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A06985 A catholike and ecclesiasticall exposition of the holy Gospell after S. Mathewe, gathered out of all the singuler and approued deuines (whiche the Lorde hath geuen to his Churche) by Augustine Marlorate. And translated out of Latine into Englishe by Thomas Tymme, mynister. Sene and allowed according to the order appointed; Novi Testamenti catholica expositio ecclesiastica. English. Selections Marlorat, Augustin, 1506-1562.; Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620. 1570 (1570) STC 17404; ESTC S114262 1,206,890 792

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〈◊〉_d his_o ●●ght●…_n through_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n to_o who_o ●…e_a praise_n forever_o w●…_n 〈…〉_o amen_n finis_fw-la matth._n 13_o ●…a_fw-la 10._o ●…r_n 1._o ●…s_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 3._o ●…h_o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 4._o 1._o pet._n 2._o 1._o cor._n 14._o pro._n 29._o ●…he_o reason_n of_o ●…e_a title_n 2._o cor._n 5._o 1._o corint_fw-la 1._o 1._o cor._n 14._o math._n 10._o math._n 4._o mar._n 1._o luke_n 2._o john_n 3._o act._n 20._o rom._n 1._o 1._o corint_fw-la 1._o 2._o cor._n 3._o gal._n 1._o ephe._n 3_n phil._n 2._o colos_n 1._o these_o 2._o these_o 2._o 1._o tim._n 1._o 2._o tim._n 1._o titus_n 3._o phile._n heb._n 4._o jam._n 1._o 1._o petr._n 1._o 2._o pet._n 3._o 1._o john_n 2._o 2._o john_n 3._o john_n ind_n apoca._n 14._o 1._o corint_fw-la 11_o chap._n 4._o isaiah_n 64._o mat._n ●…_n gene._n 5._o exod._n 32_o josua_n 10._o philip._n 2._o 1._o cor._n 1._o john_n 1●…_n gene._n 21._o and_o .22_o psalm_n 89._o math._n 21._o matth._n 22._o roman_n i._o nun_n 36._o judg._n 21._o luke_n 1._o 2._o par._n 22._o ●…oma_fw-la 15._o ●●on_n 4._o hebre._n 15._o 4._o king._n 11._o 1._o para_fw-it 22._o 2._o para._n 23._o gene._n 16._o go_v 21._o roman_n 9_o gene._n 26._o luke_n ●…_n gene._n 22._o philip._n 2._o gene._n 25._o malac._n 1_n roman_n 9_o gene._n 29._o go_v 49._o roma_fw-it 9_o philip_n 2._o a_o psalm_n 42._o gene._n 38._o a_o comfortable_a say_n 1._o parli_n 2._o josua_n ●…_n ruth_n ●…_n ●…_n sam._n 8._o 2._o sam._n 20._o 2._o sam._n 7._o &_o 1_o pet._n 17._o &_o psalm_n 89._o &_o 132._o man_n merit_n be_v condemn_v 1._o reg._n 12_o &_o 2._o para._n 12._o 2._o para._n 12._o 2._o para_fw-it 10._o 1._o reg._n 2●…_n para_fw-it 1●…_n 2._o para_fw-it 14._o 2._o po_fw-la 15._o 2._o para_fw-it 16._o ezech._n 33._o 2._o par._n 21._o epiphanius_n in_o his_o book_n against_o heresy_n false_a religion_n the_o reverend_a ●…steming_v of_o god_n word_n ●…_n para._n 34_o ●…_n king._n 24_o gene._n 49._o 1_o paralip_n 3._o gene._n 49._o the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n of_o christi_n dan._n 9_o psalm_n 45._o john_n 3._o ●●e_z 6._o ●…th_n 13._o ●…o_o 6._o luke_n 1._o luke_n 1._o the_o honest_a zeal_n of_o joseph_n deutro_n 22._o justice_n modesty_n mer●…_n and_o anger_n must_v be_v have_v punish_v u●…_n the_o cause_n why_o mary_n marry_v 1._o cor._n 20._o nun_n 12_o dream_n supernatural_a ●●d_z natural_a ●…he_o cause_n of_o natural_a ●●ames_v go_v 28._o god_n providence_n show_v in_o dream_n the_o malice_n of_o the_o rabbin_n philip._n 2_o there_o be_v no_o virtue_n include_v in_o the_o bare_a word_n jesus_n isaiah_n 49_o act_n 4._o b._n salvation_n by_o christ_n only_o roma_fw-it 3_o two_o part_n of_o deliverance_n christ_n be_v not_o our_o saviour_n without_o we_o believe_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n hat●…_n abolish_v the_o awe_n osee_n 3._o roman_n 9_o isaiah_n 7_o isaiah_n 8._o jerusalem_n the_o sanctuary_n of_o god._n gene._n 24._o c_o exod._n 2._o b_o proverb_n 31._o isaiah_n 59_o the_o near_a affi●…tie_n between_o god_n and_o we_o ●…y_v his_o son_n christ_n ●…phe_n 2._o deut._n 7._o psal._n 147._o collos_n 2._o christ_n a_o lawful_a mediator_n john_n 1._o hebr._n 2._o collos_n 1._o 1._o tim._n 2._o hebr._n 4._o 2._o pet._n 1._o the_o obedience_n and_o faith_n of_o joseph_n without_o the_o lord_n by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n in_o strike_v the_o heart_n all_o external_a preach_n be_v in_o vain_a ●●ed_a by_o the_o ●…slatour_n 〈◊〉_d of_o hieron_n ●…ath_n 1._o nun_n 18._o exod._n 12._o math._n 13_o act_n 1._o luke_n 2._o a_o the_o notable_a agreement_n of_o the_o evangelist_n ●…a_fw-la 19_o ●…ges_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d li._n anti_fw-la ●…ic_fw-la 14._o 〈◊〉_d 18._o ●…he_o end_n of_o ●…apering_v of_o 〈◊〉_d star_n psalm_n 72._o the_o fond_a imagination_n of_o
as_o it_o be_v usual_a to_o put_v more_o in_o number_n in_o the_o natural_a generation_n they_o in_o the_o legal_a moreover_o it_o come_v to_o this_o purpose_n that_o matthew_n devide_v the_o genealogy_n of_o christ_n into_o three_o degree_n or_o part_n and_o attribute_v to_o every_o degree_n fowertene_v head_n or_o pryncipalle_n give_v to_o himself_o liberty_n to_o pretermytte_n certain_a name_n which_o luke_n can_v not_o omit_n because_o he_o have_v not_o tie_v himself_o to_o that_o law_n or_o order_n thus_o far_o as_o concern_v the_o genealogy_n of_o christ_n now_o it_o rest_v to_o declare_v wherefore_o matthew_n have_v comprehend_v the_o whole_a generation_n of_o christ_n in_o three_o special_a head_n and_o pillar_n as_o it_o be_v and_o have_v attribute_v to_o every_o head_n fowertene_v generation_n sure_o he_o do_v it_o not_o only_o to_o help_v the_o memory_n of_o the_o reader_n but_o also_o to_o note_v the_o trypell_n estate_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o which_o christ_n be_v promise_v to_o abraham_n to_o come_v even_o until_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n come_v in_o the_o which_o he_o shall_v be_v reveal_v in_o the_o flesh_n for_o although_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n until_o the_o time_n of_o david_n do_v excel_v the_o rest_n yet_o not_o withstand_v it_o keep_v not_o the_o principality_n in_o david_n the_o kingly_a authority_n contrary_a to_o all_o man_n expectation_n issue_v out_o which_o abode_n until_o the_o time_n of_o jechonias_n from_o that_o time_n there_o remain_v some_o dignity_n and_o government_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n which_o cheer_v up_o and_o comfort_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o godly_a until_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n 2_o abraham_n beget_v isaac_n isaac_n beget_v jacob_n jacob_n beget_v judas_n and_o his_o brother_n abraham_n beget_v isaac_n m._n moses_n do_v show_v that_o abraham_n do_v not_o only_o beget_v isaac_n but_o also_o ishmael_n 16._o but_o to_o the_o generation_n of_o christ_n the_o carnal_a 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isaac_n which_o he_o show_v first_o to_o god_n 2._o then_o to_o his_o father_n when_o he_o shall_v be_v offer_v bear_v the_o image_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v obedient_a to_o his_o father_n even_o to_o the_o death_n isaac_n beget_v jacob_n m._n he_o beget_v esau_n also_o 25._o which_o two_o be_v bear_v at_o one_o birth_n but_o christ_n come_v not_o of_o esau_n jacob_n be_v choose_v to_o this_o dignity_n although_o he_o be_v inferior_a to_o his_o brother_n esau_n both_o in_o age_n and_o also_o in_o condition_n of_o life_n 1_n for_o so_o god_n say_v by_o his_o prophet_n jacob_n have_v i_o love_v 9_o but_o esau_n have_v i_o hate_v and_o s._n paul_n also_o repeat_v the_o same_o word_n to_o this_o jacob_n also_o the_o promise_n be_v make_v in_o thou_o and_o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v jacob_n beget_v judas_n and_o his_o brother_n m._n neither_o be_v he_o the_o first_o beget_v but_o the_o four_o neither_o of_o rachel_n 49._o which_o be_v so_o well_o belove_v of_o her_o husband_n but_o of_o lea_n he_o be_v bear_v and_o yet_o the_o patriarch_n jacob_n do_v prophesy_v that_o christ_n shall_v spring_v of_o he_o say_v the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o juda_n for_o so_o much_o as_o the_o evangelist_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o ishmael_n the_o first_o beget_v son_n of_o abraham_n neither_o of_o esau_n which_o by_o order_n of_o nature_n be_v above_o his_o brother_n jacob_n he_o do_v not_o unadvised_o place_v the_o xii_o patriarch_n in_o the_o genealogy_n when_o as_o god_n have_v give_v the_o adoption_n of_o his_o grace_n to_o all_o man_n alike_o it_o signify_v therefore_o unto_o we_o that_o the_o blessedness_n promise_v in_o christ_n do_v not_o only_o belong_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n but_o to_o all_o the_o child_n of_o jacob_n also_o who_o god_n have_v gather_v into_o his_o church_n 9_o where_o as_o ishmael_n and_o esau_n be_v make_v alien_n m._n and_o although_o christ_n come_v only_o of_o juda_n yet_o 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