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A16120 An exposition touching al the bokes of holie Scripture, and their excellencie 1553 (1553) STC 3033.5; ESTC S120619 39,647 110

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and Gentiles He disputeth of Sinne and proueth al menne to be sinners Sinne. After he reasoneth of Iustice or goodnesse Iustice or goodnesse sheweth that onely thorow the grace of Christe by faith not by any workes or merites the beleuers to be iustified Grace and faithe Then he declareth the effecte of Grace and faithe teaching the iustified to leade a penitente life to kepe theimselues from sinne to liue holilie Good liuing and sobrelie He disputeth of the lawe and strength therof of the Nature Lawe and strength therof and fight of man newe borne againe of the calling of the Gentiles the refusing and restoring the Iewes at laste he enfourmeth and facioneth our maners with many good and wholesome preceptes In the firste to the Corinthians he entreateth of diuers matiers principally correcting the faultes of that Congregation The first to the Corinthians He reasoneth against secular Philosophie for the simplicitie of the Gospelle He disputeth of the ministerie of the woorde and of the fruicte and glorie therof whiche ought to bee referred to God alone He rebuketh the shameful riotte and lecherie of the Corinthianes speaketh also of Mariage Bigamie and virginitie willing them to auoide their straunge facions in holy rites and seruice of God the true christian vse therof to be kepte and restored againe he speaketh of diuers giftes of grace in the churche of concorde charitie toungues vse of prophecie resurrection of the deadde and many other profitable thinges The seconde to the Corinthians The seconde Epistle is in maner of a defence or answere to certein rebukes In this he laieth the law the Gospel together He sheweth with what purenes great peril he preached the Gospell and how wel thinges came to passe He speaketh also of the almose to the poore Laste he laieth many matiers of his owne to defende his aucthoritie against false Prophetes To the Galathians The Epistle to the Galathians is in maner a Breuiarie of that to the Romaines He disputeth of Iustificatione by faithe in Christe against the Iustification by the lawe and workes He facioneth also the life of theim that be iustified by faith In the beginning he speketh moche of his vocation and aucthoritie of his apostleship whiche the enemies of grace would haue had vtterlie to be disanulled Thepistle to the Ephesians is a brief but a notable exampler To the Ephesians how he preached the Gospel to the Gentiles He teacheth the beleuers to be iustified by grace onely through faith al ful perfectnesse to bee in Christe and through him the gentiles also to be brought into the fauour of God After be diuers exhortacions to good liuing He warneth the Philippianes by a shorte Epistle sent from the citie To the Phillippiens not to be offended with his imprisonment but to go forwardes in the trueth that thei had receiued He desireth thē to be al of one minde and to beware of false Apostles chopping merites and the law together with the Gospelle In the ende he geueth Lessons of vertue an he dooeth many times before The Epistle to the Collossians is a breuiate of that to the Ephesians To the Colossians It treateth of all one matier more brieflie In this he rebuketh sharpely the false Apostles mingling Iewishnesse with the Gospel The first to the Thessaloniens In the firste to the Thessalonianes he praiseth their faith and constance encouraging thē to continue in thesame to liue a pure and a Christian life and not bewaile the deadde with soche out cries and howling as the Gentiles doe where also he reasoneth of the Resurrectione and daie of Iudgemente of watching and holines of the christians The second to the Thessalonians In the latter he paincteth out Antichriste and his Kingdome and willeth that the dranes those idle beastes shold eate no honie The first to Timothie In the first Epistle to Timothie he setteth before vs a very perfeicte exampler of an Euangelical Bishop He disputeth of true and false Doctrine of the liuing maners and housholde of a Bishop of his studie and care for Ecclesiasticall matiers of auoiding vnprofitable questions of wrangling and intricate bondes of couetousnesse The seconde to Timothie In the seconde he committeth to his charge the defence of sounde Doctrine he remembreth him of his dutie and not to be discouraged for any aduersitie he prophecieth of the departing awaie frō the faieth in the latter daies In the Epistle to Tite he repeateth in maner the selfe same thinges more briefly To Tite He sheweth what men shoulde be made bishoppes teaching bothe yoūg and old their duties He speaketh much of the misterie of Iustificacion by faith and commaundeth to flie Sophisticalle questions and incurable Heretiques In a briefe Epistle but very plaine To Philemon cunning and full of Christian charitie he desireth Philemon to bee good to his Seruaunte Onesimus whiche had runne from him And this he wrote at Rome being in prisone The Epistle vnto the Hebrues is a goodly and cunning example To the Hebrues in what wise he preached Christ vnto the Iuishe nacion Straite in the beginning he proueth by plaine testimonies of scripture that Iesus Christe is very god man and therefore that his doctrine shoulde not be set light by Also that he is the onely and true Prieste and euerlasting sacrifice so that to pourge put awaie sinnes ther nedeth neither any of Aarōs priestes nor oblations For he hath perfeict iustification that possesseth Christe by faithe He sheweth that by faith all the sainctes of the olde Testament pleased God and serued him in Pacience charitie innocencie of life vnto whiche vertues he exhorteth theim In the ende he putteth certein rules of good liuing The Philosophie that paul learned in the third heauen And lo this is the abridgement and sūme of that excellent Philosophie whiche the Apostle Paule learned in the thirde Heauen and left vnto vs in fowertene Epistles Seuē Epistles Canonical The other .vij. bothe holie and briefe be called of our eldres Canonicall and Catholike Canonical because thei pertein to the Canō of the scripture Catholique for that thei wer writtē not vnto certeine churches but vniuersally to al Peter the Apostle wrote .ij. The first of Peter In the first he exhorteth to pacience and stedfastnes in faithe He teacheth maried folkes masters seruauntes priestes and soche as be in aduersitie to leade an holie life In the latter he prophecieth of these laste vnhappie times of Antichriste The seconde of Peter warning vs to embrace the pure Euangelicall Doctrine and to keepe it faste Of like argument or matier is the epistle of Iude. Iude. Iames rebuketh the faultes of his time Iames. teachyng true religion not to be in vaine bablyng and boasting of faith but in Godlinesse that bringeth foorth good woorkes plentifullie He geueth also many holesome and necessarie preceptes of liuyng Iohn