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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17683	The lectures or daily sermons, of that reuerend diuine, D. Iohn Caluine, pastor of the Church of God in Geneua, vpon the prophet Ionas, by N.B. student in Diuinitie. Whereunto is annexed an excellent exposition of the two last epistles of S. Iohn, done in Latin by that worthy doctor, August. Marlorate, and englished by the same N.B.	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Baxter, Nathaniel, fl. 1606.; Marlorat, Augustin, 1506-1562. Novi testament Catholici expositio ecclesiastica. aut	1578 (1578)	STC 4432; ESTC S109621	135,321	202

in the doctrine deliuered vnto them he consequentlie affirmeth him to be Antichriste which denyeth Christ to become in the fleshe V. and with a verie notable sentence also he admonisheth them that sinne is to be flied least a man be depriued of the offered rewarde Lastly he exhorteth them to beware of the false Prophets Oe. and commaundeth that no man take suche to house neither bid them God speede but rather shun them as the most pernicious enemyes of Christ In the ende he rendereth a reason why in this Epistle he studied to be briefe euen because he hopeth shortlie to speake the rest face to face Oe. and so with a Christian salutation enterlaced he concludeth or finisheth his Epistle Vers 1 ¶ The Elder to the Elect Lady and her Childrē whom I loue in the truth and not I alone but also all that haue knowne the truth THe Elder to the Elect Ladye This is the inscription or tytle of the Epistle which sheweth fyrst the office of the wryter and secondly conteyneth the name or dignitie of her to whome the Epistle was written The word Elder in this place is not referred to age but rather first to integritie of minde secondly honestie of manners and thirdly excellencie of erudition For all these thinges that Name Presbyteros Senior Elder doth comprehende Of the which reade more Acts. 20.17 and .1 Tim. 5.17 They which thinke this Epistle to be wrytten by the Apostle Iohn affirme that he vsed this name for modestie sake against the hartinesse of our Elders in expressing their tytles whome the name of a Minister and Bishoppe doth so displease that they must be called Popes high Priests chiefe Monarches of Christian pietie When as yet Christ the Lorde of all sayde to his Disciples The kings of the Gentiles raigne ouer them and they that beare rule ouer them are called bountifull But ye shall not be so but let the greatest among you be as the least and he which is chiefe as he which ministreth Iohn also might be called Elder by a figure called Antonomasia among the Apostles Of wome as some thinke none remained alyue beside this Elect beloued disciple of Christ And then also the Seniors or Elders gouerned the Congregation being famous men of an approued faith honorable perfection full of the holie ghost which by word examples ruled the Churche But this is the opinion of those men which affyrme Iohn the Euangelist to be the wryter of this present Epistle They which thinke otherwise referre the name Elder to the office of teaching as it is already fayde He calleth her also to whome he wryteth Elect. Oec Eyther by reason of her name or of her great emulation or study about vertue To this also he séemeth to adde the tytle of Ladie that he might shewe the profite of this Woman in the worde of God who nowe through the victorie of our Lorde Iesus Christ beganne to be a Lady ouer death sinne the Diuell and hell and might saye with Saint Paul Death is swalowed vp in the victorie O death where is thy styng O hell where is thy victorie The stinge of death is sinne the strength of sinne is the law but thanks be to God which hath geuen vs victorie through our Lord Iesus Christ 1. Cor. 15. .57 The beginning of this victory doeth that word which he vseth euen the Elect Ladie also declared vnto vs if the word Elect be taken in the proper signification thereof to the entent to admonish vs of that eternall election of the sonnes of God as if the wryters of the Epistle shoulde saye God almightie woulde haue thée receyued into the number of his predestinated and Elected chyldren Of the which thing Paul verie notablie preacheth saying But we ought to geue thankes to God alway for you brethren beloued of the Lord because that God hath chosen you to saluation from the beginning through the sanctification of the spirit and the faith of trueth whervnto he called you by our Gospell to obtaine the glorie of our Lorde Iesus Christ And her children There be some which by this Ladye wyll haue the Church vnderstanded and by her Sonnes or Chyldren the lytle ones or those which are weake and which are in the Churche begotten by the fayth of Iesus Christe but this exposition is racked For to what ende shoulde the Author of the Epistle saye that he woulde shortlie speake in the presence of the Ladie to whome he wryteth vnleast he meant some certaine person Nowe he addeth VVhome I loue in the trueth By which wordes he signifieth what maner of thing true Christian loue is euen that truelie which is most voyde of all hypocrisie For to loue with mouth faynedlie oftentimes commeth to passe euen as it is noted in the fiirst Epistle of Iohn where he saide Litle children let vs not loue in worde neither in tongue onelie but in deede and trueth And Paul sayde Let loue be without dissimulation Peter also speaketh of it thus You which haue purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite to loue brotherlie without fayning Loue one another with a pure harte feruently being borne anew not of mortal seede but of immortal by the word of God who liueth and remaineth for euer It foloweth And not I alone Great is the concorde and friendshippe among the sonnes of god For seeing they all are dyrected by one spirit euen of Christ it is not possible but that they holde mutuall amitie betwéene them selues and embrace all those which according to the measure of the grace geuen vnto them doo studie to further the glorie of Christ alone The distaunce therefore of place or diuersitie of tongues or their diuers estates nothing at all let but that this most excellent loue among them maye florish Christian profession and fame of name alone hath most surelie ioyned them together in such sort that oftentymes one of them reioyce of another whome yet they neuer sawe So Paul hearing of the fayth of the Romanes desyred ardentlie to sée them Vnto whome also he commendeth Prisca and Aquila after this sorte Gréete Priscila and Aquila my felow helpers in Christ Iesus which for my lyfe haue layde downe their owne necke vnto whom not I onelie geue thankes but also all the Churches of the Gentiles It foloweth But also al that haue knowne the trueth It is a Periphrasis or Circumlocution of the Christians For properly they are sayde to knowe the truth vnto whom Christ which is the truth is reuealed moreouer this knowledge in the faythfull is not ydell but liuely and occupied For they doo not onely hould that which is true but they both loue it and followe it And for certainty sythe the knowledge of God and the knowledge of the truth is one it cannot be that they which are indued with the knowledge of the truth doo not conforme themselues to the