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A68942	The seconde tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testament conteynyng the epistles of S. Paul, and other the Apostles : wherunto is added a paraphrase vpon the reuelacion of S. John.; Paraphrases in Novum Testamentum. Vol. 2. English. 1549	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Old, John, fl. 1545-1555.; Allen, Edmund, 1519?-1559.	1549 (1549)	STC 2854.7; ESTC S107068	904,930	765

yf we lusted to vse our ryght But whither am I plucked with the vehemence of this my tale So moued am I that I cannot refraine but vtter vnto you al my mynde For towarde you ye Corinthians my mouthe is open and my heart enlarged Suche a confidence haue I in you so bolde am I to glory of you Synce I lothe not my condicion repente ye not of yours Yf ye contente my mynde bothe haue I cause to glory of you and ye no lesse cause to reioyce of me and without cause are ye why ye should for my sake be of a straight and narrow mynde So that yf in you there be any straitnes the same groweth of your euyll myndes For your welth I leaue nothyng vndone and vnsuffered but ye towarde me agayne beare not lyke loue I in hope of resurreccion and of loue borne toward you manfully abyde and suffer all troubles and synce ye looke to haue thesame rewarde synce I haue hetherto loued you lyke a father meete is it that ye in strength of myndes resemble your father which vnreadines I lay not vnto your charges as to mine aduersaries but rehearse it as to my dearely beloued chyldren Despise the watryshe ceremonies of the Iewes Despise the worlde and trust to suche good thynges as are verely yours Of a vyle and straite mynde it cummethe to bee contente with presente thynges Of a straite mynde is it to desyre nothyng but these worldely vanities whiche wyll soone after peryshe Christe for you is aboundantly ryche aboundantly gloryouse aboundantly myghtie and welthy let hym be sufficient for you hym embrace ye with all your heartes Knowe your condicion and looke vpon your welthy state and coumpt your selfe greater than with vnbelieuers to haue any thing a doe There is betwixt you and them more difference than wyll suffre you to be yoked together For what agrement can there be betwixt ryghteousnes and vnrighteousnesse and vnryghteousnesse or what companie hathe lyght with darkenesse or what concorde hathe Christe with Beliall The goddes are diuerse the religions diuerse diuerse maners and diuerse hopes Howe agreeth the temple of God with heathen images For ye are the temple of the lyuyng God as God hymselfe in holy scriptures testifieth saying I wyll dwell among them and walke among them and wyl be theyr God and they againe shal bee a people specially consecrate and halowed vnto me Yf the Iewes then abhorre a Gentile as vnpure and cursed and flye his infeccion come ye good people which are veryly consecrate to the lyuyng God out of the companye of the vnreligious kepe your selfes out of theyr felowshyppes as the Lord by the Prophete Esai exhorteth you saying synce ye are holy touche no vncleane thyng Wycked maners are verily vncleane and full of ieopardouse contagion with whose company beware leste your cleannes be defiled But when I this counsell you to flie that standeth not somuche in chaungyng of your places as in chaungyng your myndes Yf ye this doe then wyll I knowledge you and receyue you holy as I am holy my selfe then shall ye fynde me as a father and I will embrace you as my sonnes so saieth the Lord almightye lesse ye myght mystruste the promise maker ¶ The .vii. Chapter The texte Seyng that we haue suche promyses dearly beloued let vs clense our selues from all ●lthynesse of the fleshe and spyrite and growe vp to full holinesse with the feare of God Vnderstande vs ▪ we haue hurte no manne we haue corrupte no manne we haue defrauded no manne I speake not this to condemne you for I haue shewed you before that ye are in our heartes to dye and lyue ▪ with you I am very bolde ouer you I reioyce greatly in you I am fylled with comforte and am e●ceding ioyous in all our tribulacion For when we were come into Macedonia our fleshe had no rest but we were troubled on euery syde Outwarde was fightyng inwarde was feare Neuerthelesse God that comforteth the abiecte comforted vs by the cummyng of Titus And not by his cummyng onely but also by the consolacion whiche we receyued of you when he tolde vs your desyre your feruente mynde for me so that I reioysed the more For though I made you sorye with a letter ▪ I repente not●th ●uch I dyd repente For I perceyue that thesame Epistle made you sorye thought it were but for a season But I nowe reioyce not that ye were sorye but that ye so sorowed that ye repented For ye sorowed godly so that in nothyng ye were hurte by vs. For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacion not to bee repented of ▪ contrary wyse worldely sorowe causeth death For beholde what diligen●● this godly sorowe that ye tooke hathe wrought in you yea it caused you to cleare youre selues It caused indignacion it caused feare it caused desyre it caused punyshement For in all thynges ye haue shewed your selues that ye were cleare in that matter Wherefore though I wrote vnto you I dyd it not for his cause that had done the hurte neyther for his cause that was hurte ▪ but that your good mynde for vs myght appeare among you in the syght of God Therefore we are comforted because ye are comforted yea and erceadynglye the more ioyed we for the ioy that Titus hadde because his spyryte was refreshed of you all I am therefore not nowe ashamed though I ●●●sted my selfe to hym of you For as all thynges whiche we speake vnto you are true euen so our boasting that I made vnto Titus is founde true And his inwarde affeccion is more aboundant towarde you when he remembreth the obedience of you all howe with ●eare trembling ye receyued him I reioyce that I may be bolde ouer you in al thinges VPon sure trust of suche promyses of God therfore let vs so vse our selfes dearly beloued that we seme worthy thesame cleansyng our selfes not onely from all filthynesse of body but also of the soule that we both may leade a hurtlesse lyfe among menne and haue therwith an vpryght harte to God furnyshed with full and perfite holynesse agaynste the cummyng of Christe in the meane season doyng our dueties not of dissimulacion as Hypocrites doe but for feare of God who geueth euery manne reward accordyng to his deseartes So wyde and large is the loue whiche I beare towarde you that I claspe and embrace you all together with my whole harte receiue ye me lykewise as I am into your hartes specially synce that ye receyue other which both loue you lesse and are with theyr costly fyndyng and disdaynfulnesse chargeable vnto you and besyde this lode you also with ceremonies Neuer hurte we any of you nor with false learning corrupted any of you nor violently exacted ought of any man whiche ye muste not take as spoken to condemne or reiecte you but to make you the better For by that I haue alreadie wryten vnto you it may be clearly perceyued that I with all my harte loue you

those that are wydowes not in tytle but very widowes in dede that is to saye those that beyng lefte comfortles without husbande and children lyue after suche sorte as they maye for their desertes worthylye be refresshed of the congregacions helpe the relyefe wherof ought to be bestowed not to mayntene delycatenes but to refreshe myserable necessities But in case any be so lefte wtout an husbande that she hathe children or childrens children there is no cause why she shoulde as thoughe she were succourles runne to be founde of the congregacion Inasmuche as she hathe them at home to fynde her a lyuinge as well as she had an husbande and suche as she oweth duetie vnto Let her not therefore dedycate her selfe to serue the congregacion before that she haue shewed a speciall token of godlynesse towardes her owne famylye For it muste nedes be out of ordre that the duetie of godlynes in the pretense of the congregacion shoulde refuse to doe the bounden duetie of nature For nature commaundeth vs to requite mutual good turues to our parentes being now destitute and decayed for age seyng we had oure begynnynge of lyfe of them And in case deathe haue taken them awaye from vs it shal be conuenient for vs to transpose that duetie vpon our children and childrens children and them it is our duetie to enforme after suche forte as they maye learne also with their duetie againe to releue suche as dyd them good This thing not onely the sense of nature doeth allowe but also it is so great and acceptable before the sight of god that those wydowes are double synners that are not onely rebelles vnto God but also are deafe whan they shoulde heare the commune iudgement of nature with the whiche euen those that haue no knowledge of God are moued But a man wyll saye who is a true wydowe thā● yf this wydowe be not Doubtles she that beyng destitutely lefte without comforte of husbande ▪ of children of childrens children of all the worldes solac● both● reposed all her whole hope in god and now loketh no more to be maryed ▪ ●e hunteth after any voluptuous pleasures but hathe dedycated her selfe wholy to god after the example of the wydowe Anna geuyng her selfe to prayers night and daye She it is that is worthye to be comforted and refreshed of the congregacion whiche hathe nowe nothinge a doe with the worlde For a wydowe that so absteyneth from beyng maried againe that she maye more frelye ●a●●pre her selfe in deliciousnes liueth not in dede For she lyueth so to voluptuousnes that she is deade vnto Christe vnto whome none lyueth onles he lyueth a godlye lyfe Se thou commaunde them thetforc that ●f they loue wydowheade they doe so behaue them selues in it so as they geue none occasion vnto any man to suspecte euyl as thoughe they be lothe to marye againe not for loue of chastitie but to lyne more at lybertye beyng free from the subiectiō of a husbande and to take their ease at their owne pleasure But vpon what purpose euery wydowe choseth to contynue in her wydowhead or after what sorte she ledeth her life at home leaue that to the iudgemente of her owne conscience To be briefe yf any woman in pretence of wydowhead runne to the congregacion in suche wyse that she geueth ouer the care of her children or childrens children or suche as otherwyse belong vnto her famylie her I thynke all together not onely vnworthye the bysshoppes fauour but also I iudge her rather to be accompted among those that denyed y● faythe of the gospell and be worse than y● Ethnikes by so muche as it is more haynous to forsake the profession that a man hathe taken vpō him than not to haue professed it Hathe not she denyed the faythe that abuseth the pretense of the faithe to doe the thinges that are repugnaunt to the doctrine of the gospell Truelye in her dedes she openlye denyeth it And in this behalfe she is doubtles to be accompted among y● heathen women that they where as they be straungiers from Christ doe by the onely gouernaūce of nature beare the charge of their families And this maner of wydowe that was bounden accordynge to the charitie of the gospel to be good to euery bodie to the vttermost of her power withdraweth her bounden duetie euen from them of her owne householde and is not allured by the godlynes of the gospell to doe y● thing that the prophane vngodly women doe throughe the affection of nature What soeuer sedes of vertue nature hath engraffed the gospelles doctrine taketh them not awaye but setteth them forewarde and maketh them perfite The texte ¶ Let no wyddowe be chosen vnder threscore yer● olde and suche a one as was y● wyfe of one man and well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp children yf she haue lodged stranngers yf she haue wasshed the sainctes fete yf she haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersytie yf she haue bene cōtinually geuē vnto al maner of good workes The yonger wydowes refuse For whan they haue beg●n to wexe wanton against Christ they wyl mary ▪ hauyng dāpnacion because they haue cast away their first faithe And also they learne to goe from house to house ydle yet not ydle onely but also triflyuge besybodyes speakynge thinges whiche are not comly I wyll therfore that the yonger wemen mary to beare children to gyde the house and geue none occasion to the aduersarye to speake euyll For many of them are alreadye turned backe and are gone after Satan And yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wyddowes let them ministre vnto thē and let not the congregacion be charged that there maye be sufficient for them that are wyddowes in dede This is a thinge that vtterly besemeth the gentylnes of the Christian relygion to chearyshe and louynglye to susteyne those women that are comfortlesly lefte destitute howbeit I would not that should be done rashely and without aduysement lest there en●●●e a double incommoditie aswell in that the congregacion is durthened aboue their habilitie ▪ and the entreteynement bestowed vpon them that are not worthye To be bryefe in chosyng of wydowes two thinges are chiefely to be respected the age and the former spent lyfe lest whan they be ones entreteyned into the fyndynge of the congregacion they returne afterwarde againe vnto mariage with a great deale of shame And as for the age it is an easye mattier to decerne it Let none therefore be chosen to be a wydo●● vnder three score yeares olde Forasmuche as that age ought not in the cle●gye to be suspecte of incontinene●● and sheweth good hope that they wyll not laste to be maried againe Neuertheles that age is not all together throughlye to be trusted onles it be approued by former conuersacion of lyfe before So that is to be marked whether she haue bene co●ent with one husbande For some euen in their olde age are not all together boyde of incontinencie

doctrine And haue made it as it were pale bleaked for very sorow heuynes And this myschiefe hath preuayled in very many landes and in the whole christendom which was at that tyme as great as euer it was And than were dyuerse godly byshops and other Christians persecuted to death in all places for the true faythes sake The trees ¶ And whē he had opened the fyfte seale I sawe vnder the aulter the soules of them that were kylled for the word of god for the testimonye whiche they had they cryed with a loude voyce saying How long tariest thou Lorde holy true to iudge and to auenge our bloude on them y● dwel on the earth And long whyte garmentes were geuē vnto euery one of them And it was sayd vnto them y● they should rest yet for a lytle season vntyl the nomber of their felowes brethren of them y● should be kylled as they were were fulfylled The fyfte seale and the aulter with the soules vnder it maye sygnifye the ryght godly Christen men whiche syghe crye y● they might ones see the true honour of god shyne floryshe al rightuousnes to increase And y● to procede of y● very true fayth true vnderstandynge of the word of god and againe they crye also against the tyrannous gouernour of y● wycked magistrates Vnto them is geuen comforte of conscience stedfast trust cōfidence in y● promyses of god which can not deceyue them yf they crye earnestly feruētly For y● is a token of the redempciō great comforte y● is at hande And in y● meane tyme y● very same doe obteyne saluaciō of their soules immediately after their death in y● ioyes of heauen wheras they doe wyllyngly and paciently wayte after the resurreccion of their bodyes at suche tyme as the nomber of their felowes shal be accomplisshed and fulfylled Whiche tyme and nomber is onely knowen vnto the lorde The texte ¶ And I beheld whē he had opened the syxt seale and lo there was a great earth quake and the sunne was as blacke as sacke clothe made of heare And the mone wexed all euen as bloude the starres of heauē fell vnto the earthe euē as a fygge tree casteth from her her fygges when she is shaken of a myghtye wynde And heauen vanysshed awaye as a scroll when it is rolled together And al mountaynes yles were moued out of their places And the kynges of the earth the great men the ryche men the chefe captaynes the myghty men euery bondman euery free man hyd them selues in dēnes in rockes of the hylles sayd to the hylles rockes fall on vs byde vs frō the presēce of him that sytteh on the seate and from the wrathe of the lambe for the great day of his wrathe is come and who is hable to endure This syxte seale maye be vnderstande of the great mysery and affliccion which shal aryse be procured thorow anty christ which shal be a very enuy of Christ and of all true holynes whiche shal esteme make himselfe a god And he shall set furthe in al thinges his owne glorye honour pompe iust pleasure against the holy word of god And all this shall he doe with all wylfulnes tyrannye false doctrine hypocritical and supersticious holynes with mans ordinaunces and he shal haue wonderful successe ther with And therfore there shall great affliccions aryse in the world and terryble earthquakes shal be sene whiche shal euidently declare the greuous myseries whiche shal ensue ther vpon And all these thinges shal be knowne accordyng vnto the maner of the scripture the prophetes and of Christ himselfe also thorow y●●●lypse darckenyng of the sunne ▪ of the Moone and tokens of bloode thorow the fallynge of the starres Whā as in the holy state vnderstande y● spiritualty standerous persons shal reygne whiche shall blemyshe that ordre state with wyckednes shal do muche hurt bothe vnto the bodyes and soules of them for whose welth and saluacions sake they ought by dutye and office wyllyngly and gladly to gyue and to loose their owne bodyes and lyues For truth it is y● after the tyme of the heretikes the enemye of Christ that hell hounde Mahomet dyd aryse in the East parties of the worlde And the maynteyners of ydols and ymages monkery false religions dānable perpetuall vowes purgatory byeng sellyng of masses for mony the pryde pompe of the spiritualtie specially of y● sea of Rome of her decrees cursyng of Emperors Kynges theft robberies warres murthers in finite without nōber which brought suche misery slāder heuines as no tong can expresse these I say did aryse in y● west partes of y● world And this wyl the holy goost sygnifye expresse in this place with suche wordes as men doe vse whā they wyl expresse the hyghest sorowes perplexites myseries of any tyme. ¶ The .vii. Chapter The texte ¶ And after that I sewe foure Angels stande on the foure corners of the earth holdyng the foure wyndes of y● earth y● the wynde should not blowe on y● earth nether on the see nether on eny tree And I saw another angel ascende from the rysinge of the sunne which had the seale of the lyuynge god and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Angels to whome power was geuen to hurte the earth the sea saying hurte not y● earth nether the sea nether the trees tyll we haue sealed the seruauntes of our god in their forheades THis perteyneth also vnto the syxt seale as a syngular comforte vnto y● right faithfull whiche are tossed and persecuted in this worlde for the truthes sake and for godlynes By these iii.angelles are vnderstande noysome ministers whiche goe aboute to hynder bothe the lyfe and doctrine of the gospel and the true faith These are y● messengers of Antichrist scattrid thoroweout the whole worlde they doe great hurte vnto al men of euery degre whiche is sygnified by the earth the sea the trees The holy angel which ascendeth from the rysing of y● sonne hath the token or seale of the lyuyng god is our lord Iesus Christ which hath not onely cōmaunded the gospel to be preached vnto al creatures but also thorowe his godly power he doth hinder such as would stop or let it And this he doth thorow his ordinary ministers as wel of y● spirituall as also of the temporall sorte And for this cause some men haue vnderstanden by this angell the good Emperour Constantyne But it maye also be some other by whome out fauiour Christe dothe further and set for the the doctryne of the gospell and a Christen lyfe againste all tyannes and Antychrystes This angell therfore shall delyuer the electe children of god from the myddes of the wycked worlde and shall marke or seale them with the token or marke of the blessed whiche is fayth loue and innocency