TREAT. again of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of III. God. For that which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is Spirit. Likewise in the same place; John 6, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His blood, 53. not ye shall not have life in you. V. 1 Cor. 9, 24. 25. not V. 10. not 26. That to be baptized and to receive the Eucharist is a little thing, unless a man improve in deeds and works. In the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians; Know ye not, that they which run in a race, run indeed all, but one receiveth the palm? So run, that ye may obtain: and they indeed, that they may obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. In the Mat. 3, Gospel according to Matthew; Every tree which bringeth not V. forth good fruit, shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire. Mat. 7, Likewise in the same place; Many will say to Me in that not day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy Name, and in Thy Name have cast out devils, and in Thy Name have done many wonderful works? And then will I say unto them, I never knew you; depart from Me, ye that work iniquity. Likewise in Mat. 5, the same place; Let your light shine before men, so that they V. may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Phil. 2, heaven. Likewise Paul to the Philippians; Shine as lights in 22. 23. 16. not 15. not V. John 5, 14. not 16. 17. not V. the world. 27. That the baptized also loses the grace he has been admitted to, except he keep innocency. In the Gospel according to John; Behold thou art made V. whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. Likewise 1 Cor. 3, in the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians; Know ye not, that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God 2 Chron. destroy. Concerning the same thing in Chronicles; Your God is with you, while ye be with Him; if ye shall forsake Him, He shall forsake you. 15, 2. not V. Vid. Treatise 28. That remission cannot be to him in the Church, whose iv. 6. 2. sin is against God. V. Mat. 12, In the Gospel according to Matthew; He who speaketh a 32. not word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but he who speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, Mark 3, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Likewise 28. 29. according to Mark; All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of The world's hatred of the Christian Name predicted. 91 men, and blasphemies; but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, but he shall be chargeable of eternal sin. Concerning this same thing in the first of Kings; If one man be guilty of offence against another, 1 Sam. they shall intreat the Lord for him; but if a man sin against 2, 25. God, who shall intreat for him? 29. Concerning the hatred of the Christian Name, it was before prophesied. not V. 17. not 18-20. not V. In the Gospel according to Luke; And ye shall be hated Luke 21, of all men, for My Name's sake. Likewise according to John; v. If the world hate you, know ye that it hated Me first; if ye John 15, were of the world, the world would love what is its own; but, because ye are not of the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you; the servant is not greater than his Lord; if they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. 5, 4. not ར. 23, 21. 30. What a man has vowed to God, he must pay quickly. In Solomon; According as thou hast vowed a vow to God, Eccles. make no delay to pay it. Concerning this same thing in Deuteronomy; But if thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord Deut. thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it; for the Lord thy 23. not God enquiring shall seek it of thee, and it shall be a sin; V. these things which shall go out of thy lips thou shalt perform; and thou shalt fulfil the gift which thou hast spoken with thy mouth. Concerning this same thing in the forty-ninth Psalm; Sacrifice to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay thy Ps. 49, vows unto the Most Highest. Call upon Me in the day of[50,]14. trouble; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me. V. Concerning this same thing in the Acts of the Apostles; Why hath Satan filled thine heart, that thou shouldest lie Acts5,3. against the Holy Ghost? When the land was sold, it was in thine own possession; thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. Likewise in Jeremiah; Cursed is he, who doeth the Jer. 48, works of the Lord negligently. 31. That he who believeth not, is already judged. 15. not 4. not V. 10. not V. not V. In the Gospel according to John; He that believeth not, is John 3, already judged; because he hath not believed in the Name of 18. 19. the only Son of God. And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than TREAT. light. Concerning this same thing in the first Psalm; III. Therefore the ungodly shall not arise up in judgment, neither Ps. 1, 5. sinners in the council of the righteous. not V. Gen. 3, 16. not V. not V. 32. On the benefit of virginity and continency. In Genesis; Multiplying I will multiply thy sorrow and thy groans; and in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children, and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Concerning this same thing, in the Gospel according Mat. 19, to Matthew; All men receive not the saying, but they to 11. 12. whom it is given; for there are eunuchs, which were born from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs, which are compelled of men; and there are eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs, for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. Likewise acLuke 20, cording to Luke; The children of this world beget and are not V. begotten; but they which have been accounted worthy of that 34-38. 1-7. not V. world, and of the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage. For neither shall they begin to die, for they are equal unto the Angels of God, being the children of resurrection. But that the dead are raised, Moses sheweth, when he saith in the bush, The Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live unto Him. Likewise in the first Epistle of Paul to the 1 Cor. 7, Corinthians; It is good for a man not to touch a woman; but because of fornication let every man have his wife, and every woman have her husband. Let the husband render that which is due unto the wife; and likewise the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And likewise the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. Defraud ye not one another, except it be with consent, for a time, that ye may have leisure for prayer; and return thither again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. I speak this by permission, not of commandment; for I would that all men were even as I; but every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. Likewise in 1 Cor. 7, the same place; He that is unmarried, careth for those 32-34. things that are of the Lord, how he may please God. But he that hath contracted marriage, careth for those things that not V. The Christian must not live a Gentile life. 93 15. not are of this world, how he may please his wife; so also the woman and the unmarried virgin careth for those things which are of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit; but she that is married, careth for those things which are of this world, how she may please her husband. Likewise in Exodus; When the Lord had commanded Moses Ex. 19, to sanctify the people against the third day, he sanctified v them, and added; Be ye ready; for three days ye shall not come unto your wives. Likewise in the first Book of Kings; And the Priest answered David, and said, There are no 1 Sam. common loaves in mine hand, save hallowed loaf; if the young men have been kept from women, they shall eat. Likewise in Revelation; These are they which have not Rev. 14, defiled themselves with women, for they continued virgins; these are they which follow the Lamb, whithersoever He goeth. 33. That the Father judgeth nothing, but the Son and that the Father is not honoured by him, by whom the Son is not honoured. 21, 4. not V. 4. not V. not V. In the Gospel according to John; The Father judgeth John 5, nothing, but hath given all judgment unto the Son; that all 22. 23. men may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which hath sent Him. Likewise in the seventy-first Psalm; Give the King Thy judgment, O God, and Thy righteousness Ps. 71, unto the King's Son; to judge Thy people in righteousness. 2. not V. [72,] 1. Likewise in Genesis; And the Lord rained upon Sodom Gen. 19, and Gomorrah brimstone and fire out of heaven, from the V. Lord". 34. That the believer ought not to live like the Gentile. 24. not In Jeremiah; Thus saith the Lord, According to the way of Jer. 10, the Gentiles walk ye not. Concerning this same thing, 2. not V. that each ought to separate himself from the heathen, that he be not companion of their sin, and become partaker of their plague, in the Revelation; And I heard another voice from Rev. 18, heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that thou be not 4-9. partaker of her sins, and that thou be not smitten with her a The same interpretation is adopted by Justin, (Tryph. 56.) Irenæus, (Hær. iii. 6.) Tertullian, (in Prax. 13.) Cyril, (Cat. x. 6.) Athanasius, (de Synod. 27.) not V. III. 94 Women not to be fine in their dress. TREAT. plagues. For her sins have reached even unto heaven, and the Lord God hath remembered her iniquities. Therefore He hath rendered unto her double, and in the cup which she hath mingled, double is remingled unto her; and how much she hath glorified herself, and possessed pleasures, so much both torment and sorrow is given her; for she saith in her heart, I am a queen, and cannot be a widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one hour, death, mourning, and famine, and she shall be burned up with fire; for strong is the Lord God, who shall judge her. And the kings of the earth shall lament and bewail themselves for her, who have committed fornication with her, and walked in Is. 52, delicacies. Likewise in Isaiah; Go out of the midst of them, ye who bear the vessels of the Lord. 11. not V. Ecclus. 35. That God is to this end patient, that we may repent us of our sin, and be reformed. In Solomon in Ecclesiasticus; Say not, I have sinned, 5,4. not and what harm hath happened unto me. For the Most High Rom. 2, is a patient repayer. Likewise Paul to the Romans; Or V. 46. not V. Rev. 17, 1-4. not V. despisest thou the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath in the day of wrath, and of revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man according to his deeds. 36. That a woman ought not to be secularly adorned. In the Revelation; And there came one of the seven Angels having vials, and approached unto me, saying, Come, I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore, that sitteth upon many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication. And I saw a woman sit upon a beast; and that woman was arrayed in a purple and scarlet robe, and was decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of curses, and filthiness, and fornication of the whole earth. Likewise to 1 Tim. 2, Timothy; Let your women adorn themselves with shame9. 10. facedness and modesty; not with broidered hair, nor gold, nor pearls, or costly array; but, which becometh women 1 Pet. 3,professing purity, with a good conversation. Concerning this 3. 4. not same thing, in the Epistle of Peter to them in Pontus; Let not V. V. |