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A68449 A catholike and ecclesiasticall exposition of the holy Gospell after S. Iohn. Gathered out of all the singuler and approued deuines (which the Lorde hath giuen vnto his Church) by Augustine Marlorate. And translated out of Latin into Englishe by Thomas Timme minister. Seene and allovved according to the order appoynted; Novi Testamenti catholica expositio ecclesiastica. English. Selections Marlorat, Augustin, 1506-1562.; Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620. 1575 (1575) STC 17406; ESTC S114256 780,235 632

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unto_o they_o yea_o because_o the_o substance_n and_o truth_n of_o figure_n be_v offer_v unto_o they_o many_o of_o the_o wicked_a behold_v chryste_n with_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o flesh_n at_o that_o time_n who_o notwithstanding_o be_v never_o a_o whit_n the_o more_o bless_a but_o we_o which_o never_o see_v christ_n with_o our_o eye_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o this_o blessedness_n which_o christ_n here_o commend_v 3.1_o blessedness_n of_o those_o that_o see_v not_o christ_n gal._n 3.1_o whereupon_o it_o follow_v that_o those_o eye_n be_v call_v bless_v which_o spiritual_o consider_v that_o in_o he_o which_o be_v heavenly_a and_o divine_a for_o at_o this_o day_n we_o behold_v christ_n in_o the_o gospel_n no_o less_o than_o if_o he_o be_v present_a before_o us._n m._n therefore_o let_v no_o man_n say_v o_o that_o i_o have_v live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o christ_n and_o have_v see_v with_o my_o eye_n those_o his_o miracle_n we_o believe_v that_o they_o be_v much_o more_o bless_v which_o 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this_o sentence_n of_o christ_n may_v take_v place_n we_o must_v first_o of_o all_o prove_v that_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n of_o the_o which_o we_o do_v doubt_n the_o papist_n bring_v the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o their_o transubstantiation_n but_o false_a expound_v and_o unapt_o allege_v bu_n let_v we_o therefore_o keep_v ourselves_o within_o our_o prescript_n bound_n and_o let_v we_o believe_v that_o christ_n be_v our_o lord_n our_o life_n and_o our_o resurrection_n in_o that_o he_o himself_o be_v rise_v again_o from_o death_n 30._o and_o many_o other_o sign_n true_o do_v jesus_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o disciple_n which_o be_v not_o write_v in_o this_o book_n m._n when_o the_o evangelist_n do_v write_v these_o thing_n many_o other_o sign_n also_o concern_v the_o lord_n resurrection_n come_v unto_o his_o mind_n the_o which_o he_o may_v have_v put_v in_o write_v aswell_o as_o these_o but_o because_o he_o have_v already_o determine_v with_o himself_o concern_v the_o 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again_o from_o death_n but_o all_o these_o thing_n have_v i_o not_o particular_o repeat_v in_o this_o my_o euangelical_n work_n 10.41_o act._n 10.41_o not_o that_o they_o be_v unworthy_a to_o be_v remember_v but_o because_o these_o thing_n be_v sufficient_a to_o the_o edification_n of_o faith_n 31._o these_o thing_n be_v write_v that_o you_o may_v believe_v that_o jesus_n be_v christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o that_o in_o believe_v you_o may_v have_v life_n through_o his_o name_n bu_n here_o the_o evangelist_n add_v the_o cause_n and_o end_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v hitherto_o declare_v to_o the_o end_n the_o reader_n may_v know_v how_o to_o profit_v in_o read_v these_o thing_n say_v that_o you_o may_v believe_v that_o this_o jesus_n of_o who_o i_o testify_v that_o he_o be_v rise_v again_o who_o by_o so_o many_o sign_n declare_v to_o his_o disciple_n after_o his_o death_n that_o he_o be_v rise_v to_o life_n be_v christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n that_o be_v to_o say_v 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marye_n her_o sister_n secreatlye_o say_v the_o master_n be_v come_v and_o call_v for_o thou_o bu_n thus_o far_o we_o hear_v the_o talk_n between_o the_o lord_n and_o martha_n and_o now_o follow_v the_o communication_n between_o the_o lord_n and_o mary_n the_o which_o although_o it_o be_v very_o short_a and_o contain_v nothing_o which_o have_v not_o be_v speak_v of_o before_o yet_o notwithstanding_o it_o have_v circumstance_n annex_v to_o it_o which_o be_v neither_o to_o be_v contemn_v nor_o yet_o unprofitable_a c._n and_o it_o be_v likely_a that_o christ_n stand_v still_o without_o the_o village_n at_o the_o request_n of_o martha_n lest_o he_o shall_v come_v among_o so_o great_a a_o assembly_n of_o man_n for_o she_o fear_v peryll_n because_o christ_n have_v but_o latelye_a escape_v the_o snare_n of_o death_n therefore_o lest_o the_o fame_n of_o his_o come_n shall_v be_v spread_v any_o far_a she_o privilye_o inform_v her_o sister_n of_o the_o same_o the_o master_n be_v come_v c._n the_o name_n of_o master_n show_v what_o estimation_n christ_n have_v among_o godly_a matron_n howbeit_o they_o have_v not_o as_o yet_o profit_v so_o much_o as_o they_o shall_v have_v do_v and_o yet_o this_o be_v much_o that_o they_o have_v whole_o addict_v themselves_o unto_o he_o as_o his_o disciple_n 29._o assoon_o as_o she_o hear_v that_o she_o arise_v quick_o and_o come_v unto_o he_o c._n this_o sudden_a and_o speedy_a come_n of_o mary_n to_o meet_v christ_n declare_v no_o small_a reverence_n m._n there_o be_v many_o jew_n present_v which_o come_v from_o jerusalem_n and_o sit_v by_o very_o sorrowful_a that_o they_o may_v comfort_v she_o over_o her_o dead_a brother_n she_o leave_v all_o these_o so_o soon_o as_o she_o know_v that_o jesus_n be_v come_v and_o that_o he_o call_v for_o she_o make_v haste_n without_o delay_n to_o come_v unto_o he_o and_o not_o in_o vain_a for_o the_o jew_n bring_v nothing_o with_o they_o but_o word_n with_o the_o which_o they_o can_v not_o satisfy_v a_o sorrowful_a mind_n but_o this_o christ_n bring_v with_o he_o the_o resurrection_n and_o the_o life_n 30._o jesus_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v into_o the_o town_n but_o be_v in_o that_o place_n where_o martha_n meet_v he_o bu_n therefore_o he_o wait_v for_o mary_n who_o he_o command_v to_o be_v call_v for_o seek_v for_o a_o convenient_a place_n to_o work_v the_o miracle_n because_o the_o grave_n be_v not_o far_o from_o thence_o for_o the_o custom_n be_v then_o to_o make_v the_o monument_n of_o such_o depart_v this_o life_n by_o the_o high_a way_n side_n m._n and_o in_o this_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o go_v into_o the_o house_n to_o ease_v and_o refresh_v himself_o before_o he_o have_v finish_v the_o work_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n in_o raise_v up_o lazarus_n for_o the_o which_o he_o come_v we_o have_v a_o example_n set_v before_o we_o to_o follow_v that_o we_o also_o may_v execute_v and_o finish_v those_o thing_n which_o concern_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n before_o we_o do_v any_o thing_n else_o according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o christ_n first_o of_o all_o seek_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o the_o righteousness_n thereof_o 6.33_o mat._n 6.33_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o you_o he_o be_v scant_o a_o faithful_a servant_n to_o his_o lord_n which_o seek_v the_o refresh_n of_o his_o body_n and_o other_o private_a commodity_n before_o those_o thing_n which_o concern_v the_o glory_n and_o profit_n of_o his_o master_n a._n the_o servant_n of_o abraham_n will_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v 24.33_o gen._n 24.33_o untyll_o he_o have_v faithful_o discharge_v his_o master_n errand_n and_o message_n 31._o the_o jew_n then_o which_o be_v with_o she_o in_o the_o house_n &_o comfort_v she_o when_o they_o see_v marye_n that_o she_o arise_v up_o hasty_o and_o go_v out_o follow_v she_o say_v she_o go_v unto_o the_o grave_n to_o weep_v there_o c._n although_o by_o the_o sufferance_n of_o christ_n martha_n go_v home_o again_o that_o she_o may_v privilye_o call_v her_o sister_n from_o the_o multitude_n yet_o notwithstanding_o the_o purpose_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n tend_v to_o another_o end_n name_o that_o he_o may_v have_v they_o witness_n of_o his_o miracle_n this_o thing_n they_o think_v not_o upon_o but_o it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n that_o man_n shall_v be_v bring_v as_o it_o be_v out_o of_o darkness_n by_o the_o secréete_n providence_n of_o god_n to_o a_o place_n whether_o they_o mind_v not_o to_o come_v m._n for_o human_a matter_n be_v oftentimes_o so_o dispose_v by_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n that_o by_o the_o occasion_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o purpose_v to_o do_v we_o fall_v into_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o never_o think_v upon_o c._n they_o think_v that_o martha_n go_v to_o the_o grave_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o those_o which_o seek_v occasion_n to_o provoke_v they_o to_o mourn_v for_o this_o be_v a_o common_a fault_n among_o man_n that_o when_o the_o husband_n have_v lose_v his_o wife_n or_o the_o wife_n her_o husband_n the_o father_n his_o child_n or_o the_o child_n the_o father_n they_o by_o and_o by_o ambicious_o seek_v by_o all_o mean_v possible_a to_o increase_v their_o grief_n and_o many_o practise_a diverse_a sleight_n and_o subtle_a mean_n to_o this_o end_n wherefore_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o these_o man_n to_o fetch_v back_o marye_n least_o by_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o sepulchre_n she_o may_v be_v occasion_v to_o mourn_v but_o they_o dare_v not_o deal_v so_o sharp_o with_o she_o but_o bare_a with_o her_o intemperate_a grief_n and_o go_v with_o she_o and_o thus_o oftentimes_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o their_o consolation_n &_o comfort_n do_v little_a avayle_n which_o do_v to_o much_o flatter_v with_o their_o friend_n 32._o then_o when_o marye_n be_v come_v where_o jesus_n be_v and_o see_v he_o she_o fall_v down_o at_o his_o foot_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o lord_z if_o thou_o have_v be_v here_o my_o brother_n have_v not_o be_v dead_a m._n the_o evangelist_n in_o say_v that_o mary_n fall_v down_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o christ_n express_v the_o singular_a affection_n of_o love_n and_o reverence_n which_o she_o bear_v towards_o he_o r._n she_o be_v not_o afeard_a of_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o she_o know_v not_o to_o be_v very_o gracious_a unto_o the_o lord_n neither_o do_v she_o regard_v their_o friendship_n which_o they_o declare_v in_o come_v to_o comfort_v she_o nor_o yet_o do_v she_o fear_v their_o judgement_n but_o as_o she_o bear_v a_o love_a and_o reverend_a heart_n towards_o the_o lord_n so_o she_o show_v herself_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o man_n without_o desemulation_n c._n and_o hereby_o we_o gather_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v worship_v and_o serve_v in_o that_o house_n far_o suppass_v the_o common_a manner_n of_o man_n for_o although_o man_n be_v wont_a to_o prostrate_v themselves_o before_o king_n and_o prince_n yet_o notwithstanding_o because_o christ_n in_o the_o outward_a show_n of_o the_o flesh_n have_v nothing_o that_o be_v kingly_a and_o glorious_a mary_n fall_v down_o at_o his_o foot_n to_o another_o end_n the_o which_o she_o will_v not_o have_v do_v except_o she_o have_v be_v persuade_v that_o he_o have_v be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n lord_n if_o thou_o have_v be_v here_o m._n she_o use_v the_o same_o word_n unto_o the_o lord_n which_o martha_n have_v use_v before_o c._n and_o although_o she_o seem_v in_o show_n to_o speak_v honourablye_o unto_o christ_n yet_o notwithstanding_o we_o show_v even_o now_o what_o fault_n be_v contain_v in_o these_o word_n for_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n which_o fill_v and_o do_v fill_v heaven_n and_o earth_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v restrain_v to_o his_o corporal_a presence_n 33._o when_o