a HOLIE SIRE e FAITHFVLLY TRANS- & ~ LATED INTO ENGLISH, 4 OVT OF THE AY SHENG Ca LATIN. Diligently conferred with the tichaae Grecke, ~~ and other Edicions in diners languages. With ARGYMENTs of the Bockes, and Chapters: x ANNOTATIONS: Tani: and other belpes, | forberterunderflanding of shetext « fordy foe ae + CORRVPTIONS in fome late granflacions: and “for clearing CONTROVERSIES in Religions By tHe Enctisn Correct of Doway. Hectidic agnasin gaudio * fontibus Saluatoris, Vaie.r2. You os draw waters in ioy out of the Sauiours fountaines. ; Printed at Diviy by Lavrence K‘ELLAM, at the fi figne oft ofthe holic Lambe. M.) DC. 1X. ium SMITESMA NS HOLIE BIBLE & FAITHFVLLY TRANS. ¥ — LATED INTO ENGLISH, ( OVT OF THE AVTHENTICAL LATIN, = : Diligently conferred with ee Hebe Greeke, nat ~~ sand other Editionsin diucrs languages. g With ARGYMENTS of the Bookes, and (haprers: Z ee ANNOTATIONS: TABLES: and otherbelpes, : for better underftanding of the text : : for difcouerte of oa » CORRVPTIONS in Jome late tranflations: and “for clearing’ CONTROVERSIES in Religions x By tue Enctisn Correce or Doway. earns aquasin gandio Me fontibses Saluatoris. Maize.12, You ee) waters in ioy out of the Sauiours fountaines. 2 Bi %. Printed at Doway by LavrENcE K‘ELLAM, ‘a at the figne of the holieLambe. ts M. DG. 1x. wy PAS ANSS UES aS eS Of ey eeN«: infraferipti, in alma Duacenfi vniuerfitate Sacre Theologie Doctores ex Proféffores, hanc Anglicanam V etcris Teftamenti tranflationem, nam tres dinerft eis nationis eruditil mat Theologi, non folum fidelem, fed propter dinerfa qua ei [unt adiun~ éla, valde ytilem fidei Catholice propaganda ac tuende, ex bonis moribus promonendis, fint teftati: quorum tefti— - moniaipforum fyngraphis munita vidinans s cuins item Tranflationis, ¢s* Annotationum anctores nobis de fidee. integritate, ex eruditionis preftantia probe funt noti: his rebus addacti 5° nixi,frachuofe cuulgari poffe cen[ui-" mus. Duati.8. Nouembris, 1609. Gvyitiermvs Estivs Sacre Theologiz Doctor, & im’ Academia Duacenfi Profeflor. ‘ Bantuoromevs Perrvs Sacre Theologie Doétor; & in Vniuetfirate Duacenfi Profeflor. siufdem in Academia Duaceaa Profeflor, wt ‘www fatimamovement.com ASS Groncivs Cotvenenivs $. Theologix Dottor, & ~~tO .rHE RIG ie VVELBELOVED ENGLISH READER GRACE AND GLORIE un Tesys CuristT EVERLASTING. au SUA ONS) at Sa T tasr through Gods goodnes(moft dearly beloued) we fend you here the greater part of the Old Teftament :aslong fince youre- cciued the New; faithfully tranflaced into English. T herefidue isin had to be finished: and your defire therof shal not now (God profpering our intention)be long fruftrate. As for theimpediments, which hitherto haue hindered this wvorke, they al proceded (as manic do know)of onegencral caufe, our poore eftate in banishment. VVherin expeéting better meanes,greatter difficulties rather enfued. Neuertheles youwil hereby the more perceiue our feruent good wil,euer to ferue you, in that we haue brought forth this Tome, inthefe hardeft times, of abouefourtic yeares, fince this College was moft happely begune. VVherfore we nothing doubr, but you our deareft, for whom we haue dedicated our lives, wil both pardon the long delay, which we could not,wel pre- uenr, and accept now this fruicé of our laboures, with like good affection , as we acknowlege them due, and offer ‘the fame yntg you. The caufe of delay in fec- ting forth this English Bible. 1 Ifanie demand, why itis now allowed to haue theholie Why & how Scripturesin vulgartongues, which generally isnot per- it is allowed ‘ * “ ~ tohaue holie icced, butin the three facred only:for Further declaration Seripraresin of this, & other like pointes weremice you to the Preface, vulgar ton: before the New Teftament.Only here, as by an Epitome, 8°°* tz we os ‘wwwi.fatimamovement.comTo THE ENGLISH READER: % we fhal repete the famme of al, thatis there more largely + difcuffed. To this firft queftion therfore we anfwer, thar both iuttreafon, & highett auchoritie ofthe Church, iudge ‘Sexi it not abfolutly neceffarie, nor alwayes conueniens , that ipturres Pee ie : ° being hacd holie Scriptures fhould beia vulgar tongues. For beingas earcnL be theyare,hard to be vnderftood, cuen by chelerned, rcafon ofzl. . . doch digtateto reafonable men,that they were nor written, nor ordayned to beread indifferently of al men. Experiéce Manie take alforeacheth , thatthrough ignorance, ioyned often with sie he fe pride and prefumption, manic reading Scriptures haue Scriptures. erred grofly, by mifunderltanding Gods word. VVhich though icbe mott purcin it felf, yer the /en/e being adulterated ed és asperilous (faith Tertullian) as the (tile corrupted. S.Ambrofe = obfecueth ; that vubere the text i true, the Arriansinterpreta- lib. 2.48 tion hath errors. S. Auguitinalfo teacheth, choc berefis ae eis pirucrfe dottrines entangling foules and throvving themdovune raliss beadlong'into the depth, do not othervvife (pring vp , but vyhen in team. good (or true) Scriptures are notvuel(and truly) understood, and wuhen thatuvhich in them is not vvel underftood, i alfa rashly & boldly auouched. For the fame caufe, S. Ierom vecerly dit Epi allowed, chacal forces of men & wemen, old & yong, pre- 19}: fumed to read:& talke of the Scriptures: wheras 70 articene, no tradfinan dare pre{amse to teach anie fucultic, which he bath not fof lerned. Scing therfore that dangers, & hurtes happen in Reading of manic,cthe careful chicf Paftores in Gods Church, haucal~ sue waies moderated the reading ofholic Scriptures, accor- ~ ding to perfons, times,and other circum{tances; prohibi- ting fome,and permitting fome,to haueand read them,in their mother tongue.So $.Cryloltom triflated thePfalmes Seriprures 8 foine other partes of holic Scriptures for the Arme- faa. nians, when he was there in banishment. The Slauonians gues. and Gothes fay chey haue the Biblein cheir languages. Ic ee was tranflaed into [ralianby an Archbythop of Genua. lib.4. IntoFrench in thetimeof king Charles the Gft:efpecially becaufe the waldenGianheretikes had corruptly cranflaced : it, to 4 ‘www fatimamovement.comTo THE ENGLIST READER. Z. it,to maintaine their errors. V Vehad fome partes in Englith ete tranflated by Venerable Bede:as Malmesburie witneflech. tinvred And Thomas Arundel Archbishop of Canturburie in 2 bt Councel holden at Oxford, ftraitly ordayned,tharnohe- retical tranflation fet forth by wicliffe, and his complices, nor anie other vulgar Edition should be fuffered,til it were approued by the Ordinarie of the Diocefe: aeaging S.le- romsiudgement of che difficultie & danger in tranflatin hohe Scriptures out of one tongue into an other. An therfore icmuft nedes licmuch more dangerous, whenig- norant people read alfo corrupted tranflations. Now fince Luther,and his folowers haue pretended, that che Ca- A ealamnious tholique Romane faichand do@rine,should be contrarie geen to Gods written word, & thatthe Scriptures were not fuffe- red in vulgarJanguages,|cft the peopic fhould fee the truth, & vvithalthefenew maifters corruptly turning the Scrip- tures into diuerstongues, asmight beft ferue theirowne o- pinions: againft this falfe fuggeftion, and prattife , Catho- lique Paftores haue,for onc clpecial remedie, fee forth truce and fincere Tranflacions in moft languages of the Latin Church. But fo , thar people mutt read them with licence of theic fpiricual fuperior,as in former times hey were in hke fore limited. Such alfo of the Laitic, yea & ohh mea- nerlerned Clergie ,as were permitted to read holie Scrip- tures, did not prefume to interprete hard places , nor high Myficrics,much leffe ro difputeand contend , but leaning the difcuffion therof tothe more lerned, fearched rather, yyhatpart of and noced the godlicand imicable examples of good life, Scriptures be and fo lerned morc humilitic, obedience, hacred offinne, mot eas Feareof God, zeleof Religion, and other vercues. And garceaders, thas holie Scriptures may be rightly vfed in anie congue,to _ 27m 3. seach, to argue,to correc¥ , to inffruct in tufice , that the man of | God my ape 4, and (as S. Paul addethi) sn/fPrudted to enerie er. 9004 vevorke when men laboure rather tobe doers of Gods. Wil & wvord,then readers o: hearers only, deceiuing them/élues. 3 Bue e comX Vvhy we flare the To THE ENGLISH READER, Buc here an other queftion may be propofed: V Vhy we oli tranflace the Latin text, rather chen the Hebrew,orGreke, Tatiacert. which Proteftantes pteferre , as the fountaine tongues, whetin holie aia were firft written > To this we More pare 2UfWer, thatif indede chofe firft pure Editions were now thea the He- extant, orif(uchas beexcane, were more pure then the La- breworGreke pip, | now extant. id | | Receiued b; al Churches. wewouldalfo preferre fuch fountaines before the ri- uers, in whatfoeuerthey should be found to difagree. But theancient bett lerned Fathers,8¢ Dodtors of che Church, ee 5 do much complaine, and teftific to ys, thar both the He- wae brew and Greke Editions ate fouly cortupred by Lewes, ¢- sis and Heretikes, fince the Latin was tculy tranflated out of Laine them, whiles they were more pure, And thatthe fame La- Saa.c.tt tin hath bene farre better conferued from corruptions. So *: !r* thacche old Vulgate Latin Edition hath bene preferred, toxinz. and vfed for moft authentical aboue athoufand and three hundered yeares . For by this veriecerme S$. Terom callech thac Verfion the vulgate or common,which he conferred with , the Hebrew of che old Teftament, and with the Greke of fase. the New;which healfo purged from faultes commitced by weiters, rather amending then tranflating it. Though in regard ofthis amending, S.Gregorie calleth it she mevv ver- fe fio0f'S.Lerom : who neuercheles in an other place callech the suse {elf fame, the old Latin Edition,iudging itmott worthy to be spy a yfolowed. S. Augutincallethicthe /ralian. S. Uidorus wie "4 Leandr. neffeth chats. Zerems veyfon wasreceiued and approued by al bs .Dait Tarned into Chriftian Churches. Sophronius alfo a moft lerned man, ©i.« Greke. 2 bb. {cing S. leroms Edition fo much eftemed, notonly of the alc Latines, bur alfo of che Grecians,curned the Pfalter & Pro- « er phetes, oucofthe fame Latininto Greke. Of latter times a za whatshal we nede to recite other moft lerned men? S.Bede «. S.Anfelme,S.Bernard, $. Thonias,S. Bonauencure, & the ref V Vhoal vniformly allege chis only text as authentical. Info muchcharal other Latin Editions, which S.Icrom Profet. faith were in his timealmoftinnumerable , areas ives int c allen to) ‘www fatimamovement.comfallen out of al Diuineshandes, and growne out of credite 41 ethers and vfe-If moreouer we confider S.leroms lerning, pictic, growncour _ diligence, and finceritie, together with the commoditi¢s $ytromex- he had of beft copies, inal languages then extant , and of celled al other otherlerned men, with whom he conferred:and if we fo ae -edpare the fame with the belt meanes thac hath benefince, expc andieg furely no man of indifferentiudgemenc, wil match anie a Scriptu- other Edition with $.Ieroms: but eafely acknowlege with ~~ the whole Church Gods particular prouidéce inthis great Doétor, aswel forexpounding, asmoft efpecialy for the true text and Edition of Holic Scriptures . Neither dowe His Edition P z ‘ee from. flee vaco thisold Latintext, for more aduantage . For be- partialitie. fides that itis free from partialitie,as being moftancient of al Latin copies,and Jong before the particular Controuer- fies of thefe dayes beganne; the Hebrew alfo & the Greke when theyare truly tranflated, yeaand Erafmushis Latin, _infundrie places, proue more plainly the Catholique Ro- preferred be- maine dodtrine, then this which we relie vpon. So that foreal other Beza & his folowers take alfo exception againft the Greke, zien by when Catholiques allege it againft them. Yeathe fame Beza preferreth the old Latin Verfion beforeal others, & freely ceftificch, chat the old Interpreter tranflated religi- oufly. VVhatthen do our councriemen, that refufe this i Latin, but depriue themfelues of the belt, and yer al this popiead al while, haue fet forth none, thacisallowed by al Proteftan- lowed for fu; tes, for goodor fufficient. scien How wel thisis donne thelerned may iudge, when by mature conference, they fhal haue made trial cherof. And if anie thing be miftaken, we wil (as {til we promi) gladly vvhatis done corteét ic. hofe that traflaced it abou thirtic yeares fince, 1 *™s#tinom .» were wel knowen to the world, co hauc bene excellent in the tongues, fincere men, and great Diuines. Only one piuers rea- thing we haue donne touching the text, wherof we are ¢- dings refol- | Specially co geue notice. That whereas heretofore in the Soa 75a in beft Latin Editioas, there remained maniz places diffe- the margent. | 4 ring 0 f if wwutesumanates To THE ENGLISH READER. x a | | |ee To THE ENGLISH READER. ringinwordes, fome alfo infenfe, asinlong procefle of time, the writers erred in their copies; now lately by the care & diligence ofthe Church, thofe divers readings were maturely, andiudictioufly examined , and conferred with fandric the be written and printed bookes, & forcfolued ypon, thacal which before were leiftin the margenr, are. either reftoredinto therexr, or els omitted; fotbatnow none fuch remaine inthe margent. For which caufe, we haue againe conferred this Englih tranflation, and con- ‘They touched formed it to the moft perfect Latin Edition.V Vhere yet by reek the way we muft geue the vulgar reader to vnderftand,that very few or none of the former varieties touched Contro- uerfies of this rime . So that this Recognition isno way fafpicious of partialrie, but is merely donne for the more feeure conferuation of che rrue text; and more cafe,-and fatisfa&tion of fuch,as otherwile fhould hauc iemained more doubrful. zy Yhy fome Now for the ftritnes obferued in tranflating fome wrordes are wordes, or rather the nottranflating of fome, which isin a ea more danger to be difliked , we doubrnor but the difcrete English. lerned tcader, deepely weighing and confidering the im- portance of facred wordes, and how eafely the translatour may miffe the fenfe of the Holie Ghoft,wil hold that which is here donne for reafonable and neceflarie. V Ve hauealfo Someticbrew theexample of the Latin,and Greke, where fome wordes wordes not are not tranflated, bur left in Hebrew, as they were fiult ee fpoken & written;¥ hich feeing they could not,or werenot norGicke. conucnient to be tranflated incoLatin orGreke,how much Jeff could chey,or was itreafon to curne theminto English? S. Auguflin alfo yeldech 2 reafon, exemplifying in the Uaped. Moreautho- Wordes Amenand Alleluia, for the more facred authoritie therof. chrg. site in facred Which doubtles is the caufe why fome names of falemne “P-' Bome ace Feaftes, Sacrsfites, & otherholicthinges are referued in facred tongues, Hebrew, Greke, or Latin. Againe forneceflitic, English not hauing 4 name,or fufficienc terme, weeither kepe www fatimamovement.comTo THE ENGLISH READER, £5 kepe the word, as we findic, or only curncit toourEnglish Somevrordes termination, becaufe ic would otherwife requite manic [24 eed wordes in English,to fignific one word of an othertongue. glish: In which cafes, we commonly put che explication in the margenc Briefly our Apologic is caficagainft English .Proteltantes; becaule chey alfo referue fome wordes in Proteftantes igi i ih: Teauc fome theoriginal congues, not cranflated inco Englifh :as S2b- wee bath, Ephod, Pentecoft, Profilyte, and {ome others. The fenfe trantared, whcrofisin dedeas foonclerned, as ifchey were turned fo nereasispoffibleinco Englih. And why chen may wenot fay Prepuce, Phaft or Pafch,Arimes ,Breades of Propofitton, Holo- cauff, and the like? rather thea as Proteftances tranflate them: Foreskinne, Paffeouer, The feaft of fovete breades, Shevy breades, Burnt offerings:8c. By which termes, whether they be cruly cranflated into Englih orno, wewil paffeouer. Sure irisan Englifh manis ftilto {cke, what they meane,as ifthey remained in Hebrew, or Greke.Itmore importeth, thacnothing be wiccingly and falfly cranflated,for aduan- rage of dogtrine in matter of faich. VVherein as we dare boldly auouch che finceritie of chis Tranflation, andthat nothingis here cither yntculy,or obfeurely donne of pur- pofe, in fauour of Cazholique Romane Religion: fo we can not butcomplaine,and chalenge EnglithProteftantes, Corraptions for corrupting che text, cotraric co the Hebrew, & Greke, Se which they profefleto cranflate, forthe more shew, and onsofholic maintcyning of their peculiar opinions againft Catho- SPs liques. Asisproued in theDé/ronerie of manifold corruptios.For example we shal put the reader in memoticof oneortwo. Gen. 4.v. 7. whereas (God fpeaking co Cain)the Hebrew wordes in Grammatical conftruétion may be tranflated either thus: so thee alfoperteyneth the luff THEROF, & thos shale hane dominiozover it: orthus; Al/o-vato thee urs defire OF purpole a= shal be [ubicE#, & thou shale rule oxer 10m: though che cohe- ican réce of che rext requirech the form=r,& in the Bibles prin- . tedss5z.and. 1577. Proceftantes did fo tranflaceis: yoin the ww. fatimamovernent.com| | | | | Y eee Againft Mel- cn fedechs fa- csifice, And againit holie Images. | This Edition | dedicated to | al chat ynder- | ftand English. | Chriftrede- med al, but al arcnot faued, akg) ee com To THE ENGLISH READER, theyeare1579.and 1603. they tranflate it the other way, rather faying, thar Abel was fabieét to Cain,and that Cain by Gods ordinance, had dominior‘ouer his brother Abel, then chat concupifcence or luft of finncis fubic& to mans wil, or harman hath powre of free wil, to refift (by Gods grace) centration of finne.But as we heareina new Edition, (which we haue not yer fene)they traflateit almoft asin the firt.In like forte Gen.14.v.18. The Hebrew particle Vav, which S.Ierom,andal Antiquitie tranflated Entm (For) Proteftants wil by no meanes adinitre it, becaufe (belides other argumentes) we proue therby Melchifedechs Sacri- fice. And yet themfelues tranflate the fame,as S:Terom doth , Gen, 20. v. 3. faying: For she ba mans vvife. &c. Againe Gen. 31.v.19. thc English Bibles. 1552. and 1577» translate Theraphim, Imaces. V Vhich the Edition of 1603, correcting , twanflateth Ipoves. And the marginal Anno- tetionwel proueth, thatit ought to be fo tranflared. .. WVith thisthen we wil conclude moft deare (we {peake to youal,that vnderftand our rongue, whether you be of contrarie opinionsin faith,or of mundane feare participate with an other Congregation; or profefle with vs the fame Catholique Religion)to youal we prefent this worke:day- ly befeching God Almightie,the Diuine V Vifedom, Eter- nal Goodnes,tocreate, illuminate, and replenish your {pi- rites, with his Grace, that you may attaine eternal Gloric. Eucric oncin his meafure,in thofe manicManfions, prepa- redand promifed by our Sauiour in his Fathers houfe.Not only tothofewhich firft receiued, & folowed his Diuine doétrine, but ro al thatshouldafterwardes beleucin him, & kepethe fame preceptes. For thereis one God, onealfo Mediatour of God and men:ManChrift Iefus. V Vhogaue him(elfa Redemption foral. V Vherby appearcth his wil, thatal should be faued. VVhy then arenoral faued?The Apoftleaddech: thatthey muft firft come to the knowlege of the truth. Becaufe without faith it is impoflible to noe OG.To THE ENGLISH READER, Ie. God. This groundworke therfore of our creation in Chrift Tree faith by true faith, $. Paul labored moft ferioufly by word and frltneceffarie., writing, to cftablish in the hartes of almen. In this he con- firmed the Romanes by his Epiftle, comending their faith, asalrcady receiued,and renowmed in the whole world. He + preached the fame faith to manic Nations. Amongft o~ ué.17. 18. Ser. 42. deSanit, S.fag. devils eredat.c. S1ar.t5. Pfalme. oy thers to the lerned Athenians. V Vhercit femed to fome, as abfurde, as ftrange; in fo much that chey (Cornfully called him avvord-fovver, and Preacher of new gods. But S. Au- guftin alloweth the terme for good, which was reproch- fully {poken of theignorant, And fo diftinguihhing betwen Reapers , and Sevvers in Gods Church, he reacheth, that The twetue wheras the other Apoftles reaped in the lewes, that which arollss Ste their Patriarches and Prophetes had fowne; S. Paul fowed before they’ the feede of Chriftian Religion in the Gentiles. And fo in were Sowers. refpe& of the Ifraclites, to whom they were firlt fene, cal- Te - leththeother Apoftles Mefores, Reapers, and S. Paul, being Seminatie {pecially fentto the Genules, Seminatorem a Sovver, or Semt- Apolile; narte Apoftle. V Vhich two fortes of Gods workmen are ftil in the Church, with diftin& offices of Paftoral cures, and erotica miffions; the one for perpetual gouetnment of Paftoral cures Cathofique countries : the other for conuerfion of fuch, as 2% Anofoli either haue notreceiued Chriftian Religion, orate relap- . fed. Asacthistimein our country, forthe diuers fortes of pretended religions, thefe diuets fpiritual workes are ne- ceflary, coteach and feede al Britan people. Becaufe fome inerrorof opinions preachan other Gofpel, wherasin ve- New ania Bs i ; rine ritie there is no other Gofpel. They preach in dedenew do- is fainy called &rines, which can not fauc, Others folow them beleuing the Gofpel. falshood. But wwhen the blinde lead the blinde (not the one ructedeca only, buc) both fal into the ditch. Others conforme them- x ececany {elucs, in external shew, fearing themthat can punish, and ee kilchebodie. But our Lord vvil bring fuch as declineinto(vn- ace prot iutt) obligations, with them that vvorke iniquitie. The Reli- thors of ini, ques and final flock of Cacholiques in our country, haue 1% great i www. fatimamovement.comGrace in the new Teftamét more abun- dancthenio the old, | Both wicked workes, and omiffion of good workes To THE ENGLISH READER, ae great fadnes, and forow of hart; nor fo much for our owne affliGtion , for that is comfortable., but for you our bre- thren, and kinfemen in flefh and bloud. VVishing with our owne temporal damage whatfocuer, your faluation. Now isthe acceptable time, now arethe dayes of faluation, thé time of Grace by Chrift, whofe dayes manic Kinges & Pro- phetes defired to fee:they faw them (in /pirite) and reioyced. But weare made partakers of Chrift, and his Myfterics; fo that our feluesnegleét not his heauenly riches: if wereceiue & kepe the beginning of his fub{tance, firme ynto theend; thatis, the true Catholique faith ; building theron good workesby his grace; without which we cannot thinke a goodthoughr, by which we can do al thinges neceflarie to faluation. But ifwe hold not faft this ground,al the buil- ding fayleth. Orifconfefling to know God in wordes, we denie him in deedes , committing workes of darknes ; or omitting workes of mercie, when wemay doe them to soelamuable, OOF diftrefled neighbours;brifly ifwe haue notcharitic, the Innumerable faued by Chrift. formeand perfectionof al vertues, alislof%, and nothin: worth. Butif we builde vpon firme grounde, gold, filucr, and precious ftones, fuch building shal abide, and make our vocation fure by good workes. as S. Peter fpeaketh’. Thefe (faith S. Paul) are the heyres of Gad,coheytes of Chrift. Neither isthenumber of Chrifts bleffed children Cofited,as of thelewes,an hundred fourtic foure thoufand; of eucrie tribe of Iftael rwelue thoufand figned; but amoft great multitudeof Catholique Chriftians, which no man ~cannumber, of al nations , and tribes, and peoples, and 2 Cor, Lut, 10. Tit.x, Mat.25. Lory. I. Petre Apec.7: tongues, {tanding before thethrone ofthe tambe, clothed * in white robes, and palmes (of sriamph) ih theit handes: hauing oucrcome tentatiorisin the vertuous race of good Theysremore life. Much more thofewhich alfo indure perfecution fot happie tbat fofier perfeca- tion for the truth, thettuthes fake, shal receiue moft copious great rewatdes in héauen, For albeitthe paffions of chis time (i ¥hews/elues) arenot* condigné,to the.glotic to come,that shal bercue- x ledin Weng) ety com Ker thie, or compe~ rablein dignitit.| 2Cor, TPT. | | | | @ com To THE ENGLISH READER, Ted in vs: yet our tribulation, which prefently is momen- i “ tanie, and light, worketh (shrengh grace) abouc meafure excedingly an eternal weight of gloric. VVhat shal we therfore meditate of the efpecial prerogatiue of English Catholiques at chistime?For to you itis geuen for Chrift, not only that you beleuein him, butalfo that youfuffer for ee Cae him, A litle now, if you mutt be made penfiue in diuers ngtigucs tentations, that the probation of your faith, much more inthis age. recious then gold, which is proved by the fire, may be Se ‘ound ynto praife, and glorie,and honour, inthereuelati- onof Iefus Chrift. Manie of you haue fafteyned thefpoile of your goodes with ioy,knowing that you haue a better andapermanencfubftance. Orhers have benne depriued of your children, fathers, mothers, brothers, fifters, and nercft frendes,in readierefolution alfo,fome with fentence ofdeath, tolofe your owne lines. Orhers haue had trial of reproches, mockeries, and ftripes. Others of bandes, prifons,and banishmentes. The innumerable renowmed Tate English Martyres , & Confeffors, whofehappiefoules Thedespaie for confefling truc faith before men, are now moft glo- of Martyres, tious inheauen, we paffe here with filence ; becaufe their See due praife, requiring longer difcourfe, yea rather Angels, asa then Englith tongues, farre furpaffech thereach of our con- ¢¢t* a Ceiptes. And fo we leaue it to your deuour meditation, °™S** They now fecure for themfelues,and folicicousfor vs their deareft clientes, inceflantly (we are welaffured) intercede before Chrifts Diuine Maicttic, for our happie confum- mation, with the conuerfion of our whole countrie. To you therfore (deareft frendes mortal) wedireé this {peach: admonishing ourfelues & you,in theA pottles wordes,thar for fo much as we haue hotyet refitted tentationsto(laft) bloud (and death ir felf) patience is {til neceflarie f Peete a OF VS, ceffaricto the thacdoing the wil of God, ye May receiue the promife, So cnd of mans Werepine not in tribulation, but euerloue them that hare / Vs, pittying their cafe, and teioycing in our owne. For Ft neithereat neither can we fee during this life, how muchgood they erfeeution 2 profitable. dovs; nor know how manic of them shal be (as we hartely defice they al may be) faued: our Lord and Sauiour hauing. paide che fame price by his death, for them and for vs. Loucal therfore, pray foral. Do not lofe your confidence, which hath a great remuneration. Fox yet a hele, anda very litle while, he thac is to coihe, wil come,. and he wal: notflacke. Nowche nift litieth by faith, beleeuing with Confeffion of hart to iuftice, and confefling With mouth tofaluation.But 4.2, re. faich Lb he chac withdrawech. himfelf shal not pleafe Chrifts foule. Raia. . Atrendcoyourfaluation ,deateft counttienien . You thac ate farreof, draw nére, puton Chrift. And you'thar are” within Chritts fold,kepe your ftanding,perfeucre in him to theend. His grace dwel and remaine in you, that glori- ous crownes maybe geucnyou. AMEN. a : .» From the English College in Doway, the OGaues.’ j of AL SAINCTES. 1609. To THE ENGLISH READER, | ae si : 6 The God of patience and comfort gene you to be of-one mind , one: sovvards another in Lesvs Chriff ; that of one mind, vvith one: -anauth you may glorifieGods a pana oe Remro;|S. ang. ritually ioyned with hiro, in this life, in eternitie. For both the old o> THE SVMMEAND PARTEL TION OF THE HOLIE BIBLE, ~ With abrife note ofthe Canonical and . Apochryphal Bookes. Sutevom. T she Vaiforme confint of al learned Dinines, the kolie sith, Ea a Bpyt. ad SI or wvritten ward of od, contcyneth expr fed orimplied, ab bolle Scam Satie Ue | shinges shat man is £0 beleuc,to obferuc, oto anord, for ob- ai knowlege is deomnb ‘i tayning of eternal faluation. That 1s, al matters of fasth @ necellaricio hee Meee by whieh nc may hnvrvand fone Gods andifolejpes Ulabans ‘The old and thenewTefta- PYE 1 new Teftament propole and teltifie ato vs, one and the fame God, the fame sent shew Lpectl ls Chri the fame church, and other Myfteries of eur belefe, not diffving in the fame God, chrift ca, Jubftance, but in maner of viteringstbe Old moreobfeurelyin figures and pro- Cn ea 9.t.rde phecies faretelling thofe thinges, which the New declareth (im grest part) as eaves of Rae Gon. & donne and performed. ¥Vberupon faith S. Augufiin : Inthe Old Tefta- jigion. traM@- ment the New lieth hidden: 8 inthe New the Old licth open. The old more ft de And touching their nanness wherein ‘appareth difference, the one (faith ebtcurely, cateclig, the fame Dofior) is called the old Teftament, citer becanfeit pro» Py hisfe rudib. & pofeth promiles of temporal thinges (PP henvith our old corrnptnes oe The new ie i, i allured) Orin refpect of the New, by whichiris fulfilled, and moreexpreay perteed in (ome part abolished. The otheris called che New, becaufe by 2nd yeldech q-74- 4, itman isrenewed, and hath promife of etecnal life: ##7bich shal MOFEBIASE Xs. cont. mewer waxe old nor decay. Likewife $, Gregorie the great teflifieth this con= Sith, farmitie , and correfpondence betwen the Old and New Teflament, «firming op ats that the fame is fignified by the Prophet Blechiels vifion of « n buele, wb 18.ciuit. bad foure faces, or apparence of foure whiles, the shape whercof was, 251¢ «4 54.4¢ were, wheelcin the middes“of a whecle. What is this (aith he, oe {5 pifiquod in Teftamenti veteris litera Teftamentum nouur Ia bog. con, POUT fee Allegoriam? but that in che letter of the old Teftament, Tawf. the New lay hidden by an Allegoric? : Inboth Tefta- (At. And as the fame ss the fumme and fubie® of both Tetaments : fo berb are ments, are bec en Mitided (for the more principal partes therof) into oure [artes of Bookes: fouse fortes Exec, Legal, Hittorical, Sapiential, & Prophetical. The Legal bookes of the © BOOK ald FeRament are she fine Bookes of Moises; Genefis, Exodus, Leuiticus, feval - tte Numeri, “=ee Miftorical. Sapicntial, Prophezical Althef books recited ar? Canonical, and of infalli- ble truth. Apochryphal of two forces. 1. Nor decla- Proemrat ANNOTATIONS, Nuoerl, @ Deutcronomies whereto anfiver in the new Teftiment, the foure Golpels of S. Matthtw, S. Marke, S. Luke,e~S.Iohn. Hiftorscal book:s of the old Teffament , are he Baokes of Lofue, ludges, Ruth , sfoure bookes of Kinges, vo of Paralipomenon, Efdras with _ Nehémias, Tobias, ludith, Hetter, lob, c> tivo ofthe Machabees; vate whith, in thenew Teftament, anfyrr the Actes of the Apoftles. Sapiential, of the old Tefament, arethe Prouerbes, Ecclefiattes, Can- ticles, Booke of wifdome, c~ Ecclefiafticus; and of like ferte are in the new reftament, the Epifiles of S.Paul c= of otbiy Apofles, Prophetical bookes are Dauids Pfalter (shieb is alfo Sapiencia), yes like wife Legal and Hiftorical) the Bookesof Ifaias, leremias with Baruch, Ezechicl, Daniel, the tivelue leffe Prophetes, Ofea, locl, Amos, Abdias, fonas, e Michzas, Nabum, Abacuc, Sophonias, Aggwus, Zacharias, Malachias . ad in sh: new Teftament, the Ap ocalips of 5. obn the Apofile. hes All thefe Bookes are vndoubtedly Canonical, as the Authores cited in Conc, the inver margeat sepifie . And confequently aly andal she partesstberaf; C27» are of infallible truth, For otber wife as $. Augufliv teacketh, sf anie part 4”-Dmi were falfe, or doubiful , al were Yacertaine. once admittiug falfchood 2,3, (faith be, Bpip..8. a4 leroni) in {ach (oueraigne authoritie, no parcel Laedie of thee bookes should remaine,which anie way should feme bard ¢#?.59- to maners, or incredible to beleue, burit might by this moft per- Meret nicious rule be turned to an officious ition of theauthor. That eee ist If anse error could be committed by the autbores of Scriptures, either decret.7- through ignorance, oblivion.or anse other bumane frailtic, whatfoewer were Trident produced, exception might be taken, and queflionmade, whetberthe author SI. 4 DE aae rras sie thet (ome of thelc baokes Carwateal par- > ticularly difeuffe in their places) were [ometimes doubted of by fome Catho» 5, aug, figques,and cailed Apochrypal, in that fenfé,as the word properly fignifi- li.x.dett red canonical. ¢# hidden, ernot apparent. So S. Terom (in bis Prologue before the Lax ChriRes 2, Reiccted as @rronions. tin sible) calleth diucrs bookes Apochryphal, being not fo euident, Ptr. Whether'they were Dinine scripture,bccanfe they were not in tke tewesCanon, nor at firftin the Churches Canon, but were nener reietted, as alfe or erronions. In which fenfe the Prayet of Manalfes, the third booke-of-E(drasyand third of Machabeesareyet called Apochryphal. 4:for the fourth of b+ *4?- Efdeas, and fourth of stacbabees there is more doubt. But diners otbers, a8 ru/eh.i, the booke alcribed to Enoch,the Gofpels of S. Andrew,S. Thomas, 5..8. S. Barcholmew, end thelike recited bys. Gela{ins ( Decrcto de libris Beclen, fiaflicis dit. 15. Can. Santta Romana) 5. Innocentins th: firkt (EpiSt. 3.) S.lerom,Ep.ad Letans,$- Augustin li, 15. cap. 23.de anit. Dei.Origen bomif, 2.40 Centicas atcin a worte fenle called Apechryphal, ox arereitthed as on ‘wwwi.fatimamovement.com eees PROEMIAL Av noe St pe t contegning manifell errors, or farwed Ly Heretskes. Neuber cana Clniflien Caen te 5 abi Sat Which Bookes are Dinine snd Canonscar ENe oli . Scraptisres, but by diclaratien of the Carbolique Church, which withewt inter sech by the +» ruption fuccederb the Apofiles, to whom our Saviour promifed,and (ent Churchwhick the Holic Ghoft, ro ceach al truch.For sftn anie thing meretheo others, ee a ‘ > afteredly one chief and moff newffariepornt is, te knor and dedare, rybuch Divine Sexip Bookes arc Geds bolic Word : being of moft fingular importance. THE SVMME OF THE OLD TESTA- ment, as itis diftinguished from the new. orwithfanding the fubic, ex gencral argument of loth Teftaments The old and iN eeas Jamein fubfiance, sis already faid, yet they diffir in new ee tume,in maner of Yetering of My[leries, im varietic of precepts, ex premifis, MERE GNSS . alfo im meanes to ebferue the thinges exalted, em toattayne to she end pro- In maner of~ peed. Invegard Viherof S. lerome fasth: Lex Moyfi & omne vetus veering. inftromentum clementa mundi intelliguntur, quibus quafi ele-Vaneve of mentis, & Religionis exordsjs Deum difcimus. The law of Moy- Peete fesandal theold Teftament are ynderftood the clements of the jseanes. world, by which, as by firlt rudiments & beginnings, we lezne to know God. Forthet init we baue firf? the Law of nature: and afte- wards « law written, with promfes of temporal rimvardessaslong fey land flewsag with milke co honie, o she liki; burit brought nothing to perfection, w S. Paw! faith, when giftcs & hoftes were offered, 18. which couldnor according to con{cience, make the obferuer Gal. 4. perfect. For the belpes of that ume, awere but infitma & egena cleméta: Weake & poore elements. Likewife sn general, toncking the punisb- The old Te ments that fometimeskappened te the people of ibe old Tefiament, r:hew they ament con- 1.Cor.t0 sranfgrefed, the fame Apofile affirmeib, that al the fame chanced to teyRcth figu- themin figure, & are written for our correption, ypon whom res Okihe rons, the ends of the worldare come. Sorharthe old Tefament, or Law was A couhent ““* buronr pedagogue in Chrilt. Yes it fertrh forib to Ys the whole courfe vifitleChorch of Gods Church, for the fpace of foure thonfand yeares,tbas is,from the begr— from the be- ning of tke world vot Chrif eur Redeoser« which Dinines dinide into fiz SPE ages, wherin was Yariesic ex change of ber fate, three Ynder the Lewof ‘Con oe nature, and three others vader the written Law. The fewenth ola age The (ame My- being this timeof grace (wwherin mve now are) from Chrift, ea theday of ge- Rica) Lodic, eral ludgionent : as theYworld wasesade in fix dayesy and inthe fencashe Psikerent Godisfaidto baneriled, and therfore fantlifedit, in esber for, then the eat i into + former, The eight wil be after the Refurrettson, during foral erernitie, Sxages. Cer, . Yl AST a Tikemist,eetbes Pri The frit age buted. Thefrft from the Creation to Noes fond, conteyning the fpace of 636. CO ett 1656. yoares. ies Heb.7. ” Darts.* . PROEMIAL ANNOTATIONS. ;, Jr4res. The ficond from he floud so the going of Abraham out of bis countr ie, = The fecond 568. or connting Cunan (Gen. reer bp © Lue.4.) 193. yeares. The oe 368-08 98> shird from Abraham his going forth of bsscountrie,to tbe parting of the pyag The thitd. ~ children of rack out of Agypte Vic’ fome count tobaue conuunned 720. Chine Pg yeares, others (whom sve folow) but 450. And shus farre in the lasw of eles The fourth Bainre before the written law. the fonrsh age dured, 480. peavey from f IMS 480. the deliutrie of thechildren of Ifrael forth of gypt, to the fundation of the gaye. Temple in ternfalens. The fifth age Was from the fundation of the Temple, t9 Gals. Thefifth she captivitic ex tranfmigration of the lewes into Babylon, abaut 4y0.)¢ares. Exe. 16. PRe sexe, 02d the fxth age dured about 640.yeares, from the Captinitie of Babylon to see acre6qo. Chrift. In a! which times God Was acknowledged and rightly ferued, by } 7ST Altherime continual Vi/ible Church, With true Religion, toe fame ex no other, Which 1, from the crea~ mow that Church holdeth, that iscalled and knowen by she name of Catho~ ‘ | | ton co Chailt jue, As Weintend , by Gods afiftance, to shew by briefe_Aunotations, cae ” concerning diwers particular points now in Controuerfie, asthe bolie Text genethoccafion, And efpecially by Way of Recapitulation after ewerie one of” shefix ages, When We come to thofe pafages sn the Hiftoric, Wbereshe fame are ended. OF MOYSES THE AVTHOR OF THE fiuc ficlt bookes. pox eas. Oyfes (fo called becaufe ke Was taken from the water, as the name Exod. 6, Res pet. (ignifete ) was borne in Agypt . the fonne of Amram, the fanne ® ™.26- of Caath, the fonne of Leui she Patriarch, and oof lacob, Ifaac and j/rp 4 | Abcaham. Hismaructous delincricfrom drow ning, his education, excellent s-Astig, forms, finguler wifdome, heroical Yertues,rare dexteriticin al affayres, om cap 9» sbole fe wort admirable, are gathered sut of holie Scriptures, bys. Gre~ & Aug. | gorie Bighop of Nilfea inte « briefe samme , moft Wworthie tobe read,’ bus {1-88 Theexcellen- t0 large forthis place. He was borne abont theyéare of the World tm thei 5. Greg, Gie of Moyles fand foure hundred, long before al prophane writers , yea before manie of svatiogs thePsinimes falfegaddes, «5 5. Aazultiz declareth in diners places of his luden matt excellent booke intituled of the Citie of God. He linedin this world “fd. 110. yeares. OF which 40. were in Pharsos court, as the adopted fonne of Save. Phiraos dan zhter:fourtic in benishment from Egypt ip Madtan:and fourtic mare he zoucrned ih: people of Ifrsel. His fingular prayfes are alfo briefly touched 1m the Lafl chapter of Deuteromie, added by lofue. andin the booke of | His feputchre zecleff sfieus. He dint in the defert, and Was buried im the Vaile of Mosh, fo D4 | por knowen facrety shat nv marist meen knew his fipu'chre, leit the Lewes, whe were Very Gloferd | MPARIEMAN prone to Ldalatric, shold haue adored hisbodie with diuine honour, forthe | restate: and msltitede of hismirasles, and for the fingular cflemation, they | (er of dim for the fare. ez 0, ee ctawovement.com water, THETHE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE 4 OF GENESIS, Brees firft Beoke of bolie Sripture,called Genelis , which fignife b God, birth or beginning, Was written by Moyfes, Whin hemas difigned by fru <> rule the children of Ifrsel-A, alfo the other foure bockes folowing. rhe Author and ansheritic of al which fue bookes, were eucr sackuowwledged by the fithful, borbof the old and new Tefament : and fo nian 19. accounted and sflemedbytradition, 1 Chrifl and bis Apofles: who alfo Heb. 11. confirmed them bysher seftimonies, and allegstrons of she fomre, as ef belie 4aceb. 2 Serjpturcs. From th: crestion Yntil Moyfes writ (Which Was abowe v4 thou LP fand and foure bundred yeares) the Church exercifed Religion by Renelatt- ‘ons made tocertsine Patriarches, and by Traditions from man to man, Wwith- ont anie Scriptures or Law mw ittcn. But the peculiar people of God bein, S. ang, more Vifbly feparated from other nations 5 to minse errors abunding inthe gue. world, God would for correttion co confuration therof, have bis nul made | eneni turther kuowwen to bis children, and fo remaine among them in seritten ham “second, by bis faithfinl feruant and Prophet Moy[és, VEbo therfore declaresb “2° she Author and beginning of al thinges, that 13, Hoy al creatures wore made by God; and of birs baue th ir ng and by hin only are conferned. Heteachethexprefly that there is oneonlie God, agsinft rhofe thet meg wed andbrougbt into rhe phantafies of men maniegoddes. That the whole or Yninerfal Jubllance of keauen andearth,with ther ornaments and acct dents, Were made in tirne, ag ainfE thofe sb it thourbe the firf fundation ther ofbad ever benne. That God doth xouerne the ime; agsinf ikoferhet (ay, alisruled by d.flenieor by the arres, and not by the contsrusl proudence of God. That God is a rewarder of the good,anda punisher of cul which Sinners feme either not to know, or grofly 10 forgete. Aad that God crexted ‘al for mans Yeand benefite, which should make vs grateful. FVherfore holie Mayfes more particularly deferibeth the beginning of man; what ke was at firft; how he fel; how al mankind is come of one man. deducing the Gen-alogie of Adam , efpecially 10 Noe, Then bow men being more and more defiled Yponsheearth, with ticked, efpecially carnal (innes, were by | God; inj? wrath drowned with an yninerfal loud. | Againe hom 4 fer referued:perfons muluplied the world anew. But | tis ofspring alfe falling sntomanie finnes, efpecrally Idolatrie end {piri | tual fornication, as thofe of the firft age didto carnaloffences, God fileon- Sermed forne faithful ex tyne feruants. Of Which Moyles [pecially purfucth Gensto, tbe line of Noe by Sem his firft begotten fonne. Thea deferrberb the particular Vocations, lines, maners, motable [ayings, and noble fatles, With finccre re ligion of Abraham, lfase, 1acob, tefeph, ex other belie Patréarcbes: 2 bo Imed before the Written Lavy, Lskevyi[e Ygon Vybat occafien, Co in what many wo 16 Genelis writ” ten byMoyles Alwayes 2e- thentical. Sokvewenby -Tradition, confirmed by Chrift, Allea~ pedalfo by the Apoftles. Religion re~ veled te fpe- cial perfons, and fo obfer= ued by Tradi- tions, Why Scrip- tore waswrite ten. YVhat Moy- fes {pecially shewethin this booke. Man moft par ticularly de- feribed: Thesight line from Adamte Noe. The principal Patriosches from Noe to therz fonnes of licael.This booke divided into eight pe a 4 i Te THE ARGYMENT OF GENESIS, mant’y tacob otberivifecalled 1frecl, with al bis progenie, defiended from the Land of Canaan into Egypt, and were there entertayned. 50 this baoke contayneth the biftorie of tre thoufand three bandred e- odde yesres. And. it may be dinided into eight partes. The firSt contayneth she Creation of E Hessen and Earth, ox other Creatures, and leftly of Man.chsp. t. O 2. The fecond part is of the trangrefion c& fal of man, & his caffing out of Paradsfe , of multiplication of men, and of finne, though fl fome Were tuft, of the yeneral floud, that drowned al except eight perfons, cx fav other living creatures of the earth. from the third chap, to the 8. The third part is of the naw increatfe,e~ multiplication of the fame, from the 8. chap. to the 1. The fourth, of theconfufion of tongues, om the diuifion of nations. im the tt, chap. the fiferelateth Abrabams going forth of biscountrie, Gods promife,that in his (tedeal Nations should be bleffed, cx the commandment of Circumcifion, from the (2. chap. to the at. The fixth part recounieth the progenic,and other blefings, efpecrally she great Yvertues of Abrabam,lfaac, and Layb, from the 21. chap. to the 376 The feuenth part reportcth the fel- ling of lofeph ints Bg yptyandhisadaancement there, fromthe 37.chap. to the 46. Theeight and laf partis of 1aceb, and his progenies going into Lqypt, their intertainment there , and of Lacobs, and “Goal of lofephs death. in the fiue laft cabpters. =e The fignification of the markes here vfed, for direétion of the reader. ‘Thenumbersin che argumentes of chapters point to the verfe,where the mat- “cer mentioned beginncth. This forme ofcroffe [+ Jin the text, sheweth che beginning of everie verfe. ‘The numbers in the inner margent ouer againftthe croffer, shew the number of verfesin the fame chapter. 5 This marke” Gignifieeh thatehere foloweth an Annotation after the chapter, yponthewordsorwordes, wherro ux is adioyacd, The namber alfooF the fame verfe is prefixed to the Annotation. - Thele foure prickes :: shew that there is an Annotation inthe margent, ypon thatplace, Andwhen manic occurre,the ft anfwereth.to theft marcke, the fecond to che {econd, and fo forth, In ke maner che citations of places intheinner margent,areapplied tothe authoresalleaged. * Butwhen there be more fuch marginal annorations, thea may eafcly be ap- + plied,we viethe Ictters of the Alphabete fordirection, is forme of aftarre [* ] in the text or anaotatioas, pointeth to the explica~ tionof fome word or wordes, in the margeat. Sometimes we put the Concordance of other Scriptures in the ioner mar- gentof therext. VVe hauc allo noted in the margent; when the Bookes of holie Seriptare (or partes thercof) are readin the Churches Seruice. For their fakes, that dete zorcadthe fame, in order ofthe Ecclefiaftical Office. wwwifatimamovement.comae. 34, 1f 17,24, Pfalm 32,6. 335, f- Eels, 10,1. Heat, ‘ Job. 38, Ter.40, ye ite THE BOOKE OF GENESIS, INHEBREW BERESITH. Cuar. 1 God createth keanen andearth, and al things therin; diftincwishing and beeviyfying the fame; 26. loft of al the jeth day ce te svbom be jabiecbeth al corporal skangs of this inferior yvorld. of al things. i The Churc! A] Nr nz beginning Gop created hea- Tale | uen_ and earth. + And the carth was booke in her voide & vacant, and darkenes was Olicefrom vpon the face of the deapth: and” the gipaiien Sun Spititeof God moued oner the wa- day. ters. + And God faid: Be light made. Allo this firft | And light was made. + And God .20. and Anagogically the Church triumphant. And fometimes this (and thelike foan.%, ofothers) metaphorically in the literal fenfe fignificth the Church militant, 25. and not the citie offevric, asin the 12. chapter tothe Hebrewes :andfome pum. Be times the Church triumphant, as in the 2. of the Apoealips. 2. thespiriteofGed.] In the Hebrew itis Ggnifed, thatthe Spiriteof God wasonthe waters tomake them fertile, for thst flhes and birdes weretobe ey therof; the word is merahepheth, smcubabat, fate xpon, to produce ruidt (faith S.Terom) from the waters,as a henne by her heate, produccth serm, #5 lifein the egges. And the ame S.lerom, and before him Tertullian teach, that pufel-ty. thiswasa figure of aprile, which coniiteth of varcr and the Folie Goth yous For as warer in the beginning ofthe world receiued a certain vital vertue of rep, de the Holie Ghoftto roduceliuing creatures: fo alfo Baprifme receiueth vertuc bape. of the fame Holie Ghoft.o procreate nev meu. VVherupon Tertullian calleth Chriftians fithes, beeaule they are gotten from the waters, and thence haue their firft(pirituallife. Lt st morsherfore feme ftrange ({aith he ) thas sn Baprijne VV aters gene life. 16. 170 great lights, aud fharres.] Here oceurreth another example of the hardnes of bolie Scripture. Forif the two great lights (towitthe Sunnc& the Moone) and allo theftarres, vvere made th: fourth day, and notbefore, asit may feme by the wordes in this place, then what was that light, and in what fubieét was it, hac was made the firlk day ? S. Bafil, S. Gregori Nazianzen, Theodoret, and fome others, writing ypon this place do i which wasmade the Srftday, rermayned though anaccident without his fub= igGttilthe fourth day. And albeir moft other Dottors rather think that the fabltarce of the Sunne & Moone, & of other planets and ftarres were creaced thefirftday, and the fourthday (etiathat orderand courfe wbich now they kepe, with more.diftindtion for fins and fesfouy and deyes and years: yevicix glete tat the forelaidancient Dotlors iudged iepollible, thac accidents may temaing : ‘ 2) ‘wwwfatimamovement.comCreation. Gewesrs. - 5 remaine without their fubi¢é. whicha Sacramentatie wilbe loath to grant, Theaceidente left it mightbe proued poffible, as both thefe & al other Catholique Doétors of breade and beleued andeaughe, that the accidents of bread and wine remainein the ble wine canre- fed Sacrament of the Eucharift without their fubieéts. VVhich Proteftants maineby denice. : Gods power" 26. Let-11 make man te our Image.] For better confideration of Gods bountie without their, eowarde ts, tad Rarsiog. our (clace co-gratitode owards hin, we may HtCe URCIeDE note tenne prerogatiues beftowed on vs, by our Lord & makerin our creation Tenne preto- AUERE SI other cx Wille cearares: Pict, wrcrss Goduy an inapeealwenteneaeeeeed cominanémentmade other creatures, Fiat lux, Fiat firmamentum: Rethere light: man.in hi reshere a firmanunt ‘intending to make man, he procedeth familiarly, by way, creation. asitwere, of confultation, and asto his ownc vieand feruice to make man r. madelike . faying: £e1 vsmale man ts enrimaze and ikenes, thaviso fay,a reafonable creature to God. with vnderftanding and free wil, which beaftes hae not. Secondly, inthis 2. The Myfte- worke God firftinfinuateth the high Myfteric of the B. Trinitie, or plaralitic ric ofthe B. ofPerfons in one God (becaufe manis to beleue the fame) fignifying che plura- Trinicieinfi- Jitic of Perfons by the wordes Let 7s meke, and recur:and the vniticinfubftance, nnated in his bythewordes tmage and likenes, the firt inthe pluralnumber, thelaterinthe creation. fingular. Thirdly, other creatures were produced by the waters and earth, . produced fer the votes bing forth (fhe and foule) te decarh bring forth (praffeand by God hima cattle, & other beattes) but God brought forth man, norbytheearth, though felfe, ‘oftheearth, norby water, nor by heaven, nor by Angels, bue byhim lelfe, geuing him a reafonablefoule, not {enfual only asto beattes, and the fimenot , produced ofaniccreature, but created immediatly ofnothing. Fourthly, God 4:Placedia gavemanParadife a moft pleafant place todwelin. Fiftly, God gaue mando- P2*adife. Ininion and imperial authoritie oueral liuing creatures ynder heauen. Sixtly, 5- Lord ofal aman was created in thatinnocencic oflife, and integtitic of al vertues, that his ©2¥thlie crea mind was wholly fubicétro Ged, his {fenfeto reafon, his bodie ro his fpirice, "£8 Be andalether living creatures obedientto him: cuen the terrible Lions, the S-innocencice cruel Tigres, the huge Elcphants, and che wildcit birdcs. Seuently, God 7. excellent broughethem alto man, as todo him homage, and cotake tkeirnamesofhim. knowlege- Yvhich by his excellent knowledge he gaue them confonnable wtheitna- tures. Eightly, Godgaue manin fome forte an immortal bodic, thatifhehad kept Gods commandment, he had liued long and pleaCantly inchis world, ad fo thould haue bene tranflaced to eternal lifewithourdying. Ninthly, God did noconly adore man with al natural knowledge, and fupernarural ver~ tues, but alfo with thegift of prophecic. VVherby he knew that Eue was « boneofbis bones, andfesh of his fesh, though being a fepe he knew not when the was made. Tenthly (which wasthechicfe Fence, ofal) Godcomuerfed 10- God con familiarly with man, and thac in fhape of man, which was a token of his Uetfed fami- meruclous great loucto man, anda fingular incitroent of him toloue God. Hatly witk Reade more, ifyou pleafe, ofthe dignitic of man, and the bencfites of God 29 towards himin his creation, in S.Bernard vpon the 99. Pfalme. And vponthe 61, chapter of Ei: 28. Increafe and multiplie. ) VV bether this bea commandmentorno, Pedieee fete Uacots ate ence Nguacsed erie ees ee ; yes effe= cresfeand nuliplie. He (aid the fame alfo co brute creatures, which are notes Qeal, pdleofaprecept, burby this were made fertile. VVberby welee that Gods Can aa! leffing alwayes worketh fome teal effect:as of fertilitic in this and orher E(pecially in Izces, of multiplication of the loaues and fifhes, Ioan 6. And (omerealeffedt the holic Ea bleffing muft nedes worke alfo in the ble(fed Sacrament. Mar. 26. Charitt. . A; Which r 8. powre to line euer, ‘www. fatimamovement.com6 Gewesrs. Adam. YVhich can be no other but changing bread and wine into his bodie & blond, feing him (elfe exprefly fayeth : Ths my bodie. thiew my blond. And though Gods bleffing in this place, be ales perry c itis notroal men foreuer; but for che propagation of mankind, which being long fince Noeal men & abundantly propagated, the obligation of the precepr cealech the eaule cea~ wemen Com fing. So $ Eypriaa, & Terome, & Augaftin, and other Fathers expound this manded to place, And confirme the fame by the cext, for immediatly God fignifying to whatend he {poke, (aith : and replenish theearth. VVhich benig replenifhed, Gods wilis therin fulfilled. Ged erentech Gras. IL pornew kin~ re worke of fix dayesbeing finished, God refed the feutih diy oblefed it. ceesesee il 8.732 lacing mun in paradife (planted woth beworiful eo-weie trees, worketh. fo. ‘eo watered mputh foure riners ) 16. Comandet’ him nat to eate of the treeof $,t7-confer~ — knowwledze of good ex enil. 18. cx formed « woman of a ribbe of Adam. Bing & gouer- aoa He heauens therfore & the earth were fully finithed, 1 foules, grace, andal the furniture of them., + And the feucnth day 2°, prod. ae ec God ended his woorke which he had made: & ** refted” the, 20,11 | ScAup ll rv) feuenth day, from al woorke thathe haddone. + And he 3 Dew. f+ | Gate die * bleffed the feuenth day and fan@ifiedit:becaufeinithehad ™% ex, . - _cea(ed fromal his woorke which God created to makes. uae |: Mans foule ©. t Thefe are the generations of heaucn & earth, when 4 is'immediatly they were creaced in the day, when our Lord God made the Maifer. So, faith he, the honour of Sainétes is the honour of Chrift their t Lerdand ours, pee “5 oe Yhyaparei- , 37+ Oftheeree oftisorrrledge.} Befides'the law of siature, by which Man was UPAR. boundvo diredt alhisadtions according to therule of eaton sand beides the Jaw belides {pernacural divine lav, by whichhe was boundto beleue, and truftin God, ‘the generals. 20410 louchimabousalthings, hazing receiuedtheftesof faith, Kops and VeefGod & charitic: God gaue him another particalar law, that heshould not eateofthe tree fas, of knrevlegee) geod andeusl. Andichat fortwo (pecial reafons, which $. Anenftin lib. €. de Scacico man. POCcth $prn this place . Fir, chat God mighit declare him (elfero be Lard of Gem.ad * = man. VVhich-wasabtolucely necelfarie for man,and aothing atal profirableto litc.ste firtresfon. God, who aedeth nocour (eruice, but we withouchis dominion fhouldl ve. Pah x5. erly falto nothing. Nee enim spfainen ercaate, coe. Forhe netcreating vs, neither eval rachaxe bene, nor le uot conje-uine-rs,coald rye remiayne nor henst courrning rs, could Hrelinerishtly. py lierfore be ondiessourtrne Lords vvhems mat for hey hues fer ear errrneprafite and folnation vveferae. The otherrealon was, thatCodmichezeue manmaier wherin to exerei‘e the vertue of obedience, and co thes him felfea (ubicét of God. VVhich could not be fo properly and cffectually decla- red by keping other !awss, north enormitie of dilobedience appeare fo eui- | dently, 1 by felling of Gods wil commanding him, or by doing his ow ne wil, moued tothe contratie, in a thing ofit (elfe indifferent, &enly made va- lawfal, becaufe it was forbid. Bur fee vsheare S. Auguftins cwne ides. | Thefinne of xecparcismelias ant diliceatieacimendariquastum mailers fit fols inabedjentia, coe, | dilobediénce: Neichercouldit (fair greatDoétor) be berter, normore exadtlyfignified +» | how bad aching (ole difobedience is, then whisre 1 man became guiltic of ss | iniquitie, becaufe he couched that thing contiarie to prohibition, which +» | ifhiesnot forbidden, bad touched, he had nut finnedacal. For he chacith, for. se Toyned wich : that o..... com