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A06502	A commentarie or exposition vppon the twoo Epistles generall of Sainct Peter, and that of Sainct Jude. First faithfullie gathered out of the lectures and preachinges of that worthie instrumente in Goddes Churche, Doctour Martine Luther. And now out of Latine, for the singuler benefite and comfort of the godlie, familiarlie translated into Englishe by Thomas Newton; Enarrationes in epistolas Divi Petri duas et Iudae unam. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1581 (1581)	STC 16978; ESTC S108928	231,904	387

to giue exhibition and maintenaunce for Masses c. By these meanes they drawe men from Faith to Workes of their owne appoynctment no maner of way auaileable or profitable to our Neighbour Following the waie of Balaam the sonne of Bosor whiche loued the wages of vnrighteousnesse But he was rebuked for his iniquitie for the dūme Asse speakyng with mannes voyce forbadde the foolishnesse of the Prophete THis storie is taken out of the xxij xxiij xxiiij Chapters of the Booke of Nombers Wherein is mentioned how the children of Israell commyng out of Egypt into the lande of the Moabites Balak the King thereof sent messengers into Syria to Balaam to request hym to come and curse the people of Israell whereby hee might bee able to smite theim with the Sword and driue them out of his lande Then came GOD vnto Balaam and commaunded hym not to curse the people wherevppon Balaam sent awaie the Kynges messengers and denied to goe with theim But when the kyng sente to hym the seconde tyme and promised to giue hym greate wealthe and to promote hym to greate honour God permitted the Prophete to goe with them but withall he commaunded hym to speake nothyng but what he should direct and appoinct him to speake Then saddled he his Asse and went And in the waie the Angell of the Lorde stoode against hym with a naked Sworde in his hande whiche when the Asse espied she turned out of the waie so that Balaam smote her to turne her into the waie againe Then the Angell of the Lorde wente further and stoode in a narrowe place where was no waie to turne either to the right hande or to the lefte where the Asse seeyng the Angell with his Sworde still drawen thruste her self vnto the wall and dasshed Balaams foote against it whervpon he smote her again· And at last she laie doune vnder Balaam Wherefore Balaam was verie wrothe and in a greate rage cudgelled his Asse with his staffe Then God opened the mouthe of the Asse that she spake in the voice of a manne and saied what haue I dooen vnto thee that thou thus beatest and bounsest me To whom Balaam answered If I had a sword in myne hande I would surely kill thee The Asse saied again to her Maister am not I thyne Asse whiche thou haste ridden vpon since the firste tyme vntill this daie Was I euer wont to doe thus vnto thee before Then the Lorde opened the eyes of Balaam that he sawe the Angell of GOD standyng afore hym in the waie with a naked Sworde in his hande Wherewith he beeyng greatly agast would haue gone backe againe but the Angell commaunded hym to goe foreward but withall he gaue hym in charge that hee should saie nothyng but that whiche he should appoincte and tell hym So when Balaam was come to Kyng Balak the Kyng brought hym into an high place from whence he might descrie and take a full viewe and sight of the whole people of Israel In which place Balaam commaunded seuen Altars to bee made and Sacrifice for euery Altar Then wente he to aske counsell of the Lorde what he should speake to whom the Lorde deliuered his woordes so that he in excellente Parables and Sentences in steede of cursyng did blesse the people of Israell and that thrée tymes one after an other Then the Kyng beeyng exceedyngly angrie saied I sent for thee to curse myne enemies and behold thou haste blessed them now three tymes I thought to haue promoted thee vnto honour but loe the Lorde hath kept thee backe from honor To whom Balaam answering saied Tolde I thee not by thy messengers which thou sentest vnto mee that if thou wouldest giue me thy house full of siluer gold I could speake none other thyng thē what God should put in my mouth Notwithstandyng afterward Balaam gaue counsell to Balak how hee should deale with the people of Israell to make them to synne against their God because he hymself was neither able to curse theim neither the Kyng by force able to vanquishe and subdue theim Then the Kyng erected and sett vp an Idoll whiche had to name Baal Peor and caused the chiefest of the Madianitishe women and the daughters of the Princes and Nobles to drawe and allure the people of Israell to the sacrifice of their Gods who anone with them beganne to commit Idolatrie to banquet to feaste yea to commit whoredome with them Wherefore the Lorde beyng angrie commaunded that all the chief heades of the people should be hanged vp in the Sunne that the indignation of the Lordes wrathe might bee tourned from Israell and there died in one daie of the people xxiiij thousande persones All this mischief was brought in among theim by Balaam for the couetousnesse of money Of this matter doeth sainct Peter now here speake meanyng that our greased Popelynges and Romishe route with all their Disciples Fauourers Abetters and Sectaries are the verie children of this Balaam For as hee gaue Pestilente counsell to erecte and set vp an Idoll to be worshipped whereby the Israelites beeyng drawen to synne prouoked the vengeaunce and wrathe of God against them and were greeuously punished for thesame with the death of so many thousandes euen so in like maner our Bisshoply Balaamites haue erected an Idoll vnder the name of God to witte their owne peeuishe Traditions and lowsie Inuentions Doctrines of Merites and Iustifiyng Woorkes excludyng and banishyng Fatther and thus thei steale awaie mennes consciences and cause them to leaue the true and liuyng God and to goe a whoryng vnto straunge Idolles Whiche rebellion and disobedience hath so prouoked Gods wrathe and indignation that he hath long punished the worlde with suche greate blindnesse and obstinacie wherein many a Soule hath perished For al whiche miseries and mischiefes wee maie thanke none but these our graunde Spirituall Lordynges Saincte Peter therefore peculiarly and properly resembleth and likeneth these false Teachers vnto Balaam the Prophete because like as he so dooe thei for money sake bryng in moste abhominable Id●latrie and destroie infinite numbers of Soules The verie interpretation of the name of this Prophete maketh somewhat to the better openyng of this matter For Bileam or Balaam in the Hebrue tongue signifieth a Deuourer or a Sweepestake or a Supper vp who with open mouthe deuoureth and gulleth vp all that cōmeth to hand He had this beastly and odious name therfore giuē vnto hym because he allured and was the cause that so many men sinned whereby thei were brought to their deathes and destruction Suche maner of fellowes be our Balaamites the Clergie of the Romishe Sinagogue now a daies who with their wide opē throates are verie Deuilles dououryng and swallowyng vp innumerable Soules The Sirname of this Prophete is the Sonne of Bosor whiche signifith Fleshe or as Moses calleth hym Beor whiche signifieth Foolishe So likewise are our Polleshorne Doltes blinde blockish and foolishe who seekyng to beare rule ouer others haue moste neede themselues to be ruled

the Sacrament of the blessed bodie and bloud of Christe what other thyng practized they but a shamelesse marchandyzing for they vsed the same in a maner to none other purpose but as a baite to catche men and to wryng money from them Iudge and consider now good Reader whether sainct Peter many hundreth yeeres agoe hath not notably and liuely set forthe and described our holie Romishe Clergie with their vsuall properties Whose iudgement long agone is not farre of and their damnation sleepeth not THeir iugglyng paltrie for that is S. Peters meaning shal not alwayes cōtinue in such iolitie neither shal thei choppe and chaunge and vse marchandize of you euer when thei are come to their highest ruffe and statelinesse then shall they haue a sodaine downefall and a heauie iudgement and destruction shall quicklie light vpon them It is euen now at hande they shall not escape As S. Paule also saieth ij Tim. iij. Their madnesse shalbee euident to all men that thei maie be confounded God open their eyes and graunt thē grace to turne vnto hym by true and earnest repentaunce and to forsake and detest these their wicked and fruictlesse Sectes sith they here maie learne that they are nothyng els then Sectes of perdition and condemnation For albeit there bee some not altogether peruerted and desperatelie seduced in these Sectes yet are the Sectes themselues nothyng els then vndoubted and certein Sects of damnable perdition After this sorte therefore hath S. Peter here described the filthie and wicked life of these Popish Monsters which he sawe would come to passe after the syncere Doctrine of the Gospel preached by y t Apostles Now laieth he before our eyes three straunge and terrible examples of them whom God hath condemned and in his iustice punished to wit the Aungelles the whole Worlde and the Cities of Sodome and Gomorrhe For if God spared not the Angels that had sinned but cast them downe into hell and deliuered them into chaines of darknes to be kept vnto dānation IN these words S. Peter terrifieth thē that liue in securitie and wilfully wallowe in their wickednesse as we see in thē whiche bee the Popes sworne Suppliantes and are deepely drowned in the dregges of his filthy Traditions for thei looke so bigge and vaunt thēselues so impudentlie as though thei would treade whom thei liste vnder their feete S. Peter therefore in this place speaketh to this purpose as if hee should say Is it not a meruailous malapert saucinesse and presumptuous boldnesse in them thus impudently to seeke to establishe and maintaine by force and violence their Heilishe impietie as though thei thought that GOD were in awe to theim and that he would spare and winke at theim who spared not the Aungelles As if he should saie The verie Sainctes and holie ones are wonderfullie afraied to see so seuere a Iudgemente namely in that GOD spared not his excellent Spirites and moste noble Creatures which were farre perfecter and wiser then wee but bindyng theim in Chaines of darkenesse caste them into Hell This is that seuere Iudgement and dreadfull damnation wherein the prisoners appoincted to the same are kept in Chaines and can not by any meanes escape out of the handes of God but are kept in holde to bee throwne into vtter darkenesse whereof Christ speaketh in the Gospell Math. viij xxij and xxv Here also doeth S. Peter shewe that the deuilles haue not yet that punishement laied vpon them wherevnto thei are condemned but remaine and continue in obstinacie and desperation lookyng euery minute and momente for their Iudgement euen as a Felon or other malefactour that is condemned to die and despairyng of any releasse hardeneth hymself in obstinacie and groweth still worse and worse The punishement wherevnto thei are iudged is not yet laied vpon them but thei are kept for it in chaines of darkenesse that is in their malicious obstinacie of mischief and desperation Neither hath spared the olde Worlde but saued Noah the eight person a Preacher of righteousnes and brought in the floud vpon the worlde of the vngodlie THis example also is so terrible and so full of horror as none in the whole Scripture more beeyng able to appall and shake the conscience euen of him that is right strong in Faithe For when this and suche like places of Scripture and suche sharpe Iudgemētes of God come into a mannes minde that is diyng who in his harte deepely considereth theim how can hee but tremble and shake and be brought to the verie brinke of desperation vnlesse his Faithe be moste strong and constant For what man is he in all the worlde that would not be merueilously daunted and dismaied to consider how that emong so many thousandes of men as were then in the worlde no mo should be saued aliue but eight persones And what had thei committed thinke ye why God should so in his seuere iudgemente at once destroye the whole worlde in the floud drounyng bothe Men and Women Maisters and Seruauntes Yong and Old Beastes of the field and Birdes of the Aire Forsoothe the cause of so generall a destruction was their wicked and abhominable life Noah was a iuste manne and a preacher of righteousnesse he liued fiue hundreth yeres before the floud what tyme GOD commaunded hym to builde the Arke whiche he made within the space of an hundred yeres after and liued alwaies an holie and godlie life Wherein wee are to note and consider what a Crosse this good man bare in what perilles daūgers and extremities he was lapped when as he must in worde and deede openly professe hymself a Christian that it one that truely and vnfeinedly trusted in God For it is not possible that Faithe should be Idle or lye hidde without shewyng it self openly to the Worlde before menne aswell in preachyng as in sinceritie and integritie of life It is therefore verie like that long before he was commaunded to builde the Arke hee executed the office of Preachyng and francklie vttered the Worde of God and that not in one place and Region onely but doubtlesse in many other and sundrie Countries And therefore it could not be chosen but that he suffred many and the same verie greuous persecutions In so muche that S. Peter here saieth it had neede to be a speciall priuiledged protection and a peculiar and Spirituall assistaunce from aboue that should in suche a desperate and forlorne tyme relieue and helpe hym els had he been quickly dispatched and no waie could hee haue escaped death For he that sincerely and zelously preacheth the Worde of GOD can not escape the enuious onsettes and bitter battries of many and that of them whiche cary the countenaunce of wisedome modest life and sanctimonie But when this holy manne had so long tyme in vaine continued his preachyng to the men of that Age and thei neuer a whit repentyng their lewde life but still contemnyng the Word of God and growyng worse and worse GOD saied at length after that hee