J '\ 430 ACommentarie 11pon Chap.6. f. from L..d~eeathechufuirieof l'hrig•• PacMi- A peare by rhere rcafons. FirCl generally, ifti-~ m14, the R~_em1Cls notiVIthllandmg 111 tl~e des were C11nonicaU as weiJ as rllc Epiilles argumentaffirme, that it is vnccrten where 1t themfelues, the Fathers wouJd ncuer haue waswrillen,and thoughit becummooly [aid doubted (asthey did)wherher Paul were rj,e rohauebccncwrittenat LaaJi~e~, yet irfee· aur.horof the EpHlJctothe Ebrewesor nor, ; merh to beorherw1fe, becau(e n ISlike he w~s fectng in all cop1es (aue one(as o~:{.fl hath ob· neuer there. as may be gathered by tbe Eptferued)it beareth his namc:but fomeofthem Hie to the Coloffians which was written at afcnbcittoBarna61UJasTertlllll 11 n: orhersro Rome in his lalhrouble, a little before his Lukf,as /mm<witnelfeths othersto Clem"'" , • dearh' tor Cololf.z. t, Pa•l feemes tomU· Omrmenius imiruleth ir onclyrhus, Tbe fpinua~c.that hcc was ncuer at that L4odtceaof /llelo the Ebruns, without adding rhe name Phrsgza, nearcto Cololfos, and H~erapolli, ofP•ulor anyother penner of ir; and foHenand rharrhey neuer faw hts perfon. Belides, ttnrusa papifl doth rranflate it out of Oecuneirher PlsnJ(whowritafter Paul) nor anyom,,;., Secondly, Come Epifll<s (as rhofe thcrauncicnrclaiTique Authour~ doth make feucnwrittenby lAmes, P¥tcr 1 lohn,/Hdc)haue mention ofPhrigu4 PacMJan4 : fo that it fee- B vnfit titles prefixed beforethem, in that they merh to haue becne(ocalledlong after P••ls arecallcdfomcrimc c••• ,;,./1, (lpccially of dcceafe' rhc firCl mention that;, made ol it the Larine Church) and fomerime (•rholrkf (as fome haue obferued) becing in theaCls of (chiefly of rbc Grceke Church) netthcr of the s.SynodeofCon(ianrinople. B4Yonius is which wereeuer giuenrhem by auy Apollle, ofopinion rhar ir was wmten from Macedoor Apotlol•quewriter. For firfl touching rhe nia,tom.r.p:zg.564 grounding his conietl:ure mle C4ntJniut1~ir may feewe llrange rhat rhis vpon 1.T1m.1.3. Asl bcfoHght~hce toabideat infcription tl10uJd euer hauc bm approprta· Ephtfm;f'llhm 1we,, inloMAcedo1'Ji4 ;[odor.-·· ted vuro rhem, which iscommon With rhcm Thefamedorh Atha•a(isrs affitmcin hisSytorhe wholewordofGod:as though mrhem nopGs, and71"od.rer in h1s preface vpon 111ereconr.ineci a more pcrfeCI andabfolut~ chat EpiHJe. ruJcofdoClrineand manneu, ofrhingstQbe Againe,thefub(criprionofthcz.roTimobelccucd ar.d praClifcd, rhen in the other :hi~.that ir was1::ritten(rom Rome tmto T1mo. bookcs ofholywrir;confidering rhar fundrie rhie thefirfl Bsfoop <fe{ledofthc Churchc(£pheD10ines(albei<erroniouOy I confclfc) haue 1 (ra,eannot wcl Cland •• (emerhiokeu·irh that c becne (o farre from giuing vnto them this ofS.Paul,t.Tim.4·5·Doethe work,eofat>f:uanprcherninence aboue thereCI of rhe bookcs I gelif/. fecing that EuangehCis wereoorrycd ro ofScriptmc,rhat rhey haue altogerherrcieper(onall rcudencie, to abide in one place(as d cd rhem,as no parrof Canonical Scriptu": B1fl1opsand Paflors are)bur wcrero go from by nametheEpi(\Jcof lamu,the z.offeur, place to place , ro confirme the Churches rho. and 3· oUob. and rbar of /SJd<, of all planted by the ApoCIIes.But the difcuffing of u·hich it was doubted in auncienr rime, as u·e this argument, whethcrTimothiewcrean E fee: inE11[cbius,and rf1eSyrian Church rcceiuangehCI,propetlyfo called,and wherhcr the ueth them nor to rhis day, asbeing not in •he fame man could not bean Euangeh(i, ~nd a SynackerunOarion; and c.ietan a popifh Bifhop,rcquirethalonger di(courfe>tht:ncan writer,;nd theLsnhtr11ns;t th1sprefcnr,rcictl be affoardcd to rhisfhorr rreattfe.LaCIIy,rhe rhem,asmay app<arc by rheirwrirings. SepoCI-fcriptofrhe EpiCIIero Tirss.s, fatth tt was condlv, that this infcription was added ro JvrittenfromNicopoliJofUJ-lacedonill: chedeuirhefe Epifilcs without fufficienr ground, and fers o( whichaflfrtionground rheiropinion warrantofreafon, m2y appeo:~:rc , in rhar no vpooTitr" 3.u.whcre Paul(aith, Be drlig••' rcafon can bee giuen why thefe fcuen OJOold tocome tom~ to 1Vicopo!is,for' Iht~lledettrmiwed D be called Canomca/1, ratherthen the Epifllcs tberetuJ:~inur:miClaking thcrexr. (or he faith ofSajnt P~ul,or rhat to the Ebrc"'·cs(whofocnar,be diJigenr to come ro me to N1copolis, uer was the penner thereof.)For whereasthe torI haue detcrmmed h~reto winrer(as beeordinarte Glolfe fairh,they are called (anoniing rhere alrcadie) bur I hauc dcrermmcd call, bccaufe rhey wernecciucd into rheCa. there ro wmrcr. By which it is plaine, that noo with the other Epillles; by thar realon u•hcr: Paul wrote toTitiiJ, hewas notat Nico. rhcy tl1ould beenomore (Anonictdi then rl1e, l pol.is,(asthc poCI-fcripraflirmcth,)and fowee reCl, nay, norof that aurhcnticall,atlea!l of/ feerhetcxt whichrheyallcdgc for rhcm, mathat vndoubrcd authoritie rberefl areo(,feekcrh mo!l againCl rhcm.And rhis isrhe 10dgmg theyhardly obrain<d ro bcereg•flrcd tn I mcnrand rcafonof BAronisu, AmuJ. tom. t. thcCanonwirh rhercffas Ctfmntc.tli. La(IJy, p•g. ~75-l. 33· Antotrp. howfoeuer Cl•udius rhts titlewas ncuer giuen w rhcli: Epiflks by/ t)penc.urflJitts his fingers of it, and patfes it theGrccke Church (whtch was moreaunct- 1 ouer in lilence. cnr) bot onely by the Larine Church, "' I Thus much concerning Sub(criptions: a might beprooued by mamfold rcCinuomcs, • u·ord or two rouchiog /nfcriptions or tttlrs prc· J ifir were athing neccfTarle to be Uoodt•pon.! fixed before EptOies,That thefe be no port of/ Neu.erthdclfe. howfocuer thiS ihfcrip~ion\ Scripture written by the ApoCIIcs,but added .cmnor be defended, ycr 1t may bccexcufed, ! ro rhc Epillles by Come others, Jt mo:~:y apand tollerared,aJ: amleo(dlfilllCliOO, to d1~ /· flinglli01 , ..
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