foreknowledge 1 NOw then there is no comdemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus which walke not after the slesh but after the Spirit 2 For the Law of the Spirit flif which is in Christ Iesus hathe freed me from the law of sinne and of death 3 For that that was impossible to the Law in as muche as it was weake because of the flesh God sending his owne Sonne in the similitude of sinful flesh and for sinne condemned sinne in the flesh 4 That the righteousnes of the Law might be fulfilled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the Spirit 5 For they that are after the flesh sauour the things of the flesh but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit 6 For the wisdome of the flesh is death but the wisdome of the Spirit is life peace 7 Because the wisdome of the flesh is enimitie against God for it is not subiect to the Law of God nether in dede can be 8 So then they that are in the flesh can not please God 9 Now ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit because the Spirit of God dwelleth in you but if anie man hathe not the Spirit of Christ the same is not his 10 And if Christ be in you the bodie is dead because of sinne but the Spirit is life for righteousnes sake 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you he that raised vp Christ frō the dead shal also quicken your mortal boides because that his Spirit dwelleth in you 12 Therefore brethren we are detters not to the flesh to liue after the flesh 13 For if ye liue after the flesh ye shal dye but if ye mortifie the dedes of the bodie by the Spirit ye shal liue 14 For as manie as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receiued the Spirit of bondage to feare againe but ye haue receiued the Spirit of ad opcion whereby we crye * Abba Father 16 The same Spirit beareth witnes with our Spirit that we are the children of God 17 If webe children we are also heires euē the heires of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we maye also beglorified with him 18 For I counte that the afflictions of this present time are not worthie of the glorie which shal be shewed vnto vs. 19 For the seruēt desire of the creature waiteth when the sonnes of God shal be reueiled 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not of it owne wil but by reason of him which hathe subdued it vnder hope 21 Because the creature also shal be deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euerie creature groneth with vs also and trauaileth in paine together vnto this present 23 And not onely the creature but we also which haue the first frutes of the Spirit euē we do sigh in our selues waiting for the adopcion euen the * redemption of our bodie 24 For we are saued by hope but hope that is sene is not hope for how can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But if we hope for that we se not we do with pacience abide for it 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmi ties for we knowe not what to praye as we ought but the Spirit it self maketh 〈◊〉 for vs with sighs which can not be expressed 27 But he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the meaning of the Spirit for he maketh request for the Sainctes according to the wil of God 28 Also we knowe that all things worke together for the best vnto them that loue God euen to them that are called of his purpose 29 For those wich he knewe before he also predestinate to be made like to the image of his Sonne that he might be the first borne among manie brethren 30 Moreouer whome he predestinate them also he called and whome he called them also he iustified and whome he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shal we then say to these things If God be on our side who can be against vs 32 Who spared not his owne Sonne but gaue him for vs all to death how shal he not with him giue vs all things also 33 Who shal lay anie thing to the charge of Gods chosen it it God that * iustifieth 34 Who shal condemne it is Christ which is dead yea or rather whiche is risen againe who is also at the right hand of God and maketh request also for vs. 35 Who shal separate vs from the loue of Christ shal tribulacion or anguish or persecucion or famine or nakednes or peril or sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we killed all day long we are counted as shepe for the slaughter 37 Neuertheles in all these things we are more then conquerers through him that loued vs. 38 For I am persuaded that nether death nor life nor Angels nor principalities nor pow ers nor things present nor things to come 39 Nor height nor depth nor anie other creatu re shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. CHAP. IX 1 Heauing testified his great loue towardes his nacion and the signes thereof 11 He entreateth of the election and reprobacion 24 Of the vocation of the Gentiles 30 And reiection of the Iewes 1 I Say the trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience bearing me witnes in the holie Gost. 2 That I haue great heauines and continual sorowe in mine heart 3 * For I wolde wish my self to be separate from Christ for my brenthren that are my kinsmen according to the flesh 4 Which are the Israelites to whome perteineth the adoption and the glorie and the * Couenantes and the giuing of the Law the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whome are the Fathers and of whome concerning the flesh Christ came who is God ouer all blessed for euer Amen 6 * Not withstanding it can not be that the worde of God shulde take none effect for all they are not Israel which are of Israel 7 Nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham * but In Isaac shal thy sede be called 8 That is they which are the children of the flesh are not the children of God but the* children of the promes are counted for the sede 9 For this is a worde of promes * In this same time wil I come and Sara shal haue a sonne 10 Nether he onelie felt this but also * Rebecca when she had cōceiued by one euē by
owne 〈◊〉 o They 〈◊〉 and defraude theyr bodie to shewe thē selues greater hypocrites a After that ye haue bene dead to beggerlie ceremonies b VVhich ether serue but 〈◊〉 a time or els are 〈◊〉 by men c With Christ. Ephe 5. 3. d Extinguish all the strength of the corrupt nature which resisteth against the Spirit that ye may 〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉 and not in the flesh Rom. 6. 4. Ephe. 4 〈◊〉 Ebr. 12 2. 1. Pet. 〈◊〉 1. 4. 1. 〈◊〉 1. 26. 5. 1. 9. 6. e He sheweth what frutes are in them that are dead to the worlde and are risen again with Christ. Ephe. 6. 〈◊〉 “ Or the bowels of mercies f Let it guide all your doings “ 〈◊〉 gracious 〈◊〉 thankefull g The doctrine of the Gospel h Psalmes properly 〈◊〉 complainings to God narrations and expostulations hymnes 〈◊〉 thankes giuing songs 〈◊〉 praises and thankes 〈◊〉 but not so 〈◊〉 and amply as hymnes do “ Or thankes giuing Ephe. 4 29. i VVhich are in the Lord. 1. Cor. 10. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 5. 22. k By to muche rigour 1. Pet. 3. 1. Ephe. 6. 1. Ephe. 6. 5. 〈◊〉 2 9. 1. Pet. 2. 18. l The 〈◊〉 master 〈◊〉 10. 27. Wisd. 6 8. m VVhether 〈◊〉 be master 〈◊〉 seruant Eccle. 〈◊〉 26. Rom 2. 11. 〈◊〉 2. 6. Ephe. 6. 9. Luk. 18. 1. 1. Thes. 5. 17. Ephe. 6 18. 2. Thes 3. 1. a That I maye frely preache the Gospel Ephe. 5. 15. b To the commoditie of your neighbours c Bestowe the time well with the malice of 〈◊〉 euerie where plucked frome you and causeth you to abuse it d Perteining to edification and mixt with do vanitie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 e If they onely 〈◊〉 helpe him to preache the 〈◊〉 at Rome where was 〈◊〉 or those fiue and 〈◊〉 yeres that thei faine he 〈◊〉 at Rome f In preaching the Gospel 2. Tim. 4. 11. g Ether to Paul or 〈◊〉 whiche thei wolde writt as an answere to this Epistle sent to the Colossians a For 〈◊〉 is no Churche whiche is not 〈◊〉 together in God 2 Thes. 1. 3. Philip. 1. 3. b Whiche declareth it selfe by 〈◊〉 liuelie frutes c Whereby you declared your sel ues moste readie and painfull to helpethe poore d The effectual preaching of 〈◊〉 Gospel is an euidēt token of our election e To beleue and to be fully persuaded to haue the 〈◊〉 of the holie Gost and Ioyfully to suffer for Christs sake are most certeine signes of our ele ction “ Or paternes f To wit al that faithfull g For 〈◊〉 are dead things and onely fained fantasies h Which he shall execute vpon the wicked a Not in outwarde shew and in pompe but in trauel and in the feare of God b By his helpe grace Act. 16. 〈◊〉 c Whiche declareth a naughtie conscience “ Or inautoritie d He hūbled him self to supporte all things with out al respecte of 〈◊〉 euen as the tender mother which nourceth her children and thinketh no office to vile for her childrens sake Act. 20. 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 4 〈◊〉 2. Thes. 3. 8. e For it is not possible to auoide the reproches of the wicked 〈◊〉 euer hate good doings 〈◊〉 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. 27. Col. 1. 10. f In his Name and vnder his pro tection g And wolde hinder all men from their saluation h And heape vp the measure i He meaneth not this of all the Iewes in general but of certeine of thē particu larly which ceased not after they had put Christ to death to persecu te his worde and his ministers Mat. 3. 32. Rom. 1. 11. k Therefore I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 forget you except I wolde forget my self a Rather seking your cōmoditie then mine owne in sending of Timotheus to you Act. 16. 〈◊〉 b His great 〈◊〉 toward the smale flocke c Meaning 〈◊〉 d If ye remaine constant in faith and true doctrine I shal thinke that all mine 〈◊〉 be so many 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 restored from death to life e If you perseuere in faith Rom. 1. 10. 15. 23. f VVe must daily growe from faith to faith Chap. 〈◊〉 23. 〈◊〉 corin 〈◊〉 8. a And as it were ouercome your selues b The greke worde signified suche commande ments as one receiueth from 〈◊〉 man to giue them in his name to others c That is that you shulde dedicate your selues wholy vnto God Rom. 12. 2. Ephes. 5. 17. d That is his bodie which is pro phaned by suche filthines 1. Cor. 6. 8. 1. Cor. 1. 2. e By these precepts of godlie life it appeareth what were 〈◊〉 commadements which Paul 〈◊〉 vnto them 1. Cor. 7. 40. Ioh. 13. 34. 15. 12. 1. Iohn 2. 8. 4. 21 2. Thess 3. 7. f And not be idle g As strangers and 〈◊〉 h But that ye may be able by your diligence to supplie your wāt and necessitie i He doeth not condemne all kinde of sorrow but that which procedeth of mfidelitie k Or haue continued constantly in the faith of Christ. l By raising their bodies out of the graue m Which is in the Name of the Lord and as 〈◊〉 shulde speake him self 1. Cor. 15 23. 〈◊〉 24. 31. 1. Cor. 15. 12. 〈◊〉 Meaning them which shal be founde a 〈◊〉 o In this sudden taking vp 〈◊〉 shal be a kinde of 〈◊〉 of the qualities of 〈◊〉 bodies which shal be as a kinde of death a So muche the more we ought to be ware of all 〈◊〉 fantasies of men which 〈◊〉 them selues others in searching out 〈◊〉 the time that the Lord shal appeare 〈◊〉 for them selues a vaine prophecie and moste falsely ascribed to Elias 2000 〈◊〉 the reuel 3 3 16 15. that 2000. yere before the Lawe 2000 vnder the Lawe and 2000. after the Lawe hee worlde shal endure b That is sud denly and vnloked for Mat. 24. 44. 2. 〈◊〉 3. 10. Reuel 3. 3 16. 〈◊〉 c Here 〈◊〉 is taken for contempt of saluation when men 〈◊〉 we in sinnes ad wil not a walke to god lines d And not be ouercome with the 〈◊〉 of the worlde e That is lightued by the Gospel f Here it is 〈◊〉 onely to dye is ment of the faith ful Isa. 59. 17. 〈◊〉 6 17. g As the flocke is bounde to loue the 〈◊〉 so is it his duetie to teache them ād ex hort them in true religion h Where this cause ceaseth that they worke not the ho nor also ceaseth and they must be expelled as wol ues out of the flocke Prou. 17. 13. 20 22. i Haue a quiet min de 〈◊〉 in Christ which shal make you reioice in the middes of sorrowes mat 5 〈◊〉 rom 12 17. 1. 〈◊〉 3 9. k God that hathe giuen his Spirit to his elect wil neuer suffer it to be quenched but hathe 〈◊〉 by what meanes it may be mainteined that is by suche exhortations as these by con tinual increase in godlines l The preaching of the worde of God Rom. 5 3. 2. cor 6
hinder partes and put them to a perpetual shame 67 Yet he refused the tabernacle of Ioséph and chose not the tribe of Ephráim 68 But chose the tribe of Iudáh and mount Zión which he loued 69 And he buylt his Sanctuarie as an high palace like the earth which he stablished for euer 70 He chose Dauid also his seruant and toke him from the shepefoldes 71 Euen from behinde the ewes with yong broght he him to fede his people in Iaakób and his inheritance in Israél 72 So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart and guided thē by the discretion of his hands PSAL. LXXIX 1 The Israelites complaine to God for the great calamitie and oppression that thei suffred by Gods enemies 8 And cōfessing their sinnes flee to Gods mercies with ful hope of deliuerance 10 Because their calamities were ioyned with the contempt of his Name 13 For the which thei promes to be thankeful ¶ A Psalme committed to Asáph 1 O God the heathen are come into thine in heritance thine holie Temple haue they 〈◊〉 and made Ierusalém heapes of stones 2 The dead bodies of thy seruants haue thei giuen to be meat vnto foules of the heauen and the flesh of thy Sainctes vnto the beastes of the earth 3 Their blood haue thei shed like waters round about Ierusalém and there was none 〈◊〉 burye them 4 We are a reproche to our neighbours euen a scorne and derision vnto them that are round about vs. 5 Lord how long wilt thou be angrie for euer shal thy gelousie burne like fyer 6 * Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathē that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy Name 7 For thei haue deuoured Iaakób and made his dwelling place desolate 8 Reméber not against vs the former iniquities but make haste let thy tēder mercies preuent vs for we are in great miserie 9 Helpe vs ô God of our saluacion for the glorie of thy Name and deliuer vs and be merciful vnto our sinnes for thy name sake 10 Wherefore shulde the heathen saie Where is their God let him be knowen among the heathen in our sight by the vengeance of the blood of thy seruants that is shed 11 Let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee according to thy mightie arme preserue the children of death 12 And render to our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their reproche where with they haue reproched thee ô Lord. 13 So wethy people and shepe of thy pasture shal praise thee for euer and frō generation to generation we wil set forthe thy praise PSAL. LXXX 1 A lamentable praier to God to helpe the miseries of his Church 8 Desiring him to consider their first estate when his fauour shined towards them to the intent that he might finish that worke which he had begonne ¶ To him that excelleth on Shoshannim Edúth A Psalme commited to Asáph 1 HEare ô thou Shepherd of Israél thou that leadest Ioséph like shepe shew thy brightenes thou that sittest betwene the Cherubims 2 Before Ephráim and Beniamin Manasséh stirre vp thy streugth and come to helpe vs. 3 Turne vs againe ô God and cause thy face to shine that we maie be saued 4 O Lord God of hostes how long wilt thou be angrie against the praier of thy people 5 Thou hast fed thē with the bread of teares and giuen them teares to drinke with greate measure 6 Thou hast made vs a strife vnto our neigh bours and our enemies laugh at vs among them selues 7 Turne vs againe ô God of hostes cause thy face to shine and we shal be saued 8 Thou hast broght a vine out of Egypt thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it 9 Thou madest roume for it and didest cause it to take roote and it filled the land 10 The moūtaines were couered with the shadow of it the boughs thereof were like the goodlie cedres 11 She stretched out her brāches vnto the Sea and her boughes vnto the Riuer 12 Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges so that all thei which passe by the waie haue plucked her 13 The wilde bore out of the wood hat he destroied it and the wilde beastes of the field haue eaten it vp 14 Returne we beseche thee ô God of hostes loke downe from heauen and beholde and visit this vine 15 And the vine yarde that thy right hand hathe planted and the yong vine which thou madest strong for thy self 16 It is burnt with fyer and cut downe and they 〈◊〉 at the rebuke of thy countenance 17 Let thine hand be vpon the man of thy right hād vpō the sonne of mā whome thou madest strong for thine owne self 18 So wil not we go backe from thee reuiue thou vs and we shal call vpon thy Name 19 Turne vs againe ô Lord God of hostes cause thy face to shine and we shal be saued PSAL. LXXXI 1 An exhortation to praise God bothe in heart and voice for his benefites 8 And to worship him onely 11 God cō dēneth their ingratitude 12 And sheweth what great be nefites thei haue lost through their owne malice ¶ To him that excelleth vpon Gittith A Psalme commited to Asáph 1 SIng ioy fully vnto God our strength sing loude vnto the God of Iaakób 2 Take the song and bring forthe the timbrel the pleasant harpe with the viole 3 Blowe the trūpet in the c newmoone euen in the time appointed at our feast daie 4 For this is a statute for Israél and a Law of the God of Iaak ób 5 He set this in Ioséph for a testimonie whē he came out of the land of Egypt where I heard a language that I vnderstode not 6 I haue withdrawē his shulder from the bur den and his hands haue left the pottes 7 Thou calldest in affliction and I deliuered thee answered thee in the secret of the thunder I proued thee at the waters of Me ribáh Sélah 8 Heare ô my people and I wil protest vnto thee o Israél if thou wilt heark en vnto me 9 Let there be no strange god in thee nether worship thou anie strange God 10 For I am the Lord thy God which broght thee out of the land of Egypt open thy mouth wide and I wil fil it 11 But my people wolde not heare my voyce and Israél wolde none of me 12 So I gaue thē vp into the hardenes of their heart and they haue walked in their owne counsels 13 Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me and Israél had walked in my wayes 14 I wolde sone haue humbled their enemies turned mine hād against their aduersaries 15 The haters of the Lord shuld haue bene subiect vnto him and their time shuld
mouth kepe the dore of my lippes 4 Incline not mine heart to euil that I shulde cōmit wicked workes with men that worke iniquitie and letme not eat of their delicates 5 Let the righteous smite me for that is a benefite let him reproue me it shal be a precious oyle that shal not breake mine head for within a while I shal euen praie in their miseries 6 When theiriudges shal be cast downe in stonie places they shal heare my wordes for they are swete 7 Our bones lie scattered at the graues mouth as he that he weth wood or diggeth in the earth 8 But mine eyes loke vnto thee ô Lord God in thee is my trust leaue not my soule destitute 9 Kepe me from the snare which they haue laied for me and from the grēnes of the wor kers of iniquitie 10 Let the wicked fall into his nettes together whiles I escape PSAL. CXLII 1 The Prophet nether astonied with feare nor caried awaie with angre nor forced by desperation wolde kil Saúl but with a quiet 〈◊〉 directed his earnest praier to God who did preserue him ¶ A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction and a prayer when he was in the caue 1 I Cryed vnto the Lord with my voyce with my voyce I praied vnto the Lord. 2 I powred out my meditacion before him declared mine affliction in his presence 3 Thogh my spirit was in perplexitie in me yet thou knewest my path in the waie whe rein I walked haue thei priuely laied a snare for me 4 I loked vpon my right hand behelde but there was none that wolde knowe me all refuge failed me none cared for my soule 5 Then cryed I vnto thee ô Lord and said Thou art mine hope my porcion in the land of the liuing 6 Hearken vnto my crye for I am broght verie lowe deliuer me from my persecuters for thei are to strong for me 7 Bring my soule out of prison that I maie praise thy Name then shal the righteous come about me when thou art beneficialvn to me PSAL. CXLIII 1 An earnest praier for remission of sinnes acknowledging that the enemies did thus 〈◊〉 persecute him by Gods iust iudgement 8 He desireth to be restored to grace 10 To be gouerned by his holie Spirit that he maie spen de the remnant of his life in the true feare and seruice of God ¶ A Psalme of Dauid 1 HEare my praier ô Lord and hearken vnto my supplication answer me in thy trueth and in thy righteousnes 2 And entre not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy sight shal none that liueth be iustified 3 For the enemie hathe persecuted my soule he hathe smiten my life downe to the earth he hathe laied me in the darkenes as thei that haue bene dead long ago 4 And my spirit was in perplexitie in me and mine heart within me was amased 5 Yet do I remember the time past I 〈◊〉 te in all thy workes yea I do meditate in the workes of thine hands 6 I stretche forthe mine hands vnto thee my soule desireth after thee as the thirstie land Sélah 7 Heare me spedely ô Lord for my spirit fealeth hide not thy face from me els I shal be like vnto them that go downe into the pit 8 Let me heare thy louing kingdenes in the morning for in thee is my trust she we me the waie that I shulde walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee 9 Deliuer me ô Lord from mine enemies for I hid me with thee 10 Teache me to do thy wil for thou art my God let thy good Spirit lead me vnto the land of righteousnes 11 Quicken me ô Lord for thy Names sake and for thy righteousnes bring my soule out of trouble 12 And for thy mercie slay mine enemies destroie all them that oppresse my soule for I am thy seruant PLAL CXLIIII 1 He praiseth the Lord with great affection and humilitie for his kingdome restored and for his victories obteined 5 Demanding helpe and the destruction of the wicked 9 Promising to acknowledge the same with songs of praises 15 And declareth wherein the felicitie of anie people consisteth ¶ A Psalme of Dauid 1 BLessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth mine hands to fight and my fingers to battel 2 He is my goodnes my fortres my tower my deliuerer my shield in him I trust which subdueth my people vnder me 3 Lord what is man that thou regardest him or the sonne of man that thou thinkest vpon him 4 Man is like to vanitie his daies are like a shadowe that vanisheth 5 Bowe thine heauens ô Lord come dow ne touche the moūtaines thei shal smoke 6 Cast forthe the lightening and scatter them shote out thine arrowes and consume them 7 Send thine hand from aboue deliuerme take me out of the great waters and from the hand of strangers 8 Whose mouth talketh vanitie their right hand is a right hand of falsehode 9 I wil sing a newe song vnto thee ô God and sing vnto thee vpon a viole and an in strument of ten strings 10 It is he that giueth deliuerāce vnto Kings and rescueth Dauid his seruant from the hurtful sworde 11 Rescue me and deliuerme from the hand of strangers whose mouth talketh vanitie and their right hand is a right hād of falsehode 12 That our sonnes maye be as the 〈◊〉 plantes growing vp in their youth and our daughters as the corner stones grauen after the similitude of a palace 13 That our corners may be ful and abunding with diuers sortes and that our shepe may bring forthe thousands ten thousand in our stretes 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour that their be none inuasion nor going out nor no crying in our stretes 15 Blessed are the people that be so yea blessed are the people whose God is the Lord. PSAL. CXLV This Psalme was composed when the kingdome of Dauid florished 1 VVherein he describeth the wonderful pro uidence of God aswel in gouerning man as in preseruing all the rest of his creatures 17 He praiseth God for his iustice and mercie 18 But specially for his louing kindenes toward those that call vpon him that feare him and loue him 21 For the which he promiseth to praise him for euer ¶ A Psalme of Dauid of praise 1 O My God and King I wil extoll thee and wil blesse thy Name for euer and euer 2 I wil blesse thee daily and praise thy Name for euer and euer 3 Great is the Lord and moste worthie to be praised and his greatnes is incompre hensible 4 Generation shal praise thy workes vnto generation and declare thy power 5 I wil meditate of the beautie of thy
new Temple shut de perfectly be restored He prophecied these things in Caldea at the same time that Ieremiáh prophecied in Iudáh the rebegan in the fist yere of 〈◊〉 captiuitie The forme of the Temple citie restored This figure must be set in the end of Ezekiél The forme of the Temple citie restored This figure must be set in the end of Ezekiél CHAP. I. 1 The time wherein Ezekiél prophecied and in what place 3 His kinred 15 The vision of the foure beastes 26. The vision of the throne IT came to passe in the thirtieth yere in the fourth moneth and in the fift day of the moneth as I was among the captiues by the riuer Chebár that the heauens were opened and I sawe visions of God 2 In the fift daye of the moneth whiche was the fift yere of King Ioiachins 〈◊〉 3 〈◊〉 worde of the Lord came vnto Ezekiél 〈◊〉 Priest the sonne of Buzi in the land of the Caldeans by the riuer Chebár where the hand of the Lord was vpon him 4 And I loked and beholde a whirle winde came out of the North a great cloude a fyre wrapped about it and a brightnes was about it and in the middes thereof to wit in the middes of the fyre came out as the likenes of ambre THE VISION OF EZEKIEL A The whirlwinde that came out of the North or Aquilon B The great cloude C The fyre wtapped about it D The brightnes about it E The likenes of amber or the pale colour F The forme of threfoure beastes G Their fete like calues fete H Hands comming out from vnder their wings I K L M The facion of the foure faces of euerie beast N Their wings ioyned one to another O Their two wings whiche couered their bodies P Fyre running among the beastes Q Wheles hauing 〈◊〉 one foure faces R The rings of the wheles whiche were ful of eyes S The firmament like vnto chrystal T The throne which was set vpon the firmament V Wheresate like the appearance of a man X The appearance of amber aboue and benethe the men Y The fyre about him Z The brightnes of fyre like the raine bowe Midi or the South 5 Also out of the middes there of came the likenes of foure beasts and this was their forme they had the appearance of a man 6 And euerie one had foure faces and euerie one had foure wings 7 And their fete were streight fete and the sole of their fete was like the sole of a calues fote and they sparked like the appearance of bright brasse 8 And the hands of a mā came out frō vnder their wings in the foure partes of thē and thei foure had their faces and their wings 9 They were ioyned by their wings one to another when thei went forthe theire turned not but euerie one went streight forwarde 10 And the similitude of their faces was as the face of man they foure had the face of a lyon on the right side and they foure had the face of a bullocke on the left side they foure also had the face of an egle 11 Thus were their faces but their wings were spred out aboue two wings of euerie one were ioyned one to another and two couered their bodies 12 And euerie one 〈◊〉 streight forwarde they went whether their spirit led them and thei returned not when thei 〈◊〉 forthe 13 The similitude also of the beastes and their appearance was like burning coles of fyre and like the appearance of lampes for the fyre ran among the beastes and the fyre gaue a glister and out of the fyre there went lightening 14 And the beastes ran and returned like vnto lightening 15 ¶ Now as I behelde the beastes beholde a whele appeared vpon the earth by the beastes hauing foure faces 16 The faciō of the wheles and their worke was like vnto a chrysolite they foure 〈◊〉 one forme and their facion and their worke was as one whele ī another whele 17 When thei went thei went vpon their foure sides and they returned not when thei went 18 They had also rings and height were feareful to beholde and their rings were ful of eyes round about them foure 19 And when the beastes went the wheles 〈◊〉 with them and when the beastes were lift vp frō the earth the wheles were lift vp 20 Whether their spirit led them they wēt and thether did the spirit of the wheles lead them and the wheles were lifted vp besides them for the Spirit of the beastes 〈◊〉 in the wheles 21 When the beastes went they went and when they stode they stode when they were lifted vp from the earth the wheles were lifted vp 〈◊〉 them for the spirit of the beastes was in the wheles 22 And the similitude of the firmament vpon the heads of the beastes was wōderful like vnto chrystal spred ouertheir headsaboue 23 And vnder the firmament were their wings 〈◊〉 the one towarde the other euerie one had two which couered thē 〈◊〉 one had two whiche couered their bodies 24 And whē they went 〈◊〉 I heard the noi se of their wings like the noise of great waters as the voice of the 〈◊〉 euen the voyce of speache as the noise of an hoste and when they stode they let downe their wings 25 And there was a voyce from the firmament that was ouer their heades whē they stode and had let downe their wings 26 And aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades was the facion of a throne like vnto a saphir stone and vpon the simi litude of the throne was by appearance as the similitude of a man aboue vpon it 27 And I sawe as the appearance of ambre as the similitude of fyre rounde about with in it to loke to euen from his loynes vp warde and to loke to euē from his loynes downe warde I saw as a likenes of fyre and 〈◊〉 rounde about it 28 As the likenes of the bowe that is in the cloude in the day of raine so was the appearance of the light rounde about 29 This was the appearance of the similitude of the glorie of the Lord and when I sawe it I fel vpon my face and I heard a voyce of one that spake CHAP. II. The Prophet is sent to call the people from their errour 1 ANd he said vnto me Sonne of man stand vp 〈◊〉 thy fete I wil speake vnto thee 2 And the Spirit entred into me when he had spoken vnto me and let me vpon my fete so that I heard him that spake vnto me 3 And he said vnto me Sonne of man I send thee to the childrē of Israél to a rebellious natiō that hathe rebelled against me for they their fathers haue rebelled against me euen vnto this very day 4 For thei are impudent children stiffe hearted I do send thee vnto them
and had in derision of the residue of 〈◊〉 heathen that are rounde about 5 Therefore thus sayth the Lord God Surely in the fyre of myne indignation haue I spoken against the residue of the heathen and against all Idumea which haue taken my land for their possession with dispitefull mindes to call it out for a praie 6 Prophecie therefore vpon the land of Israél and saye vnto the mountaines aud to the hilles to the riuers and to the valleis Thus saith the LORDE God Beholde I haue spokē in mine in dignation and in my wrath because ye haue suffered the shame of the heathen 7 Therefore thus sayth the LORD GOD I haue lifted vp my ne hand surely the heathen that are aboute you shall be are theyr shame 8 But you ô mountaines of Israél ye shall shoote forthe your branches and bryng forthe your frute to me people of Israél for they are ready to come 9 For beholde I come vnto you and I will turne vnto you and ye shall be tilled and sowen 10 And I will multiplie the men vpon you euen all the house of Israél wholly and the cities shal be inhabited and the desolate places shal be buylded 11 And I wil multiplie vpon you man ād beast and they shall encrease and bring frute and I will cause you to dwell after your olde estate and I wil bestowe benefites vpon you mo re then at the 〈◊〉 and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord. 12 Yea I will cause men to walke vpon you euen my people Israél and they shal possesse you and ye shal be their inheritance and ye shall no more hence forthe depriue them of men 13 Thus sayth the LORDE GOD Because they saye vnto you Thou land deuourest vp men and haste bene a waster of thy people 14 Therefore thou shalt deuoure men no more nether waste thy people hence forthe saith the Lord God 15 Nether will I cause men to heare in thee the shame of the heathen any more nether shalte thou beare the reproche of the people any more nether shalte cause thy folke to fall any more sayth the LORDE God 16 ¶ Moreouer the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 17 Sonne of man when the house of Israél dwelt in their owne land they defiled it by their owne wayes and by their dedes their waye was before me as the filthines of the menstruous 18 Wherefore I powred my wrath vppon them for the blood that they had shed in the land and for their idoles where with they had polluted it 19 And I scattred them among the heathen and they were dispersed through the countreis for according to their wayes and according to their dedes I iudged them 20 * And when they entred vnto the heathen whether they went they polluted mine holy Name when they sayd of them These are the people of the Lord and are gone out of his land 21 But I fauoured 〈◊〉 holy Name whiche the house of Israél had polluted among the heathen whether they went 22 Therefore saye vnto the house of Israél Thus sayth the LORDE GOD I do not thys for your sakes ó house of Israél but for myne holye Names sake whiche ye polluted among the heathen whether ye went 23 And I wil sanctifie my great Name whiche was polluted amonge the heathen among whome you haue polluted it and the heathen shall knowe that I am the Lord sayth the 〈◊〉 God when I shal be sanctified in you before their eyes 24 For I wil take you from among the heathē and gather you out of all countreis and will bring you into your owne land 25 Then wil powre cleane water vpon you and ye shal be cleane yea from all your filthynes and from all your idoles will I clense you 26 * A newe heart also will I giue you and a 〈◊〉 Spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stonie heart out of your bodye and I wyll gyue you an hearte of fleshe 27 And I wil put my Spirit within you and cau se you to walke in my 〈◊〉 and ye shall kepe my iudgements and do them 28 And ye shal dwell in the land that I gaue to your fathers and ye shal be my people and I wil be your God 29 I will also deliuer you from all your filthines and I wil call for corne and wil increase it and lay no famine vpon you 30 For I will multiplie the frute of the trees and the encrease of the field that ye shal be a re no more the reproche of famine among the heathen 31 Then shalye remember your owne wicked wayes and your dedes that were not good and shall iudge your selues worthie to haue bene destroyed for your iniquities and for abominacions 32 Be it knowen vnto you that I do not thys for your sakes sayth the LORDE GOD therefore ô ye house of Israél be ashamed and confounded for your owne wayes 33 Thus sayth the LORDE GOD What tyme as I shall haue clensed you frome all your iniquities I will cause you to dwell in the cities and the desolate places shal be buylded 34 And the desolate land shal be tilled where as it lay waste in the sight of all that passed by 35 And they said This waste land was like the garden of Eden and these waste and desolate and ruinous cities were strong and were inhabited 36 Then the residue of the heathen that are left round about you shal knowe that I the Lord buylde the ruinous places and plant the desolate places I the Lord haue spoken it and wil do it 37 Thus saith the Lord God I wil yet for this be soght of the house of Israél to performe it vnto them I wil encrease them with men like a slocke 38 As the holie flocke as the flocke of 〈◊〉 in their solemne feastes so shal the desolate cities be filled with 〈◊〉 of men and they shal knowe that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXXVII 1 He prophecieth the bringing againe of the people being in captiuitie 16 〈◊〉 sheweth the 〈◊〉 of the ten tribes with the two 1 THe hand of the Lord was vpon me and caryed me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me downe in the middes of the field which was ful of bones 2 And he led me round about by them and be holde there were very manie in the open field and lo they were verie drye 3 And he said vnto me Sonne of man can these bones liue And I answered ó Lord God thou knowest 4 Againe he said vnto me Prophecie vpon the se bones and say vnto them Oye drye bones heare the worde of the Lord. 5 Thus saith the Lord God vnto these bones Beholde I wil cause breath to entre into you and ye shal liue 6 And I wil lay sine wes vpō you make flesh growe vpon you and couer you with skin put breath in
six and remained vnder the head that was vpō the right side for the foure continued in their place 25 So I loked and beholde the vnderwings thoght to set vp them selues and to haue the rule 26 Then was there one set vp but shortely it appeared no more 27 And the second were soner gone then the first 28 Then I behelde lo the two that remained thoght also in them selues to reigne 29 And when they so thoght beholde there awaked one of the heads that were at rest which was in the middes for that was greater then the two 30 And then I sawe that the two heads were ioyned therewith 31 And behold the head was turned with thē that were with it and did eate vp the two vnderwings that wolde haue reigned 32 But this head put the whole earth in feare bare rule in it ouer all those that dwelt vpon the earth with muche labour and it had the gouernance of the world more thē all the wings that had bene 33 After this I loked and beholde the head that was in the middes suddenly appeared no more as did the wings 34 But the two heads remained whiche also ruled likewise vpon earth and ouer those that dwelt therein 35 And I behelde and lothe head vppon the right side deuoured that was vpon the left side 36 ¶ Then I heard a voyce whiche said vnto me Loke before thee consider the thing that thou seest 37 So I sawe and beholde as it were alyon that roareth rénning hastely out of the wood and I sawe that he sent out a mans voyce vnto the egle and spake and said 38 Heare thou I wil talke with thee and the moste High shal say vnto thee 39 Art not thou that that of the foure beasts remainest whome I made to reigne in my world that by them the end of times might come 40 And the fourth is come and hathe ouercome all the beasts that were past hathe power ouer the worlde with great fearfulnes and ouer the whole compasse of the earth with moste wicked oppressions and that dwelleth so long time in all the world with disceite 41 For thou hast not iudged the earth with trueth 42 Seing thou hast troubled the meke thou hast hurt the peaceable thou hast loued lyers and destroied the dwellings of them that broght forth frute and had cast downe the walles of suche as did thee no harme 43 Therefore is thy wrongfull dealing come vp vnto the moste High and thy pride vnto the Mightie 44 The most High also hath loked vpon the proude times and beholde thei are ended and their abominacions are fulfilled 45 Therefore appeare no more thou egle nor thine horrible wings nor thy wicked feathers nor thy malicious heads and thy wicked clawes nor all thy vaine bodie 46 That all the earth maye be refreshed and come againe as one deliuered from thy vio lence and that she may hope for the iudgement and mercie of him that made her CHAP. XII The declaration of the former visions 1 ANd when the lion spake these wordes to the egle I sawe 2 And beholde the head that had the vpper hand appeared no more nether did the foure wings appeare any more that came to it and set vp them selues to reygne whose kingdome was smale and ful of vproares 3 And I sawe and behold they appeared no more and the whole bodie of the egle was burnt so that the earth was in great feare Then I awaked out of the trouble trance of my minde and from the great feare said vnto my Spirit 4 Lo this hast thou done vnto me in that thou searchest out the wayes of the moste High 5 Lo yet am I wearie in my minde and verye weake in my spirit litle strength is there in me for the greate feare that I receyued this night 6 Therefore now I will beseche the moste High that he will cōfort me vnto the end 7 And I said O Lord Lord if I haue founde grace before thy sight and if I am iustified with thee before manye other and if my praier in dede be come vp before thy face 8 Comfort me and shewe me thy seruāt the interpretacion and difference of this horrible sight that thou maist perfectly comforte my soule 9 Seing thou hast iudged me worthy to shew me the last times 10 ¶ Then he said vnto me This is the interpretacion of this vision 11 The egle whome thou sa west come vp from the sea is the * kingdome which was sene in the vision of thy brother Daniél 12 But it was not expounded vnto him therfore now I declare it vnto thee 13 Beholde the daies come that there shall rise vp a kingdome vpon the earth and it shal be feared aboue all kingdomes that were before it 14 In it shall twelue Kings reigne one after another 15 Whereof the seconde shall begynne to reigne and shall haue more tyme then the twelue 16 And thys do the twelue winges signifie which thou sawest 17 As for the voice that thou heardest speake and that thou sawest not go out frome the heads but from the middes of the bodie thereof this is the interpretacion 18 That after the time of that kingdome there shal arise great strife and it shal be in danger to fall but it shal not then fall but shal be restored againe to his beginning 19 Concerning the eight vnderwings which thousawest hang vnto her wings this is the interpretacion 20 In him shall arise eight Kings whose time shall be but smale and their yeres swift two of them shal perish 21 But when the midde time commeth there shal be foure kept a time whiles hys tyme beginneth to come that it may be ended but two shal be kept vnto the end 22 And where as thou sawest thre heades resting this is the interpretacion 23 In his last dayes shal the moste High raise vp thre kingdomes and shall call agayne manie things into thē and they shall haue the dominion of the earth 24 And of those that dwell therin with much grief aboue all those that were before thē therefore are they called the heads of the egle 25 For they shall accomplish his wickednes and shal finish his last end 26 And where as thou sawest that the greate head appeared no more it signifieth that one of them shal dye vpon his bed and yet with peine 27 For the two that remaine the sworde shal deuoure them 28 For the sworde of the one shal deuoure the other but at the last shal he fal by the sword himself 29 And where as thou sawest two vnderwings that went of towarde the head which was on the right side this is the interpretaciō 30 These are thei whome the most High hath preserued for their end whose kingdome is litle and ful of trouble as thou sawest 31 And the lyon whome thou sawest rising vp out of the wood and roaring speaking vnto the egle and rebuking her for her vnrightousnes
be alway min deful of the scourges 17 Beholde vitailes shal be so good cheape vpon earth that they shal thinke them selues to be in good case but then shal the euils bud forthe vpon earth euen the swor de the famine and great confusion 18 For many of them that dwell vpon earth shal perish with famine and the other that escape the famine shal the sworde destroy 19 And the dead shal be cast out as dongue there shal be no man to comforte themfor the earth shal be wasted and the cities shal be cast downe 20 There shal be no man left to till the earth and to sowe it the trees shal giue frute but who shal gather them 21 The grapes shal be ripe but who shal treade them for all places shal be desolate so that one man shal desire to se another or to heare his voyce 22 For of one citie there shal be ten left and two of the field which shal hide them selues in the thicke woods and in the cleftes of rockes 23 As when there remaine thre or foure oliues in the place where oliues growe or among other trees 24 Or as when a vineyarde is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligētly soght thoro we the vineyarde 25 So in those daies there shal be thre or 〈◊〉 lest by them that searche their houses the sworde 26 And the earth shal be left waste and the fields thereof shal waxe olde her waies and all her paths shal growe full of thornes because no man shal trauail there through 27 The virgines shal mourne hauing no bride gromes the women shal make lamentacion hauing no housbands their daughters shal mourne hauing no helpers 28 In the warres shal their bride gromes be destroied and their housbands shal perish with famine 29 But ye seruants of the Lord heare these things and marke them 30 Beholde the worde of the Lord receaue it beleue not the gods of whome the Lord speaketh beholde the plagues drawe nere and are not slacke 31 As a trauailing woman which in the ninthe moneth bringeth forthe her sonne when the houre of birth is come two or thre houres a fore the peines come vpon her bodie and when the childe cometh to the birth they tarie not a whit 32 So shal not the plagues be slacke to come vpō the earth the worlde shal mourne sorowes shal come vpon it on euerie side 33 Omy people heare my worde make you ready to the battel and in the troubles be euen as a strangers vpon earth 34 He that selleth let him be as he that fleeth his way and he that byeth as one that wil lose 35 Whoso occupieth marchandise as he that winneth not and he that buyldeth as he that shal not dwell therein 36 He that soweth as one that shal not reape hethat cutteth the vine as he that shal not gather the grapes 37 They that mary as they that shal get no children and they that mary not so as the widdowes 38 Therefore they that labour labour in vaine 39 For strangers shal reape their frutes and spoile their goods and ouerthrowe their houses and take their children captiuefor in captiuitie and famine shal they get their children 40 And they that occupie their marchandise with couetousnes the more they decke their cities their houses their possession their owne personnes 41 So muche more wil I be angrie against thē for their sinnes saith the Lord. 42 As a whore enuieth an honest and vertuous woman 43 So shal righteousnes hate iniquitie when she decketh herself shal accuse her opē ly when he shal come that shal bridle the autor of all sinne vpon earth 44 And therefore be ye not like thereunto norto the workes thereof for or euer it be long iniquitie shal be taken a way out of the earth and righteousnes shal reigne among you 45 Let not the sinner say that he hathe not sinned for coles of fyre shal burne vpon his head which saith I haue not sinned before the Lord God and his glorie 46 Beholde the Lord * knoweth all the wor kes of men their imaginaciós their thoghtes and their hearts 47 * For assone as he said Let the earth be made it was made let the heauen be made and it was created 48 By his worde were the starres established and he * knoweth the nomber of them 49 He searcheth the depth and the treasures thereof he hathe measured the sea what it conteineth 50 He hathe shut the seain the middes of the waters and with his worde hathe he hāged the earth vpon the waters 51 He spreadeth out the heauē like a vawte vpon the waters hathe he founde it 52 In the desert hathe he made springs of water and poles vpon the toppe of the mountaines to powre out floods from the hie rockes to water the earth 53 He made man and put his heart in the mid des of the bodie and gaue him breth life and vnderstanding 54 And the Spirit of the almightie God whiche made all things and hathe searched all the hid things in the secrets of the earth 55 He knoweth your inuēcions and what ye imagine in your heart when ye sinne and wolde hide your sinnes 56 Therefore hathe the Lord searched and soght out all your workes and wil put you all to shame 57 And when your sinnes are broght forthe before men ye shal be confounded and your owne sinnes shal stand as your accusers in that day 58 What wil ye do or how wil ye hide your sinnes before God and his Angels 59 Beholde God him selfe is the iudge feare him cease from your sinnes forget your iniquities and medle no more from hence forthe with them so shal God lead you for the and deliuer you from all trouble 60 For beholde the heate of a great multitu de is kindled against you and they shal take away certeine of you and shal slaye you for meat to the idoles 61 And they that consent vnto them shal be had in derision and in reproche and troden vnder foote 62 For in euerie place and cities that are nere there shal be great insurrection against those that feare the Lord. 63 They shal be like mad men they shal spare none they shal spoyle waste suche as yet feare the Lord. 64 For they then shal waste and spoile their goods and cast them out of their houses 65 Then shal the tryal of my chosen appeare as the golde is tryed by the fyre 66 Heare ô ye my beloued saith the Lord be holde the daies of trouble are at hand but I wil deliuer you from them be not ye afraied doute not for God is your captaine 67 Who so kepeth my commandements and precepts saith the Lord God let not your sinnes weigh you downe and let not your iniquities lift them selues vp 68 Wo vnto them that are bounde with their sinnes and couered with their iniquities as a field is hedged in with bushes
onely not be inhabited of men but be abhorred also of the wilde beastes and foules for euer THE WISDOME of Salomon CHAP. I 1 How we ought to searche and enquire after God 2 Who be those that finde him 5 The holy Gost. 8. 11 We ought to flee from backbyting and murmuring 12. Whereof death cometh 15 Righteousnes and vnrighteousnes 1 LOwe * righteousnes ye that be Iudges of the earth thinke re uerētly of the Lord and seke him in simplicitie of heart 2 * Forhe wil be founde ofthem that tem pte him not and appeareth vnto suche as be not vnfaithful vn to him For wicked thoghts separate from God and his power when it is tryed repro ueth the vnwise 4 Because wisdome can not enter into a wic ked heart nor dwell in the body that is sub iect vnto sinne 5 For the holy * Spirit of discipline fleeth from disceit and withdraweth him self from the thoghts that are without vnderstanding and is rebuketh when wickednes cometh 6 For the Spirit of wisdome * is louing and wil not absolue him the blaspemeth with his lippes for God is a witnes of his reines and a true beholder of his heart and an hearer of the tongue 7 For the Spirit of the Lord filleth all the worlde and the same that mainteineth all things hathe knowledge of the voyee 8 Therefore he that speaketh vnrighteous things can not be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shal the iudgement of reproche let him escape 9 For inquisition shal be made for the thogh tes of the vngodlie and the sounde of his wordes shal come vnto God for the correction of his 〈◊〉 10 For the eare of Ielousie heareth all things and the noyce of the grudgings shal not be hid 11 Therefore beware of murmuring which profiteth nothing and refraine your tongue from sclander for there is no worde so secret that shal go for noght the mouth that speaketh lies slaieth the soule 12 Seke not death in the errour of your life * destroye not your selues thorow the workes of your owne hands 13 * For God hathe not made death nether hathe he pleasure in the destruction of the liuing 14 For he created all things that thei might haue their being and the generacions of the worlde are preserued and there is no poyson of destruction in them and the king dome of hell is not vpon earth 15 For righteousnes is immortal but vnrighteousnes bringeth death 16 And the vngodlie call it vnto them bothe with hands and wordes and while they thinke to haue a friend of it they come to naught for they are confederate with it therfore are they worthie to be partakers thereof CHAP. II. The imaginacions and desires of the wicked and their coun sel against the faithful 1 FOr the vn godlie say as they safely ima gine with thē selues Our life is shorte and tedious and in the death of a man the re is no recouerie nether was any knowē that hathe returned from the graue 2 For we are borne at all aduenture and we shal be here after as thogh we had neuer bene for the breth is a smoke in our nostrels and the wordes as a sparke raised out of our heart 3 Which being extinguished the body is tur ned into ashes and the spirit vanisheth as the soft aire 4 Out life shal passe away as the trace of a cloude come to 〈◊〉 as the mist that is driuē away with the beaumes of the sun ne and cast 〈◊〉 with the heat thereof Our name also shal be for 〈◊〉 in time no man shal haue our workes in remembrance 5 * For our time is as a shadowe that passeth away and after our end there is no returning for it is fast sealed so that no man cometh againe 6 * Come therefore and let vs enioye the pleasures that are present and let vs chere fully vse the creatures as in youth 7 Let vs fill our selues with costlie wine and ointements and let not the floure of life passe by vs. 8 Let vs crowne our selues with rose buddes a fore they be withered 9 Let vs all be partakers of our wantonnes let vs leaue some token of our pleasure in euerie place for that is our porcion and this is our lotte 10 Let vs oppresse the poore that is righteous let vs not spare the widdowe nor re uerence the white heere 's of the aged that haue liued many yeres 11 Let our strēgth be the lawe of vnrighteous nes for the things that is feble is reproued as vn profitable 12 Therfore let vs defraude the righteous for he is not for our profite and he is contrarie to our doings he checketh vs for offending against the Lawe and blameth vs as transgressours of discipline 13 He maketh his boaste to haue the knowled ge of God and he calleth him self the sonne of the Lord 14 He is made * to reproue our thoghts 15 It grieueth vs also to loke * vpon him for his life is not like other mens his waies are of another facion 16 He counteth vs as bastardes and he withdra weth him self from our waies as from fil thines he commendeth greatly the latter end of the iust and boasteth that God is his father 17 Let vs se then if his worde be true let vs proue what end he shal haue 18 For if the righteous man be the * sonne of God he wil helpe him and deliuer him frō the hands of his enemies 19 Let vs * examine him with rebukes and tor ments that we may knowe his mekenes proue his pacience 20 Let vs condemne him vnto a shameful death for he shal be preserued as he him self saith 21 Suche things do they image go astraye for their owne wickednes hathe blinded them 22 And they do not vnderstand the misteries of God nether hope for the rewarde of righteousnes nor can discerne the honour of the soules that are fauteles 23 For God created man without corruptiō made him after the * image of his owne likenes 24 * Neuertheles thorow enuy of the deuii came death into the worlde and they that holde of his side proue it CHAP. III. 1 The conuersacion and assurance of the righteous 7 The rewarde of the faithful 11 who are miserable 1 BVt the * soules of the righteous are in the hand of God and no torment shal touche them 2 * In the sight of the vn wise thei appeared to dye and their end was thoght grieuous 3 And their departing from vs destruction but they are in peace 4 And thogh they suffer paine before men yet is * their hope ful of immortalitie 5 They are punished but in fewe things yet in many things shal they be wel rewarded * for God proueth them and findeth them mete for him self 6 He tryeth them as the golde in the fornace and 〈◊〉 them as a perfect frute offring
your selues 44 No man can come to me except the Father which hathe sent me drawe him and I wil raise him vp at the last day 45 It is written in the * Prophetes And they shal be all taught of God Euerie man therefore that hathe heard and hathe learned of the Father cometh vnto me 46 * Not that anie man hathe sene the Father saue he which is of God he hathe sene the Father 47 Verely verely I say vnto you He that beleueth in me hathe euerlasting life 48 I am the bread of life 49 * Your fathers did eat Manna in the wildernes and are dead 50 This is the bread whiche cometh downe from heauē that he which eateth of it shuld not dye 51 I am the liuing bread which came downe from heauen if anie man eat of this bread he shal liue for euer and the bread that I wil giue is my flesh which I wil giue for the life of the worlde 52 Then the Iewes stroue among them selues saying How can this man giue vs his flesh to eat 53 Then Iesus said vnto them Verely verely I say vnto you Except ye eat the flesh of the Sōne of man and drinke his blood ye haue no life in you 54 Whosoeuer* eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hathe eternal life and I wil raise him vp at the last day 55 For my flesh is meat in dede and my blood is drinke in dede 56 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and I in him 57 As the liuing Father hathe sent me so liue I by the Father and he that eateth me euē he shal liue by me 58 This is the bread which came downe from heauen not as your fathers haue eate Manna are dead He that eateth of 〈◊〉 bread shal liue for euer 59 These things spake he in the Synagogue as he taught in Capernaum 60 Manie therefore of his disciples when thei heard this said This is an hard saying who can heare it 61 But Iesus knowing in him self that his disci ples murmured at this said vnto thē Doeth this offende you 62 What then if ye shulde se the Sonne of mā ascende vp * where he was before 63 It is the Spirit that quickeneth the flesh profiteth nothing the wordes that I speake vnto you are spirit and life 64 But there are some of you that beleue not for Iesus knewe from the beginning which they were that beleued not and who shulde betraye him 65 And he said Therefore said I vnto you that no man can come vnto me except it be giuē vnto him of my Father 66 From that time manie of his disciples went backe and walked no more with him 67 Thē said Iesus to the twelue Wil ye also go away 68 Then Simon Peter answered him Master to whome shal we go Thou hast the wordes of eternal life 69 And we beleue and knowe that thou art the Christ the Sonne of the liuing God 70 Iesus answered thē Haue not 〈◊〉 * chosen you twelue and one of you is a deuil 71 Now he spake it of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon for he it was that shulde betraye him thogh he was one of the twelue CHAP. VII 6 Iesus reproueth the ambition of his cousins 12 There are diuers opinions of him among the people 17 He sheweth how to knowe the trueth 20 The iniurie they do vnto him 47 The 〈◊〉 ebuke the officers becau se they haue not taken him 52 And chide with Nicode mus for taking his parte 1 AFter these things Iesus walked in Galile and wolde not walke in Iudea for the Iewes soght to kil him 2 Now the Iewes * feast of the Tabernacles was at hand 3 His brethren therefore said vnto him departe hence and go into Iudea that thy disciples may se thy workes that thou doest 4 For there is no man that doeth anie thing secretly and he himself seketh to be famous If thou doest these things shewe thy self to the worlde 5 For as yet his brethren beleued not in him 6 Then Iesus said vnto them My time is not yet come but your time is alway readie 7 The world can not hate you but me it hateth because I testifie of it that the workes there of are euil 8 Go ye vp vnto this feast I wil not govp yet vnto this feast for my time is not yet fulfilled 9 ¶ These things he said vnto them and abode stil in Galile 10 But assone as his brethren were 〈◊〉 vp thē went he also vp vnto the feast not openly but as it were priuely 11 Then the Iewes soght him at the feest and said Where is he 12 And muche murmuring was there of him among the people Some said He is a good man other said Naye but be deceiueth the people 13 How be it no man spake openly of him for feare of the Iewes 14 Now when half the feast was done Iesus went vp into the Temple and taught 15 And the Iewes marueiled saying How knoweth this man the Scriptures seing that he neuer learned 16 Iesus answered them and said My doctrine is not mine but his that sent me 17 If anie man wil do his wil he shal knowe of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speake of my self 18 He that speaketh of him self seketh his owne glorie but he that seketh his glorie that sent him the same is true and no vnrighteousnes is in him 19 * Did not Moses giue you a Lawe and yet none of you kepeth the Law * Why go ye about to kil me 20 The people answered and said Thou hast a deuil who goeth about to kil thee 21 Iesus answered and said to them I haue done one worke and ye all marueile 22 * Moses therefore gaue vnto you circumcision not because it is of Moses but of the * fathers and ye on the Sabbath day circum cise a man 23 If a man on the Sabbath receiue circumcision that the Law of Moses shulde not be brokē be ye angrie with me because I haue made a man euerie whit whole on the Sabbath day 24 * Iudge not according to the appearance but 〈◊〉 righteous iudgement 25 ¶ Then said some of them of Ierusalem is not this he whome they go about to kil 26 And beholde he speaketh openly they say nothing to him do the rulers knowe in dede that this is the verie Christ 27 How beit we knewe this man whence he is but when the Christ cometh no man shal knowe whence he is 28 ¶ Thē cryed Iesus in the Tēple as he taught saying Ye bothe knowe me and knowe whence I am yet am I not come of my self but he that sent me is true whome ye know not 29 But I knowe him for I am of him and he hathe sent me 30 Then they
things of the Lord and knewe but the baptisme of Iohn onely 26 And he began to speake boldely in the Syna gogue Whome when Aquila and Priscilla had heard they toke him vnto them and expounded vnto him the way of God more perfectly 27 And whē he was minded to go into Achaia the brethren exhorting him wrote to the disciples to receaue him after he was come thither he holpe them muche which had be leued through grace 28 For mightely he confuted publikely the Iewes with great vehemencie shewing by the Scriptures that Iesus was the Christ. CHAP. XIX 6 The holie Gost is giuen by Pauls hands 9 The Iewes 〈◊〉 his doctrine which was confirmed by miracles 13 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and punishment of the coniurers and the frute that came thereof 24 Demetrius raiseth sedition 〈◊〉 pretence of Diana 41 Yet God deliuereth his and appeaseth 〈◊〉 by the towne clarke 1 ANd it came to passe while Apollos was at Corinthus that Paul when he passed through the vpper coastes came to Ephesus and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 disciples 2 And said vnto them Haue ye receiued the 〈◊〉 Gost sence ye beleued And they said vnto him We haue not so muche as heard whether there be an holie Gost. 3 And he said vnto them Vnto what were ye then baptized And they said Vnto Iohns ba ptisme 4 Then said Paul * Iohn verely baptized with the baptisme of repentance saying vnto the people that they shulde beleue in him which shuld come after him that is in Christ Iesus 5 So when they heard it they were baptized in the Name of the Lord 〈◊〉 6 And Paul laid his hands vpon them and the holie Gost came on them they spake the tongues and prophecied 7 And all the men were about twelue 8 ¶ Moreouer he went into the Synagogue spak e boldely for the space of thre moneths disputing and exhorting to the things that apperteine to the kingdome of God 9 But when certeine were hardened disobeyed speaking euil of the way of God before the multitude he departed from thē separated the disciples and disputed daily in the schole of one Tyranus 10 And this was done by the space of two yeres so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the worde of the Lord Iesus bothe Iewes Grecians 11 And God wroght no smale miracles by the hands of Paul 12 So that from his bodie were broght vnto the sicke k erchefs or handk erchefs and the diseases departed from them and the euil spirits went out of them 13 Then certeine of the vagabonde Iewes exorcistes toke in hand to name ouer them which had euil spirits the Name of the Lord Iesus saying We adiure you by Iesus whom Paul preacheth 14 And there were certeine sonnes of Sceua a Iewe the Priest about seuen which did this 15 And the euil spirit answered and said Iesus I acknowledge and Paul I knowe but who are ye 16 And the man in whome the euil spirit was ran on them and ouercame them and preuai led against them so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded 17 And this was knowen to all the Iewes and Grecians also which dwelt at Ephesus and feare came on them all and the Name of the Lord Iesus was magnified 18 And many that beleued came and cōfessed and shewed their workes 19 Many also of them which vsed curious artes broght their bokes and burned them before all men and they counted the price of them and founde it fiftie thousand pieces of siluer 20 So the worde of God grewe mightely and preuailed 21 ¶ Now when these things were accomplished Paul purposed by the Spirit to passe through Macedonia ād Achaia and to go to Ierusalē saying After I haue bene there I must also se Rome 22 So sent he into Macedonia two of them that ministred vnto him Timotheus and Erastus but he remained in Asia for a season 23 And the same time there arose no smale trou ble about that way 24 For a certeine man named Demetrius a siluersmith which made siluer temples of Diana broght great gaines vnto the craftes men 25 Whome he called together with the workemen of like things and said Sirs ye knowe that by this crafte we haue our goods 26 Moreouer ye se and heare that not alone at Ephesus but almoste through out all Asia this Paul hathe persuaded and turned away muche people saying That they be not gods which are made with hands 27 So that not onely this thing is dangerous vnto vs that the state shulde be reproued but also that the temple of the great goddesse Diana shulde be nothing estemed and that it wolde come to passe that her magnificence which all Asia and the worlde worshippeth shulde be destroyed 28 Now when they heard it they were ful of wrath and cryed out saying Great is Diana of the Ephesians 29 And the whole citie was ful of confusion and they rushed into the commune place with one assent and caught*Gaius and*Aristarchus men of Macedonia and Pauls companions of his iourney 30 And when Paul wolde haue entred in vnto the people the disciples suffred him not 31 Certeine also of the chief of Asia which were his friends sent vnto him desiring him that he wolde not present him self in the commune place 32 Some therefore cryed one thing and some another for the assemblie was out of order and the more parte knewe not wherefore they were come together 33 And some of the companie drewe forthe Alexander the Iewesthrusting him forwardes Alexander then beckened with the hād and wolde haue excused the matter to the people 34 But when they knewe that he was a Iewe there arose a shoute almoste for the space of two houres of all men crying Great is Diana of the Ephesians 35 Then the towne clarkewhen he had stayed the people said Yemen of Ephesus what man is it that knoweth not how that the citie of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddesse Diana and of the image which came downe from Iupiter 36 Seing then that no man can speake against these things ye ought to be appeased ād to do nothing rashly 37 For ye haue broghthither these men which haue nether commit sacrilege nether do blaspheme your goddesse 38 Wherefore if Demetrius and the craftes men which are with him haue a matter against any man the 〈◊〉 is open ād there are Deputies let them accuse one another 39 But if ye inquire anie thing concerning other matters it maye be determined in a lawful assemblie 40 For we are euen in ieopardie to be accused of this daies sedicion forasmuche as there is no cause whereby we may giue a reason of this concourse of people 41 And when he had thus spoken he let the assemblie departe CHAP. XX. Paul goeth into Macedonia and into Grecia 7
Gods iudgement 7 Beating downe their glorie which hindered them to praise that which they dis praised in him 16 He sheweth what he requireth on their parte and what they ought to loke for of him at his returne 1 LEt a man so thinke of vs as of the ministers of Christ ād disposers of the secrets of Cod. 2 And as for the rest it is required of the disposers that euerie man be founde faithful 3 * As touching me I passe verie litle to be iud ged of you or of mans iudgement no Iiudge not mine owue self 4 For I knowe nothing by my self yet am I not thereby iustified but he that iudgeth me is the Lord. 5 Therefore * iudge nothing before the time vntil the Lord come who wil lighten things that are hid in darkenes and make the counsels of the hearts manifest and then shal euerie man haue praise of God 6 Now these things brethren I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne self and Apollos for your sakes that ye might learne by vs that no man presume aboue that which is written that one swel not against another for anie mans cause 7 For who separateth thee and what hast thou that thou hast not receiued if thou hast receiued it why reioycest thou as thogh thou hadest not receiued it 8 Now ye are ful now ye are made riche ye reigne as Kings without vs and wolde to God ye did reigne that we also might reigne with you 9 For I thinke that God hathe set forthe vs the laste Apostles as menappointed to death for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde and to the Angels and to men 10 We are fooles for Christs sake and ye are wise in Christ we are weake and ye strong ye are honorable and we are despised 11 Vnto this houre we bothe honger thirst and are naked and are buffeted and haue no certeine dwelling place 12 * And labour working with our owne hāds we are reuiled and yet we blesse we are persecuted and suffer it 13 * We are euil spoken of and we pray we are made as the filthe of the worlde the of skowring of all things vnto this time 14 I write not rhese things to shame you but as my beloued children I admonish you 15 For thogh ye haue ten thousand instructours in Christ yet haue ye not manie fathers for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel 16 Wherefore I pray you be ye followers of me 17 For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my beleued sonne and faithful in the Lord which shal put you in remem brance of my waies in Christ as I teache eue rie where in euerie Church 18 Some are puffed vp as thogh I wolde not come to you 19 But I wil come to you shortely * if the Lord wil and wil knowe not the speache of them which are puffed vp but the power 20 For the kingdome of God is not in word but in power 21 What wil ye shal I come vnto you with a rod or in loue and in the spirit of mekenes CHAP. V. 1 He reproueth sharpely their negligence in punishing him that had committed inceste 3 Willing them to excommunicate him 7 To embrace puritie 9 And flee wickednes 1 IT is heard certeinely that there is fornica tion among you and suche fornication as is not once named among the Gentils * that one shulde haue his fathers wife 2 And ye are puffed vp and haue not rather sorowed that he which hathe done this dede might be put from among you 3 * For I verely as absent in bodie but present in spirit haue determined already as thogh I were present that he that hathe thus done this thing 4 When ye are gathered together and my spirit in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ that suche one I say by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ 5 * Be deliuered vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus 6 Your reioycing is not good * know ye not that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe 7 Purge out therefore the olde leauen that ye may be a newe lumpe as ye are vnleauened for Christ our Passeouer 〈◊〉 sacrified for vs. 8 Therefore let vs kepe the feast not with olde leauen nether in the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednes but with the vnleauened bread of sinceritie and trueth 9 I wrote vnto you in an epistle * that ye shulde not companie together with fornicators 10 And not all together with the fornicators of this worlde or with the couetous or with extorcioners or with idolaters for then ye muste go out of the worlde 11 But now I haue written vnto you that ye companie not together if anie that is called a brother be a fornicator or couetous or an idolater or a railar or a drunkard or an extorcioner with suche one eat not 12 For what haue I to do to iudge them also which are without do ye not iudge thē that are within 13 But God iudgeth them that are without Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man CHAP. VI. 1 He rebuketh them for going tolaw together before the Heathen 7 Christians ought rather to suffer 12 He reproueth the abusing of Christian libertie 15 And sheweth that we ought to serue God purely bothe in bodie and in soule 1 DAre anie of you hauing busines against another be iudged vnder the vniust and not vnder the Saintes 2 * Do ye not knowe that the Saintes shal iud ge the worlde If the worlde then shal be iud ged by you are ye vnworthie to iudge the smallest matters 3 Knowe ye not that we shal iudge the Angels how muche more things that perteine to this life 4 If then ye haue iudgements of things perteining to this life set vp them which are least estemed in the Church 5 I speake it to your shame Is it so that there is not a wise man among you no not one that can iudge betwene his brethren 6 But a brother goeth to lawe with a brother aud that vnder the infideles 7 Now therefore there is vtterly a faute amōg you because ye go to law one with another why rather suffer ye not wrong why rather susteine ye not harme 8 * Nay ye your selues do wrong do harme and that to your brethren 9 Knowe ye not that the vnrighteous shal not inherite the kingdome of God Be not deceiued * nether fornicatours nor idolaters nor adulterers nor wantons nor bouggerers 10 Nor theues nor couetous nor drunkards nor railers nor extorcioners shal inherite the kingdome of God 11 And suche were * some of
you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are iustified in the Name of the Lord Iesus by the Spirit of our God 12 ¶ * All things are lawful vnto me but all things are not profitable I may do all things but I wil not be broght vnder the power of anie thing 13 Meates are ordeined for the bellie and the bellie for the meates but God shal destroie bothe it ād them Now the bodie is not for fornication but for the Lord ād the Lord for the bodie 14 And God hathe also raised vp the Lord and * shal raise vs vp by his power 15 Knowe ye not that your bodies are the mēbres of Christ shal I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot God forbid 16 Do ye not knowe that he which coupleth him self with an harlot is one bodie for two saith he shal be one flesh 17 But he that is ioyned vnto the Lord is one spirit 18 Flee fornicatiō euerie sinne that a mā doeth is without the bodie but he that cōmitteth fornicatiō sinneth against his owne bodie 19 Know ye not that * your bodie is the tēple of the holie Gost which is in you whome ye haue of God and ye are not your owne 20 * For ye are bought for a price therefore glo rifie God in your bodie and in your spirit for they are Gods CHAP. VII 1 The Apostle answereth to certeine questions which the Corinthians desired to knowe 2 As of single life 3 Of the duetie of mariage 11 Of discordes and dissension in mariage 13 Of mariage betwene 〈◊〉 faithful vnfaithful 18 Of vncircumcising the 〈◊〉 21 Of seruitude 25 Of virginitie 39 And seconde mariage 1 NOw concerning the things whereof ye wrote vnto me It were good foramā not to touche a woman 2 Neuertheles to auoide fornication let eue rie man haue his wife and let euerie woman haue her owne housband 3 * Let the honsband giue vnto the wife due beneuolence and like wise also the wife vnto the housband 4 The wife hathe not the power of her owne bodie but the housband and like wise also the housbād hath not the power of his owne bodie but the wife 5 Defraude not one another except it be with consent for a time that ye may giue your selues to fasting and prayer and againe come together that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie 6 But I speake this by permission not by commandement 7 For I wolde that all men were euen as I my self am but euerie man hathe his proper gift of God one after this maner ād another after that 8 Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried and vnto the widowes it is good for them if they abide euen as I do 9 But if they can not absteine let them marie for it is better to marie then to 10 And vnto the maried I commāde not I but the Lord Let not the wife * departe from her housband 11 But and if she departe let her remaine vnmaried or be reconciled vnto her housband and let not the housband put away his wife 12 But to the remnant I speake and not the Lord If anie brother haue a wife that beleneth not if she be content to dwell with him let him not forsake her 13 And the woman which hathe an housband that beleueth not if he be content to dwel with her let her not forsake him 14 For the vnbeleuing housband is sanctified by the wife and the vnbeleuing wife is sanctified by the housband els were your children vncleane but now are they holie 15 But if the vnbeleuing departe let him departe a brother or a sister is not in subiection in suche things but God hathe called vs in peace 16 For what knowest thou ô wife whither thou shalt saue thine housband Or what knowest thou ô mā whither thou shalt saue thy wife 17 But as God hathe distribute to euerie man as the Lord hathe called euerie one so let him walke and so ordeine I in all Churches 18 Is anie man called being circūcised let him not gather his vncircumcision is anie called vncircumcised let him not be circūcised 19 Circumcision is nothing and vncircumcision is nothing but the keping of the commaundements of God 20 * Let euerie man abide in the same vocatiō wherein he was called 21 Art thou called being a seruant care not for it but if yet thou maist be fre vse it rather 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruant is the Lords freman likewise also he that is called being fre is Christs seruant 23 * Ye are boght with a price be not the seruants of men 24 Brethren let euerie man wherein he was called therein abide with God 25 Now concerning virgines I haue no cōmaundement of the Lord but I giue mine aduise as one that hathe obteined mercie of the Lord to be faithful 26 I suppose then this to be good for the pre sent necessitie I meane that it is good for a man so to be 27 Art thou bounde vnto a wife seke not to be losed art thou losed from a wife seke not a wife 28 But if thou takest a wife thou sinnest not and if a virgine marie she sinneth not neuer theles suche shal haue trouble in the flesh but spare you 29 And this I say brethren because the time is short here after that bothe they which haue wiues be as thogh they had none 30 And they that wepe as thogh they wept not and they that reioyce as thogh thei reioyced not thei that bie as thogh they possessed not 31 And they that vse this worlde as thogh they vsed it not for the facion of this worlde goeth away 32 And I wolde haue you without care The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord how he may please the Lord. 33 But he that is maried careth for the things of the worlde how he maye please his wife 34 There is difference also betwene a virgine a wife the vnmaried womā careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holie bothe in bodie and in spirit but she that is maried careth for the things of the worlde how she may please her housband 35 And this I speake for your owne commoditie not to tangle you in a snare but that ye followe that which is honest and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lord without separation 36 But if anie man thinke that it is vncomelye for his virgine if she passe the flowre of her age and nede so require let him do what he wil he sinneth not let them be maried 37 Neuertheles he that standeth firme in his heart
that he hathe no nede but hath pow er ouer his owne will and hathe so decreed in his heart that he will kepe his virgine he doeth wel 38 So thē he that giueth her to mariage doeth well but he that giueth her not to mariage doeth better 39 The wife is bounde by the law as long as her housband * liueth but if her housband be dead she is atlibertie to mary with whom she wil onely in the Lord. 40 But she is more blessed if she so abide in my iudgement * and I thinke that I haue also the Spirit of God CHAP. VIII He rebuketh them that vse their libertie to the sclander of other in goyng to the idolatrous sacrifices 9 And sheweth how men ought to behaue them towarde suche as be weake 1 ANd as touchyng thyngs sacrificed vnto idoles we knowe that we all haue knowledge knowledge puffeth vp but loue edifieth 2 Nowe if any man thinke that he knoweth any thynge he knoweth nothynge yet as he ought to knowe 3 But if any man loue God the same is knowen of him 4 Concernyng therefore meat sacrificed vnto idoles we knowe that an idoll is nothyng in the worlde and that there is none other God but one 5 For thogh there be that are called Gods whe ther in heauen or in earth as there be many gods and many Lords 6 Yet vnto vs there is but one God whiche is the Father of whome are all thyngs and we in hym and * one Lorde Iesus Christ by whome are all things and we by him 7 But euerie man hathe not knowledge for some hauing conscience of the idole vntill this houre eat as a thing sacrificed vnto the idole and so their conscience being weake is defiled 8 But meat maketh not vs acceptable to God for nether if we eat haue we the more nether if we eat not haue we the lesse 9 But take hede lest by any meanes this power of your be an occasion of fallyng to them that are weake 10 For if any man se thee whiche haste knowledge sit at table in the idoles temple shall not the conscience of hym which is weake be boldened to eat those thyngs whiche are sacrificed to idoles 11 And through thy knowledge shall the * weake brother perishe for whome Christ dyed 12 Now when ye sinne so against the brethren and wounde their weake conscience ye sinne against Christ. 13 * Wherefore if meat offende my brother I wil eat no fleshe while the worlde standeth that I may not offend my brother CHAP. IX He exhorteth them by his example to vse their libertie to the 〈◊〉 of other 24 To runne on forthe in the course that they haue begonne 1 AMI not an Apostle am I not fre haue I not sene Iesus Christ our Lord are ye not my worke in the Lord 2 If I be not an Apostle vnto other yet douteles I am vnto you for ye are the seale of mine Apostleship in the Lord. 3 My defense to thē that examine me is this 4 Haue we not power to eat and to drinke 5 Or haue we not power to lead about a wife beyng a sister as wel as the rest of the Apostles and as the brethren of the Lorde and Cephas 6 Or I onely and Barnabas haue not we power not to worke 7 Who goeth a warfarre anye tyme at hys owne cost who planteth a vineyarde and eateth not of the frute thereof or who fedeth a 〈◊〉 and eateth not of the milke of the flocke 8 Saye I these thyngs accordyng to man sayth not the Law the same also 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses * Thou shalte not mussell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne doeth GOD take care for oxen 10 Ether saith he it not all together for our sakes For our sakes no doute it is written that he whiche eareth shulde eare in hope and that he that thre sheth in hope shuld be par taker of his hope 11 * If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall things is it a greate thyng if we reape your carnal things 12 If others with you be partakers of thys power are not we rather neuertheles we haue not vsed thys power but suffre all things that we shulde not hinder the Gospel of Christ. 13 Do ye not knowe that they whiche minister about the * holie things eat of the things of the Temple and they whiche wait at the altar are partakers with the altar 14 So also hathe the Lorde ordeined that they whiche preache the Gospell shulde lyue of the Gospel 15 But I haue vsed none of these thyngs nether wrote I these thynges that it shulde be so done vnto me for it were better for me to dye then that anie man shulde make my re ioycing vaine 16 For thogh I preache the Gospel I haue nothing to reioyce of for necessitie is laid vpō me and wo is vnto me if I preache not the Gospel 17 For if I do it willingly I haue are warde but if I do it against my wil not withstanding the dispensation is committed vnto me 18 What is my rewarde then verely that when I preache the Gospel I make the Gospel of Christe fre that I abuse not mine autoritie in the Gospel 19 For thogh I be fre from all men yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men that I might winne the mo 20 * And vnto the Iewes I become as a Iewe that I may winne the Iewes to them that are vnder the Lawe as thogh I were vnder the Lawe that I maye winne them that are vnder the Law 21 To them that are without lawe as thogh I were without lawe when I am not without Lawe as perteyning to God but am in the Law through Christ that I may winne them that are without Law 22 To the weake I become as weake that I may winne the weake I am made all things to all men that I myght by all meanes saue some 23 And thys I do for the Gospels sake that I might be partaker thereof with you 24 Knowe ye not that they whiche runne in a race runne all yet one receyueth the price so runne that ye may obteine 25 And euerie man that proueth masteries absteineth from althings and they do it to obteine a corruptible crowne but we for an vncorruptible 26 I therefore so runne not as vn certeinly so fight I not as one that beateth the ayre 27 But I beat downe my bodie and bring it into subiection lest by any meanes after that I haue preached to other I my self shulde be reproued CHAP. X. He feareth them with the examples of the Iowes that they put not their trust carnally in the graces of God 14 Exhortyng them to 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 23 And offence of their neighbour 1
this I praise you not 23 For I haue receiued of the Lord that which I also haue deliuered vnto you to wit That the Lord Iesus in the night that he was betrayed to ke bread 24 * And when he had giuen thākes he brake it and said Take eat this is my bodie which is broken for you this do ye in remembrāce of me 25 After the same maner also he toke the cup when he had supped saying This cup is the Newe testament in my blood this do as oft as ye drinke it in remembrance of me 26 For as often as ye shal eat this bread and drinke this cup ye shewe the Lords death til he come 27 Wherefore whosoeuer shal eat this bread and drinke the cup of the Lord vn worthely shal be giltie of the bodie blood of the Lord. 28 * Let a man therefore examine him self and so let him eat of this bread drinke of this cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthely eateth drinketh his owne damnatiō because he discerneth not the Lords bodie 30 For this cause many are weake and sicke among you and many slepe 31 For if we wolde iudge our selues we shulde not be iudged 32 But when we are iudged we are chastened of the Lord because we shulde not be condemned with the worlde 33 Wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eat tary one for another 34 And if any man be hungrie let him eat at home that ye come not together vnto condemnation Other things will I set in order when I come CHAP. XII The 〈◊〉 of the giftes of the holie Gost ought to be vsed to the edifying of Christs Church 12 As the mem bres of mans bodie serue to the vse one of another 1 NOw cōcerning spiritual giftes brethrē I wolde not haue you ignorant 2 Ye knowe that ye were Gentiles and were caryed away vnto the domme idoles as ye were led 3 Wherefore I declare vnto you that no man* speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Iesus * execrable also no man can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the holie Gost. 4 Now there are diuersities of giftes but the same Spirit 5 And there are diuersities of administrations but the same Lord. 6 And there are diuersities of operations but God is the same which worketh all in all 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is giuen to euerie man to profit with all 8 For to one is giuen by the Spirit the worde of wisdome and to another the worde of knowledge by the same Spirit 9 And to another is giuen faith by the same Spirit and to another the giftes of healing by the same Spirit 10 And to another the operations of great workes and to another prophecie and to another the discerning of spirits and to another diuersities of tongues and to another the interpretation of tongues 11 * And all these things worketh euen the self same Spirit distributing to euerie man seuerally as he wil. 12 For as the bodie is one and hathe many mē bres all the membres of the bodie which is one thogh they be many yet are but one bodie euen so is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one bodie whether we be Iewes or Grecians whether we be bonde or fre and haue bene all made to drinke into one Spirit 14 For the bodie also is not one member but many 15 If the fote wolde say Because I am not the hand I am not of the bodie is it therefore not of the bodie 16 And if the eare wolde say Because I am not the eye I am not of the bodie is it therefore not of the bodie 17 If the whole bodie were an eye where were the hearing If the whole were hearing where were the smelling 18 But now hathe God disposed the membres euerie one of them in the bodie at his owne pleasure 19 For if they were all one member where were the bodie 20 But now are there manie members yet but one bodie 21 And the eye can not say vnto the hand I haue no nede of thee nor the head againe to the fete I haue no nede of you 22 Yea muche rather those membres of the bodie which seme to be more feble are necessarie 23 And vpon those membres of the bodie which we thinke moste vnhonest put we more honestie on and our vncomelie partes haue more comelines on 24 For our comelie partes nede it not but God hathe tempered the 〈◊〉 together hathe giuen the more honour to that parte which lacked 25 Left there shulde be anie diuision in the bodie but that the members shulde haue the same care one for another 26 Therefore if one member suffer all suffer with it if one member be had in honour all the membres reioyce with it 27 Now ye are the bodie of Christ and membres for your parte 28 * And God hathe ordeined some in the Church as first Apostles secondly Prophe tes thirdly teachers then them that do mira cles after that the giftes of healing helpers gouernours diuersitie of tonges 29 Are all Apostles are all Prophetes are all teachers 30 Are all doers of miracles haue all the giftes of healing do all speake with tongues do all interprete 31 But desire you the best gifts and I wil yet shewe you a more excellent way CHAP. XIII Because loue is the fountaine rule of edifying the Church he setteth forthe the nature office and praise thereof 1 THogh I speake with the tongues of men and Angels and haue not loue I am as sounding brasse or a tinkling cymbal 2 And thogh I had the gift of prophecie and knewe all secretes and all knowledge yea if had all faith so that I colde remoue * mountaines and had not loue I were nothing 3 And thogh I fede the poore with all my goods and thogh I giue my bodie that I be burned and haue not loue it profiteth me nothing 4 Loue suffreth long it is bountiful loue enuieth not loue doeth not boast it self it is not puffed vp 5 It disdaineth not it seketh not her owne things it is not prouoked to anger it thinketh not euil 6 It reioyceth not in iniquitie but reioyceth in the trueth 7 It Suffreth all things it beleueth all things it hopeth all things it endureth all things 8 Loue doeth neuer fall away thogh that pro phecyings be abolished or the tōgues cease or knowledge vanish away 9 For we knowe in parte and we prophecie in parte 10 But when that which is perfite is come then that which is in parte shal be abolished 11 When I was a childe I spake as a childe I vnderstode as a childe I thoght as a childe but when I became a mā I put
last of all he was sene also of me as of one borne out of due time 9 For I am the least of the Apostles which am not mete to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the Church of God 10 But by the grace of God I am that I am and his grace which is in me was not in vaine but I laboured more abundantly then they all yet not I but the grace of God whiche is with me 11 Wherefore whether it were I or they so we preache and so haue ye beleued 12 ¶ Now if it be preached that Christ is risen frō the dead how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead 13 For if there be no resurrection of the dead then is Christ not risen 14 And if Christ be not risen then is our preaching vaine and your faith is also vaine 15 And we are founde also false witnesses of God for we haue testified of God that he hathe raised vp Christ whome he hathe not raised vp if so be the dead be not raised 16 For if the dead be not raised then is Christ not raised 17 And if Christ be not raised your faith is vaine ye are yet in your sinnes 18 And so they whiche are a slepe in Christ are perished 19 If in this life onely we haue hope in Christ we are of all men the moste miserable 20 But nowe is Christe risen frome the dead and was made the first frutes of them that slepte 21 For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead 22 For as in Adam all dye euen so in Christe shal all be made aliue 23 But euerie man in his owne order the first frutes is christ afterwarde they that are of Christ at his comming shal rise againe 24 Then shal be the end when he hathe deliuered vp the kingdome to God euen the Father when he hath put downe all rule and all autoritie and power 25 For he must reigne till he hathe put all his enemies vnder his fete 26 The last enemie that shal be destroyed is death 27 For he hathe put downe all thynges vnder his fete And when he sayth that all thyngs are subiect to hym it is manifest that he is excepted whiche did put downe all things vnder hym 28 And when all things shal be subdued vnto him then shal the Sonne also him self be sub iect vnto him that did sub due all thyngs vnder him that God may be all in all 29 Els what shal they do which are baptized for dead if the dead rise not at all why are they then baptized for dead 30 Why are we also in ieoperdie euerie houre 31 By our reioycing whiche I haue in Christ Iesus our Lord I dye daily 32 If I haue foght with beasts at Ephesus after the maner of men what aduantageth it me if the dead be not raised vp let vs eat and drinke for tomorowe we shal dye 33 Be not deceiued euill speakings corrupt good maners 34 A wake to liue ryghteously and sinne not for some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame 35 But some man will saye Howe are the dead raised vp and wyth what bodye come they forthe 36 O foole that which thousowest is not quic kened except it dye 37 And that whiche thousowest thousowest not that bodie that shal be but bare corne as it faileth of wheat or of some other 38 But God giueth it a bodie at hys pleasure euen to euerie sede his owne bodie 39 All fleshe is not the same fleshe but there is one fleshe of men and another fleshe of beastes and another of fisshes and another of byrdes 40 There are also heauenlie bodies and earth lye bodyes but the glorye of the heauenlie is one and the glorie of the earthlye is another 41 There is another glorie of the sunue and another glorie of the moone and another glorie of the starres for one starre differeth from another starre in glorie 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead The bodie is sowen in corruption and is raised in incorruption 43 It is sowen in diwonour and is raised in glorie it is sowen in weakenes and is raised in power 44 It is sowen a natural bodie and is raised a spiritual bodie there is a natural bodie there is a spiritual bodie 45 As it is also written The first man * Adam was made a liuing soule and the last Adam was made a quickening Spirit 46 Howbeit that was not first made which is spiritual but that which is natural after warde that which is spiritual 47 The firstman is of the earth earthlie the secondeman is the Lord from heauen 48 As is the earthelie suche are they that are earthlie and as is the heauenlie suche are they also that are heauenlie 49 And as we haue borne the image of the earthlie so shal we beare the image of the heauenlie 50 This say I brethren that flesh blood can not inherit the kingdome of God nether doeth corruption inherit incorruption 51 Beholde I shewe you a secret thing We shal not all slepe but we shal all be changed 52 In a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last * trumpet for the trumpet shal blowe and the dead shal be raised vp incorruptible and we shal be changed 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortalitie 54 So when this corruptible hathe put on incorruption and this mortal hathe put on immortalitie then shal be broght to passe the saying that is written * Death is swalowed vp into victorie 55 * O death where is thy sting ô graue where is thy victorie 56 The sting of death is sinne and the strēgth of sinne is the Law 57 * But thankes be vnto God which hathe giuen vs victorie through our LORD Iesus Christ. 58 Therefore my beloued brethren be ye sted fast vnmoueable abundant alwayes in the worke of the Lord for asmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord CHAP. XVI He putteth them in remembrance of the gathering for the poore brethren at Ierusalem 13 We must perseuere in faith in the loue of Christ our neighbour 15 After his commendations he wisheth to them all prosperitie 1 COncerning * the gathering for the Saintes as I haue ordeined in the Churches * of Galacia so do ye also 2 Euerie first day of the weke let euerie one of you put aside by him self and laye vp as God hathe prospered him that then there be no gatherings when I come 3 And when I am come whosoeuer ye shal alowe by letters them wil I send to
the Lord is libertie 18 But we all beholde as in a mirrour the glorie of the Lord with open face are changed into the same image from glorie to glorie as by the Spirit of the Lord. CHAP. IIII. 1 He declareth his diligence and roundenes in his office 8 And that which his 〈◊〉 toke for his disaduantage to wit the crosse and 〈◊〉 which he endured he tur ned it to his great aduantage 11 17. Shewing what profit cometh thereby 1 THerefore seing that we haue this ministerie as we haue 〈◊〉 mercie we fainte not 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of shame and * walke not in craftines nether handle we the worde of God disceitfully but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euerie mans conscience in the sight of God 3 If our Gospel be then hid it is hid to them that are lost 4 In whome the god of this worlde hathe blinded the mindes that is of the infideles that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ which is the 〈◊〉 of God shulde not shine vnto them 5 For we preache not our selues but Christ Iesus the Lord and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake 6 For God that * commanded the light to shine out of darkenes is he which hathe shined in our hearts to giue the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the fa ce of Iesus Christ. 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellēcie of that power might be of God and not of vs. 8 We are afslicted on euerie side yet are we not in distresse in pouertie but no ouer come of pouertie 9 We are persecuted but not forsaken cast downe but we perish not 10 Euerie where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lord Iesus that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies 11 For we which liue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh 12 So then death worketh in vs and life in you 13 And because we haue the same Spirit of faith according as it is written * I beleued and therefore haue I spoken we also beleue and therefore speake 14 Knowing that he which hathe raised vp the Lord Iesus shal raise vs vp also by Iesus shal set vs with you 15 For all things are for your sakes that moste plenteous grace by the thank esgiuing of manie may redounde to the praise of God 16 Therefore we faint not but thogh our out warde man perish yet the inwarde man is renewed daily 17 For our light affliction which is but for a moment causeth vnto vs a farre moste excellent and an eternal waight of glorie 18 While we loke not on the things which are sene but on the things which are not sene for the things which are sene are temporal but the things which are not sene are eternal CHAP. V. 1 Paul procedeth to declare the vtilitic that cometh by the crosse 4 How we ought to prepare ourselues vnto it 5. By whome 9 And for what end 14. 19 He setteth forthe the grace of Christ 10 And the office of ministers and all the faithful 1 FOr we knowe that if our earthlie house of this tabernacle be destroied we haue buylding giuen of God that is an house not made with hands but eternal in the heauens 2 For therefore we sigh desiring to be clothed with our house which is from heauen 3 Because that if we be clothed we shal not be founde * naked 4 For in dede we that are in this tabernacle sigh and are burdened because we wolde not be vnclothed but wolde be clothed vpon that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of life 5 And he that hathe created vs for this thing is God who also hathe giuen vnto vs the earnest of the Spirit 6 Therefore we are alway bolde thogh we knowe that whiles we are at home in the bodie we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walke by faith and not by sight 8 Neuertheles we are bolde and loue rather to remoue out of the bodie to dwell with the Lord. 9 Wherefore also we couet that bothe dwelling at home remouing from home we may be acceptable to him 10 * For we must all appeare before the iudgement seat of Christ that euerie man may receiue the things which are done in his bodie according to that he hathe done whether it be good or euil 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men and we are made manifest vnto God I trust also that we are made manifest in your consciences 12 For we praise not our selues againe vnto you but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye may haue to answere against thē which reioyce in the face and not in the heart 13 For whether we be out of our wit we are it to God or whether we be in our right minde we are it vnto you 14 For the loue of Christ constraineth vs because we thus iudge that if one be dead for all then were all dead 15 And he dyed for all that they which liue shulde not hence forthe liue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose againe 16 Wherefore hence for the know we no man after the flesh yea thogh we had knowen Christ after the flesh yet now hence forthe know we him no more 17 Therefore if anie man be in CHRIST let him be a newe creature * Olde things are passed away beholde all things are beco me newe 18 And all things are of God which hathe reconciled vs vnto him self by Iesus Christ and hathe giuen vnto vs the ministerie of reconciliation 19 For God was in Christ and reconciled the worlde to him self not imputing their sinnes vnto them and hathe committed to vs the worde of reconciliation 20 Now then are we ambassadours for Christ as thogh God did beseche you through vs we praye you in Christs stede that ye be reconciled to God 21 For he hathe made him to be sinne for vs which knew no sinne that we shulde be made the righteousnes of God in him CHAP. VI. 1 An exhortation to Christian life 11 And to beare him like affection as he doeth them 14 Also to kepe them selues from all pollution of idolatrie bothe in bodie and soule and to haue none acquaintance with idolaters 1 SO we therefore as workers together be seche you that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine 2 For he saith * I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of saluation haue I suckered thee beholde now the accepted time beholde now the daye of saluation 3 We
For in Iesus Christ nether Circumcision auaileth aniething nether vncircumcision but faith which worketh by loue 7 Ye did 〈◊〉 well who did let you that ye did not obeie the trueth 8 It is not the persuasion of hym that calleth you 9 * A litle leauen doeth leauen the whole lompe 10 I haue trust in you through the Lord that ye will be none otherwise minded but he that troubleth you shall beare his condemnacion whosoeuer he be 11 And brethren if I yet preache circumcision why do I yet suffer persecucion Then is the sclander of the crosse abolished 12 Wolde to God they were euen cut of whiche do disquiet you 13 For brethrē ye haue bene called vnto libertie onely vse not your libertie as an occasiō vnto the flesh but by loue serue one another 14 For all the Lawe is fulfilled in one worde whiche is this * Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self 15 〈◊〉 ye byte and deuoure one another take hede lest ye be consumed one of another 16 Then I say * walke in the Spirite and ye shal not fulfill the lustes of the flesh 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh and these are con trarie one to the another so that ye can not do the same things that ye wolde 18 And if ye be led by the Spirite ye are not vnder the Law 19 Moreouer the workes of the fleshe are manifest whiche are adulterie fornicacion vnclennes wantonnes 20 Idolatrie witchcraft hatred debate emulacions wrath contētions sedicions heresies 21 Enuie murthers dronkennes glotonnie suche like whereof I tel you before as I also haue tolde you before that they whiche do suche things shal not inherite the kingdom of God 22 But the frute of the Spirit is loue ioye peace long suffring gentlenes goodnes faith 23 Mekenes temperancie against suche there is no Law 24 For they that are Christs haue crucified the flesh with the affections and the lustes 25 If we liue in the Spirite let vs also walke in the Spirit 26 Let vs not be desirous of vaine glorie prouoking one another enuying one another CHAP. VI. 1 He exhorteth them to vse gentlenes towarde the weake 2 And to shewe their brotherlie loue and modestie 6. Also to prouide for their ministers 9 To perseuer 14 To reioyce in the crosse of Christ. 15 To newnes of life 16. And last of ai wisheth to them with therest of the faithfull all prosperitie 1 BRethren if a man be fallen by occasion into anie faute ye whiche are spirituail restore suche one with the Spirite of mekenes considering thy selfe lest thou also be tempted 2 Beare ye one anothers burden and so fulfil the Law of Christ. 3 For if anie man seme to him selfe that he is some what when he is nothing he deceiueth him self in his imaginacion 4 But let euerie man proue his owne worke and then shal he haue reioycing in him self onely and not in another 5 * For euerie man shal beare his owne burden 6 Let him that is taught in the worde make him that hathe taught hym partaker of all his * goods 7 Be not deceiued God is not mocked for whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he also reape 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reape corruption but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the spirit reape lif euerlasting 9 * Let vs not therefore bewearie of wel doing for in due season we shall reape if we faint not 10 While we haue therefore time let vs do good vnto all men but specially vnto them which are of the housholde of faith 11 ¶ Ye se how large a lettre I haue written vnto you with mine owne hand 12 As manie as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh they constraine you to be circumcised onely because they wolde not suffer persecucion for the crosse of Christ. 13 For they them selues which are circumcised kepe not the Law but desire to haue you circumcised that they might reioyce in your flesh 14 But God forbid that I shulde reioyce but in the crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ whereby the worlde is crucified vnto me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christ Iesus nether circumcision auaileth anie thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as manie as walke according to this rule peace shal be vpon them and mercie vpon the Israel of God 17 From hence forthe let no man put me to busines for I beare in my bodie the markes of the Lord Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with your spirit Amen Vnto the Galathians written from Rome THE EPISTLE OF Paul to the Ephesians THE ARGVMENT WHile Paul was prisoner at Rome there entred in among the Ephesians false teachers who corrupted the true doctrine which he had taught them by reason whereof he wrote this Epistle to confirme them in that thing which they had learned of him And first after his salutacion he assureth them of saluacion because they were thereunto predestinate by the fre election of God before they were borne and sealed vp to this eternal life by the holie Gost giuen vnto them by the Gospel the knowledge of the which mysterie he prayeth God to confirme towarde them And to the intent they shulde not glorie in themselues he sheweth them their extreme miserie wherein they were plonged before they knewe Christ as people without God Gentiles to whome the promises were not made and yet by the fre mercie of God in Christ Iesus they were saued and he appointed to be their Apostle as of all other Gentiles therefore he desireth God to lighten the Ephesians hearts with the perfite vnderstanding of his Sonne and exhorteth thens like wise to be mindeful of so great benefites nether to be moued with the false apostles which seke to ouerthrowe their faith and treade vnder fote the Gospel which was not preached to them as by chance or fortune but according to the eternal counsel of God who by this meanes preserueth onely his Church Therefore the Apostle commendeth his ministerie forasmuche as God thereby reigneth among men and causeth it to bring forthe moste plentiful frutes as innocentie holines with all suche offices apperteining to godlines Last of al he declareth not onely in general what ought to be the life of the Christiās but also sheweth particularly what things concerne euerie mans vocacion CHAP. I. After his salutacion 4 He sheweth that the chief cause of their saluacion standeth in the fre election of God through Christ. 16 He declareth his good wil towarde them giuing thankes and praying God for their faith 21 The maiestie of Christ. 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the wil of God to the * Saintes which are at Ephesus
and to the faithful in Christ Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our Father from the Lord Iesus Christ. 3 * Blessed be God euen the Father of our Lords Iesus Christ which hathe blessed vs with all spiritual blessing in heauēlie things in Christ 4 * As he hathe 〈◊〉 vs in him before the fundacion of the worlde that we * shulde be holie and without blame before him in loue 5 Who hathe predestinate vs to be adopted through Iesus Christ vnto him self according to the good pleasure of his wil 6 To the praise of the glorie of his grace where with he hathe made vs accepted in his beloued 7 By whome we haue redemption through his blood euen the forgiuenes of sinnes according to his riche grace 8 Wherby he hathe bene abundant toward vs in all wisdome and vnderstanding 9 And hathe opened vnto vs the mysterie of his wil according to his good pleasure which he had purposed in him 10 That in the dispensacion of the fulnes of the times he might gather together in one all things bothe which are in heauen and which are in earth euen in Christ 11 In whome also we are chosen when we were predestinate according to the purpose of him which worketh al things after the coun sel of his owne wil. 12 That we which first trusted in Christ shuld be vnto the praise of his glorie 13 In whome also ye haue trusted after that ye heard the worde of trueth euen the Gospel of your saluacion where in also after that ye beleued ye were sealed with the holie Spi rit of promes 14 Which is the ernest of our inheritance vntil the redemption of the possession purchas sed vnto the praise of his glorie 15 Therefore also after that I heard of the faith which ye haue in the Lord Iesus and loue towarde all the Saintes 16 I cease not to giue thankes for you making mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lord Iesus Christ the Father of glorie might giue vnto you the Spirit of wisdome and reuelation through the knowledge of him 18 That the eyes of your vnderstandyng may be lightened that ye may knowe what the hope is of his calling and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saintes 19 And what is the exceading greatnes of hys power toward vs which beleue * according to the working of his mightie power 20 Which he wroght in Christe when he raised him from the dead set him at his right hand in the heauenlie places 21 Farre aboue all principalitie and power might and domination and euerie Name that is named not in this worlde onely but also in that that is to come 22 * And hathe made all things subiect vnder his fete and hath appointed hym ouer all things to be the head to the Churche 23 Whiche is his bodie euen the fulnes of him that filleth all in all things CHAP. II. 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe whiche is the onely cause of saluation II He sheweth them what maner of people they 〈◊〉 before their cōuersion 18 And what they are now in Christ. 1 ANd * you hath he quickened t hat were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this worlde and after the * a prince that ruleth in the aire euen the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience 3 Among whome we also had our conuersation in time past in the lustes of our fleshe in fulfilling the wil of the 〈◊〉 of the minde and were by nature the children of wrath as wel as others 4 But God whiche is riche in mercie through his great loue wherewith he loued 〈◊〉 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hathe quickened vs together in Christ by who se grace ye are saued 6 And hathe raised vsvp together and made vs sit together in the heauenlie places in Christ Iesus 7 That he might shew in the age to come the exceding riches of his grace through his kindnes towarde vs in Christ Iesus 8 For by grace are ye saued through faith and that not of your selues it is the gifte of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shulde boaste himself 10 For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes which God hathe ordeined that we shulde walke in them 11 Wherefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the fleshe and called * 〈◊〉 of them whiche are called circumcision in the flesh made with hands 12 That ye were I say at that time without Christ and were aliantes from the commune welth of Israel and were * strangers frō the couenants of promes and had no hope were without God in the worlde 13 But now in Christ IESVS ye which once were farre of are made nere by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace which hathe made of bothe one and hathe broken the stoppe of the particion wall 15 In abrogating through his flesh the hatred that is the Law of commandements which standeth in ordinances for to make of twaine one newe man in himself so making peace 16 And that he might reconcile bothe vnto God in one bodie by his crosse and slaye hatred thereby 17 And came preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nere 18 * For through him we bothe haue an entran ce vnto the Father by one Spirit 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers ād forenes but citizens with the Saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are buylt vpon the fundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christ him self being the chief corner stone 21 In whome all the buylding coupled together groweth vnto an holie Temple in the Lord 22 In whome ye also are buylt together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit CHAP. III. 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 Desireth them not to faint because of his trouble 14 And prayeth God to make them stedfast in his Spirit 1 FOr this cause I Paul am the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles 2 If ye haue heard of the dispensation of the grace of GOD which is giuen me to you warde 3 That is that God by reuelation hathe shewed this mysterie vnto me as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes 4 Whereby when ye read ye may know mine vnderstanding in the mysterie of Christ 5 Which in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is now reueiled vnto his holie Apostles and Prophetes by the Spirit 6 That the Gentiles shulde be inheriters also and of the same bodie and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospel 7 Whereof I am made a
minister by the gifte of the grace of God giuen vnto me* through the working of his power 8 * Euen vnto me the least of all Saintes is this grace giuen that I shulde preache among the * Gentiles the vnsearcheable riches of Christ 9 And to make cleare vnto all men what the felowship of the * mysterie is which frō the beginning of the worlde hathe bene hid in God who hathe created all things by Iesus Christ 10 To the intēt that now vnto principalities and powers in heauenlie places might be knowen by the Church the manifolde wisdome of God 11 According to the eternal purpose which he wroght in Christ Iesus our Lord. 12 By whome we haue boldnes and entrance with confidence by faith in him 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for your sakes which is your glorie 14 For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ 15 Of whome is named the whole familie in heauen and in earth 16 That he might grante you according to the riches of his glorie that ye may be strengthned by his Spirit in the inner man 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that ye being rooted and grounded in loue 18 May be able to comprehend with all Saintes what is the breadth length depth and height 19 And to knowe the loue of Christ which pas seth knowledge that ye may be filled with all fulnes of God 20 * Vnto him therefore that is able to do exceading abundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke according to the power that wor keth in vs 21 Be praise in the Church by Christ Iesus throughout all generations for euer Amen CHAP. IIII. He exhorteth themvnto mekenes long suffering vnto loue and peace 3 Euerie one to serue and edifie another with the gift that God hathe giuen him 14 To beware of strange doctrine 22 To lay aside the olde conuersation of griedie lustes and to walke in a newe life 1 I * Therefore being prisoner in the Lord praye you that ye walke worthie of the vo cation whereunto ye are called 2 With all humblenes of minde and mekenes with long suffring supporting one another through loue 3 Endeuoring to kepe the vnitie of the Spirit in the bonde of peace 4 There is one bodie and one Spirit euen as ye are called in one hope of your vocation 5 There is one Lord one Faith one Baptisme 6 * One God and Father of all which is aboue all and through al in you all 7 * But vnto euerie one of vs is giuen grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith * When he ascended vp on hie he led captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men 9 Now in that he ascended what is it but that he had also descēded first into the louest partes of the earth 10 He that descended is euen the same that ascended farre aboue all heauens that he might fill all things 11 * He therefore gaue some to be Apostles and some Prophetes and some Euangelistes and some Pastours and Teachers 12 For the gathering together of the Saintes for the worke of the ministerie and for the edification of the bodie of Christ. 13 Till we all mete together in the vnitie of faith and knowledge of the Sonne of God vnto a perfite man and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnes of Christ. 14 That we hence forthe be no more children waueringe and caryed about with euerie winde of doctrine by the deceit of men and with craftines wherby the laye in waite to deceiue 15 But let vs followe the trueth in loue and in all things growe vp into him whiche is the head that is Christ. 16 By whome all the bodie being coupled and knit together by euerie ioynt for the furniture thereof according to the effectuall power whiche is in the measure of euerie parte receiueth increase of the bodie vnto the edifying of it self in loue 17 This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforthe walke not as * other Gentiles walke in vanitie of their minde 18 Hauing their cogitation darkened being strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the hardenes of their heart 19 Which being past * feling haue giuen thē selues vnto 〈◊〉 to worke all vnclennes euen with griedines 20 But ye haue not so learned Christ. 21 If so be ye haue heard him and haue bene taught by him as the trueth is in Iesus 22 That is * that ye cast of concernyng the conuersatiō in time past the olde man whiche is corrupt through deceiueable lustes 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your minde 24 * And put on the new man whiche after God is created in righteousnes and true holines 25 * Wherefore cast of lying and speake euerie man trueth vnto his neighbour for we are members one of another 26 * Be angry but sinne not let not the sunne go downe vpon you wrath 27 * Nether giue place to the deuil 28 Let hym that stole steale no more but let him rather labour and worke with hys hāds the thing which is good that he may haue to giue vnto him that nedeth 29 * Let no corrupt communication procede out of your mouth but that whiche is good to the vse of edifying that it may minister grace vnto the hearers 30 And grieue not the holie Spirit of God by whome ye are sealed vnto the day of redēption 31 Let all bitternes and angre and wrath crying and euil speaking be put away from you with all maliciousnes 32 * Be ye courteous one to another and tender hearted forgiuing one another euen as God for Christs sake forgaue you CHAP. V. 2 He exhorteth them vnto loue 3 Warneth them to beware of vnclennes couetousnes foolish talking and false doctrine 17 To be circumspecte 18 To auoide dronkennes 19 To reioyce and to be thākefull towarde God 21 To submit them selues one to another 22 He entrea teth of corporall mariage and of the spirituall betwixt Christ and his Churche 1 BE ye therefore followers of God as dere children 2 * And walke in loue euen as Christe hathe loued vs and hathe giuen himself for vs to be an offring and a sacrifice of a swete smel ling sauour to God 3 * But fornication and all vnclennes or coueto usnes let it not be once named among you as it becometh Saintes 4 Nether filthines nether foolish talking nether iesting which are thing not comelie but rather giuing of thankes 5 For this ye knowe that no whoremonger nether vncleane persone nor
turne backe from Christ. 8 To the seruice of Angels or anie other inuention or els ceremonies of the Law 17 which haue finished their office and are ended in Christ. 1 FOr I wolde ye knowe what greate fighting I haue for your sakes and for them of Lao dicea and for as manie as haue not sene my persone in the flesh 2 That their hearts myght be comforted and they knit together in loue and in all ryches of the full assurance of vnderstandynge to knowe the mysterie of God euen the Father and of christ 3 In whom are hid al the treasures of wisdome and knowledge 4 And this I saye lest anie man shulde beguile you with entising workes 5 * For thogh I be absent in the flesh yet am I with you in the spirite reioycing and beholding your ordre and your stedfast fayth in Christ. 6 As ye haue therefore receiued Christ Iesus the Lord so walke in him 7 Roted and buylt in him and stablished in the fayth as ye haue * bene taught abundynge therein with thankes giuing 8 Beware lest there be anye man that spoile you through philosophie and vayne deceit through the traditions of men accordyng to the rudiments of the worlde and not after Christ. 9 * For in hym dwelleth all the fulnes of the Godhead bodely 10 And ye are compleate in him whiche is the head of all Principalitie and Power 11 In whome also ye are 〈◊〉 with * cir cumcision made without hands by puttyng of the sinful bodie of the fleshe through the circumcision of Christ. 12 In that ye are * buryed wyth hym through Baptisme in whome ye are also raysed vp together through * the fayth of the operation of God whiche raised hym from the dead 13 * And ye whiche were dead in sinnes and in the vncircumcision of your flesh hathe he quickened together with hym forgiuing you all your trespaces 14 And putting out the * hande writing of ordinances that was againste vs whiche was cōtrarie to vs he euē toke it out of the way and fastened it vpon the crosse 15 And hathe spoiled the Principalities and Powers and hathe made a shewe of them openly and hathe triumphed ouer them in the same crosse 16 Let no man therefore condemne you in meat and drynke or in respect of an holye daye or of the newe moone or of the Sabbath dayes 17 Whiche are but a shaddowe of thyngs to come but the bodie is in Christ 18 * Let no man at his pleasure beare rule ouer you by humblenes of minde and worshiping of Angels aduancing him self those things whiche he neuer sawe rashly put vp with his fleshlie minde 19 And holdeth not the head whereof all the bodie furnished ād knit together by iointes and bandes encreaseth with the increasing of God 20 Wherfore if ye be dead with Christ from the ordinances of the worlde why as thogh ye liued in the worlde are ye burdened with traditions 21 As Touche not Taste not Handel not 22 Which al perish with the vsing and are after the commandements and doctrines of men 23 Which things haue in deed a shewe of wisdome in n voluntarie religion ād humblenes of minde and in not sparyng the bodie nether haue they it anie estimation to satisfie the flesh CHAP. III. 1 He sheweth where we shulde 〈◊〉 Christ. 5 He exhorteth to mortification 10 To put of the old man and to put on Christ. 12 To the which he addeth exhortation bothe general and particular to charitie and humilitie 1 IFye then be risen with Christ seke those things which are aboue where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God 2 Set your affections on thinges whiche are aboue and not on thinges whiche are on the earth 3 For ye are dead and your lyfe is hid with Christ in God 4 When Christ which is our lif shal appeare then shall ye also appeare wyth hym in glorie 5 * Mortifie therefore your members which are on the earth fornication vnclennes the in ordinate affection euill concupiscence couetousnes which is idolatrie 6 For the whiche thinges sakes the wrath of God cometh on the childrē of disobediēce 7 Wherein ye also walked once whē ye liued in them 8 * But now put ye away euen all these things wrath angre maliciousnes cursed speaking filthie speaking out of your mouth 9 Lie not one to another seynge that ye haue put of the olde man with his workes 10 And haue put on the newe whiche is renewed in knowledge * after the image of him that created him 11 Where is nether Grecian nor Iewe circumcision nor vncircumcision Barbarian Scythian bonde fre but Christ is all and in all things 12 * Now therefore as the elect of God holye beloued put on tender mercie kindnes humblenes of mind mekenes long suffring 13 For bearing one another and forgiuing one another if anie mā haue a quarel to another 〈◊〉 as Christ forgaue you euen so do ye 14 And aboue all these thinges put on loue which is the bonde of perfectnes 15 And let the peace of GOD rule in your heartes to the whiche ye are called in one bodie and be ye amiable 16 Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdome teaching and admonishing your owne selues in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songs singing with a * grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 * And whatsoeuer ye shall do in worde or dede do all in the Name of the Lord Iesus giuing thankes to God euen the Father by him 18 ¶ * Wiues submite your selues vnto your housbands as it is comelie in the Lord. 19 * Housbands loue your wiues and be not bitter vnto them 20 ¶ * Childrē obey your parēts in all things for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord. 21 Fathers prouoke not your childrē to anger lest they be discouraged 22 ¶ * Seruants be obedient vnto them that are your masters accordyng to the fleshe in all things not with eye seruice as men pleasers but in singlenes of heart fearing God 23 And whatsoeuer ye do do it heartely as to the Lord and not vnto men 24 Knowing that of the Lorde ye shall receyue the rewarde of the inheritance for ye serue the Lord Christ. 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receiue for the wrong that he hathe done and there is no * respect of persones CHAP. IIII. 2 He exhorteth them to be feruent 〈◊〉 prayer 5 To walke wiselye towarde them that are not yet come to the true knowledge of Christ He saluteth them and wisheth thē all prosperitie 1 YEmasters do vnto your seruauntes that which is iuste and equal knowing that ye also haue a master in
hewen a sunder they were tempted they were slayne with the sword they wandered vp ād downe in shepes skinnes and in goates skinnes being destitute afflicted and tormented 38 Whom the worlde was not worthie of they wandred in wildernesses and mountaines ād dennes and caues of the earth 39 And these all through faith obteined good reporte and receiued not the promes 40 God prouidyng a better thyng for vs that they without vs shuld not be made perfite CHAP. XII 1 An exhortation to be patient and stedfast in trouble and aduersitie vpon hope of ouerlasting rewarde 25 A commendacion of the new Testament aboue the olde 1 WHerfore * let vs also seyng that we are compassed with so greate a cloude of witnesses cast away euerie thyng that presseth downe and the sinne that hangeth so fast on let vs runne with pacience the race that is set before vs. 2 Lok yng vnto Iesus the autor and finisher of our fayth who for the ioye that was set be fore hym endured the crosse and despised the shame and is set at the ryght hand of the throne of God 3 Consider therefore him that endureth such speaking against of sinners lest ye shulde be wearied and fainte in your mindes 4 Ye haue not yet resisted vnto blood striuing against sinne 5 And ye haue forgotten the consolation whi che speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren * My sonne despise not the chastenyng of the Lorde nether faint when thou art rebuked of hym 6 For whome the Lord loueth he chasteneth and he scourgeth euerie sonne that he receiueth 7 If ye endure chastenyng God offreth hym self vnto you as vnto sonnes for what sonne is it whome the father chasteneth not 8 If therefore ye be without correction wher of all are partakers then are ye bastardes ād not sonnes 9 Moreouer we haue had the fathers of our bodies whiche corrected vs and we gaue them reuerence shulde we not much rather be in subiection vnto the Father of spirits that we might liue 10 For they verely for a fewe dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure but he chasteneth vs for our profit that we might be partakers of his holynes 11 Nowe no chastisinge for the present semeth to be ioy ous but grieuous but afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet frute of righteousnes vnto them whiche are thereby exercised 12 Wherefore lift vp your hands which hang downe and your weakeknees 13 And make strayght steppes vnto your fete lest that which is halting be turned out of the way but let it rather be healed 14 * Followe peace with all men and holynes without the which no man shal se the Lord. 15 Take hede that no man fall away from the grace of GOD let no roote of bytternes spring vp and trouble you lest thereby many be defiled 16 Let there be no fornicator or prophane persone as * Esau whyche for a portion of meatsolde his byrth right 17 * Forye knowe howe that afterwarde also when he wolde haue inherited the blessing he was reiected for he founde no place to repentaunce thogh he soght the blessyng with teares 18 Forye are not come vnto the * mount that might be touched nor vnto burnyng fyre nor to blackenes and darkenes and tempest 19 Nether vnto the sounde of a trumpet and the voyce of wordes which they that heard it excused them selues that the worde shuld not be spoken to them any more 20 For they were not able to abyde that whiche was commaunded * Yea thogh a beast touche the mountaine it shal be stoned or thrust thorowe with a darte 21 And so terrible was the sight which appeared that Moses said I feare and quake 22 But ye are come vnto the mounte Sion and to the citie of the liuing God the celestiall Ierusalem and to the companie of innumera ble Angels 23 And to the congregacion of the first borne which are writen in heauen and to God the iudge of all and to the Spirits of iust and perfite men 24 And to Iesus the Mediator of the newe Testament ād to the blood of sprinkeling that speaketh better things then that of * Abel 25 Se that ye despise not hym that speaketh for if they escaped not whiche refused him that spake on earth muche more shall we notescape if we turne away from him that speaketh from heauen 26 Whos 's voyce then shouke the earth and nowe hathe declared saying * Yet once more wil I shake not the earth onely but also heauen 27 And thys worde Yet once more signifieth remouyng of those thyngs whyche are shaken as of thyngs whiche are made with hands that the things whiche are not shaken may remaine 28 Wherefore seing we receiue a kingdome which can not be shaken let vs haue grace whereby we may so serue God that we may please him with reuerence and feare 29 For * euen our God is a consuming fire CHAP. XIII 1 He maketh vs vnto loue 2 To hospitalitie 3 To thinke vppon suche as be in aduersitie 4 To mainteine wedlocke 5 To auoyde couetousnes 7 To make muche of them that preache Gods worde 9 To beware of strange learning 13 To be content to suffre rebuke with Christ. 15 To be thankefull vnto God 17 And obe dient vnto our gouernours 1 LEt * brotherlie loue continue 2 Be not forgetful to lodge strangers for thereby some haue * receiued Aungels into their houses vnwares 3 Remember thē that are in bondes as thogh ye were bunde with them and them that are in affliction as if ye were also afflicted in the bodie 4 Mariage is honorable among all and the bed vndefiled but whoremungers and adulterers God wil iudge 5 Let your conuersation be without couetousnes and be content with those thyngs that ye haue for he hathe said * I will not faile thee nether forsake thee 6 So that we may boldely say * The Lord is mine helper nether will I feare what man can do vnto me 7 Remember them which haue the ouersight of you whiche haue declared vnto you the worde of God whose faith followe considering what hath benethe end of their con uersation 8 Iesus Christ yester day and to day the same also is for euer 9 Be not caried about with diuers and strange doctrines for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace ād not with meates whiche haue not profited thē that haue bene occupied therein 10 We haue an altar whereof they haue no autoritie to eate which serue in the Tabernacle 11 * For the bodies of those beastes whose blood is broght into the Holie place by the hie Priest for sinne are burnt without the campe 12 Therefore euen Iesus that he might sanctifie the people with his owne blood suffred without the gate 13 Let vs go forthe therefore out
that loue him 6 But ye haue despised the poore Do not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie and do not they drawe you before the iudgemēt seates 7 Do not they blaspheme the worthie Name after which ye be named 8 But if ye fulfill the royal Law accordyng to the Scripture whiche saith * Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self ye do wel 9 * But if ye regarde the persones ye commit sinne and are rebuked of the Law as transgressours 10 For* whosoeuer shal kepe the whole Law and yet faileth in one point he is giltie of all 11 For he that said * Thou shalt not commit adulterie said also Thou shalt not kill Now thoghthou do est none adulterie yet if thou killest thou art a transgressor of the Law 12 So speake ye and so do as they that shal be iudged by the Law of libertie 13 For there shal be iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercie and mercie reioyceth against iudgement 14 What auaileth it my brethren thogh a man saith he hathe faith when he hath no workes can the faith saue him 15 For if a brother or sister be* naked and destitute of dailie fode 16 And one of you say vnto them Departe in peace warme your selues and fill your bellies not withstandyng ye giue thē not those things which are nedeful to the bodie what helpeth it 17 Euen so the fayth if it haue no workes is dead in it self 18 But some man myght saye Thou haste the faith and I haue workes shewe me thy faith out of thy workes and I will shewe thee my faith by my workes 19 Thou beleuest that there is one GOD thou doest wel the deuils also beleueit and tremble 20 But wilt thou vnderstand ô thou vaine mā that the fayth whiche is without workes is dead 21 Was not Abraham our Father iustified through workes when he offred Isaac hys sonne vpon the Altar 22 Seest thou not that the fayth wroght with his workes ād through the workes was the faith made persite 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith * Abraham beleued God and it was imputed vnto hym for righteousnes and was called the friend of God 24 Ye se then howe that of workes a man is iustified and not of faith onely 25 Likewise also was not * Rahab the harlot iustified through workes when she hadreceiued the messengers and sent them out an other waye 26 For as the bodie without the spirit is dead euen so the fayth without workes is dead CHAP. III. 2 He forbiddeth all ambition to seke honour aboue our brethren 3 He describeth the propertie of the tongue 15 16 And what difference there is betwixt the wisdome of God and the wisdome of the worlde 1 MY brethren be not manye masters knowing that we shal receiue the greater condemnation 2 For in manie things we sinne all * If anie man sinne not in worde he is a perfect man and able to bridel all the bodie 3 Beholde we put bits into the horses mouthes that they shulde obey vs and we turne about all their bodie 4 Beholde also the shippes which thogh they be so greate and are driuen of fierce windes yet are they turned aboute wyth a verye smale rudder whethersoeuer the gouerner lysteth 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member and boasteth of great things beholde how great a thing a litle fyre kindleth 6 And the tongue is fyre yea a worlde of wyckednes so is the tongue set among our membres that it defileth the whole bodye and setteth on fire the course of nature and it is set on fyre of hel 7 For the whole nature of beastes and of birdes and of crepyng thyngs and thyngs of the sea is tamed and hath bene tamed of the nature of man 8 But the tongue can no mantame It is an vnrulie euil ful of deadelye poyson 9 Therewith blesse we God euen the Father ād there with curse wemen which are made after the similitude of God 10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessings ād cursing my brethrē these thyngs ought not so to be 11 Doeth a fountaine send forthe at one place swete water and bytter 12 Can the figge tre my brethren bring forthe oliues other a vine figges so can no foūtaine make bothe salte water and swete 13 Who is a wyse man and endued with knowledge amonge you let hym shewe by good conuersation hys workes in mekenes of wisdome 14 But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts reioyce not nether be lyers against the trueth 15 This wisdome descendeth not from aboue but is earthlie sensual and diuelish 16 For where enuying and strife is there is sedition and all maner of euill workes 17 But the wisdome that is frome aboue is first pure then peaceable gentle easie to be entreated ful of mercie ād good frutes with out iudging and without hypocrisie 18 And the frute of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace of them that make peace CHAP. IIII. 1 Hauing shewed the cause of all wrong and wickednes and also of all graces and goodnes 4 He exhorteth them to loue God 7 And submit them selues to him 11 Not speaking euil of their neighbours 13 But patiently to depend on Gods prouidence 1 FRom whence are warres ād contentions among you are they not hence euen of your lustes that fight in your members 2 Ye luste and haue not ye enuie and haue indignation and can not obteyne ye fight and warre and get nothing because ye aske not 3 Ye aske and receyue not because ye aske amisse that ye myght consume it on your lustes 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses knowe ye not that the amitie of the worlde is the eni mitie of God * Whosoeuer therefore wil be a friend of the worlde maketh him selfe the enemie of God 5 Do ye thinke that the Scripture sayth in vaine The spirit that dwelleth in vs lusteth after enuie 6 But the Scripture offereth more grace ād therefore sayth * God resisteth the proude and giueth grace to the humble 7 * Submit your selues to God resist the deuil and he wil flee from you 8 Drawe nere to God and he will drawe nere to you Clense your hands ye sinners ād pur ge your hearts ye wauering minded 9 Suffer afflictions and soro we ye and wepe let your laughter be turned into mournyng and your ioye into heauines 10 * Cast downe your selues before the Lord and he wil lift you vp 11 Speake not euill one of another brethren He that speaketh euill of hys brother or he that condemneth his brother speaketh euill of the Law and condemneth the Law and if thou condemnest the Law thou art not an obseruer of the Law but a iudge 12 There is one Law giuer whiche is
shal be a witnes against thee which 〈◊〉 receiued that blood which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cruelly shed l Thous halt neuer 〈◊〉 rest for thine heart shal be in 〈◊〉 feare 〈◊〉 care m He burdeneth God as a cruel iudge because he did punish him so sharpely “ Or my sinne is greater then can be pardoned n Not for the loue he bare to Káin but to suppresse murther o A visible signe of Gods 〈◊〉 that other shulde feare p Thinking the reby to be sure to haue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sion to 〈◊〉 Gods 〈◊〉 against him q The lawful 〈◊〉 of maria ge which is that two shuld be one flesh was first cor rupt in the house of Kain by Lamech “ Or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 “ Or flutes and pipes r His wiues 〈◊〉 that all men hated him for his crueltie were 〈◊〉 therefore he braggeth that there is none so 〈◊〉 that were able to resist 〈◊〉 he were already wounded “ He 〈◊〉 at Gods sufferance is Kain iesting an thogh God 〈◊〉 suffren one to punish him and yet giue him licence to murther others t In these dayes God began to mo ue the hearts of the godlie to resto re religion which along time by the wicked had bene suppressed “ Or rehearsal of the stocke a Read Chap. 1 26. b By giuing them bothe one name he noteth the inseparable 〈◊〉 of man and 〈◊〉 c Aswel concerning his creation as his corruption 〈◊〉 Chro. 1 1. d He proueth Adams generation by thē which came of Sheth to she we which is the true Church and al so what care God had ouer the same from the beginning in that he cō tinued euer his gra ces toward it by a cōtinual successiō e The chief cause of long life in the first age was the multi plication of mankinde that according to Gods commandement at the beginning the worlde might be increased with people whiche might vniuersally praise his Name Eccl. 44. 15. ebr 11. 5. f That is he led an vpright and go 〈◊〉 g To 〈◊〉 that the re was a better li fe prepared and to be a testimonie of the immortalitie of soules bodies As to 〈◊〉 whe re he became is mere curiositie h Laméch had respect to the promes Chap. 3 15. desired to sethede 〈◊〉 which shul de be sent and vet sawe but a figure thereof he also spa ke this by the Spirit of prophecie because Noah deli uered the Church and preserued it by his obedience a The children of the godlie which began to degenerate b Those that came of wicked 〈◊〉 as of Kain c Hauing more re spect to their beau tie to worldely cōsiderations thē to their maners godlines d Because man co de not be wonne by Gods lenitie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whe reby he shoue to 〈◊〉 him he wolde no longer stay his 〈◊〉 e Which terme God gaue man to repent before he wolde destroy the earth 1 Per. 3. 20. “ Or tyrants f Which vsurped au toritie ouer others did degenerate from that simplicitie wherein 〈◊〉 fathers liued g God doethneuer repent but he spea keth after our capa citie because he did destroy him in that as it were did disauo we him to be his creature Chap. 8 21. mat 19 19 h God declareth how muche he de testeth sinne seing the punishmēt thereof extendeth to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i God mercifull vnto him “ Or historie k Meaning that al were giuen to the contempt of God and oppression of their neighbours “ 〈◊〉 I will destroy mankinde Or oppression and wickednes †Ebr. 〈◊〉 †Ebr. 〈◊〉 “ Or of this 〈◊〉 l That is of thre heightes asappca reth in this 〈◊〉 m To the intent that in this great enterprise 〈◊〉 kings of the whole worlde thou maist be cōfirmed that thy faith faile not Ebr. 11. 7. n That is he obeyd Gods commandemēt in all points 1. Pet. 2. 5. a In respect of the rest of the 〈◊〉 and because he had a de sire to serue God liue 〈◊〉 b Whiche might be offred in 〈◊〉 i fice whereof six were sor breed and the seuenth for sacrifice Mat 24. 37. Luk. 〈◊〉 26. 1. Pet. 3. 20. c God compelled them to present thé seluesto Noah as thei did before to Adā when he gaue thē names Chap. 2. 19. d Which was about the beginning of Maie when all things did 〈◊〉 florish e Bothe the waters in the earth did ouer slowe also the cloudes powred 〈◊〉 f Euerie Huyng thing that God wolde haue to be preserued on earth came into the Arke to 〈◊〉 g So 〈◊〉 Gods 〈◊〉 power defended him against the rage of the 〈◊〉 waters †Ebr. 〈◊〉 ve ry mightie Wisd. 〈◊〉 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 28. h That is God i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 onely and to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 1. Pet. 3. 20. a Not that God 〈◊〉 his at 〈◊〉 time but 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 then he 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 b If God remem ber 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c Which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of October “ Or stayed “ Or 〈◊〉 d 〈◊〉 was the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 †〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 () The 〈◊〉 is sent forthe 〈◊〉 () 〈◊〉 sendeth the 〈◊〉 e It is like that the 〈◊〉 did 〈◊〉 to fro restyng on the Arke but 〈◊〉 not in to it as the 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 “ Or bil f whiche was a signe that the wa ters were muche diminished for the oliuers grow not on the hie mountaines g Called Ebrew Abib cōtcining 〈◊〉 of Marche parte of April h Noah declareth his obediēce in that he wold not departe out of the Arke with out Gods expres se 〈◊〉 as he did not entre in without the same Chap. 1. 22. 9. 1. i For sacrifices whiche were as an 〈◊〉 of their faith wherby they vsed to giue thankes to God for his bene fites “ Or aswete sauour k That is thereby he shewed hym selfe appeased his angre to 〈◊〉 Chap. 6. 5. 〈◊〉 15. 19. l The ordre of nature destroyed by the flood is re stored by Gods promes a God increased them with 〈◊〉 declared vnto them his counsel as touching the replenishing of the earth b By the vertue of this cōmandement 〈◊〉 age not so muche against mā asthey wolde yea and many serue to his vse thereby c By this permission man may with a good con science vse the 〈◊〉 of God for his necessitie Chap. 1. 29. d That is liuyng 〈◊〉 and the fleshe of beastes that are strāgled and hereby all 〈◊〉 is for bid den Leui. 17. 14. e That is I will take vengeance for your bloode “ Or neighbour f Not onelye by the 〈◊〉 are but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God 〈◊〉 vp one 〈◊〉 to kill another g 〈◊〉 to kil man is to deface Gods image and so iniurie is not onelye done to mā but to God Mat. 26. 52. Reuel 13. 10. h To assure you that
Romain b Ezra deduceth his kinred 〈◊〉 he commeth to Aaron to proue that he came of hym c He sheweth here what a 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 had charge to write the Lawe and to expound it whō Marke 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 Mar. 12 28. Mat. ād Luke cal him a lawier or doctor of the Lawe Mat. 22. 35 Luke 10. 25. d That cōteined parte of Iulie ād parte of August e Of Kynge Darius f Some take this for the name of a people some for time or conti nuance meaning that the King wi shed hym long life g VVhich remained as yet in Babylon and had not returned wyth zerubbabel h To examine who liued accor ding to the Law i VVhereof theu 〈◊〉 expert k As ye knowe best maye serue to Gods glorie I VVhich was the Riuer Euphrates ād they were beyonde 〈◊〉 respect of Babilon †Ebr. 〈◊〉 m Read 1. King 7. 26. and. 2. Chro. 2. 10. n This de 〈◊〉 that the 〈◊〉 of Gods 〈◊〉 caused 〈◊〉 to vse this liberalitie and not the loue that he 〈◊〉 to Gods glorie or affection to his people o He gaue Ezra ful autoritie to 〈◊〉 al things according to the worde of God ād to punish thē that resisted and wolde not 〈◊〉 p Thus Ezra gaue God thankes for that he gaue him so good 〈◊〉 in his affaires by reason of the King 〈◊〉 Esdr. 8. 31. a Read Chap. 7. 1 “ Or Captaine 〈◊〉 Moab b That came to go with 〈◊〉 c To that place of Euphrates 〈◊〉 Ahaua the riuer 〈◊〉 into it d He was the 〈◊〉 that taght there the Lawe of God vnto the Leuites †Ebr. put worde in then mouth e Read Cha. 2. 42 f He sheweth that the ende of fasting 〈◊〉 to hum ble the body to the spirit which must procede of the heart 〈◊〉 touched or els it is but hypocrisie g He thoght it better to 〈◊〉 him selfe to the protectiō of God then by 〈◊〉 these 〈◊〉 meanes to giue an occasion to others to thinke that he did doute of Gods power h Read 〈◊〉 King 9. 〈◊〉 i Read Chap. 〈◊〉 2. 69. k This declared that their iourney was full of danger and yet God deliuered thē 〈◊〉 to their prayer l This was a token of a good cō science ād of his integritie that he wolde haue wit nesses of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. Esdr 9 69. a From the time 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 home 〈◊〉 vntil the 〈◊〉 of Ezrá they had degenerate contrary to the Law of God and 〈◊〉 where 〈◊〉 was 〈◊〉 lawful Deu. 7 3. b That is the 〈◊〉 are the 〈◊〉 beginners hereof c As one douting 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 benefites 〈◊〉 vs or els de stroy 〈◊〉 which he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Exod. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 d That 〈◊〉 we are 〈◊〉 insinne e They so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not growe greater f In giuing vs a resting place it is a similitude takē of thē that remai ne stil in a place Which smite 〈◊〉 to hāg things vpon Isa. 22 23. Exod. 23 32. 34 12 15. Leu. 7 23. Deut. 23 5. g Hast not vtterly cast vs downe and destroyed vs for our 〈◊〉 Deu. 28 3. h He 〈◊〉 that God is 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 his people 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a residue to 〈◊〉 me he 〈◊〉 fauour a He 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 and the 〈◊〉 of the peo ple. 2 Esdr. 8. 92. b Meaning that God wolde 〈◊〉 ue thē to 〈◊〉 c Which are strāgers and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 Law of God d Because GOD 〈◊〉 giuen thee 〈◊〉 learning to persuade 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 herein and to commande 〈◊〉 3 Esdr. 9 〈◊〉 †Ebr. sonnes of the 〈◊〉 “ Or condemned e which conteined part of Nouē ber and part of December f For the season was giuen to rai ne so the wether was more sharpe colde also their cōsciēce touched them g Ye haue layed one sinne vpon another h Read Iosh. 7 19 i Let them be appointed to exami ne this matter k Thei wēr to the 〈◊〉 cities to sit on this matter which was thre moneths in 〈◊〉 l As a token that thei wolde kepe promes do it m Meaning of the cōmune people for before the spake of the Priests Leuites “ Or the captaine of Moáb n VVhiche also were made illegitimate because the mariage was vnlawful a which conteineth part of Nouember and part of December was their ninth moneth b A Iewe as 〈◊〉 was c Meaning in Iudea 〈◊〉 9 4. †Eb. corrupted Deut. 30. 4. d That is to worship thee e To wit the King Attahshāshte a which was the first moneth of the yere and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Marche and part of 〈◊〉 b who is also called 〈◊〉 read 〈◊〉 7. 1. c I desired God in mine heart to prosper mine enterprise “ Or Euphrates Or paradise d As God moued me to aske and as he gaue me good successe therein e These were great enemies to the Iewes and labored alwaies bothe by force and subtilitie to ouercome them and Tobiáh because his wife was a 〈◊〉 had 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 affaires and so wroght them great trouble “ Or 〈◊〉 f That is contem ned of other nations as thoght God had forsakē vs. g They were incouraged and gaue them selues to do wel and to trauel in this worthy enterprise h These were the chief gouerners vnder the King of 〈◊〉 beyonde Euphra 〈◊〉 i Thus the wicked when 〈◊〉 wil 〈◊〉 the children of God euer 〈◊〉 treason vnto their charge bothe because it ma keth them moste odious to the worlde and also 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of princes moste against them k Nether ye are of the nomber of the children of God to whome he hathe appointed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 onely nether did anie of your 〈◊〉 euer feare God Chap. III. a In 〈◊〉 thei sanctified it that is they finished it and so de dicated it to the Lord by prayer in desiring him to mainteine it b The riche and mightie wolde obey 〈◊〉 which were appointed 〈◊〉 in this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thei helpe thereunto Isa. 22. 11. c Vnto the place 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 was wonte to 〈◊〉 iudgement who gouerned the countrey in 〈◊〉 absence “ Or of 〈◊〉 “ Or of the 〈◊〉 “ Or measure “ Or 〈◊〉 d Where 〈◊〉 weapons and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 laye e Which dwelt in the plaine countrey by 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 f Read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 43. g Meaning the sixt of his 〈◊〉 h Which was the place of iudgemēt or 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 his companions that dwelt in 〈◊〉 b Thus the wick d that 〈◊〉 not that Gods power is euer in a readines for the defence of his mocke them as thogh thei were weake and feble c This is 〈◊〉 that the children 〈◊〉 God haue against the 〈◊〉 threatnings of their ene mies to 〈◊〉 to God by prayer d Let them be spoiled and led away captiue e Let thyplagues declare to the 〈◊〉 at thei set them selues 〈◊〉 thee 〈◊〉 thy Church thus he prayeth onely hauing
which he hathe by hys regeneracion through Christ. “ Or kinde of in strument or tune or for the death of Labben or Go 〈◊〉 a God is not prai sed excepte the whole glorie be giuen to hym alone b Howsoeuer the enemie seme for a time to preuaile yet God preser ueth the 〈◊〉 c A 〈◊〉 of the enemie that 〈◊〉 nothing but destruction but the Lord wil 〈◊〉 his and bryng hym into 〈◊〉 “ 〈◊〉 reigne as Iudge d Our miseries are meanes to cause vs to fele Gods present care ouer vs. e Thogh God reuengeth not sodenly the wrong done to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 not the wicked 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 f In the open assemblie of the Church g For God ouerthroweth the wicked in their enterprises h The mercie of God toward his Saints must be de clared and the fal of the wicked must alwayes be considered “ Or this is worthy to be noted i God promiseth not to helpe vs before we haue felt the crosse k VVhiche they can not learne without the feare of thy iudgement a So sone as we enter into affliction we thinke God shuld helpe vs but that is not alwayes his due tyme. b The wicked man 〈◊〉 in his owne 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 whē 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that he wolde he braggeth of 〈◊〉 is wit and welth and blesseth him self and thus blasphe meth the Lorde Or not be moued because 〈◊〉 was neuer in euil “ Or 〈◊〉 at c The euill shall not touche me Isa. 28. 15. or elles he 〈◊〉 thus because he neuer felt euil d He sheweth that the wicked haue many meanes to hide their 〈◊〉 and ther fore ought more to be feared e By the hypocri sie of them that haue autoritie the poore are de 〈◊〉 f He calleth to God for helpe be cause wickednes is so farre 〈◊〉 ̄ that God must now helpe or neuer g Therefore thou muste nedes 〈◊〉 this their blasphemie h 〈◊〉 iudge betwene the ryght and the wrong i For thou haste 〈◊〉 destroyed hym k The 〈◊〉 or suche as lyue not 〈◊〉 Gods 〈◊〉 shal be 〈◊〉 l God helpeth When 〈◊〉 helpe 〈◊〉 “ Or destroy no more man vpon the earth a This is the 〈◊〉 ked counsel of his enemies to him his 〈◊〉 to driue 〈◊〉 frō the hope of Gods promes b All hope of 〈◊〉 cour is taken awaye c Yet am I innocent my cause good d Thogh all things in 〈◊〉 be out of order yet God wil exe cute iudgement from heauen e As in the destru ction of Sodom and 〈◊〉 f Whiche they shal 〈◊〉 euen to the dregs 〈◊〉 23 34. a Which dare de fende the trueth and 〈◊〉 mercie to the 〈◊〉 b He 〈◊〉 the flarerers 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 which hurt him more with their 〈◊〉 then with their 〈◊〉 c They thinke thē 〈◊〉 able to persuade 〈◊〉 they take in 〈◊〉 d The Lord is moued with the 〈◊〉 of his deliuereth in the end from all dangers e Because the Lordes worde promes is true 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wil performe it and 〈◊〉 the poore from this wickedgeneratiō f That is thine thogh he were but one man g For they suppres the godlie mainteine the wicked a He 〈◊〉 that his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 purpose as the sicke man 〈◊〉 his place c VVhich 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to Gods dishonour if he did not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 d The 〈◊〉 of God i 〈◊〉 cause of our 〈◊〉 e Bothe 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 past 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to come 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a He 〈◊〉 that the 〈◊〉 of all 〈◊〉 is to forget God b There is nothing but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 among them c Dauid here 〈◊〉 on 〈◊〉 the faithfull and the 〈◊〉 but S. Paul speaketh the same of all men 〈◊〉 Rom 〈◊〉 10. d VVhere they thinke them 〈◊〉 moste sure e You make the 〈◊〉 put 〈◊〉 trust in God f He 〈◊〉 for the whole Church 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is a 〈◊〉 red 〈◊〉 wil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for none but he onely cā do it a First God 〈◊〉 reth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 next 〈◊〉 wel to others thirdely trueth and 〈◊〉 in our 〈◊〉 b He that 〈◊〉 not the 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 wickednes c To the hinderā ce of his neighbour d That is shal not 〈◊〉 cast forthe of the Church as hypocrites †Or a certeine tune a He sheweth that we can not call vpon God ex cept we trust in him b Thogh we can not enriche God yet we must bestowe Gods gifts to the vse of his children c As grief of con science misera ble destruction d He wolde nether by outwarde profession 〈◊〉 in heart not in mouth cōsent to their idolatries e Wherewith my porcion is measured f God teacheth me continually by se 〈◊〉 inspiration g The faithful are sure to perseuere to the end h That is I reioy ce bothe in bodie and in soule i This is 〈◊〉 ment of Christ by whose resurre ction all his mem bers haue 〈◊〉 talitie k Where God fauoreth there is 〈◊〉 a My righteous cause b The vengeance that thou 〈◊〉 shewe against mine enemies c VVhen thy Spirit examined my conscience d I was innocent towarde 〈◊〉 enemie bothe in dede and thoght e Thogh the wicked prouoked me to do euil for 〈◊〉 yet thy worde kept me backe f He was assured that God wolde not refuse his request g For all rebell against thee whiche trouble thy Churche h For their cruel tie can not be satisfied but with my death i They are 〈◊〉 vp with pride as the stomake that is choked with fat k Stop his rage “ Or which is thy sworde l By thine heauēlie power “ Or whose 〈◊〉 nie hathe to long endured m And sele not the smart that Gods children oft times do n This is the ful felicitie 〈◊〉 against all 〈◊〉 to haue the face of God fauo able counte nance opened vn 〈◊〉 vs. o And am deliue red out of my great troubles 2. Sam. 21 1. a He vseth this di 〈◊〉 of names to shewe that as the wicked haue many meanes to hurt so God hath manie wayes to helpe b For none 〈◊〉 ob teine their requests of God that ioyne not his glorie with their petition c He speaketh of the dāgers malice of his enemies from the which God had deliuered him “ Or cordes or ca bles d A descriptiō of the wrath of God against his enemies after he had heard his praiers e He sheweth how 〈◊〉 Gods iudgemēts shal be to the wic ked f Darknes signifieth the wrath of God as the cleare light signifieth Gods fauour g This is described at large h As a King 〈◊〉 with the peo ple wil not shew him self vnto thē Psal. 104. i Thundred ligh tened hailea k His lightenings l That is the depe bottoms were sene when the red Sea was deuid d. m Out of sundrie great dangers n To wit Saul o Therefore God sent me succour p The cause of Gods
times z As ther all do that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the power of God by their capacitie a The forgetfulnes of Gods 〈◊〉 is the rote of 〈◊〉 and all vice u whatsoeuer commeth not from the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the heart is hypocrisie b This worde signifieth a confused mixture of 〈◊〉 and venemous wormes Some take it for all wilde beastes c He repeteth not he 〈◊〉 the miracles that God did in Egypt but certeine which might be 〈◊〉 to conuince the people of malice and ingratitude d So called 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 that is of 〈◊〉 thewicked or els because therwere wicked 〈◊〉 whome God permitted to vexe men e The first borne are so called as Genes 49. 3. g That is thei bad none occasiō to feare for 〈◊〉 che as God destroied their enemies and deliueted them safely h Meaning Canà an which God had consecrate to him selfe and appointed to his people 〈◊〉 11. 1 53. 7. i Nothing more displeaseth God in the children them when 〈◊〉 continue in that wickednes which their fathers 〈◊〉 begonne k By 〈◊〉 God otherwise then he had 〈◊〉 l For their ingra titude he 〈◊〉 the Philislims to take the 〈◊〉 which was the signe of his presence from amōg them m The Arke is called his 〈◊〉 and beautie because thereby he 〈◊〉 his peo ple and beautiful ly appeared vnto them n Thei were sud 〈◊〉 destroyed o Thei had no mariage songs that is thei were not maried p Ether thei were slaine before or taken prisoners of their enemies and so were forbidden q Because thei were drunken in their sinnes thei iudged Gods pacience to be a slombring as thogh he were drunken there fore he answering their beastlie iudgement faith he wil awake and rake sudden vengeance 1. Sam 4. 10. r Shewing that he spared not altogether the Israelites thogh he punished their enemies s By 〈◊〉 the Temple and establishing the kingdome he declareth that the signes 〈◊〉 his sauour were among them t He sheweth wherein a Kings charge standeth to Wit to prouide faithfully for his people to gui de them by coun sel and defend them by power Psal. lxxix a The people crye vnto God against the barbarous tyrannie of the Babylonians Whospoiled Gods inheritance polluted his Temple destroyed his religion 〈◊〉 red his people b The Prophet sheweth towhat extremities God suffreth sometime his Church to fall to exercise their faith ' before he set to his hād to deliuer them c Their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 durst not burie them for 〈◊〉 of the enemies d Whereof some came of Abrahā but Were degene tate and others Were open enemies to thy religion but thei bothe laughed at our miseries e Wilt thou vtter ly cōsume vs for our sinnes before thou takest vs to mercie f Which We our fathers haue committed g And 〈◊〉 not til We 〈◊〉 recompenced for our sinnes h Seing We haue none other Sa 〈◊〉 nether can We helpe our selues and also by our saluacion thy Name shal be praised therefore o Lord helpe vs. Iere. 10. 〈◊〉 i Who thogh in respect of God thei Were iustly pnnished for their 〈◊〉 yet in consideration of their cause We re vniustly murthered k Which Were captiues among their enemies colde loke for no thing but death l We 〈◊〉 to desire no bene 〈◊〉 of God but on this condition to praise his 〈◊〉 a This 〈◊〉 Was made as a praier for to desire God to be merciful to the tentribes b Moue their hearts that thei may returne to Worship God a right that is in the place ' Where thou hast appoin ted Isa. 43. 21. Psal. lxxx c Ioyne thy Who le people and all thy tribes together againe d The 〈◊〉 feare Gods angre When thei 〈◊〉 ue that their prai ers are not forthWith heard e Our neighbours haue continual strife and War reagainst vs. f Because that repentance one ly commeth of God thei moste instantly and ofe times call to God for it as a meane Whereby thei shal be saued g Seing that of thy mercie thou hast made vs a moste deare possesion to thee and we through our sinnes are made open for Wilde beastes to deuour vs declareagaine thy loue and finish the Worke that thou hast begonne †Ebr Cedres of God h Towit Euphra tes i That is aswel thei that 〈◊〉 our religion as thei thathate our persones k Thei gaue not place to tentatiō knowing that albeit there were no helpe in earth yet God Was able to succour them from heauen l So that no power can preuaile against it and Which as a yong bud thou 〈◊〉 vp againe as out of the 〈◊〉 ashes m Onely When thou 〈◊〉 angrie and notwith the 〈◊〉 of the enemie n That is vpon this vine or people 〈◊〉 thou hast planted With thy right hand that thei shulde be as one man or one bodie o For none can call vpon God but suche as are raised vp as it Were from death to life and regenerate by the holie Spirit a An 〈◊〉 of musicke broght from Geth b It semeth that this psal Was ap pointed for solēne feastes and assemblies of the people to Whome for a time the se ceremonies Were ordeined but now vnder the Gospel are abolished d That is in Israél for 〈◊〉 familie was coun ted the chief before that 〈◊〉 Was preferred e 〈◊〉 speaketh in the persone of the people becau se he Was their leader f If thei Were ne uer able to giue 〈◊〉 thakes to God for this deliuerance from corporal bōdage how much more are We 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from the tyrānie of Satan and 〈◊〉 g By a strange Wonderful fac ó. †〈◊〉 contention Exod. 17 16. h He cōdemneth all assemblies Where the people are not atten tiue to heare Gods voice to giue obedience to the same i God accuseth their incredulitie because thei ope ned not their 〈◊〉 to recei ue 〈◊〉 in suche abundance as he powreth them out k God by his Worde calleth all but his secret election 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shal heare With 〈◊〉 l If their sinnes had not letted m If the Israelites had not broken couenant With God he Wolde haue 〈◊〉 them victo rie against their ennemies n That is With moste fine Wheat and abundance of honie a The Prophet sheweth that if 〈◊〉 iudges do not then 〈◊〉 God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is aboue them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vengeáce on thē b For theues and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fauour in iudgement When the cause of the godlie can not be heard c Not onely Whē they cryefor help but When their cause requireth aide and support d That is all things are out of 〈◊〉 ether by their 〈◊〉 or careles 〈◊〉 e No title of honour shal excuse you 〈◊〉 you shal be 〈◊〉 Gods iudgement and 〈◊〉 a compt as Wel as other 〈◊〉 f Therefore noty 〈◊〉 shal plucke thy right outo 〈◊〉 from thee a This Psalme 〈◊〉 to haue bene composed as a 〈◊〉 of praier against the 〈◊〉
consumeth him self and others n With his whole iudgemēt our he laboureth to 〈◊〉 his wickednes to passe o That is when it is ioyned with 〈◊〉 orels the elder that wicked are the more thei are to be abhorred p So that there is nothīg that ought to be attribute to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for all things are determined in 〈◊〉 counsel of God which shal come to passe a For where 〈◊〉 were manie sacrifices there were manie portions gā uen to the people where with 〈◊〉 feasted Chap. XVII b That is shal be made gouernour ouer the children Eccle. 10 30. Chap. 14. 31. †Ebr. the lippe of 〈◊〉 c The 〈◊〉 hathe great 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 the heartes of 〈◊〉 d He that admoni 〈◊〉 the prince of his 〈◊〉 maketh him his enemie e By the messenger is 〈◊〉 meanes as God vseth to punish the 〈◊〉 f VVhereby he 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 ked in 〈◊〉 rage who hathe no feare of God Rom 〈◊〉 17. 1. 〈◊〉 5 〈◊〉 1. pet 3. 9. Isa. 5. 23. Chap. 24. 〈◊〉 g VVhat 〈◊〉 it the 〈◊〉 to be riche seing he 〈◊〉 not his 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 h So that he is mo re then a friend euen a brother that 〈◊〉 in time of aduersitie i Read Chap 〈◊〉 1. k 〈◊〉 vp him self aboue his degre Chap. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l 〈◊〉 is secretly 〈◊〉 out of the 〈◊〉 E. 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Wander to and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 n For their wel doing a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 loueth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sepa 〈◊〉 him 〈◊〉 from all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 giue him 〈◊〉 wholly to 〈◊〉 it b That is 〈◊〉 he may talke 〈◊〉 of whatsoe 〈◊〉 cometh to min de c Meaning suche 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 others d VVhich can neuer be drawne 〈◊〉 ptie but 〈◊〉 euer 〈◊〉 e That is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him and 〈◊〉 g He shewen what is the 〈◊〉 of the godlie agaīst all troubles Chap. 10 15. f Thei are sone beleued and 〈◊〉 most depely Chap. 16 18. Eccle. 11. 8. h The minde can wel beare the 〈◊〉 of the bodie but when the spirit is wonded it is a thing moste 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 su steine i 〈◊〉 him 〈◊〉 tie to speake and fauour of them that 〈◊〉 moste in 〈◊〉 k He 〈◊〉 speaketh 〈◊〉 is best 〈◊〉 of the wicked iudge but when his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the matter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 shame l If a 〈◊〉 sie can 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wise be decided 〈◊〉 is best to cast lottes to knowe whose the thing shal be m 〈◊〉 their 〈◊〉 which are so 〈◊〉 e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be 〈◊〉 n VVhich 〈◊〉 the strength 〈◊〉 wil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we nor yelde o By the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 p 〈◊〉 that is ioyned with a 〈◊〉 woman 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is blessed of the Lord as Chap. 10. 〈◊〉 q 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 suche are more readie 〈◊〉 do pleasure them he that is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 de by 〈◊〉 Chap. 28. 6. 〈◊〉 19. 〈◊〉 dan. 13. 60. a To haue 〈◊〉 of them b He that is vp ryght in iudgement 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of God c The sre vse of thīgs are not to be 〈◊〉 to him 〈◊〉 can not vse them a right d That is to couer it by 〈◊〉 and to do therein as may moste serue to Goddes glorie Chap. 20. 2. Chap. 17. 21. e As 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the house Chap. 21. 9. Chap. 18. 22. f Thogh for a tyme he giue place to counsell yet sone after wil he giue place to hys taging 〈◊〉 g Mans deuice shal not haue sue ces excepte God 〈◊〉 it whose 〈◊〉 is vnchangeable h That is that he be honest for the poore man 〈◊〉 is honest 〈◊〉 to be estemed 〈◊〉 the riche whiche is not vertuous Chap. 26. 15. Chap. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i That is the sim ple and ignorant men learne whē they se the 〈◊〉 punished k Taketh a pleasure and delite therein as gluttons and 〈◊〉 in delilicate meats and drinkes a By wine 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is giuen to 〈◊〉 and so by strong d inke Chap. 9. 17. b 〈◊〉 his life in danger c It is harde to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for it is as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whose 〈◊〉 can not be found yet the wise ma wyll knowe a a 〈◊〉 her by 〈◊〉 wordes or 〈◊〉 d VVhere righteous iudgement is executed there sinne ceaseth ād vice 〈◊〉 not appeare †Ebr 〈◊〉 and stone ephah and ephah e Read Chap. 16. 11. 1 King 8. 46. 2. 〈◊〉 6. 〈◊〉 Eecle 7. 21. 〈◊〉 Iohn 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 f Teach him wit that he 〈◊〉 not him selfe 〈◊〉 into danger Chap. 27. 〈◊〉 Chap. 11. 〈◊〉 Exod. 21. 17. Leuir 20. 9. 〈◊〉 15. 4. Deut. 32. 35. Chap. 17. 13. and 24. 29. Rom. 2. 17. 1. Thess. 〈◊〉 15. 1. Peter 3. 9. Chap. 〈◊〉 1. and vers 10. Ierem 10. 23. g That is to applie it or take it to his owne vse whiche was appointed to Gods and thē inquire howe they maie be exempted frō the 〈◊〉 Chap. 29. 14. h VVhiche was a kinde of punishment then vsed i The worde of God giueth lyfe vnto man and 〈◊〉 vs to se and trye the secrets of our dark hearts Ehr. 4. 12 Chap. XXI k Sharpe punishment that perceth 〈◊〉 the inward partes is profitable for the wicked to 〈◊〉 them to amendement a Thogh Kings seme to haue all thinges at commandement yet are they not able to bryng their owne proposes to passe anie otherwise them God hath appoin ted 〈◊〉 lesse are the inferiours able Chap. 16 2. Mich. 6. 8. “ 〈◊〉 plowing b That is 〈◊〉 thyng whereby he is guided or whiche he bringeth forth as the 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 c He that goeth rashely aboute his busines and without coūsell Chap. 13. 〈◊〉 d He meaneth this 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 and princes whiche leaue that vocation whereunto God hathe called 〈◊〉 and powle their subiects to mainteine their 〈◊〉 “ Or in a greate 〈◊〉 Chap. 19. 13. and 25. 24. e Read Chap. 19. 25 f Thogh the godlie admonishe them bothe by wordes and example of life yet the wicked wil not amende till God destroye thē g To do a pleasure to the angrie mā pacifieth him h God shal cause that to fall on their own heads which they intē ded againste the iuste by deliuering the iust and putting the wicked in their places i Meaning abun dance of all thyngs Eccle. 25. 23. k VVisdome ouercometh strength and confidence in worlde lie things l He thinketh to liue by wishinge and desiryng all things but will take no peine to get ought Chap. 15. 8. Isa. 1. 13. Eccles. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 19. 5. m He maie boldly testifie the trueth that he hathe heard Eccles. 7. 2. a VVhich 〈◊〉 by wel doing Chap. 29 13. b 〈◊〉 together and haue nede the one of the other c That is the punishment whiche is prepared for the wicked fleeth to God for succour Chap. 27. 12. d Bryng hym vp 〈◊〉 ād he shal so 〈◊〉 e His autoritie where by he did 〈◊〉 others shal be taken
fathers in 〈◊〉 past m Meaning Mo sés n That is in Mosés that he might wel gouerne the people some referre this giuing of the Spirit to the people o Peaceably and gently as an horse is led to his pasture p Hauing declared Gods 〈◊〉 shewed to their 〈◊〉 he turneth him self to God by prayer desiring him to continue the same graces toward them q Thy great affection which thou barest towards vs. r Meaning frō the whole bodie of the Church s Thogh Abrahā wolde refuse vs to be his children yet thou 〈◊〉 refuse to be out father t By taking away thy holie Spirit from vs by whome we we egouerned and so for 〈◊〉 ingra titude didest deliuer vs vp to our owne concupiscence and didest punish sinne by sinne according to thy iuste iudgement u Meaning for the couenants sake made to Abráhám Izhák and Iaakob his seruants x That is in respect of the promes which is perpetual albeit thei had now possessed the land of Canáan a thousand and foure hundreth yere and 〈◊〉 they lament to moue God rather to remember his couenant then to punish their sinnes a The Prophet cōtinueth his praier 〈◊〉 God to declare his Ioue toward his Churche by 〈◊〉 mightie power as he did in mount Sinai b Meaning the raine haile fyre thunder lightenings c S. Paul vseth the same kinde of admiration 〈◊〉 Cor. 2. 9. marueling at Gods great benefite shewed to his Churche by the preaching of the Gospel d Thou shewedst fauour towarde our fathers when they trusted in thee and walked after thy commādements e Thei considered thy great mercies f That is in thy mercies which he calleth the waies of the Lord. g Thou wilt haue pitie vpon vs. h VVe are iustely punished broght into 〈◊〉 be cause we haue pro uoked thee to angre thogh we wolde excuse our selues yet our righ teousnes and best vertues are before thee as 〈◊〉 cloutes or as some read like the mēstruous clothes of a woman i Albeit o Lord by thy iuste iudgement thou maiest vtterly destroy vs as the potter may his pot yet we appeale to thy mercies whereby 〈◊〉 hathe pleased thee to adopters to be thy children k For so the flesh iudgeth when God doeth not 〈◊〉 send succor l VVhich w ere dedicat to thy seruice and to call vpon thy Name m VVherein we reioyced and worshiped thee n That is at the contempt of thine owne glorie thogh our sinnes haue deserued this yet thou wilt not suffer thy glorie thus to be diminis hed a Meaning the Gē 〈◊〉 which knew not God shulde seke after him when he had moued their heartes with his holy Spirit Rom. 10. 10 b He sheweth the cause of the reiectiō of the Iewes because theiwold not obey him for anye admonition of his 〈◊〉 by whome he 〈◊〉 thē continually and stretched out his hande to drawe them c He sneweth that to delite in our o wne fantasies is the declining 〈◊〉 God the beginning of all superstition and 〈◊〉 d VVhiche were dedicat to idoles e Meaning 〈◊〉 altars whiche he thus nameth by contempt f To consult with 〈◊〉 and to con iure deuils which was forbidden Deur 18. 11. g VVhich was cō trarie to Gods cōmandement Leu. 11 7. Deut. 14. 8. h Hesheweth that hypocrisie is euer ioyned with pride and contempt of others i Their punishement shall neuer haue end k So that the remembrāce thereof can not be forgotten l Shalbe bc the punished together and this declareth how the children are punished for their fathers 〈◊〉 to wit when the same fautes or like are founde in them m That is it ispro fitable meaning that God wil not destroy the faithful branches of his vineyard whē he 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 stockes that is the 〈◊〉 n VVhiche was a plentiful place in Iudea to fede shepe as Achor was for catted o By the multitude and nomber he meaneth their innumerable idoles of whome they thoght they colde neuer haue ynough p Seing you can not nomber your gods I wil nōber you with the sworde q By my Prophetes whome ye wolde not obey r By these wordes 〈◊〉 and drinke he meaneth the blessed life of the faithfull 〈◊〉 haue alwaies consolacion and 〈◊〉 contentement ef all things in their God thogh some times they lacke these corporal things t Then by the Name of the Iewes u By 〈◊〉 and by swearing is ment 〈◊〉 of GOD for his benefites and the true worshiping of him whiche shal not be onely in Iudea but through all the worlde x I will no more 〈◊〉 fer my Church to be desolate as in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Meaning that he wolde call the Gentiles who shulde 〈◊〉 euen the very name of the Iewes for their infidelities sake y I will so alter and change the 〈◊〉 of my Churche that it shall seme to dwel in a newe worlde z Meaning in this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the Churche there shulde be no weakenes of youth nor infirmities of age but all shulde 〈◊〉 fresh and florishing and this is accomplished in the heauenlye Ierusalém when all sinnes shall cease and the 〈◊〉 shal be wiped away a VVhere by he sheweth that the insideles and 〈◊〉 sinners haue no parte of this benediction b He proposeth to the faithfull the blessings whiche are conteined in the Lawe and so vnder temporal things 〈◊〉 rehendeth the spiritual promises c Read Chap. 11. 6. Act. 7. 48. a My 〈◊〉 is so great that it filleth both heauen and earth therfore cannot be in cluded in a tēple like an idole condemning hereby their vaine confidence which trusted in the Tēple and sacrifices b Seing that bothe the Temple the things therein with the sacrifices were made and done by his appointement he sheweth that he hathe no nede thereof and that he cā be without them Psal. 50. 10. c To him that is humble and pure in heart whiche receiueth my doctrine with reuerence and feare d Because the Iewes thoght them selues holy by offring of their sacrifices and in the meane season had nether faith nor repentance God sheweth that he doeth no lesse 〈◊〉 these ceremonies then he doeth the sacrifices of the heathen who offred men doggs and swine to their idoles whiche things were expressely 〈◊〉 bidden in the Law e I wil 〈◊〉 their wickednes and hypocrisie wherewith thei thinke to blinde mine eies to all the worlde f He incourageth the faithful 〈◊〉 pro mising to destroy their enemies which pretended to be as brethren but were 〈◊〉 tes and 〈◊〉 thē that feared God g The enemies 〈◊〉 shorrely heare a more terrible voyce euen fyre slaughter seing thes wolde not heare the gentle voyce of the Prophets whiche called them to repen tance h Meaning that the restauratiō of the Church shulde be so sudden and contrarie to all mens opinion as when a woman is deliuered before she loke for it that without peine 〈◊〉 i This shall passe the capacitie of man to se
father b Not that he had many dreames but because many matters were con teined in this dreame c Because it was so rare and strāge a dreame that he had not had the like d He was so heauy with slepe that he begā to slepe againe Some read and his slepe was broken from him e For all these astrologers and 〈◊〉 cerers called them selues by this name of honour as thogh all the wisdome and knowledge of the countrey 〈◊〉 vpō them and that all other countreies were voide of the same f That is in the Sy 〈◊〉 tongue which differed not much from the 〈◊〉 saueit semed to be more 〈◊〉 therefore the learned vsed to speake it as the Iewish writers do o this day g This is a 〈◊〉 rewarde of theyr 〈◊〉 which vanted of thē selues that thei had 〈◊〉 knowledge of all things that thei shulde be prouen fooles and that to then 〈◊〉 shame and confusion h Here in appeared their ignorance that not withstanding their brags yet were thei not able to tel the dreame except he entred them into the matter and therefore they wolde pretende knowledge where was but 〈◊〉 and so as deludets of the people thei were 〈◊〉 to dye †Ebr. redeme the time i VVhich 〈◊〉 that God wolde not haue his seruant ioyned in the companie of these sorcerers astrologers which artes were wicked and therefore iust ly ought to dye thogh the King did it vpon 〈◊〉 rage and no zeale “ Or the captaine of the garde Psal 113 2. 〈◊〉 18 k He 〈◊〉 that man hathe 〈◊〉 wisdome not knowledge but very darke blindenes and ignorance of him self for it 〈◊〉 onely of God that vnderstādeth anie thing l To whome thou madest thy premes and who liued in thy feare whereby he 〈◊〉 deth all other gods m Meanīg power to interprete it n VVhereby appeareth that manie were 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 13. and the 〈◊〉 at Daniels offer were preserued on 〈◊〉 that Daniel fa uoured their wic ked prefessiō but that he had respect to equitie because the King 〈◊〉 according to his wicked affection and not considering if their 〈◊〉 was lawful or no o He affirmeth that man by reasō and art is nor able to atteine to the cause of Gods secrets but the vnderstanding onely thereof must come of God wherby he smiteth the King with a certeine feare and 〈◊〉 of God that he might be the more apt to receyue the hve mysteries hat shuld be reueised p Because he had said that God only muste reueile the significatiō of this dreame the Kyng might haue asked Why Daniel dyd enterprise to inter prete it and therefore he she weth that he was but Gods minister had no giftes but suche as God had giuen him to set forth his glorie q By golde siluer brasse and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ment the Caldean Persian 〈◊〉 and Romaine kingdome which shuld successiuely tule all the World til Christ Whiche is here called the stone come hym selfe and destroye the last and this was to assure the Iewes that theyr aflictions shulde not end With the empire of the Caldeās but that thei shulde pacientlye abyde the cóming of Messiah which shulde be at the end of this fourth monarchie r Daniel leaueth out thekingdome of the Assyrians Which Was before the Babylonian bothe because it was not a monarchie and general empire and also because he wolde declare the things that Were to come to the comming of Christ for the comfort of the elect among these wonderful alterations and he calleth the Babylonian kingdome the golden head because in respect of the other thre it was the beil and yet was of it self Wicked and cruel s Meaning the Persians Which Were not inferiour in dignitie power and riches butwere Worse touching ambitiō 〈◊〉 and all kinde of vice shewing that the worlde shuld growe Worse worse til it Was restored by Christ. t That is of the Macedonians shal be of brasse not alluding to the hardenes therof but to the vilenes in respect of siluer u That is the Romain empire shal subdue all these other a fore named with after Alexander Were deuided into the Macedonians Gre cians Syrians and Egyptians x They shal haue ciuil warres and continual discordes among them selues y Thei shal by mariages and affi nities thinke to make them selues strong yet shal they neuer beioy ned in hearts z His purpose is to shewe that all the kingdomes of the worlde are 〈◊〉 that the kingdome of Christ shal onely remaine for euer a Meaning Christ Who Was sent of God and not set vp by mā whose kingdome at the beginning shulde be smale without beautie to mans iudgement but shulde at length growe filthe whole earth which he calleth a great moūtaine as vers 35. And this kingdome Which is not one ly referred to the persone of Christ but also to the Whole bodie of his Church to euerie member thereof shal be eternal for the Spirit that is in them is life eternal Rom 8. 10. b Thogh this hūbling of the King semed to deserue cōmēdation yet because he ioyned Gods honour With the Prophets it is to be reproued Daniél herein erred if he suffred it but it is credible that Daniél admonished him of his faute and did not suffre it c This cōfessiō was but asudden motion as it was also in Pharaoh Exod. 9. 28. but his heart was not touched as appeared soneafterward d Not that the Prophet was desirous of giftes or honour but because by this meanes 〈◊〉 might relicue his poore breathren which were grieuously oppressed in this their captiuirie and also had receiued thē left he shulde offēd this cruel King which willingly gaue the. e He didnot this for their priuate profit but that the Whole Church which Was thē there in afflictiō might haue some release by this benefite f Meaning that ether he was a iud ge or that he had the Whole authoritie so that none colde be admited to the Kings presence but by him a Vnder pretence of religion and bo lines in making an image to his idole Bel he soght his owne ambitiō and vaine glorie and this declareth that he was not touched with the true feare of God before but that he confessed him on a sudden motion as the wicked when thei are ouercome With the greatnes of his Workes The Greke interpreters write that this Was done 18 yeres after the dreame as may appeare the King feared left the Iewes by their religion shulde haue altered the slate of his commune wealth and therefore he ment to bring all to one kingdome of religion andso rather soght his owne quietnes then Gods glorie b Shewing that the idole is not knowē for an idole so long as he is with the workmā but when the cere monies and customes are recited vsed and the consent of the people is there then of a blake they thinke they haue made a god c This was sufficient with the Wic ked
better thē the dogs therfore Christ speaketh accordyng to their 〈◊〉 k She asketh but the poore crommes ād not the chyldrens bread wherein she declareth her faith and humilitie l Declaryng by this signe the 〈◊〉 that he hath vpon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 1. 〈◊〉 m As if they wolde say 〈◊〉 sides all the mitacles that he hath done euen this no we declareth that whatsoeuer he doeth is verie wel Eccle. 39. 〈◊〉 Mat. 15. 32. a Christ prouideth for his whē they 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 and for saken “ Or 〈◊〉 b If bread were so hard to come by it semeth vnpossible to obteine other meat Mat. 15. 39. c VVhiche was nere to 〈◊〉 betwen the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 ād mount 〈◊〉 Mat. 16. 1. d Oh the incomprehensible loue of our Christe how long shall we abuse 〈◊〉 great 〈◊〉 e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rpcnes of speache to saue 〈◊〉 from wilfull 〈◊〉 uction “ Or if a signe be giuen f As if he wolde say if I shewe them any signe let me be a lyar and 〈◊〉 Mat. 16 5. g He willeth 〈◊〉 to beware contagious doctrine and suche sub I le practises as the aduersaries vsed to suppres hys Gospel Iohn 6. 〈◊〉 h Christ reproueth them becau se their mindes are as yet vppon the material leauen not withstandynge they had preuen by 〈◊〉 miracles that he gaue thē theyt dayelye bread Mat. 16. 13. Luke 9. 19. i He that is the 〈◊〉 of God ād 〈◊〉 with all grace for mās 〈◊〉 k Differring it to a more 〈◊〉 dious time lest 〈◊〉 hast shuld 〈◊〉 binder then further the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 comming l This worde signifieth aduersa rie or 〈◊〉 he calleth hym so because he hid as muche as in him laye to pull him from 〈◊〉 God Mat. 0 38 16. 24. Luke 9. 23. and 14. 27. Mat. 10. 35. and 16. 25. Luke 9. 24. and 17. 33. m For mortalitie and corruption hes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ue immortaliue and 〈◊〉 Iohn 12. 25. Mat. 10. 33. Luke 9. 26. and 12. 8. Mat. 16. 28. Luk. 9. 17. a The preaching of the Gospel receiued increased the spake this to cōforte them and that they shulde not think thei trauailed in vaine Mat. 17. 1. luk 9. 28. b Christ sheweth his 〈◊〉 so 〈◊〉 as their 〈◊〉 was able to cōprehend it c Peter measured this vision 〈◊〉 ding to his owne capacitie 〈◊〉 cōsidering the end thereof Mat. 3. 17. 17. 5. d Christ onely must be the chief teacher and instructour of all them which pro ses them selues to be his members seing that God the father giueth him this autoritie and comman deth vs this obedience 〈◊〉 3. 22. chap. 1. 11. Mat. 17 9. e Their false opinion was that ether Elias shuld rise againe from the dead or that his soule shulde enter into some other bodie Malach. 4 3. f That is Iohn Baptist. Isa. 13. 4. g To the nine which he left the day before Mat. 17. 14. luk 9. 38. “ Or against thē h When the spirit cometh 〈◊〉 him he teareth him with inwarde sorow pangs as in a colike a man feeleth such grief as 〈◊〉 his bow els were rent a sunder i It semeth that this mā deserued not so sharpe an answer but Christ speaketh in his persone to the Pharises which were stub burne and desperate k The Lord is euer readie to helpe vs so that we put him not backe through our 〈◊〉 l All things that are agreable to the wil of God shal be granted to him that 〈◊〉 for faith seketh nothing that is 〈◊〉 to his wil or that is not reueiled in his worde m That is the feblenes imperfe iō 〈◊〉 my faith n Meaning the childe o Meaning that prayer whiche is surely grounded vpon faith and hathe fasting ioy ned vnto it as a profitable aide Mat. 17. 22. luk 9. 22. p Because 〈◊〉 imagined that Christ shulde reigne temporally this matter of his death was so strā ge that they colde perceiue nothing Mat. 18. 1. luk 9. 45. q To wit onely as mā but as him in whome is all perfection fulnes of all graces and benefites Luk. 9. 49. 1 〈◊〉 12. 30 “ Or 〈◊〉 great worke r 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 not him self to be myne yet in that he beareth 〈◊〉 ence to my Name it is ynough for vs. Mat 10. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 18 6. Luk. 17. 1. s It is a 〈◊〉 of speache which 〈◊〉 that we shulde 〈◊〉 of all things which 〈◊〉 der vs to serue Christ. Mat. 〈◊〉 29. 〈◊〉 8. t 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 declare the peines and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 Isa. 〈◊〉 24. u He teacheth that it is better to be 〈◊〉 to God by salte and fyre that is to be purged and 〈◊〉 them to be sent into hel 〈◊〉 Leu 2. 23. x They which destroye the grace that thei haue receiued of God are as 〈◊〉 which hathe lost 〈◊〉 sauour and are worse then infideles Mat. 5. 13. Luk. 14. 34. Matth. 19. 1. 〈◊〉 24. 1. Gene. 1. 27. Mat. 19. 4. a The true 〈◊〉 to amende abuses is to returne to the institution of thinges and to trie thē by Gods worde Gene. 2. 〈◊〉 1. Cor. 6. 16. Ephe. 〈◊〉 31. “ Or persone 1. Cor. 7. 10. Mat 5. 〈◊〉 19 9. Luk 16. 8. b For the seconde is not his wif but his harlot 1. Cor. 7. 10. 〈◊〉 19. 〈◊〉 Luk. 18. 15. c We must be 〈◊〉 and voide of all pride 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 19 16. d It was 〈◊〉 with the Iewes that the greater shulde blesse the inferior Luk. 18. 18. Ebr. 7. 7. Therefore Christ being the head of his Church did by a solenne kind of prayer offer vp and 〈◊〉 the babes to God e Christ wolde 〈◊〉 that his goodnes was far re other wayes then the goodnes which is attributed o men which is ful of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Exo. 20 19. f That is heappro 〈◊〉 certeine good seed that was in him which gaue him a litle 〈◊〉 g He toucheth his maladie and sore which before he 〈◊〉 not “ 〈◊〉 cable rope h Which 〈◊〉 his trust in riches i For he can giue grace to the riche to cause him to enioye his riches as if he had them not Mat. 19. 27. Luk. 18. 28. Mat. 10. 30. Luke 13. 30. k VVe must not measure these promises by our owne 〈◊〉 desires but refer re the 〈◊〉 to Gods will who euen in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and afflictions performeth the same so 〈◊〉 as they be 〈◊〉 Let vs there fore learne to ha ue ynough and to want that beyng tryed We maye 〈◊〉 our treasures in heauen l He saith this be cause they that 〈◊〉 firste called shuld go 〈◊〉 for 〈◊〉 de and not 〈◊〉 others Mat. 20. 17. Luke 18. 31. Mat. 20. 20. m Can you be partakers of my 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 n I haue not this commission for this time Luke 22. 25. o Christ wolde not that his disci ples ād ministers shuld beare rule as worldelie go 〈◊〉 do Mat. 20. 29. Luke 18. 35. p The
to Christ. p That is kepeth a straict dyet ād refrayneth from suche thyngs as might distenpre his bodie q Or olde man whiche rebelleth against the Spirit r Lest he shulde be reproued of men when they shulde se hym do contrarie or contemne that thing whiche he taught others to do Exod. 13 21. Nomb. 9. 〈◊〉 Exod. 〈◊〉 22. Exod. 16. 15. a Moses beyng their guide or minister or as some read they were baptized vnto Moses Law others by Moses Exod. 17. 6. b That is Manna whiche was the out warde signe or Sacrament of the Spirituall grace c They are the same meate that we do because the substance of theirs and 〈◊〉 Sacramentes is al one Nomb 20. 10. d That is signified Christ as all Sacraments do Nom. 26. 65. Nom 11. 4. and 26. 64. Psal. 106. 14. e Because hereby occasion was taken to forget God and cōmit idolatrie therefore these indifferent things are counted idolatrie f Moses readeth foureād Wentie thousand which declareth an infi nite nomber g Who was their leader and was called the Angel of God Exod. 32. 6. Nom. 25. 9. Nom. 21 6. Psal 106. 14. h Meaning ether the good or 〈◊〉 Angel whose mi nisterie God vseth to execute his iudgement to the 〈◊〉 destruction of the wicked i How God will plague vs if we be subiect to the like vices k Or later daies of Christs commyng l He that led you into this tentation which commeth vnto you ether in prosperi tie or aduersitie or for your sinnes past wil turne it to 〈◊〉 commoditie and deliuer you Nom. 14. 37. “ Or thankes giuyng m Or prepare to this holye vse with praise and thankes giuen n The 〈◊〉 badge of our 〈◊〉 and incorporatiō with Christ o If we that are manye in nomber are but one bodie in effecte ioyned with our head Christ as many cornes make but one loafe let vs reno unce idolatrie which doeth sepa rate our vnitie p VVhiche is gouerned accordīg to the ceremonies of the Law q VVhich is to as semble in that companie where idoles are called vpon r For in those days they were accustomed to sel 〈◊〉 of the fles he of beastes sacrificed in the shambles and turned the money to the 〈◊〉 profit * Psal. 24. 1. s Or doute 〈◊〉 Chap. 6. 13. Eccl. 37. 35. t VVe must take hede that through our abuse our libertie be not con demned u If by the benefi te of God I may eat any kinde of meat why shuld I by any defaut cause this benefi te to be euil spoken of Colos. 3. 17. x That is the infirme y VVhich are indifferent 2. Thes. 3. 9. “ Or in all thing remembreme Ephe. 5. 23. a This is referred to cōmune prayer ād preaching for althogh one spea ke yet the action is commune so that the whole Church may be said to praye or preache “ 〈◊〉 preaching b This tradition was obserued according to the time and place that all things might be done in comelines and to edification Gen. 1. 26. 5 1. 9 6. c Read chap. 14. 34. “ Or powlled d The image of Gods glorie in whome his maie stie and power shine concerning his autoritie e Or receiueth her glorie in cōmēdation of mā and therefore is subiect Col. 3. 3. 10. Gen. 2. 22. f Some thing to couer her head in signe of subie ction g To whom thei also shewe their dissolution and not onely to Christ. h Who is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of their mutual con iunction i For as God made the womā of mā so now is man multiphedby the woman k As women vse to weare l For God hathe giuen to woman longer 〈◊〉 thē vnto man to the end she shulde 〈◊〉 it vp about her head whereby she declareth that she must couer her head m Not that all were so but the moste parte n Gods Church is not onely subiect to discension as touching 〈◊〉 and maners but also to 〈◊〉 as touching doctrine o Who ought one ly to beare autoritie in the Church Mat. 26. 26. mar 14. 22. 〈◊〉 22. 19. p Signifying the maner of his death when his bodie shulde as it were be torne and broken with most grieuous torments albeit not as the thies of the thieues were the which thing the breaking of the bread as a figure doeth moste liuely represent q By peruerting the true ād pure vse of the same 2. Cor. 13. 1. r But as thogh these holie 〈◊〉 of the Lords bodie and blood were commune 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without reuerence he cōmeth vnto thē s Or dye Let thē loke to thē selues which ether adde or take away frō the Lords institu tion a The Corinthiā hauing notable gifts semed to ha ue forgotten of whome and for what end they had receiued thē Mar. 9. 〈◊〉 b VVhich colde not heare your prayers c By Satans suggestion d As no mā that hathe the Spirit of God can blaspheme Christ worship idoles so none can acknowledge christ for Lord ād God withoutthe same Spirit Iohn 13. 12. C ap 8. 6. Phil 2. 10. e To wit the Church which is the whole body f That is the vnderstanding of the Scriptures g To do onely miracles by h To worke by miracles against Satan hypocrices as was done against Ananias Elymas c. i Meaning the de claration of Gods mysteries k To trie bothe the doctrine and the persones Rom. 2. 3. Ephes. 4. 8. l That we might be one bodie with Christ and the whole Church one Christ of the which 〈◊〉 Baptisme the 〈◊〉 Supper are effectual signes for by baptisme we are regenerat into one Spirit and by the Lords Supper we are in corporat into 〈◊〉 bodie to be gouerned by the same Spirit m And therefore whatsoeuer the diuersitie is yet the profite ought to be commune and serue to the 〈◊〉 of the Church n VVhose vse semeth to be more vile o VVe are more careful to couer them p Euerie one in his office for the preseruacion of the bodie q For all Churches dispersed throughout the worlde are diuers membres of one bodie “ Or euerie one for his parte Ephes. 4. 11. r As Deacons s As Elders Chap. XIII “ Or do you then desire the best giftes Mat. 17. 20. Luk. 17. 6. a If the Angels had tongues I had the vse there of did not bestowe them to profite my neigh bour it were nothing but vaine babling b Faith is here ta ken for the 〈◊〉 of doing miracles which the wicked may ha ue as Mat. 7. 22. and also for that faith called histo rical which beleueth the mightie power of Christ but can not apprehend Gods mercie through him ād this deuils haue I am 2. 19 there fore is separate frō charitie but the faith that iustifieth in effect can not as 1. Iohn 2. 9. c Not that it suffreth it self to be abused but iudgeth others by all loue and humanitie d VVhich may
care in gouerning his owne house how muche more are they 〈◊〉 to be careful which shal gouer ne the Church of God f In the doctrine of faith g Lest being proude of his degreehe be h 〈◊〉 condemned as the deuil was for lifting vp him self by pride i As being defamed shulde become impudent do muche harme * Chap 1. 19. k That is no man may haue any thing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lay to his charge k Hauing the true 〈◊〉 of the Gospel and the feare 〈◊〉 God l Of the bishopes and Deacons m The good reporte 〈◊〉 all men n To serue God with 〈◊〉 assurance because 〈◊〉 haue alway a good 〈◊〉 o This is spoken in the respect of men for as much as in this world the trueth onely 〈◊〉 the Chu ch by trason of Gods 〈◊〉 for othe wise Christ is the fundation and the corner stone whiche bothe beareth mainteineth his Churche p Approued 〈◊〉 in that he was not onely a man but God also q So that the Angels marueilled at his excellencie r To the right hand of God the Father 2. Tim. 3. 1. 2. Pet. 3. 3. a False teachers which boast thē selues that they haue the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 Gost. Iud 18. 5. b Their dul consciences first wa xed harde then after canker and corruption bred therein last of all it was burnt of with an hote 〈◊〉 so that he 〈◊〉 such as haue no conscien ce Ephe. 4. 19. c Vnto vs which receiue it as at Gods hands Chap. 1. 4. 6. 20. 2. Tim. 2. 16. 23. 〈◊〉 3. 9. d Meaning to be giuen to ceremo nies and to such things as delite the fantasies of man e That is he that hath faith and a good conscience is promised to haue al things ne cessarie for this life and to enioy life euer lasting f The goodnes of God declareth it self towarde all men but chiefely towarde the faithful by preser uing thē here he meaneth not 〈◊〉 euerlasting g In godlie zeale or giftes of the Spirit h And reuelation of the holie Gost. i Vnder this name he conteineth the whole ministe rie of the Church which was at Ephesus “ Or that all may se how thou profitest k Thou shaltfaith fully do thy duetie which is an assurance of thy saluation a Take care for them b Paul willeth that the widdowes put the Chu ch to no charge which haue 〈◊〉 children or 〈◊〉 that are able to relieue them but that the children 〈◊〉 rish their mother or kinsfolkes according as nature bindeth them c Which hathe no maner of worldlie meanes to helpe her selfe with d Because she is vtterly vnprofitable e He meaneth suche widowes which being iustly diuorced from their first housbands maried again to the selander of the Church for els he doeth not reproue the widowes that haue bene oftener maried them once f Forgetting their vocation g Not onely haue sclandred the Churchin leauing their charge but haue forsaken their religion therefore shal be punished with euer lasting death h They haue not onely done disho nour to Christ in leauing their vocation but also haue brokē their faith i Which are with out al mās helpe and succour Deut. 15. 18. Deut. 25. 4. 1. Cor. 9. 9. Mat. 10. 10. Luk 10. 7. k Except that he which doeth 〈◊〉 him haue at least two witnesses whiche promesse with the accoser to proue that whiche they laye to his charge l Chiefly the ministers and so all others “ Or protest “ Or without ha 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 6. 13. m In 〈◊〉 them without suf ficient trial n From iuste offence o As Simon the sorcerer p Their sinnes followe whiche for a i me haue deceiued the god lie and after 〈◊〉 detected 〈◊〉 Saul Iudas and other 〈◊〉 Ephe. 6. 5. Col 3. 22. 1. Pet. 2. 18. a That is of the grace of God as 〈◊〉 seruāts are and hauyng the same adoption Chap. 1. 〈◊〉 b They that measure religion by riches are here taught that onely religion is the true riches Iob. 1. 21. 〈◊〉 27. 26. c That set their felicitie in riches Eccies 5. 14. d For they are 〈◊〉 quiet nether in soule nor bodie e Whome Gods Spirit doeth rule Chap. 5. 11. Mat. 27. 11. Iohn 18. 37. Chap. 1. 11. Reuel 17. 14. 19. 16. e By this mightie power of God the 〈◊〉 are admonished 〈◊〉 dely to stande in their vocation althogh the 〈◊〉 Satan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them f In things 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 life Iohn 1. 18. 1. Iohn 1. 12. Mar. 4. 19. Luk. 22. 15. Mat. 6 20. Luk. 6. 9. g The gifes of God for the vtilitie of the Church Chap. 1. 4. 4 7. h As when question 〈◊〉 question a Being sent of God to preache that life 〈◊〉 he had promised in Christ Iesus Act. 22. 〈◊〉 b Following the steppes of mine ancestres as Abraham 〈◊〉 Iacob and others of whome I am come and of whome I receiued the true reli gion by successiō c The gift of God is a certein huelie flame 〈◊〉 in our hearts whiche Satan the flesh labour to quenche and therfore we must 〈◊〉 it and 〈◊〉 it vp d With the rest of the Elders of Ephesus 1. e As thogh God wolde destroye vs. Tim. 4. 14. 1. Cor. 1. 2. 〈◊〉 1. 3. 〈◊〉 16. 25. f He speaketh here of his first 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 it semed 〈◊〉 contemptible yet was honorable glo rious therefore our mindes ought to be lifted vp from the consideration of worldlie things to contemplate the maiestie ther of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 9. Col. 〈◊〉 26. T it 1. 2. 1. Pet. 〈◊〉 20. 〈◊〉 Tim 2. 7. g Whiche is my self h The grace of the holie Gost. †Or in the presence of manie witnesse a So that the trueth of God may remaine 〈◊〉 b As with hys hous holde and other ordinarie affaires c So that the paine must go before the 〈◊〉 d Not withstanding mine impri 〈◊〉 the worde of God hathe it race and increaseth e To confirme their faith more esteming the edi fication of the Church then him selfe 2. Cor. 1. 4. Col. 1. 24. Rom. 6. 5. Mat. 10. 33. Mar. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 3 3. f Giuing to euerie one his iuste portion VVherin he alludeth to the Priests of the olde Lawe whiche in their sacrifice gaue to God hys parte toke their owne parte and gaue to him that broght the sacrifice his duetie 1. Tim. 4 7. and 6. 20. Tit. 3. 9. g He 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gods election and mans fayth h Because the wicked shulde not couer them selues vnder the name of the chur the he sheweth by this similitude that bothe good and bad may 〈◊〉 therein i That is bothe separate him self fro the wicked and also purge his naturall corruption by Gods Spirit 2. Cor. 1. 2. k VVhich do not edifie 1. Tim. 1. 4. and 4. 7. Tite 3. 9. l VVhich faile of ignorance m He meaneth not this of Apostates or heretikes whome he willeth to 〈◊〉
commande things against God then let vs answer It is better to obey God then men h Knowing that God 〈◊〉 this charge vpō him Isa. 53. 9. 1. Iohn 3. 2. Isa. 53. 5. Mat. 8. 17. Col. 3. 18. Ephes. 5 22. 2. Tim. 2. 9. “ Or master Gen. 18. 12. a But willingly do your dueties for your condicion is not the worse for your obedience 1. Cor. 7. 1. b By nether keping them to streite nor in giuing thē to much libertie c Taking care and prouiding for her d Man ought to loue his wife because they lead their life together also for that she is the weaker ves sel but chiefly because that God hathe made them as it were felowe heires together of life euerlasting e For they can not pray when they are at 〈◊〉 tion Prou. 17. 11. 20. 22. Mat 5. 19. Rom. 12. 17. f God hath made vs when we were his enemies heires of his kingdo me and shal not we forgiue our 〈◊〉 a smale faute 1. Thes 5. 15. Psal 33. 13. Isay. 1. 16. g To take venge ance on him Mat. 5. 10. h That is when thei thinke to make you a fraid by their threatnings i Giue him praise and depende on him Isa. 〈◊〉 13. Chap. 2. 12. Rom. 5. 6. Ebr. 9. 15. k By the power of God l Christ being from the beginning head and gouernour of his Church came in the daies of Noe not in bodie which then he had not but in Spirit and preached by the mouth of Noe for the space of 120 yere to the disobedient which wolde not repēt and therefore are now in prison re serued to the last iudgement “ Or persones Gen. 6. 14. Mat. 24. 38. Luk. 17. 26. Ebr. 1. 3. Or the taking to witnes of a good conscience a Our sanctification standeth in two points in dying to sinne liuing to God Or bodie Ephes. 4. 23. b Althogh the wicked thinke this Gospel newe and vexe you that imbrace is yet hath it bene prea ched to them of time past which now are dead to the intent that thei might haue bene condemned or dead to sinne in the flesh and also might haue liued to God in the spirit which two are the effect of the Gospel c As liate moueth vs to reproche our brother when he offendeth vs so loue hideth and pardoneth the fautes which he commiteth against vs thogh they be neuer so manie Prou. 10. 12. Rom. 12. 13. Ebr. 13. 2. Rom. 12. 6. Philip. 2. 14. Mat. 5. 110. d That is by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 Iere. 25. 29. Luk. 23. 31. e As concerning this life where he is punished Prouerb 〈◊〉 31. a By elders he vn derstandeth all them which prea che teache or minister in the Church “ Or Christ. “ Or which is cōmit vnto you or as muche as in you lyeth Rom. 11. 10. Iam. 4. 6. Iam. 4. 10. Psal. 54. 〈◊〉 Wisd. 12. 13. Mat. 6. 25. Luk. 12. 22 Luk. 22. 31. b Nothing cometh vnto vs Which We se not to apperteine to the rest of Christs members and therefore We ought not to 〈◊〉 se that condition Which is commu ne to all the Saintes c Which Was a famous citie in Assyria Where Peter then Was the Apostle of the 〈◊〉 Rom. 16. 16. 1. Cor. 16. 〈◊〉 2. Cor. 13. 13. a In that he declared him self iuste and faithful in accomplishing his 〈◊〉 by Christ. b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Christ as he is God ād Sauiour c That is saluation d The summe of our saluation and religion is to be 〈◊〉 by Christ to the 〈◊〉 Who calleth vs in the Sonne “ Or through his glorie e We are made partakers of the 〈◊〉 nature in that We 〈◊〉 the corruption of the World or as Paul 〈◊〉 are dead to sinne and are not in the flesh f Godlie maners g The Greeke Worde signifieth him that natural ly can not se except he holdeth nere his eyes So Peter calleth suche as can not se heauenlie things Which are 〈◊〉 of pure blinde or sand blinde h A 〈◊〉 it be sure in it self forasmuche as God can not change yet We must con 〈◊〉 it in 〈◊〉 selues by the frutes of the Spirit knowing that the purpose of God electeth calleth sanctifieth and iustifieth vs. i For God Wil euer vp holde you k In this bodie 2. Cor. 5. 3. 〈◊〉 21. 19. 1. Cor. 1. 17. 〈◊〉 “ Or sophistical and 〈◊〉 Mat. 17 〈◊〉 l For by Christs presence it Was for the time holie m That is the doctrine of the Pro 〈◊〉 n A 〈◊〉 knowledge then vnder the Law o Meaning Christ the sunne of iustice by his Gospel 2. Tim. 3. 16. p Cometh not of men “ Or interpretation Act. 20. 〈◊〉 1. Tim. 4. 2. Iud. 11. “ Or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a This is 〈◊〉 sene in the Pope and his Priests Whiche by lies flatteries sel mēs soules so that it iscerteine that he is not the successour of Simon Pe ter but of Simon Magus Iob. 4. 18. Iude. 6. Gen. 7. 2. Gen. 19. 24. Gen. 19. 〈◊〉 1. King 22. 22. Iob. 1. 12. b Albeit the An gels condemne the vice and 〈◊〉 of Wicked anagistrates yet they blame not the autoritie and power Which is giuen thē of God c As beasts Without reasō or Wit followe 〈◊〉 nature leadeth them so these Wicked mē desti 〈◊〉 of the Spirit of God onely seke to fulfil 〈◊〉 sensualitie and as they are vessels made to destructiō and 〈◊〉 to this iudgement so thei 〈◊〉 into the snares of Satan to their 〈◊〉 struction d For in your 〈◊〉 lie feasts they sit as members of the Church Where as in dede they be but spottes so deceiue you read Iude 12. Nomb. 22 23. Iude 〈◊〉 e Thei haue some appearance outWarde but With in they are drie and barren or at moste they cause but a tempest Iude 12. Iohn 8. 34. Rom. 6. 20. Mat. 12. 〈◊〉 f Which commeth by hearing the Gospel preached Ebr. 6. 4. 10 16. “ Or doctrine Proue 29. 〈◊〉 a For We fall quickely 〈◊〉 and forget that Which We 〈◊〉 taught 1. Tim. 4. 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 3. 1. Iude 18. b He 〈◊〉 them Which had once professed Christian religiō but became after Warde 〈◊〉 mockers as Epicurians 〈◊〉 atheistes c As touching the beautie therof things whiche were therein except thē which were in the arke Psal. 〈◊〉 4. Eze. 33. 32. d He 〈◊〉 not here of the 〈◊〉 and eternal counsel of God whereby he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it pleaseth him but of the preaching of the Gospell whereby all are called and biddē to the banket 1. Tim. 2. 4. Mat. 24. 44. 1. Thes. 〈◊〉 2. Reuel 3. 3. 16. 15. Isa. 65. 17. 66. 〈◊〉 Reuel 〈◊〉 1. e In quiet conscience Rom. 2. 4. f Albeit his epistles were writ to peculiar Churches yet they 〈◊〉 a generall doctrine apperteining to al 〈◊〉 g As no man 〈◊〉 the bright nes of the sunne because his eye is not able to sust