John — Chapter 11

Bifhop,to be a Curate of foules, Pesfon, Bifhop, or What other (piricual Paftor Co cuer , and commech notin by lawful Arch-heretikes election audboly Churches ordinance to that dignity, but breaketh in againft order by force or {pecially,are the fauour of men ; and by humane lawes, he is atheefe anda murderer, So camein Arius, Caluin, theeues that cli- Lucher, and al Heretikes: and al that fuccede them in roome and doctrine. And generally euery me in an other onc thar defcendeth nor by Lawful {uccetlion inthe knowen ordinarie line of Catholike Bi{hops way,vot by the and Paftors thar haue been inal Councries fince their conuerfion . And according to this rule 5S. trenaueli. 3c. crieth the true Chepheards from the theeues and Herctikes. So doe Tertul .de Prefer, nu, ir. S. Cope. devnit.' Ee. mu. 7, S. Auguff, ep. 165.¢7 cont. ep. Manich. c.+. and Lirinenfis,

, and fuch like, giue vsto Wit that We be not fure to perfift or perfeuére, nor to be Perteucrance, faucd, but vader conditions to be fulfilled by vs, tug, de corrept. & gra. 6.15. «. Unies it abide.) Whofoeuer by Heretie or Schifme or tor any other caufcis cut of or fepa- rated from the Church,he can do no meritorious Worke co Salwar. h +0, Keepe my precepts.) This careful and often admonition of keeping his commaundements, prouech ent a Caration vans life is not onely or principally in faith, but in good workes, pad onely

The hireling,is he that retpecteth not the profte and good of the Hocke, but hisownelucre. The Woulfe,is the Heretike, or any periecutor of the Church, Which is Chrifts fHocke, rs. Fleeth.) Euery Bi{ hop and Paftor is bound co abide wich his flocke in times of danger and perfecution cuenta death,except him felfbe perfonally foughe for,rather then the locke, or the Hocke itfelf forfake him. for in uch cafes the Paftor may flee, as the Apofties did,and S.Athana- fius,and others.5. Athan, Apol. de (ua fuse August. ep. £0.

La 22,175. Mt. 27, 217. Myr.. 19,16. Cua, X1X. ACCORDING TO S. IOHN. 271 Hory Mt. 27,

Greekes thinke otherwite. _. 27. Yow has give.) He vouchfateth roioyne together the teitimonie of the Holy Ghoft,and ofthe Apoftles:thac we may fee che tettimonic of truth ioyntly co coniilt in the Holy Ghoft and inthe Preiars of the Church, RS Cuap. XVI. The caufevvhy he foretelleth them their perfecution by the levves, 1, that they be net sftervvard fcandalized thereat, 6 Though they thinke thu heauienevves , it u for their vantage that he departerh , because of the great benefites that they { bad receiue by she comming then of the Holy Ghoft, vvhv (hal alfo behu vvitnes againf? bu enemies, 16 vilthough in thu vvorid they {bal fobe per{ ected, yer tohu heauenly Father they and their praiers made inhu name , {hal be moff acceptable, and atlength thechilde (that 4, Chriftin al hu members ) being borne , their ioy {hal be (uch as no perfecutor can take from them, 31 Hovubeit at shu inftans of hu apprehenfton,they vil al forfake him. Thefe Worry 264 THE GOSPEL Cua. XVI. ‘weeke, ~/ HES E things haue! {pokento you, 1 Ne /y chat you be noe {candalized. t Outof 2 :! The Hereti- Z the fynagogs they vvil ** caft you: but kes tranflate, Excommuntsate ‘you, See what “A> cortupton this is, and the rea- for thereof, Annet. 6. 9,22. \\'the houre commeth , chat euery one “M vvhich killech you , {hal thinke that S he doeth feruice ro God. t and thefe 3 things they vvil doe to you: becaufe : they haue not knovven the Father, nor me. t Burthefethings 1 have fpoken to you: that vvhenthe 4 houre {hal come,you may remember them, that I told you. t BatI told you notthefe things from the beginning , be- 5 TheGolpel vps caufe vvas vvith you.And novwv I goe to him chat fent me, the 4 unday and none of youal keth me: Vvhither goeftthou?t Burbe- 6 caufe I haue fpoken thefe things to you , forovy hath filled your hare.tBut I rel you the truch. it is expedieat for you thar 7 Igoe. Forif 1 goenor, the Paraclete {hal nor comeco you: butif goe,I vvil (end himto you. t And vvhen he is come, 8 he {hal argue che vvorld of finne, and ofiuftice,and of iudge- ment. t of fine: becaufethey beleeue norin me. t burof 9 iuftice: becaufel goe tothe Father: andnovv youfhal not 10 fee me. t and ofiudgement: becaufe the prince of this vvorld 11 isnovviudged. t “Yet many things haue to fay to you: 12 st 1¢ he that but you can not beare them nowy. 1 Buc vvhen he,’ the Spi- 13 tach al uth. ric of crath,commeth, he {hal teach you al truth.for he fhal (as before cig, NOL {peake of him felf bur vvhat things (oever he {hal heare, x6: ) how vst he fhal {peake:and the things that are to come he {hal fhevy poifible, that . . . the Church an you. t He fhal glorifie me: becaufe he {hal receiue of mine, 14 sed acany tine and fhalfhevv to you. y +t Althings vvhatfocuer the Fa- 15 os in any pointe-ther hath > be mine. Therfore I {aid 3 thar he {hal receiue of ‘The Gofpel vps Mine, and fhal {hevv to you. tA litle vvhile,and novv you 16 the; Sunday (hal not feeme :and againe alitle vvhile, and you fhal fee wes me : becaufe I goe to the Father. t Some therfore ofhis difciples faid one to an other, Vvhat 17 is this that he faith to vs: Alitle vvhile, and you hal not fee me. and againealitle vvhile, and youfhal fee me, and, becaufe I goeto the Father? t They faidtherfore , Vvhatis 18 thisthat he faith, A litle vvhile? vve knevy not vvhat he fpeaketh. t AndI esys knevy, chat they vvould al ke him: 19 and he faid tothem, Of this you doe queftion among your felues, becaufe I faidto you, Alitle vvhile, and you fhal not fee me:zand againe alitle vvhile,and yout hal fee me. t Amen, 20 amen { Cua. XVI. ACCORDING TOS. IOHN. 265 Hory 21 22 23 24) 25 amen I fay to you,that you fhal vveepe,andlament, butthe weeke- vvorld fhal retoyce:and you {hal be made forovvful, bur many Math yourforovv {hal beturned intoioy. t A vvoman vvhen fhe trauaileth, hath forovv, becaufe her houre is come: bur vvhen fhe hath brought forrh the childe, novy fhe remem- breth not the anguifh forioy, thata man is borneinto the vvorld. t And you therfore,novv in deede you haue forow, burl vvil fee you againe, and your hart fhal reioyce: and yourioy no.man fhal take from you. 4 t And in that day me youfhal not af ke any thing. Amen,amen I fay to you, if the Gafpelvpé you af ke the Father any thing ‘tin my name, he vvil giue it the 5 Sunday rou.tVntil novy you haue not afked any thing in my name. *** ater Afke and you fhal receiue : that your ioy may be ful.t Thefe “Veo this the things in prouerbes I haue fpokento you. The houre com- dethaiber prai- meth vvhen in prouerbes I vvil no mote {peake to you, bur “> Per Chriftié plainely of the Father I vvil fhew you.tIn that day you fhal fri, euenthofe af ke in my name: and I fay notto you,that I vvil al ke the Fa- 41, thr 3s ther for you. ¢ Forthe Father him felf loueth you, becaufe ; you haue loued me, and haue beleeued that [ came forth from God. t Icame forth fromthe Father, and came into the vvorld : againe I leaue the vvorld, and I goe to the Father. t Hisdifciples fayto him, Behold novv thou fpeakeft plainely, and faieft no pronerbe. t novv vve knovv that thou knovveft al things, and thou needeft nor that any man afkethee. in this vve beleeue thac thou cameft forth from 31 God. 4 t Lesvs anfvvered them, Novv do you beleeue? Mr. 17, 32 t * Behold the hourecommeth, andit isnovv come, that yt. Mr. you {hal be {cattered euery man into his ovvne, and me you 14927. {hal leaue alone: andIam notalone, becaufe the Fatheris 33 vvith me. t Thefethings 1 haue fpokento you, that in me you may haue peace. In the vvarld you fhal haue diftrefle: but haue confidence, I haue ouercome the vvorld.

holy men haue at ai times: but the Holy Ghoit kere promifed The Spirie of to the Acoft'es and their fucceflors tor cuer, isto this vie (pecially promifed, to direct themin al truth Chal ailift: truth and ventie: andis contrarie co che fpirit of errour, heretie and falfhod. And therforethe the C HVACH Cisurch can notfallro Apoitatie or Heretie,or to nothing,as the Aduertaries fay alvvaies.

Sacramenr, (or that itis in heaucn,and can net be ia two places at once,nor Without the cazural Mm ij manet 2760—CO THE GOSPEL CHa. XX, The being of j odyin maner ofthe quantitle, (pace or place agreable co the condition of his humanitie, be inuincibly re- Can eoante fured by Chritts entering into ae Ditciples , the doores fhuc: and by thar that his true natural Without. {pace body, whole and perfeét in al his limmes, length, bredth,and thicknes,diftincte and diuers from the or quatitie cor- fabftance and corpulence of the Wood, Was in the fame proper place thacthe Wood Wasin, and refpondér there paffed through the fame: ashe alfo came out of his mothers wombe , the claufure not fturred: ynto , is proued and pafied through the ftone, out of his Sepuleher. By al which the Heretikes being plainely by other exam- reproued, and conuinced of infidelitie , they boldly deny the plaine Scriptures, or fo fonaly fhift ples { Scripture. them felues trom the euidéce thereof, thar their impudencie is tpecially to be marked in this point. - - _ Some fay,that be came in at the window: fome,that the doore opened of it felfto let him in: Heretical fhifts fome,, thatto comein, the doores being Chur, fignifieth no more, but that he came in lace in the euening ,.at What time men vfe to (hut cheir doores: and fuch other flightes to defend falfhod, againft expreife Scriptures, and againit the Apoftles teftimonie, Who thertore tooke him to bea Spirit, becaute they, {aw him fkand fodenly in the middes of chem, al the houfe being clofe {bue. And the Fathers al confe(f[e thar he went in,the doores being hut. SeeS. Ambroie li. ro in Lucam e124, S, Auguitine ep, 3 ad Volufian. coli. 2a de cimit.c. 8, OC S.Cyril, in Jo. li, 12,¢.52.0¢ S.Hiero.li. 1 cont, Iouinianum c. as. We know it isthe natural courfe od Gods ordinance, that eucty body Chould haue but one and his owne proper place fitted to the lineaments, quantitic , termes and limites of the (ame: Without which naturally the bodies Were no Where, and contequently noracal, as Chrift can di S. Auguftine Gaith ad Dardanum. but that God fupernaturally and miraculoufly can not by his om- co auoid p Scxiprure. pote of his nipocencie difpote otherwife ofhis owne body, then the natural torme or quantitie or qualitie ? owne bédy & thereof require, thacis great incredulicie. teing We mult beleeue that he can doe fo Wirh any other August, . S7. others aboue body of mere men or other creatures, the Scripture being plaine thathe can make acamel paife Mat.r9,- nature. through a nedles eie, continuingin bis natural figure and quanutie ftil: and S, Augutkine telleth Aug.Lizs ofa woman whotering fel from her girdle, bot being faft and whole: and Rupertis of a Relt- gious man, whofe girdle talt buckled tet downe before him from his body. De off. Eccl. . sesor _ , Phertore itis co much vnfaithfulnes,by rules of place to embarre Chrift ot his wil or wifedom Vbiquetarie to bein the Sacrament how him felt lift, and on as many altars or places ashe tikech, We deteft for Brenuanl. al chat, ch: wicked herefie of certaine Proteftants , holding quite contrarie co the Zuingtians, chac Chrift according to his Humanitie isin euery place Where me Diuinitie is: Which is both againit faith, and the common rules of nature and diuinitie. a1.eds my Father.) As When he gaucthem commiilion to preach and baptize through the Chrift Chewecth World, he made mention of his owne power therein: fo here before he unititute the Sacrament of his commilfion Penance, and give clem authoritie to remitce {innes, leit the Wicked Chould alke afterward , by & fo giuech the What rightthey do fuch great fundtiions, he (heweth his Fathers commiilion giuen to him (elf, Apoftles power and chen in plaine termes moft amply imparteth the fame to his Apoitles : that whotoeuer deny to remit tinnes. the Apoftles & rheir fucceflors, the Priefts of Gods Church,to haue right to remitce finnes, Chouid deny contequently Chriitas man to haue authositie to doe the tame. :

afterthem, thacis, foral belecuers. And al this protound and the Maile, diuine praier is re(embled in the holy Canon of the Male before the contecration , as here it was made betore his yilible Sacrifice on the croite, LI ii Cuap, Hery weeke. THVRSDAY . night. The- PAssi1on according to S. _fohn in thefe two Chapters, is the Gofpel ac Maffe on Good friday. Se che PAs- SION is rea in holy weceke foure times , according to the foure Euan- Au me ap- Seed alfo in s Church ac Hippo. Ser. 144. de sempore, 268 THE GOSPEL Cua. XVIII. Cuar. XVIIL Being gone to the place thas Iudas the Traitor did knovv, « he offereth him felf vo the band of hu enemies, [hevveth ha Diuine might in onerthrevuing them al vuith avuord, and in fausng hi cipofiles fromshem alfovuith a vvord: 10 rebu- keth Peter that vvould defend nim from them: 12 and (o being apprehended, % brought bound to rinnas and Caiphas , vubere hex ftrikenby a feruant, and thrife denied of Peter. 28 Againe in the morning he u by them brought to Pilate, 29 Who demaunding their accujasion, Uuheress tirey wvould opprejje him Uvith their authoritie, 33 and examining the point of hu kingdom, pronounceth bine innocent : yet they orse rather tohaue a sheenes life jancd. eer HEN Lesvs had faid thefe things , he vventt forth vvith his difciplesibeyond the T orrent-Ce- (sg, dron, vvhere vvasa garden, into the vvhich he IRS entred and his Difciples. + And Iudasalfo, that 2 betraied him ,knevv the place: becaufe les vs had often re- forted thither together vvith his Difciples. +* ludas therfore 3 hauing receiued the band of men, and of the cheefe Priefts and the Pharifees,minifters,commeth thither vvith lanrernes and torches and vveapons. t lesvs therfore knovving al 4 things that fhould come vpon him, vvent forth, and {aid co them, Vvhom feeke ye? t they anfvvered him, les vsofS Nazareth. Le svs faith to them, lam he. And Iudas alfo thar betraied him, ftoode vvith them. + As fone therfore as he 6 faidto them, 1] am he: they vvent backvvard, and felto the ground, t Againe therfore he af ked them, Vvhom feeke ye? 7 And they faid, les v sof Nazareth. t lesvs anfvvered,18 haue told you, that Lam he. if therfore you feeke me, let thefe goe their vvaies. t That the vverd might be fulfilled 9 vwvhich he faid, * That of them vvhom chou haft giuen mel haue not loft any. t Simon Perer therfore hauing a {vvord ,10 drevve it out: and {mote the feruant of the high prieft : & cut of his right eare. And the name of the feruant vvas Malchus. t Lesvs therfore faidto Peter, Putvpthy {vvord inro the 11 fcabbard. The chalice vvhich my father hath giuen me, fhal not I drinkeit? t Thebandtherforeand the Tribune & the 12 minifters ofthe levves apprehended 1 £ s vs,and bound him: ¢ and they brought him co Annas firft, for he vvas father in 13 lavv to Caiphas,vvho vvas the high prieft ofthat yere.t And14 * Caiphas vvas he tha had giuen the counfel to the levves, Thac itis expedient that one man die for rhe people. + * And Simon Peter folovved I 2s vs,andan other dif 15 ciple.And that Difciple vvas knovvento the high prieft, and vvent Mt. 26,

Chrift vouch fa fed to honour and keepe that feaft iufticuted by him:& our Heretikes vouchiafe 2Ma- Dedication of 2°ft° pray and facrifice for the dead, “vied and approued by him. The Dedication alfo of Chriftian cha, 13, Churches. Chrifts effence The Gofpel Friday in hee Weeke of Lent. Churches is warranted thereby, with che annual memories thereof. And it prouech that fuch things may beinttituted without any expreile commaundement in Scripture.

the B. Sacrament: the f¢conad and next {pecial facultie of The Sacrament Prieithod , contifting in remitting finnes,is here beitowed onthem, And Withal the holy Sacra- of PENANCE ment of Penance implying Contrition , Confeilion, and Satisfaction in the Penitent, and ab{olu- inftituced. tion on the Prieiks parc, isinftituced. forin that, that expretle power and commiilion is giuen to Priefts to remitte or reteine al {innes : and in that,that Chritt promiieth , Whote tinnes foeuer they forgiue,they be of God forgiuen alfo:and vvhote finnes they rereine, they be reteined before God: Men are bound it tolovveth neceflarily , thac vve be bound to tubmit our felues ro theiriudgment for releaic of to confeile, al our finnes. For, this vvonderful povver vvere given them in vaine , if none vvcre bound to feeke their mortal fin. for abfolution at their handes. Neither can any rightly {ecke for abfolution of them, vnies they nes, and thatin confeile particularly at leatt al their mortal ottences, vvhether they be comitred in minde, hart, particular. vvil and * cogitation onely, orin vvord, and yvorke, for, Gods priefts being in this Sacrament of * Cypr. de Penance cdftiuted in Chnils itcede as iudges in cauies of our conicience, can not rightly rule our lap/-nu.sr. cafes vvithour ful and exacte cognition and knowvledge of al our finnes, and the neceflarie circun. * Hiero, i {tances and“ differences of the fame, Which can not othervyile be had of them being mostal men, 16 Stat. chen Cua. XX. ACCORDING TO S.1OHN. 277 then by oar fimple, fincere, and diftin@e veterance to them of our finnes, vvith humble contrice hart, ready cto take and to doe penance according co theire iniunction, For that authoritie to re- To ret eine Gm teine finnes, confitteth {pecially in enioyning fatistaction and penitential vvorkes of praying, fa- neg fting , almes,, and fuch like. Al ywhich Gods ordinance whotoeuer condemneth orcontemneth, as Heretikes doe, or negledteth,as fame careletle Cacholikes may perhaps doe: ler them be affured they can noc be faued. Neither muilany (uch Chniftian man precend os looke to hate his tinnes after Bapufme, remitted by God onely, Withcut this Sacrament: (Which Was the old Herefie of the Nouatians odmér. li. 1 de penat, cs. Socrat.dé. 7 Ec.oift. c. 25)More then any may hope to be faued The necetKtie . ad or haue his original or other linnes before Baptiime, torgiuen by God Without the fame Sacraméc. of chis Sacra- Micro. 44 1 ec no man deceiue him felf, this is the fecond rable or borde after { hipyuracke, as $. Hierom calleth it. meat. ‘Demetri- whojoeuer take not hold of it, {hal perifh Without al doubr, becaufe they contemne Gods coun- adem.¢, 6+ fe! and order for their faluation. And thertore S. Auguitine (ep. 180} ioyning both together, fich foe te itis a pitiful cafe, When by the abfence of Gods Prietts, men depart this life, aur non regenerati, aut ligats. that is , ether not regenerated by Baptifme, or fa/t beund, and not abfolued by the Sacrament or penance and reconciliation: : becaufe they Chal be excluded from eternal life, and de/Prdtion fo- louvers them, AndS$.ViGor(lt. a de perfecut. Vandalica)telleth the miferable lamécation of the peo- ple, when their Prietts Were banii hed by the Arian Heretikes. Who (fay they) (hal baprize thefein- fanssiWho [hal minifter penace unto vs, ¢> loofe vs from the bandes of finnesere! And thertore S.Cyprian very otten(namely ep. 54) callech ic greac cruelty, & fuch as Pricits (hal anfwer for at the lacer day, to tuifer any man thatis parnicent nt his {innes , co depart this life without this reconciliation and Mate:3. abfolucion :becanje(faich he)she Cavumaker him jelf(Chrilt) hath graunced,that things bound in earth, The Heretik [hould alo be bound in heauen : and that thofe things might there be loojed , Uubich vvere loofed before here w on Rereti “ in the Church. And it isa World to fee,how the Heretikes rattle with this (o plaine a commitfion ‘a See aga of remitting finnes, reterring it to preaching, to denouncing Gods threates vpon finuers,and to We Piainescnpinre. can norcel Whatels. though co our Englith Proreftants this authoritiefeemeth (ocleere, thacin . ee the co- their order of vititing tne ticke, their Miniiters acknowledge & chalenge the ame, viinga formal The Englith munwon — abfolution according to the Cuurches order,after the (pecial cofeilion of the partie. Burtocon- Minifters heare beeke. clude the marter, ice euery one thar lilt to tee the true meaning of Chrifts Wordes, and the Priefts confetfions , gteac powerand dignitie giuen them by the tame Wordes and other, marke Wel thele Wordes of and abfolue. Li. s de 5. Carytoftome, For, taith ne, they chat dvvel on the earth, and conuerfe in if,to them 1 commujiien ginen to difven{e choje things rhat arc imheauen, £0 them u it guiden to haue the pouver vubich God vveuld nos te Priefts power be xinen nesther ta wingels nor virchangels. for, nescher to them Uvas it jad, Whatfocuer you {ial binde in ¢o forgiue fin- earth, {hal bebousdin neauen sand vivbatjoener you hal loofein earth, (hal be loofedin heauen. The nes is aboue the sarchiy Princes in deedehaue atjopovver tobinde, but the bodies onely : but that bond of Priefts vuhich power of An- (Peaxe of toucnerh tice very jouce it felfand reacheth euen to the heauens: in (o much that uhat{oeuer the gels or World. Priefts ( hal doe beneath , the 'e'f fame Ged doth ratifie aboue, and the fencence of the feruants the Lord doth ly Princes, oonfirme, forin deedevuhat els tins, then that rhe pouver of al heaueniy things w graunced them of God? Whose fennes jo euer, faith he, you had receine, they are reteined. Whas pouver (1 beseche you) can be greater then (hone? The Father gane at pouver tothe Sonne: bue / fee the fame pouver altogether delivered by the Sonne vntothem. Andas this concerneth the Priefts high authoritie ro abfolue, to therevpon con- ceruing conteilion alfoto be made vnto them , tne ancient Fathers (peake in this fort. S$. Cyprian de Lapjts mu, it. They (faith he) that bane greater faith and feare of God, though they did not fall in perjecu- tion , yet becasfe they did onely thinke it in tneir minde , thus Very cogitation they confeije to Gods Prie/ts fo rovufuily and plaineiy, opening their conjckence , uttering and difcharging the burden of their minde, and Confeifion te feeking holefome medscine for their Vveundes tough but jmai andlitie, And atitle atter, Lereuery one pa. (my Uretoren) 1 bejeeche you, confeife hu finne, vuhiles new yet aline,vubiles his confefsion may be admitted, . vvhiles farisfaction and remiiion made by the Priejtt s acceptable before God. S. Cyril (or as tome thinke, Origen) fi. 2 in Cewit. cailcth ita great part of penance , When aman is af hamed, and yet openeth his fannes to our Lords Prieft. See alto Certul.sde Panit.S.Hiero.inc.i0 Eccleftajte, S.Bafilin Regula brew. queft.azg, Whocompare finnersthat refufeto cenfe ile , to them that haue tome difeate in their fecrete partes, and are athamed to Chew icto the Phyticion or Surgeon, that might cure ic, Where they multneedes meane tecrere conteiIionro be madeto them tnat may abiolue. And S$. Leo ep. 80 moft plainely (as before $. Cyril) exprefly nameth Prietts. Thas comfeffion is fufficient Secrete or auri« Vuhich » made firff to God, then to the Prie? ajo, Andagainc, (245 fuficrens that the gualtines of mens 1 Confefe contctences be vtsered tothe Preefts onely by the fecrecie of confefiton. S. Hierome i116 Mat. faith, that lion Prietts lowte or binde, audita peccatorum varierate, hauing beard the varietie and differences of finnes, . In vite S.Paulinus writeth of S, Amorofe, that as often asany confefied his finnes unto him for ta recetue penance, DwAmor. he jo vveps for compafiion,thas thereby he cau/ed the pensrent to Weepe ai/o. He addeth moreouer,that this prope finé, holy Doctor Was{o tecreze in this cafe, that no man kneW the finnes confeffed , but God and him felt, And S. Auguttine ho. 49 de 50 homilijs te, 10. faith thus, Doe penance fiuch as « dene inthe Me. ig, Church, Letno maniay, doe sz fecretly, doe tt to God. in vaine then vvas it jaid, Whatfoeuer you fhal looieinearth, {hal belootedin heauen. SeeS, Ambrofe de penstentia through out. S.Cyprian de Laplis, tac booke de vera ey fala pense, in S, Auguitine. betide al antiquitie Which ts ful of thefe {peacies concerning abfoiution,and confetlion, Um iij CHAP, Jacerd, Hou y 278 THE GOSPEL Cra. XXI, weeke. — Cuarp. XXI, Appearing againe in Galilee, Where Peter Was fiflaing With hu fellowes : and caw fin themafter they had al night taken won eins a great multitude, Which fine drawteth to land, Where be alfo dineth them: 15 He (exprefting What thu fifbing signified \ maketh Peter bi Vicar, committing unto him the feeding of hu lambes and {beepe: 18 and renealeth unto him, that he alfo (hal be crucified, to the elorte of Ged, 20 admonif bing bim to minde that, rather then to be curious about Johns death, Oa FTER Lesvs manifefted him (elf againeat 1 ota thefea of Tiberias. And he manifefted thus; Mgt. There vvere together Simon Peter and Tho- 2 Sey mas vvho iscalled Didymus, and Nathanael ' M3 vvhich vvas of Cana in Galilee,and the fonnes “of Zebedee, and tvvo others of his difciples. t Simon Peter 3 faith to them, I goeto fifh. They fay to him, Vve alfo come vvith thee. And they vvent forth and got vp into the boate: and that night they tooke nothing. ¢ But vvhen mor- 4 ning vvas novv come,1 Es vs ftoode on the fhore: yet the difciples knevv notthatitc vvaslesvs. t Lesvstherfore faith co them,Childré,haue you any meate? They an{vvered him,No. + He faith tothem,Caft the netre on the right fide 6 3 gee ins, Aue Of the boate: and you fhal finde. They therfore did caft its puffin: wad and novv they vvere not able to drawv it for the multitude of myfleriehereof fifhes. t That difcipletherfore vvhom I xs vsloued, faith 7 concerning the tg Peter, Ir is our Lord.** Simon Perer vvbé he had heard that CHvyacH and in. Gre- itis our Lord: girded his coate vnto-him (for he vvas na- gotie bom. 26 in Euang. ands, Ked ) and caft him felf into the fea, t But the other difciples 8 Bernard. 9.1 camein the boate ( for they vvere not farre from the land, bur Patek cea as it vvere tvvo hundred cubits) dravving the netre of fifhes. bere miftically ¢ Therfore after they came dovvne to land, they favv hote 9 . coles lying,and fith laid thereon,and bread. +1 2s vs faith to 10 Not the third them ,Bring hither of the fifhes that you tooke nowv. tSim6 11 the third day of Peter vvent vp,and drevv the nette co the land, ful of great Fen ePantions, fifhes,an hundred fiftie three.And alchough they vvere fo ma- € appeare iu the very day ny,the netre vvas not broken. +1 es vs faith ro them,Come, 12 8 oft spans dine.Andnoneof them that fate at meare ’, durft af ke him, von Low sua- Vvho att thou? Knovving thacitis ourLord. t Andlesvs 13 ‘aeddime And commeth and taketh the bread and giueth them, and the fifh s:Marks Sing, in like maner. t This novv the ** third time] £ s v's vvas ma- 14 orcmeanets, Nifeted to-his difciples, after he vvas rifen from the dead. 4 bis heetdy, + Therfore. vvhen they had dined, Le svs faith to Simon 15 The Gofpel on ee Wwenfeday in (§ Ealter weeke.. the. dsfcipless Cua. XXI. ACCORDING TO & IOHN, 279 Houy €wrivas- ny feede or rule”

Hilar. Trin, li. 7 &-diuine natu- poft medium,S,Ambr. de Sp.S. li. S658, S. wauguftin Jo, rrath. +f. S. Cyrtle li. 7 im toc. so.and vie itto re of the Father, Prowe that Chriit bad his effence and nature of che Father. And therfore fome Heretikes of our ; time Wickedly accuse the Councel of Larerane for fullif, ing this place and applying it to the &me Caluins auso- purpofe, Which they leffe can abide, for thar it isagainft Caluins Aurotheifme,bolding chat Chrift tooke his perfon of the Father, but not his fubftance. See shez inner, int lo. v.10 Cuap. XI. He cometh once againe into levurie boldly (the time that be vuould be killed of them, being not yet come)and raifeth Lax.arss foure daies buried. +7. At uvhich mi-~ vacle the blind malice of the rulers (e increajeth, rhatin Councel they canclude to make him avrvay, hovubeit the bigh Frieft prophecieth vnavvares, of the faluar hion of the vvorld by bu death. 56 Hethere=pon g ceths againe out of the vuay. P tuey N D there vvas a certaine ficke man, Lazarus 1 By i of Bethania, of the rovvneof Maricand Mar- nas Me tha her fifter. (+ And Marie vvas fhe * that 2 ime’ Ges anointed our Lord vvith ointemét,and vviped (eae his feete vvith her heare : vvhofe brother La- zarus vvas ficke.) t His {fifters therfore fentro him faying, 3 Lord,behold,he vvhom thou louctt, 1s ficke. t Andlesvs 4 hearing, faid to them, This fickneffe is not to death, bur for the gloric of God: thar the fonne of God may be glorified by it. t AndI es vsloued Martha , and her fifter Marie , and 5 Lazarus. t Asheheard therfore that he vvas ficke, then he 6 taried in the fame place tvvo daies:t then after this he faith ro 7 his Difciples, Let vs goe into levvrie againe. t The Diftiples 8 fay to him, Rabbi, novwv che Jevves fought to ftone thee:and gock Lu.7,37 Mat,26,

51. Being the high Priest.) The priuiledge of the office and order, though in a wicked person. Maruel not that Christ preserueth his truth in the Church as wel by the vnworthy as the worthy Prelates thereof: the guifts of the Holy Ghost following their Order and office, as we see here in Caiphas, and not their merites or person. And if this man being many wayes wicked, and in part an vsurper, and the Law and Priesthood being to decline and to giue place to Christs new ordinance, had yet some assistance of God for vtterance of truth which himself meant not, nor knew not: how much more may we be assured, that Christ wil not leaue Peters Seat, whose faith he promised should neuer faile, though the persons which occupie the same, were as il as the blasphemous and malicious mouthes of Heretikes doe affirme.

La. 23, go. 10.3,1-7 §O» Cra. XIX. ACCORDING TO S$ IOHN, 273 Houy firft cametolesvysby night, bringinga mixture of myrrhe weeke. 40 anduloés, about an hundred poundes. + They tooke ther- fore the body of les vs,and boundic in linnen clothes vvith 41 the fpices, as the maner is vvith the levves to burie. + And there vvas in the place vvhere he vvas crucified,a garden:and inthe gardena nevy monument, vvherein no man yet had 42 been laide. t There therfore becaufe of the Parafceue of the levves, they laidlesvs, becaufethe monument vvas hard by.

XVIIL ACCORDING TO §, roNnN. 269 Hory Mt.27;1 Mr. 15,1 Ly. 23,1 Io. 12,33 Mt. 10, 19. Mt, 27, i. Mr. 15,2.Lé. 23) 4- 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 vvent in vvith zs vs into the court of the high prief. t bur = Weeke- Peter ftoodeat the doore vvithour. The other ditciple ther- fore chat vvas knovven to the high Prieft, vvent forth, and {pake to the portrefle, and brought in Peter. t The vvench therfore that wvas portreffle , faith ro Peter, Artnotthoualfo of this mans difciples? He faith to her , $1 am noc. t And the !! I is af one feruants and minilters ftoode ata fire of coles, becaufe it vvas ny Chrift, and, cold, and vvarmed them felues. And vvith them vvas Peter Gar he isa dic allo ftanding, and vvarming him felf. ofa Catholike t Fhe high prieft therforeafkedI es vs ofhis difciples, *, 2 van and of his dodtrine. t les v sanfvvered him, I haue openly is demaunded, {poké to the vvorld:1 haue alvvaies taughr in the fynagogue, in hee pe and in the temple vvhither al the levves refort together « here deniech and in fecrete] haue {poken nothing, +t Vvhy afkett thou ing hin ate’ me?afke them that haue heard vvhar1 have {poken vnto Y€ his Dilcipla them : behold they knovv vvhat things thaue faid. t Vvhen he had faid thefe things, one of the minifters ftading by,gaue lesvsablovy, faving, Anfvvereft thou the high prieft fo2 t Lesvsani{vvered him, If 1 haue {poken il, Siue teftimonie ofeuil : bucif vvel, yvhy ftrikeft thou me? t And Annas fent him bound to Caiphas the high prieft. t And Simon Peter vvas ftanding , and vvarming him felf. They faid therfore to him, Art not thoualfo of his difciples? He denied and faid: lam nor. + One of the fervants of the high prieft faith to him, his cofin vvhofeeare Peter did cut of, Didnot I fee thee in the garden vvith him? t Againe ther- fore Peter denied:and forthv vith the cocke crevve. t * They therfore bring 1 esvs from.Caiphas into the GOOD FRE Palace. And it vvas morning :and they vventnotin intothe pay. Palace, that they might not be contaminated, bur that they might eate the Pafche. ¢ Pilate therfore vvent forthro them vvithout,and faid, Vvhat accufarion bring you againft this man? t They anfvvered and faidto him, Ifhe yvere not 2 malefactour, vve vvould nor haue delivered him vp to thee. t Pilace therfore faid ro them, Take him you, and accordin to your lavv iudge him. The levves therfore {aid to him, Iris not lavvful for vs co kil any man.t*That the vvord of Lesvs might be fulfilled vvhich he faid, fignifying what death he {hould die. t * Pilare therfore vvent into the Palace againe, and cal- led Les vs,andfaidco him, Art thou the king of the levves? Ll ij tlesvs Horr weeke. ?F Ie pleafed eod,that Chrift who was co dy bob for che le- wes & the Gé- tiles, Chould be betraied of the one,and put to death by the osher. 270 THE GOSPEL Cua. XIX t Lesvs anfvvered, Saieft chou this of chy felf, or haue 34 others told irthee. of me?+Pilate anfwered, Vvhy,am a Lewe? 35 33 Thy nation, and che cheefe pricfts haue deliuered thee vp to’ me: vvhat haft chou done? t Les vsan(vvered,My king- 36 dom is not of this vvorld. ifmy kingdé vvere of this vvorld, my minifters verily vvould ftriaethac I (hould notbe deli- ueredco the levves. but novv my kingdom is nor from héce. t Pilare therfore faid to him, Art thouaking then? Lesvs 37 an{vvered, T hou faieft, that lam aking. For this vvas 1 bor- ne, and forthis camel into the vvorld :. thar! fhould give teftimonieto the truth.Euery one thar is of the truth, heareth my voice. ¢ Pilate faithto him, Vvhat isctruth? 38 And. vvhen he had faid this, he vvent forth againe to the levves, and-aith to chem,I finde no caufe in him. t* But 39 ou haueacuftomethatl fhould releafe oneto you in the Pafche: vvil you therforethat releafe vnto youthe king of the levves? — They al therfore cried againe,{aying, Not him 4° but Barabbas.And Barabbas vvasa theete. CHaAarp XIX. The levves are not fati(fied vvith his feourging and irrifion. & Pilate hearing them (ay that he made him felf the Sonne of God, « more afraid. 12 Yet, they urging hims vith bi loialeytovvard Cafar, and profefing that them felues vil no king bu Cafar,beyzeldeth untothem, 17 And fa Chriff carying bu ovune Crojfe,u crucified hervvenetuve theenes,19 Pilate vuriting motorieuly the onely caufe of hu death to befor that he sheiy king or Chrift. 23 Hu garments be fo ufed,euen as the Scrip- sures foretuld, 23 He hath {pecial care of bss mother to rhe end. 24 He fignifieth al thar vvae vuritten of hes Pajiion,to be fulfilled, and fo yeldeth up bus ghoft. 31 Then by she levves meanes alfo osker Scriprures abous hu legees and fide, are fulfilled, 34 And finally , hew bonorably buried. me\H EN therfore Pilate rooke I #5 v s,and 1 (courged him, t And the fouldiars plat- 2 ting a crovvne of thornes, put it vpon his head : and they put abouthim a parple garment. tf Andthey cametohim, and 3 i{aid, Haile king of the levves, and they “s Ssoauchim blovves. + Pilate vvenc forth 4 againe,and faich tothem, Behold I bring him forth vnto you, thar you may knovvthatI findeno caufe inhim. + lesvs 5 therfore vvent forth carying the crovvne of thornes, and the purple veftiment.And he faich to chem,Loe the man.t Vvhen 6 the cheefe prietts therfore and the minifters had feen bin, cy me ey Mt. 27,