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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17643	A commentarie vpon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romanes, written in Latine by M. Iohn Caluin, and newely translated into Englishe by Christopher Rosdell preacher. Whereunto is added a necessarie table for the better and more readie finding out of certayne principall matters conteyned in this worke; Commentarius in Epistolam Pauli ad Romanos. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Rosdell, Christopher, b. 1553 or 4.	1583 (1583)	STC 4399; ESTC S107213	360,940	450

A Commentarie vpon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romanes written in Latine by M. Iohn Caluin and newely translated into Englishe by Christopher Rosdell preacher Whereunto is added a necessarie table for the better and more readie finding out of certayne principall matters conteyned in this worke Collos 3.16 Let the worde of Christ dwel in you plenteouslie in all wisedome Imprinted at London for Iohn Harison and George Bishop 1583. To the right honourable and his verie good L. Sir Edwarde Seimer knight Baron Beauchampe and Earle of Hertforde Christopher Rosdell wisheth grace and peace from God c. THE Church right honorable and my good Lorde hath neuer doubted at any time of the author of this epistle but as the inscription therof plainely testifieth so the godly haue alway constantly beleeued that it was written by that greate doctor and worthy Apostle Paul Of whose prayse though Chrisostome and diuers others haue said very much yet if it bee compared with his desert it is eyther nothing or els but a litle Act. 9.15 For with what praises shall we sufficiently set him forth whome the Lord himself immediatly after his conuersiō so highly commended Calling him a chosen vessell to beare his name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel 2. Cor. 12.2 with what speeches shall we accordingly aduance him whome the Lorde lift vp vnto the thirde heauen And with what ornamentes shall wee decke him whome the Lorde did so richely adorne by kinred of the race of Abraham by person naturally vehement indued with singuler dexteritie and of a noble courage by callinge an Apostle of Iesus Christe immediatly called of the Lord vnto the ministery of the Gospel As he testifieth to the Galath Saying Gal. 1.1 Paule an Apostle not of men neither by man but by Iesus Christ God the father c. immediatly taught from aboue As it is written Gal. 1.11 Now I certifie you brethren that the Gospell which was preached of me was not after men For neyther receiued I it of man neither was I taught it but by the reuelation of Iesus Christ By the visible gift of the holy Ghost inuested into his ministerie Apostleship And finally by great signes wonders confirmed in the same Act. 9.3 Act. 19.6 By which things as the dignitie autoritie of the holie man is confirmed vnto vs so all men are taught with what reuerence they should heare and receiue what so euer hath proceeded frō him For seeing hee speaketh vnto vs in that stead of christ bringeth a celestial doctrin such as is mixed with no error we ought to heare belieue him as the voice of God from heauen Knowing assuredly that hee is of the number of those of whome it is saide he that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me c. And therefore they commit most horrible blasphemie against God whose impudent mouthes are open against the apostolicall authoritie of so excellent an instrument of the Lord. But no doubt suche miscreates rebellious wretches doe feele the efficacie light of his apostolicall doctrine whereby their wicked studies are manifested reproued according to the saying of Christ because their deedes are euill they hate the light seeing they hate it but yet can not extinguish it they do what they can to discredite it Yea and that which of all others is most abominable they goe about by peruerting holy Scriptures to mayntayne and defend their diuelish doctrine Whence it commeth that by abusing the testimonie of of Peter they labour to perswade the vnlearned that the Epistles of Paule are harde to bee vnderstoode and obscure Yea such as minister causes of errores vnto the vnskilfull and therefore are not to bee read of the common forte but rather to bee restrayned and forbidden The woordes of Peter are these And suppose that the long suffering of our Lorde is saluation 2. Pet. 3.15 euen as our beloued brother Paule according vnto the wisedome giuen vnto him wrote to you as one that in all his Epistles speaketh of these things amōgst the which some things are hard to be vnderstoode which they that are vnlearned and vnstable peruert as they doe all other scriptures vnto their owne destruction Which woordes doe so muche make for the commendation of the Epistles of Paul that they must needes be very impudent and blinded with extreeme malice which wrest them to the obscuring of his doctrine For first these woordes giue vnto Paul a celestiall and heauenly wisedome Secondly they testifie that he wrote his Epistles according to the same wisedom and that he wrote the same things to the same faithful people to whom Peter himselfe wrote But it is added amongst the which some things are hard to be vnderstood VVhat then shall all the writings of Paule bee taken away from the people Church of God because of the difficultie hardnes of some certayne places or rather were it not meete those obscure places shoulde bee faithfully sincerely expounded that the simple might vnderstand thē By the same reason let the epistles of Peter also be inhibited taken away for in them there are many things hard to be vnderstood As may appeare in his first epi. cha 3. 4. And in his 2 epist 2. But they are wrested quoth they of the vnlearned and vnstable Wherefore it were better they were taken from the vnlearned reserued onely for the reading of the learned By the same reason also all holy scripture may bee taken away For Peter testifieth of them that they are peruerted of the vnlearned those are vnstable What more reason is there why the vse of holy scripture should bee forbidden all men because some by peruerting of them haue fallen to destruction thē that the vse of fire water should be debarred al mē because many haue perished by thē Did the apostle write his epistles to the Bishops other ministers of Christ only not rather to all faythful christiās were at Rome Corinth Galatia Ephesus Collossa Philippos Macedonia c Did he write of suche things only as apperteined vnto the learned and not rather of such things as are necessarie to be knowen of all and concerne the saluation of all if he wrote to the learned only why saith he to all that be at Rome and not rather to you learned Christians be at Rome If he wrote of such things as concerne the learned only yet wrot the gospel or glad tidings of saluatiō in Christ why saith he Rom. 1.5 I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God vnto saluation to euery one that beleeueth c. But if both the holy man directed his writings vnto all also the thinges conteyned in them doe appertein vnto all why rob they the vulgar common people or laitie as they terme them of that the holy ghost hath giuen vnto thē I meane