thereof ✠verse 35 And the husbandmen apprehending his seruants one they beat an other they killed and an other they stoned ✠verse 36 Againe he sent other seruants moe then the former and they did to them likevvise ✠verse 37 And last of al he sent to them his sonne saying They vvil reuerence my sonne ✠verse 38 But the husbandmen seeing the sonne said vvithin them selues This is the heire come let vs kil him and vve shal haue his inheritaunce ✠verse 39 And apprehending him they cast him forth out of the vineyard and killed him ✠verse 40 When therfore the lord of the vineyard shal come vvhat vvil he doe to those husbandmen ✠verse 41 They say to him The naughtie men he vvil bring to naught and his vineyard he vvil let out to other husbandmen that shal render him the fruite in their seasons ✠verse 42 IESVS saith to them Haue you neuer read in the Scriptures The stone which the builders reiected the same is made into the head of the corner By our lord was this done and it is maruelous in our eyes ✠verse 43 Therfore I say to you that the kingdom of God shal be taken avvay from you and shal be giuen to a nation yelding the fruites thereof ✠verse 44 And * he that falleth vpon this stone shal be broken and on vvhom it falleth it shal al to bruise him ✠verse 45 And vvhen the cheefe Priestes and Pharisees had heard his parables they knevve that he spake of them ✠verse 46 And seeking to lay hands vpon him they feared the multitudes because they held him as a Prophet â— ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXI 2. You shal finde Christ by diuine power both knewe where these beasts were being absent and commaunded them for his vse being an other mans and sodenly made the colt fitte to be ridden on neuer broken before 7. The asse and the colâ— This asse vnder yoke signifieth the Iewes vnder the Law and vnder God their Lord as it were his old and ancient people the yong colt now first ridden on by Christ signifieth the Gentiles wilde hitherto and not broken now to be called to the faith and to receiue our Sauiours yoke And therfore the three last Euangelists writing specially to the Gentils make mention of the colt only 8. Garments in the way These offices of honour done to our Saulour extraordinarily were very acceptable and for a memory hereof the holy Church maketh a solemne Procession euery yere vpon this day specially in our Countrie when it was Catholike with the B. Sacrament reuerently caried as it were Christ vpon the asse and strawing of rushes and floures bearing of Palmes setting vp boughes spredding and hanging vp the richest clothes the quire and queristers singing as here the children and the people al done in a very goodly ceremonie to the honour of Christ and the memorie of his triumphe vpon this day The like seruice and the like duties done to him in al other solemne Processions of the B. Sacrament and otherwise be vndoubtedly no lesse grateful 9. Hosanna These very wordes of ioyful crie and triumphant voice of gratulation to our Sauiour holy Church vseth alwaies in the Preface of the Masse as it were the voice of the Priest and al the people who then specially are attent and deuout immediatly before the Consecration and Eleuation as it were expecting and reioycing at his comming 13. House of prayer Note here that he calleth external sacrifice out of the Prophete Esay prayer For he speaketh of the Temple which was builded properly and principally for sacrifice 16. Mouth of infants Yong childrens prayers proceding from the instinct of Gods spirit be acceptable and so the voices of the like or of other simple folke now in the Church though them selues vnderstand not particularly what they say be maruelous grateful to Christ 22. Beleeuing In respect of our owne vnworthinesse and of the things not alwaies expedient for vs we may wel doubt when we pray whether we shal obtaine or noâ— but on Gods part we must beleeue that is we must haue no diffidence or mistrust either of his power or of his wil if we be worthy and the thing expedient And therfore S. Marke hath thus Haue ye faith of God 23. In what power The Heretikes presumptuously thinke them selues in this point like to Christ because they are asked in what power they come and who sent them but when they haue answered this question as fully as Christ did here by that which he insinuateth of Iohns testimonie for his authority they shal be heard and til then they shal be stil taken for those of whom God speaketh by the Prophete They â—anne and I sent them not 28. The first The first sonne here is the people of the Gentils because Gentility was before there was a peculiar and chosen people of the Iewes and therfore the Iewes here as the later are signified by the other sonne CHAP. XXII Yet by one other parable he fore sheweth the most deserued reprobation of the earthly and persecuting Iewes and the gratious vocation of the Gentils in their place 15 Then he defeateth the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar 23 He answereth also the inuention of the Sadducees against the Resurrection 34 and a question that the Pharisees aske to pose him turning and posing them againe because they imagined that Christ should be no more then a man 〈◊〉 and so he putteth al the busy Secteâ— to silence verse 1 AND IESVS ansvvering spake againe in parables to them saying ✠verse 2 The kingdom of heauen is likened to a man being a king vvhich made a â— mariage to his sonne ✠verse 3 And he sent his â— seruants to call them that vvere inuited to the mariage and they vvould not come ✠verse 4 Againe he sent other seruants saying Tel them that vvere inuited Behold I haue prepared my dinner my beeues and fatlings are killed and al things are ready come ye to the mariage ✠verse 5 But they neglected and vvent their vvaies â— one to his farme and an other to his merchandise ✠verse 6 and the rest laid hands vpon his seruants and spitefully intreating them murdered them ✠verse 7 But vvhen the king had heard of it he vvas vvroth and sending his hostes destroied those murderers and burnt their citie ✠verse 8 Then he saith to his seruants The mariage in deede is ready but they that vvere inuited vvere not vvorthie ✠verse 9 Goe ye therfore into the high vvayes and vvhosoeuer you shal finde call to the mariage ✠verse 10 And his seruants going forth into the vvayes gathered together al that they found bad and good and the mariage vvas filled vvith ghestes ✠verse 11 And the king vvent in to see the ghestes and he savv there a man not attired in a vvedding garment ✠verse 12 And he
and grace that ensued by CHRIST IESVS Note also that as then in Circuncision so novv in Baptisme vvhich ansvvereth therevnto names are giuen And as vve see here and in al the old Testament great respect was had of names so we must beware of strange profane and secular names now a daies to common and rather according to the * Catechisme of the holy Councel of Trent take names of Saincts and holy men that may put vs in minde of their vertues 75. Iustice before him Here also we see that we may haue true iustice not only in the sight of men or by the imputation of God but in deede before him and in his sight and that the comming of Christ vvas to giue men such iustice 78. The orient Maruel not if Heretikes controule the old authentical translation as though it differed froÌ„ the greeke vvhereas here they make much a doe to coÌ„troule not only al the greeke interpreters of the old testament but also S. Luke him self for the vvord 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as differing from the Hebrevv CHAP. II. The Natiuitie of Christ 8 and manifestation thereof to the Shepheards by an Angel and by them to others 21 His Circuncision 22 His Presentation together with Simeons as also Annes attestation and prophecying of his Passion of the Iewes reprobation and of the Gentils illumination 41 His annual ascending to Hierusalem with his parents to whom he was subiect and his fulnes of wisedom shewed among the Doctors at twelue yeres of his age verse 1 AND it came to passe in those daies there came forth an edict from Caesar Augustus that the vvhole vvorld should be enrolled ✠verse 2 This first enrolling vvas made by the President of Syria Cyrinus ✠verse 3 And al vvent to be enrolled euery one into his ovvne citie ✠verse 4 And Ioseph also vvent vp from Galilee out of the citie of Nazareth into Ievvrie to the citie of Dauid that is called Bethâ—lehem for-because he vvas of the house and familie of Dauid ✠verse 5 to be enrolled vvith MARIE his despoused vvife that vvas vvith childe ✠verse 6 And it came to passe vvhen they vvere there her daies vvere fully come that she should be deliuered ✠verse 7 And she brought forth her first begotten sonne and svvadled him in clothes and laid him dovvne in a manger because there vvas not place for them in the inne ✠verse 8 And there vvere in the same countrie shepheards vvatching and keeping the night vvatches ouer their flocke ✠verse 9 And behold an Angel of our Lord stood beside them and the brightnes of God did shine round about them and they feared vvith a great feare ✠verse 10 And the angel said to them Feare not for behold I euangelize to you great ioy that shal be to al the people ✠verse 11 because this day is borne to you a SAVIOVR vvhich is Christ our Lord in the citie of Dauid ✠verse 12 And this shal be a signe to you You shal finde the infant svvadled in clothes and laid in a manger ✠verse 13 And sodenly there vvas vvith the Angel a multitude of the heauenly armie praising God and saying ✠verse 14 Glorie in the highest to God and in earth peace to â—men of good vvil ⊢ ✠verse 15 And it came to passe after the Angels departed from them into heauen the shepheards spake one to an other Let vs goe ouer to Bethlehem and let vs see this vvord that is done vvhich our Lord hath shevved to vs. ✠verse 16 And they came vvith speede and they found MARIE and Ioseph and the infant laid in the manger ✠verse 17 And seeing it they vnderstood of the vvord that had been spoken to them concerning this childe ✠verse 18 And al that heard did maruel and concerning those things that vvere reported to them by the shepheards ✠verse 19 But MARIE ″ kept al these vvordes conferring them in her hart ✠verse 20 And the shepheards returned glorifying and praysing God in al things that they had heard and seen as it vvas said to them ⊢ ✠verse 21 And * after eight daies vvere expired that the childe should be circuncised his name vvas called IESVS vvhich vvas * called by the Angel before that he vvas conceiued in the vvombe ⊢ ✠verse 22 And after the daies vvere fully ended of her purification * according to the lavv of Moyses they caried him into Hierusalem to present him to our Lord ✠verse 23 as it is vvritten in the lavv of our Lord That euery male opening the matrice shal be called holy to the Lord. ✠verse 24 and to giue a sacrifice * according as it is vvritten in the lavv of our Lord a paire of turtles or tvvo yong pigeons ✠verse 25 And behold there vvas a man in Hierusalem named Simeon and this man vvas iust and religious expecting the consolation of Israel and the Holy Ghost vvas in him ✠verse 26 And he had receiued an ansvver of the Holy Ghost that he should not see death vnles he savv first the CHRIST of our Lord. ✠verse 27 And he came in spirit into the temple And vvhen his parents brought in the childe IESVS to doe according to the custome of the Lavv for him ✠verse 28 he also tooke him into his armes and blessed God and said ✠verse 29 NOW THOV doest dimisse thy seruant O Lord according to thy vvord in peace ✠verse 30 Because mine eies haue seen thy SALVATION ✠verse 31 Vvhich thou hast prepared before the face of al peoples ✠verse 32 A light to the reuelation of the Gentils and the glorie of thy people Israel ⊢ ✠verse 33 And his father and mother vvere marueling vpon those things vvhich vvere spoken concerning him ✠verse 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to MARIE his mother Behold this is set ″ vnto the ruine and vnto the resurrection of many in Israel and for a signe vvhich shal be contradicted ✠verse 35 and thine ovvne soule shal a svvord pearce that out of many hartes cogitations may be reuealed ✠verse 36 And there vvas Anne a prophetisse the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser she vvas farre striken in daies and had liued vvith her husband seuen yeres from her virginitie ✠verse 37 And she vvas ″ a vvidovv vntil eightie and foure yeres vvho departed not from the temple ″ by fastings and praiers seruing night and day ✠verse 38 And she at the same houre sodenly comming in confessed to our Lord and spake of him to al that expected the redemption of Israel ✠verse 39 And after they had vvholy done al things according to the lavv of our Lord they returned into Galilee into their citie Nazareth ✠verse 40 And the childe grevv and vvaxed strong ' ful of vvisedom and the grace of God vvas in him âœ
for lone is forbidden as by other places of Scripture it is condemned and is a thing against the Lavv of nature and nations And greate shame and pitie it is that it should be so much vsed or suffered among Christians or so couered and cloked vnder the habite of other contractes as it is CHAP. VII He testifieth the faith of the Centurion who was a Gentil to be greater them he found among al the Iewes and cureth his seruant absent 11 the vvidovves sonne he reuiueth and restoreth to her and is renowmed therevpon 18 To Iohns messengers he answereth vvith miracles leauing to Iohn to preach thereby vnto them that he is Christ 24 And afterward he declareth how vvorthy credit was Iohns testimonie 29 inueighing against the Pharisees 31 Who vvith neither of their maners of liuing could be wonne 36 shewing also vnto them by occasion of Marie Magdalen how he is a frende to sinners not to maintaine them in sinne but to forgiue them their sinnes vpon their faith and penance verse 1 AND vvhen he had fully said al his vvords into the cares of the people he entred into Capharnaum ✠verse 2 And the seruant of a certaine Centurion being sicke vvas readie to die vvho vvas deere vnto him ✠verse 3 And when he had heard of IESVS he sent vnto him the Auncients of the Ievves desiring him to come and heale his seruant ✠verse 4 But they being come to IESVS besought him earnestly saying to him That he is vvorthie that thou shouldest doe this for him ✠verse 5 for he loueth our nation and he hath ″ built a synagogue for vs. ✠verse 6 And IESVS vvent vvith them And vvhen he vvas novv not farre from the house the Centurion sent his frends vnto him saying Lord trouble not thy self for I am not vvorthie that thou shouldest enter vnder my roofe ✠verse 7 for the vvhich cause neither did I thinke my self vvorthie to come to thee but say the vvord and my seruant shal be made whole ✠verse 8 for I also am a man subiect to authoritie hauing vnder me souldiars and I say to this goe and he goeth and to an other come and he commeth and to my seruant doe this and he doeth it ✠verse 9 Vvhich IESVS hearing marueiled and turning to the multitudes that folovved him he said Amen I say to you neither in Israel haue I found so great faith ✠verse 10 And they that vvere sent being returned home found the seruant that had been sicke vvhole ✠verse 11 And it came to passe aftervvard he vvent into a citie that is called Naim and there vvent vvith him his Disciples and a very great multitude ✠verse 12 And vvhen he came nigh to the gate of the citie behold a dead man vvas caried forth the only sonne of his mother and she vvas a vvidovv and a great multitude of the citie vvith her ✠verse 13 Vvhom vvhen our Lord had seen being moued vvith mercie vpon her he said to her Vveepe not ✠verse 14 And he came neere and touched the coffin And they that caried it stood stil and he said Yong man I say to thee Arise ✠verse 15 And he that vvas dead sate vp and beganne to speake And he gaue him to his mother ✠verse 16 And feare tooke them al and they magnified God saying That a great Prophet is risen among vs and That God hath visited his people ✠verse 17 And this saying vvent forth into al Ievvrie of him and into al the countrie about ✠verse 18 And Iohns disciples shevved him of al these things ✠verse 19 * And Iohn called tvvo of his disciples and sent them to IESVS saying Art thou he that art to come or expect vve an other ✠verse 20 And vvhen the men vvere come vnto him they said Iohn the Baptist hath sent vs to thee sying Art thou he that art to come or expect vve an other ✠verse 21 And the self same houre he cured many of maladies and hurtes and euil spirits and to many blinde he gaue sight ✠verse 22 And ansvvering he said to them Goe and report to Iohn vvhat you haue heard and seen * That the blinde see the Iame vvalke the lepers are made cleane the deafe heare the dead rise againe ✠verse 23 the poore are euangelized and blessed is he vvhosoeuer shal not be scandalized in me ✠verse 24 * And vvhen Iohns messengers vvere departed he began to say of Iohn to the multitudes Vvhat vvent you out into the desert to see a reede moued vvith the vvinde ✠verse 25 But vvhat vvent you forth to see a man clothed in soft garments behold they that are in costly apparel and delicacies are in the house of kings ✠verse 26 But vvhat vvent you out for to see a Prophet Certes I say to you and more then a Prophet ✠verse 27 this is he of vvhom it is vvritten Behold I send mine Angel before thy face vvhich shal prepare thy vvay before thee ✠verse 28 For I say to you A greater Prophet among the children of vvomen then Iohn the Baptist there is no man but he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God is greater then he ✠verse 29 And al the people hearing and the Publicans iustified God being baptized vvith Iohns baptisme ✠verse 30 But the Pharisees and the lavvyers despised the cousel of God against them selues being not baptized of him ✠verse 31 And our Lord said Vvherevnto then shal I liken the men of this generation and vvherevnto are they like ✠verse 32 They are like to children sitting in the market-place and speaking one to an other and saying Vve haue piped to you and you haue not daunced vve haue lamented and you haue not vvept ✠verse 33 For Iohn the Baptist came * neither eating bread nor drinking vvine and you say He hath a deuil ✠verse 34 The sonne of man came eating and drinking and you say Behold a man that is a gurmander and a drinker of vvine a frende of Publicans and sinners ✠verse 35 And vvisedom is iustified of al her children ✠verse 36 And one of the Pharisees desired him to eate vvith him And being entred into the house of the Pharisee he sate downe to meate ✠verse 37 And behold a vvoman that was in the citie a sinner as she knevv that he vvas set dovvne in the Pharisees house she brought an alabaster boxe of ointment ✠verse 38 and standing behind beside his feete she began to vvater his feete vvith teares vviped them vvith the heares of her head and kissed his feete anointed them with the ointmēt ✠verse 39 And the Pharisee that had bid him seeing it spake vvithin him self saying This man if he vvere a Prophet vvould knovv certes vvho and vvhat maner of vvomā she is vvhich toucheth him that she is a sinner ✠verse 40 And IESVS ansering
he cried vvith a loude voice Lazarus come forth ✠verse 44 And forthvvith he came forth that had been dead bound feete and handes vvith vvinding bandes and his face vvas tied vvith a napkin IESVS said to them Loose him and let him goe ✠verse 45 Many therfore of the Ievves that vvere come to Marie and Martha and had seen the things that IESVS did beleeued in him ⊢ ✠verse 46 And certaine of them vvent to the Pharisees and told them the things that IESVS did ✠verse 47 The cheefe priests therfore and the pharisees gathered a councel and said Vvhat doe vve for this man doeth many signes ✠verse 48 If vve let him alone so al vvil beleeue in him and the Romanes vvil come and take avvay our place and nation ✠verse 49 But one of them named Caiphas being the high priest of that yere said to them You knovv nothing ✠verse 50 neither doe you cōsider that it is expedient for vs that one man die for the people and the vvhole natiō perish not ✠verse 51 And this he said not of him self but ″ being the high priest of that yere he prophecied that IESVS should die for the nation ✠verse 52 and not only for the nation but to gather into one the children of God that vvere dispersed ✠verse 53 From that day therfore they deuised to kil him ✠verse 54 IESVS therfore vvalked no more openly among the Ievves but he vvent into the countrie beside the desert vnto a citie that is called Ephrem and there he abode vvith his Disciples ⊢ ✠verse 55 And the Pasche of the Ievves vvas at hand and many of the countrie vvent vp to Hierusalem before the Pasche to sanctifie them selues ✠verse 56 They sought IESVS therfore and they communed one vvith an other standing in the temple Vvhat thinke you in that he is not come to the festiual day And the cheefe Priests Pharisees had giuen cōmaundemēt that if any man should knovv vvhere he vvas he should tel that they might apprehend him ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XI 31. Being the high Priest Maruel not that Christ preserueth his truth in the Church as wel by the vnworthy as the worthy Prelates thereof the giftes of the Holy Ghost folowing their Order and office as we see here in Caiphas and not their merites or person And if this man being many waies wicked and in part an vsurper and the Law and Priesthod being to decline and to giue place to Christs new ordinance had yet some assistance of God for vtterance of truth which him self meant not nor knew not how much more may we be assured that Christ wil not leaue Peters Seate * whose faith he promised should neuer falle though the persons which occupie the same were as il as the blasphemous and malitious mouthes of Heretikes do affirme CHAP. XII The Rulers dealing as if he hid him self 1 he cōmeth to Bethania ◠Where by occasion of Iudas the theefe murmuring at Marie Magdalens costly deuotion he foretelleth his death 12 From thence though they did novv intend to kil Lazarus also he rideth openly into Hierusalem the people because he had raised Lazarus confessing with their acclamations that he is Christ 20 Where certaine Gentils desiring to see him 22 he foretelleth the conuersion of the vvhole vvorld from the Diuel to him to be novv instant as the effect of his death vpon the Crosse 28 The Father also ansvvering from heauen to his prayer made to that purpose 37 yet after al this the Ievves continevv incredulous as Esay prophecied of them 42 though many beleeued but vvere ashamed to confesse him 44 Wherevpon he shevveth that it is glorious before God and saluation to them selues to beleeue in him and confesse him and damnable to despise him verse 1 IESVS therfore sixe daies before the Pasche came to Bethánia vvhere Lazarus vvas that had been dead vvhom IESVS raised ✠verse 2 And they made him a supper there and Martha ministred but Lazarus vvas one of them that sate at the table vvith him ✠verse 3 Marie therfore tooke a povvnd of ointement of right spikenard pretious and anointed the feete of IESVS and vviped his feete vvith her heare and the house vvas filled of the odour of the ointmēt ✠verse 4 One therfore of his disciples Iudas Iscariote he that vvas to betray him said ✠verse 5 ″ Vvhy vvas not this ointment sold for three-hundred pence and giuen to the poore ✠verse 6 And he said this not because he cared for the poore but because he vvas ″ a theefe and hauing the purse caried the things that vvere put in ✠verse 7 IESVS therfore said Let her alone that she may keepe it for the day of my burial ✠verse 8 For the poore you haue alvvaies vvith you but me you shal not haue alvvaies ✠verse 9 A great multitude therfore of the Ievves knevv that he vvas there and they came not for IESVS only but that they might see Lazarus vvhom he raised from the dead ⊢ ✠verse 10 But the cheefe Priests deuised for to kil Lazarus also ✠verse 11 because many for him of the Ievves vvent avvay and beleeued in IESVS ✠verse 12 And on the morovv a great multitude that vvas come to the festiual day vvhen they had heard that IESVS commeth to Hierusalem ✠verse 13 they tooke the boughes of palmes and vvent forth to meete him and cried Hosanna blessed is he that commeth in the name of our Lord the king of Israel ✠verse 14 And IESVS foūd a yong asse and sate vpon it as it is vvritten ✠verse 15 Feare not daughter of Sion behold thy king commeth sitting vpon an asses colt ✠verse 16 These things his disciples did not knovv at the first but vvhen IESVS vvas glorified then they remembred that these things had been vvritten of him and these things they did to him ✠verse 17 The multitude therfore gaue testimonie vvhich vvas vvith him vvhē he called Lazarus out of the graue and raised him from the dead ✠verse 18 For therfore also the multitude came to meete him because they heard that he had done this signe ✠verse 19 The Pharisees therfore said among them selues Doe you see that vve preuaile nothing behold the vvhole vvorld is gone after him ✠verse 20 And there vvere certaine Gentiles of them that came vp to adore in the festiual day ✠verse 21 These therfore came to Philippe vvho vvas of Bethsaida of Galilee and desired him saying Sir vve are desirous to see IESVS ✠verse 22 Philippe commeth and telleth Andrevv Againe Andrevv Philippe told IESVS ✠verse 23 But IESVS ansvvered them saying The houre is come that the Sonne of man shal be glorified ✠verse 24 Amen amen I say to you vnles the graine of vvheate falling into the ground die it self remaineth alone but if it die it
at Hierusalem the cheefe priests and the auncients of the Ievves came vnto me desyring condemnation against him ✠verse 16 To vvhom I ansvvered That it is not the Romanes custome to yeld vp any man before that he vvhich is accused haue his accusers present and take place to make his ansvver for to cleere him self of the crimes ✠verse 17 Vvhen they therfore vvere assembled hither vvithout any delaie the day folovving sitting in the iudgement seat I commaunded the man to be brought ✠verse 18 Of vvhom vvhen the accusers stoode vp they brought no cause vvhich I thought il of ✠verse 19 but certaine questions of their ovvne superstition they had against him and of one IESVS deceased vvhom Paul affirmed to liue ✠verse 20 Doubting therfore of this kinde of question I said vvhether he vvould goe to Hierusalem there be iudged of these things ✠verse 21 But Paul appealing to be kept vnto the knovvledge of Augustus I commaunded him to be kept til I send him to Caesar ✠verse 22 And Agrippa said to Festus My self also vvould heare the man To morovv said he thou shalt heare him ✠verse 23 And the next day vvhen Agrippa and Bernice vvere come vvith great pompe and had entred into the hall of audience vvith the Tribunes and principal men of the citie at Festus commaundement Paul vvas brought ✠verse 24 And Festus saith King Agrippa and al ye men that are present together vvith vs you see this man concerning vvhom al the multitude of the Ievves called vpon me at Hierusalem requesting and crying out that he ought not to liue any longer ✠verse 25 Yet haue I found nothing that he hath committed vvorthie of death But forasmuch as he himself appealed to Augustus I haue determined to send him ✠verse 26 Of vvhom vvhat to vvrite for certaintie to my lord I haue not For the vvhich cause I haue brought him forth to you and especially to thee king Agrippa that examination being made I may haue vvhat to vvrite ✠verse 27 For it seemeth to me vvithout reason to send a prisoner not to signifie his causes CHAP. XXVI In that honorable Audience being permitted to speake 2 he declareth to the king vvhat he first vvas 1â— and hovv miraculously he vvas conuerted 19 and that he hath preached sinâ—â— as he vvas commaunded from heauen and as the Prophets had foretold of Christ 24 Which strange tale Festus the Heathen President hearing saith that he is mad 25 But he ansvvereth and exhorteth them al to be Christians as he is â—0 They finally pronounce that he might be set at libertie but only for his appeale verse 1 BVT Agrippa said to Paul Thou art permitted to speake for thy self Then Paul stretching forth his hand began to make his ansvver ✠verse 2 Touching al things vvhereof I am accused of the Ievves king Agrippa I account my self happie for that I am to defend my self this day before thee ✠verse 3 especially vvhereas thou knovvest al things that are among the Ievves customes and questions for the vvhich cause I beseeche thee heare me patiently ✠verse 4 And my life truely from my youth vvhich vvas from the beginning in my nation in Hierusalem al the Ievves doe knovv ✠verse 5 knovving me before from the beginning if they vvil giue testimonie that according to the most sure secte of our religion I liued a Pharisee ✠verse 6 And novv for the hope of the promisse that vvas made of God to our fathers doe I stand subiect to iudgement ✠verse 7 the vvhich our tvvelue tribes seruing night and day hope to come vnto Of the vvhich hope o king I am accused of the Ievves ✠verse 8 Vvhat incredible thing is it iudged vvith you if God raise the dead ✠verse 9 And my self truely had thought that I ought to doe against the name of IESVS of Nazareth many contrarie things ✠verse 10 Vvhich also I * did at Hierusalem and many of the saincts did I shut vp in prisons hauing receiued authoritie of the cheefe priests and vvhen they vvere put to death I brought the sentence ✠verse 11 And through out al the synagogs often times punishing them I coÌ„pelled them to blaspheme and yet more mad against them I persecuted them euen vnto foraine cities ✠verse 12 Among vvhich things vvhiles * I vvent to Damascus vvith authoritie and permission of the cheefe priests ✠verse 13 at midday in the vvay I savv o king from heauen a light to haue shined round about me and them that vvere in companie vvith me aboue the brightnes of the sunne ✠verse 14 And vvhen al vve vvere fallen dovvne on the ground I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue Saul Saul vvhy persecurest thou me It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke ✠verse 15 And I said Vvho art thou Lord And our Lord ansvvered I am IESVS vvhom thou doest persecure ✠verse 16 But rise vp and stand vpon thy feete for to this end haue I appeared to thee that I may ordaine thee a minister and vvitnes of those things vvhich thou hast seen and of those things vvherein I vvil appeare to thee ✠verse 17 deliuering thee out of the peoples natioÌ„s vnto the vvhich novv I send thee ✠verse 18 to opeÌ„ their eies that they may be conuerted from darkenes to light and from the povver of Satan to God that they may receiue remission of sinnes and lot among the saincts by the faith that is in me ✠verse 19 Vvherevpon king Agrippa I vvas not incredulous to the heauenly vision ✠verse 20 but to them first that are at Damascus and at Hierusalem and vnto al the countrie of levvrie and to the Gentiles * did I preach that they should doe penaÌ„ce and turne to God doing vvorkes vvorthie of penance ✠verse 21 For this cause the Ievves vvhen I vvas in the temple * apprehending me atteÌ„pted meaning to kil me ✠verse 22 But aided by the help of God I stand vntil this day testifying to small and to great saying nothing beside those things vvhich the Prophets did speake should come to passe Moyses ✠verse 23 if CHRIST vvere passible if the first of the resurrection from the dead he vvere to shevv light to the people and to the Gentiles ✠verse 24 As he spake these things made his ansvver Festus vvith a loud voice said Thou art mad Paul much learning turneth thee to madnesse ✠verse 25 And Paul said I am not mad most excellent Festus but I speake vvordes of veritie and so brietie ✠verse 26 for the king knovveth of these things to vvhom also I speake constantly for I thinke none of these things to be vnknovven to him For neither vvas any of these things done in a corner ✠verse 27 Beleeuest thou the prophets king Agrippa I knovv that thou beleeuest ✠verse 28 And Agrippa
he cometh and to my seruant doe this he doeth it ✠verse 10 And IESVS hearing this marueiled and sayd to them that folovved him Amen I say to you I haue not found so great faith in Israel ✠verse 11 And I say to you that many shal come from the East and West and shal sitte dovvne vvith Abraham Isaac Iacob in the kingdom of heauen ✠verse 12 but the children of the kingdom shal be cast out into the exteriour darkenesse there shal be vveeping gnashing of teeth ✠verse 13 And IESVS said to the Centurion Goe and as thou hast beleeued be it done to thee And the boy vvas healed in the same houre ⊢ ✠verse 14 And * vvhen IESVS was come into Peters house he savv ″ his vviues mother layde in a fitte of a feuer ✠verse 15 and he touched her hand and the feuer left her and she arose and ministred to him ✠verse 16 And vvhen euening vvas come they brought to him many that had diuels and he cast out the spirites vvith a vvord and al that vvere il at ease he cured ✠verse 17 that it might be fulfilled vvich vvas spoken by Esay the Prophete saying He tooke our infirmities and bare our diseases ✠verse 18 And IESVS seeing great multitudes about him commaunded to goe beyond the vvater ✠verse 19 And a * certaine Scribe came and sayd to him Master I vvil folovv thee vvithersoeuer thou shalt goe ✠verse 20 And IESVS sayth to him the foxes haue holes and the foules of the ayre nestes but the sonne of man hath not vvhere to lay his head ✠verse 21 And * an other of his Disciples sayd to him Lord permit me first to goe burie my father ✠verse 22 But IESVS sayd to him Folovv me and ″ let the dead burie their dead ✠verse 23 And * vvhen he entered into the boate his Disciples folovved him ✠verse 24 and loe a great tempest arose in the sea so that the boate vvas couered vvith vvaues but he slept ✠verse 25 And they came to him and raised him saying Lord saue vs vve perish ✠verse 26 And he saith to them Why are you fearful O ye of litle faith Then rising vp ″ he commaunded the vvindes the sea and there ensued a great calme ✠verse 27 Moreouer the men marueled saying What an one is this for the vvindes and the sea obey him ⊢ ✠verse 28 And * vvhen he vvas come beyond the vvater into the countrey of the Gerasens there mette him tvvo that had diuels coming forth out of the sepulcres exceding fierce so that none could passe by that vvay ✠verse 29 And behold they cried saying What is betvvene vs and thee IESV the sonne of God art thou come hither to torment vs before the time ✠verse 30 And there vvas not farre frome them an heard of many svvine feeding ✠verse 31 And the diuels besought him saying If thou cast vs out send vs into the heard of svvine ✠verse 32 And he said to theÌ„ Goe But they going forth vvent into the svvine and behold the whole heard vvent vvith a violence headlong into the sea and they dyed in the vvaters ✠verse 33 And the svvineheardes sled and comming into the citie told al and of them that had been possessed of diuels ✠verse 34 And behold the vvhole citie vvent out to meete IESVS and vvhen they savv him they besought him that he vvould passe from their quarters ANNOTATIONS CHAP. VIII 4 Priest The Priests of the old law saith S. Chrysostome had authoritie and priuilege only to discerne who where healed of leprosie and to denounce the same to the people but the Priests of the new law haue power to purge in very deede the filth of the soule Therefore whosoeuer despiseth them is more vvorthie to be punished then the rebel Dathaâ— and his complices S. Chryso li. 3. de Sacerd. 4. Gift Our Sauiour willeth him to goe and offer his gift or sacrifice according as Moyses prescribed in that case because the other sacrifice being the holiest of al holies which is his body was not yet begonne So saith S. Aug. li. 2. q. Euang. q. 3. Cont. Aduers leg Preph li. â— c. 19. 20. â— Not worthy Orig. ho. 5. in diuers When thou eatest saith he and drinkest the body and bloud of our Lord he entereth vnder thy roofe Thou also therefore humbling thy self say Lord I am not worthy c. So said S. Chrysostom in his Masse and so doeth the Cath. Churche vse at this day in euery Masse See S. Augustine ep 118 ad Ianu. 14. His Wiues mother Of Peter specially among the rest it is euident that he had a wife but as S. Hiâ—rom sayth after they were called to be Apostles they had no more carnal companie with their wiues as he proueth there by the very wordes of our Sauiour * He that hath left wise c. And so in the Latin Churche hath been alwayes vsed that maried men may be and are daily made Priests either after the death of the wife or with her consent to liue in perpetual continencie And if the Greekes haue Priests that doe otherwise S. Epiphanius a Greeke Doctor telleth them that they doe it agaynst the ancient Canons and Paphnutius plainely signifieth the same in the first Councel of Nice But this is most playne that there was neuer either in the Greeke Church or the Latin authentical example of any that married after holy Orders 22. Let the dead By this we see that not only no wordly or carnal respect but no other laudable dutie toward our parents ought to stay vs from folowing Christ and choosing a life of greater perfection 26. He commaunded The Churche here signified by the boate or shippe and Catholikes are often tossed with stormes of persecution but Christ who seemed to sleepe in the meane time by the Churches prayers awaketh and maketh a calme CHAP. IX The Maisters of the Iewes he confuteth both with reasons and miracles a defending his remitting of sinnes 9 his eating with sinners 14 and his condescending to his weake Disciples vntil he haue made them stronger 18 shewing also in two miracles the order of his prouidence about the lewes and Gentils leauing the one when he called the other 27 he cureth tvvo blind men and one possessed 35 And hauing vvith so many miracles together confuted his enemies and yet they worse and worse vpon pitie toward the people he thinketh of sending true pastours vnto them verse 1 AND entring into a boate he passed ouer the vvater and came into his ovvne citie ✠verse 2 And * behold they brought to him one sicke of the palsey lying in bedde And IESVS seeing their faith said to the sicke of the palsey Haue a good hart sonne thy sinnes are forgiuen thee
oile and vvine his Sacraments the host the priests his ministers Vvhereby is signified that the Lavv could not recouer the spiritual life of mankind from the death of sinne that is iustifie man but Christ onely vvho by his passion and the grace and vertue thereof ministred in and by his Sacraments iustifieth and increaseth the iustice of man healing and abling free-vvil to doe al good vvorkes 42. Marie the best part Tvvo notable exaÌ„ples one of the life Actiue in Martha the other of the life ConteÌ„platiue in Marieâ— representing vnto vs that in holy Church there should be alvvaies some to serue God in both these seueral sorts The life conteÌ„platiue is here preferred before the actiue the Religious of both sexes are of that more excellent state and therfore our Protestants haue wholy abandoned them out of their common wealth which the true Church neuer wanted But to say truth they haue neither Martha nor Marie our Lord geue them grace to see their miserie If ours were not answerable to their profession or were degenerated why haue they no new ones if our Churches Votaries vowed vnlawful things Chastitie Pouertie Obedience Pilgrimage what other Votaries or lawful vowes haue they For to offer voluntarily by vow besides the keeping of Gods commaundements wherevnto we are bound by precept and promise in our Baptisme our soules bodies goods or any other acceptable thing to God is an acte of soueraine worship belonging to God onely and there was neuer true religion without such vowes and Votaries If there be none in their whole Church that professe contemplation or that vow any thing at al to God voluntarily neither in their bodies nor in their goods God and the world knovv they haue no Church nor religion at al. CHAP. XI He teacheth a forme of prayer â— and exhorteth to pray instantly 11 assuring that so God wil giue vs good things 14 The Iewes blaspheming his casting out of Diuels and asking for a miracle from heauen 17 he defendeth his doing 〈◊〉 foretelling also the Diuels expulsion by him out of the world that is the vocation of the Gentils 24 and his reentrie into their nation 27 with their reprobation though he be of their flesh 29 and also their final most worthy damnation 37 Againe to the Pharisees and Scribes he crieth wo as authors of the said â—â—probation now at hand verse 1 AND it came to passe vvhen he vvas in a certaine place praying as he ceased one of his Disciples said to him Lord teach vs to pray as Iohn also taught his Disciples ✠verse 2 And he said them * Vvhen you pray say FATHER sanctified be thy name Thy kingdom come ✠verse 3 Our daily bread giue vs this day ✠verse 4 and forgiue vs our sinnes for because our selues also doe forgiue euery one that is in debt to vs And lead vs not into temptation ✠verse 5 And he said to them Vvhich of you shal haue a frende and shal goe to him at midnight and shal say to him Frende lend me three loaues ✠verse 6 because a frende of mine is come out of his way to me and I haue not what to set before him ✠verse 7 he from vvithin ansvvering saith Trouble me not novv the doore is shut and my children are vvith me in bed I can not rise and giue thee ✠verse 8 And if he shal perseuêre knocking I say to you although he vvil not rise and giue him because he is his frende yet for his importunitie he vvil rise and giue him as many as he needeth ✠verse 9 * And I say to you Aske and it shal be giuen you seeke and you shal finde knocke and it shal be opened to you ✠verse 10 For euery one that asketh receiueth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shal be opened ✠verse 11 And vvhich of you if he aske his father bread vvil he giue him a stone or a fish vvil he for a fish giue him a serpent ✠verse 12 Or if he aske an egge vvil he reach him a scorpion ✠verse 13 If you then being naught knovv hovv to giue good giftes to your children hovv much more vvil your father from heauen giue the good spirit to them that aske him ⊢ ✠verse 14 * And he vvas casting out a deuil and that vvas dumme And vvhen he had cast out the deuil the dumme spake and the multitudes marueiled ✠verse 15 * And certaine of them said In Beel-zebub the prince of Deuils he casteth out Deuils ✠verse 16 And other tempting asked of him a signe from heauen ✠verse 17 But he seeing their cogitations said to them Euery kingdom deuided against it self shal be made desolate and house vpon house shal fall ✠verse 18 And if Satan also be deuided against him self hovv shal his kingdom stand because you say that in Beel-zebub I doe cast out Deuils ✠verse 19 And if I in Beel-zebub cast out Deuils your children in vvhom doe they cast out therfore they shal be your iudges ✠verse 20 But if I in the finger of God doe cast out Deuils surely the kingdom of God is come vpon you ✠verse 21 Vvhen the strong armed keepeth his court those things are in peace that he possesseth ✠verse 22 But if a stronger then he come vpon him and ouercome him he vvil take avvay his vvhole armour vvherein he trusted and vvil distribute his spoiles ✠verse 23 He that is not vvith me is against me and he that gathereth not vvith me scattereth ✠verse 24 Vvhen the vncleane spirit shal depart out of a man he vvandereth through places vvithout vvater seeking rest And not finding he saith I vvil returne into my house vvhence I departed ✠verse 25 And vvhen he is come he findeth it svvept vvith a besome and trimmed ✠verse 26 Then he goeth and taketh seuen other spirits vvorse then him self and entring in they dvvel there And the last of that man be made vvorse then the first ✠verse 27 And came to passe vvhen he said these things a certaine vvoman lifting vp her voice out of the multitude said to him ″ Blessed is the vvombe that bare thee and the pappes that thou didst sucke ✠verse 28 But he said Yea rather blessed are they that heare the vvord of God and keepe it ⊢ ✠verse 29 And the multitudes running together he began to say * This generation is a vvicked generation it asketh a signe and a signe shal not be giuen it but ″ the signe of Ionas the Prophet ✠verse 30 * For as Ionas vvas a signe to the Niniuites so shal the Sonne of man also be to this generation ✠verse 31 * The Queene of the South shal rise in the iudgement vvith the men of this generation and shal condemne them because she came from the endes of the earth to heare the
time ✠verse 10 And in time he sent to the husbandmen a seruant that they should giue him of the fruit of the vineyard Vvho beating him sent him avvay emptie ✠verse 11 And againe he sent an other seruant But they beating him also and reprochfully abusing him sent him avvay emptie ✠verse 12 And againe he sent the third vvho vvounding him also cast him out ✠verse 13 And the lord of the vineyard said Vvhat shal I doe I vvil send my beloued sonne perhaps vvhen they shal see him they vvil reuerence him ✠verse 14 Vvhom vvhen the husbandmen savv they thought vvithin them selues saying This is the heire let vs kil him that the heritage may be ours ✠verse 15 And casting him forth out of the vineyard they killed him Vvhat therfore vvil the Lord of the vineyard doe to them ✠verse 16 He vvil come and vvil destroy these husbandmen and vvil giue the vineyard to others Vvhich they hearing said to him God forbid ✠verse 17 But he beholding them said Vvhat is this then that is vvritten The stone vvhich the builders reiected the same is become into the head of the corner ✠verse 18 Euery one that falleth vpon this stone shal be quashed and vpon vvhom it shal fall it shal breake him to pouder ✠verse 19 And the cheefe Priests and Scribes sought to lay handes vpon him that houre and they feared the people for they knevv that he spake this similitude to them ✠verse 20 * And watching they sent spies which should feine them selues iust that they might take him in his talke and deliuer him to the principaltie and povver of the Praesident ✠verse 21 And they asked him saying Maister vve knovv that thou speakest and teachest rightly and thou doest not accept person but teachest the vvay of God in truth ✠verse 22 Is it lavvful for vs to giue tribute to Caesar or no ✠verse 23 But considering their guile he said to them Vvhy tempr you me ✠verse 24 Shevv me a penie Vvhose image hath it and inscription They ansvvering said Caesars ✠verse 25 And he said to them Render therfore the things that are Caesars to to Caesar and the things that are Gods to God ✠verse 26 And they could not reprehend his vvord before the people and marueiling at his ansvver they held their peace ✠verse 27 * And there came certaine of the Sadducees vvhich denie that there is a resurrection and they asked him ✠verse 28 saying Maister Moyses gaue vs in vvriting * If a mans brother die hauing a vvife and he haue no children that his brother take her to vvife and raise vp seede to his brother ✠verse 29 There vvere therfore seuen brethren and the first tooke a vvife and died vvithout children ✠verse 30 And the next tooke her and he died vvithout children ✠verse 31 And the third tooke her In like maner also al the seuen and they left no seed and died ✠verse 32 Last of al the vvoman died also ✠verse 33 In the resurrection therfore vvhose vvife shal she be of them sithens the seuen had her to vvife ✠verse 34 And IESVS said to them The children of this vvorld marrie and are giuen in mariage ✠verse 35 but they that ″ shal be counted vvorthie of that vvorld and the resurrection from the dead neither marrie nor take vviues ✠verse 36 neither can they die any more for they are ″ equal to Angels and they are the sonnes of God seeing they are the sonnes of the resurrectioÌ„ ✠verse 37 But that the dead rise againe Moyses also shevved beside the bush as he calleth the Lord The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob ✠verse 38 For God is not of the dead but of the liuing for al liue to him ✠verse 39 And certaine of the Scribes ansvvering said to him Maister thou hast said vvel ✠verse 40 And further they durst not aske him any thing ✠verse 41 But he said to them * Hovv say they that Christ is the sonne of Dauid ✠verse 42 and Dauid him self saith in the booke of psalmes The Lord said to my Lord Sit on my right hand ✠verse 43 til I put thine enemies the foote stoole of thy feete ✠verse 44 Dauid then calleth him Lord and hovv is he his sonne ✠verse 45 And al the people hearing him he said to his Disciples ✠verse 46 * Bevvare of the Scribes that vvil vvalke in robes and loue salutations in the market-place and the first chaires in the synagogs and the cheefe roomes in feastes ✠verse 47 vvhich deuoure vvidovves houses feining long praier These shal receiue greater damnation ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XX. â—â— Shal be counted vvorthie This truth and speach that good men be vvorthy of heauen is according to the Scriptures and signifieth that mans vvorkes done by Christs grace do condignely or vvorthely deserue eternal ioy as Sap. 3. God proued them and found them vvorthy of him self and Mat. 10. He that loueth his father more then me is not vvorthy of me and Colos 1 That you may vvalke vvorthy of God and most plainly Apoc. 3. They shal vvalke vvith me in vvhite because they are vvorthy as of Christ c. 1 Thou art vvorthy o Lord to receiue glorie c. And that to be counted vvorthie and to be vvorthie is here al one it is plaine by the Greeke vvord vvhich S. Paul vseth so as the aduersaries ovvne English Testaments do testifie reading thus Hebre. 10. Of hovv much sorer punishment shal he be vvorthie vvhich c. And it must needes signifie because men for sinnes are not only counted but are in deede vvorthie of punishment as them selues do graunt They do greatly therfore forget them selues and are ignorant in the Scriptures and knovv not the force nor the valure of the grace of God which doth not onely make our labours grateful to God but worthie of the reward which he hath prouided for such as loue him See the Annot. 2 Thess 1 5. â—6 Equal to Angels Saincts of our kinde now in their soules and after their resurrection in body and soule together shal be in al things equal to Angels and for degree of blisse many Saincts of greater merite shal be aboue diuers Angels as S. Iohn Baptist the Apostles and others and our B. Lady aboue al the orders of holy spirits in dignitie and blisse and no maruel our nature by Christ being so highly exalted aboue al Angels CHAP. XXI He commendeth the poore vvidovv for her tvvo mites aboue al. 5 Hauing said that the Temple shal be quite destroied 7 he foretelletb first many things that shal goe before 20 then a signe also vvhen it is neere after vvhich shal come the destruction it self in most horrible maner vvithout hope of restitution vntil al Nations of the Gentils be gathered into his Church in
to release IESVS ✠verse 21 But they cried againe saying Crucifie crucifie him ✠verse 22 And he the third time said to them Vvhy vvhat euil hath this man done I finde no cause of death in him I vvil correct him therfore and let him goe ✠verse 23 But they vvere instant vvith loude voices requiring that he might be crucified And their voices preuailed ✠verse 24 And Pilate adiudged their petition to be done ✠verse 25 And he released vnto them him that for murder and sedition had been cast into prison vvhom they demaunded but IESVS he deliuered to their pleasure ✠verse 26 And vvhen they led him they tooke one Simon of Cyréne comming from the countrie and they laid the crosse vpon him to carie after IESVS ✠verse 27 And there folovved him a great multitude of people and of vvomen vvhich bevvailed and lamented him ✠verse 28 But IESVS turning to them said Daughters of Hierusalem vveepe not vpon me but vveepe vpon your selues and vpon your children ✠verse 29 For behold the daies shal come vvherein they vvil say Blessed are the barren and the vvombes that haue not borne and the pappes that haue not giuen sucke ✠verse 30 Then shal they begin to say to the mountaines Fal vpon vs and to the hilles Couer vs. ✠verse 31 For if in the greene wood they doe these things in the drie vvhat shal be done ✠verse 32 And there vvere led also other tvvo malefactours vvith him to be executed ✠verse 33 And after they came to the place vvhich is called Caluarie there they crucified him and the theeues one on the right hand and the other on the left ✠verse 34 And IESVS said Father forgiue them for they knovv not vvhat they doe But they deuiding his garments did cast lottes ✠verse 35 And the people stood expecting ' and the princes vvith them derided him saying Others he hath saued let him saue him self if this be Christ the elect of God ✠verse 36 And the souldiars also mocked him comming to him and offering him vinegre ✠verse 37 saying If thou be the king of the Ievves saue thy self ✠verse 38 And there vvas also a superscription vvritten ouer him in Greeke and Latine and Hebrevv letters THIS IS THE KING OF THE IEVVES ✠verse 39 And one of those theeues that vvere hanged blasphemed him saying If thou be Christ saue thy self and vs. ✠verse 40 But the other ansvvering rebuked him saying Neither doest thou feare God vvhere as thou art in the same damnation ✠verse 41 And vve in deede iustly for vve receiue vvorthie of our doings but this man hath done no euil ✠verse 42 And he said to IESVS Lord remember me vvhen thou shalt come into thy kingdom ✠verse 43 And IESVS said to him Amen I say to thee this day thou shalt be vvith me ″ in paradise ✠verse 44 And it vvas almost the sixt houre and there vvas made darkenesse vpon the vvhole earth vntil the ninthe houre ✠verse 45 And the sunne vvas darkened and the veile of the temple vvas rent in the middes ✠verse 46 And IESVS crying vvith a loude voice said Father into thy handes I commend my spirit And saying this he gaue vp the ghost ✠verse 47 And the Centurion seeing that vvhich vvas done glorified God saying In deede this man vvas iust ✠verse 48 And al the multitude of them that vvere present together at that sight and savv the things that vvere done returned knocking their breasts ✠verse 49 And al his acquaintance stoode a far of and the vvomen that had folovved him from Galilee seeing these things ✠verse 50 * And behold a man named Ioseph vvhich vvas a senatour a good man and a iust ✠verse 51 he had not consented to their counseil and doings of Arimathaea a citie of Ievvrie vvho also him self expected the kingdom of God ✠verse 52 This man came to Pilate and asked the body of IESVS ✠verse 53 And taking it dovvne vvrapped it in sindon and laid him in a monument hevved of stone ″ vvherein neuer yet any man had been laid ✠verse 54 And it vvas the day of Parasceue and the Sabboth drew neere ✠verse 55 And the women that vvere come with him from Galilee folovving after ″ savv the monument and hovv his body vvas laid ✠verse 59 And returning they prepared spices and ointments and on the Sabboth they rested according to the commaundement ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXIII 34. Forgiue them A perfecte example of charitie in our Sauiour praying for his crucifiers vvhich the first martyr S. Steuen did folovv Act. 7 and the praiers of â—oth vvere heard Christs praier taking effecte in the Centurion and others Steuens in Paul 43. In Paradise Thou maist not herevpon differre thy conuersion or amendment presuming of grace at the last houre of thy life not looke to haue saluation by saith and confession of Christ vvithout good workes noâ— to goe straight to heauen vvithout satisfaction penance or punishment for thy former sinnes and life il spent nor chalenge securitie and certaine knovvledge of thy saluation for this good theeues case is not common but a rare example of mercie and prerogatiue but for the first point learne only not to despaire though thou hast been il to the last moment of thy life for the second that faith hope and charitie repentance and good vvil be sufficient and good vvorkes not required vvhere for vvant of time and opportunitie they cannot be had for the third that Christ gaue to this happy man for his â—elous confession of him and reprehending his fellovv not only remission of his sinnes but also by extraordinarie grace a pardon of al penance and satisfaction due either in this life or the next for the same euen as the holy Church by his examle and commission giueth pardons also to some of her zelous children of al punishment due for their offenses and such goe straight to heauen lastly that euery one hath not a reuelation of his saluation as this man had and therfore can not be so sure as he was â—3 Wherein neuer As in the wombe of MARIE none was conceiued before nor after him so in this monument none was laid before nor after him which prerogatiue no doubt was of Gods prouidence this Ioseph no lesse abstaining afterward to be buried in it then the other Ioseph from copulation with the mother of our Lord. S. Augustine â—â— Saw the monument These good vvomen of great deuotion obserued the Sepulcher for the honour of the holy body Vvherevpon the deuotion of faithful folke vvatching and visiting on Good-Friday and Easter eue the sepulcher made in euery Church for memorie of our Lords burial is exceding good and godly specially the B. Sacrament for more signification sake being present in the same Sepulcher CHAP. XXIIII Deuout vvomen not finding his body in the Sepulcher 4 Angels tel
worne with old age he died the threescore and eighteth yere after the Passion of our Lord and was buried besides the same citie Whose excellencie the same holy Doctor thus breifly describeth li. 1. Aduers Iouinianum IOHN the Apostle one of our Lords Disciples vvho vvas the yongest among the Apostles and vvhom the faith of Christ found a virgin remained a virgin and therefore is move loued of our Lord and lieth vpon the breast of IESVS and that vvhich Peter durst not aske he desireth him to aske and after the resurrection vvhen Marie Magdalen had reported that our Lord vvas risen againe both of them ranne to the Sepulchre but he came thither first and vvhen they vvere in the ship and fished in the lake of Genezareth IESVS stood on the shore neither did the Apostles knovv vvhom they savv onely the virgin knovveth the virgin and saith to Peter It is our Lord. This Iohn vvas both an Apostle and Euangelist and Prophet an Apostle because he vvrote to the Churches as a Maister an Euangelist because he compiled a booke of the Gospel vvhich except Matthew none other of the tvvelue Apostles did a Prophet for he savv in the ile Patmos where he was banished by Domitian the Emperour for the testimonie of our Lord the Apocalypse conteining infinite mysteries of things to come Tertullian also reporteth that at Rome being cast into a barrel of hote boiling oile he came forth more pure and fresher or liuelier then he vvent in Yea and his Gospel it self much differeth from the rest Matthevv beginneth to vvrite as of a man Marke of the prophecie of Malachie and Esay Luke of the Priesthod of Zacharie the first hath the face of a man because of the genealogie the second the face of a lion for the voice of one crying in the desert the third the face of a calfe because of the Priesthod But Iohn as an Eagle flieth to the things on high mounteth to the Father him self saying In the beginning was the VVORD and the VVORD was with God and God was the VVORD Thus far S. Herome Vpon this Gospel there are the famous commentaries of S. Augustine called Tractatus in Euang. Ioan. to 9. and tvvelue bookes of S. Cyrils commentaries THE HOLY GOSPEL OF IESVS CHRIST ACCORDING TO IOHN CHAP. I. The preface of the Euangelist commending Christ as being God the Sonne incarnate to the Gentils and setting out the blindnes of the Ievves in not receiuing him 19 Then the testimonies of Iohn Baptist first to the solemne legacie of the Ievves 29 secondly vvhen he savv IESVS come to him 35 thirdly to his ovvne Disciples also putting them ouer from him self to IESVS Vvho made it plainer to them that he is Christ 40 and so began he also to haue Disciples verse 1 IN THE beginning ″ vvas the WORD and the WORD vvas ″ vvith God and ″ God vvas the WORD ✠verse 2 This vvas in the beginning vvith God ✠verse 3 Al things vvere made ″ by him and vvithout him vvas made nothing That vvhich vvas made ' ✠verse 4 in him vvas life and the life vvas the light of men ✠verse 5 and the light shineth in darkenesse and the darkenesse did not comprehend it ✠verse 6 There vvas a man sent from God vvhose name vvas Iohn ✠verse 7 This man came for testimonie to giue testimonie of the light that al might beleeue through him ✠verse 8 He vvas not the light but to giue testimonie of the light ✠verse 9 It vvas the true light vvhich lighteneth euery man that commeth into this vvorld ✠verse 10 He vvas in the vvorld and the vvorld vvas made by him and the vvorld knevv him not ✠verse 11 He came into his ovvne and his ovvne receiued him not ✠verse 12 But as many as receiued him ″ he gaue them povver to be made the sonnes of God to those that beleeue in his name ✠verse 13 Vvho not of bloud not of the vvil of flesh nor of the vvil of man but of God are borne ✠verse 14 AND ″ THE VVORD VVAS MADE FLESH and dvvelt in vs and vve savv the glorie of him glorie as it vvere of the only-begotten of the Father ful of grace and veritie ⊢ ✠verse 15 Iohn giueth testimonie of him and crieth saying This vvas he of vvhom I spake He that shal come after me is made before me because he vvas before me ✠verse 16 And of his fulnes al vve haue receiued and grace for grace ✠verse 17 For the lavv vvas giuen by Moyses grace and veritie vvas made by IESVS Christ ✠verse 18 God ″ no man hath seen at any time the only begotten Sonne vvhich is in the bosome of the father he hath declared ✠verse 19 And this is Iohns testimonie vvhen the Ievves sent from Hierusalem Priests and Leuites to him that they should aske him Vvho art thou ✠verse 20 And he confessed and did not denie and he confessed That I am not CHRIST ✠verse 21 And they asked him Vvhat then Art thou * Elias And he said I am not Art thou * the Prophet And he ansvvered No. ✠verse 22 They said therefore vnto him Vvho art thou that vve may giue an ansvver to them that sent vs vvhat saiest thou of thy self ✠verse 23 He said I am the voyce of one crying in the desert make straight the vvay of our Lord as Esaie the Prophet said ✠verse 24 And they that vvere sent vvere of the Pharisees ✠verse 25 And they asked him and said to him Vvhy then doest thou baptize if thou be not Christ nor Elias nor the Prophet ✠verse 26 Iohn ansvvered them saying * I baptize in vvater but there hath stood in the middes of you vvhom you knovv not ✠verse 27 The same is he that shal come after me that is made before me vvhose latcher of his shoe I am not worthie to vnloose ✠verse 28 These things were done in Bethania beyond Iordan vvhere Iohn vvas baptizing ⊢ ✠verse 29 The next day Iohn savv IESVS cōming to him and he saith Behold the lambe of God behold him that taketh avvay the sinne ' of the vvorld ✠verse 30 This is he of vvhom I said After me there commeth a man vvhich is made before me because he vvas before me ✠verse 31 And I knevv him not but that he may be manifested in Israel therefore came I baptizing in vvater ✠verse 32 And Iohn gaue testimonie saying That I savv ″ the Spirit descending as a doue from heauen and he remained vpon him ✠verse 33 And I knevv him not but he that sent me to baptize in vvater he said to me He vpō vvhom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining vpon him he it is that baptizeth in the holy Ghost ✠verse 34 And I savv and I gaue testimonie that this is the sonne
shal be bound in heauen and vvhatsoeuer you shal loose in earth shal be loosed in heauen The earthly Princes in deede haue also povver to binde but the bodies onely but that bond of Priests vvhich I speake of toucheth the very soule is self and reacheth euen to the heauens in so much that vvhatsouer the Priests shal doe beneath the self same God doth ratifie aboue and the sentence of the seruants the Lord doth confirme for in deede vvhat els is this then that the povver of al heauenly things is graunted them of God Whose sinnes so euer saith he you shal reteine they are reteined What povver I beseche you can be greater then this one The Father gaue al povver to the Sonne but I see the same povver altogether deliuered by the Sonne vnto them And as this concerneth the Priests high authoritie to absolue so therevpon concerning confession also to be made vnto them the ancient Fathers speake in this sort S. Cyprian de Lapsis nu 11. They saith he that haue greater faith and feare of God though they did not fall in persecution yet because they did onely thinke it in their minde this very cogitation they confesse to Gods Priests sorovvfully and plainely opening their conscience vttering and discharging the burden of their minde and seeking holesome medicine for their vvoundes though but smal and litle And a litle after Let euery one my brethren I beseeche you confesse his sinne vvhiles he is yet aliue vvhiles his confession may be admitted vvhiles satisfaction and remission made by the Priests is acceptable before God S. Cyril or as some thinke Origen li. 2 in Leuit. calleth it a great part of penance when a man is ashamed and yet openeth his sinnes to our Lords Priest See also Tertul. li. de Poenit. S. Hiero. in c. 10 Ecclesiastae S. Basil in Regulis brâ—u quaest 229. Who compare sinners that refuse to confesse to them that haue some disease in their secrete partes and are ashamed to shew it to the Physicion or Surgeon that might cure it Where they must needes meane secrete confession to be made to them that may absolue And S. Leo ep 80 most plainely as before S. Cyril expresly nameth Priests That confession is sufficient vvhich is made first to God then to the Priest also And againe It is sufficient that guiltines of mens consciences be vttered to the Priests onely by the secrecie of confession S. Hierome in 16 Mat. saith that Priests loose or binde audita peccatorum varietate hauing heard the varietie and differences of sinnes S. Paulinus writeth of S. Ambrose that as often as any confessed his sinne vnto him for too receiue penance he so vvept for compassion that thereby he caused the penitenâ— to weepe also He addeth moreouer that this holy Doctor was so secrete in this case that no man knew the sinnes confessed but God and him self And S. Augustine ho. 49 de 50 homilijs to 10. saith thus Doe penance such as is done in the Church Let no man say I doe it secretly I doe it to God in vaine then vvas it said Whatsoeuer you shal loose in earth shal be loosed in heauen See S. Ambrose de poenitentia through out S. Cyprian de Lapsis the booke de vera falsa panit in S. Augustine beside al antiquitie which is ful of these speaches concerning absolution and confession CHAP. XXI Appearing againe in Galilee where Peter was fishing with his fellowes and causing them after they had al night taken none to catch a great multitude which Peter draweth to land where he also dineth them 15 He expressing what this fishing signified maketh Peter his Vicar committing vnto him the feeding of his lambes and sheepe 18 and reuealeth vnto him that he also shal be crucified to the glorie of God 20 admonishing him to minde that rather then to be curious about Iohns death verse 1 AFTER IESVS manifested him self againe at the sea of Tibérias And he manifested thus ✠verse 2 There vvere together Simon Peter and Thomas vvho is called Didymus and Nathanael vvhich vvas of Cana in Galilee and the sonnes of Zebedee and tvvo others of his disciples ✠verse 3 Simon Peter saith to them I goe to fish They say to him Vve also come vvith thee And they vvent forth and got vp into the boate and that night they tooke nothing ✠verse 4 But vvhen morning vvas novv come IESVS stoode on the shore yet the disciples knevv not that it vvas IESVS ✠verse 5 IESVS therfore saith to them ChildreÌ„ haue you any meate They ansvvered him No. ✠verse 6 He saith to them Cast the nette on the right side of the boate and you shal finde They therfore did cast it and novv they vvere not able to dravv it for the multitude of fishes ✠verse 7 That disciple therfore vvhom IESVS loued saith to Peter It is our Lord. Simon Peter vvheÌ„ he had heard that it is our Lord girded his coate vnto him for he vvas naked and cast him self into the sea ✠verse 8 But the other disciples came in the boate for they vvere not farre from the land but as it vvere tvvo hundred cubits dravving the nette of fishes ✠verse 9 Therefore after they came dovvne to land they savv hote coles lying and fish laid thereon and bread ✠verse 10 IESVS saith to them Bring hither of the fishes that you tooke novv ✠verse 11 SimoÌ„ Peter vvent vp and drevv the nette to the land ful of great fishes an hundred fiftie three And although they vvere so many the nette vvas not broken ✠verse 12 IESVS saith to them Come dine And none of them that sate at meate ' durst aske him Vvho art thou knovving that it is our Lord. ✠verse 13 And IESVS commeth and taketh the bread and giueth them and the fish in like maner ✠verse 14 This novv the third time IESVS vvas manifested to his disciples after he vvas risen from the dead ⊢ ✠verse 15 Therfore vvhen they had dined IESVS saith to Simon Peter Simon of Iohn louest thou me more then these He saith to him Yea Lord thou knovvest that I loue thee he saith to him FEEDE MY LAMBES ✠verse 16 He saith to him againe Simon of Iohn louest thou me he saith to him Yea Lord thou knovvest that I loue thee He saith to him FEEDE MY LAMBES ✠verse 17 He saith to him the third time SimoÌ„ of Iohn louest thou me Peter vvas stroken sad because he said vnto him the third time Louest thou me And he said to him Lord thou knovvest al things thou knovvest that I loue thee He saith to him ″ FEEDE MY SHEEPE ✠verse 18 AmeÌ„ amen I say to thee vvhen thou vvast yonger thou didst girde thy self and didst vvalke vvhere thou vvouldest but vvhen thou shalt be old thou shalt stretch forth thy handes and ″ an other shal girde thee and leade thee vvhither thou vvilt not
of nevv vvine ✠verse 14 But Peter standing vvith the Eleuen lifted vp his voice and spake to them Ye men Ievves and al you that dvvel in Hierusalem be this knovven to you and vvith your eares receiue my vvordes ✠verse 15 For these are not drunke as you suppose vvhereas it is the third houre of the day ✠verse 16 But this is it that vvas said by the Prophet Ioël ✠verse 17 And it shal be in the last daies saith our Lord of my Spirit I vvil povvre out vpon al flesh and your sonnes and your daughters shal prophecie and your yong men shal see visions and your auncients shal dreame dreames ✠verse 18 And vpon my seruants truely and vpon my handmaides vvil I povvre out in those daies of my Spirit and they shal prophecie ✠verse 19 and I vvil giue vvonders in the heauen aboue and signes in the earth beneath bloud and fire and vapour of smoke ✠verse 20 The sunne shal be turned into darkenes and the moone into bloud before the great and manifest day of our Lord doth come ✠verse 21 And it shal be euery one vvhosoeuer calleth vpon the name of our Lord shal be saued ⊢ ✠verse 22 Ye men of Israël heare these vvordes IESVS of Nazareth a man approued of God among you by miracles and vvonders and signes vvhich God did by him in the middes of you as you knovv ✠verse 23 this same ″ by the determinate counsel and prescience of God being deliuered you by the handes of vvicked men haue crucified and slaine ✠verse 24 vvhom God hath raised vp ″ loosing the sorovves of hel according as it vvas impossible that he should be holden of it ✠verse 25 For Dauid saith concerning him I foresavv the Lord in my sight alvvaies because he is at my right hand that I be not moued ✠verse 26 For this my hart hath been glad and my tongue hath reioyced moreouer my flesh also shal rest in hope ✠verse 27 Because thou vvilt not leaue ″ my soul in hel nor giue thy Holy one to see corruption ✠verse 28 Thou hast made knovven to me the vvaies of life thou shalt make me ful of ioyfulnes vvith thy face ✠verse 29 Ye men brethren let me boldly speake to you of the Patriarch Dauid that * he died and vvas buried and his sepulchre is vvith vs vntil this present day ✠verse 30 Vvhereas therfore he vvas a Prophet and knevv that by an othe God had svvorne to him that of the fruite of his loynes there should sit vpon his seate ✠verse 31 forseeing he spake of the resurrection of Christ for neither vvas he left in hel neither did his flesh see corruption ✠verse 32 This IESVS hath God raised againe vvhereof al vve are vvitnesses ✠verse 33 Being exalted therfore by the right hand of God and hauing receiued of his father the promisse of the holy Ghost he hath povvred out this vvhom ' you see and heare ✠verse 34 For Dauid ascended not into heauen but he saith Our Lord hath said to my Lord sit on my right hand ✠verse 35 vntil I make thine enemies the footestoole of thy feete ✠verse 36 Therfore let al the house of Israël know most certainly that God hath made him both Lord and CHRIST this IESVS vvhom you haue crucified ✠verse 37 And hearing these things they were compuncte in hart and said to Peter and to the rest of the Apostles Vvhat shal vve doe men brethren ✠verse 38 But Peter said to them Doe penance and be euery one of you baptized in the name of IESVS CHRIST for remission of your sinnes and you shal receiue the gift of the holy Ghost ✠verse 39 For to you is the promisse and to your children and to al that are farre of vvhomsoeuer the Lord our God shal call ✠verse 40 Vvith very many other vvordes also did he testifie and exhorted them saying Saue your selues from this peruerse generation ✠verse 41 They therfore that receiued his vvord vvere baptized and there vvere added in that day about three thousand soules ✠verse 42 And they vvere perseuéring in the doctrine of the Apostles and in the communication of the breaking of bread and praiers ✠verse 43 And feare came vpon euery soul many vvonders also and signes vvere done by the Apostles in Hierusalem and there vvas great feare in al. ✠verse 44 Al they also that beleeued vvere together * and had ″ al things cōmon ✠verse 45 Their possessions and substance they sold and deuided them to al according as euery one had neede ✠verse 46 Daily also continuing vvith one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house they tooke their meate vvith ioy and simplicitie of hart ✠verse 47 praising God and hauing grace vvith al the people And our Lord ″ increased them that should be saued daily together ANNOTATIONS CHAP. II. 1. The daies of Pentecost As Christ our Pasche for correspondence to the figure was offered at the Iewes great feast of Pasche so fifty daies after in Greeke Pentecost for accomplishing the like figure of the Law-giuing in Mount Sinal he sent downe the Holy Ghost iust on the day of their Pentecost which was alwaies on Sunday as appeareth Leuit. 23 15. Both which daies the Church keepeth yerely for memorie of Christs death and Resurrection and the sending downe of the Holy Ghost as they did the like for record of their deliuerie out of Aegypt and their Law giuing aforesaid the said Feastes with vs conteining besides the remembrance of benefites past great Sacraments also of the life to come Aug. ep 119 C. 16. 4. Al replenished Though the Apostles and the rest were baptized before and had thereby receiued the grace of the Holy Ghost to sanctification and remission of sinnes as for diuers other purposes also Yet as Christ * promised them they should be further indued with strength and vertue from aboue so here he fulfilleth his promes visibly powring downe the Holy Ghost vpon al the companie and vpon euery one of them thereby replenishing the Apostles specially with al truth wisedom and knowledge necessarie for the gouernement of the Church and giuing both to them and to al other present the grace and effect of the Sacrament of Confirmation accomplishing corroborating and strengthening them in their saith and the confession of the same And lastly for a visible token of Gods Spirit he endued them al with the gift of diuers strange tonges al I say there present as wel our Ladie as other holy women and brethren besides the Apostles though ◠the Heretikes fondly argue for the desire they haue to dishonour Christs mother that neither she nor they were there present nor had the gift of tongues contrarie to the plaine text that saith They vvere al together to wit al the 120 mentioned
in this citie against thy holy childe IESVS vvhom thou hast anointed Herod and Pontius Pilate vvith the Gentiles and the people of Israël ✠verse 28 to doe vvhat thy hand thy counsel decreed to be done ✠verse 29 And novv Lord looke vpon their threatenings and giue vnto thy seruants vvith al confidence to speake thy vvorde ✠verse 30 in that that thou extend thy hand to cures and signes and vvonders to be done by the name of thy holy sonne IESVS ✠verse 31 And vvhen they had praied the palce vvas moued vvherein they vvere gathered and they vvere al replenished vvith the holy Ghost and they spake the vvord of God vvith confidence ✠verse 32 And the multitude of beleeuers had one hart and one soule neither did any one say that ought vvas his ovvne of those things vvhich he possessed but al things vvere common vnto them ✠verse 33 And vvith great povver did the Apostles giue testimonie of the resurrection of IESVS CHRIST our Lord and great grace vvas in al them ✠verse 34 For neither vvas there any one needie among them For as many as vvere ovvners of landes or houses sold and brought the prices of those things vvhich they sold ✠verse 35 and laid it before the feete of the Apostles And to euery one vvas deuided according as euery one hade neede ✠verse 36 And Ioseph vvho vvas surnamed of the Apostles Barnabas vvhich is by interpretation the sonne of consolation a Leuite a Cyprian borne ✠verse 37 vvhereas he had a peece of land sold it and brought the price and laid it ″ before the feete of the Apostles ANNOTATIONS CHAP. IIII. 37. Before the feete He as the rest did not onely giue his goods as in vulgar almes but in al humble and reuerent maner as things dedicated to God he laid them downe at the Apostles holy feete as S. Luke alwaies expresseth and gaue them not into their handes The Sunamite fel downe and embraced Elisaeus feete Many that asked benefites of Christ as the woman sicke of the bloudy fiuxe fel downe at his feete and Maâ—ie kissed his feete Such are signes of due reuerence done both to Christ and to other sacred persons either Prophetes Apostles Popes or others representing his person in earth See in S. Hierom of Epiphanius Bishop in Cypres how the people of Hierusalem of al sortes flocked together vnto him offering their children to take his blessing kissing his feete plucking the hemmeâ— of his garment so that he could not moue for the throng Ep. â—1 c. 4 cont eâ—â—o Io. Hierosol CHAP. V. Ananias and his vvife Saphîra for their sacrilege at Peters word fall downe dead to the great terrour of the rest 12 By the Apostles miracles not onely the number but also their faith so increaseth that they seeke in the streateâ— to the very shadow of Peter the townes also about bringing their diseased to Hierusalem 17 The Rulers againe oppose them selues but in vaine 19 For out of prison an Angel deliuereth them bidding them preach openly to al 27 and in their Councel Peter is nothing afraid of their bigge wordes 34 Yea Gamaliel being one of them selues casâ—eth a doubt among them lest the matter be of God and therfore impossible to be dissolued 40 Finally the Apostles being scourged by them count it an honour and cease no day from preaching verse 1 BVT a certaine man named Ananias vvith Saphîra his vvife sold a peece of land ✠verse 2 and ″ defrauded of the price of the land his vvife being priuie thereto and bringing a certaine portion laide it at the feete of the Apostles ✠verse 3 And ″ Peter said Ananias vvhy hath Satan tempted thy hart that thou shouldest lie to the holy Ghost and defraude of the price of the land ✠verse 4 Remaining did it not remaine to thee and being sold vvas it not ″ in thy povver Vvhy hast thou put this thing in thy hart Thou hast not lied ″ to men but to God ✠verse 5 And Ananias hearing these vvordes fel dovvne and gaue vp the ghost And there came great feare vpon al that heard it ✠verse 6 And yong men rising vp remoued him and bearing him forth buried him ✠verse 7 And it vvas the space as it vvere of three houres and his vvife not knovving vvhat vvas chaunced came in ✠verse 8 And Peter ansvvered her Tel me vvoman vvhether did you sel the land for so much But she said Yea for so much ✠verse 9 And Peter vnto her Vvhy haue you agreed together to tempt the Spirit of our Lord Behold their feete that haue buried thy husband at the doore and they shal beare thee forth ✠verse 10 Forthvvith she fel before his feete and gaue vp the ghost And the yong men going in found her dead and caried her forth and buried her by her husband ✠verse 11 And there fel great feare in the vvhole Church and vpon al that heard these things ✠verse 12 And by the handes of the Apostles vvere many signes and vvonders done among the people And they vvere al vvith one accord in Salomons porche ✠verse 13 But of the rest none durst ioyne them selues vnto them but the people magnified them ✠verse 14 And the multitude of men and vvomen that beleeued in our Lord vvas more increased ✠verse 15 so that they did bring forth the sicke into the streates and laid them in beddes and couches that vvhen Peter came ″ his shadovv at the least might ouer shadovv any of them and they all might be deliuered from their infirmities ✠verse 16 And there ranne together vnto Hierusalem the multitude also of the cities adâ—oyning bringing sicke persons and such as vvere vexed of vncleane spirits vvho vvere al cured ⊢ ✠verse 17 And the high priest rising vp and al that vvere vvith him vvhich is the heresie of the Sadduces vvere replenished vvith zeale ✠verse 18 laid hands vpon the Apostles and put them in the common prison ✠verse 19 But an Angel of our Lord by night opening the gates of the prison leading them forth said ✠verse 20 Goe and standing speake in the temple to the people al the vvordes of this life ✠verse 21 Vvho hauing heard this early in the morning entred into the temple and taught And the high priest comming and they that vvere vvith him called together the Councel al the auncients of the children of Israël and they sent to the prison that they might be brought ✠verse 22 But vvhen the ministers vvere come and opening the prison found them not returning they told ✠verse 23 saying The prison truely vve found shut vvith al diligence and the keepers standing before the gates but opening it vve found no man vvithin ✠verse 24 And as soone as the Magistrate of the temple and the cheefe priests heard these vvordes they vvere in doubt of them vvhat vvould
vvhich cause comfort one an other edifie one an other as also you doe ✠verse 12 And vve beseeche you brethren that you vvil knovv them that labour among you and that gouerne you in our Lord and admonish you ✠verse 13 that you haue them more aboudaÌ„tly in charitie for their vvorke haue peace vvith them ✠verse 14 And vve beseeche you brethren admonish the vnquiet comfort the vveake-minded beare vp the vveake be patient to al. ✠verse 15 See that * none render euil for euil to any man but alvvaies that vvhich is good pursue tovvards eche other and tovvards al. ✠verse 16 Alvvaies reioyce ✠verse 17 Pray * vvithout intermission ✠verse 18 In al things giue thankes for this is the vvil of God in Christ IESVS in al you ✠verse 19 The Spirit extinguish not ✠verse 20 Prophecies despise not ✠verse 21 But ″ prooue al things hold that which is good ✠verse 22 From al appearance of euil refraine yourselues ✠verse 23 And the God of peace him self sanctifie you in al things that your vvhole spirit and soule and body vvithout blame may be preserued in the comming of our Lord IESVS Christ ⊢ ✠verse 24 He is faithful that hath called you vvho also vvil doe it ✠verse 25 Brethren pray for vs. ✠verse 26 Salute al the brethren in a holy kisse ✠verse 27 I adiure you by our Lord that this epistle be read to al the holy brethren ✠verse 28 The grace of our Lord IESVS Christ be vvith you Amen ANNOTAT CHAP. V. 10 But proous Though vve may not extinguish the spirit nor coÌ„teÌ„mne the prophets yet vve must bevvare vve be not deceiued by geuing to light credite to euery one that vauÌ„teth him self of the spirit as Arch-heretikes euer did vve must trie thâ—â— by the doctrine of the Apostles the Spirit of the Catholike Church vvhich can not be guile â— THE ARGVMENT OF THE SECOND EPISTLE OF S. PAVL TO THE THESSALONIANS THE second to the Thessalonians hath in the title as the first Paul and Siluanus and Timothee c. And therfore it seemeth to haue bene vvritten in the same place to vvitte at Corinth vvhere they remained a yere and sixe moneths straight vpon their answer to the first epistle First he thanketh God for their increase and perseuêrance comforting them againe in those persecutions and praieth for their accomplisment Secondly he assureth them tht the day of Iudgement is not at hand putting them in rememberaÌ„ce vvhat he told them thereof by vvord of mouth vvhen he vvas present as therfore he biddeth them aftervvard to hold his Traditions vnvvritten no lesse then the vvritten to vvitte that all those persecutions and heresies raised then and aftervvard against the Catholike Church vvere but the mysterie of Antichrist and not Antichrist himself but that there should come at length a plaine Apostasie theÌ„ the vvhole fore running mysterie being once perfitly vvrought should folovv the reuelation of Antichrist himself in person as after all the mysteries of the old Testament Christ IESVS our Lord came him self in the fulnes of time And then at length after all this the day of Iudgement and second comming of Christ shal be as hand and not before vvhatsoeuer pretense of vision or of some speach of mine saith S. Paul any make to seduce you vvithal or of my former epistle or any other For vvhich cause also in the end of this epistle he biddeth them to knovv his hand vvhich is a signe in euery epistle Lastly he requesteth their praiers and requireth them to keepe his commaundements and Traditions namely that the poore vvhich are able get their ovvne liuing vvith vvorking as he also gaue them example though he vvere not bound thereto THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAVL TO THE THESSALONIANS CHAP. I. He thanketh God for their increase in faith and charitie and constancie in persecution assuring them that they merite thereby the kingdom of God as their persecutors do damnation 11 and also praieth for their accomplishment verse 1 PAVL and Siluanus and Timothee to the churche of the Thessalonians in God our Father and our Lord IESVS Christ ✠verse 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord IESVS Christ ✠verse 3 Vve ought to giue thankes alvvaies to God for you brethren so as meete is because your faith increaseth excedingly and the charitie of euery one of you aboundeth tovvards eche other ✠verse 4 so that vve our selues also glorie in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in al your persecutions and tribulations vvhich you sustaine ✠verse 5 for an example of the iust iudgemeÌ„t of God that you may be counted vvorthie of the kingdom of God for the vvhich also you suffer ✠verse 6 if yet it be iust vvith God to repay tribulation to them that vexe you ✠verse 7 and to you that are vexed rest with vs in the reuelation of our Lord IESVS from heauen vvith the Angels of his povver ✠verse 8 in flame of fire giuing reuenge to them that knovv not God that obey not the Gospel of our Lord IESVS Christ ✠verse 9 vvho shal suffer eternal paines in destruction from the face of our Lord and from the glorie of his povver ✠verse 10 vvhen he shal come to be glorified in his sainctes and to be made maruelous in al them that haue beleeued because our testimonie concerning you vvas credited in that day ✠verse 11 Vvherein also vve pray alvvaies for you that our God make you vvorthie of his vocation and accomplish al the good pleasure of his goodnesse the vvorke of faith in povver ✠verse 12 that the name of our Lord IESVS Christ may be glorified in you and you in him according to the grace of our God and of our Lord IESVS Christ CHAP. II. He requireth them in no case to thinke that Domesday is at hand â— repeating vnto them that there must before come first a reuolt secondly the reuelation also of Antichrist him self in person and that Antichrist shal not permit any God to be vvorshipped but onely him self that also vvith his lying vvonders he shal vvinne to him the incredulous Ievves But Christ shal come then immediatly in maiestie and destroy him and his 13 Therfore he thanketh God for the faith of the Thessalonians 15 and biddeth them sticke to hiâ— Traditions both vvritten and vnvvritten praieth God to coÌ„firme them verse 1 AND vve desire you brethren by the coÌ„ming of our Lord IESVS Christ and of our congregatioÌ„ into him ✠verse 2 that you be not easily moued from your sense nor be terrified neither by spirit nor by word nor by epistle as sent by vs ″ as though the day of our Lord vvere at hand ✠verse 3 Let no man seduce you by any meanes for ″ vnlesse there come a reuolt first and ″
c. 11. that I should be an vnhappie and miserable man if I should lacke the companie of a vvoman and the medicine of thy mercie to heale the same infirmitie I thought not vpon because I had not tried it and I imagined that continencie vvas in a mans ovvne povver and libertie vvhich in my self I did not feele being so foolish not to vnderstand that no man can be continent vnles thou giue it Verely thou vvouldest giue it if vvith invvard mourning I vvould knocke at thy 〈◊〉 and vvith sound faith vvould â—ast my care vpon thee By al vvhich you may easily proue that chastitie is a thing that may lavvfully be vowed that it is not impossible to be fulfilled by praier fasting and chastisement of mens concupiscence that it is a thing more grateful to God then the condition of maried persons for els it should not be required either in the Cleargie or in the Religious finally that it is most abominable to persuade the poore virgins or other professed to such sacarilegious vvedlocke which S. Augustine auoucheth to be vvorse then aduoutrie de bâ—n vidâ— â— 4. 11. Iouinian vvas the first that euer made mariage equal vvith virginitie or chast life for vvhich he vvas condemned of heresie Aug. in argumento li. de bonâ— Coniugali de pec merit li. 3. c. 7. Li. de hares har 82. He vvas the first that persuaded professed virgins to marie which S. Augustine saith vvas so clerely and vvithout question vvicked that it could neuer infect any Priest but certaine miserable Nunnes Yea for this strange persuasion he calleth Iouinian a monster saying of him thus Li. 2. Râ—tract cap. 22. The holy Church that is there at Rome most faithfully and stoutly resisted this monster S. Hierom calleth the said Heretike and his complices Christian epicures li 2 cont Iouin c. 19. See S. Ambrose ep 82 ad vâ—â—câ—llensem epiâ—â—opum in initiâ— But vvhat vvould these holy doctors haue said if they had liued in our doleful time vvhen the Protestants go quite avvay vvith this vvickednes and call it Gods vvord 17. In vvord and doctrine Such Priests specially and Prelates are vvorthy of double that is of the more ample honour that are able to preach and teach and do take paines therein Vvhere vve may note that al good Bishops or Priests in those daies vvere not so vvel able to teach as some others and yet for the ministerie of the Sacraments and for vvisedom and gouernement vvere not vnmeete to be Bishops and Pastors for though it be one high commendation in a Prelate to be able to teach as the Apostle before noted yet al can not haue the like grace therein and it is often recompensed by other singular giftes not lesse necessarie S. Augustine laboured in vvorde and doctrine Alipius and Valerius vvere good Bishops and yet had not that gift Possid in vit Aug. c. 5. And some times and countries require preachers more then other Al vvhich vve note to discouer the pride of Heretikes that contemne some of the Catholike Priests or Bishops pretending that they can not preach as they do vvith meretricious and painted eloquence â—3 Waâ—er You see hovv lavvful and hovv a holy a thing it is to fast from some meates or drinkes either certaine daies or alvvaies as this B. Bishop Timothee did vvho vvas hardly induced by the Apostle to drinke a litle vvine vvith his vvater in respect of his infirmities And marke vvithal vvhat a calumnious and stale cauillation it is that to abstaine from certaine meates and drinkes for punishment of the body or deuotion is to condemne Gods creatures See an homilie of S. Chrysostom vpon these vvordes to 5. CHAP. VI. Vvhat to teach seruants 3 If any teach against the doctrine of the Church obstinately he doth it of pride and for lucre 11 But the Catholike Bishop must folovv vertuâ— hauing his eie alvvaies to life euerlasting and to the coÌ„ming of Christ 17 Vvhat to commaund the riche 20 Finally to keepe most carefully the Catholike Churches doctrine vvithout mutation verse 1 WHOSOEVER are seruantes vnder yoke let them counte their maisters vvorthie of al honour lest the name of our Lord and his doctrine be blasphemed ✠verse 2 But they that haue faithful maisters let them not contemne them because they are brethren but serue the rather because they be faithful and beloued vvhich are partakers of the benefite These things teache and exhort ✠verse 3 If any man teach othervvise and consent not to the sound vvordes of our Lord IESVS Christ and to that doctrine vvhich is according to pietie ✠verse 4 he is proude knowing nothing but ″ languishing about questions and strife of vvordes of vvhich rise enuies contentions blasphemies euil suspicions ✠verse 5 conflictes of men corrupted in their minde and that are depriued of the truth that esteeme gaine to be pietie ✠verse 6 But pietie vvith sufficiencie is great gaine ✠verse 7 For vve * brought nothing into this vvorld doubtlesse verse 8 neither can vve take avvay any thing But * hauing foode and vvhervvith to be couered vvith these vve are content ✠verse 9 For they that vvil be made riche fall into tentation the snare of the deuil many desires vnprofitable and hurteful vvhich drovvne men into destruction and perdition ✠verse 10 For the roote of al euils is couetousenes vvhich certaine desiring haue erred from the faith and haue intangled them selues in many sorovves ✠verse 11 But thou ô man of God flee these things and pursue iustice pietie faith charitie patience mildenes ✠verse 12 Fight the good fight of faith apprehend eternal life ⊢ vvherein thou art called and hast confessed a good confession before many vvitnesses ✠verse 13 I commaund thee before God vvho quickeneth al things and Christ IESVS vvho * gaue testimonie vnder Pontius Pilate a good confession ✠verse 14 that thou keepe the commaundement vvithout spotte blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord IESVS Christ ✠verse 15 vvhich in due times the Blessed onely Mightie vvil shevv the * King of kings and Lord of lordes ✠verse 16 vvho only hath immortalitie and inhabiteth light not accessible * vvhom no man hath seen yea neither can see to vvhom be honour and empire euerlasting Amen ⊢ ✠verse 17 Commaund the riche of this vvorld not to be high minded nor to trust in the vncertaintie of riches but in the liuing God vvho giueth vs al things aboundantly to enioy ✠verse 18 to doe wel to become riche in good workes to giue easily to communicate ✠verse 19 to heape vnto them selues a good fouÌ„dation for the time to come that they may apprehend the true life ✠verse 20 O Timothee keepe the ″ depositum auoiding the ″ profane nouelties of voices oppositions of ″ falsely called knovvledge ✠verse 21 Vvhich certaine promising haue erred about the faith Grace be vvith
shal goe out no more and I vvil vvrite vpon him the name of my God and the name of the citie of my God nevv Hierusalem vvhich descendeth out of heauen from my God and my nevv name ✠verse 13 He that hath an eare let him heare vvhat the Spirit saith to the Churches ✠verse 14 And to the Angel of the Church of Laodicia vvrite Thus saith Amen the faithful and true vvitnesse * vvhich is the beginning of the creature of God ✠verse 15 I knovv thy vvorkes that thou art neither colde nor hote I vvould thou vvere colde or hote ✠verse 16 But because thou art ″ lukevvarme and neither cold nor hote I vvil begin to vomite thee out of my mouth ✠verse 17 Because thou saiest That I am riche and enriched and lacke nothing and knovvest not that thou art a miser and miserable and poore and blinde and naked ✠verse 18 I counsel thee to bye of me gold fire-tried that thou maiest be made riche and maiest be clothed in vvhite garmentes that the confusion of thy nakednes appeare not and vvith eie salue anoint thine eies that thou maiest see ✠verse 19 I * vvhom I loue do rebuke and chastise Be zelous therfore and doe penance ✠verse 20 Behold I stand at the doore and knocke if any man shal heare my voice and open the gate I vvil enter in to him and vvil suppe vvith him and he vvith me ✠verse 21 He that shal ouercome I vvil giue vnto him to sitte vvith me in my throne as I also haue ouercome and haue sitten vvith my father in his throne ✠verse 22 He that hath an eare let him heare vvhat the Spirit saith to the Churches ANNOTATIONS CHAP. III 5. He that shal ouercome In al these speaches to diuers Bishops and their Churches he continually encourageth them to constancie in faith and good life by setting before their eies the revvard of the next life And yet the Caluinists vvould haue no man do good in respect of such revvard 9. Adore before thy feete You see this vvord of adoration is in Scriptures vsed for vvorship of creatures also and that to fall before the feete of holy men or Angels for duety and reuerence is not idolatrie except the proper honour due to God be giuen vnto them See the Annotations vpō the 19 22 Chapter concerning the Apostles prostration before the Angel And the Aduersaries euasion saying that the adoration vvas of God onely and that before the feete of the partie signifieth nothing els but in his presence is false and against the phrase of Scriptures as 4 Reg. 4. vvhere the Sunamite adored Elisaeus falling dovvne before his feete and 4 Reg. 2. the sonnes of the Prophets adored him in the same sort and here this adoration can not be meant but of the Bishop or Angel of Philadelphia because he promiseth this honour as a revvard and as an effecte of his loue tovvardes him saying And they shal knovv that I haue loued thee And that vvhich he saith in the 22 Chapter I fel dovvne to adore before the feete of the Angel the very same he expresseth thus in the 19 Chapters I fel before his feete to adore him making it al one to adore before his feete and to adore him 11. That no man take thy crovvn◠That is his crovvne of euerlasting life and glorie if he perseuêre not to the end in faith good vvorkes othervvise an other shal enter into his place as Mathias did both to the dignitie of the Apostleship to the heauenly crovvne due for the vvel vsing and executing of the same function vvhich Iudas might and should haue had if he had perseuêred to the end and as the Gentiles came into the grace and place of the Ievves Other difficulties concerning this kinde of speache are resolued in Schoolemen and are not here to be stoode vpon 16. Lukevvarms Zeale and feruour is commendable specially in Gods cause and the Neuters that be neither hote nor cold are to Christ and his Church burdenous and lothsome as luke-vvarme vvater is to a mans stomake prouoking him to vomite and therfore he threateneth to void vp such Neuters out of his mouth CHAP. IIII. 1. A doore being open in heauen he savv one sitting in a throne 4 and round about him foure and tvventie seniors sitting 6 and the foure beastes here described 9 vvhich vvith the 24 seniors continually glorified him that sate in the throne verse 1 AFTER these thinges I looked and behold a doore open in heauen and the first voice which I heard vvas as it vvere of a trompet speaking vvith me saying Come vp hither and I vvil shevv thee the thinges vvhich must be done quickly after these ✠verse 2 Immediatly I vvas in spirit and behold there vvas a seate sette in heauen and vpon the seate one sitting ✠verse 3 And he that sate vvas like in sight to the Iasper stone and the Sardine and there vvas a raine-bovv round about the seate like to the sight of an Emeraud ✠verse 4 And round about the seate foure and tvventie seates and vpon the thrones foure and twentie seniors sitting clothed about in vvhite garmentes and on their heades crovvnes of gold ✠verse 5 And from the throne proceeded lightenings and voices and thunders and seuen lampes burning before the throne vvhich are the seuen Spirites of God ✠verse 6 And in the sight of the seate as it vvere a sea of glasse like to crystall and in the middes of the seate and round about the seate foure beastes ful of eies before and behind ✠verse 7 And the first beast like to a lion and the second beast like to a calfe and the third beast hauing the face as it vvere of a man and the fourth beast like to an egle flying ✠verse 8 And the foure beastes euery one of them had sixe vvinges round about and vvithin they are ful of eies and they had no rest day and night saying ″ Holy Holy Holy Lord God omnipotent vvhich vvas and vvhich is and vvhich shal come ✠verse 9 And vvhen those beastes gaue glorie and honour and benediction to him that sitteth vpon the throne that liueth for euer and euer ✠verse 10 the foure and tvventie seniors fel dovvne before him that sitteth in the throne and adored him that liueth for euer and euer and cast their crownes before the throne saying ✠verse 11 Thou art vvorthie O Lord our God to receiue glorie and honour and povver because thou hast created al thinges and for thy vvil they vvere and haue been created ANNOTATIONS CHAP. IIII. 8. Holy holy holy This vvord is thrise repeated here and Esa 6 and to the imitation therof in the seruice of the holy Church at Te Deum and at Masse specially in the Preface next before the great mysteries for the honour of the three persons in the B. Trinitie and that
the Church militant may ioyne vvith the triumphant and vvith al the orders of Angels vvho also are present at the consecration and doe seruice there to our common Lord and Maister as S. Chrysostom vvriteth li. 6 de Sacerdotie and hâ— 1. de verb. Esa to 1. The Greekes call it the hymne Trisagies that is Thrise holy CHAP. V. 4. S. Iohn vveeping because no man could open the booke sealed vvith seuen seales â— the Lambe that vvas slaine opened it vvhich being done 8 the foure beastes and foure and tvventie seniors vvith an innumerable multitude of Angels al creatures did glorifie him excedingly verse 1 AND I savv in the right hand of him that sate vpon the throne a booke vvritten vvithin and vvithout sealed vvith seuen seales ✠verse 2 And I savv a strong Angel preaching vvith a loude voice Vvho is vvorthie to opeÌ„ the booke to loose the seales thereof ✠verse 3 And no man vvas able neither in heauen nor in earth nor vnder the earth to open the booke nor looke on it ✠verse 4 And I vvept much because no man vvas found vvorthie to open the booke nor to see it ✠verse 5 And one of the seniors said to me Vveepe not behold the * lion of the tribe of Iuda the roote of Dauid hath vvonne to open the booke and to loose the seuen seales thereof ✠verse 6 And I savv and behold in the middes of the throne and of the foure beastes and in the middes of the seniors a Lambe standing as it were slaine hauing seuen hornes seuen eies vvhich are the seuen spirites of God sent into al the earth ✠verse 7 And he came and receiued the booke out of the right hand of him that sate in the throne ✠verse 8 And vvhen he had opened the booke the foure beastes and the foure and tvventie seniors fel before the Lambe hauing euery one harpes and golden vials ful of odours which are ″ the praiers of sainctes ✠verse 9 and they sang a nevv canticle saying Thou art vvorthie o Lord to take the booke and to open the seales thereof because thou vvast slaine and hast redeemed vs to God in thy bloud out of euery tribe and tonge and people and nation ✠verse 10 and * hast made vs to our God ″ a kingdom ' and priestes and vve shal reigne vpon the earth ✠verse 11 And I looked and heard the voice of many Angels round about the throne and of the beastes of the seniors and the number of them vvas * thousandes of thousandes ✠verse 12 saying vvith a loud voice The Lambe that vvas slaine is vvorthie to receiue povver and diuinitie ' and vvisedom strength and honour and glorie and benediction ⊢ ✠verse 13 And ″ euery creature that is in heauen and vpon the earth and vnder the earth and that are in the sea and that are therein al did I heare saying * To him that sitteth in the throne to the Lambe benediction and honour and glorie and povver for euer and euer ✠verse 14 And the foure beastes said Amen And the foure and tvventie seniors fel on their faces and adored him that liueth for euer and euer ⊢ ANNOTATIONS CHAP. V. 8. The praiers of Saincts Hereby it is plaine that the Saincts in heauen offer vp the praiers of faithful and holy persons in earth called here saincts and in Scripture often vnto Christ And among so many diuine vnsearcheable mysteries set dovvne vvithout exposition it pleased God yet that the Apostle him self should open this one point vnto vs that these odours be the laudes and praiers of the faithful ascending and offered vp to God as incense by the Saincts in heauen that so the Protestants may haue no excuse of their errour That the Saincts haue no knovvledge of our affaires or desires 10. A kingdom and priests To serue God and subdue vices and sinnes is to reigne or to be a king spiritually likevvise to offer vnto him the sacrifices of good vvorkes is to be a priest after a sort though neither the one nor the other in proper speache See the Annotation before Chap. 1. v. 6. 13. Euery creature He meaneth the creatures in heauen as Angels and Saincts the holy persons in earth and those that vvere in Limbo or be in Purgatorie for of the damned in hel he can not speake in this case lastly of the peoples in Ilands here called the sea vvhich the Prophets vse often to name seuerally vvhen they foretel the spreading of Christs glorie through the vvorld as Esa c. 49. Heare ye â—â—andes and you people a far of c. CHAP. VI. 1 Foure seales of the seuen being opened there folovv diuerse effectes against the earth 9 vvhen the fifth seale vvas opened the soules of martyrs desire that the iudgement may be hastened 12 and at the opening of the sixt there are signes shovved of the iudgement to come verse 1 AND I savv that the Lambe had opened one of the seuen seales and I heard one of the foure beastes saying as it vvere the voice of thunder Come and see ✠verse 2 And I savv And behold a vvhite horse and he that sate vpon him had a bovv and there vvas a crovvne giuen him and he vvent forth conquering that he might conquer ✠verse 3 And vvhen he had opened the second seale I heard the second beast saying Come see ✠verse 4 And there vvent forth an other horse redde and he that sate thereon to him it vvas giuen that he should take peace from the earth and that they should kil one an other and a great svvord vvas giuen to him ✠verse 5 And vvhen he had opened the third seale I heard the third beast saying Come and see And behold a blacke horse and he that sate vpon him had a balance in his hand ✠verse 6 And I heard as it vvere a voice in the middes of the foure beastes saying Tvvo poundes of vvheate for a penie and thrise tvvo poundes of barley for a penie and vvine and oile hurt thou not ✠verse 7 And vvhen he had opened the fourth seale I heard a voice of the fourth beast saying Come see ✠verse 8 And behold a pale horse and he that sate vpon him his name vvas death and hel folovved him and povver vvas giuen to him ouer the foure partes of the earth to kil vvith svvord vvith famine and vvith death and vvith beastes of the earth ✠verse 9 And vvhen he had opened the fifth seale I savv ″ vnder the altar the soules of them that vvere slaine for the vvord of God and for the testimonie vvhich they had ✠verse 10 ″ and they cried vvith a loude voice saying Hovv long Lord holy true iudgest thou not and ″ reuengest thou not our bloud of them that dvvel on the earth ✠verse 11 And vvhite stoles vvere giuen to
✠verse 18 And an other Angel came forth from the altar vvhich had povver ouer the fite and he cried vvith a loud voice to him that had the sharpe sickle saying Thrust in thy sharpe sickle and gather the clusters of the vineyard of the earth because the grapes thereof be ripe ✠verse 19 And the Angel thrust his sharpe sickle into the earth and gathered the vineyard of the earth cast it into the great presse of the vvrath of God ✠verse 20 and the presse vvas troden vvithout the citie and bloud came forth out of the presse vp to the horse bridles for a thousand sixe hundred furlongs ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XIIII 13. From hence forth novv This being specially spoken of Martyrs as not onely S. Augustine seemeth to take it but the Caluinists them selues translating in domino for our Lords cause the Protestants haue no reason to vse the place against Purgatorie or praier for the departed seeing the Catholike Church and al her children confesse that al Martyrs are straight after their death in blisse and neede no praiers Vvhereof this is S. Augustines knovven sentence He doeth iniurie to the Martyr that praieth for the Martyr Ser. 17 de verb. Apost c. 1. and againe to this purpose he vvriteth thus most excellently tract 84 in Ioan. We keepe not a memorie of Martyrs at our Lords table as vve doe of other that rest in peace that is for the intent to pray for them but rather that they may pray for vs c. But if vve take the vvordes generally for al deceased in state of grace as it may be also then vve say that euen such though they be in Purgatorie and Gods chastisement in the next life and neede our praiers yet according to the foresaid vvordes of S. Augustine do rest in peace being discharged from the labours afflictions and persecutions of this vvorld and vvhich is more from the daily dangers of sinne and damnation and put into infallible securitie of eternal ioy vvith vnspeakable comfort of conscience and such in deede are more happie and blessed then any liuing vvho yet are vsually in the Scriptures called blessed euen in the middes of the tribulations of this life Vvhereby vve see that these vvordes from hence forth they shal rest from their labours may truely agree to them also that are in Purgatorie and so here is nothing proued against Purgatorie Lastly this aduerbe á modo in Latin as in the Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth not properly signifie from this present time forvvard as though the Apostle had said that after their death and so forvvard they are happie but it noteth and ioyneth the time past together vvith the time present in this sense that such as haue died since Christs Ascension vvhen he first entring into heauen opened it for others goe not to Limbus Patrum as they vvere vvont before Christs time but are in case to goe straight to blisse except the impediment be in them selues Therfore they are here called blessed that die novv in this state of grace of the nevv Testament in comparison of the old faithful and good persons CHAP. XV. 2 They that had novv ouercome the beast and his image and the number of his name do glorifie God 6 To seuen Angels hauing the seuen last plagues are giuen seuen cuppes full of the vvrath of God verse 1 AND I savv an other signe in heauen great and maruelous seuen Angels hauing the seuen last plagues Because in them the wrath of God is consummate ✠verse 2 And I savv as it vvere a sea of glasse mingled vvith fire and them that ouercame the beast and his image and the number of his name standing vpon the sea of glasse hauing the harpes of God ✠verse 3 and singing the song of Moyses the seruant of God and the song of the Lambe saying Great and maruelous are thy vvorkes Lord God omnipotent iust and true are thy vvaies King of the vvorldes ' ✠verse 4 Vvho shal not feare thee o Lord and magnifie thy name because thou only art holy because al nations shal come adore in thy sight because thy iudgements be manifest ✠verse 5 And after these things I looked and behold the temple of the tabernacle of testimonie was opened in heauen ✠verse 6 and there issued forth the seuen Angels hauing the seuen plagues from the temple reuested vvith cleane and vvhite stone ' girded about the breastes vvith girdles of gold ✠verse 7 And one of the foure beastes gaue to the seuen Angels seuen vials of gold ful of the vvrath of the God that liueth for euer and euer ✠verse 8 And the temple vvas filled vvith smoke at the maiestie of God and at his povver and no man could enter into the temple til the seuen plagues of the seuen Angels vvere consummate CHAP. XVI Vpon the pouring out of the seuen cuppes of Gods vvrath on the land the sea the fountaines the seat of the beast Euphrâtes and the aire there arise sundrie plagues in the vvorld verse 1 AND I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seuen Angels Goe and poure out the seuen vials of the vvrath of God vpon the earth ✠verse 2 And the first vvent and poured out his vial vpon the earth and there vvas made a cruel and very sore vvound vpon men that had the character of the beast and vpon them that adored the image thereof ✠verse 3 And the second Angel poured out his vial vpon the sea and there vvas made bloud as it vvere of one dead and euery liuing soul died in the sea ✠verse 4 And the third poured out his vial vpon the riuers the fountaines of vvaters and there vvas made bloud ✠verse 5 And I heard the Angel of the vvaters saying Thou art iust ô Lord vvhich art and vvhich vvast the holy one because thou hast iudged these things ✠verse 6 because they haue shed the bloud of the Sainctes and Prophets thou hast giuen them bloud to drinke for they are vvorthie ✠verse 7 And I heard an other saying Yea Lord God omnipotent true and iust are thy iudgements ✠verse 8 And the fourth Angel poured out his vial vpon the sunne and it vvas giuen vnto him to afflict men vvith heate and fire ✠verse 9 and men boiled vvith great heate and blasphemed the name of God hauing povver ouer these plagues neither did they penance to giue him glorie ✠verse 10 And the fift Angel poured out his vial vpon the seate of the beast and his kingdom vvas made darke and they together did eate their tonges for paine ✠verse 11 they blasphemed the God of heauen because of their paines and vvoundes did not penance from their vvorkes ✠verse 12 And the sixt Angel poured out his vial vpon that great riuer Euphrâ—tes and dried vp