d Commentarie "Ppon Chap.-6, 1~ oufiy,and la<ingdelicioufiy euery day;orher A in gamiog,carding,dicing,rioting. reuelling, and(as the rcarme is)in (waggering, wherein rhey follow their father the diuell, whoio rhereforc more full ofwratb,Kno.,ing rhar h< hath!mt A/horttimt.Apoc.l Z.lz.Tothe(cwe mayaddeallfuchidleperfons, as follow no \'ocarion,or crade of hfe, bur day after day, andyeareafrer yeare, are llill deuifing new' paflimcs (as they call rhem) ro trifle the rime away. Tbcfe men hallen rhe iudgemenr. ofGod, and pullirvponthembeforeGod infl1cbr, It isa great iudgemenr ofGod for a manro be in that cafethat in rh< morning h« foi~/1[-'} , would Godit were euming,Andin the eummg,wo11Id Godit "W,trtrtJorning, Deut. ·z.s. G7, lnrhiscafeis euery idle loiterer, who B through idlenelfc io wearie of himfelfe ,and grieucd tberime palfethawayfo Oowly : and to thefe:qui nihilagNnt, \Ve may ioynethem q"' mali agunt, and rhofealfo q•i•liudagunl, all which ar<condcmned inrhis text: anda– gamllrhcm Ti11u rhe heathen. Emperour fi•all rife in iudgement, and !hall condemne rhem, bccaufe bee remembring on alime as he fare at fupper rhar he had trifled away the day in doing norhiog,faid, Amici, hodie dim> pmudi:FmndJ,l bautlofllhiJd•J· 11 . re (et h6W i4rgea feller I hAUl written vntoyou with mi'u ownehAnd. Here beginneth the ConcluGon, beeing the third general! part of this Epillle, confi· fling oftwo parrs:an /n(r•u•rion,in the 11. ver. C and a. RecApitH!ation , in the verfes.foUowing. Ht inliouarerh h•mfelfeinto the miodes of rheGalari~ns by a twofold argument. Fir!I, fromrhe lar~ncllc of biS Epillle. Te/«b.,. lsrge A !ettrrlhAIIe written:(<lcondly,from the inllrumcntall eaufe, in that he writ it TPith hiJ orrmehAnd, where he giucs authoritie to it, and a kind of emineode aboue his other letters. And in borh, he commendeth his dili&ence, loue,and care which he had of them. The word tranfiated,Je(ee, is ambiguous, and may bee raken either as acommaunde– mcnr,SeehQw /argea/etttrlhaue P~ritten:or as an alferrion, T< /«···· The like ambiguirie i• D inrhe word •.,.,.&.,Phib.s. and may be read eitherrhus,amo•Kflwhomt]OU Jot foin<: or,{<< tbatJONjl·in<MParrn. It is not materiall in whether acception it bee rakeo, fceing rhc (en[c i..ll one. The firfl argomentto mooue the Galati· aos to attention, and acceptation of Pa11ls pames,and good alfeaion, is taken from the largenelfe of his Epi(!le. Theword in the 0· . rigtnall rranflared larg<, is llrangelywrelled :-~;~"'(;f~LuS by (undricinrerpr<'ters,without cau(e:• EilA– ru referring111o the loftinelfe of fenreoces: H;pe>-iu. to the profundirie& depth of mar– rcr;lerom< ro thegrearnelfeof rhe charaaer: C,hr;(of/omeand Th<eph;lafJ, to the badnelfe ofhis hand, as not beeiog able to write well: H•imotothe l'L>brewcharaaer in which he !"'roro: whereasrheword doth noronely fig. ni6eqN•I•ry,butas properlyqu•ntiti<,asHeb. ~,;,.• .,_ 7·4J.Con{idtrhtrTPgrt11t tbil "um WM. Andthe e~.~a:~r. · word thatanfwererh vnto ir,flgnilierh anell quantitie,asqualirie. Cololl. z. r. I"''"'dJt , , _ k,ntrP'IVhAtgreAtfight lhAu,-.Jam. 3 • 5 • Be.. '-~1"',.>"''11' h•ld,ho,.grw •thingallllitfir<~ndl<th I The . plaineand fimple meaning thereforeofPa•l, ,,~.,.,_ IS th10,rhar he oeuer wrote fo longan Epillle with his owne hand,vnro any Church,as vnro them. He writ indeed rhe.Epillle ro Phile· mon with his ownehand, but rharwas fhort incomparifonofthis. And he wrote iargcr Epifllcato orher Churches, as ro the Ro– manes,Corinthians,;kc. bur by his Scnbes not with ·his owne hand, T bcreforc [eeing this is the looge!l,aod largd\ letler rhareuer Pau/wrirwith his owne hand, it oughrro bee mmeregardod,aod better accepted: So rhat ashispa1nea were greater in writing, our diJi~ gcnce lhould be greater in reading, and obfcruiog the fame. ThiS lhewes PAulsgreatcareo( theChur· chcs, notoncJy whenhec w~;s prc[cnt, but when he was abfent.Howpaioeful he was be. mgamong them rowinnethem to tbeGof. pell, how fearefull when he was abfcntfrom rhem,lcllrheirminds fi>Ould be Jeaucned by falfe reachm:hol>' faithful! both prefenr and abfent. And it may ferueas a preGdencroall Pa· llors hauiog cureoffouks, rovfe rhe hkedi– Jigcnce, and confcience, in their Mmificric; rharbeeiogabfeotio body from theircharge vpon necelfarie o<cafions (as Paul was') yet theywould beprefentin fpirit with tbem:and prcfenrby rheirletcers : th!t fo rhey may te· llifie to all the world,rhar theybaueagreater care ofthe llocke then ofrbe fleece. Ir further teacheth vs, that iftheMiniller becing carried with difcreete zeale for rho goodofrhe Church, goe further either in word, orwririog, thenheeinrcnded, or is thought fit byfomc: (as itfecmes Pa•l did In rhisplace,forwhatneedsthiolargeletter(may fome fay,)alhorterwould bauedoneaowdl) that we are notto cen[urehim, orlimiteand prefcribehim.Ir bad bene agreat fault in the Galatians, ifthey had found fault wtthP••I forthishislarge letter; and in rhc difcipleo &Iewcsifrhey fi1ould haueblamcdhlslong Sermon,whieh continued aronetime, from morning,tonight. Att. z8. •3· ar another time,from the clofing ofthe euening,ril mid· nighr.Aa.zo.7.AndCo it isin many hearers, who are roo curioutand llritl in preCcribiog and limiting their teachers ro the rime, Ion• gerrMn which theycannotpatiently indur<. And in llinring rhem,in vrging oftbJS orrhar point,infayinghe ruilfedhis Rhmriel;f, his Epim~newastoolong, hcew~so_ucr(eene m .• fflo~:fi,~; dwdhng fo loog vpon the pomr;~rhad becnc lfradunt bcttcr,a word and away)&c. Doltores, His fecond argument istaken from rhein· ob""' lo<~ firumentall caufe,tb.at h~•.rot~lt '1;11~ ku ow'u "~~; :~::~ hand (a) Haimo faJih Jl IS rhc opmron of lP t. fi.• 0 the ru crlj' lt, ..
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