17. Mat. 1. 11. l Thei conceled it til Christs 〈◊〉 as Marke writeth Matth. 17. 14. Mark 9. 17. m Vnder the 〈◊〉 that his disciples colde not heale the sicke man he reproueth thē which wolde haue dimi nished his 〈◊〉 †Greke put these wordes into your 〈◊〉 n They were so blinde with this opinion that Christ shulde ha ue a temporal kingdome that they wolde not vnderstand when he spake of his death Mat. 18. 1. Mar. 9 33. Mar. 9. 38. o For as muche as he letteth vs not and 〈◊〉 is glorified by his occasion p Of his death Where by he Was exalted q Or 〈◊〉 or apparel for they knewè he Was a Iewe and as tou ching the 〈◊〉 opinion of the Temple read Iohn 4. 20 also thei hated 〈◊〉 Iewes because they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them in religion r He reproueth their rashe and carnal affection Which Were not 〈◊〉 With Elias spirit 2. king 1. 10. Mat. 〈◊〉 19. s We must not fol lowe Christ for riches and commodities but pre pare our selues to 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 by his example t That is til he be dead and I haue done my duetie to him in 〈◊〉 him u We may not followe What semeth best to 〈◊〉 but onely Gods calling and 〈◊〉 by dead he meaneth those that are vnprofitable to 〈◊〉 God x To be hindered or entangled With respect of 〈◊〉 Worldlie commoditie or staied to go for Warde for anie paine or trouble Chap. X. a Meaning a great nomber of people Which are readie to be broghtvnto God b That is the preachers Mat. 9. 37. 2. king 4. 29. Mat. 10. 12. Mark 6. 10. c Not that they shal hurt you but that you 〈◊〉 preserued by my prouidence d He 〈◊〉 that thei shulde dispatche this iourney with diligen ce not occuping thē selues about other dueties e It Was their ma ner of salutacion Whereby they Wisshed helth 〈◊〉 f VVhiche loueth the doctrine of peace and the Gospel 〈◊〉 24. 14. mat 10. 10. 1 〈◊〉 5. 18. g He Wolde not that they shulde tary long in one towne nether yet to be careful to change their
bothe one doctrine Read Mark 〈◊〉 34. m To wit the clothes of Paul and Silas 2. Cor. 11. 3. 1. 〈◊〉 2. 2. “ Or in the bottome of the prison or in a 〈◊〉 “ Or woundes or hurtes “ Greke he set the table () The Gouernours assembled together in the market and remembring the 〈◊〉 quake that was they feared and sent c. n No man had 〈◊〉 to beat or put to death a citizen Romaine but the Romaines them selues by the consent of the People o For the punish ment was great against thē that did 〈◊〉 to a 〈◊〉 Romaine a Like quarell piking thei vsed against Christ ād these be the wea pons where with the worlde continually 〈◊〉 against the mem bres of Christ trayson and sedition “ Or a sufficient answer b Not more excellent of birth but more prōpt and couragious in receiuing the worde of God for he compareth them of Berea with thē of Thessalonica who persecuted the Aposties in Betea c This was not onely to 〈◊〉 if these thīgs which thei had heard were true but also to confirme them selues in the same and to increase their faith Ioh. 5. 39. “ Or had the char ge to conduit him safely d That citie which was the fountaine of all knowledge was now the sinke of moste horrible Idolatrie e Suche was his feruent zeale towards God glo rie that he labored to amplifie the same bothe in season and out of season as he taught 〈◊〉 de to Timothie f who helde that pleasure was mās whole folicitie g who taught that vertue was onely mans felicitie which not withstāding they neuer atteined vnto h where iudgement was giuen of waightie matters but chiefely of 〈◊〉 against their gods whereof Paul was accused or els was led thither because of the resorte of peo ple whose eares euer tickled to heare newes Or 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 “ Or had leasure Chap. 7. 48. Psal. 50. 〈◊〉 l Before mā was created God had appointed his sta te and condition m This is 〈◊〉 as touching the sondrie changes of the worlde as when some people departe out of a countrey others come to dwel therein n Men 〈◊〉 in darkenes til Christ the true light shine in their hearts o As Aratus and others p He condēneth the matter and the forme where with God is coūterfaited q But pardoned it and did not 〈◊〉 nish it as it deser ued Isa. 40. 23. r This is ment of the vniuersal worlde and not of euery particular man for who soeuer sinneth without the Law shal die without the Lawe “ Or a iudge of Mars strete Rom. 16. 3. a This was Clau dius Cesar who then was Emperour b Thus he vsed where euer he came but principally at Corinthus because of the false Apostles whiche preached with out wages to winne the peo ples fauour c Or pauillions 〈◊〉 thē were made of skinnes d And boyled with a certeine zeale e Because they haue none excuse he denounceth the vengean ce of God against them through their owne 〈◊〉 1. Cor. 1. 14. Chap. 11. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 16. 14. f God promiseth him a special pro tection whereby he wolde defende him from the violent rage of his enemies “ Or Grecia g They accused him because he 〈◊〉 the seruice of God appointed by the Law h Of whome 〈◊〉 spoken 1. Cor. 1. 1. i Paul did thus 〈◊〉 with the Iewes infirmities which as 〈◊〉 were not sufficiently instructed Nomb 6. 18. Chap. 21. 24. 2. Cor. 4. 19. Iam. 4. 15. k Called Cesaria 〈◊〉 2. Cor. 1. 12. “ Or wel instructed l That is wasome what entred m He had but as yet the first principales of Christs religionand by baptisme is here ment the doctrine n This great lear ned and eloquēt man 〈◊〉 not to be taught of a poore 〈◊〉 man o The way to sal uation a That is the par ticular 〈◊〉 of the Spirit for as yet they knewe not the visible 〈◊〉 b Meaning what doctrine they did professe by their baptisme for to be baptized in Iohns bap tisme signifieth to 〈◊〉 the do ctrine which he taught sealed with the signe of baptisme to be baptized in the Name of the Father c. is to be dedicate and con secrate vnto him to be 〈◊〉 in the death of Christ or for the dead or into one bodie vnto remission of sinnes is that sinne by Christs death may be abolished and dye in vs that we may growe in Christ our head that our sinnes may be washed away by the blood of Christ. c Endewed with the visible graces of the holie Gost d That is of a cer teine man so cal led () 〈◊〉 fiue a clocke vnto ten Mat. 3. 11. Mat. 1. 8. Luk. 3. 16. Iohn 1. 27. Chap 1. 5. 〈◊〉 2. 11. 16. “ Or napkins e This was to au torize the Gospel to cōfirme Pauls ministerie not to cause men to worship him or his napkins “ Or coniurers f They abuse Pauls autoritie and without any vocation of God vsurpe that which is not in mans power g That is declared by 〈◊〉 of their sinnes and by their good workes that they were 〈◊〉 h This mounteth to of our money about 2000 markes i By the motion of the holie Gost he vndertoke this iorney k That his about the state of the Christians for they contemned the Christians be cause they left the olde religion and broght in another trade of doctrine “ Or sorines l What impietie doeth not couetousnes driue a man vnto m He was moued with his pro fit and the others for their bellies so that they wolde rather lose bothe their liues and religiō then their filthie gaine n Meaning their arte and occupation o Religion is his seconde argument which he lesse estemeth then his profit and therefore put 〈◊〉 it last which 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 of the faithful for they 〈◊〉 religion aboue all p He groundeth his religionvpon the multitude autoritie of the worlde as do the Papistes Rom. 16. 〈◊〉 1. Cor. 1. 14. Colos. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 q And set him in an hie place where the people tolde not comenere him but whence thei might wel heare his voyce r Antiquitie and the acouetousnes of the Priests broght in this superstition for it is writen that the temple being repaired seuen times this idole was neuer chan ged Plin lib. 16. 40. by suche delu sions the worlde is moste easely abused s He pacifieth the People by worldelie wisdome and hathe no respect to religion a He remained there these daies because he had better opportunitie to teache also the 〈◊〉 of the Law was not yet knowē b which we call Sonday Of this place and also of the. 1. Cor. 16. 2. we gather that the Christians vsed o haue their 〈◊〉 assemblies this day laying aside the ceremonie of the 〈◊〉 Sabbath c To celebrate the Lords Supper Chap. 2. 46. “ Or boye Or we d
whose name was also Israel g The Israelites must not be estemed by 〈◊〉 kinred but by the secret electiō of God which 〈◊〉 aboue the external vocation 1. Sam. 4. 21. Psal. 26. 8. Gen. 〈◊〉 12. Ebr. 11. 17. h As Ismael Gal. 4. 28. Gen. 18. 10. Gen. 25. 1. Gen. 25. 〈◊〉 Malac. 1. 2. Exod. 33. 19. i As the 〈◊〉 wil purpose of God is the chief cause of election 〈◊〉 so his fre mercie in Christ is an inferior cause of saluacion the har 〈◊〉 of the heart an 〈◊〉 cause of dānaciō k That is God in the Scripture Exod. 9. 16. Or speakest 〈◊〉 Isa. 45 9. 〈◊〉 28. 6. VVisd 15. 7. “ Or vnto honest vses Hose 2. 23. 1. Peter 1. 10. Hose 1. 10. Isa. 10. 21. l God wil make suche waste of that people that the sewe whiche shall remaine shal be a worke of his iustice ād shall set for the his glorie in his Churche m That is vtterly lost Isa. 1. 9. n Iesus Christ is to the infideles destruction and to the faythfull life and 〈◊〉 Isa. 8. 14. and 28. 16. 1. Peter 2. 6. Psal. 118. 22. 〈◊〉 a That is a certeine affectiō but not a true know ledge Gal. 3. 24. b The end of the Lawe is to iustifie them whiche obserue it therefore Christe hauyng fulfilled it for vs is made our iustice sancti fication c. Lcui 〈◊〉 5. 〈◊〉 20. 〈◊〉 Gal. 3. 12. 〈◊〉 30. 12. Deut. 30. 14. c Because we can not performe the Law it 〈◊〉 vs to doute who shall go to 〈◊〉 and to say who shal go downe to the depe to de liuer vs thences but fayth teacheth vs that Christ is 〈◊〉 vp to take vs with hym and hathe descended into the depth of death to 〈◊〉 death and deliuer vs. d That is the pro mes and the Gospell whiche agreeth with the Lawe Isa. 28. 16. e That is the way to be saued is to beleue with heart that we are saued onely by Christ and to confesse the same before the world Isa. 32. 7. Ioel. 2. 32. Act. 2. 21. Naum. 1. 15. “ Or the 〈◊〉 Isa. 53. 8. Iohn 12. 38. f Mcanynge the Gospell and the good tydyngs of saluacion which they preached g That is by Gods commādement of whome they are 〈◊〉 that preache the Gospell It maye be also taken for the verye preaching it self h Both the Iewes and Gentiles i The Hebrewe worde signifieth the line or proportiō of the 〈◊〉 uēs whose most excellent frame besides the reste of Gods creatures preacheth vnto the whole worlde and secreth forthe the worthines of the Creator Psal. 19. 5. k Then seing all the world knew God by his creatures the Iewes cold not be igno rant and so sinned of malice “ Or vnbeleuing 〈◊〉 32. 21. Isa. 65. 1. Isa. 65. 2. a And elected before all beginning 1. King 19. 10. b He talked With God not that he shulde punish Israel but yet lamēted their falshode so his Wordes made against them 1. King 19. 18. Meaning an infinit nomber Or fre election Isa. 6. 29. and 9. 10. Mat. 13. 14. iohn 12. 40. act 28. 26. Psal. 69. 22 “ Or pritking d Christ by the mouth of thep to pherwisheth that Which came vpō the Iewes that is that as birdes are taken Where as they thinke to finde fode so the Law Which the Iewes of a blinde 〈◊〉 preferred to the Gospel thinking to haue saluation by it shulde turne to their destruction e Take from thē thy grace and strength f Without hope to be restored g The Iewes to followe the Gentiles h In that the Gentiles haue the knowledge of the Gospel i That they might be ielouse ouer Christ against the Gentiles and so to be more seruent in loue toward Christ then the Gentiles k The Iewes now remaine as it Were in death for lacke of the Gospel but When bothe they the Gentiles shal embrace Christ the Worlde shal be restored to a newe life l Abraham Was not 〈◊〉 sanctified but his sede also Which negle cted not the promes m Meaning Abraham “ Or in them n That is the Church of the Israelites o Be careful Wor ship God and 〈◊〉 in his 〈◊〉 p Mespeaketh of the Iewes and Gentiles in 〈◊〉 q Meaning stubbernes and induration against Gods Worde Isa 59 20. r He sheweth that the time shal come that the Whole nation of the Iewes thogh not euery one particularly shal be ioyned to the Church of Christ. Isa. 27. 9. Ierem. 22. 〈◊〉 Ebr. 8. 8. 10. 16. s To Whome God giueth his Spirit of adoptiō and Whome he calleth effectually he can not perish for Gods eternal counsel neuer changeth “ Or that by your mercie t That is bothe Iewes and Gentiles Isa. 40. 〈◊〉 Wisdom 9. 13. 1. Cor. 2. 16. u He reproueth the rashnes of men Which mur mure against the iudgements of God x That is 〈◊〉 ked him by his good 〈◊〉 y All things are created preserued of God to set for the his glorie a In stede of dead beasts liuelie sacrifice in ste de of the blood of beastes Which Was but a shad owe and pleased not God of it self the acceptable sacrifice of the spiritual man framed by faith to godlines and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 b That is true lawful and spiritual 1. Pet. 2. 5. c VVhatsoeuer is not agreable to Gods Wil is euil displeasant and vnperfect Ephes. 5. 17. 1. Thess. 3. 1. d TWo things are required if We Wil iudgesoberly of Gods giftes in vs the one that We do not attogate to ourselues that Which We haue not next 〈◊〉 We boast not of the giftes but reuerētly vse thē to Gods honour Mat. 6. 2. e That is soberly not neglecting Gods 〈◊〉 but vsing them to his glorie 1. Cor. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ephes. 4. 7. 1. Pet. 4. 10. f By prophecying here he meaneth preaching teaching by office or ministerie all such offices as ap perteme to the Church as Elders Deacons c. g By faith he me a neth the knowledge of God in Christ With the gifes of the holie Gost. h Of these officers some are Deacōs some Gouernors some kepe the 〈◊〉 i He meaneth thē Which Were appoīted to loke vnto the poore as for the moste parte Were the Widowes 2. Cor. 9. 7. Amos. 5. 〈◊〉 Ephes. 4. 2. 1. pet 2. 17. “ Or the time Ebr. 13. 1. Luk. 18. 1. 1. Cor. 16. 1. Ebr. 13. 2. 1. pet 4. 13. Mat. 5. 44. k That is in your owne conceit * Prou. 20. 22. * Mat. 5. 〈◊〉 * 1. Pet. 3. 9. * 2. Cor. 8. 11. l Liue so honestly godly that no man can finde faute With you * Ebr. 12 14. * Eccle 28. 1. * Mat. 5. 38. * Deu 32 35. * 〈◊〉 10 30 * Prou. 25. 21. m For ether thou shalt Wōne him With thy benefit or els his 〈◊〉 albeare him Witnes that Gods burning Wrath 〈◊〉 ouer him Act. 6. 1. 1. Tim. 5. 9.
* Prou. 3. 7. * Isa. 5. 11. VVisd 6. 4. Tit. 3. 1. 1. pet 2. 〈◊〉 a Not onely the punishement of the Iudges but al so the vengeance of God †Greke a reuenger With Wrath. b For no priuate man can 〈◊〉 ne that gouernemēt Which God hathe appointed Without the brea che of his consciē ce here he spea keth of ciuil 〈◊〉 so that Antichrist his can not Wrast this place to establish their tyran nie ouer the conscience c That is to 〈◊〉 the good and to punish the euil d He meaneth onely the 〈◊〉 table Mat. 22. 11. Exod. 20. 14. Deut. 5. 18. Leuit. 19. 18. Mat. 〈◊〉 59. Gal. 5. 14. Iam. 2. 8. 1. Tim. 1 〈◊〉 e Before We beleued it had bene in vaine to 〈◊〉 these things but now seing our saluation is nere let vs take hede that We neglect not this occasion Luk 21. 34. f That is honest maners godlie “ Or riote Gal. 5. 16. 1. pet 2. 〈◊〉 a That is the doctrine of the Gos pel b Lest 〈◊〉 departe ether more ignorant then he came or elswith a greater 〈◊〉 of conscience Iám 4. 12. c It is the Lords matter and not thine d VVe muste be assured in our cōscience by Gods Worde in all things that We do that if We be strong We may know What is our libertie if We be Weake We may learne to profit daily e That counteth one day more holi thē another f VVbo iudgeth whether he doeth wel or no. g Because he 〈◊〉 keth the meates vncleane by the Law h Here we must 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things first that he speaketh of things which of them selues are indiffe rēt 〈◊〉 in the Law thei were not next that he reproueth not the condemning of the act but of the persones thirdly that he meaneth not the slubburne malicious whom he ealieth dogges 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the weake and infirme tō whome as yet God had not reueiled the perfite libertie i Bothe our life and death ought to profite our brother k This othe parti cularly apperteinech to God who is the true life of him self giueth it to all other l And acknowledge 〈◊〉 for their God m He preuenteth the obiection which the Christians might vse 1. Cor. 8. 1. 2. Cor. 5 10. Isa. 45. 23. Phil. 2. 10. n which is the be 〈◊〉 of Christ ā libertie by abusing 〈◊〉 ye cause the weake lings to blasp heme the Gospel which might seme to them cōtrarie to Gods wil and the doctrine of the 〈◊〉 o God wil not reigne ouer his by such obseruatiōs Tit. 1. 15. p In peace and righteousnes q Faith here is ta ken for a fulpersuasion of the Christian libertie in things indifferent as the Apostle interpreteth it in the 14 verse r VVhich hath none euil remorse of cōscience in his doing 〈◊〉 Meaning of a right cōsciēce 1. Cor 8. 13. a To 〈◊〉 signi fieth to do all maner dueties to our neighbour ether to bring him to Christ or if he be wonne that he may growe frō faith to faith for the faithful are called the temple of God wherein he is resident by his h he Spirit and these faithful are the stones of the newe 〈◊〉 that is the vniuer sal Church Isa. 54 〈◊〉 21. of the which buylding Christ is 〈◊〉 chief corner stone Eph. 2. 20. Psal. 69. 10. b I did so beare them as if they 〈◊〉 bene done to me and not to my Father c VVhiche is the autor of 〈◊〉 1. Cor. 1. 10. d To make vs partakers of Gods glorie e 〈◊〉 to gather the Iewes and then the Gētiles that bothe might be made one flocke f That God might be knowē true Philip. 3. 16. g which is Christ who did spring as a yong budde out of the drye dead rote h Then seing he toke bothe the Iewes and Gentiles to his fathers glorie they ought by his example to loue together Psal. 18. 50. 2. Sam. 22. 50. Deu. 32. 43. Psal. 117. 1. Isa. 11. 10. i The minister 〈◊〉 vp the people to God by the Gospel k God gaue him suche ample occasions to set forthe his excellent workes that he had done by him that the Apostle nede not to seke anie other thing to boast vpon Isa. 52. 15. Chap. 1. 〈◊〉 1. Thes. 2. 17. Chap. 1. 1. l which was to 〈◊〉 the almes 1. Cor. 9. 11. m I shal faithfully leaue it with them and as it were sealed most surely n Almes is the frute of faith and charitie o His coming shal be profitable vnto thē for God wil giue him abundant knowledge of Dinine mysteries to communi cate vnto them Chap. 1. 10 p He feared lest sclandrous tongues wolde haue made his message ether odious or lesse acceptable Isa. 9. 6. 2. Cor. 1. 11. Act. 18. 〈◊〉 a The first which was cōsecrate to the Lord by embracing the Gospel “ Or Asia b They were grafred in Christ by faith a fore I was called and were wel estemed of the Apostles and of the Churches c This was a signe of amitie among the Iewes which he willeth to be holie that is that it come from a minde ful of godlie charitie 2. Iohn 10. 1. Corin. 16. 20. 2. Cor. 13. 12. 1. Pet. 5. 14. d These be markes to knowe the false Aposties by e The worde signifieth him that promiseth muche and performeth nothing who semeth also to spea ke for thy profite but doeth nothing lesse Act. 16. 1. Philip 2 19. 1. Cor. 1. 14. “ Or receiuer f Corinthus Ephes 3 19. Ephes. 3. 9. Colos. 1 26. g Bothe as touching the doctrine of the Gospel and also the calling of the Gentiles 2. Tim. 1. 10. Tit. 1. 2. 1. Pet. 1 〈◊〉 a Whome God hathe separate from the rest of the Worlde purified and ginen to his Sonne that he mightbe in them and they in him b Made holie by the fre mercie calling of God Act 〈◊〉 9. 1. Thes. 4. 7. c Which is to 〈◊〉 knowledge him to be euerie God to Worship him and seke vnto him for helpe Rom. 1. 7. Ephes. 1 1. Col. 1. 22. 2. Tim. 1. 9. tit 2. 1. 2. Tim. 2. 23. d For all the benefites Which ye haue receiued by the Gospel e 〈◊〉 membres of the same bodie Which communi cate With their head f He 〈◊〉 those giftes in them Whose 〈◊〉 se aster he doeth 〈◊〉 as eloquence philosophie and their knowledge of Gods Worde g For there is 〈◊〉 condemnation to them that are grafted in Chriss Iesus * 1. Thes. 5. 24 * Rom. 15. 〈◊〉 * Philip. 3. 16. Colos. 1. 10. 2. 7. Philip. 3. 20. Tit. 2. 〈◊〉 * 1. Thes. 5. 24. * Rom. 15. 〈◊〉 * Philip. 3. 16. h Disagreing in Wordes ingendreth dissention of minde Whereof procedeth repugnancie of iudgement Which 〈◊〉 the mother of schisme 〈◊〉 1. Thes 3. 〈◊〉 5. 23. i Which Was a vertuous Woman 〈◊〉 of Gods glorie and soght the 〈◊〉 of the
the Churche of Christ whiche is our mother and not of the Synagogue whiche is a seruant vnder the Law Rom. 9. 8. By the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs fre a If you ioyne circumcision to the Gospel as a thing necessarie to saluacion Chap. V. Act. 15. 2. b We liue in hop through that Spi rit whiche causeth faith and whiche is giuen to the faithfull that we shulde 〈◊〉 faith and not by the Law obtaine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of glorie whiche Christe gyueth frely 1. Cor. 1. 17. c Then whatsoeuer is not the worde of God whiche here he calleth trueth is verie lies d Which is God e A litle corruption doeth destroy the whole doctrine 1. Cor. 5. 6. f That ye wil 〈◊〉 the word of God purely g That is the doctrine of the Gospell whiche the worlde ab horred as a sclanderous thing and therewith were offended h Meaning the seconde table 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 18. 〈◊〉 22. 39. k That is the na tu all man 〈◊〉 against the 〈◊〉 of of 〈◊〉 Mar. 12. 31. Iam. 2. 8. Rom. 13. 14. 1. Pet 2. 10. i In the man regenerat i If you be 〈◊〉 by the Spirit of 〈◊〉 that whiche ye do 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to God althogh it be nor be 〈◊〉 fity m For they are vnder the 〈◊〉 or grace n Christ hath 〈◊〉 onely remitted their sinnes but sanctified tl 〈◊〉 into 〈◊〉 es of lif o That being dead to sinne liuyng to God we may declare the same in holines and innocencie of life a Father by reason of his flesh or Satan b Christe exhorteth in 〈◊〉 places to mutual loue 〈◊〉 brotherlie loue is here called the Lawe of Christ and his comman 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 n. 13. 14. and. 5. 12. c He sheweth that man hathe nothing of him 〈◊〉 whereof he shulde 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 1. 12. Wherein he may reioyce 〈◊〉 me but not before God d For his reioycing is a 〈◊〉 of a good conscience e For it were a shame not to prouide for their corporal necessities whiche fede our soules with the heauenlie things 1. Cor. 5 8. 1. 〈◊〉 9. 7. f He proueth that the ministers must be nowrished for if men onely prouide for wordely thinges 〈◊〉 out respect of the life euerlasting then they procure to them selues death and mocke God who hath giuen them his ministers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them heauenlie thing 2. Thes. 3. 13. g The frute whiche God hathe promised h By the outwarde ceremonies i That is for prea 〈◊〉 Christ 〈◊〉 k That thei haue made you Iewes l By the 〈◊〉 he meaneth all ou warde pom pe 〈◊〉 things which please mens fantasies m Which is rege nerate by faith Rom. 2. 19. n That is vpon the Iewes as o Let no man trouble my preaching from hēce forthe for my markes are witnesses how valiantly I haue foght p Which 〈◊〉 odious to the worlde but glorious before God a As with the knowledge of God in Christ with faith hope charitie other gifts “ Or places b This election to lif euerlasting can neuer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ged but in temporal offices which God hathe appointed for a certeine space when the terme is expired he chā geth his election as we se in Saul and Iudas 1. Cor. 1. 2. c When Christs iustice is imputed ours d Whereas we were not the 〈◊〉 children he receiued vs by grace and made vs his children 2. Cor. 1. 3. 1. Pet. 1. 3. 2. Tim. 1. 9. e The principal end of our election is to praise and glorifie the grace of God Colos. 1. 22. f That is in Christ. g By this he mea neth the whole bodie of the Churche which he deuideth into them which are in heauen and them which are in earth also the faithful which re maine in earth stād of the Iewes and the Gentiles h To wit the Iewes i Thogh we be redemed frō the bondage of sinne by the death of Christ Rom 6. 22 〈◊〉 we hope for this seconde 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 be when we shal possesse our inhe ritāce in the heauens whereof we haue the holie Gost for a gage as Chap. 4. 30. k Of Christ. l Made him Go uernour of all things bothe in heauen and in'earthe so that Christs bodie is now onely there or elsit shuld not be a true bodie and his ascenciō shulde be but a fantasticall thing and onely imagi ned Col. 2. 12. Chap. 3. 7. Psal. 8. 8. Ebr. 2. 8. m This is the great loue of Christe towarde his Churche that he counteth not him selfe perfect without vs whiche are his members therefore 〈◊〉 Church is also Christ as 1. Cor. 12. 12. Col. 2. 13. Chap. 6. 12. 〈◊〉 Meaning Satan b Not by creation but by Adās 〈◊〉 so by 〈◊〉 c Bothe Iewe Gentil “ Or with Christ. d We that are the members are raised vp 〈◊〉 death and reigne without head christ in heauen by faith e Here he meaneth as concerning grace and not by nature f He sheweth here that the further the Gentiles were of frome the grace of God the greater detters they are now to the 〈◊〉 1. Sam. 17. 26. Eze. 44 7. Rom. 9. 4. g It was but one couenant but because it was diuers times confirmed and established 〈◊〉 here he calleth them Couenants h Whereno promesis there is no hope “ Or 〈◊〉 i That is the cau se of the diuision that was 〈◊〉 ne the Iewes the Gentiles k For in Christ 〈◊〉 all things were accomplished which were pre figurate in the Law l For of the Iewes and the Gentils he made one flocke “ Or death Rom. 5. 2. a He reioyceth in that he suffred imprisonmēt for the maintenance of Christs glorie b Which was his 〈◊〉 to prea che vnto the 〈◊〉 c That is in the first chap of this Epistle ver 9. d Althogh the fathers and the Prophetes had reuelations certeine yet it was not in comparison of that 〈◊〉 which was shewed when the Gētiles were called nether 〈◊〉 was the time 〈◊〉 the maner knowen Chap. 1 19. 1. Cor. 15 9. 〈◊〉 1. 16. Rom. 16. 25. Col. 1. 26. 2. Timo. 1. 10. e The Angels Tit. 1. 2. 1. Pet. 1. 20. f The Churche being gathered of so many kindes of people is an example or a glasse for the An gels to beholde the wisdome of God in who hath turned their particular discords in to an vniuersal concorde and of the 〈◊〉 of bondage hathe made the Church of 〈◊〉 dome g He that is not of the bodie of Christ is in death h The faithful which 〈◊〉 befo re Christ 〈◊〉 were adopted by him and make one familie with the Saincts which yet remaine a liue i For we confesse that which we beleue k All perfection on euerie side is in him l That all the graces of God may abounde in you Rom. 16. 25. m In that we fele Christ in vs. a For the Lords cause Philip. 1. 27. Col. 1. 10. 1. Thess. 2. 12. b 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 you
but of them onely whiche as yet are not come to the knowledge of the trueth and falthrough igno rance 〈◊〉 Or thus beyng deliuered out of the snare of 〈◊〉 deuill of whome they are taken they maye come to amendement ād performe his wil. a He speaketh of thē which make profession to be Christians Chap. III. 2. Tim. 4. 1. 2. Peter 3. 3. Iude. 18. b As monkes 〈◊〉 and suche 〈◊〉 Exod. 7. 12. c VVhiche 〈◊〉 iudge nothyng a ryght d Not onelye what I taught and did but also what my minde and wil was Act. 3. 14. e The worde signifieth them that by anie craf 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or conueiance beguile men with false colors fiatteries and illusions and suche God setteth vp to exercise hys by them ād here S. Paul admonis heth vs of them 2. Peter 1. 20. f VVhiche is content to be gouer ned by Goddes worde g The onely Scri pture sufficeth to lead vs to per fection †Or adiure a Leaue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 casion to preach and to 〈◊〉 b To false and vnprofitable doctrine c So behaue thy self in this office that men may be able to charge thee with nothing but rather approuue thee in all thyngs “ Or dissoluing d Read Phi 2. 17. e Hereby it is ma nifest that Peter as yet was not at Rome and if euer he was there it is vncerteine Colos. 4. 19. f Some reade cof fre others boke g For Paul sawe in him manifest signes of reprobation h If S. Peter had bene there he wolde not haue for saken him i Out of the great danger of Nero. k That I commit nothing vnworthie mine office Chap. 1. 16. “ Or minister a That is to prea che the faith to increase 〈◊〉 knowledge to 〈◊〉 them to 〈◊〉 godly that at length they may obteine eter nal life Rom. 16. 25. Ephe. 39. Col. 1. 26. b Hath willingly ād of his mere 〈◊〉 promi sed without fo e seyng our faith or workes as a cause to moue hym to this 〈◊〉 mercie 2. Tim. 〈◊〉 10. 1 per. 1 20. Gal. 11. c VVho bothegi 〈◊〉 life and pre ser ueth life d In respecte of faith which was commune to thē both so that here by they are brethren but in respect of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Paul 〈◊〉 him as his sonne is faith e That is without all infamie whereby his au toritie might be diminished 1. Tim. 3. 2. f VVho hath the dispensation of his gifts “ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 willy “ Or good men g Toward men h Towarde God i VVhiche were not onelye the Iewes but also the Hebionites 〈◊〉 here tikes which taught that the law muste be ioyned with Christ. k He calleth Epimenides the Philosopher or Poet whose verse he here recireth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because the Cretians so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and as Laertius writeth they sacrificedvnto him as to a God forasmuch as he had a marueilousgift to vnderstand things to come which thing Satan by the permission of God hathe opened to the infideles frō time to time but it 〈◊〉 to their greater cōdemnacion 1. Tim. 1. 4. l Forasmuche as thei stay at thīgs of nothing and passenor for thē that are 〈◊〉 and so giue them selues to al wickednes Rom. 14. 20. a Wher with our soulesarefed and mainteined in helth Chap. II. b Not running to and fro without necessarie occasions which is a signe of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 5. 23. Ephes. 6. 3. Colos. 3. 22. 1. Pet. 2. 18. c Of what condicion or state 〈◊〉 they be 1. Cor. 1. 2. Colos. 1. 22. d Most dere and precious e As becometh the ambassadour of God a Althogh the rulers be infideles yet we are bounde to obey them in ciuil polices and where as they cōmande vs nothing against the worde of God Rom. 19. 1. 1. Pet. 2. 13. b For let vs consider what we our selues were when God she s wed vs fauour 1 Cor 6. 11. c God doeth not iustifie vs for respect of anie thīg whiche he seeth in vs but doeth preuent vs with his grace frely accepteth vs. 2. Tim. 1. 9. d Baptisme is a sure signe of our regeneraciō whi che is wroght by the holie Gost. e This commandement is giuen to the minister so particularly to all men to whome the sworde is not cōmitted but 〈◊〉 the magistrate whose chief office is to 〈◊〉 Gods 〈◊〉 in his Church ought to cut of al suche rotten and 〈◊〉 members from the bodie f So that there is no hope of amen dement g Willingly and wittingly 1. Tim. 1. 4. 4. 7. 2. Tim. 2. 23. h It is probable that he was an interpreter of the Law of Moses as Apollos c. 1. Thes. 1. 〈◊〉 2. Thes. 1 〈◊〉 a Thy beneuolen ce towarde the Saintes whiche procedeth of a liuelie and effectual faith b That experiēce may declare that you are the mem bers of Iesus Christ c Meaning their in warde 〈◊〉 and affections were through his charitie comforted Colos. 4. 9. d He fled away from thee e For he is thy seruant by condicion and also now the Lords so that bothe for thine owne sake ād for the Lords thou 〈◊〉 to loue him f That althine is mine ād al mine is thine g Grant me this benefite whiche shal be most acceptable vnto me of all others h That is for Christs cause a God who is euer cōstant and merciful to his Church declared his wil in time past not all at on ce or after one sorte but from ti me to time and in sondrie sortes but now last of all he hathe fully declared altrueth to vs by his Sonne b So that now we may not cred it anie new reue 〈◊〉 after him c He entreateth here of Christ both as touching his persone which is verie God and verie mā by who me all things are made and also as touching his office whereby he is King Prophet Priest Wis. 7. 26. Colos. 1 14. d The liuelieima ge and paterne so that he that seeth him seeth the Father Iohn 14 9 for els the persone of the Father is not sene but apprehended by faith e So that our sin nes cābe purged by none other meanes Psal. 2. 7. Chap. 5. 9. Act. 13. 33. 2. Sam. 7. 14. f Muche more then thē all other things created 2. Chro. 22. 10. Psal. 97. 8. g Because he was at the time appointed declared to the worlde Psal. 104. 4. h He compareth the Angels to the windes which are here beneth as Gods messengers Psal. 45. 7. i The administra tion of thy kingdome is iuste k This is ment in that that the worde is made flesh and that the holie 〈◊〉 was powred on him with out measure that we may all receiue of him euerie one according to his measure Psal. 110 26. * Mat 22. 44. * 1. Cor. 〈◊〉 25. Psal. 120. 1. Chap. 10. 12. a We must diligently kepe in memorie the doctrine which we haue learned left like vessele ful of chappes weleake and runne
out on euerieparte b which was the Law giuen to Moses by the hands of the Angels c As the Gospel is which onely offereth 〈◊〉 Gal 3. 19. Act. 7. 〈◊〉 Mar. 16. 20. d That is the Apostles e 〈◊〉 Esai cal leth the new hea uens and the newe earth Chap 65. 17. where of Christ is the fa ther. Isa. 9. 6 that is the head of vs his members Psal. 8. 5. f He speaketh here chiefly of the faithful which are made through Christ citizens of the worlde to comewhere they shal enioye with their prince all these things which now they haue onely but in parte g In making him fellowe heire with Christ. h To thē which obiect that they se not these things accomplished in man the Apostle answereth that they are fulfilled in 〈◊〉 our 〈◊〉 who 〈◊〉 his to the same glorie with him Psal. 22. 25. Mat. 28. 18. i To man as he is of Christ. 1. Cor. 15. 27. k By his 〈◊〉 which moste 〈◊〉 appeareth in the Church Philip 2. 8. l Iesus Christ by humbling him self and taking vpon him the forme of a seruant which was our flesh and mortalitie giueth vs assurance of our sal uation m Therefore we by afflictions are made like to the Sonne of God n The head and the members are of one nature so Christ which san ctifieth vs we that are sanctified are all one by the vniō of our flesh o This proueth Christs humanitie p Meaning that Christ touching his humanitie put his 〈◊〉 in God Psal. 18. 〈◊〉 q Isai speaketh this of him 〈◊〉 and his disciples but properly it is applied to Christ the head of all 〈◊〉 Isa. 8 18. Hose 〈◊〉 14. 〈◊〉 Cor. 15. 〈◊〉 r And Gods angre s Not the nature of Angels but of man t Not onely as touching nature but also qualities onely sinne except u For asmuche as he is exercised in our 〈◊〉 we may be assured that at all times in our tentations he wil sucker vs. a Take hede to his wordes and receiue him b Of that doctrine which we beleue and ought to confesse c To be the ambassadour and high Priest Nomb. 12. 7. d Moses was but patte of the hou se that is of the Church whereof the pastours are liuelie stones but Christ buylded it and layed the sto nes therefore he deserueth more praise e That is Christ for Christ is the fundation and head of his Church he is our brother and Lord he is the Sonne of God and verie God working all things by his owne power f For in obeying the Sonne we are made the house of God g As when ve prouoked Gods anger in Massa and Meriba Exod. 17. 7. Psal. 95 8. Chap. 4 7. h Meaning by this other that they shulde not enter i As disobeing God they in olde time were 〈◊〉 red frō the 〈◊〉 of the land of Chanaan so thei which do not obey Christ shal not enter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 heauenlie rest k Which is all that time where in God doeth call vs while he there fore speaketh let vs heare l Which is by faith to embrace and holde fast 〈◊〉 true doctrine of Iesus Christ. “ Or fundacion of our assurance 〈◊〉 m To wit the Lord. “ Or bodies and members Nomb. 14. 〈◊〉 a He compareth the preaching of the 〈◊〉 as it were to wine whereof if we wil taste that is heare and vnderstand withprofite we must temper or mixe it with faith b Althogh that God by his rest after the creation of his workes si gnified the spirirual rest of the faithful yet he swate to giue rest in 〈◊〉 which was but a figure of the heauenlie rest and dured but for a time c The perfection of Gods workes and so his rest signifie our heauen lie rest 〈◊〉 2. 2. d That is in the psalmes Deut. 5. 14. Chap. 3. 7. e Meaning Ioshua f Hathe cast of his appetites mortified 〈◊〉 flesh renounced him self and followeth God g For it mortally woundeth the re bellious and in the elect it killeth the oldeman that they shulde liue vnto God h Where the affections are i Which 〈◊〉 wil and rea son k As that thyng which is 〈◊〉 a sunder euen through the mid des of the backe so is made opē that it may be sene throughout “ Or concernyng whom we spake l Therfore when we heare hys worde we must trēble knowing thereby that God soundeth our hearts a He sheweth that man can haue none acces to God without an hie Priest because that of him self he is prophane and sinful b Whiche were of thyngs without lif c As of beasts whiche are killed d That is of sinners 1. Chro. 13. 10. Psal. 2. 7. Chap. 1. 5. Psal. 110. 4. e Who was both Priest and King Chap. 7. 17. f When he liued in this 〈◊〉 g He meaneth that most earnest prayer whiche Christ prayed in the gardē where he swer droppes of blood h Being perple xitie and fearing the horrors of death i He digresseth til he come to the beginning of the 7. Chap. “ Or rudiment k Read 1. Cor. 3. 2. l That is the Gospel which is that true 〈◊〉 that teacheth vs wherewe haue our iustice a That is the first rudiments of our Christian religiō b Hemencioneth flue points of the 〈◊〉 which was then in 〈◊〉 the confession of amendement of life the summe of the faith a brief explication of Ba ptisme ád laying on of hands the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 last iudgement c Then the vse of baptisme was declared when on the solēne dayes appointed to baptize the Churche came together d It is Gods singular gift to 〈◊〉 in knowledge and to go forward in the vnderstāding of Gods worde Mat. 12. 〈◊〉 2. Pet. 2. 20. Chap. 10 26. e They 〈◊〉 are apostats and sinne against the holy Gost hate Christ 〈◊〉 mocke him but to their owne destruction therfore fall into desperation and cā not 〈◊〉 f Whereby it may appeare that you are fully persuaded of life euerla sting g As the holie fa thers 〈◊〉 and martyrs that were before vs. Gene. 12. 3. 17. 〈◊〉 and 22. 16. h Because of 〈◊〉 wickednes which wil not 〈◊〉 God except he sweare i Gods 〈◊〉 and othe are two things in him vnchangeable k He returneth to the coparison betwene ChristPriesthode and the Leuitical whiche he had begon in the 5. Chap. l Whiche is heauen whether Christ is gone before to prepare vs place Chap VII Gen. 14. 18. a So called because that Moses Maketh no mention of his 〈◊〉 or kinsfolkes but as he had bene suddēly sent of God into the worlde to be 〈◊〉 figure of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shortely taken out of the world againe so Christ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 had no 〈◊〉 cōcerning his 〈◊〉 no mother b That is the chief of fathers c The 〈◊〉 commandement to receiue that which Abraham gaue 〈◊〉 y to Mel 〈◊〉 d Was begotten of
〈◊〉 ne the clearnes thereof so the hardenes whiche we cannot some time compas or perfectly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Scri ptures ought not to take away from vs 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 Or 〈◊〉 a That is Christ God 〈◊〉 b That is Christ being man c Which giueth 〈◊〉 and had it in him self Iohn 14. d Before all beginning e The effect of the Gospel is that we all being ioyned together in Christ by faith shulde be the sonnes of God Iohn 8. 18. f The frutes of our faith must de clare whether we beioyned in God or no for God being the verie puritie and 〈◊〉 wil not haue felowship with them which lie in sinne and darkenes h That is Christ with vs and we with our selues g In an euil conscience and with out the feare of God i If we be not ashamed earnest ly and openly to acknowledge our selues before God to 〈◊〉 sinners Ebr. 9. 14. 1. Pet. 1. 19. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 6. 1 king 8 46. 2. Chron. 6. 〈◊〉 Prou. 20 9. “ Or doctrine Eccle. 7. 20. a Christe is our 〈◊〉 Aduocate and 〈◊〉 for the office of intercession and redemption are ioyned together b That is of thē which haue embraced the Gospel by faith in all ages degrees places for there is no saluation without Christ. c That is by faith and so obey him for knowledge cannot be without obedience d Whereby 〈◊〉 loueth God so that to loue God is to obey his worde “ Or doctrine e When the Law was giuen f Louechy neigh bour as thy self is the olde cōmā 〈◊〉 taught in the Law but whē Christ saith So loue one another as I haue loued you giueth a newe commandement onely as touching the forme but not as touching the nature or substance of the precept g He namethall the faithful children as he being their spiritual father attributing to olde 〈◊〉 know ledge of greate things to yong men 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 childrē 〈◊〉 and reuerence to their gouernours h For Christs sake Chap. 3. 14. “ Or the deuil “ Or the deuil i 〈◊〉 it is aduersarie to God Iam. 4. 4. k To liue in 〈◊〉 l 〈◊〉 m Ambition pride n Whiche of semed to haue bene of our nōber because for atime they occupied a place 〈◊〉 the Church o The grace of the holie Gost. p Which is Christ q In this Epistle Whiche I now write vnto you r He that taketh away 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ether of the natures in Christ or he that confoundeth or separateth them els he that putteth not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the per sone of the 〈◊〉 and also he that beleueth not to haue 〈◊〉 of sinnes by his onely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be the 〈◊〉 Messias s Then the inside les worship not the true God () But he 〈◊〉 cō 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 hathe also the Father t 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him self vnto you teacheth you by the holie Gost and his 〈◊〉 “ Or in Christ. u By this name he meaneth the w 〈◊〉 Churche of Christ in general a Being made the sonnes of God in Christ he 〈◊〉 what qualities we must haue to be discer ned frō 〈◊〉 b That is Christ. c As the 〈◊〉 and head 〈◊〉 which make one perfect bodie d That is in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doeth reigne so that he seketh not be sanctified Isa 〈◊〉 9. 1. Pet. 2. 〈◊〉 Iohn 8. 44. e As 〈◊〉 by Adam f Whiche is the holie Gost. g He can not 〈◊〉 vnder the power of sinne because the Spirit of God correcteth hiseuil and corrupt affections h He descendeth from the first cable of the commandements to the seconde Iohn 13. 14. 15. 12 Gen. 4. 8. i This loue is the speciall frute of our faith a certeine signe of our 〈◊〉 Chap. 2 10. Leuit. 19. 17. Iohn 15. 13. Ephe. 5. 2. Luk. 3. 11. k whiche is not the cause wherefore we are the sonnes of God but a moste certeine signe l If our 〈◊〉 being giltie of any thing be able to condēne vs muche more the iudgemēt of God whiche knoweth our hearts better thē we our selues is able to cōdemne vs. Iohn 15. 7. 16. 23. Mat. 21. 22. Chap. 〈◊〉 24. Iohn 6. 29 17. 3. Iohn 13. 34. 15. 10 a Them whiche boast that they haue the Spirit to 〈◊〉 or ptophecie b 〈◊〉 being very God came frō his Father toke vpō him our flesh He that 〈◊〉 or preacheth this truely 〈◊〉 the Spirit of God els not c He began to builde the misterie of 〈◊〉 d Satā the prince of the worlde Iohn 8. 47. e With pute affe ction obediēce Iohn 5. 10. f Trueth it is that God hathe declared his loue in many other thīgs but herein hathe passed all other g By his 〈◊〉 death Iohn 1. 18. 1. Tim. 6. 15. h So that his con 〈◊〉 procedeth of faith “ Or towarde vs. i By inspiring it into vs. k Suche as shulde trouble the conscience l For god 〈◊〉 teth him self to vs in thē whiche beare his image Iohn 13. 43. 15. 〈◊〉 a Is regenerat by the vertue of his Spirit b The loue of God must go before or els we cā not loue a right Mat. 11. 30. c They are easie to the sonnes of God whiche are led with his Spi rit for thei delite there in 1. Cor. 15. 57. d That is regene racion e The water and blood that came out of his side de clare that we ha ue our sinnes wa shed by him ād he hath made ful 〈◊〉 for the same f Our minde inspired by the holie Gost. g VVhich 〈◊〉 our hearts that we be the children of God 〈◊〉 3. 37. “ of God Mat. 7. 7. and 21. 22. Chap. 3. 22. Mat. 12. 31. Mar. 3. 29. Luke 12. 10. h Althogh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be to death yet God through his mer cie pardonoth his in his Sonne Christ. i As theirs is whome GOD doeth so forsake that they fal into vtter dispaire k 〈◊〉 not him selfe so ouer to sinne that he forgetteth God Luke 24. 45. l Tak̄eth hede that he sinne not m That is Satan n VVith a mortal wounde o That is al men generally as of them selues lye as it were buryed in euil p Christe verye God q Meaning from euerie 〈◊〉 and facion of thinge whiche is set vp for anie 〈◊〉 to worship God “ Or worthie and noble b VVe can not re ceiue the grace of God except we haue the true knowledge of him of the whiehe knowledge loue procedeth c Accordyng to Gods 〈◊〉 Iohn 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 d By 〈◊〉 our selues to be seduced e He that 〈◊〉 the limites of pu re 〈◊〉 Rom. 16. 17. f Haue nothinge to do with him nether shew him anie signe of 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 a That is in godlie conuersacion as they whiche haue bothe the knowledge and feare of God b By keping hospitalitie c If thou surnishest them with necessities towarde they iourney knowyng that the Lorde saith He that receiueth you receiueth
to Christ. p That is kepeth a straict dyet ād refrayneth from suche thyngs as might distenpre his bodie q Or olde man whiche rebelleth against the Spirit r Lest he shulde be reproued of men when they shulde se hym do contrarie or contemne that thing whiche he taught others to do Exod. 13 21. Nomb. 9. 〈◊〉 Exod. 〈◊〉 22. Exod. 16. 15. a Moses beyng their guide or minister or as some read they were baptized vnto Moses Law others by Moses Exod. 17. 6. b That is Manna whiche was the out warde signe or Sacrament of the Spirituall grace c They are the same meate that we do because the substance of theirs and 〈◊〉 Sacramentes is al one Nomb 20. 10. d That is signified Christ as all Sacraments do Nom. 26. 65. Nom 11. 4. and 26. 64. Psal. 106. 14. e Because hereby occasion was taken to forget God and cōmit idolatrie therefore these indifferent things are counted idolatrie f Moses readeth foureād Wentie thousand which declareth an infi nite nomber g Who was their leader and was called the Angel of God Exod. 32. 6. Nom. 25. 9. Nom. 21 6. Psal 106. 14. h Meaning ether the good or 〈◊〉 Angel whose mi nisterie God vseth to execute his iudgement to the 〈◊〉 destruction of the wicked i How God will plague vs if we be subiect to the like vices k Or later daies of Christs commyng l He that led you into this tentation which commeth vnto you ether in prosperi tie or aduersitie or for your sinnes past wil turne it to 〈◊〉 commoditie and deliuer you Nom. 14. 37. “ Or thankes giuyng m Or prepare to this holye vse with praise and thankes giuen n The 〈◊〉 badge of our 〈◊〉 and incorporatiō with Christ o If we that are manye in nomber are but one bodie in effecte ioyned with our head Christ as many cornes make but one loafe let vs reno unce idolatrie which doeth sepa rate our vnitie p VVhiche is gouerned accordīg to the ceremonies of the Law q VVhich is to as semble in that companie where idoles are called vpon r For in those days they were accustomed to sel 〈◊〉 of the fles he of beastes sacrificed in the shambles and turned the money to the 〈◊〉 profit * Psal. 24. 1. s Or doute 〈◊〉 Chap. 6. 13. Eccl. 37. 35. t VVe must take hede that through our abuse our libertie be not con demned u If by the benefi te of God I may eat any kinde of meat why shuld I by any defaut cause this benefi te to be euil spoken of Colos. 3. 17. x That is the infirme y VVhich are indifferent 2. Thes. 3. 9. “ Or in all thing remembreme Ephe. 5. 23. a This is referred to cōmune prayer ād preaching for althogh one spea ke yet the action is commune so that the whole Church may be said to praye or preache “ 〈◊〉 preaching b This tradition was obserued according to the time and place that all things might be done in comelines and to edification Gen. 1. 26. 5 1. 9 6. c Read chap. 14. 34. “ Or powlled d The image of Gods glorie in whome his maie stie and power shine concerning his autoritie e Or receiueth her glorie in cōmēdation of mā and therefore is subiect Col. 3. 3. 10. Gen. 2. 22. f Some thing to couer her head in signe of subie ction g To whom thei also shewe their dissolution and not onely to Christ. h Who is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of their mutual con iunction i For as God made the womā of mā so now is man multiphedby the woman k As women vse to weare l For God hathe giuen to woman longer 〈◊〉 thē vnto man to the end she shulde 〈◊〉 it vp about her head whereby she declareth that she must couer her head m Not that all were so but the moste parte n Gods Church is not onely subiect to discension as touching 〈◊〉 and maners but also to 〈◊〉 as touching doctrine o Who ought one ly to beare autoritie in the Church Mat. 26. 26. mar 14. 22. 〈◊〉 22. 19. p Signifying the maner of his death when his bodie shulde as it were be torne and broken with most grieuous torments albeit not as the thies of the thieues were the which thing the breaking of the bread as a figure doeth moste liuely represent q By peruerting the true ād pure vse of the same 2. Cor. 13. 1. r But as thogh these holie 〈◊〉 of the Lords bodie and blood were commune 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without reuerence he cōmeth vnto thē s Or dye Let thē loke to thē selues which ether adde or take away frō the Lords institu tion a The Corinthiā hauing notable gifts semed to ha ue forgotten of whome and for what end they had receiued thē Mar. 9. 〈◊〉 b VVhich colde not heare your prayers c By Satans suggestion d As no mā that hathe the Spirit of God can blaspheme Christ worship idoles so none can acknowledge christ for Lord ād God withoutthe same Spirit Iohn 13. 12. C ap 8. 6. Phil 2. 10. e To wit the Church which is the whole body f That is the vnderstanding of the Scriptures g To do onely miracles by h To worke by miracles against Satan hypocrices as was done against Ananias Elymas c. i Meaning the de claration of Gods mysteries k To trie bothe the doctrine and the persones Rom. 2. 3. Ephes. 4. 8. l That we might be one bodie with Christ and the whole Church one Christ of the which 〈◊〉 Baptisme the 〈◊〉 Supper are effectual signes for by baptisme we are regenerat into one Spirit and by the Lords Supper we are in corporat into 〈◊〉 bodie to be gouerned by the same Spirit m And therefore whatsoeuer the diuersitie is yet the profite ought to be commune and serue to the 〈◊〉 of the Church n VVhose vse semeth to be more vile o VVe are more careful to couer them p Euerie one in his office for the preseruacion of the bodie q For all Churches dispersed throughout the worlde are diuers membres of one bodie “ Or euerie one for his parte Ephes. 4. 11. r As Deacons s As Elders Chap. XIII “ Or do you then desire the best giftes Mat. 17. 20. Luk. 17. 6. a If the Angels had tongues I had the vse there of did not bestowe them to profite my neigh bour it were nothing but vaine babling b Faith is here ta ken for the 〈◊〉 of doing miracles which the wicked may ha ue as Mat. 7. 22. and also for that faith called histo rical which beleueth the mightie power of Christ but can not apprehend Gods mercie through him ād this deuils haue I am 2. 19 there fore is separate frō charitie but the faith that iustifieth in effect can not as 1. Iohn 2. 9. c Not that it suffreth it self to be abused but iudgeth others by all loue and humanitie d VVhich may
be without offence of Gods worde e Knowledge it self shal be perfited in the worlde to come and not abolished but the maner of knowing ād teaching shal cease when we shal be before Gods presence where we shal nether nedescho les nor teachers f That is imperfectly “ Or teache g The Mysteries of God “ Or taught of God h Because it serueth bothe here and in the life to come but faith hope apperreine onely to this life a That is to expounde the worde of God to the edification of the Church b Vnder stādeth him c By the Spiritual gift which he hathe reciued d For he 〈◊〉 none saue him self e The prophecie expoundeth that which God hath reueiled and the doctrine teacheth that which he hath giuen vs to vnderstand “ Or flute f Your wordes shal be loste for ye shal nether glorifie God thereby nor profit man “ Or as the thīg 〈◊〉 g That is they may be able to be vnderstand h He cōdemneth the Corinthians of barbarousnes in that things whereby they thoght to haue atteined to the greatest praise of eloquence i And doeth his parte k Not in respect of him that praieth but in respect of the Church which is nothing edified thereby l Or giues tankes by singing m One onely ma de the praiers and the rest of the cople followed in heart his wordes when he had prayed thei all said Amen signifying that they beleued asseuredly that God wolde grāte their requeste n That is moste fewe Mat. 18. 3. Isa. 28. 11. Deut. 28. 49. ierem 5. 15. ezek 3. 6. o He 〈◊〉 then moste shar pely that God wil punish the contempt of his worde and their contrefait ignorāce forasmuche as to speake which vnknowē tongues is à signe of Gods curse towards the 〈◊〉 p Of Gods curse when they are not vnderstand q By hearing his secret 〈◊〉 ript vp and his sinnes reproued by Gods worde he is compelled by his owne conscience to praise God r Which expounde the worde of God s Paul beareth as yet with their weakenes because also these were the gifts of God but yet he sheweth that 〈◊〉 shuld not passe this measure that first one after another and at the vtmost the third shulde read in a strange language which was to declare Gods miracle in the gift of tongues but chiefly he 〈◊〉 mandeth that nothing be done without interpre tacion 1. Tim. 2. 11. t Or learning which Gods Spirit moue th them to vtter u To the intent that others maye iudge of him that hathe spoken if he haue passed the compas of Gods worde wherefore Gen. 3. 16. x Because thys disordre was in the Churche that women vsurped that which was peculiar to men the 〈◊〉 here sheweth what is mete to be done and what is not and albeit he mencioned this abuse afore yet he referred it to this place to be reproued because there he broght it in for another purpose S Iohn comman deth to trye thy spirits whether thei be of God y Are ye the first or the last Christians that ye nether submit your selues to the churches of whom you haue receiued the Gospel nor ha ue respect to the others to whom the Gospel doeth likewise apperteine z To haue vnder standing of spiritual things a If anie man haue iudgement let him acknowledge that I speake of the Spirit of God and so let him obey if he haue no iudgemēt let him acknow ledge his ignorance and trouble not the Church but credit them that are learned Gal. 1. 11. * Menander in Thaidi Isa. 53. 5. 1. Pet. 2. 42. a If you beleue to be saued by the Gospell ye must beleue also the resurrection of the dead whiche is one of the principal points therof or elles your belief is but vaine b He sheweth that nothynge ought to be taught which we ha ue not learned by Gods worde * Menander in Thaidi Ionas 2. 1. * Menander in Thaidi Iohn 20. 19. * Menander in Thaidi c Althogh Iudas wanted yet they were so called still Act. 9. 4. * Menander in Thaidi Roma 6. 3. Ephe. 3. 8. Ephe. 3. 7. * Menander in Thaidi d For he was but the instrument and minister ād giueth the whole glorie to God e Christes death 〈◊〉 not effectual excepte he ryse from death f For if Christ be swaloed vp of death there remaineth no hope of life anymore g As mortification and remission of sinnes de pend on Christs death so oure quickenyng and restoring to life stand in hys resurrection h You are not forgiuen norsan ctified “ Or onelye for this life sake * Menander in Thaidi i As by the offring of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the whole frute is sanctified so by Christ whi che is the 〈◊〉 that is raised all haue assurance of the resurrectiō Col. 1. 18. Reuel 1. 5. k VVho 〈◊〉 first from the dead to take possession in our fleshe for vs his members 1. Thes. 4 15. l To wit the faithfull * Menander in Thaidi m Christ as he is man and 〈◊〉 of the Churche 〈◊〉 said to be subiect to God but in respecte of the worlde is kyng of heauen and earth this kingdome stādeth in gouernynge the faithfull ād ouer comming the ad uersaries euen death the chiefest whyche done Christ being per fited with all his membres shal as he is mā head of he Churche with his felowe heires deliuer his kingdome ād be 〈◊〉 to GOD with whom and the holie Gost in God head he 〈◊〉 equall * Menander in Thaidi * Menander in Thaidi n VVe shal be per fectlye fulfilled 〈◊〉 hys glorie and 〈◊〉 o That is as dead and because thei were but 〈◊〉 come to Christe wolde be baptized before they dyed Psal. 110. 1. p Except 〈◊〉 things be true of Christs kingdom and his subiectiō what shall become of thē whom the Church daily baptizeth for to destroye death in them whyche is the end of baptis me and so they to rise againe Isa. 22 13. Act. 2. 3 4. Ebr. 1 12 and 10. 13. Psal 8. 7. Ebr. 2. 8. q I take to witnes all my sorrowes wherein I may iustly rereioyce in the Lord that I haue susteined them among you r That is hauing regarde to this present life and not to Gods glorie and to life euer lasting * Menander in Thaidi * Menander in Thaidi Wisdo 2. 6. s There is one sub stāce as touching the flesh both of man beast but the difference is as touching the qualitie t Euen as the sūne and the moone being of one substance differ in dignitie so in the resurrection our bodies shal haue more excel lent qualities thē they haue now u For what is more vile to loke vnto thē the dead carkeis x 〈◊〉 changing the substance but made partaker of the diuine nature y Christ bringeth vs from heauen the Spitit of life Gen. 2. 7. z This is attributero Christ as cō cerning 〈◊〉 not