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

true prescript or ordinaunce thereof For they know that saying of Iohn Hereby are we sure that we haue knowne him if wée kéepe his commaundements He that sayth I know him and kéepeth not his commaundements is a lyar and the truth is not in him Paul also speaketh thus of the knowledge of Christ you haue not so learned Christ if so be you haue heard him and haue bene taught by him as the truth is in Iesus that is that ye cast of concerning the conuersation in tyme paste that oulde man whiche is corrupt through the deceyuable lustes and be renewed in the spirite of your mynde c. Out of the which words we learne that in vaine doo all they bost of the knowledg of the truth which endeuour not themselues to newnesse of lyfe Vers 2 ¶ For the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer FOr the truthes sake He meaneth the truth of the Gospell which they by the preaching of the word had learned as if he shoulde saye Not for any other cause doo the godly and faythfull which are with vs loue thy sonnes but because they vnderstande that the sinceritye of the profession of the gospel pell which wée followe doth dwell in you In this place maye we obserue the difference betwéene worldlye loue and Christian loue Many loue other men for their ritches substaunce honour and goods which they hope to receyue at their hands Such loue is not true loue but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 selfe loue But Christian loue euen as it is founded in Gods verity respecteth first the only glory of God and secondly the profit of his neighbor Therfore is this trueth alwayes ioygned with the feare of God so that no man can truly boste of this truth but he which hath geuen ouer himselfe obedient to the wil of of God. It followeth VVhich dwelleth in vs. That is which is firme true among vs of the which none of vs can doubt If so be that we most stedfastlye holde Christe speaking to the Father with his owne mouth vttered Thy worde is trueth It foloweth And shal be vvith vs for euer These words pertayne not so muche to the confirmation of the doctrine as vnto the certaintie of their perseueraunce Here the Elder affirmeth both himselfe and the rest of the faythfull amongst whome he was conuersant to perseuer in the truth Which thing ought not to bring a little comfort to all godly men For lytle were it that we are placed in the waye of trueth except we had hope of perseuering to the ende But they which are indowed with the celestiall spirite and being taught of Christ haue learned the trueth doo knowe for certaintie that they are not called in vaine into the flocke of Christ that is not for this cause onelie that they may heare the voyce of the Pastor Christe but that they maye folowe him vnto the ende as he sayde My sheepe heare my voice and I knowe them and they follow me And in another place If a man loue me he will keepe my worde and my father will loue him and we will come vnto him and dwell with him And when he speaketh of the holie ghost who him selfe teacheth this trueth I sayth he will praie the father and he shal geue you another comforter that he maie abide with you for euer euē the spirit of truth whome the worlde cannot receiue because in seeth him not neither knoweth him but ye knowe him for he dwelleth in you and shal be in you Wherevnto also pertayneth that most excellent promise of Christ Beholde I am with you alwaies euen to the ende of the worlde Beholde howe the trueth dwelleth alwayes with the faythful If a man obiect that there be many which depart from the flocke of Christ euen as we may gather out of many places of scripture we haue a ready aunswere that they neuer truely beléeued nor acknowledged the trueth Wherfore the spirite of God thinketh them not of the number of the faithfull but rather when it seemeth him good he abiecteth them out of the sacred flocke of God as vnprofitable outcastes and méere hypocrites Whervpon Iohn speaking of Antichrists sayth They went out from vs but they were not of vs For if they had bene of vs they had remained together with vs but this commeth to passe that they might appeare that they are not all of vs For the holie Apostle knewe right well what Christe had sayde of the Electe shéepe I geue vnto them life eternall neither shall they perish for euer neither shall any man take them out of my hande My Father which gaue them vnto mee is greater then all and no man can take them out of my Fathers hande They therfore which truely belong vnto the flock of Christ shal in him perseuer vnto the ende according to that saying of Paule the Apostle I am perswaded of this same thing that he which hath begune this good worke in you wyll performe it vntyll the daye of Iesus Christ Vers 3 ¶ Grace mercie and peace from God the Father and from the Lorde Iesu Christ the sonne of the Father shal be with vs in trueth and loue GRace c. He wisheth to the faithfull Grace which is geuen to vs by Christe wherein also he declareth himself to be the faithfull dispensor of the mysteries of God. And he comforteth vs when he sayth that Grace shal continue with vs whereby we are saued through fayth For by the worde Grace he signifieth the fauour of God which he sheweth towardes vs for his sonnes sake in that he imputeth not our sinnes vnto vs but remitteth them for our mediatour Iesus Mercie This is the cause of that Grace into the which God receyueth vs concerning the which Peter wryteth Blessed be God euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ which according to his abundaunt mercie hath begotten vs againe into a liuelie hope by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead And Paule Not of the workes of righteousnesse which we had done but according to his mercie he saued vs Peace This also springeth of the grace of god That Peace sayth he wherewith God the Father reconciled vs vnto him selfe shall continue for euer for the counsaile of God is firme and stedfast and is not chaunged as a man This Peace Christe wisheth and leaueth with his Disciples They therfore that loue the Lawe of the Lorde shall haue great peace and shall haue no hurt And blessed shall they be because they confesse Christe the true Peace and retaine him for the author of their fayth But from whome are all these thinges to be looked for From God the Father For he is the fountaine and originall of all goodnesse as Iames testifieth saying Euerie good geuing and euerie perfect gyfte is from aboue descending from the Father of lyghtes with whome is no

this maye be referred to the Ministers of the worde whiche had preached the Gospell vnto the faythfull to whome he wryteth as if he should say Marke dillygentlie our labour whereby we reueale Christ vnto you If you shall this doo I hope we shall not lose our labour We trust that you shall be our ioye and crowne of reioysing in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe at his comming It followeth But that we maie receiue a ful reward This maye verie aptlie be referred generallie to all faithful in this sense Let vs doo our dilygence that the teachers of Antechrist being made none accoumpt of we maye receyue that most ample rewarde which Christe hath promised to none but to these which perseuer to the ende Vers 9 ¶ Whosoeuer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctrine of Christe hath not God He that continueth in the doctrine of Christ he hath both the Father and the Sonne WHosoeuer transgresseth c. Nowe he addeth greater things For of al this is the greatest detrimēt to be voide of god And so to haue neyther the Father nor the Sonne But he which goeth not forwarde in trueth and loue he neither hath the Father nor the Sonne Hereby we learne that carefully it is to be looked vnto that no man start backe from the knowne trueth because that after no other sort doo we knowe God to be our God then whyle we persist stedfast immoueable in the doctrine deliuered vnto vs by the Apostles Which thing woulde God they woulde marke which despising the doctrine of the Gospel doo followe humane constitutions as it is accustomed in the Popedome not without great losse of soules It followeth He that continueth He continueth in the doctrine of Christ or of the Gospell which meaneth and doth according to the same and lyueth in contemplating and doing together but he that from this conueigheth him selfe is Atheos a Miscreaunt or without god For euen as he which applyeth him selfe to integritie maketh him selfe familiar vnto God euen as Abraham according to that he hearde of God him selfe I am thy God walke before mee and be vpright So he which lyueth without the Law of the Gospel is an Infidell in drawing himselfe backe that he might not haue god But when as he is an Athist euen who enstrangeth himself from diuine discipline truly whoso remaineth in the same He hath both the Father and the Sonne For as cōcerning such the sonne sayd If any man loue me he wil keepe my worde and my father will loue him and we will come vnto him and dwel with him And here by the way is to be noted that God may be two wayes had that is to say vniuersallie in the same sorte as al creaturs are sayd to haue God according to the saying of Paul In him we liue and moue and haue our being And the Lord himself by his Prophet Do not I fill heauen and earth sayth the lord But this is sayd according to the manner of the being of God. After another manner is God had and possessed euen by fayth and sanctitie after which sort are the faythfull called the Temples of God because in them God dwelleth This doctrine therefore agréeth with that of Iohn Let therefore abyde in you that same which you haue hearde from the begynning If that which ye haue hearde from the beginning shall remaine in you ye also shall continue in the sonne and in the Father But although in this place there be mention made but of the Father and of the Sonne onely and not of the holie ghost no man therefore ought to be offended For of this onely euen of the Father and the Sonne the intent of his speache constrained him and requyred him to speake But the Father and the Sonne are not sayde to dwell in the hartes of the faythfull but by the holie ghost as teacheth the Scripture Wherefore when the persons of the Father and the Sonne are named the holie ghost is not excluded Vers 10 ¶ If there come any vnto you and bring not this doctrine receyue him not to house neither byd him God speede IF there come anie vnto you He cōmaundeth in more plaine wordes to flye the company of Heretikes and false teachers and constantlie to cleaue to the doctrine of Christ Heretikes false teachers be they which first bring in theyr owne doctrine and not the doctrine of Christ or else secondly which delyuer or follow a contrarie preaching to the doctrine of Christ But the doctrine of Christ is conteined in the writings of the Prophets Apostles who so euer therfore shall not bring the scriptures or shall teach any thing against the scriptures is not to be receyued into the company nor vnto the speach of the faithful for euyl speaches corrupt good manners It followeth Receiue him not to house Euen as Christ commaundeth his to be receyued because they bring vnto men the pure doctrine of the Gospell so admonisheth he that we must take héede of false Prophetes and deceyuers because they can bring nothing with them but a curse And this saying is dilygentlie to be noted for many there be nowe a dayes which easily geue eare to those that preache what so they lyst and receyue them vnto theyr houses whereby it commeth to passe that they carie from them a iust rewarde euen corruption of minde for the most parte The Apostle feared least the same should come to passe vnto the Corinthians as he him selfe wryteth I feare least as the serpent beguiled Eua through his subtilty so your minds shoulde be corrupte from the simplicitie that is in Christ It followeth Neither bidde him God speede Euen as by House he meaneth a common dwelling together so by God speede hée meaneth familiar talke As it he should say This is that true doctrine which from true wytnesses from the saincts of our Lord Iesus Christ from the Apostles and my selfe ye haue receyued from the beginning But if any man come vnto you which bringeth a doctrine contrarye to this that he maye bring you from the truth of the Gospel so litle ought you to geue eare vnto him that neither is he to be admitted to house if he séeke harborough nor to be saluted with the word God speede if parraduenture he be mette in the way For haszard it is least he infect the familye with his familiar lyuing together with them and for the benefite of the house communicated to him he repay an Iniurye and least of salutation there may grow further talke Vers 11 ❧ For he that biddeth him God speede is partaker of his euil deedes FOr he that biddeth him God speede That is hee that saluteth and kéepeth company with such deceyuers séemeth partaker of their euill déedes For fyrst he geueth corage to a wicked man while he séeth himselfe to be in some estimation with those whome he endeuoreth to subuert and

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