John — Chapter 10

1. Climeth another way.) Arch-heretikes specially, are the theeues that clime in another way, not by the doore. Whosoeuer taketh vpon him to preach without lawful sending, to minister Sacraments, and is not Canonically ordered of a true Catholike Bishop, to be a Curate of soules, Person, Bishop, or what other spiritual Pastour so euer, and commeth not in by lawful election and holy Churches ordinance to that dignity, but breaketh in against order by force or fauour of men, and by humane lawes, he is a theefe and a murderer. So came in Arius, Caluin, Luther, and al Heretikes: and al that succeed them in roome and doctrine. And generally euery one that descendeth not by Lawful succession in the knowen ordinarie line of Catholike Bishops and Pastours that haue been in al Countries since their conuersions. And according to this rule S. Irenæus li. 3. c. 3. vseth the true shepheards from the theeues and Heretikes. So doe Tertul. de Praeser. nu. 11. S. Cypr. de vnit. Ec. nu. 7. S. August. ep. 165. & cont. ep. Manich. c. 4. and Liuinesis

11. Good Pastour.) The good Pastour, is he whose special care is not of his owne aduantage, but of the safty of the flocke. The hireling, is he that respecteth not the profit and good of the flocke, but his owne lucre. The woulfe, is the Heretike, or any persecutour of the Church, which is Christs flocke.

13. Flieth.) When the Pastour must tarie, or may flie. Euery Bishop and Pastour is bound to abide with his flocke in times of danger and persecution euen to death, except himself be personally sought for, rather then the flocke, or the flocke itself forsake him. For in such cases the Pastour may flye, as the Apostles did, and S. Athanasius, and others. S. Athan. Apol. de sua fuga. August. ep. 180.

22. The dedication.) Iudas Machabeus. This is the feast of Dedication instituted by Iudas Machabæus li. 1 Mach. c. 4. Christ vouchsafed to honour and keepe that feast instituted by him: and our Heretikes vouchsafe not to pray and sacrifice for the dead, *vsed and approued by him. Dedication of Churches. The Dedication also of Christian Churches is warranted thereby, with the annual memories thereof. And it proueth that such things may be instituted without any expresse commandement in Scripture. *2. Machæ. 12.

29. That which he gaue me.) Christs essence and diuine nature of the Father. Thus read also diuers of the Fathers, namely S. Hilar. Trin. li. 7 post medium. S. Ambr. de Sp. S. li. 3. c. 18. S. August. in Io. tract. 48. S. Cyril. li. 7. in Io c. 10. and vse it to proue that Christ had his essence and nature of the Father. Caluins Autotheisme. And therfore some Heretikes of our time wickedly accuse the Councel of Laterane for falsifying this place and applying it to the same purpose. Which they lesse can abide, for that it is against Caluins Autotheisme, holding that Christ tooke his person of the Father, but not his substance. See the 2 Annot. in 1 Io. v. 1.

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me not. + Butif I doe, and if you vvil not belecue me,beleeue the vvorkes:that you may knovv and beleeue that the Father is in me, and I in the 39 Father. 4 + They fought thertoreto apprehend him: and he vvent forth out of their handes. 40 t+ Andhe vvent againe beyond Iordan into that place 41 vvhere Iohn vvas baptizing firft: and he taried there. t and many came to him.and they faid, Thatlohn in deede did no figne. But al things vvhatfoeuer Iohn {aid of this man , vvere 42 true. f And many belecued in him.