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Most learned and fruitful commentaries of D. Peter Martyr Vermilius Florentine, professor of divinity…Most learned and fruitfull commentaries of D. Peter Martir Vermilius Florentine, professor of diuinitie…
Most learned and fruitful commentaries of D. Peter Martyr Vermilius Florentine, professor of divinity in the school of Tigure, upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romans wherein are diligently [and] most profitably entreated all such matters and chief common places of religion touched in the same Epistle. With a table of all the common places and expositions upon divers places of the scriptures, and also an index to find all the principal matters contained in the same. Lately tra[n]slated out of Latin into English, by H.B.Most learned and fruitfull commentaries of D. Peter Martir Vermilius Florentine, professor of diuinitie in the schole of Tigure, vpon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes wherin are diligently [and] most profitably entreated all such matters and chiefe common places of religion touched in the same Epistle. With a table of all the common places and expositions vpon diuers places of the scriptures, and also an index to finde all the principall matters conteyned in the same. Lately tra[n]slated out of Latine into Englishe, by H.B.
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To have some fruit among you also.] Origene complaineth here of the dark construction, or confused reading, which he very obscurely goeth about1 to restore. But in my judgement it is plain and easy enough if all this. (And I was letted even to this day) be written by interposition or a parenthesis. For then shall the sentence be, that he was oftentimes ready to come, to have some fruit among them, as he had among other nations. He saith not arrogantly that he will bring them fruit: but rather that he will receive and take fruit of them. Which fruit was, to be strengthened and stablished in Christ. And2 this is a certain token of faithful schoolmasters, if they count the profit of their disciples, their fruit and advantage. Although there are some interpreters, which expound this sentence of the reward which should be given unto Paul for preaching the Gospel among the Romans. But the first interpretation is more plain, and more agreeable unto the words of Christ, wherein he saith: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you that ye should go forth and bring fruit. But Paul seemeth by his desire to prevent the will of God: which thing profitable servants ought not to do. For they must wait for the commandment of their Lord, neither must they resist when he commandeth any thing. For God was almost angry with Moses, for that he refused to go unto Pharaoh: and so was he with Jonah the Prophet, because he detracted3 to go unto Nineveh. Between these two dangers the mean ought to be observed. Paul whatsoever he saw that he thought would advance the glory of God, the same did he straight way exceedingly desire: which is also the nature of other holy men. In the mean time God suffereth them to be deceived: howbeit he forsaketh them not. For straight way he boweth their wills, whether it pleaseth him, that is, to those things, which do in very deed illustrate ⟨p. 13⟩his name. And godly men must beware, that they put not lets against the4 calling of God. They must bow themselves before God like drawing beasts to be governed with the bridle of his will. Neither is this to be omitted, that this desire of the Apostle was besides his determination. For he had determined (as it is written in the 15. chapter of this epistle) not to build upon an other mans foundation: but there rather to preach Christ, where his name had not before been heard of.