104. Of the beasts that came into the Arke eodem Of the beast called Bâ—oz eod Of foure sortes of beasts eod Bethel Of the situation of Bethel eod It is the name of a Citie and also of a mount 105. How it Bethauen are not both one eo How Bethel is taken heere eod Of two Bethels eo Of the finding to Taâ—ob in Bethel eod Of the false worshipping at Bethel eod Bethleem How it was made famous 106 Bethphage What manner of Uillage it was eod Bethseda What the word signifieth eod Betraieng What it is to betray 107. Bible In whose daies it was translated in eod Bilney Of the comfort he had of his 108 His aunswere to a proud Papist 109. Binding and loosing What it meaneth 110 Bishop What a Bishop is 111. How Bishops were chosen eod Of the ordinaunce of Bishops and ministers 112. Of vnpreaching Bishops and Pastors eod How they are vnlike they were in Pauls time 113. What regard they ought to haue in feeding the poore eod Of the equalitie of Bishops 114. What is meant by Bishops Deacons 115. The Bishops oth to the Pope eod Of the rebellion of Bishops 116. Blasphemie What blasphemie is eod What blasphemie of the holy spirit is eo Blesse What it is to blesse and c. eod What Gods blessings are 119. Who is blessed sanctified to God eod Of the sacramentall blessing 120. What it is to blesse the Lords name 121. A place of the. 24. Psalme expounded eod Blinde Who be blinde 122. Why God is said to blinde men eod The meaning of the place eod Bloud What is ment by bloud 123. How our cleansing is by Christs bloud eod How flesh and bloud is not in the Sacrament 124. How the bloud of Martirs is the seede of the Church 125. Body What a naturall body is eod What a spirituall body is eod How the body of Christ is in one place 128. Booke What the booke of lyfe is eod Who be written in the booke of life eod Of what credit the booke of Machabees be in the scripture 129. Bookes of holy scripture lost 130. Of the booke of the law found 131. Borders Borders on the Iewes garments eod Borne Of water and spirit eod Bosome How it is diuersly taken eod Of the bosome of Abraham eod Bramble The propertie of a bramble coÌ„pared c. 132. Boow downe What it is to boow down eo Bowe The Gospell likened to a bowe eod Braunches Who be the braunches cut off eod Bread What bread is in Scripture 133. How bread is called Christs body eod How it is a figure of Christs body 134. How bread remaineth after the consecration 136. How the sacramental bread ought not to be reserued 137. Of the breaking of bread eod Of three kindes of bread eod Bretheren of Christ. Who are so called 139. Bridegroome Who is the bridegroome 140 Brooke Cedron Wherfore it was so called eod Brused reede What it signifieth 141. Buddas Of his heresie and finall ende eod Bull. The Bull of Pope Clement the sixt eod Of the Priest that cast the Popes Bul at his feete 142. Doctor Whittington slain with a Bull. eod Of the Bulls of Basan 143. Burden What is meant by this worde Burden 144. The burden of the Lord. eod Of the burden of Babel 145. Buriall How it is a looking Glasse c. eod The pompe of buriall forbidden eo What the Greeks Hebrewes call it eo What it is to be buried with Christ. 146. Of the buriall of Iohn Baptist. eod Burne What it is to burne eod What burning lights doe signifie eod Of burnt offerings and peace offerings eodem Why it was called a whole burnt offering 147. How the christians do offer burnt sacrifices eod C. CAin How he was slaine 148. Of a certeine Sect called Cayni eo Caiphas How he was the mouth of God and the c. 149. Call What it is to call vpon the name of God eod Of three manner of callings eo Of two manner of callings 151. Calfe Of the calfe that Aaron made 152 Camel How Camelum is taken two waies eod Candles and Tapers Against them 153. Candlesticke The Church likened to a Candlesticke 154. Captiuitie The meaning thereof eo Care What care is forbidden 155. What care we ought to care for 156 Carpocrates Of his wicked opinions eo Carren or carkas 157. Castor and Pollux What they were eod Cauâ— or Denne The difference eod Cause What the cause of vnbeleefe is 158 God is not the cause of sinne eo The successe maketh not the cause either good or bad 159. Cenchrea What Cenchrea is eo Cerdon 160. Ceremonies What Paule ment by cere eo WheÌ„ they may be reteined wheÌ„ not eo How ignorance sprang out of them eod What ceremonies or traditions are to be refused 161. Cesarea Philippi Two cities so called eod Chalcedon Of yâ— nature of this stone 162. Chamber What the word signifieth eod Charybdis and Scilla What these are 163. Chariot What a chariot is how c. eo Charitie What Charitie is 165. Chastice What the word betokeneth 166. Chastitie How it is expounded eod How is Chastitie the one part may offend and not c. eod Of counterfeit chastitie 167. Chaunce How nothing coÌ„meth by chance 168. Chaunter What this word signifieth 169. Cheeke What is meant by turning of the cheeke 170. Chemarims What they were eod Cherinthus Of this opinions eod Of his sodeine death 171. Cherub What a Cherub is eo Cherubin What the Cherubins wer 172 Chiefe Priest eod Children How they are not forbidden to come c. eod How they ought to be brought vp 174. Of children adopted eodem Of the children of this world eo How the children of God are holpen eo What is vnderstood by children in this place eo Chilassis Of his fond opinions 175. Chore. A Psalme made by the children of Chore. 176. Chosen Wherefore we are chosen eod How God hath chosen vs and not wee him 177. Not chosen many wise men eod Of Mary Magdalens good choosing eod How God chooseth two manner of waies 178. Of the choosing of ministers eo Chrisolite The nature of this stone eod Chrisoprace the descriptioÌ„ of this stone eo Christ. How he was first promised to Adam 179. How he grew in age and wisdome eod How he is called Dauids sonne eod How Christ had money eod Why Christ became man 180. Why Christ fasted eo Why he is called holy 181. Why he is called true eod Why he was borne of a woman eod Why Christ died for vs. eod The time of Christs crucifieng 182. Of his calling vpon God in his passioÌ„ eo How he baptised and baptised not eod Of his humanitie eod Of his descending into hell 183. Of his ascention 186. How he is the end of the lawe 187. How Christ dwelleth in vs. eod What Christ is in the holy Script 189. How he entered the doores being shut eo How his naturall body is in one place eo How
5. 1. Marl. vpon the Apocalips fol 53. ¶ My minde is to yoke you with no other lawe nor to burden you with anie other traditions then I haue alredie giuen you neither with ceremonies rites nor auncient customes in the obseruation of daies moneths times nor yeares in holie daies fastings vigils nor Sabotes for they were but shadowes of things to come Bale vpon the Apoc. fol. 40. The meaning of this place following What is the burden of the Lord. The Prophets called their threatnings Gods burden which the sinners were not able to susteine Therefore the wicked in deriding the word would aske of the Prophets what was the burden as though they would saye you séeke nothing els but to lay burdens vpon our shoulders And thus they reiected the word of God as a burden But bicause this word was brought to contempt and derision he will saith the Prophet teach them another manner of speach and will cause this word burden to cease and teach them to aske with reuerence what saith the Lord. For the thing that they mocke and contemne shall come vpon them Geneua ¶ The wicked mens hearts were so hardened against 〈…〉 truth that they vsed scornefullie to scosfe at Gods threatening prophestes in mocking calling them Gods fardle or burden The Bible note Of the burden of Babel The burden of Babel which Esaie the sonne of Amos did sée ¶ That is the great calamitie which was prophesied to come on Babel as a most gréeuous burden which they were not able to beare In these twelue Chapters following he speaketh of the plague wherwith God would smite those straunge nations whom they knew to declare that God chastened the Israelites as his children and these other as his enimies And also that if God spared not these that are ignoraunt that they must not think straunge if he punish them which haue knowledge of his lawe and kéepe it not Geneua BVRIAL How Buriall is a looking glasse of resurrection BUriall was brought in by God It is no inuention of man without good ground but it is Gods ordinaunce to the end it should be a witnesse to vs of the resurrection and euerlasting life When men be buried they are laid vp in the earth as in a store house vntill they be raised vp againe at the last daie and so our buriall is vnto vs a loking glasse of the resurrection Caluine vpon Iob. fol. 472. The Pompe of buriall forbidden But when thou doest heare saith Chrisostome that our Lord did rise againe naked cease I praie thée from the madde expence of the burieng what meaneth this superfluous and vnprofitable expence which vnto them that make it bringeth hurt and no profite to the dead but rather harme What the Greekes and Hebures doe call their buring places The Gréekes doe call their burieng places Camâ—tereum that is to saie a Dorter or sléeping place signifieng thereby that we ought to be as sure or rather more sure that they that be buried shall be raised againe at the last daie of the generall resurrection then we are sure to rise againe when we lay our selues downe to sléepe and that therefore we ought no more to 〈…〉 be wâ—ese 〈…〉 out friends when wée sée anie of them to be laide into the ground then wée ought to be soriâ— when we sée them goe to â—edde and laie themselues downe to take their rest béeing most assured by the vndouted infallible word of God that we shall receiue them againe immortall and most gloriouâ—â— The Hebrues doe call their burieng placed oâ— the 〈…〉 〈…〉 the liuing because that they that be buried 〈…〉 God and shall be receiued againe by his 〈…〉 I. Veron What 〈…〉 is to be buried with Christ. 〈…〉 buried with Christ 〈…〉 Bapâ—â—â—e in to his death that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorie of the Father so wée also should walke in newnesse of life ¶ This partaking of death and life with Christ is nothing els but the mortifieng of our owne flesh the quickening of the spirit in that the olde man is crucified and we may walke in newnesse of life Calâ—ehill Of the Burial of Iohn Baptist. ¶ Looke Iohn Baptist. BVRNE What it is to Burne IT is is better to marrie then to burne ¶ To burne after Saint Ambrose is when the will consenteth to the lust of the flesh Tindale ¶ Then to burne with the fire of concupisence that is when mans will so giueth place to the lust that tempteth that he cannot call vpon God with a quiet conscience Geneua What these burning lights doe signifie And your lights burning ¶ These burning lightes that Christ willeth us to haue in our handes are a liuelie faith working through charitie The works of the Christians ought to be liuelie feruent and burning Sir I. Cheeke Of burnt offerings and peace offerings They offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ¶ Burnt offerings were they which were all burnt but of peace offerings a certeine part was offered an other part was giuen vnto the Priest an other part returned vnto him which offered it to eate it with his friends in the sight of the Lord. Pet Mar. vpon Iudic. fol. 271. Whie it was called a whole burnt offering And offered a whole burnt offering◠¶ It is called a whole burnt offering because the whole sacrifice was consumed with fire by the which is signified that the person which did offer the same should haue his heart and minde wholie vppon God as it is written Loue thy God with all thy heart with all thy soule c. The Bible note How the Christians doe offer burnt 〈…〉 Although that the burnt offering of 〈…〉 〈…〉 Sheepe of Calues and Birdes offered in the olde lawe be abolished by the glorie of Christ whose death and passion they did adâ—â—brate aâ— S. Paule witnesseth Heb. 10. Shall we thinke thereâ— fore that we now which be Christians haue not burnt 〈…〉 fice to offer vnto God yes mâ— then they had For so often as we doe preach or the king or anie other godlie man doth cause or helpe Christs Gospell to be purelie and sincerelie preached to the people so oft doe we offer a burnt sacrifice of swéete sauour vnto God a sacrifice that pleaseth God farre aboue the offering of a young fat calfe that hath hornes and houesâ— This is that swéete sacrifice whereof Malachie the Prophet doth speake in the first Chapter saieng From the rising of the Sunne to the going downe of the same great is my name among the Gentiles and in euerie place shall sacrifice be made and offering set vp to my name This sacrifice and burnt offering is not the sacrifice of the wicked Masse but it is the sacrifice of the preaching of Christes death and the meritas of hiâ—â—sionâ— We doe also offer burnt sacrifices vnto the Lord when we doe offer our selues our hearts our mindes and all 〈…〉 dilie members to the true seruing of God in
of learning as our Uniuersities be This was their portion Num. 35. And to the maintenaunce of their liuing God appointed sixe things foure of them were certaine and standing and two stoode but vpon the frée offering and deuotion of the people The foure things standing were these The first fruites of all manner graine and spices with other commodities The second yâ— first birth or first begotten of euery liuing thing If it were of a man the Parents should redéeme it with money If it were of a beast that the Priest could not eate nor could not be offered it should be redéemed with money also The third was the tenths of yâ— Leuites tithes The fourth were certaine Cities which were common to them with the Leuites These foure were standing The other two were but casualties which passed all the other The one was the daylye Oblations and Sacrifices that were offered vp to God in the Temple and the other was the vowes of the frée-will offering of the people If it were a man that had offered vp himselfe betwéene 20. yeares and 60. his redemption should beâ— 50. Sicles If it were a woman hir fine was 30. Sicles If it were a poore man not able to redéeme himselfe with the former summe then to agrée with the Priest for as little as he could If it be a beast that was vowed either it was cleane or vncleane that is it was mans meate or otherwise If it were no mans meate as an Horse an Asse a Camell a Swine c. Then the Priest might sell it to whom he would And if the owner wold buye it againe then he must giue the fift penie aboue that hée was bidden for it of another man If it wer a clean beast yâ— was offered then it could not be redéemed The lyke fashion was vsed for vowing of houses Likewise also if a man had vowed a péece of land of his inheritaunce looke what summe of corne the ground would beare by the yeare according to the same he should pay to the Priests vse counting to the yeare of Iubely which was euery 7. yeare Concerning those two points that no ground should be plowed nor tilled nor no debtes nor lawe dayes kept to plead for any iniury And euery 50 yeare was the great Iubely in the which also if anye man had morgaged and pledged his land to his neighbour or had vowed it to the Temple the land shuld in the great Iubely neuertheles return home to the right heires So that if any man had vowed a part of his land vnto the Lord the yerely rent thereof according to the value was to be paid vnto the Priests vntill the yeare of Iubely came Thus ye know to what vse and purpose the vow went to the finding and increasing of the Priests liuing Read Leu. 27. Thrée manner of vowes were vnlawfull and of none effect DA vowe made by a Damosell vnder the tuition gouernaunce of hir father without hir fathers consent was voide of no value but with the consent of hir father or he hearing that his daughter had vowed not reclaiming by by the vow of his daughter was to be offered in the temple according to the law Leuiticall before rehearsed A mans daughter being vnmarried but yet handfasted and promised to a man in mariage if he to whom she should be maried did reclaime and forbid the womans vowe as soone as hee heard it in that case the maiden was free froÌ„ hir offering otherwise she stoode bound to performe hir frée-will offering A mans wife making any vow hir husband not consenting hir vowe was not to be kept but he hearing of his wiues vow and not denieng both he and she stood bound to yâ— perfourmance of the vow These are yâ— onely le ts which be expressed in Moses lawe why a vowe should not be perfourmed All other men and also widowes making a vow was by the law of Moses bound to paye his vowe The vowe of the Nazarei that is of the abstainer when hée vowed abstinence vnto the Lord he was bound to abstain from wine and from all manner of strong drinke from things that was made of grapes Also he might not suffer his beard nor his head to be shaueu but the lockes of his haire to grow and the tufts of his beard lykewise Moreouer he might not be present at the death of any man neither father nor mother brother nor sister And kéeping this 3. points during his abstinence he was an holy Nazarei according to the law of Moses This done obserued they should come to the Temple dore and there offer an he Lambe of a yeare olde for a burnt offering and a Ram for a peace offering with a basket of swéete Cakes sprinkled with oyle for a meat offering This oblation done the Nazarei was shaueÌ„ before the temple dore so departed with this blessing spoken of the priest Benedicat tibi Dominus custodiet te osâ—eÌ„dat tibi facieÌ„ suaÌ„ misereatur tui Here is all yâ— the old Testament speaketh of vowes which vowes with the ceremonies and sacrifices were ordeined by yâ— Holy ghost for the people for yâ— time only to the end partly to kéep them from yâ— Idolatry of the heathen froÌ„ yâ— works of their own inuentions partly by these vows Ceremonies to maintaine the Leuiticall seruice and ministration of the Tabernacle vntill the comming of Christ which was the ende of the lawe This could not be without Priestes and other inferiour Ministers nor the Priests could not be honestly and liberally prouided for without liuings Therefore God appointed vnto them sixe things of the which vowes was one Héere is all that can be spoken of vowes taking this word Uowe in his proper kinde and signification As soone therfore as ye heare the name of a vowe by and by remember that ye are in the olde Testament and in the bowells or in the shadow of Moses lawe and cleane out of the Gospell for by the Gospell we are cleane rid from the lawe of Moses both Iudicialls and Ceremonialls and vowes were a parte of the Ceremonialls They that be of Christs religion hath no more to do with Uowes then they haue with Burnt-offering Peace offering Meate offering Altars Censers Candlestickes the Paschall Lambe Cleansing c with an infinite number moe which as Saint Peter saith neither we nor our forefathers were able to beare Christ hath made vs frée from all these baggages In the new Testament ther is no mention made of vowes properly in their owne signification All that may be obiected is where S. Paule shaued his head at Cenchrea for he hadde a vowe saith the text vnderstand the vow of the Nazarei which place doth séeme that S. Paule did allowe the vowes of the Nazareis to be retained among the Christians which was nothing so For in the 16. of the Actes ye shal read that S. Paule
causes of true repentaunce that bringeth forth wéeping One is for because we haue through negligence omitted many things which we ought not to haue done These are commonly called sins of committing omitting And in the same place he interpreteth this sentence Bring forth worthy fruit of repentance after this manner that wee should wéepe for the sinnes already committed and we should take héede that we doe not the same againe Chrisostome also vpon the Epistle to the Collossians the. 12. homely complaineth that the christians abused teares And when as otherwise teares are good creatures of God they defame them in adioyning them to those things which deserue not weeping Sinnes onely sayth he are to be wept for not onely our owne sins but other mens also Which Paule performed in very deede who in the second to the Corinthians sayde That he was afraide not to come vnto them but so that he was deiected and compelled to wéepe for very many which had fallen and not repented Yea and hée exhorted the same Corinthians to wéepe for other mens sinnes when in the first Epistle he sayd Ye are puffed vp and ye haue not mourned namely for the grieuous crime of an incestuous man And Dauid in his 119. Psalme writeth Mine eyes haue brought forth riuers of waters because they haue not kept thy lawe That holy Prophet wept because of yâ— publike transgressions of the lawe when he sawe the same transgressions perpretated he abundantly powred out teares c. Pet. Mar. vpon Iudic. fol. 63. How godly men doe easilier weepe then laugh Ezechiel in the. 8. chapter commended certeine which wept for the wicked acts of other men And héereof it commeth that when holy men sée horrible spectacles of sinners oftentimes to happen they easilyer burst forth into teares then into laughter for so Christ vsed whom we read to haue oftentimes wept but neuer to haue laughed which selfe same thing also we must doe at this day when as so great and euill an haruest of sins doth on euery side offer it selfe vnto vs. Pet. Mar. vpon Iudic. fol. 63. VVHY Why God doth this or that we ought noâ— to aske WHen it is asked saith S. Austen why God did this thing or that thing we must aunswere that he did it because yâ— it was his will so to doe If thou goest any farther asking why it was his will so to doe thou doest aske a thing which is both greater and higher then the will of God which thing cannot be found out Aug. cont Mad. li. 1. cap. 3. Why God doth more for one then for another If a man doe aske why God doth shew mercye more to one then to another S. Austen maketh aunswere by an apt similitude on this wise If a man haue many debters that doth owe vnto him the like sum of money doth it not lye in his power to forgiue some of them the whole debt to call vpon the other for the whole sum who can lay any thing to his charge for so doing Then marke saith he we are all debters vnto God and haue all deserued euerlasting damnation that he doth then of méere mercy and goodnesse forgiue some and to some againe he doth according to righteous iudgement who shall be so bolde to blame him for it I. Veron Why doth not God will some say giue his grace to all alike when his word is preached but suffereth some to receiue it other to despise it S. Luke in the Act. 13. 48. And they saith he did beléeue yâ— were ordeined before to life euerlasting Againe he could doe it saith S. Austen because he is almighty and why then doth he it not because saith he that he will not And why he will not that doe we leaue vnto him Veron ¶ Looke Predestination Will of God Vaine Questions VVHITE What is vnderstood by the white horse BY the white horse may be vnderstood the first state of the christian Church without blemish By the second seale red horse vnderstand the state of the kingdome of Christ in yâ— time of yâ— martirs By the third scale the beast yâ— black horse ballance measure vnderstand dearth want of victuals with the portion that was allowed for one man for his dayes spending which happened to all the world either when Claudius or â—raianus raigned Emperours By the fourth seale the beast the voyce and the pale horse vnderstand the heretikes which diuers waies vexe the holy Church with false doctrine The fift seale may signifie the right godlye Christian men The sixt seale the great misery affliction which shall rise be procured through Antichrist Marl. ¶ Looke Seale ¶ By the white horse is signified the Apostles and the first disciples of Christ for why yâ— scripture doth so call them These horses were white they were made pure righteous cleane by Iesus Christ and bare him by their preaching the world ouer Such a white horse to the glory of God was Paule when he bare the name of Christ before the Gentiles the Kings the Children of Israel c. Bale What is meant by the white stone And will giue him a white stone ¶ Arethas writeth that such a stone was wont to be giuen to wrastlers at games or els that such stones did in olde time witnesse the quitting of a man Beza ¶ By the white stone is signified the election before God also euerlasting peace and confidence in the grace and fauour of God vnto euerlasting life Sir I. Cheeke ¶ I will also giue him for a token of perpetuall peace and loue that pure and precious stone Iesus Christ so white as the Lily â—loure innocent and cleane from all contagious vices to be his onely and whole wisedome righteousnesse light health and redemption Bale VVHOLE BVRNT OFFERING Wherefore it was called a whole burnt offering ¶ Looke Burnt offering VVHOREDOME How whoredome is taken in the Prophet Ose. THe vse of whoredome or fornication throughout the Prophet is to take another God beside the true God to serue Images and beléeue in them T. M. How whoredome was punished by death Bring ye hir forth let hir be burnt ¶ We sée that the law which was written in mans heart taught them yâ— whoredome should be punished with death albeit no law as yet was giuen Geneua How whoredome being suffered spreadeth abrod Whoredome saith Basil stayeth not in one man but inuadeth a whole Citie For some one young man commeth to an harlot and taketh vnto himselfe a fellowe and the same fellowe taketh another fellow wherefore euen as fire béeing kindeled in a Citie if the winde blow vehemently stayeth not in yâ— burning of one house or two but spreadeth farre and wide draweth a great destruction with it so this euill being once kindled spredeth ouer all parts of the Citie Pet. Mar. vpon Iudi. fo 233. How whoredome is spued out As it spued out the people that were before you ¶
mortifie his body for to liue according to the doctrine yâ— he himselfe did teach least be should be reproued of men when they should sée him doe contrary or contemne yâ— thing which he taught other to doe Ric. Turnar Of Paules vnquietnesse of the flesh ¶ Looke Flesh. How Paule wrought with his hands He abode with them wrought Their craft was to make tents ¶ How doe they followe Paules example which neither giue themselues to the studie of holy Scriptures to feede the flocke of Christ nor yet will labour with their hands but liue idly with the sweate of other mens browes there was a lawe among the Massilians that if any man did go about to liue idly vnder the pretence of some kind of religion he shuld in no wise be receiued into their citie Sir I. Cheeke ¶ Thus he vsed where euer he came but principally at Corinthus because of the false Apostles which preached without wages to winne the peoples fauour His craft was to make tents or pauilions which were made of skinnes Geneua Wherefore Paule wished himselfe to be seperate from Christ. For I haue wished my selfe to be seperated from Christ for my bretheren c. ¶ The Apostle loued his bretheren so entirely that if it had bene possible he would haue bene ready to haue redeemed the casting away of the Israelites with the losse of his owne soule for euer For this word seperate betokeneth as much in this place Beza ¶ He sawe the losse and destruction of his whole nation falling so farre from Gods true religion he considered how far God should be dishonoured when his wonderfull benefits and blessings bestowed vpon his people should take none effect but vtterly be defaced which so mightely moued him the he wished rather to be cut off from Christ then those things should come to passe The Bible note ¶ He would redéeme the reiection of the Iewes with his owne dampnation which declareth his zeale towardes Gods glorie Read Exo. 32. 32. Geneua How Paule had a wife Paule wished that all men were as he was That is hée wished that all the Corinthians which aduaunced themselues of virginitie widowhood could liue chast without a woman as he did which left his wife in an other place then where hée preached that all men were without care as he was which thing commonly followeth marriage ¶ Looke Apostles had wiues what Erasmus saith thereof ¶ Ignatius and also Clemens Alexandrinus which were verie nigh the Apostles time doth plainely affirme that S. Paule had a wife Ecclesiast histo li. 3. cap. 30. What Paule calleth the infirmitie of the flesh Paule calleth the infirmity of the flesh no disease of yâ— body or temptation of the flesh but his suffering and affliction which he suffered in his bodie So that he setteth the same against the vertue and power of the spirit But least we should séeme to wrast and peruert Paules words let vs heare himselfe speaking in the. 2. Cor. 12. 10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities in reproches in necessities in persecutions and anguish for Christs sake for when I am weake then am I stronge And in the. 11. chapt 13. In labours more abundant in stripes aboue measure in prisons more plenteous in death oft of the Iewes fiue times receiued I fortie stripes saue one I was thrise beaten with roddes I was once stoned I suffered thrise shipwracke c. These afflictions which hée suffred in his body he calleth infirmities of the flesh and not corporall diseases Of Paules voice Looke Voice PAVLVS SAMOSATENVS Of the heresie that this man taught THis man was Bishop of Antioch He denied the trinitie He taught that Christ tooke his beginning of our lady And was a man onely of our common nature which heresâ—e was condemned by a generall Councell Paulus excommunicated He was about the yeare of our Lord. 267. PEACE How Christ came not to send peace on earth but debate SUppose ye that I am come to send peace on earth I tell you nay but rather debate ¶ So the peace as this world loueth which is then at peace when mens appetites and desires are satisfied and when the euill agrée with the euill came I not to send on earth but therfore came I with yâ— words of very peace to destroy the peace of this world For sith the doctrine of the Gospell which teacheth all peace shal be enuied of many it cannot be but debate must arise euen amongest greatest friends while they that loue this world will sooner exercise cruelty towards them yâ— they loue best then leaue yâ— vices which they haue bene accustomed vnto And againe those whome the fire of the charitie belonging to the Gospell hath touched will by no meanes suffer themselues to be deuided from that which they haue begun to cleaue to Betwixt these two am I not come to set peace but debate Tindale What it is to be at peace with God Because therefore that we are iustified by faith we are at peace with God through our Lord Iesus Christ. ¶ To be at peace with God is none other thing then to haue tranquility rest in our hearts to Godward knowing assuredly the we be accepted of him do please him which thing we finde by fayth onely in that it receiueth forgiuenesse of sinnes newnesse of life euerlasting by mercy obteined at Christs hands Our own workes can bring no such tranquilitie because they be vnsure and engender doubt of which followeth desperation and of it dampnation we are not ashamed of our hope for we are sure by the death of Christ that God loueth vs and will bring our hope to passe ¶ By peace héere is meant that incredible and most constant ioye of minde when we are deliuered from all terrour of conscience and fully perswaded of the fauour of God this peace is the fruit of faith Geneua ¶ By peace which is the fruite of faith is ment the incredible and most constant ioy of minde our conscience being quiet and established in Gods grace The Bible note How peace makers be blessed Blessed be the peace makers c. ¶ To inherit this blessing it is not onely required that thou haue peace in thy selfe and that thou take all to the best and be not offended lightly and for euery small trifle alway ready to forgiue nor sowe â—o discord nor auenge thine owne wrong But also that thou be feruent and diligent to make peace go betwéene person persoÌ„ that thou leaue nothing vnsought to set theÌ„ at one Tin ¶ Cursed be the peace breakers pikequarrellers whispers backebiters sowers of discord dispraisers of them that be good stirrers vp of Princes to battell bée-liers of the true preachers of Gods word c. Tindale What peace offering is To offer peace offering of Oxen vnto the Lorde ¶ Peace offering is to reconcile God towards men to be at peace with them to forgiue
heere by Lucifer eod Nation whom he calleth a Nation 759. Naked How the word is to be vnderstood eod How Saule is said to be naked eod How the people is said to be naked eod Narrow way what the narrow way is eod Nature What nature is 760. What the nature of Gods word is 761. What the nature of God is eo How the nature of creatures in themselues are not euill eod Of three natures of men 762 Of two natures in Christ. eod Nauell What the nauell doth signifie eod Nazaraeans what their opinioÌ„s wer 763. Necenas what he was eod Neginoth what it is 764. Negligence what negligence is eod Nehiloth what it signifieth eod Nehustan what it is how the Serpent was so called eod Neighbour what the word signifieth 765 Who is our neighbour eod How our neighbour ought to be loued eod Nestorius Of his heresie 766. New what it is to be new eod How Christs doctrine seemeth new to the Papists 767. A declaration of the olde and new Testament 768. How they called Christs doctrine new eod Nicholas Of the heresie that sprang vp by him 769. How this Nicholas is excused eo Night how night is takeÌ„ in this place eo How it was diuided into foure partes 770. Nilus The description thereof eo Nimroth The first inuenter of Idolatry eod Nine That returned not againe vnto Christ. eod Noetus what his heresie was 771. Nomber The number of the beast eod Nose of God what it signifieth eod Not. The meaning of the places eod Not possible 772. Not seene eod Not chosen many eod Nothing The meaning of the place eod Nouacian what his opinions were eod By what occasion his heresie sprang eo When his heresie was condemned 773. O. OBedience The definition thereof 773 What is ment by obedience heere eod Obseruing of daies 774. Offence Of three manner of offences eo Of an offence giuen and an offence taken 775. What it is to be offended in Christ. eod How a man may offend God not c. 776. Offerings What they doe signifie eod Oyle What Oyle doth signifie 777. What the oyle of gladnesse is eod Of it that S. lames speaketh of eod Of the oyle that the Papists do vse 778 How it is compared to the bread in the Sacrament eod Olde man what is vnderstood by our olde man 779. Of olde wine eod Onely faith how onely faith iustifieth eo One Of one inediatour 780. What is ment by one head eod Of one sheepfold 781 Of one spirit eod Oracle what an oracle is 782. Originianâ— Of whome these Heretikes sprang eod Of those that sprang of the learned Origen eod Originall sinne That no man is without it eod Othâ— What an oth is 783. How an oth is lawfull 784. How an oth is damnable eod How wicked othes are to be broken 785 Of Heâ—odes wicked oth eod How othes first began eod Othoniel how he was called the brother of Caleb 786. Owne why Christ calleth the Iewes his owne eod Oxe Of the Oxe that treadeth out the Corne. 787. P. PAtience What true patience is 787. Of our patience vnder yâ— crosse 789. Painted wall how the place is vnderstood eod Of the painting of the virgin Mary eod Paradise The meaning of the place 790. The felicitie thereof described by Saint Austen eod Paradox What Paradox is 791. Paraphrase What Paraphrase is eod Pardons Of yâ— Popes forged pardons eo Passeouer How the Lambe was so called 794. What the Passeouer was eod How the place is vnderstood eod Of the Passeouer offering of the cleane and vncleane 795. Passion what a passion is eod What is now the passions and sufferings of Christians eod Pastors who are pastors shepheards eo Paterniani what their opinions wer 796 Patmos what Patmos is eod Patricians what manner of heretiks they were eod Paule His afflictions prophecied of Agabus eod How he persecuted Christ in his members 797. Of Gods comfort to Paule in his â—ourney eod Of Paules purifieng eod Of his appealing 798. How his authoritie was of Godâ— not of Peter eod How he and lames are made to agree eo How hee denieth to bee crucified for vs. 799. Of his beating mortifieng his body eo Of his vnquietnesse of the flesh eod How Paule wrought with his hands eo Wherfore he wished him to be seperated from Christ. 800. How Paule had a wife eod What he calleth the infirmitie of the flesh eod Of Paules vowe 801. Paulus Samosatenus Of his heresie eod Peace How Christ came not to sende peace eod What it is to be at peace with God 802. How peace makers be blessed eod What peace offering is eod Pelagius Of his heresie 803. Penaunce what it is and how it was inuented eod What true penaunce is eod To do penaunce repentâ— what it is 804. Peny How a penie is taken in Scripture eod Peor What Peor is eod Pepuziani What heretikes they wer 805 Perfection To be perfect what it is eod Wherein perfection consisteth 806. How mans perfection is vnperfect eod Pergamus what Pergamus was 807. Pearle What a Pearle in Scripture signifieth eod Periury How the Pope maketh it lawfull eod Permission Of Gods permission or suffering 808. Persecution What persecution is eo How some persecution is iust and some wrong 810. How the church doth persecute eod Wherefore the true christians are persecuted 811. How in persecution the Christians doe multiply eod The miserable end of certeine cruell persecutors eod Peter Why he is called chiefe of the Apostles 812. Of Peters confession eod How Peter was not the rock but Christ. 813. Of his denieng of Christ. 814. How Peter speaketh for all eod How Peters faith is praied for 815. Peters seateâ— what it is 817 How Peter was rebuked of Saint Paul eod How Peter had a wife 818. How he suffered nothing against his will eodem How his power was no greater then the rest eod How Peter was neuer at Rome 820. Of the shadow of Peter 821. How he was but a figure of the church eod Pharao Whereof the word is deriued eo How his heart was hardened 822. Why he was called Leuiathan eod Pharesies What the Pharesies were eod When the Sect of the Pharesies began 824. What their wickednesse was eod After what manner Paule commendeth their Sect. 825. How they added to the Scripture eod What Pharesaicall righteousnesse is eo Phashur Of his crueltie to Ieremy yâ— prophet eod Phebe What ministration she vsed in the Church 826. Phigellus Of his hersie eo Philacteries What a Philacterie was eo Philip. Of his martirdome 827. Philosophy What Philosophy is eod Phisicke By whom it was first inuented 828. Of the woman the had spent all her goods in phisicke eod How God must be sought before Phisitions 829. Photinus Of his heresie eod Pietie What pietie is eod Pilate Of the acts and death of Pilate eod Of Pilates wife 830. Why the Priests deliuered Iesus to Pilate 831. Plant. How the place is expounded eod Plough
that he reconciled vnto Christ to testifie our duties vnto God and to shewe our selues thankâ—ull vnto him and therefore they be called Sacrifiâ—es of laudo praise and thankes giuing The first kinde of sacrifice Christ offered to God for vs. The seconde kinde wée our selues offer to God by Christ. And by the first kinde of sacrifice Christ offered also vs vnto his Father and by the seconds we offer our selues and all that we haue vnto him and the Father And this sacrifice generally is our whole obedience vnto God in kéeping his lawes and commaundements of which manner of sacrifice speaketh the Prophet Dauid saieng A sacrifice to God is a contrite heart And S. Peter saith of all Christian people that they be an holy Priesthood to offer spirituall sacrificesâ— acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. And Saint Paule saith that alwayes we offer vnto God a sacrifice of laude and praise by Iesus Christ. Cranmer How the Priests cannot offer vp Christ in sacrifice No man saith S. Paule can offer vp a greater sacrifice then himselfe The Priests therefore cannot offer vp Christ in sacrifice because Christ being offered vp must néedes be the greatest sacrifice and so can he not be when a Priest sacrificeth him selfe for if the Priest sacrificed himselfe he should be yâ— greatest sacrifice yâ— he could offer for no man can offer a greater sacrifice theÌ„ himself yea god requireth none other sacrifice but our selues as writeth S. Paul Giue your selues a liuing sacrifice to God And the Psalmist The sacrifice that God accepteth is a penitent spirit a contrite and an humble heart Whereby it is manifest that the Congeegation redeemed by the sacrifice offered on the Crosse doth not nor cannot offer by the sacrifice of Christs body for as S. Paule writeth he cannot be offred vp but be dyeth Wherefore he offered vp himselfe once for all because hee could not dye but once c. Crowley How it is to offer our bodies a quicke sacrifice Make your bodyes a quicke sacrifice ¶ The sacrifices of the new Testament are spirituall This is a sacrifice most acceptable vnto God if we mortifie our mortall bodyes that is to say if we kill and â—lay our fleshly concupiscencâ—s carnal lusts and so bring our flesh through the helpe of the spirit vnder the obedience of Gods holy lawe Sir I. Cheeke ¶ The Iewes in Moses law were commaunded to offer vp the carkases of beasts but Christians should exhibite their own liuely bodyes for a sacrifice to God in mortifieng their carnall lusts and seaming themselues by faith to godlinesse and charitie The Bible note ¶ In stéede of dead beasts liuely sacrifice In steede of the bloud of beasts which was but a shadowe and pleased not God of it selfe the acceptable sacrifice of the spiritual man framed by faith to godlinesse and charitie Geneua What manner of sacrifice we offer to God By him therefore offer we the sacrifice of land ¶ We béeing a liuely priesthood doe offer 3â— manner of sacrifices The first is the sacrifice of praise and thanks giuing which S. Paul doth héere call the fruite of our lips The seconde is mercie towarde our neighbour as the Prophet Ose saith I will haue mercy and not sacrifice Read the. 25. Chap. of Mathew The third is when we offer our bodies a liuely and an acceptable sacrifice to God mortifieng our carnall and fleshly concupiscences Rom. 12. 1. Sir I. Cheeke Of the sacrifice of the table and of the sacrifice of the crosse S. Cipriane opening the difference of these two sacrifices saith thus Our Lord at the table wheras he sate at his last supper with his disciples with his owne hands gaue not his own very body and very bloud realy and indeed but bread and wine but vpon the Crosse he gaue his owne body with the souldiers hands to be wounded What the sacrifice of righteousnesse is Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse c. ¶ The sacrifice of righteousnesse is the mortifieng of the flesh and meekning of the hearts the praising of God and knowledging our selues sinners T. M. Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse ¶ That is serue God purely and not with outward ceremonies The difference betweene a sacrifice a sacrament If a man say of the sacrament of Christs body and bloud that it is a sacrifice as well for the dead as for the quicke and therfore the very déede it selfe iustifieth and putteth away sinne I answere that a sacrifice is the slaieng of the body of a beast or a man wherfore if it be a sacrifice then is Christs body ther slain and his bloud there shed but that is not so And therefore it is properly no sacrifice but a sacrament and a memoriall of that euerlasting sacrifice once for all which he offered vpon yâ— crosse now a. 15. hundred yeres agoe and preacheth only to them that are alyue c. Tindale What sacrifices do signifie Sacrifices doe signifie the offering of Christs body on the Crosse. D. Hâ—ynes Of the Leuiticall sacrifices When any of you will bring a sacrifice vnto the Lord. ¶ That the Leuiticall sacrifices were preachings of the passion and death of Christ and of his Gospell which should afterward be published throughout all the world men hath not dremed it but the Holy ghost hath taught it by many testimonies as wel of the olde Testament as of the new As Psa. 39. Esay 41. Ioh. 1. 1. Pet. 1. Heb. 10. c. Of sacrifices made by fire Euen a sacrifice made by fire ¶ In the whole Burnt-offering all was consumed but in the Offering made by fire onely the inwards were burnt The Bible note What the sacrifice of thankes is The Sacrifice of thankes is our obedience in walking in those good workes that God hath prepared for vs to walke in Crowley He shall bring vnto his thanke offerings vnleauened bread ¶ The Hebrue word signifieth to praise and giue thanks this sacrifice they vsed when any man knowledged himselfe to bée a sinner and confessed his sinnes vnto the Lord willingly to reconcile himselfe vnto him The Bible note ¶ Peace offerings containe a confession and thankes giuing for a benefite receiued and also a vowe and a free offering to receiue a benefit Geneua The sacrifice of the olde law what it ment Although in the olde Testament there were certaine sacrifices called sacrifices for sinne yet they were no such sacrifices that could take away our sinnes in the sight of God but they were ceremonies ordeined to this intent that they should be as it were shadowes and figures to signifie before hande the excellent sacrifice of Christ that was to come which shoulde bée the very true and perfect Sacrifice for the sinnes of the whole world Cranmer SACRILEDGE What Sacriledge is SAcriledge is rashly to touch or to vsurpe vnto himselfe holy things which are dedicated vnto God