sometime immoderately or iest to much or couet somevvhat inteÌ„peratly or plucke fruite ouer greedily or in eating take somevvhat more then aftervvard vvas vvel digested or haue their intention in time of praier somevvhat distracted and such like thus in sense S. Augustine Vvhereby vve may learne vvhich be venial sinnes that consist vvith true iustice can not alvvaies be auoided euen of holy men in this life In the booke de fide ad Petrum c. 41. are excepted from this common rule of sinners the children vvhich be nevvely baptized and haue not yet vse of reason to sinne either mortally or venially CHAP. II. If any sinne mortally he must not dispaire 3 To knovv God rightly is not to beleeue onley but to keepe his commaundements 7 and that this is no nevv doctrine but the very primitiue though a nevv life it is 9 Therfore he that beleeueth must also loue his brethren 12 and that men must not loue the vvorld but doe that vvhich God vvilleth 18 Many are gone out of the Church and become Seducers al the ministers of Antichrist but true Christians must continue in their old faith considering the revvard and that they neede not goe to schole to any Heretike the Holy Ghost himself being the scholemaster of the Church 29 he doth earnestly inculcate iustiâ—e and good vvorkes verse 1 My litle children these things I vvrite to you â— that you sinne not But if any man shal sinne vve haue â— an aduocate vvith the Father IESVS Christ the iust ✠verse 2 and he is the propitiation for our sinnes and not for ours only but also â— for the vvhole vvorldes ✠verse 3 And in this vve know that vve haue knovven him if vve obserue his commaundements ✠verse 4 â— He that saith he knovveth him and keepeth not his coÌ„maundements is a lier and the truth is not in him ✠verse 5 But he that keepeth his vvord in him in very deede the charitie of God is perfited in this vve knovv that vve be in him ✠verse 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought euen as he walked him self also to vvalke ✠verse 7 My deerest I vvrite not a nevv coÌ„maundement to you but an old coÌ„mmaundemeÌ„t vvhich you had from the beginning The old coÌ„maundement is the vvord vvhich you haue heard ✠verse 8 Againe * a nevv commaundement vvrite I to you vvhich thing is true both in him and in you because the darkenesse is passed and the true light novv shineth ✠verse 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in the darkenesse euen vntil novv ✠verse 10 * He that loueth his brother abideth in the light and scandal is not in him ✠verse 11 But he that hateth his brother is in the darkenesse and vvalketh in the darkenesse and knovveth not vvhither he goeth because the darkenes hath blinded his eies ✠verse 12 I vvrite vnto you litle children because your sinnes are forgiuen you for his name ✠verse 13 I vvrite vnto you fathers because you haue knovven him vvhich is from the beginning I vvrite vnto you yong men because you haue ouercome the vvicked one ✠verse 14 I vvrite to you infantes because you haue knovven the Father I vvrite vnto you yong men because you are strong and the vvord of God abideth in you you haue ouercome the vvicked one ✠verse 15 Loue not the vvorld nor those things vvhich are in the vvorld If any man loue the vvorld the charitie of the Father is not in him ✠verse 16 because al that is in the vvorld is the concupiscence of the flesh the concupiscence of the eies and the pride of life vvhich is not of the Father but is of the vvorld ✠verse 17 And the vvorld passeth and the concupiscence thereof But he that doeth the vvil of God abideth for euer ✠verse 18 Litle children it is the last houre as you haue heard that Antichrist commeth now there are become â— many antichristes vvhereby vve knovv that it is the last houre ✠verse 19 â— They vvent out from vs but ″ they vvere not of vs. for if they had been of vs they vvould surely haue remained with vs but â— that they may be manifest that they are not al of vs. ✠verse 20 But you haue the vnction from the Holy one and â— knovv al things ✠verse 21 I haue not vvritten to you as to them that knovv not the truth but as to them that knovv it and that no lie is of the truth ✠verse 22 Vvho is a lier but he vvhich denieth that IESVS is not Christ This is Antichrist vvhich denieth the Father and the Sonne ✠verse 23 Euery one that denieth the Sonne neither hath he the Father He that confesseth the Sonne hath the Father also ✠verse 24 You that vvhich you haue heard from the beginning let it abide in you If that abide in you vvhich you haue heard from the beginning you also shal abide in the Sonne the Father ✠verse 25 And this is the promis vvhich he promised vs life euerlasting ✠verse 26 These things haue I vvritten to you concerning them that seduce you ✠verse 27 And you the vnction vvhich you haue receiued from him let it abide in you And you haue no neede that any man teache you but as his vnction teacheth you of al things and it is true and it is no lie And as it hath taught you abide in him ✠verse 28 And now litle children abide in him that vvhen he shal appeare vve may haue confidence and not be coÌ„founded of him in his coÌ„ming ✠verse 29 If you know that he is iust knovv ye that euery one also vvhich doeth iustice is borne of him ANNOTATIONS CHAP. II. 1. That you sinne not S. Iohn saiâ—h V. â—ede vpon his place is not contrarie to him self in that he seeketh here to make them vviâ—hout sinne vvhom he said in the last chapter could not be vvithout al sinnes but in the former place he vvarned vs only of our frailety that vve should not arrogate to our selues perâ—â—ct innocencie here he prouoketh vs to vvatchfulnes and diligence in resisting and auoiding siâ—nes specially the greater vvhich by Gods grace may more easily he repelled 1. An aduocate The calling and office of an Aduocate is in many things proper to Christ and in euery condition more singularly and excellently agreing to him then to any Angel Sainct or creature liuing though these also be rightly and cruely so called that not onely vvithout al derogation but much to the honour of Christs aduocation To him soly and onely it agreeth to procure vs mercie before Gods face by the general ransom price paiment of his bloud for our deliuerie as is said in the sentence folovving And he is the propitiation for our sinnes and nâ—t for ours onely but for the vvhole vvorlds In vvhich sort
Father in me The vvordes that I speake to you of my self I speake not But my father that abideth in me he doeth the vvorkes ✠verse 11 Beleeue you not that I am in the Father and the Father in me Othervvise for the vvorkes them selues beleeue ✠verse 12 Amen amen I say to you he that beleeueth in me the vvorkes that I doe he also shal doe and greater then these shal he doe ✠verse 13 because I goe to the Father and vvhatsoeuer you shal aske in my name that wil I doe ⊢ that the Father may be glorified in the Sonne ✠verse 14 If you aske me any thing in my name that vvil I doe ✠verse 15 If you loue me keepe my commaundements ✠verse 16 And I vvil aske the father and he vvil giue you an other Paraclete that he may abide vvith you for euer ✠verse 17 the Spirit of truth vvhom the vvorld can not receiue because it seeth him not neither knovveth him but you knovv ' him because he shal abide vvith you and shal be in you ✠verse 18 I vvil not leaue you orphanes I vvil come to you ✠verse 19 Yet a litle vvhile and the vvorld seeth me no more But you see me because I liue and you shal liue ⊢ ✠verse 20 In that day you shal knovv that I am in my father and you in me and I in you ✠verse 21 He that hath my commaundements and keepeth them he it is that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my father and I vvil loue him and vvil manifest my self to him ⊢ ✠verse 22 Iudas saith to him not that Iscariote Lord vvhat is done that thou vvilt manifest thy self to vs and not to the vvorld ✠verse 23 IESVS ansvvered and said to him If any loue me he vvil keepe my vvord and my father vvil loue him and vve vvil come to him and vvil make abode vvith him ✠verse 24 He that loueth me not keepeth not my vvordes And the vvord vvhich you haue heard is not mine but his that sent me the Fathers ✠verse 25 These things haue I spoken to you abiding vvith you ✠verse 26 But the Paraclete the holy Ghost vvhom the Father vvil send in my name he shal teach you al things suggest vnto you al things vvhatsoeuer I shal say to you ✠verse 27 Peace I leaue to you my peace I giue to you not as the vvorld giueth doe I giue to you Let not your hart be troubled nor feare ✠verse 28 You haue heard that I said to you I goe and I come to you If you loued me you vvould be glad verily that I goe to the Father because the Father is greater then I. ✠verse 29 And novv I haue told you before it come to passe that vvhen it shal come to passe you may beleeue ✠verse 30 Novv I vvil not speake many things vvith you for the prince of this vvorld commeth and in me he hath not any thing ✠verse 31 But that the vvorld may knovv that I loue the Father and as the Father hath giuen me commaundement so doe I ⊢ Arise let vs goe hence ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XIIII 12. Greater then these S. Chrysostom in a whole booke against the Pagans proueth that this was fulfilled not onely in Peters shadow and Paules garments which as we read in the Actes healed infirmities but also by the Relikes and monuments of Saincts namely of S. Babylas of whom he there treateth thereby inferring that Christ is God who could and did performe these wonderful wordes by the very ashes of his seruants The Protestants cleane contrarie as patrones of the Pagans infidelitie as though our Sauiour had promised these the like miraculous workes in vaine either not meaning or not able to fulfil thē so do they discredite al the approued histories of the Church concerning miracles wrought by Saincts namely that S. Gregorie Thaumaturgus remoued a mountaine the miracles of S. Paul the eremite and S. Hilarion written by S. Hierom the miracles of S. Martin written by Seuerus Sulpitius the miracles testified by S. Augustine de Ciuit Dei the miracles approued by S. Gregorie in his Dialoges the miracles reported by S. Bede in his Ecclesiastical storie and liues of Saincts and al other miracles neuer so faithfully recorded in Ecclesiastical writers In al which things aboue their reach of reason and nature they are as litle persuaded and haue no more faith then had the Pagans against whom S. Chrysostom in the foresaid booke and S. Augustine de Ciu. Dei li. 22 c. 8 and other Fathers heretofore haue written No man therfore needeth to maruel that the very Image of our Lady the like doe miracles euen as Peters shadow did nor wonder if such things seeme stranger and greater then those which Christ him self did whereas our Sauiour to put vs out of doubt saith expresly that his Saincts shal doe greater things then him self did 16. For euer If the Holy Ghost had been promised onely to the Apostles their successors and the Church after them could not haue chalenged it but it vvas promised them for euer Whereby we may learne both that the priuileges and promisses made to the Apostles were not personal but pertaining to their offices perpetually and also that the Church and Pastors in al ages had and haue the same Holy Ghost to gouerne them that the Apostles and primitiue Church had 17. The spirit of truth They had many particular giftes and graces of the Holy Ghost before and many vertues by the same as al holy men haue at al times but the Holy Ghost here promised to the Apostles and their successors for euer is to this vse specially promised to direct them in al truth and veritie and is contrarie to the spirit of errour heresie and falshod And therefore the Church can not fall to Apostasie or Heresie or to nothing as the Aduersaries say 28. Father greater then I. There is no place of Scripture that seemeth any thing so much to make for the Sacramentaries as this and other in outward shew of wordes seemed to make for the Arians who denied the equalitie of the Sonne with the Father Which wordes yet in deede rightly vnderstood after the Churches sense make nothing for their false secte but only signifie that Christ according to his Manhod wa◠inferior in deede and that according to his Diuinitie he came of the Father And if the Heresie or disease of this time were Arianisme we should stand vpon these places and the like against the Arians as we now do vpon others against the Protestants whose secte is the disease and bane of this time CHAP. XV. He exhorteth them to abide in him that is his Church being the true vine and not the Synagogue of the Ievves any more 9 and in his loue louing one an other and keeping his commaundements 13 shevving hovv much
of them perished but the sonne of perdition that the * scripture may be fulfilled ✠verse 13 And novv I come to thee and these things I speake in the world that they may haue my ioy filled in them selues ✠verse 14 I haue giuen them thy vvord and the vvorld hath hated them because they are not of the vvorld as I also am not of the vvorld ✠verse 15 I pray not that thou take them avvay out of the vvorld but that thou preserue them from euil ✠verse 16 Of the vvorld they are not as I also am not of the vvorld ✠verse 17 ″ Sanctifie them in truth Thy vvord is truth ✠verse 18 As thou didst send me into the vvorld I also haue sent them into the vvorld ✠verse 19 And for thē I doe sanctifie my self that they also may be sanctified in truth ✠verse 20 And not for them only doe I pray ″ but for thē also that by their vvord shal beleeue in me ✠verse 21 that they al may be one as thou Father in me and I in thee that they also in vs may be one that the vvorld may beleeue that thou hast sent me ✠verse 22 And the glorie that thou hast giuen me haue I giuen to them that they may be one as vve also are one ✠verse 23 I in them and thou in me that they may be consummate in one ⊢ and the vvorld may knovv that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as me also thou hast loued ✠verse 24 Father vvhom thou hast giuen me I vvil that vvhere I am they also may be vvith me that they maye see my glorie vvhich thou hast giuen me because thou hast loued me before the creation of the vvorld ✠verse 25 Iust Father the vvorld hath not knovven thee but I haue knovven thee and these haue knovven that thou didst send me ✠verse 26 And I haue notified thy name to them and vvil notifie it that the loue vvhervvith thou hast loued me may be in them and I in them ANNOTATIONS CHAP XVII 3. Life euerlasting Both the life of glorie in heauen and of grace here in the Church consisteth in the knowledge of God that in perfect vision this in faith working by charitie for knowledge of God without keeping his commaundements is not true knowledge that is to say it is an vnprofitable knowledge 1 Io. 2. 17. Sanctifie them Christ prayeth that the Apostles their successors al that shal be of their beleefe may be sanctified in truth Which is as much to say as to desire that the Church may euer haue the Spirit of truth and be free from errour Which praier of Christ had not been heard if the Church might erre 20. But for them He expresseth and it is a great comfort that he praieth not onely for the Apostles but for the whole Church after them that is for al beleeuers And al this profound and diuine praier is resembled in the holy Canon of the Masse before the consecration as here it was made before his visible Sacrifice on the crosse CHAP. XVIII Being gone to the place that Iudas the Traitor did knovv 4 he offereth him self to the hand of his enemies shovveth his Diuine might in ouerthrovving them al vvith a vvord and in sauing his Apostles from them also vvith a vvord 10 rebuketh Peter that vvould defend him from them 1◠and so being apprehended is brought bound to Annas and Caipha◠vvhere he is striken by a seruant and thrise denied of Peter 28 Againe in the morning he is by them brought to Pilate 29 Who demaunding their accusation vvhereas they vvould oppresse him vvith their authoritie 〈◊〉 and examining the point of his kingdom pronounceth him innocent yet they cri◠rather to haue a theeues life saued verse 1 WHEN IESVS had said these things he vvent forth vvith his disciples beyond the Torrent-Cedron vvhere vvas a garden into the vvhich he entred and his Disciples ✠verse 2 And Iudas also that betraied him knevv the place because IESVS had often resorted thither together vvith his Disciples ✠verse 3 * Iudas therfore hauing receiued the band of men and of the cheefe Priests and the Pharisees ministers commeth thither vvith lanternes and torches and vveapons ✠verse 4 IESVS therfore knovving al things that should come vpon him vvent forth and said to them Vvhom seeke ye ✠verse 5 they ansvvered him IESVS of Nazareth IESVS saith to them I am he And Iudas also that betraied him stoode vvith them ✠verse 6 As sone therfore as he said to them I am he they vvent backvvard and fel to the ground ✠verse 7 Againe therfore he asked them Vvhom seeke ye And they said IESVS of Nazareth ✠verse 18 IESVS ansvvered haue told you that I am he if therfore you seeke me let these goe their vvaies ✠verse 9 That the vvord might be fulfilled vvhich he said * That of them vvhom thou hast giuen me I haue not lost any ✠verse 10 Simon Peter therfore hauing a svvord drevve it out and smote the seruant of the high priest cut of his right eare And the name of the seruant vvas Malchus ✠verse 11 IESVS therfore said to Peter Put vp thy svvord into the scabbard The chalice vvhich my father hath giuen me shal not I drinke it ✠verse 12 The band therfore and the Tribune the ministers of the Ievves apprehended IESVS and bound him ✠verse 13 and they brought him to Annas first for he vvas father in lavv to Caiphas vvho vvas the high priest of that yere ✠verse 14 And * Caiphas vvas he that had giuen the cousel to the Ievves That it is expedient that one man die for the people ✠verse 15 * And Simon Peter folovved IESVS and an other disciple And that Disciple vvas knovven to the high priest and vvent in vvith IESVS into the court of the high priest ✠verse 16 but Peter stoode at the doore vvithout The other disciple therfore that vvas knovven to the high Priest vvent forth and spake to the portresse and brought in Peter ✠verse 17 The vvench therfore that vvas portresse saith to Peter Art not thou also of this mans disciples He saith to her I am not ✠verse 18 And the seruants and ministers stoode at a fire of coles because it vvas cold and vvarmed them selues And vvith them vvas Peter also standing and vvarming him self ✠verse 19 The high priest therfore asked IESVS of his disciples and of his doctrine ✠verse 20 IESVS ansvvered him I haue openly spokē to the vvorld I haue alvvaies taught in the synagogue and in the temple vvhither al the Ievves resort together and in secrete I haue spoken nothing ✠verse 21 Vvhy askest thou me aske them that haue heard vvhat I haue spoken vnto them behold they knovv vvhat things I haue said ✠verse 22 Vvhen he had said these
dewe place How much lesse can he abide the profaning of Churches now with Heretical seruice and preaching of heresie and blasphemie 17. Dâ—nne of theeues If the Temple was then a denne of theeues because of profane and secular merchandise how much more now when the house appointed for the Holy Sacrifice and Sacrament of the Bodie of Christ is made a denne for the Ministers of Caluins bread CHAP. XII He foretelleth to the Iewes in a parable their reprobation most worthy and the vocation of the Church of the Gentils in their place 10 him self being the headstone thereof 13 He defeateth the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Casar 18 answereth also the inuention of the Sadducces against the Resurrection 28 also the opposition of a Scribe 35 And so hauing put al the busie sectes to silence he turneth and poseth them on the other side because they imagined Christ should be no more but a man 38 Bidding the people to beware of the Scribes being ambitious and hypocrites 41 He commendeth the poore widovv for her two mites aboue al. verse 1 AND he began to speake to them in parables A man planted a vineyard and made a hedge about it and digged a trough and built a tovvre and let it out to husbandmen and vvent forth into a strange countrie ✠verse 2 And he sent to the husbandmen in season a seruant to receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard ✠verse 3 Vvho apprehending him bette him and sent him avvay emptie ✠verse 4 And againe he sent to them an other seruant and him they vvounded in the head and vsed him reprochefully ✠verse 5 And againe he sent an other and him they killed and many other beating certaine and killing others ✠verse 6 Therfore hauing yet one sonne most deere him also he sent vnto them last saying That they vvill reuerence my sonne ✠verse 7 But the husbandmen said one to an other This is the heier come let vs kill him and the inheritance shal be ours ✠verse 8 And apprehending him they killed him and cast him forth out of the vineyard ✠verse 9 What therfore vvil the lord of the vineyard doe He vvil come and destroy the husbandmen and vvil giue the vineyard to others ✠verse 10 Neither haue you read this scripture The stone vvhich the builders reiected the same is made the head of the corner ✠verse 11 By our Lord was this done and it is maruelous in our eies ✠verse 12 And they sought to lay hands on him and they feared the multitude for they knevv that he spake this parable to them And leauing him they vvent their vvay ✠verse 13 * And they send to him certaine of the Pharisees and of the Herodians that they should entrappe him in his vvord ✠verse 14 Vvho comming say to him Maister vve knovv that thou art a true speaker and carest not for any man for thou doest not looke vpon the person of men but teachest the vvay of God in truth is it lavvful to giue tribute to Caesar or shal vve not giue it ✠verse 15 Vvho knovving their subteltie said to them Vvhy tempt you me bring me a penie that I may see it ✠verse 16 But they brought it him And he saith to them Vvhose is this image and inscription They say to him Caesars ✠verse 17 And IESVS ansvvering said to them Render therfore the things that are Caesars to Caesar and that are Gods ″ to God And they marueled at him ✠verse 18 And * there came to him the Saducees that say there is no resurrection and they asked him saying Maister ✠verse 19 * Moyses vvrote vnto vs that if any mans brother die and leaue his vvife and leaue no children ″ his brother shal take his vvife and raise vp seede to his brother ✠verse 20 There vvere therfore seuen brethren and the first tooke a vvife and died leauing no issue ✠verse 21 And the second tooke her and died and neither this left issue And the third in like maner ✠verse 22 And the seuen tooke her in like sort and did not leaue issue Last of al the vvoman also died ✠verse 23 In the resurrection therfore vvhen they shal rise againe vvhose vvife shal she be of these for the seuen had her to vvife ✠verse 24 And IESVS ansvvering said to them Do ye not therfore erre ″ not knovving the scriptures nor ″ the povver of God ✠verse 25 For vvhen they shal rise againe from the dead they shal neither marrie noâ— be married but are as the Angels in heauen ✠verse 26 And as concerning the dead that they do rise againe haue you not read in the booke of Moyses hovv in the bush God spake to him saying I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob ✠verse 27 He is not the God of the dead but of the liuing You therfore are much deceiued ✠verse 28 And * there came one of the Scribes that had heard them questioning and seeing that he had wel answered them asked him vvhich vvas the first coÌ„maundement of al. ✠verse 29 And IESVS ansvvered him That the first commaundement of al is Heare Israel the Lord thy God is one God ✠verse 30 And thou shalt loue the Lord thy God from thy vvhole hart and vvith thy vvhole soul and vvith thy vvhole minde and vvith thy vvhole povver This is the first commaundement ✠verse 31 And the second is like to it Thou shalt loue they neighbour as thy self An other commaundement greater then these there is not ✠verse 32 And the Scribe said to him Vvel Maister thou hast said in truth that there is one God and there is none other besides him ✠verse 33 And that he be loued from the vvhole hart and vvith the vvhole vnderstanding and vvith the vvhole soule and vvith the vvhole strength and to loue his neighbour as him self is a greater thing then al holocaustes and sacrifices ✠verse 34 And IESVS seeing that he had ansvvered vvisely said to him Thou art not farre from the kingdom of God And no man novv durst aske him ✠verse 35 And * IESVS ansvvering said teaching in the temple Hovv do the Scribes say that Christ is the sonne of Dauid ✠verse 36 For Dauid him self saith in the holy Ghost Our Lord said to my Lord sit on my right hand vntil I put thine enemies the foote-stoole of thy feete ✠verse 37 Dauid therfore him self calleth him Lord and vvhence is he his sonne And a great multitude heard him gladly ✠verse 38 And he said to them in his doctrine * Take heede of the Scribes that vvil vvalke in long robes and be saluted in the market-place ✠verse 39 and sit in the first chaites in the Synagogs and loue the highest
hath not left me alone because the things that please him I doe alvvaies ⊢ ✠verse 30 Vvhen he spake these things many beleeued in him ✠verse 31 IESVS therfore said to them that beleeued him the Ievves If you abide in my vvorde you shal be my disciples in deede ✠verse 32 And you shal knovv the truth and the truth shal make you free ✠verse 33 They ansvvered him Vve are the seed of Abraham and vve neuer serued any man hovv saiest thou You shal be free ✠verse 34 IESVS ansvvered them Amen amen I say to you that * euery one vvhich coÌ„mitteth sinne is the seruant of sinne ✠verse 35 and the seruant abideth not in the house for euer the sonne abideth for euer ✠verse 36 If therfore the sonne make you free you shal be free in deede ✠verse 37 I knovv that you are the children of Abraham but you seeke to kil me because my vvorde taketh not in you ✠verse 38 I speake that vvhich I haue seen vvith my father and you doe the things that you haue seen vvith your father ✠verse 39 They ansvvered and said to him Our father is Abraham IESVS saith to them If you be the children of Abraham doe the vvorkes of Abraham ✠verse 40 But novv you seeke to kil me a man that haue spoken the truth to you vvhich I haue heard of God this did not Abraham ✠verse 41 You doe the vvorkes of your father They said therfore to him Vve vvere not borne of fornication vve haue one father God ✠verse 42 IESVS therfore said to them If God vvere your father verely you vvould loue me for from God I proceded and came for I came not of my self but he sent me ✠verse 43 Vvhy doe you not knovv my speach Because you can not heare my vvord ✠verse 44 You are of your father the Diuel and the desires of your father you vvil doe he vvas a mankiller from the beginning and he stoode not in the veritie because veritie is not in him vvhen he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his owne because he is a lyer and the father thereof ✠verse 45 But because I say the veritie you beleeue me not ✠verse 46 Vvhich of you ″ shal argue me of sinne If I say the veritie vvhy doe you not beleeue me ✠verse 47 He that is of God heareth the vvordes of God Therfore you heare not because you are not of God ✠verse 48 The Ievves therfore ansvvered and said to him Doe not we say vvel that thou art a Samaritane and hast a diuil ✠verse 49 IESVS ansvvered I haue no deuil but I doe honour my Father and you haue dishonoured me ✠verse 50 but I seeke not mine ovvne glorie there is that seeketh and iudgeth ✠verse 51 Amen amen I say to you If any man keepe my vvord he shal not see death for euer ✠verse 52 The Ievves therfore said Novv vve haue knovven that thou hast a deuil Abraham is dead and the Prophets and thou saiest If any man keepe my vvord he shal not tast death for euer ✠verse 53 Vvhy art thou greater then our father Abraham vvho is dead and the Prophets are dead Vvhom doest thou make thy self ✠verse 54 IESVS ansvvered If I doe glorifie my self my glorie is nothing it is my father that glorifieth me vvhom you say that he is your God ✠verse 55 And you haue not knovven him but I knovv him And if I shal say that I knovv him not I shal be like to you a lyer But I doe knovv him and doe keepe his vvord ✠verse 56 Abraham your father reioyced that he might see my day and he savv and vvas glad ✠verse 57 The Ievves therfore said to him Thou hast not yet fiftie yeres and hast thou seen Abraham ✠verse 58 IESVS said to them Amen amen I say to you before that Abraham vvas made I am ✠verse 59 They tooke stones therfore to cast at him but IESVS hid him self and vvent out of the temple ⊢ ANNOTATIONS CHAP. VIII 34. Amen amen What is it saith S. Augustine vpon this place vvhen our Lord saith Amen amen He doth much coÌ„mend and vrge the thing that he so vttereth doubling it It is a certaine othe of his if a man may so say for AmeÌ„ in Hebrue signifieth verum a truth Yet is it not translated whereas it might haue been said verum veruÌ„ diâ—o vobis but neither the Greeke interpreter durst doe it nor the Latin the Hebrue word hath remained stil that so it might be the more esteemed Tract 41 in Ioan. By vvhich vvordes and the like recorded in other places of this nevv Testament the Reader may see great reason vvhy vve also say Amen amen and durst not translate it and such like vvordes into our English tongue CHAP. IX To show that by his Baptisme being the Sacrament of illumination or faith he vvil take avvay the blindnes of the vvorld he giueth vvith strange ceremonies sight to one borne blinde 8 By vvhich vvonderful miracle the attestation of the partie him self and of his parents concurring first the neighbours then also the Pharisees them selues are plainely confounded Yet so obstinate they are that because it was the Sabboth vvhen he vvrought it they inferre that he is not of God yea and throvv out of their Synagogue the partie for confessing him 35 But our Lord receiueth him 39 and foretelleth by this occasion the excecation of the Ievveâ— because of their vvilful obstinacie and illumination of the Gentils vvho confesse their ovvne blindnes verse 1 AND IESVS passing by savv a man blinde from his natiuitie ✠verse 2 and his disciples asked him Rabbi vvho hath sinned this man or his parents that he should be borne blinde ✠verse 3 IESVS ansvvered Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents but that the vvorkes of God may be manifested in him ✠verse 4 I must vvorke the vvorkes of him that sent me vvhiles it is day The night commeth vvhen no man can vvorke ✠verse 5 As long as I am in the vvorld I am the light of the vvorld ✠verse 6 Vvhen he had said these things he spit on the ground and ″ made clay of the spettle and spred the clay vpoÌ„ his eies ✠verse 7 and said to him Goe vvash in the poole of Siloé vvhich is interpreted Sent. He vvent therfore and vvashed and he came seeing ✠verse 8 Therfore the neighbours and they vvhich had seen him before that he vvas a begger said Is not this he that sate and begged verse 9 Others said That this is he ✠But others No not so but he is like him But he said That I am he ✠verse 10 They said therfore to him Hovv vvere thine eies opened ✠verse 11 He ansvvered That man that is called IESVS made clay and anointed mine eies and said to me Goe to
he cried vvith a loude voice Lazarus come forth ✠verse 44 And forthvvith he came forth that had been dead bound feete and handes vvith vvinding bandes and his face vvas tied vvith a napkin IESVS said to them Loose him and let him goe ✠verse 45 Many therfore of the Ievves that vvere come to Marie and Martha and had seen the things that IESVS did beleeued in him ⊢ ✠verse 46 And certaine of them vvent to the Pharisees and told them the things that IESVS did ✠verse 47 The cheefe priests therfore and the pharisees gathered a councel and said Vvhat doe vve for this man doeth many signes ✠verse 48 If vve let him alone so al vvil beleeue in him and the Romanes vvil come and take avvay our place and nation ✠verse 49 But one of them named Caiphas being the high priest of that yere said to them You knovv nothing ✠verse 50 neither doe you cōsider that it is expedient for vs that one man die for the people and the vvhole natiō perish not ✠verse 51 And this he said not of him self but ″ being the high priest of that yere he prophecied that IESVS should die for the nation ✠verse 52 and not only for the nation but to gather into one the children of God that vvere dispersed ✠verse 53 From that day therfore they deuised to kil him ✠verse 54 IESVS therfore vvalked no more openly among the Ievves but he vvent into the countrie beside the desert vnto a citie that is called Ephrem and there he abode vvith his Disciples ⊢ ✠verse 55 And the Pasche of the Ievves vvas at hand and many of the countrie vvent vp to Hierusalem before the Pasche to sanctifie them selues ✠verse 56 They sought IESVS therfore and they communed one vvith an other standing in the temple Vvhat thinke you in that he is not come to the festiual day And the cheefe Priests Pharisees had giuen cōmaundemēt that if any man should knovv vvhere he vvas he should tel that they might apprehend him ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XI 31. Being the high Priest Maruel not that Christ preserueth his truth in the Church as wel by the vnworthy as the worthy Prelates thereof the giftes of the Holy Ghost folowing their Order and office as we see here in Caiphas and not their merites or person And if this man being many waies wicked and in part an vsurper and the Law and Priesthod being to decline and to giue place to Christs new ordinance had yet some assistance of God for vtterance of truth which him self meant not nor knew not how much more may we be assured that Christ wil not leaue Peters Seate * whose faith he promised should neuer falle though the persons which occupie the same were as il as the blasphemous and malitious mouthes of Heretikes do affirme CHAP. XII The Rulers dealing as if he hid him self 1 he cōmeth to Bethania ◠Where by occasion of Iudas the theefe murmuring at Marie Magdalens costly deuotion he foretelleth his death 12 From thence though they did novv intend to kil Lazarus also he rideth openly into Hierusalem the people because he had raised Lazarus confessing with their acclamations that he is Christ 20 Where certaine Gentils desiring to see him 22 he foretelleth the conuersion of the vvhole vvorld from the Diuel to him to be novv instant as the effect of his death vpon the Crosse 28 The Father also ansvvering from heauen to his prayer made to that purpose 37 yet after al this the Ievves continevv incredulous as Esay prophecied of them 42 though many beleeued but vvere ashamed to confesse him 44 Wherevpon he shevveth that it is glorious before God and saluation to them selues to beleeue in him and confesse him and damnable to despise him verse 1 IESVS therfore sixe daies before the Pasche came to Bethánia vvhere Lazarus vvas that had been dead vvhom IESVS raised ✠verse 2 And they made him a supper there and Martha ministred but Lazarus vvas one of them that sate at the table vvith him ✠verse 3 Marie therfore tooke a povvnd of ointement of right spikenard pretious and anointed the feete of IESVS and vviped his feete vvith her heare and the house vvas filled of the odour of the ointmēt ✠verse 4 One therfore of his disciples Iudas Iscariote he that vvas to betray him said ✠verse 5 ″ Vvhy vvas not this ointment sold for three-hundred pence and giuen to the poore ✠verse 6 And he said this not because he cared for the poore but because he vvas ″ a theefe and hauing the purse caried the things that vvere put in ✠verse 7 IESVS therfore said Let her alone that she may keepe it for the day of my burial ✠verse 8 For the poore you haue alvvaies vvith you but me you shal not haue alvvaies ✠verse 9 A great multitude therfore of the Ievves knevv that he vvas there and they came not for IESVS only but that they might see Lazarus vvhom he raised from the dead ⊢ ✠verse 10 But the cheefe Priests deuised for to kil Lazarus also ✠verse 11 because many for him of the Ievves vvent avvay and beleeued in IESVS ✠verse 12 And on the morovv a great multitude that vvas come to the festiual day vvhen they had heard that IESVS commeth to Hierusalem ✠verse 13 they tooke the boughes of palmes and vvent forth to meete him and cried Hosanna blessed is he that commeth in the name of our Lord the king of Israel ✠verse 14 And IESVS foūd a yong asse and sate vpon it as it is vvritten ✠verse 15 Feare not daughter of Sion behold thy king commeth sitting vpon an asses colt ✠verse 16 These things his disciples did not knovv at the first but vvhen IESVS vvas glorified then they remembred that these things had been vvritten of him and these things they did to him ✠verse 17 The multitude therfore gaue testimonie vvhich vvas vvith him vvhē he called Lazarus out of the graue and raised him from the dead ✠verse 18 For therfore also the multitude came to meete him because they heard that he had done this signe ✠verse 19 The Pharisees therfore said among them selues Doe you see that vve preuaile nothing behold the vvhole vvorld is gone after him ✠verse 20 And there vvere certaine Gentiles of them that came vp to adore in the festiual day ✠verse 21 These therfore came to Philippe vvho vvas of Bethsaida of Galilee and desired him saying Sir vve are desirous to see IESVS ✠verse 22 Philippe commeth and telleth Andrevv Againe Andrevv Philippe told IESVS ✠verse 23 But IESVS ansvvered them saying The houre is come that the Sonne of man shal be glorified ✠verse 24 Amen amen I say to you vnles the graine of vvheate falling into the ground die it self remaineth alone but if it die it
a crovvne correspondent in heauen S. Augustine vpon these vvordes of the Apostle expresseth both breifely thus Hovv should be repay as a iust iudge vnles he had first giuen as a merciful father 〈◊〉 de grat lib. arbit c. 6. And vvhen you heare or read any thing in the Scriptures that may seeme to derogate from mans vvorkes in this case it is alvvaies meant of vvorkes considered in their ovvne nature and valure not implying the grace of Christ by vvhich grace it coÌ„meth not of the vvorke in it self that vve haue a right to heauen deserue it vvorthily vvhich the Apostle in the 6 to the Hebrues more then insinuateth saying these vvordes God is not vniust to forget your vvorke loue vvhich you haue shovved in his name c. As though he vvould say that he vvere vniust if he did forget to recompense their vvorkes * The parable also of the men sent into the vineyard proueth that heauen is our ovvne right bargained for and vvrought for and accordingly paid vnto vs as our hire at the day of iudgement for that is 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vvhereby the Scripture so often calleth it It is the goale the marke the price the hire of al striuing running labouring due both by promis and by couenant and right dette See a notable place in S. Augustine in Psal 83 in fine and 100 in initie ho. 14 c. 2. li. 50 hom S. Cyprian also and namely the later end of his booke de opere â—â—â—mosyna and thou shalt easily contemne the contrarie falshod vvhich doth not so much derogate from mans vvorkes as from Gods grace vvhich is the cause and ground of al vvorthines in mans merites S. Augustines vvordes be these Marke that he to vvhom our Lord gaue grace hath our Lord also his detter He found him a giuer in the time of mercie he hath him his detter in the time of iudgement See the place and the rest her coted vvhere he examineth and explicateth the matter at large THE ARGVMENT OF THE EPISTLE OF S. PAVL TO TITVS THAT Titus vvas a Gentil and not a Ievv and that he vvas in S. Paules traine at the least the 14 yere after his conuersion if not before vve vnderstand by the Epistle to the Galatians c. 2. And that he continued vvith him to the very end appeareth in the second to Timothee c. 4. Vvhere he maketh mention that he sent him from Rome into Dalmatia vvhen him self vvas shortly after to be put to death And therefore although S. Luke neuer name him in the Actes as neither him self yet no doubt he comprehendeth him commonly vvhen he speaketh thus in the first person plurall Forthvvith vve sought to goe into Macedonia Act 16. For S. Paul also sent him to Corinth betvvene the vvriting of his 1 2 to the Corinthians vvhich time concurreth vvith Act. 19 by occasion vvhereof he maketh much and honorable mention of him in the said second Epistle c 2. c. 7. and againe * he sent him vvith the same Epistle both times about great matters so that no doubt he vvas euen then also a Bishop and receiued accordingly of the Corinthians vvith feare and trembling 2. Cor. 7 v. 15. But the same is plainer in this Epistle to him self c. 1. v. 5. Vvhere the Apostle saith for this cause I left thee at Crete c. By vvhich vvordes it is manifest also that this Epistle vvas not vvritten during the storie of the Actes seing that no mention is there of S. Paules being in the I le of Crete but after his dismission at Rome out of his first trouble and before his second or last trouble there as is euident by these vvordes Vvhen I shall send to thee Artemas or Tychicus make hast to come to me to Nicopolis for there I haue determined to vvinter Tit. 3. Therefore he instructeth him and in him all Bishops much like as he doth Timothee vvhat qualities he must require in them that he shall make priests and Bishops in vvhat sort to preach and to teach al sortes of men to commend good vvorkes vnto them finally him self to be their example in all goodnes THE EPISTLE OF PAVL TO TITVS CHAP. I. Of vvhat qualitie the Priests and Bishops must be 9 namely learned considering the Iudaical seducers of that time 12 That the Cretensians must be roughly vsed 10 haue them continue sound in faith verse 1 PAVL the seruant of God and an Apostle of IESVS Christ according to the faith of the elect of God and knowledge of the truth vvhich is according to pietie ✠verse 2 into the hope of life euerlasting vvhich he promised that lieth not God * before the secular times ✠verse 3 but hath manifested in due times his vvord in preaching vvhich is coÌ„mitted to me according to the precept of our Sauiour God ✠verse 4 to Titus my beloued sonne according to the coÌ„mon faith grace and peace from God the father and Christ IESVS our Sauiour ✠verse 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete that thou shouldest reforme the things that are vvanting and shouldest ″ ordaine priestes by cities as I also appointed thee ✠verse 6 * if any be vvithout crime the husband ″ of one vvife hauing faithful children not in the accusation of riote or not obedient ✠verse 7 For a Bishop must be vvithout crime as the stevvard of God not proud not angrie not giuen to vvine no striker not couetous of filthy lucre ✠verse 8 but giuen to hospitalitie gentle sober iust holy continent ✠verse 9 embracing that faithful vvord vvhich is according to doctrine that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine to reproue them that gainesay it ✠verse 10 For there be many disobedient vaine-speakers and seducers especially they that are of the Circumcision ✠verse 11 vvho must be controuled vvho subuert vvhole houses teaching the things they ought not for filthie lucre ✠verse 12 One of them said their ovâ—ne proper prophete The Cretensians alvvaies lierâ— naughtie beastes slouthful bellies ✠verse 13 This testimonie is true For the vvhich cause rebuke them sharpely that they may be sound in the faith ✠verse 14 not attending to Ievvish fables and commaundements of men auerting them selues from the truth ✠verse 15 * Al things are cleane to the cleane but to the polluted and to infidels nothing is cleane but polluted are both their minde and conscience ✠verse 16 They confesse that they knovv God but in their vvorkes they deny vvhereas they be abominable and incredulous and to euery good vvorke reprobate ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. 5. Ordaine Priests Though Priests or Bishops may be nominated and elected by the Princes people or Patrons of places according to the vse of the time and diuersitie of Countries and fashions yet they can not be ordered and consecrated but by a Bishop vvho vvas him self rightly ordered or consecrated
nor Schismatikes but rather to auoid al such as the forerunners of Antichrist and to remember that Catholikes neede not to goe to schole to any such Masters hauing at home in the Catholike Church the doctrine of the holy Ghost him self vvho vvas giuen to the Church visibly in the beginning to leade her into al truth and to continue vvith her for euer Therfore he saith That vvhich you haue heard from the beginning let it abide in you Likevvise a litle after v. 27. and ep 2. v. 6. This is the commaundement that as you haue heard from the beginning you vvalke in the same because many seducers are gone out into the vvorld and v. 8. 9. And not only thus in general but also in particular he expresseth the pointes vvhich the heretikes did then call in question Some vvere about Christ him self for they denied that IESVS is Christ that he is the very sonne of God that he is incarnate Ep. 1. c. 2. v. 22. and Ep. 2. v. 7. And against such it vvas that he vvrote his Gospel also as he there signifieth Ioh. 20. v. 31. Other pointes are about our iustification against onely faith and for good vvorkes as also S. Aug. noted vvhose vvordes vvere cited before Herevpon he saith If vve say vve haue societie vvith God and vvalke in darkenes vve lie Ep. 1. c. 1. Againe He that saith he knovveth God and keepeth not his commaundements is a lier Againe This is the charitie of God that vve keepe his cōmaundements and his commaundements are not heauie Finally Children let no man seduce you he that doth iustice is iust euen as he is iust Ep. 1. c. 3. v. 7. 8. 9. likevvise c. 2. v. 29. and in deede in all the three Epistles through out he doth inculcate good vvorkes and keeping the commaundements against the heresie of only faith THE FIRST EPISTLE OF IOHN THE APOSTLE CHAP. I. Good cause there is to beleeue the Apostles preaching 5 And this is one point of their preaching that to haue participation vvith God vve must not onely beleeue but also abstaine from al mortal sinne 8 though vve al sinne venially verse 1 THAT vvhich vvas from the beginning vvhich vve haue heard vvhich vve haue seen vvith our eies vvhich vve haue looked vpon and our handes haue handled of the vvord of life ✠verse 2 and the life vvas manifested and vve haue seen and do testifie and declare vnto you the life eternal vvhich vvas vvith the Father and hath appeared to vs ✠verse 3 that vvhich vve haue seen and haue heard vve declare vnto you that ◠you also may haue societie vvith vs and our societie may be vvith the Father and vvith his Sonne IESVS Christ ✠verse 4 And these things vve vvrite to you that you may reioyce and your ioy may be ful ✠verse 5 And this is the annuntiation vvhich vve haue heard of him and declare vnto you That * God is light and in him there is no darkenesse ✠verse 6 If vve shal say that we haue societie vvith him and vvalke in darkenesse vve lie and do not the truth ✠verse 7 But if we vvalke in the light as he also is in the light vve haue societie one tovvard an other and * ◠the bloud of IESVS Christ his sonne cleanseth vs ◠from al sinne ✠verse 8 * If vve shal say ◠that vve haue no sinne vve seduce our selues and the truth is not in vs. ✠verse 9 If vve confesse our sinnes he is faithful iust for to forgiue vs our sinnes and to cleanse vs from al iniquitie ✠verse 10 If vve shal say that vve haue not sinned vve make him a lier and his vvord is not in vs. ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. 3. You may haue societie S. Iohn shevveth manifestly that vvhosoeuer desire to be partakers vvith God must first be vnited to the Churches societie learne that faith and receiue those Sacraments vvhich the Disciples receiued of the Truth it self conuersant vvith them in flesh So saith Venerable Bede vpon this place Vvhereby vve see there is no societie vvith God in sectes or schismes nor any vvhere but in the vnitie fellovvship and communion of that Church vvhich can proue it self to descend from the Apostles 7. The bloud of Iesus Vvhether sinnes he remitted by praiers by fasting by almes by faith by charitie by sacrifice by Sacraments by the Priests as the holy Scriptures do plainely attribute remissiō to euery of these yet none of al these do othervvise remit but in the force by the merite vertue of Christs bloud these being but the appointed meanes instruments by vvhich Christ vvil haue his holy bloud to vvorke effectually in vs. vvhich meanes vvhosoeuer contemneth depriueth him self of the cōmoditie of Christs ovvne bloud continueth still in sinne and vncleannesse vaunt he him self neuer so much of Christs death Vvhich point let the Protestants marke vvel and cease to beguile their poore deceiued folovvers persuading them that the Catholikes derogate from Christs bloud or seeke remission othervvise then by it for that they vse humbly the meanes appointed by Christ to apply the benefite of his holy bloud vnto them 7. From al sinne From original and actual venial and mortal a culpa poena that is from the fault and the paine due for the same V. Bede saith that Christs Passion doth not onely remit in Baptisme the sinnes before committed but al other aftervvard also done by frailtie yet so if vve vse for the remission of them such meanes as be requisite and as Christ hath appointed vvhereof he reckeneth some Bede vpon this place See S. Augustine also vpon this place to 9. and S. Hierome li. 2 con Pelag. c. 3. 8. That vve haue no sinne Vve gather by these vvordes and the former that there be tvvo sortes of sinnes one mortal excluding vs from light and the societie of God an other venial vvhich is found euen in those that vvalke in the light and are in the societie of God Also vve note against the Pelagians that vve be truely called the sonnes of God and so iust in deede though vve be not vvithout al sinnes euery one of vs as vvel iust as vniust being taught and bound to confesse our offenses and to aske pardon daily of God by this petition of the Pater noster Forgiue vs our debtes Therfore S. Augustine li. de natura grat c. 36. reckeneth vp al the holy Patriarches Prophets and renovvmed iust persons to haue been sinners euen vvhen they vvere in grace and Iustice excepting alvvaies our B. Ladie de qua propter honorem Domini nullam prorsus cùm de peccatis agitur habere volo quaestionem of vvhom saith he for the honour of our Lord. vvhen vve talke of sinnes I vvil haue no question And Pelagius asking vvhat sinnes Abel such iust men did commit S. Augustine āsvvereth that they might laugh
vpon Seuens seuen Churches seuen Angels seuen starres seuen spirites seuen candlestickes seuen lampes seuen trumpets seuen vialâ— seuen horneâ— of the Lambe seuen hilles seuen thunders seuen heades of the Dragon signifying the Diâ—el seuen of the beast that is Antichrist seuen of the beast that the harlot rid vpon finally the number also of the visions is specially marked to be seuen in this booke and euery time that this number is vsed in this prophecie it hath a mysterie a more large meaning then the nature of that number is precisely and vulgarly taken for As vvhen he vvriteth to seuen Churches it is to be vnderstood of al the Churches in the vvorld as the seuen Angels for al the Angels or gouernours of the vvhole Catholike Church and so forth in the rest because the number of Seuen hath the perfection of vniuersalitie in it as S. Augustine saith li. 5 quâ—st in Deuter. q. 42. 4. From the 7 spirites The Holy Ghost may be here meant and so called for his seuen fold giftes and graces as some expositours thinke but it seemeth more probable that he speaketh of the holy Augels by comparing this to the like in the 5 Chapter folovving vvhere he seemeth to call these the seuen spirites sent into al the vvorld as S. Paul to the Hebrues c. 1. 14 speaketh of Angels and so the Protestants take it in their coÌ„mentaries vvhich vve note because therevpon they must needes confesse that the Apostle here giueth or vvisheth grace and peace not from God onely but also from his Angels though that benediction commeth one vvay of God and an other vvay of his Angels or Sainctes being but his creatures And so they may learne that the faithful often loyning in one speache God and our Lady our Lord and any of his Saincts to helpe vs or blesse vs is not superstitious but an Apostolical speache and so the Patriarch said Gen. 48. v. 16. The Angel that deliuereth me from al euils blesse these children See the Annot. Act. 25 28. 6. A kingdom and Priests As al that truely serue God and haue the dominion and superioritie ouer their concupiscences and vvhatsoeuer vvould induce them to sinne be kings so al that employ their vvorkes and them selues to serue God offer al their actions as an acceptable sacrifice to him be priests Neuerthelesse as if any man vvould therevpon affirme that there ought to be no other earthly povvers or kings to gouerne in vvorldly affaires ouer Christians be vvere a seditious Heretike euen so are they that vpon this or the like places vvhere al Christians be called priests in a spiritual sort vvould therfore inferre that euery one is in proper signification a Priest or that al be Priests alike or that there ought to be none but such spiritual priests for it is the seditious voice of Corè saying to Moyses and Aaron Let it suffiâ—â— you that al the multitude is of holy ones and the Lord is in theâ—â— Vvhy are you extolled ouer the people of the Lord Num. 16. 10. On the Dominical day Many notable pointes may be marked here first that euen in the Apostles time there vvere daies deputed to the seruice of God and so made holy and different though not by nature yet by vse and benediction from other profane or as vve call them vvorke-daies Secondly that the Apostles and faithful abrogated the Sabboth vvhich vvas the seuenth day and made holy day for it the next day folovving being the eight day in count from the creation and that vvithout al Scriptures or coÌ„maundement of Christ that vve reade of yea vvhich is more not onely othervvise then vvas by the Lavv obserued but plainely othervvise then vvas prescribed by God him self in the second commaundement yea and othervvise then he ordained in the first creatioÌ„ vvhen he sanctified precisely the Sabboth day not the day folovving Such great povver did Christ leaue to his Church and for such causes gaue he the holy Ghost to be resident in it to guide it into al truthes euen such as in the Scriptures are not expressed And if the Church had authoritie inspiration from God to make Sunday being a vvorke-day before an euerlasting holy day and the Saturday that before vvas holy day novv a common vvorkeday vvhy may not the same Church prescribe appoint the other holy feasts of Easter Vvhitsuntide Christmas and the rest for the same vvarrant she hath for the one that she hath for the other Thirdly it is to be noted that the cause of this change vvas for that novv vve Christians esteeming more our redemption then our first creation haue the holy day vvhich vvas before for the remembrance of Gods accomplishment of the creation of things novv for the memorie of the accomplishment of our redemption Vvhich therfore is kept vpon that day on vvhich our Lord rose from life to death vvhich vvas the day after the Sabboth being called by the Ievves vna or prima Sabbathi the first of or after the Sabboth Mat 28. Act. 10. 1 Cor. 16. Fourthly it is to be marked that this holy day by the Apostles tradition also vvas named Dominiâ—â—â— dieâ— our Lordes day or the Dominike vvhich is also an old Ecclesiastical vvord in our language for the name Sunday is a heathenish calling as al other of the vveeke daies be in our laÌ„guage some imposed after the names of planets as in the Romans time some by the name of certaine Idols that the Saxons did vvorship to vvhich they dedicated their daies before they vvere Christians Vvhich names the Church vseth not but hath appointed to call the first day the Dominike after the Apostle here the other by the name of Feries vntil the last of the vveeke vvhich she calleth by the old name Sabboth because that vvas of God and not by imposition of the heathen See the marginal Annotation Luc. 24 1. Lastly obserue that God reuealeth such great things to Prophets rather vpon holy daies and in times of contemplation sacrifice and praier then on other profaue daies and therfore as S. Peter Act. 10 had a reuelation at the six houre of praier and Zacharie Luc. 1 at the houre of incense and Cornelius Act. 10 vvhen he vvas at his praiers the ninthe houre so here S. Iohn noteth that he had al these maruelous visions vpon a Sunday 13. Vested in a Priestly garment He appeared in a long garment or vestment proper vnto Priests for so the vvord poderes doth signifie as Sap. 18 24 and that vvas most agreable for him that represented the person of Christ the high Priest and appeared to Iohn being a most holy Priest and vvho is specially noted in the Ecclesiastical historie for his Priestly garment called péâ—alon or lamina Euseb li. 3 hist Eccl. c. 25. li. 5 c. 23. 20. The seuen starres The Bishops are the starres of the Church as the Churches them selues are the golden