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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
v.c.lxx yeres Genesis The first booke declareth the beginnyng and causes of all thinges speciallie the creation of man how it was frō the beginnyng how he fell and was restored again how all men came of one and being dispersed through the world by enormeous faultes angred God and caused the fludde to come vpon them Againe how thei that were saued in the same gaue the beginnyng to all kingdomes last of Abraham Isaac and Iacob holie Prophetes whiche liued before the lawe written in tables the liues condicions maners religion notable dedes and saiynges be discribed and how thei descended out of the lande of Chanaan into Egipt For these and other good men this first boke of Moses was called of some The booke of iuste men Yet with vs and our elders hath their naming preuailed whiche called it Genesis doubtlesse of the generation and beginnyng of al thinges at which Moses beginneth his booke The seconde boke declareth how the Israelites oppressed in Egipt by Pharao Exodus deliuered by their capitain Moses were ledde into desert through the redde sea how thei fought against the Amalechites were fedde with breade that rained downe from heauen how at the commaundemēt of God thei did create a Magistrate and at the last receiued lawes also describyng settyng out and commaundyng true religion holie maners rites ceremonies and finallie al due and good ordre in the cōmune wealthe Here also is touched a little their shamefull offence that thei did in worshippyng the golden calfe And of their commyng out of Egipte whereof it principallie treateth this booke is called Exodus Leuiticus Vnto this ioigneth Leuiticus so called of the Leuitical ministeries which it teacheth It sheweth sundry kindes of sacrifices vowes pollucions infections general clēsyng of sinnes lawful vnlawful mariages like other It speaketh a little of ciuill Gouernaunce but speciallie of holie rites or customes and as we might saie the bishoppes or canon lawes Here maie we see how vertuous and learned priestes ought to be All the misteries of the gospel the priesthode sacrifice of Christ his vertue power yea and our whole redēptiō couertlie wrapped in figures is here throughlie conteined ¶ The fourth booke is called Numeri peraduēture of this Numeri that in it the people of Israel are nūbred It declareth the actes from the second yere of their going out of Egipt euē vnto the death of Moses In it be many notable exāples of sondrie cōmocions rufflinges emōg rebellious people There is shewed what euill ende sedicious persones come vnto what maruellous chaunces happen to the rulers them selues Moses of all menne moste constant and pacient suffred vntollerable thinges dooen to him bothe by his owne people and other foreins to and yet he him selfe is not fautlesse neither Many thinges are in this boke which perteine to religion and ciuil gouernaūce speciallie this That bishoppes ought not to flie from intermedlyng wyth matiers of the cōmon weale nor a ciuil officer to passe little vpon religion Almost at the ende be described great battailes and certaine lawes are declared at large in the great plaine of Moab The fift and last booke is called Deuteronomium Deuterono or seconde lawe and as you woulde saie The lawe expouned now the second time This is added of Moses vnto the other afore as a briefe of all heauenlie Philosophie In it is conteined all that euer serueth to liue wel and vertuouslie The briefenesse thereof is moche commended and set by and is a plaine commentarie of the ten commaundementes This Booke the Lorde woulde haue still in the handes of his people wherin he hath so ordred all matiers as to all degrees and ages thei maie be moste mete and conuenient Iosue The booke of Iosue declareth principallie the trueth of Goddes promise How after the death of Moses the people of Israel by the leadyng of Iosue of whom the booke hath his name as of the chiefe persone were brought into the lande of promise the princes and people of the Cananites vainquished destroied in punishment for their great sinnes It hath a goodlie description of the holie Lande and sheweth vnto vs an example of a verie good Prince and obedient people It conteineth the historie of .xxvi. yeres or therabout Iudges The Booke of Iudges taketh his name of the Iudges of Israel whose actes and gouernaunce it declareth And countyng Iosue him selfe there were emong the people thirtene Iudges not as Kinges and Monarches but pastours presidentes and consuls of free people Here is set out a fre state with many chaunges victories slaughters Oppressions Deliueries iudgementes and commocions Also the mutabilitie of the commons alwaies ready to the worst diuerse heauie chaūces the fight betwixt religion and supersticion is here declared It is a mirrour of that weale publique where is no head officer but euerie man foloweth what liketh him best it sheweth what euil end that to moche libertie cometh vnto Thē ensueth ciuill battail and destruction within theim selues The historie is of .cccxxxvi. yeares accountyng hereunto the time of Iosue and .xxiiij. yeres out of the ministration of Helie Ruthe The little booke of Ruth toke the name of the chiefe person It treateth of no high matier but sheweth how after harde happes and greuous tēptations cometh a merie ende and that vertue is rewarded if we cōtinue stil in goodnesse and refuse not honest labour It hath a rehearsall of Dauids or rather of Messias kinred very profitable for that that foloweth and the vnderstandyng of the promise of God This historie perteineth to the times of the Iudges After this folowe .ij. bokes of Samuel Samuel and Kinges and .ii. bookes of kinges a woorke of many and sondrie matiers very profitable and full of learnyng By moste notable examples in them be declared and confirmed the lawes and promises of GOD. Out of theim also are made the Psalmes and homelies of the Prophetes To be shorte emong the best goodliest cunningest and moste necessarie bookes of the Scripture these be not the laste The booke of Iudges sheweth a state of gouernaunce where the people or rather the chiefe emong them dooe beare rule The Historie of Samuel of the Kinges setteth out in his colours a Monarchie or one highe gouernour describing not onely what a King is but the facions also of al his Courte and Kingdome bee it good or eiuell Here maie you finde how lawes be chaunged religion kept or neglected notable examples also of Vertue and vice of trueth falshod prudence iustice of princes and priestes bothe good and badde But who is hable in fewe woordes to comprehēde the great varietie profite of matiers in these bokes The first chieflie describeth the gouernaunce of Samuel and Saul The seconde of Dauid the third painteth out the glorie of Solomō how mightie kingdomes decaie except thei be mainteined by feruent loue of Godlinesse religiō vertue and concorde So in the