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A07348	Ecclesiastica interpretatio: or The expositions vpon the difficult and doubtful passages of the seuen Epistles called catholike, and the Reuelation Collected out of the best esteemed, both old and new writers, together with the authors examinations, determinations, and short annotations. The texts in the seuen Epistles of Iames, Peter, Iohn and Iude are six and forty. The expositions vpon the Reuelation are set forth by way of question and answer. Here is also a briefe commentary vpon euery verse of each chapter, setting forth the coherence and sense, and the authors, and time of writing euery of these bookes. Hereunto is also annexed an antidot against popery. By Iohn Mayer, B. of D. and pastor of the Church of Little Wratting in Suffolke.	Mayer, John, 1583-1664.	1627 (1627)	STC 17731; ESTC S112551	448,008	564

good vers 12. the particular parts whereof are set downe First subiection to Gouernours in the Common-wealth vers 13 14 15 16 17. Secondly subiection to masters from vers 18. to the end of the Chapter After which followeth the subiection of wiues to their owne husbands chap. 3. 1 PETER Chapter 2. Verse 6. Behold I put in Sion a chiefe corner stone elect and precious and he that beleeueth in him shall not be ashamed Vers 7. To you that beleeue it is precious c. THe Scripture from whence this is taken Mayer is Esay 28.16 from which it varieth not but that there it is said Lib. 2. paral 15. Hee that beleeueth shall not make haste here shall not be ashamed But these words being well considered the difference is nothing as Iunius sheweth for to make haste according to the Prophet is to preuent Christ with his faith by trusting to the workes of the Law and to that which a man can doe and this is the very way to shame and confusion and so the Apostle here altereth the word by way of interpretation as if hee should haue said Shall by making haste thus to become righteous of himselfe be put to shame This place of Esay is alleaged once before Rom. 9.33 where there is an other difference for whereas the Prophet hath it Behold I put in Sion a corner stone of probation precious and a stone of foundation there it is a stone to stumble at and a rocke of offence But Iunius reconcileth this also saying That Christ is a stone of probation when as hee being preached some beleeue but some are hardened and so it is proued who are Elect and who Reprobate and in this proofe making they that are hardened stumble against this stone through their owne malice and fall and therefore the same Prophet elsewhere vseth these very words Esa 8.14 A stone of stumbling and a rocke of offence That which followeth vers 8. for which thing they were set is not so to be vnderstood Oecumen in 1 Pet. 2. as if God had set some in such an estate as that they cannot but perish for there is no cause of condemnation from him who would that all should bee saued 1 Tim. 2. but they make themselues vessels of wrath being set to stumble by the liberty of their owne corrupt will For the will of man is so free that it cannot be compelled and therefore hee cannot complaine of God that hee hath set him in that estate which hee hath brought himselfe into by his owne workes Hitherto Oecumenius whom Gagneus and Salmeron follow and some others But Beza reiecteth this Beza annot● in 〈…〉 2. that God should not be said to haue set them but they themselues for that God doth it is plaine Rom. 9.17 Pro. 16.4 Luk. 2.34 Iude v. 4. He therfore from the beginning decreed to reiect some it being alwaies prouided that betwixt the decree and the excution thereof sinnes should come betweene for which the wicked shall be iustly damned And this I take it is the soundest construction it is by a secret iudgement of God vpon them for their sinnes that they are offended and hardened at the preaching of the Gospell to their condemnation But I haue entreated more at large already vpon this argument in my second booke Rom. 9.11 Many for vnto which they were set Syriacus Faber Stapul Lyra. Tho. Aquin. c. reade it in which in quo positi sunt and expound it either of Christ called the corner Stone in whom euery one is set so as that hee might haue beene saued but through their owne fault they proue reprobates as Catharinus or both sorts both the faithfull and vnbeleeuers are set in him the one to saluation the other to damnation according to that of Simeon Luk. 2.34 Syriac Oecumen Duos parietes qui pa●ernam domum absoluunt hoc est gentiles Iudaeos suo contactu connectit dum inutiles horum immolationes tollit gentilium daem●niacam superstitionem in pietatem traducit Vers 9. He is appointed for the rising and fall againe of many in Israel as Arias Montanus Some following this reading expound it of the Word wherein they say all were set that is appointed to heare and obey it But the first reading vnto which is most agreeable to the Greeke and to sense and therefore is also preferred by Beda and Lucas Burgensis And Christ is set forth as a corner stone here because in him two peoples Iewes and Gentiles are coupled together and became one the vnprofitable sacrifices of the one being taken away and the deuillish superstition of the other being traduced into godly piety But ye are a chosen generation a royall priest-hood an holy nation c. this is taken out of Exod. 19.5 6. but that there it is a kingdome of priests but according to the Septuagint whom the Apostles commonly follow it is as here a royall Priest-hood Oecumenius obserueth Oecumen that he hauing spoken against such as through vnbeliefe stumble at this stone now he prayseth the faithful A chosen generation the whole congregation of the faithfull is called as the nation of the Iewes is said to be elect Rom. 11.2 because they are chosen out of the rest of the world to professe the Gospell and to be a peculiar Church vnto God A royall Priest-hood or Kings and Priests Reuel 1.6 they are called Am●rose because Christ with the Father and the Holy Ghost reigneth in them exempting them from all other dominion but only such as is to be obeyed in him and for him Didym●s and because they are members of Christ a Priest after the order of Melchisedicke do offer spiritual sacrifices of prayers vnto God the same phrase of holy Priest-hood is vsed before ver 5. Some restraine it vnto Priests vnder the Gospell only Hugo Tho. Anglicus the congregation being called so because there are such therein that offer the sacrifice of Christs Body and haue the Keyes as their Scepter and receiue Tithes as their tribute Isider and a shauen crowne as a crowne And this Priest-hood they say is called kingly because more excellent than that vnder the Law But seeing it is said of all faithfull persons in generall and they vnder the old Testament are called a Kingdome of Priests also this exposition is but a deprauation of the place and therefore to be reiected All the Fathers also vnderstood it as we do Some againe Raban in Exo. 19 August de ciuit Dei p. 10. c. 6. Greg. Hom. 12. in Ezech. Lactant. Epiphan b●●r 49. 79. because all Christians are called Kings and Priests will haue no difference holding that all yea euen women are Priests alike as the Heretikes called Pepuziani and Collyridiani But it is to bee vnderstood that all are called Priests only in a spirituall sense because they offer the sacrifices of praise and prayer but there are some to whom this