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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B15167	A plaine exposition vpon the whole thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth chapters of the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romanes Wherein the text is diligently and methodically resolued, the sense giuen, and many doctrines thence gathered, are by liuely vses applied for the benefit of Gods children. Performed with much varietie, and conuenient breuitie, by Elnathan Parr Bachelor in Diuinity, and preacher of Gods word. To which is prefixed an alphabeticall table, containing the chiefe points and doctrines handled in the booke.	Parr, Elnathan, d. 1622.	1622 (1622)	STC 19321; ESTC S114077	263,450	369

Professour against Professour who getteth thereby Not Wee but Satan but the Papists to whom wee haue giuen this staffe to smite vs with namely our Contentions Striue not for this were to sinne grieuously as we may see by the companions of strife here which are of the black●st iniquities Striue not for that sheweth thee to be a carnall man 1. Cor. 3.3 yea if thou gloriest that thou beleeuest Iames 3.14 thou lyest against the truth saith Saint Iames. If thou wilt needs striue striue to do good to enter in at the straite gate to master thy corruptions c. Abhorre Enuie Vse 2 It is a diuellish sinne and commeth from hell The Diuell is called the Enuious man Matth. 13.28 hee enuied our first parents and so brought them vnder the power of death Through enuy of the Diuell came death into the world Wisd 2. vlt. saith the Author of the booke of Wisedome and Saint Iames saith That the wisdome which sheweth it selfe in strife and enuie is earthly sensuall and diuellish Iames 3.15 It is one of the torments of hell Luke 13.28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when yee shall see Abraham Isaak and Iacob and all the Prophets in the kingdome of heauen and your selues thrust out saith Christ to the Iewes now gnashing of teeth is a token of enuy It is to be hated because it is the fore-runner of blood witnesse Abel and Ioseph also whom the enuy of his brethren had murthered had not God specially hindered it witnesse our blessed Sauiour whom the Iewes deliuered for enuy Matth. 27.18 as Pilate knew very well Enuy opposeth the Prouidence of God grieuing that God should dispose of his blessings as he doth Enuy is contrary to such things which most commend a man as Mercy and Charitie It is a most vniust sinne for it is offended with nothing but that which is good and the more it is the greater is the enuy and the offence as the brighter the Sunne shineth the more are weake and sore eyes offended And it is a most iust sin Iustius Inuidia nihil est c. Horat. Cypr. serm de Liuore Prou. 14.30 because it excruciateth and gnaweth vpon the heart of him that enuieth as a moth breeding in the garment consumeth it and as rust eateth and fretteth the yron so Enuie is the rottennesse of the bones Socrates said is was serra animae a saw to torment the soule An enuious man is more vnhappie then other sinners for in other sinnes there is some pleasure though carnall in enuie nothing but griefe and torment He is doubly miserable more then other for other men are troubled onely for their owne euils the enuious man is also vexed for other mens good things It is a generall sinne raigning among Souldiers Courtiers Schollers Citizens Tradesmen Country-men among all It discouereth the enuious man to be in goodnesse farre inferiour to him which is enuied It destroyeth friendship Cleobulus Basil ser de Inuidia Greg. Mag. l. 6. Moral in fine the comfort of mans life and therefore a wise man was wont thus to aduise to take heed of the trappes of enemies and of the enuy of friends The most effectuall remedy which the Fathers haue obserued of this foule euill are the contempt of the glory of this world and of all earthly things and the loue of the glorie of God and of heauenly things For pride breedeth enuie if pride therefore were mortified enuy would vanish and hee that contemneth all earthly things cannot for them enuy his neighbour no more then we enuy a begger for his ragges or a Lazar for his sores Enuy is for things at least deemed excellent and worth the hauing by which wee thinke our neighbour aduanced and our selues disgraced And he that seeketh Gods glory and heauenly things will reioyce when God is honored in his neighbour as well as in himselfe desiring that he may be glorified in all Let vs bewaile the want of goodnesse which wee see to be in others and striue to attaine it and to imitate them VERSE 14. But put yee on the Lord Iesus Christ and make not prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof IN these words is the Affirmatiue part of the Exposition of Honest walking To walke honestly is to put on the Lord Iesus Christ Vnder which phrase is emphatically comprehended sobrietie temperance chastitie continencie peace loue and whatsoeuer vertue is requisite to a Christian conuersation Neither doth hee follow his former manner of speaking saying Not in rioting c. but in putting on the Lord Iesus but deliuereth this part in the manner of an Exhortation for more force In this we haue two parts First the dutie exhorted vnto in the first part of the verse Secondly an Amplification in the last But put yee on the Lord Iesus Christ. In these words is the Dutie wherein are considerable The Act Put on the Obiect The Lord Iesus Christ The Lord Iesus Christ These titles describing the second Person in the most sacred Trinitie who was annointed to be our Sauiour redeeming vs by his blood and therefore of right our Lord and Master are expounded in the Catechisme and therefore I passe them ouer here Put yee on This phrase is figuratiue wherein Christ is compared to a Vesture and our obedience to the putting of it on Christ is our Vesture two wayes as our Satisfaction and as our Sanctification as the Cause of our Saluation and as the patterne of our life Wee put him on as our satisfaction when we beleeue of which principally is that Scripture Gal. 3.27 As many as haue beene baptised into Christ haue put on Christ As our Sanctification when we follow his example resemble him and are conformable to his holy life and this is chiefly meant here though the other not excluded As it was meate and drinke to him to doe his Fathers will Iohn 4.34 so ought it to be to vs. This phrase is frequent in Paul and he is much delighted with it commending Loue and other vertues vnder such manner of speaking vnto vs as Coloss 3.12 seq For the graces of Gods Spirit will beautifie vs more and set vs forth then Iewels chaines of gold or any rich garments As all Samsons strength was in his haire so our strength is in Faith but our beautie is in holinesse and in vertue Put on Christ so put on the new man Ephes 4.24 a kinde of speaking taken from a rite or ceremony antiently euen in Saint Pauls time vsed in Baptisme Beza schol in ca. 3. ep ad Gal. v. 27. as M. Beza acknowledgeth when persons baptized by dipping or putting their bodies vnder the water did either put on new garments or their owne quasi nouis as new as he speaketh But all Antiquitie witnesseth that such garments were white so doe these verses signifie Candidus egreditur niueis exercitus vndis Atque vetus vitium purgat in amne nouo