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power Feare is due vnto GOD the Kyng to parentes and to all other of whome we be holpe in bodie or soule and so is honour due lykewyse Therfore sayth the lawe feare GOD honoure the Kynge honoure father and mother c. Arise to a hoare hed Sainte Paule breakith his disputation of duties and wyll tarye no lenger in y ● enumeration and numbrynge of the partes and particulars of dewties but referryth altogether to charity in thys wyse Owe nothing to ony mā but to loue one the other As though he had sayed what nedeth it to wryte mouche of dutyes contractes of byinge lendynges and such other lyke thynges Let charytye be the rule of all these thynges vnto the whyche if the subiecte submyt hymselfe he wyll vse hys hygher power none otherwise than he wolde be vsyd himselfe if he were an hygher power the hygher power the subiect none otherwise then though he were a subiecte hymselfe whatsoeuer thynge agreeth wyth charitye is good Whatsooeuer agreyth not wyth charytye is yuel But many menne cannot tel what chariteis And therfore it is no merueyl though al their doynges be agaynst charitye Charytye is a feruente desyre and earnest studye to doo well vnto all men yea euen with the hurte of hym that doyth it if necessytye soo requyreth as Saynte Paule teacheth And Sayncte Ihon sayeth Christe gaue his lyfe for vs and we ought to yeue ours for our brothers The effectes properties and conditions of thys charitye Saynte Paule shewith and saieth Charitye suffereth will not do yuel for yuel lokyth not her owne proffyte charytie wyll not conspire nor work traiterouslye but praye for thē that persecute her c. Thus Saint Paule declareth that we be debtours to kepe peace and quietnes amonge oure neyghbours and to do all men good as long as we lyue Faythe makyth vs free before god in Christe Iesu. Charitie maketh vs seruantes to oure neighbours for the loue of Chryst. Saint Paul prouith by examples that charitie shuld be the rule of all oure doynges with these wordes that folowe For he y t louyth an other fulfylleth the lawe For these commaundementes thou shalt not commit aduoutry thou shalt not kil thou shalt not steale thou shalt not beare false wytnes thou shalt not desyre and so fourthe if there be anye other commaundemente they are al comprehended in thys sayenge loue thy neighbor as thy selfe A wonderful commendation of charytye y t who so obseruyth her fulfylleth the whole lawe meanynge the lawe that appertaynyth for the duety and offices to be done betwene man man And not that any man can satisfie the lawe before God sauing only Christ no nor al partes towardes man for no man louyth hys neyghboure so fer●●●●ly as the lawe of God requyreth Yet S. Paule sayeth we fulfyl the law when we giue ourselues earnestly and holly ▪ as much as lieth in vs to worke the lawe And then our lacke imperfection shal be perfeted accompted ful and sufficient for Christes sake he addeth yet an other Comendation of charitie Loue hurtyth not hys neyghboure That is to say he that hath a Christian loue cannot hurt his neyghboure By thys rule men may know whether they haue charitie or not for in case we deminish the goodes of our neyghboures whether they be of hys body or hys soule or els of hys possessyons honoure place or dignitie Or yf we increase not these goodes towardes al men if we maye there is no charytye inv● Or els if we dymyinsshe not theyr yuelles and troubles as we maye eyther if we do the yuels in any sorte by ourselues or by other we haue no charitie in vs. By thys rule we maye now knowe whether we loue our brothers or not duely examyning ourselfes we shall se howe farre we be from charitie and that it is an easye thynge to speake and talke of charitye a very hard matter to practise and leade our lyues accordynge to charytye For if we had as muche charitie as we professe to haue we shuld satysfye all the lawe as Saynt Paul sayth Therfore is loue the fulfyllynge of the lawe Meanynge by the law the seconde table of y ● x. commaundementes in the which is conteynyd the duety and offyce of euerye manne to all maner of persons of what condityon so euer they bee As for the lawe of the fyrste table whych conteynyth the relygyon of GOD feare faythe loue prayer obedyence pacyence ryght vse of Sacramentes wyth souche other as apperteynyth onlye vnto god and be the fountayne and orygynall of all good workes For here hys argumente and state is to tell what men shulde do to men and in the fyrste table is declared what manne shoulde do to god fully and sufficiently these two former partes sufficientlye declared by Saint Paul he folowyth wyth the thyrde parte of the chapyter whyche conteinith an exhortation vnto Innocencie and honestie of life BEcause we know y e season howe y t it is tyme we shuld awake now out of slepe Hetherto Saint Paule hath taught how christian men shuld behaue themselfes not onely to wardes the publycke person the Kyng and magistrate whō they be bounde to honoure and obey but also towades priuate persones that beare no offyce whome they be bounse to loue And that the same obedience to y e higher power loue towards al men may the better preserue continue he addeth now an exhortation to honest liuinge and godly conuersation which he taketh metaphorically or by similitude of the tyme Saying it is mete we shuld liue honestli now for it is time meaning by y e time the season and time wherin the grace of god in Christe Iesu is preached and opened to y e world the which shuld not yeue vs occasion of wickednes sinne but rather wake vs out of our slepe and to reare vs out of synne Here marke what the apostle calleth slepe and what too ryse and wake out of slepe Sleape is a stupoure and deadenesse of the mynde that restyth and is a slepe in yuell and myschyefe and careth not for the lawe nor wyll of God but will folow religyon of wyll phantasies hidolatrye superstityon ignoraunce and all vngodlye conuersation wyth out all feare feelynge or remorse of goddes displeasure In thys slepe restyth al Idolaters obstinate dronckin Couetous enuious seditious trayterous adulterous sclaūderous proude negligente persons y ● fele not nor repent not though thei be sonk doune euē to y e bottom very dregges of these yuels Frō this slepe y e gospell of Christ prouokith excitatith and stirrith if obstinacy haue not indurid made hard our hartes And wold haue vs to correct amend our self idolatrical iud gemēt in religion frō our willes honestie and obedience and to a new lyfe that we might be new creatures in the lord and to be ready to al seruice obedience both of god and his word that

we myght haue a true old and patriarchall prophetical and apostolicall fayth like feare lyke loue lyke obedyence of the magistrates and lyke charitie towardes all menne For all they that walke not in these vertues slepe yet in their sinnes and nener felte yet the light of the gospell whoose meruaylouse nature and condytion Sainte Paule sheweth in the wordes that folowe For now is our saluatiō nerer thē whē we beleued As though he had sa●ed of congruence decentnes it is mete that we shuld now lyue honestly and godly in all loue and obedyence for our saluation is now nerer vnto vs by the preaching of the gospell which sauyth vs by Christ thē it was before time by preaching of the lawe or philosophie whē we thought to be saued by the ceremonyes and workes of them Of this text of Saint Paul we se what is the nature and condition of all men that then they muste truste and hope whiles they be in a false religion so did the Iewes seke to be saued and required iustice of the lawe So dyd the Pharises and exalte theym selfes aboue Christ and his Apostles Therfore S. Paule saith here then when we beleuyd to say by the workes of y e law the doctrine of men we should be saued But thys faith was an errour lye for we know our saluation to be by the preaching of the gospell The second we lerne of these words is y ● onely y ● gospell sheweth openeth vnto vs our saluation doth not deceiue vs therefore it is called y ● power of god to al y ● beleue Let vs therfore imbrace receiue this only gospel obediently thankfully which y ● lord willed his apostles to teche vnto al y ● world wylled y ● their successours shuld do y ● same as they do neuer almost y ● more pitie S Paule tarieth and goeth furth wyth his metaphore and figure saying The nyght is passed and the day is come nygh The nyghte is called y ● tyme of false doctryne ignorancye in which men liue naughtely vn punysshed whereas the trewe lyghte Christe and hys worde is not preached there the greatest vertue is accompted vyce and vice accompted for vertue and sinnes rebuked are excused and extenuatyd Soo is all true iudgement taken from the world for in the m●hte no man can iudge colours In papystry ye se matrymonye iudged to be ●ncest the vse of goddes creatures flesshe and suche lyke to be heresye Agayne manyfest Ido latry taken for the honourynge of God Monkerye for perfyte lyfe Whore dome for mockery and ●ot worthye a halfe penye pardon c. The daye that Sainte Paul speaketh here of is the time wherein the Gospel of Christe opened to y e world the whyche bryngeth not onely true doctrine but also lyfe euer lastynge For Christ is the light of the world If then Christ the verye sonne and bryghtenes of God hath illumynated vs we must sayth Saint Paul diligēt lye walke in hym and lyue an honest and vertuous lyfe as he exhorteth ernestlie in the wordes that folowe Let vs therefore caste awaye the dedes of darkenes and let vs put on the armoure of lyght as men walkyng honestlye in the day lyght not in eatynge and drynckynge neyther in chamberynge and wan tonnes neyther instryffe and enuyenge Mathe. 9. Roma 11. Roma 6. Ephesian 2 1 Ioan. 4 Roma 5. Math. 3. 17. Ephe. 1. 2. Col. 1. 2. Roma 8. Philip 2. Math. 1● Luce ▪ ●● The texte Mat. 17. 22. Roma 13. ● Paral. 21. ● Paral 36. ● Peter ● Actes 5. Exod. 1. Exod. 22. The texte Exod. 22. Psalme 82. Sau●●cl 8. Nu●e 14. 2. Samuel ▪ 17. 18. The texte Math. 26. The texte Exod. 18 Nume 27. Deu. 1. 16. and 17. ● Par. 39. Psal. 72. 82. 108. The texte The texte Luc. 10. Deut. 17. 1. Cor. 4. The texte Exod. 23. 22. Liuiti 19. 20. Deut. 19. The texte The texte Cap 3. The second parte of the Chapiter The texte 1 Peter 2. Exodi 20 The texte Phil. ● 1. Ioan. 3. The texte The texte The texte The thirde parte of the Chapiter The texte The texte Roma 10. Luke 14. Roma 1. The texte The texte