The historie of S. Paul, vntil he came to Rome, S. Luke in the Actes of the Apostles vvrote exactly: and though vvithout any mention of his Epistles, yet certaine it is, that some of them he vvrote before he came there, to vvit, the tvvo vnto the Corinthians, and this to the Romanes: & ( ^note as it seemeth) before them al, the Epistle to the Galatians. Vvherein yet because he maketh mention of the fouretenth yere after his conuersion, it appeareth, that he preached so long vvithout any vvriting.

And this order may thus briefely be gathered. First he preached to the Galatians Act. 16: and passing through Phrygia and the countrey of Galatia. Vvhereof he maketh mention him selfe also, Gal. 1: Vve euangelized to you. and Gal. 4: I euangelized to you heretofore. After vvhich the false Apostles came and persuaded them to receiue Circumcision. Vvherevpon he saith Gal. 1: I maruel that thus so soone you are tr&abar;sferred from him that called you to the grace of Christ, vnto an other Gospel. and vvisheth therfore

Gal. 4. saying: And I vvould I vvere vvith you novv. And accordingly he came vnto them aftervvard, as vve reade Act. 18: Vvalking in order through the countrie of Galatia and phrygia, confirming al the Disciples. At vvhich time also it seemeth, that he tooke order vvith them about those contributions to helpe the neede of the Christians in Hierusalem, vvhereof he speaketh 1. Cor. 16: And concerning the collections that are made for the saincts, as I haue ordeined to the Churches of Galatia, so doe you also. By vvhich vvordes also it is euident, that the Corinthians had not as then made their gathering. But vvhen he vvrote the Second to them (vvhere in the 11 chapter he maketh mention of 14 yeres, not onely after his Conuersion, as to the Galatians, but also after his Rapte, vvhich seemeth to haue bene vvhen he vvas at Hierusalem Act. 9. foure yeres after his Conuersion, in a traunce, as he calleth it Act. 22, 17) then vvere they readie. For so he saith 2. Cor. 8: You haue begone from the yere past. and 2. Cor. 9: For the vvhich I doe glorie of you to the Macedonians: that also Achaia is ready from the yere past. hovvbeit it folovveth there: But I haue sent the brethren, that (as I haue said) you may be ready: lest vvhen the Macedonians come vvith me, and find you vnready, vve be ashamed. But vvhen he vvrote to the Romanes, then vvas he novv come to Corinth for the purpose, and had receiued theire contribution, and vvas readie to goe vvith it vnto Hierusalem. For so he saith Rom. 15. Novv therfore I vvil goe vnto Hierusalem to minister to the saincts. For Macedonia and Achaia haue liked vvel to make some c&obar;tribution vp&obar; the poore saincts that are in Hierusalem.

^noteSo then, the Epistle to the Romanes vvas not the first that he vvrote. But yet it is ^note and alvvaies vvas set first, because of the primacie of that Church. for vvhich cause also he handleth in it, such matters as perteined not to them alone, but to the vniuersal Church, and specially to al the Gentiles: to vvit, the very frame (as it vvere) of the Church of Christ. Tanquam enim ^note pro ipso Domino legatione fungens, hoc est, pro ^note lapide angulari, vtrumque populum tam ex Iudæis quàm ex Gentibus connectit in Christo per vinculum gratia. so saith S. Augustine, giuing vs briefly the argument. in english thus: As being a legate for our Lord him self, that is, for the corner stone, he knitteth together in Christ by the b&abar;d of Grace, both peoples, as vvel of the Ievves as of the Gentils. Shevving, that neither of them had in their Gentilitie or Iudaisme any vvorkes to bragge of, or to chalenge to them selues iustificati&obar; or saluation thereby, but rather sinnes they had to be sorie for, and to humble them selues to the faith of Christ, that so they might haue remi&esset;ion of them, and strength to doe meritorius vvorkes aftervvard. In vvhich sort, because the Gentils did humble them selues, therefore had they found mercy, though they neuer vvist of the Lavv of Moyses. But the Ievves because they stoode vpon their ovvne workes, vvhich they did by their ovvne strength, vvith the knovvledge of the Lavv (being therefore also called the vvorkes of the Lavv,) & so would not humble themselues to beleeue in Christ crucified, they missed of mercy, and became reprobate, excepting a few Reliquiæ that God of his goodnes had reserued to him self. ^note Hovvbeit in the end, vvhen the fulnes of the Gentils is come into the Church, then shal the fulnes of the Ievves also open their eies, acknowledge their errour, and submit themselues to Christ and his Church, in like maner. In the meane time, those that haue found the grace to be Christians, he exhorteth to perseuer&abar;ce (as it vvas specially needeful in those times of persecutions) and to leade their whole life now after Baptisme in good workes: and to be careful of vnitie, bearing therefore one with an other, both Iew and Gentil, al that they

may, and geuing no offence to them that are weake. Thus he disputeth, and thus he exhorteth through the whole Epistle: though, if we wil diuide it by that which is principal in ech parte, vve may say, that vnto the 12 chapter is his disputation: and from thence to the end, his exhortation.

Novv, in those points of faith, and in al others (as also in example of life) the commendation that he giueth to the Church of Rome, is much to be noted. Your faith is renoumed in the vvhole vvorld. and your obedi&ebar;ce is published into euery place. I reioyce therfore in you. ^{note note} And againe: you haue obeied from the hart vnto that forme of doctrine, vvhich hath been deliuered to you. ^note And therevpon againe: I desire you brethren, to marke them that make dissensions and scandals contrarie to the doctrine vvhich you haue learned, and auoide them. For such doe not serue Christ our Lord, but theire ovvne belly: and by svveete speaches ad benedictions seduce the harts of innocents. Therfore to shunne Luther and Caluin, and al their crewes, vve haue iust reason and good vvarrant. They make dissensions and scandals against the doctrine of the Romane Church. Let no man therefore be seduced by their sugred vvordes.

THE EPISTLE OF PAVL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANES. ^note Chap. I. The foundation of his Apostleship being laid, 8 he highly commendeth the Romanes, and protesteth his affection tovvardes them. and so c&obar;ming to the matter, saith, our Christian Catholike doctrine (that teacheth al to beleeue) to be the vvay to saluation: 15 because the Gentiles (first of al) could not be saued by their Philosophie, vvhereby they knevv God, for so much as they did not serue him, but Idolse be therfore iustly permitting them to fall into al kind of most damnable sinne.

1    ^notePavl the seruant of Iesvs Christ, called to be an Apostle, ^note separated into the Gospel of God,

2   vvhich before he had promised by his Prophets in the holy Scriptures,

3   of his sonne, (vvho vvas made to him of the seede of Dauid according to the flesh,

4   vvho vvas predestinate the sonne of God in povver, according to the spirit of sanctification, by the resurrecti&obar; of our Lord Iesvs Christ from the dead,

5   by vvhom vve haue receiued grace and Apostleship ^{note note} for obedience to the faith ^note in al Nations for the name of him,

6   among vvhom are you also the called of Iesvs Christ:) &cross4;

7   to al that are at Rome the beloued of God, called to be saincts. 09Q0946Grace to you and peace from God our father, and our Lord Iesvs Christ.

8   First I giue thankes to my God through Iesvs Christ for al you, because09Q0947 your faith is renoumed in the vvhole vvorld.

9   For God is my vvitnes, ^note vvhom I serue09Q0948 in my spirit in the Gospel of his Sonne, that ^note vvithout intermission I make09Q0949 a memorie of you

10   alvvaies in my praiers, beseeching, if by any meanes I may sometime at the length haue a prosperous iourney by the vvil of God, to come vnto you.

11   For I desire to see you, that I may imparte vnto you some spiritual grace, to ^note confirme you:

12   that is to say, to be comforted together in you by that vvhich is c&obar;mon to vs both, your faith and mine.

13   And I vvil not haue you ignorant (brethren) that I haue often purposed to come vnto you (and haue been staied hitherto) that I may haue some fruite in you, as also in the other Gentiles.

14   To the Greekes and the Barbarous, to the vvise and the vnvvise I am detter.

15   so (as much as is in me) I am ready09Q0950 to euangelize to you also that are at Rome.

16   For I am not ashamed of the Gospel. For it is the povver of God, vnto saluation to euery one that beleeueth, to the Ievve first and to the Greeke.

17   For ^note the iustice of God is reuealed therein by faith into faith: as it is vvritten: And the iust 09Q0951 liueth by faith. ^note

18   For the vvrath of God from heauen09Q0952 is reuealed, vpon al impietie and iniustice of those men that deteine the veritie of God in iniustice:

19   because, that of God vvhich is knovv&ebar;, is manifest in them. For God hath manifested it vnto them.

20   For his inuisible things, from the creation of the vvorld are seen, being vnderstoode by those things that are made: his eternal povver also & Diuinitie: so that they are inexcusable.

21   Because, vvhereas they knevve God, they haue not glorified him as God, or giu&ebar; thankes: but are become vaine in their cogitations, and their folish hart hath been darkened.

22   for, saying them selues to be vvise, they became fooles.

23   And they changed the glorie of the incorruptible God, into a ^note similitude of the image of a corruptible man, and of foules and foure-footed beastes and of them that creepe.

24   (For the vvhich cause God ^note hath deliuered them vp vnto the desires of their hart, into vncleannesse, for to abuse their owne bodies among them selues ignominiously.)

25   vvho haue changed the veritie of God into lying: and haue vvorshipped & ^note serued the creature rather then the creator, vvho is blessed for euer. Amen.

26   Therfore09Q0953 God hath deliuered them into passions of ignominie. For their vvomen haue changed the natural vse, into that vse that is contrarie to nature.

27   And in like maner the men also, leauing the natural vse of the vvoman, haue burned in their desires one tovvard an other, men vpon men vvorking turpitude, & the revvard of their errour (vvhich they should) receauing in them selues.

28   And as

they liked not to haue God in knovvledge: God deliuered them vp into a reprobate sense: to doe those things that are not conuenient:

29   replenished vvith al iniquitie, malice, fornication, auarice, vvickednes, ful of enuie, murder, contention, guile, malignitie, vvhisperers,

30   detractours, odible to God, contumelious, proude, hautie, inuentours of euil things, disobedient to parents,

31   folish, dissolute, vvithout affection, vvithout fidelitie, vvithout mercie.

32   Who vvhereas they knevv the iustice of God, did not vnderstand that they vvhich doe such things, are09Q0954 vvorthie of death: not only they that doe them, but they also that consent to the doers. ^{note note note note note}

^{note note note note} Chap. II. Novv also he shevveth that neither the Ievves could be saued by the knovvledge of the Lavv, of the vvhich they did so much bragge against the Gentils, seing they did notvvithstanding sinne as the Gentils did. 14 And therfore that the true Ievv is the Christian (though he be a Gentil) vvho by grace in his hart doeth the good vvorkes that the Lavv commaundeth.

1   For the vvhich cause thou art inexcusable ô man vvhosoeuer09Q0955 thou be that iudgest. For vvherein thou iudgest an other, thou condemnest thy self. for thou doest the same things vvhich thou iudgest.

2   For vve knovv that the iudgement of God is according to veritie vpon them that doe such things.

3   And doest thou suppose this ô man that iudgest them which doe such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God?

4   Or09Q0956 doest

thou contemne the riches of his goodnes, and patience, and longanimity, not knovving that the benignity of God bringeth thee to penance?

5   But according to thy hardnes and impenitent hart, thou heapest to thy self vvrath, in the day of vvrath and of the reuelation of the iust iudgement of God,

6   vvho vvil ^note render to euery man09Q0957 according to his vvorkes. ^note

7   to them truely that according to patience in good vvorke, seeke glorie and honour and incorruption, life eternal.

8   but to them that are of contention, and that obey not the truth, but giue credite to iniquitie, vvrath and indignation.

9   Tribulation and anguish vpon euery soul of man that vvorketh euil, of the Ievve first and of the ^note Greeke:

10   but glorie and honour and peace to euery one that vvorketh good, to the Ievv first and to the Greeke.

11   for ^note there is no acception of persons vvith God.

12   For vvhosoeuer haue sinned vvithout the Lavv, vvhithout the Lavv shal perish: and vvhosoeuer haue sinned in the Lavv, by the Lavv shal be iudged.

13   For ^note09Q0958 not the hearers of the Lavv are iust vvith God: but the doers of the Lavv09Q0959 shal be iustified.

14   For vvhen the Gentiles vvhich haue not the Lavv, naturally doe those things that are of the Lavv: the same not hauing the Lavv, them selues are a lavv to them selues:

15   vvho shevv the vvorke of the Lavv vvritten in their hartes, their conscience giuing testimonie to them, and among them selues mutually their thoughtes accusing, or also defending,

16   in the day vvhen God shal iudge the secretes of men, according to my Gospel, by Iesvs Christ.

17   But if thou be surnamed a Ievv, and restest in the Lavv, and doest glorie in God,

18   and knovvest his vvil, and approuest the more profitable things, instructed by the Lavv,

19   presumest that thy self art a leader of the blinde, a light of them that are in darknes,

20   a teacher of the folish, a maister of infants, hauing the forme of science & of veritie in the Lavv.

21   Thou therfore ^note that teachest an other, teachest not thy self: that preachest, men ought not to steale, thou stealest:

22   that saiest men should not commit aduoutrie, thou committest aduoutrie: that abhorrest idols, thou doest sacrilege:

23   that doest glorie in the Lavv, thou by preuarication of the Lavv doest dishonour God. ^note

24   (For ^note the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is vvriten.)

25   Circumcision in deede profiteth, if thou obserue the Lavv: but if thou be a

preuaricátour of the Lavv, thy circumcision is become ^note prepuce.

26   If then the prepuce09Q0960 keepe the iustices of the Lavv: shal not his prepuce be reputed for circumcision?

27   and shal not that vvhich of nature is prepuce, fulfilling the Lavv, iudge thee, that by the letter and circumcision art a preuaricátour of the Lavv?

28   For not he that is in open shevv, is a levv, nor that vvhich is in open shevv, in the flesh, is circumcision:

29   but he that is in secrete, is a Ievv: and the circumcision of the hart,09Q0961 in spirit, not in the letter: vvhose praise is not of men, but of God. ^{note note note note note}

^{note note} Chap. III. He graunteth that the Ievves did passe the Heathen Gentils, in Gods benefits, 9 but not in their ovvne vvorkes. concluding, that he hath shevved, both Ievv and Gentil to be sinners: 18 and therfore (inferring) that there must be some other vvay to Saluation, indifferent to both, vvhich is to beleeue in Iesvs Christ, that for his sake their sinnes may be forgiuen them.

1   What preeminence then hath the Ievv, or what is the profit of circumcision?

2   Much by al meanes. First surely because the vvordes of God vvere c&obar;mitted to them.

3   for vvhat if certaine of them haue not beleeued? Hath their incredulitie made the faith of God frustrate?

4   God forbid. but ^note God is true: & ^{note note} euery man a lyer, as it is vvritten: That thou maiest be iustified in thy vvordes, and ouercome vvhen thou art iudged.

5   But09Q0962 if our iniquitie commend the iustice of God, vvhat shal vve say? Is God vniust that executeth vvrath? (I speake according to man)

6   God forbid othervvise hovv shal God iudge this vvorld?

7   For if the veritie of God hath abounded in my lie, vnto his glorie, vvhy am I also yet iudged as a sinner,

8   and not (as vve are blasphemed, and as some report vs to say) let vs

doe euil, that there may come good? vvhose damnation is iust.

9   Vvhat then? do vve excel them? No, not so. For vve haue argued the Ievves and the Greekes, al to be vnder sinne:

10   as it is vvritten: That09Q0963 there is not any man iust,

11   there is not that vnderstandeth, there is not that seeketh after God.

12   Al haue declined, they are become vnprofitable together: there is not that doeth good, there is not so much as one. ^note

13   Their throte is an open sepulchre, vvith their tonges they dealt deceitefully. ^note The venim ^note of aspes vnder their lippes. ^note

14   Vvhose mouth is ful of malediction and bitternes: ^note

15   Their feete svvift to shede bloud. ^note

16   Destruction and infelicitie in their vvaies:

17   and the vvay of peace they haue not knovven.

18   There is no feare of God before their eies. ^note

19   And vve knovv that vvhatsoeuer the Lavv speaketh, to them it speaketh that are in the Lavv: that euery mouth may be stopped, and al the vvorld may be made subiect to God:

20   because ^note09Q0964 by the vvorkes of the Lavv no flesh shal be iustified before him. For by the Lavv is the knovvledge of sinne.

21   But novv vvithout the Lavv09Q0965 the iustice of God is manifested: testified by the lavv and the Prophets.

22   And the iustice of God by faith of Iesvs Christ, vnto al and vp&obar; al that ^note beleeue in him. For there is no distinction.

23   For al haue sinned: and doe neede the glorie of God.

24   Iustified ^note gratis by his grace, by the redemption that is in Christ Iesvs,

25   vvhom God hath proposed a ^note propitiation, by faith in his bloud, to the shevving of his iustice, for the remission of former sinnes,

26   in the toleration of God, to the shevving of his iustice in this time: that he may be iust, and iustifying him that is of the faith of Iesvs Christ.

27   Vvhere is then thy boasting? it is excluded. by vvhat lavv? of deedes? No, but by the lavv of faith.

28   For vve account a man to be iustified09Q0966 by faith vvithout the vvorkes of the Lavv.

29   Is he God of the Ievves only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes of the Gentiles also.

30   For it is one God, that iustifieth circumcision by faith, and prepuce by faith.

31   Do vve then destroy the Lavv by faith? God forbid. but vve do establish the Lavv. ^note

^{note note note note}

Chap. IIII. That Abraham vvas not iustified by his ovvne povver, but by Gods grace, in vvhom he beleeued (6 vvhich is a vvay for the sinner also to come to iustice.) 9 And that, seing he vvas not as then circumcised, not only the circumcised Ievv, but also the vncircumcised Gentil may by beleeuing the Christian faith, come to iustice, as Abraham did: 11 specially considering also, that Abraham vvas promised to be Father of the vvhole vvorld, and not only of the Ievves, to vvhom onely the Lavv vvas giuen: and that, not to fulfil the promise, but for an other cause.

1   Vvhat shal vve say then that09Q0967 Abraham did finde, our father according to the flesh?

2   For if Abraham vvere iustified09Q0968 by vvorkes: he hath glorie, but not vvith God.

3   For vvhat saieth the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it vvas reputed him to iustice. ^note

4   But09Q0969 to him that vvorketh, the revvard is not ^note imputed according to grace, but according to dette.

5   But09Q0970 to him that vvorketh not, yet beleeueth in him that iustifieth the impious, his faith is ^note reputed to iustice according to the purpose of the grace of God.

6   09Q0971As Dauid also termeth the blessednes of a man, to vvhom God reputeth iustice vvithout vvorkes,

7   Blessed are they, vvhose iniquities be forgiuen, and vvhose sinnes be09Q0972 couered.

8   Blessed is the man to vvhom our Lord hath09Q0973 not imputed sinne. ^note

9   This blessednes then doth it abide in the circumcision, or in the prepuce also? For vve say that vnto Abraham faith vvas ^note reputed to iustice.

10   Hovv vvas it reputed? in circumcision, or in prepuce? Not in circumcision, but in prepuce.

11   And ^note he receiued ^note the signe of circumcision,09Q0974a seale of the iustice of faith that is in prepuce: that he might be the father of al that beleeue by the prepuce, that vnto them also it may be reputed to iustice:

12   and might be father of circumcision, not to them only that are of the circumcision, but to them also that folovv the steppes of the faith that is in the prepuce of our father Abraham.

13   For not by the Lavv vvas the promisse to Abraham, or to his seede, that he should be heire of the vvorld: but by the iustice of faith.

14   For if they that are of the Lavv, be heires: faith is made voide, the promisse is abolished.

15   For the Lavv vvorketh vvrath. For vvhere is no lavv, neither is there preuarication.

16   Therfore of faith: that according to grace the promisse may be firme to al the seede, not to that only vvhich is of the Lavv, but to that also vvhich is of the faith of Abraham, vvho is

the father of vs al, (as it is vvritten:

17   For, a father of many nations haue I appointed thee) ^note before God, vvhom ^note thou didst beleeue, vvho quickeneth the dead: and calleth those things that are not, as those things that are.

18   Vvho contrarie to hope beleeued in hope: that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that vvhich vvas ^note said to him: So shal thy seede be, as the starres of heauen, and the sand of the sea.

19   And he vvas not vveakened in faith: neither did he c&obar;sider his ovvne body novv quite dead, vvhereas he vvas almost an hundred yeres old, and the dead matrice of Sara.

20   In the promisse also of God he staggered not by distrust: but vvas strengthened in faith, giuing glorie to God:

21   most fully knovving that vvhatsoeuer he promised, he is able also to doe.

2   Therfore vvas it also reputed him to iustice.

23   And it is not vvritten only for him, that it vvas reputed him to iustice:

24   but also09Q0975 for vs, to vvhom it shal be reputed beleeuing in him, that raised vp Iesvs Christ our Lord from the dead,

25   vvho vvas deliuered vp for our sinnes, and rose againe for our iustification. ^{note note note note note note}

^{note note} Chap. V. Hauing therfore through faith in Christ, obteined the beginning, he shevveth vvhat great cause vve haue to hope for the accomplishment. 12 And then he procedeth in his arguing, and shevveth that as by one, al vvere made sinners, so by one, al must be made iust.

1    ^noteBeing iustified therfore by faith, 09Q0976 let vs haue peace tovvard God by our Lord Iesvs Christ:

2   by vvh&obar; also vve haue09Q0977 accesse through faith into this grace vvherein vve stand, and glorie, ^note in the hope of the glorie of the sonnes of God.

3   And not only this: but also vve glorie in tribulations, knovving that tribulation vvorketh patience:

4   and patience, probation: and09Q0978 probation, hope.

5   and hope confoundeth not: because09Q0979 the charitie of God is povvred forth in our hartes, by the holy Ghost vvhich is giuen vs. &cross4;

6   For vvhy did Christ, vvhen vve as yet vvere ^{note note} vveake, according to the time die for the impious?

7   For, scarse for a iust man doth any die: for perhaps for a good man durst some man die.

8   But God commendeth his charitie in vs: because, vvhen as yet vve vvere sinners, Christ died for vs.

9   Much more therfore now being iustified in his bloud, shal vve be saued from vvrath

by him.

10   For if, vvhen vve vvere enemies, vve vvere rec&obar;ciled to God by the death of his Sonne: much more being reconciled, shal vve be saued in the life of him.

11   And not only this: but also vve glorie in God through our Lord Iesvs Christ, by vvhom novv vve haue receiued reconciliation.

12   Therfore, as09Q0980 by one man sinne entred into this vvorld, and by sinne death: and so vnto al men death did passe, in vvhich al sinned.

13   For euen vnto the Lavv sinne vvas in the world: but sinne was not imputed, when the law was not.

14   But death reigned from Adam09Q0981 vnto Moyses, euen on them also that sinned not after the similitude of the preuarication of Adam, vvho is a figure of him to come.

15   But not as the offence, so also the gift. for if by the offence of one, many died: much more the grace of God and the gift, in the grace of one man Iesvs Christ, hath abounded vpon many.

16   And not as by one ^note sinne, so also the gift. for iudgem&ebar;t in deede is of one, to condemnati&obar;: but grace is of many offences, to iustificati&obar;.

17   For if in the off&ebar;ce of one, death reigned by one: much more they that receiue the aboundance of grace and of donation & of iustice, shal reigne in life by one, Iesvs Christ.

18   Therfore as by the offence of one, vnto al men to condemnation: so also by the iustice of one, vnto al men to iustification of life.

19   For as by the disobedience of one man, many vvere made sinners: so also by the obedience of one, many ^note shal be made iust.

20   But the Lavv entred in,09Q0982 that sinne might abound. And vvhere sinne abounded, grace did more abound.

21   that as sinne reigned to death: so also grace may reigne by iustice to life euerlasting, through Iesvs Christ our Lord. ^{note note}

^{note note note note note} Chap. VI. He exhorteth vs, novv after Baptisme, to liue no more in sinne, but to vvalke in good vvorkes: because there vve died to the one, and rose againe to the other 14 (grace also giuing vs sufficient strength) 16 and vvere made free to the one, and seruants to the other, 21 and specially because of the fruite here, and the end aftervvard, both of the one and of the other.

1   What shal vve say then? Shal vve continue in sinne that grace may abound?

2   God forbid. For vve that are dead to sinne, hovv shal vve yet liue therein?

3    ^noteAre you ignorant that al09Q0983 vve vvhich are baptized in Christ Iesvs, in his death vve are baptized?

4   For ^note vve are buried together vvith him by Baptisme into death: that as Christ is risen from the dead by the glorie of the father, so vve also may vvalke in nevvnesse of life.

5   For if vve be become complanted to the similitude of his death,

vve shal be also of his resurrection.

6   Knovving this, that our09Q0984 old man is crucified vvith him, that the body of sinne may be destroied, to the end that vve may serue sinne no longer.

7   For he that is dead, is iustified from sinne.

8   And if vve be dead vvith Christ, vve beleeue that vve shal liue also together vvith Christ.

9   knovving that Christ rising againe from the dead, novv dieth no more, death shal no more haue dominion ouer him.

10   For that he died,09Q0985 to sinne he died once: but that he liueth, he liueth to God.

11   So thinke you also, that you are dead to sinne, but aliue to God in Christ Iesvs our Lord. &cross4;

12   Let not09Q0986 sinne therfore reigne in your mortal body, that you obey the concupiscences thereof.

13   But neither doe ye exhibite your members instruments of iniquitie vnto sinne: but exhibite your selues to God as of dead men, aliue: and your members instruments of iustice to God.

14   For sinne shal not haue dominion ouer you. for you are not vnder the Lavv, but vnder grace.

15   Vvhat then? shal vve sinne, because vve are not vnder the Lavv, but vnder grace? God forbid.

16    ^noteKnovv you not that to vvhom you exhibite your selues seruants to obey, you are the seruants of him vvhom you obey, vvhether it be of sinne, to death, or of obedience, to iustice.

17   But thankes be to God, that you vvere the seruants of sinne, but ^note haue obeied from the hart, vnto that09Q0987 forme of doctrine, into the vvhich you haue been deliuered.

18   And being made free from sinne, you vvere made seruants to iustice. ^note

19   I speake an humane thing, because of the infirmitie of your flesh. for as you haue exhibited your members to serue vncleannesse and iniquitie, vnto iniquitie: so now exhibite your m&ebar;bers to serue iustice, ^note vnto sanctification.

20   For when you vvere seruants of sinne, you were free to iustice.

21   What fruite therfore had you then in those things, for vvhich novv you are ashamed? for the end of them is death.

22   But novv being made free from sinne, and become seruants to God, you haue your fruite vnto sanctification, but the end, life euerlasting.

23   For the stipends of sinne, death. but09Q0988 the grace of God, life euerlasting in Christ Iesvs our Lord. &cross4;

^{note note note note note note} Chap. VII. Our former husband (sinne) vvith his lavv, is dead in Baptisme: and novv vve are maried to an other husband (to Christ) to bring forth children to God, that is, good vvorkes. 7 And hovv the Lavv being good, vvas yet to vs the lavv of sinne and death, because concupiscence reigned in vs. 17 But novv by Baptisme grace reigneth in vs, though also concupiscence doth remaine and tempt vs still.

1   Are you ignorant brethren (for I speake to them that knovv the Lavv) that the Lavv hath dominion ouer a man as long time as he liueth?

2   for ^note the vvoman that is vnder a husband: ^note her husband liuing is bound to the lavv. but if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the lavv of her husband.

3   Therfore her husband liuing, she shal be called an aduouteresse if she be vvith an other man: but if her husband be dead, she is deliuered from the lavv of her husband: so that she is not an aduouteresse if she be

vvith an other man.

4   Therfore my brethren ^note you also are made dead to the Lavv by the body of Christ: that you may be an other mans vvho is risen againe from the dead, that vve may fructifie to God.

5   For vvhen vve vvere in the flesh, the passions of sinnes, that vvere by the Lavv, did vvorke in our members, to fructifie vnto death.

6   but novv vve are loosed from the lavv of death, vvherein vve vvere deteined: ^note in so much vve serue in ^note nevvnesse of spirit, and not in the oldnes of the letter.

7   Vvhat shal vve say then? is the Lavv sinne? God forbid. But sinne I did not knovv, but by the Lavv, for concupisc&ebar;ce I knevv not, vnlesse the lavv did say:09Q0989 Thou shalt not couet. ^note

8   But ^note occasion being taken, sinne by the commaundement vvrought in me al c&obar;cupiscence. For vvithout the Lavv sinne vvas dead.

9   And I liued vvithout the Lavv sometime. But vvhen the commaundement vvas come, sinne reuiued.

10   And I vvas dead: and the commaundement, that vvas vnto life, the same to me vvas found to be vnto death.

11   For sinne taking occasion by the commaundement, seduced me, and by it killed me.

12   Therfore ^note the Lavv in deede is holy, and the commaundement holy, and iust, and good.

13   That th&ebar; vvhich is good, to me vvas it made death? God forbid. but sinne, that it may appeare sinne, by the good thing vvrought me death: that sinne might become sinning aboue measure by the c&obar;maundem&ebar;t.

14   For vve knovv that the Law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold vnder sinne.

15   For09Q0990 that which I vvorke, I vnderstand not. for09Q0991 not that vvhich I vvil, the same do I: but vvhich I hate, that I doe.

16   And if that vvhich I vvil not, the same I doe: I c&obar;sent to the Lavv, that it is good.

17   But novv, not I vvorke it any more, but the sinne that dvvelleth in me.

18   For I know that there dvvelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, good. For to vvil, is pres&ebar;t vvith me, but to accomplish that vvhich is good, I finde not.

19   For 09Q0992 not the good vvhich I vvil, that doe I: but the euil09Q0993 vvhich I vvil not, that I doe.

20   And if that vvhich I vvil not, the same I doe: novv not I vvorke it, but the sinne that dvvelleth in me.

21   I finde therfore, the Lavv, to me hauing a vvil to doe good, that euil is present vvith me. ^note

22   For I am delighted vvith the lavv of God according to the invvard man:

23   but I see an other lavv in my members, repugning to the lavv of my minde, and captîuing me in the lavv of sinne that

is in my members.

24   Vnhappie man that I am, vvho shal deliuer me from the body of this death?

25   The grace of God by Iesvs Christ our Lord. &cross4; Therfore I my self09Q0994 vvith the minde ^note serue the lavv of God, but vvith the flesh, the lavv of sinne. ^{note note note note note note} Chap. VIII. That novv after Baptisme vve are no more in state of damnation, because by the grace vvhich vve haue receiued, vve are able to fulfil the Lavv: vnles vve do vvilfully giue the dominion againe to concupiscence. 18 Then (because of the persecutions that then vvere) he comforteth and exhorteth them vvith many reasons.

1   There is novv therfore no damnation to them that are in Christ Iesvs: that walke not according to the flesh.

2   For the lavv of the spirit of life in Christ Iesvs, hath deliuered me from the lavv of sinne and of death.

3   For that vvhich vvas impossible to the Lavv, in that it vvas vveakened by the flesh: God sending his sonne in the similitude of the flesh of sinne, euen of sinne damned sinne in the flesh,

4   that ^note the iustification of the lavv might be fulfilled in vs, vvho vvalke not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

5   For they that are according to the flesh, are affected to the things that are of the flesh, but they that are according to the spirit: are affected to the things that are of the spirit.

6   For the vvisedom of the flesh, is death: but the vvisedom of the spirit, life and peace.

7   Because the vvisedom of the flesh, is ^note an enemie to God: for to the law of God it is not subiect, neither can it be.

8   And they that are in the flesh, can not please God.

9   But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, yet if the Spirit of God dvvel in you. But if any man haue not the Spirit of Christ, the same is not his.

10   But if Christ be in you: the body in deede is dead because of sinne, but the spirit liueth because of iustification.

11   And if the Spirit of him that raised vp Iesvs from the dead, dvvel in you: he that raised vp Iesvs Christ from the dead, shal quicken also your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit dvvelling in you. ^note

12   Therfore brethren, vve are deiters: not to the flesh, to liue according to the flesh.

13   For if you liue according to the flesh, you shal die, but if by the spirit, you mortifie the deedes of the flesh, you shal liue.

14   For vvhosoeuer ^note are ledde by the spirit of God, they are the sonnes of God.

15   For ^note you haue not receiued the spirit of seruitude againe in feare: but ^note you haue receiued the spirit of adoption of sonnes, vvherein vve crie: Abba, (father).

16   For09Q0995 the Spirit him self, giueth testimonie to our spirit, that we are the sonnes of God.

17   And if sonnes, heires also: heires truly of God, and coheires of Christ: &cross4;09Q0996 yet if vve suffer vvith him, that vve may be also glorified vvith him.

18   For I thinke that the passions of this time are not09Q0997 condigne to the glorie to come that shal be reuealed in vs. ^{note note}

19   For the expectation of the creature, expecteth the reuelation of

the sonnes of God.

20   For the creature is made subiect to vanitie, not vvilling, but for him that made it subiect in hope:

21   because the creature also it self shal be deliuered from the seruitude of corruption, into the libertie of the glorie of the children of God.

22   For vve knovv that euery creature groneth, and trauaileth euen til novv.

23   And not only it, but vve also our selues hauing the first fruites of the spirit, vve also grone vvithin our selues, expecting the adoption of the sonnes of God, the redemption of our body. &cross4;

24   For09Q0998 by hope vve are saued. But hope that is seen, is not hope. for that vvhich a man seeth, vvherfore doth he hope it?

25   But if vve hope for that vvhich vve see not: vve expect by patience.

26   And in like maner also the Spirit helpeth our infirmitie. For, vvhat vve should pray as vve ought, vve knovv not: but the Spirit him self requesteth for vs vvith gronings vnspeakeable.

27   And he that searcheth the hartes, knovveth vvhat 09Q0999 the Spirit desireth: because according to God he requesteth for the sainctes.

28   And vve knovv that to them that loue God, al things cooperate vnto good, to such as according to purpose are called to be sainctes.

29   For vvhom he hath forknowen, he hath also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his sonne: that he might be the first-borne in many brethren.

30   And09Q1000 vvhom he hath predestinated: them also he hath called. and vvhom he hath called: them also he hath iustified. and vvhom he hath iustified: them also hath he glorified.

31   What shal vve then say to these things? If God be for vs, vvho is against vs?

32   He that spared not also his ovvne sonne, but for vs al deliuered him: hovv hath he not also vvith him giuen vs al things?

33   Who shal accuse against the elect of God? God that iustifieth.

34   Who is he that shal condemne? Christ Iesvs that died, yea that is risen also againe, vvho is on the right hand of God, vvho also maketh intercession for vs. ^note

35   Who then shal separate vs from the charitie of Christ? tribulation? or distresse? or famine? or nakednes? or danger? or persecution? or the svvord?

36   (as it is vvritten, For vve are killed for thy sake al the day: vve are esteemed as sheepe of slaughter.) ^note

37   But in al these things we ouer come because of him that hath loued vs. ^note

38   For09Q1001 I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Povvers, neither things present, nor things to come, neither might,

39   nor height, nor depth, nor other creature, shal be able to

separate vs from the charitie of God vvhich is in Christ Iesvs our Lord. &cross4; ^{note note note note note note}

^note Chap. IX. With a protestation of his sorow for it (lest they should thinke him to reioyce in their perdition) he insinuateth the Iewes to be reprobate, although they come of Abrahams flesh, 6 saying, to be the sonnes of God, goeth not by that, but by Gods grace: 19 considering that al vvere one damned masse. 24 by which grace the Gentils to be made his people: and so the prophets to haue foretold of them both. 30 And the cause hereof to be, that the Gentils submit them selues to the faith of Christ, vvhich the Iewes vvil not.

1   I speake the verity in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me vvitnes in the holy Ghost,

2   that I haue great sadnesse & continual sorovv in my hart.

3   For I vvished, my self to be an09Q1002 anàthema from Christ for my brethren, vvho are my kinsmen according to the flesh,

4   vvho are Israëlites, vvhose is the adoption of sonnes, and the glorie, and the testament, and the lavv giuing, and ^note the seruice, and the promisses:

5   vvhose are the fathers, & of vvhom Christ is according to the flesh, vvho is aboue al things God blessed for euer. Amen.

6   But not that the vvord of God is frustrate. For,09Q1003 not al that are of Israël, they be Israëlites:

7   nor they that are the seede of Abrah&abar;, al be children:09Q1004 but in Isaac shal the seede be called vnto thee: ^note

8   that is to say, not they that are the childr&ebar; of the flesh, they are the children of God: but they that are the children of the promisse, are esteemed for the seede.

9   For the vvord of the

promisse is this, According to this time vvil I come: and Sara shal haue a sonne. ^note

10   And not only she, But ^note Rebecca also conceiuing 09Q1005 of one copulation, of Isaac our father. ^note

11   For vvhen they vvere09Q1006 not yet borne, nor had done any good or euil (that the purpose of God according to election might stand)

12   not of vvorkes, but of the caller it vvas said to her: That the elder shal serue the yonger, ^note

13   as it is vvritten: Iacob I loued, but Esau I hated. ^note

14   Vvhat shal vve say then? 09Q1007Is there iniquitie vvith God? God forbid.

15   For to Moyses he saith, I vvil haue mercie on vvhom I haue mercie: and I vvil shevv mercie to vvhom I vvil shevv mercie. ^note

16   Therfore it is09Q1008 not of the vviller, nor the runner, but of God that shevveth mercie.

17   For the Scripture saith to Pharao: That 09Q1009 to this very purpose haue I raised thee, that in thee I may shevv my povver: and that my name may be renovvmed in the vvhole earth. ^note

18   Therfore on vvhom he vvil, he hath mercie: and vvhom he vvil, he doth indurate.

19   Thou saiest therfore vnto me: Vvhy doth he yet complaine? for vvho resisteth his vvil?

20   O man,09Q1010 vvho art thou that doest ansvver God? Doth the vvorke say to him that vvrought it: Vvhy hast thou made me thus?

21   Or hath not09Q1011 the potter of clay, povver, of the same masse to make one vessel vnto honour, and an other vnto c&obar;tumelie?

22   And if God vvilling to shevv vvrath, and to make his might knovven, ^note susteined in much patience the vessels of vvrath ^note apte to destruction,

23   that he might shevv the riches of his glorie vpon the vessels of mercie vvhich he prepared vnto glorie.

24   Vvhom also he hath called, vs, not only of the Ievves, but also of the Gentiles,

25   as in Osee he saith, I vvil call that vvhich is not my people, my people: and her that vvas not beloued, beloued: and her that hath not obteined mercie, hauing obteined mercie. ^note

26   And it shal be, in the place vvhere it vvas said to them, you are not my people: there they shal be called the sonnes of the liuing God. ^note

27   And Esaie crieth for Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remaines shal be saued.

28   For consummating a vvord, and abbridging it in equitie: because vvord abbridged shal our Lord make vpon the earth. ^note

29   And as Esay foretold, Vnles the Lord of Sabaoth had left vs seede: vve had been made like Sodom, and vve had been like as Gomorrha. ^note

30   What shal vve say then? That the Gentiles vvhich pursued not after iustice, haue apprehended iustice, but the iustice that is of faith.

31   But Israel in pursuing the lavv of iustice, is not come vnto the lavv of iustice.

32   Vvhy so? Because

not of faith, but as it vvere of vvorkes. for ^note they haue stombled at the stone of stombling,

33   as it is vvritten, Behold I put in Sion a stone of stombling, and a rocke of scandal: and vvhosoeuer beleeueth in him, shal not be confounded. ^{note note note note note note note}

^{note note}

^{note note} Chap. X. The Lavv vvas not (as the Ievves ignorant zeale supposed) for them to iustifie them selues by it (considering that they could not fulfil it:) but to bring them to Christ, to beleeue in him, and so for his sake to be iustified by the grace of God: 5 according to Moyses saying, and the Apostles preaching: 11 that so the Gentils also (according to the Prophets) hearing and beleeuing might come to iustice: the Ievves in the meane time (though inexcusably) remaining incredulous.

1   Brethren, the vvil of my hart surely and praier to God, is for them vnto saluation.

2   For I giue them testimonie that they haue zeale of God, but not according to knovvledge.

3   For, not knovving09Q1012 the iustice of God, & seeking to establish their ovvne, they haue not been subiect to the iustice of God.

4   For, ^note the end of the Law is Christ: vnto iustice to euery one that

beleeueth.

5   for Moyses vvrote, ^note that, the iustice vvhich is of the Lavv, the man that hath done it, shal liue in it. ^note

6   But09Q1013 the iustice vvhich is of faith, saith thus, say not in thy hart, Vvho shal ascend into heauen? ^note that is to bring Christ dovvne.

7   Or vvho descendeth into the depth? that is to call Christ againe from the dead.

8   But vvhat saith the Scripture? The vvord is nigh, in thy mouth, and in thy hart. this is09Q1014 the vvord of faith vvhich vve preach.

9   For if thou confesse vvith thy mouth our Lord Iesvs, and in thy hart beleeue that God hath raised him vp from the dead, thou shalt be saued. ^note

10   For vvith the hart vve beleeue vnto iustice: but vvith the mouth confession is made to saluation.

11   For the Scripture saith: Vvhosoeuer beleeueth in him, shal not be confounded. ^note

12   For there is no distinction of the Iew and the Greeke: for one is Lord of al, riche tovvard al that inuocate him.

13   For euery one ^note vvhosoeuer shal inuocate the name of our Lord, shal be saued. ^note

14   09Q1015Hovv then shal they inuocate in vvhom they haue not beleeued? Or hovv shal they beleeue him vvhom they haue not heard? And hovv shal they heare without a preacher?

15   But hovv shal they preach09Q1016 vnles they be sent? as it is vvritten: Hovv beautiful are the feete of them that euangelize peace, of them that euangelize good things? ^note

16   But al ^note do not obey the Gospel. For Esay saith, Lord, vvho hath beleeued the hearing of vs? ^note

17   Faith then, is by hearing: and hearing is by the vvord of Christ.

18   But I say, haue they not heard? And certes into al the earth hath the sound of them gone forth: and vnto the endes of the vvhole vvorld the vvordes of them. ^note &cross4;

19   But I say, hath not Israel knovven? Moyses first saith, I vvil bring you to emulation in that vvhich is not a nation: in a folish nation, I vvil driue you into anger. ^note

20   But Esay is bold, and saith, I vvas found of them that did not seeke me: openly I appeared to them09Q1017 that asked not of me. ^note

21   But to Israel he saith, Al the day haue I spred my handes to a people that beleeueth not, and contradicteth me. ^{note note note}

^{note note note note} Chap. XI. Not al the Ievves vvere reprobate, but some electe: and they by grace obtained iustice, the rest (according to the Prophets) being excecated. 11 Against vvhom not vvithstanding the Christian Gentils (to vvhom by that occasion Christ is come) must not insult: but rather feare euery man him self to be likevvise cut of the tree (vvhich is the Catholike Church) 25 and knovv that vvhen al the Gentils are brought into the Church, then (about the end of the vvorld) shal the multitude of the Ievves also come in: 33 according to the disposition of the vvonderful vvisedom of God.

1   I Say then: Hath god reiected his people? God forbid. for I also am an Israelite, of the seede of Abraham, of the tribe of Ben-iamin.

2   God hath not reiected his people vvhich he foreknevve. Or knovv you not in Elias vvhat the Scripture saith: hovv he requesteth God against Israël?

3   Lord, they haue slaine thy Prophets, they haue digged dovvne thine altares: and I am left alone, and they seeke my life. ^note

4   But vvhat saith the diuine

ansvver vnto him? I haue left me seuen09Q1019 thousand men, that haue not bovved their knees to ^note Baal?

5   So therfore at this time also, there are remaines saued according to the election of grace.

6   And if by grace:09Q1020 not novv of vvorkes. othervvise grace novv is not grace.

7   Vvhat then? that vvhich Israel sought, the same he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained: and the rest vvere blinded.

8   as it is vvritten:09Q1021 God hath giuen them the spirit of compunction: eies, that they may not see: and eares, that they may not heare: vntil this present day. ^note

9   And Dauid saith: Be their table made for a snare and for a trappe and for a scandal and for a retribution vnto them. ^note

10   Be their eies darkened, that they may not see: and their backe make thou alvvaies crooked.

11   I say then, haue they so stombled, ^note that they should fall? God forbid. but by their offence, saluation is to the Gentils, that they may emulate them.

12   And if the offence of them be the riches of the vvorld, and the diminution of them ^note the riches of the Gentils: hovv much more the fulnesse of them?

13   For to you Gentils I say, as long verely as I am the Apostle of the Gentils, I vvil honour my ministerie,

14   if by any meanes I may prouoke my flesh to emulation, and may saue some of them.

15   For if the losse of them be the reconciliation of the vvorld: vvhat shal the receiuing be, but life from the dead?

16   And if the first fruite be holy, the masse also: and if the roote be holy, the boughes also.

17   And if some of the boughes be broken, and thou vvhereas thou vvast a vvilde oliue, art graffed in them, and art made partaker of the roote and of the fatnesse of the oliue,

18   glorie not against the boughes. And if thou glorie: not thou bearest the roote, but the roote thee.

19   Thou saiest then: The boughes vvere broken, that I might be graffed in.

20   Vvel:09Q1022 because of incredulitie they vvere broken, but thou by faith doest stand: be not to highly vvise, but ^note feare.

21   For if God hath not spared the natural boughes: lest perhaps he vvil not spare thee neither.

22   See then the goodnes and the seueritie of God: vp&obar; them surely that are fallen, the seueritie: but vpon thee the goodnes of God, if thou abide in his goodnesse, othervvise thou also shalt be cut of.

23   But they also, if they do not abide in incredulitie, shal be graffed in. for God is able to graffe them in againe.

24   For if thou vvast cut out of the natural vvild oliue, and contrarie to nature vvast graffed into the good oliue: hovv much more they that are according to

nature, shal be graffed into their ovvne oliue?

25   For I vvil not haue you ignorant, brethren, of this mysterie (that you be not vvise in your selues) that blindnes in part hath chaunced in Israël, vntil the fulnes of the Gentiles might enter:

26   and so al Israël might be saued, as it is vvritten: There shal come out of Sion, he that shal deliuer, and shal auert impietie from Iacob. ^note

27   And this to them the testament from me: vvhen I shal haue taken avvay their sinnes.

28   09Q1023According to the Gospel in deede enemies for you: but according to the election, most deere for the fathers.

29   for vvithout repentance are the giftes and the vocation of God.

30   for09Q1024 as you also sometime did not beleeue God, but novv haue obteined mercie because of their incredulitie:

31   so these also novv haue not beleeued, for your mercie, that they also may obteine mercie.

32   For God hath 09Q1025 c&obar;cluded al into incredulitie, that he may haue mercie on al.

33   09Q1026O depth of the riches of the vvisedom and of the knowledge of God: hovv incomprehensible are his iudgements, and his vvaies vnsearcheable? ^note

34   for ^note vvho hath knovven the minde of our Lord? or vvho hath been his co&ubar;seler?

35   Or vvho hath first giuen to him, and retribution shal be made him?

36   For of him, and by him, and in him are al things: to him be glorie for euer. Amen. &cross4; ^{note note}

^{note note note note note note} Chap. XII. ^noteHe exhorteth them to mortification of the body, 2 to renouation of the minde, 3 to keeping of vnitie by humilitie, 6 to the right vsing of their gifts and functions, 9 to other good actions, 17 and specially to louing of their enemies.

1    ^noteI besech you therfore brethren by the mercie of God, ^note that you exhibite your bodies 09Q102709Q1028 a liuing host, holy, pleasing God, your reasonable seruice.

2   And be not conformed to this vvorld: but be reformed in the newnes of your minde, ^note that you may proue vvhat the good, and acceptable, and perfect vvil of God is.

3   for I say by the grace that is giuen me, to al that are among you, ^note not to be

more vvise then behoueth to be vvise, but to be vvise vnto sobrietie, ^note to euery one as God hath deuided the measure of faith. ^note

4   For as in one body vve haue many members, but al the members haue not one action:

5   so vve being many, are one body in Christ, & eche one an others members. &cross4;

6   And hauing giftes, according to the grace that is giuen vs, differ&ebar;t, either ^note prophecie09Q1029 according to the rule of faith,

7   or ministerie in ministring, or he that teacheth in doctrine,

8   he that exhorteth in exhorting, he that giueth in simplicitie, he that ruleth in carefulnes, he that shevveth mercie in cheerefulnes.

9    ^noteLoue vvithout simulation. Hating euil. cleauing to good.

10   Louing the charitie of the brotherhod one toward an other. Vvith honour preuenting one an other.

11   In carefulnes not slouthful. In spirit feruent. Seruing our Lord.

12   Reioycing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in praier.

13   Communicating to the ^note necessities of the sainctes. Pursuing hospitalitie.

14   Blesse them that persecute you: blesse, and ^note curse not.

15   To reioyce vvith them that reioyce, to vveepe vvith them that vveepe.

16   Being of one minde one tovvard an other. Not minding high things, but c&obar;senting to the humble. &cross4; ^noteBe not vvise in your ovvne conceite.

17   To no man rendring euil for euil. Prouiding good things not only before God, but also before al men.

18   If it may be, as much as is in you, hauing peace vvith al men.

19   Not reuenging your selues my deerest, but giue place vnto vvrath, for it is vvritten: Reuenge to me: I vvil revvard, ^note saith our Lord.

20   but if thine enemie, hunger, giue him meate: if he thirst, giue him drinke for, doing this, thou shalt heape coales of fire vpon his head. ^note

21   Be not ouercome of euil, but ouercome in good the euil. &cross4; ^{note note note}

Chap. XIII. To yeld obedience and al other duties vnto Potestats: 8. to loue their neighbour vvhich is the fulfilling of the Lavv: 11. and specially to consider, that novv being the time of grace, vve must doe nothing that may not beseeme day light.

1    ^noteLet09Q1030 euery soul be subiect to higher powers, for there is09Q1031 no povver but of God. And those that are, of God are ordeined.

2   Therfore he that resisteth the povver, resisteth the ordinance of God. And09Q1032 they that resist, purchase to them selues damnati&obar;.

3   for princes are no feare to the good worke, but to the euil. But wilt thou not feare the povver? Doe good: and thou shalt haue praise of the same.

4   for he is gods minister vnto thee for good. But if thou doe euil, feare. for he09Q1033 beareth not the svvord without cause. For he is Gods minister: a reu&ebar;ger vnto vvrath, to him that doeth euil.

5   Therfore be subiect of necessitie, not only for vvrath, but also for conscience sake.

6   For therfore 09Q1034 you giue tributes also. for they are the ministers of God, seruing vnto this purpose.

7   Render therfore to al men their devv: ^note to vvhom tribute, tribute: to vvhom custom, custom: to whom feare, feare: to vvh&obar; honour, honour. ^note

8   Ovve

no man any thing: but, that you loue one an other. For he that loueth his neighbour, hath ^note fulfilled the lavv.

9   For, Thou shalt not commit aduoutrie, Thou shalt not kil, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false vvitnes, Thou shalt not couet, ^note and if there be any other commaundement: it is comprised in this vvord, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self. ^note

10   The loue of thy neighbour, vvorketh no euil. Loue therfore is the fulnesse of the lavv. &cross4;

11   And that knovving the season, that it is novv the houre for vs to rise from sleepe. For novv our saluation is neerer then vvhen vve beleeued. ^note

12   The night is passed, and the day is at hand. Let vs therfore cast of the vvorkes of darknesse, and doe on the armour of light.

13   As in the day let vs vvalke honestly:09Q1035 not in banketings and drunkennes, not in chamberings and impudicities, not in contention and emulation:

14   but doe ye on our Lord Iesvs Christ, &cross4; and make not prouision for the flesh in concupiscences. ^{note note note}

^{note note note} Chap. XIIII. Like a moderator and peacemaker betvvene the firme Christians (vvho vvere the Gentils) and the infirme (vvho vvere the Christian Ievves, hauing yet a scruple to cease from keeping the ceremonial meates and daies of Moyses Lavv) he exhorteth the Ievv not to condemne the Gentil vsing his libertie: and the Gentil againe, not to condemne the scrupulous Iew: but rather to abstaine from vsing his libertie, then offending: the Ievv, to be an occasion vnto him of apostating.

1   And him that is vveake in faith, take vnto you: not in disputations of cogitati&obar;s.

2   For one beleeueth that he may09Q1036 eate al things: but he that is vveake, ^note let him eate herbes.

3   Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and he that eateth not: let him not iudge him that eateth. for God hath taken him to him.

4   Vvho art thou that iudgest an other mans seruant? To his ovvne Lord he standeth or falleth. and he shal stand: for God is able to make him stand.

5   For one iudgeth09Q1037 betvveene day and day: and an other iudgeth euery day. let euery one abound09Q1038 in his ovvne sense.

6   He that respecteth the day, respecteth to our

Lord. And he that eateth, eateth to our Lord: for he giueth thankes to God. And he that eateth not, to our Lord he eateth not, and giueth thankes to God.

7   For none of vs liueth to him self & no man dieth to him self.

8   For whether vve liue, we liue to our Lord: or vvhether we die, we die to our Lord. Therfore vvhether vve liue, or vvhether vve die, vve are our Lords.

9   For to this end Christ died and rose againe: that he may haue dominion both of the dead and of the liuing.

10   But thou, vvhy iudgest thou thy brother? or thou, vvhy doest thou despise thy brother? For ^note vve shal al stand before the iudgement seate of Christ.

11   For it is vvritten, liue 1, saith our Lord, that euery knee shal bovve to me: and euery tongue shal confesse to God. ^note

12   Therfore euery one of vs for him self shal render account to God.

13   Let vs therfore no more iudge one an other. but this iudge ye rather, that you put not a stumbling blocke or a scandal to your brother.

14   I knovv and am persuaded in our Lord Iesvs Christ, that nothing is ^note c&obar;mon of it self, but to him that supposeth, any thing to be c&obar;mon, to him it is common.

15   For if because of meate thy brother be greeued: novv thou vvalkest not according to charitie. ^noteDo not vvith thy meate destroy him for vvhom Christ died.

16   Let not then our good be blasphemed.

17   For the kingdom of God is09Q1039 not meate and drinke: but iustice, and peace, and ioy in the holy Ghost.

18   for he that in this serueth Christ, pleaseth God, and is acceptable to men.

19   Therfore the things that are of peace let vs pursue: and the things that are of edifying one tovvard an other let vs keepe.

20   Destroy not the vvorke of God for meate. ^noteAl things in deede are cleane: but it is il for the man that eateth by giuing offence.

21   It is good not to eate flesh, and not to drinke vvine, not that vvherein thy brother is offended, or scandalized, or vveakened.

22   Hast thou faith?09Q1040 haue it vvith thy self before God. Blessed is he that iudgeth not him self in that vvhich he approueth.

23   But09Q1041he that discerneth, if he eate, is damned: because not of faith. for09Q1042al that is not of faith, is sinne. ^note

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Chap. XV. He procedeth to make peace betvvene the Christian Gentils and Ievves. 8 vvith this resolution, that the Ievves vocation is of promis in deede, but the Gentils also of mercie, and foretold by the Scriptures. 14 Then dravving to an ende, he excuseth him self to the Romanes for vvriting thus vnto them, 21 hoping novv at length to see them, after that he hath been at Hierusalem, 29 vvherevnto also he requesteth their praiers.

1   And vve that are the str&obar;ger, must susteine the infirmities of the vveake, & not please our selues.

2   Let euery one of you please his neighbour vnto good, to edification.

3   For, Christ did not please him self, but as it is vvritten, The reproches of them that reproched thee, fel vpon me. ^note

4   For ^note vvhat things soeuer haue been vvritten, to our learning they are vvritten: that by the patience and consolation of the Scriptures, vve may haue hope. ^note

5   And the God of patience and of comfort giue you to be of one minde one tovvard an other according to Iesvs Christ:

6   that of ^note one minde, vvith one mouth you may glorifie God and the Father of our Lord Iesvs Christ.

7   For the vvhich cause receiue one an other: as Christ also hath receiued you vnto the honour of God.

8   For I say Christ Iesvs to haue been ^note minister of the circumcision for the veritie of God to confirme the promisses of the fathers.

9   But the Gentils to honour God for his mercie, as it is vvritten: Therfore vvil I confesse to thee in the Gentils ô Lord, and vvil sing to thy name. ^note

10   And againe he saith, Reioyce ye G&ebar;tils vvith his people. ^note

11   And againe, Praise al ye Gentils our Lord: and magnifie him al ye peoples. ^note

12   And againe Esaie saith, There shal be the roote of Iesse: and he that shal rise vp to rule the Gentils, in him the Gentils shal hope. ^note

13   And the God of hope replenish you vvith al ioy and peace in beleeuing: that you may abound in hope, and in the vertue of the holy Ghost. &cross4;

14   And I my self also, my brethren, am assured of you, that you also are ful of loue, replenished vvith al knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one an other.

15   But I haue vvritten to you (brethren) more boldly in part, as it were putting you in remembrance: for the grace vvhich is giuen me of God,

16   to be the minister of Christ Iesvs in the G&ebar;tils: sanctifying the Gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentils may be made acceptable and sanctified in the holy

Ghost.

17   I haue therfore glorie in Christ Iesvs tovvard God.

18   For I dare not speake any of those things vvhich Christ vvorketh not by me for the obedience of the Gentils, by vvord and deedes,

19   in the vertue of signes and vv&obar;ders, in the vertue of the holy Ghost: so that from Hierusalem round about vnto Illyricum I haue replenished the Gospel of Christ.

20   And I haue so preached this Gospel, not vvhere Christ vvas named, lest I should build vpon an other mans foundation:

21   but as it is vvritten, They to vvhom it hath not been preached of him, shal see: and they that haue not heard, shal vnderstand. ^note

22   For the vvhich cause also I vvas hindred very much from comming vnto you.

23   But novv hauing no longer place in these countries, and hauing a desire to come vnto you these many yeres novv passed:

24   vvhen I shal begin to take my iourney into Spaine, I hope that as I passe, I shal see you, and be brought thither of you, if first in part I shal haue enioyed you.

25   Novv therfore I vvil goe vnto Hierusalem to minister to the ^note saincts.

26   For Macedonia and Achaia haue liked vvel to make some contribution vpon the poore saincts that are in Hierusalem.

27   For it hath pleased them: and they are their detters. For if the Gentiles be made partakers of their spiritual things: they ought also in carnal things to minister vnto them.

28   This therfore vvhen I shal haue acc&obar;plished, and signed them this fruite, I vvil goe by you into Spaine.

29   And I knovv that comming to you, I shal come in aboundance of the blessing of Christ.

30   I beseeche you therfore brethren by our Lord Iesvs Christ, and by the charitie of the holy Ghost, that you ^note helpe me in your praiers for me to God,

31   that I may be deliuered from the infidels that are in Ievvrie, and the oblation of my seruice may become acceptable in Hierusalem to the saincts,

32   that I may come to you in ioy by the vvil of God, that I may be refreshed vvith you.

33   And the God of peace be vvith you all. Amen. Chap. XVI. He commendeth the bearer Phœbè to the Romanes, 3 and him self to many there by name. 17 he declareth the doctrine vvhich the Romanes had learned, to be the touchstone to knovv Seducers. 21 he doth vnto them the commendations of al the Churches and of certaine persons by name: 25 and concludeth.

1   And I commend to you Phœbè our sister, vvho is in the ministerie of the Church that is in Cenchris:

2   that you receiue her in our Lord as it is vvorthie for saincts: and that you assist her in whatsoeuer busines she shal neede you. for she also hath assisted many and my self.

3    ^noteSalute Prisca and Aquila my helpers in Christ Iesvs,

4   (vvho for my life haue laid dovvne their neckes: to vvh&obar; not I only giue thankes, but also al the Churches of the Gentiles)

5   and their ^note domestical Church. Salute Epænetus my beloued: vvho is the first fruite of Asia in Christ.

6   Salute Marie vvho hath laboured much about vs.

7   Salute Andrónicus and ^note Iulia my cosins and fellovv captiues: vvho are noble among the Apostles, vvho also before me vvere in Christ.

8   Salute Ampliátus my best beloued in our Lord.

9   Salute Vrbánus our helper in Christ Iesvs, and Stachys my beloued.

10   Salute Apelles ^note approued in Christ. Salute them that are of Aristóbolus house.

11   Salute Herodion my kinsman. Salute them that are of Narcissus house, that are in our Lord.

12   Salute Tryphæna and Tryphósa: vvho labour in our Lord. Salute Persis the beloued, vvho hath much laboured in our Lord.

13   Salute Rufus the elect in our Lord and his mother and mine.

14   Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Pátrobas, Hermes: and the brethren that are vvith them. ^note

15   Salute Philólogus and Iulia, Nereus, and his sister and Olympias: and al the saincts that are vvith them.

16   09Q1043Salute one an other in a09Q1044holy kisse. Al the churches of Christ salute you.

17   And I desire you brethren,09Q1045to marke them that make dissensions and scandals contrarie to the doctrine vvhich you haue ^note learned, and auoid them.

18   For such doe not serue Christ our Lord,09Q1046but their ovvne belly: and ^note by svveete speaches and benedictions seduce the hartes of innocents.

19   For09Q1047your obedience is published into euery place. I reioyce therfore in you. But I vvould haue you to be vvise in good, and simple in euil.

20   And the God of peace crush Satan vnder your feete quickely. The grace of our Lord Iesvs Christ be vvith you.

21   Timothee my coadiutor saluteth you, and Lucius, and Iason, and Sosípater, my kinsmen.

22   I Tertius salute you, that vvrote the epistle, in our Lord.

23   Caius mine host, and

the whole Churches, saluteth you. Erastus the Cofferer of the citie saluteth you, and Quartus, a brother.

24   The grace of our Lord Iesvs Christ be vvith al you, Amen.

25   And to him that is able to confirme you according to my Gospel and preaching of Iesvs Christ, according to the reuelation of the mysterie from eternal times kept secrete,

26   vvhich novv is opened by the Scriptures of the prophets according to the precept of the eternal God, to the obedi&ebar;ce of faith knovven in al Gentiles,

27   to God the only vvise through Iesvs Christ, to vvhom be honour & glorie for euer and euer. Amen. ^note

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