A commentary or exposition upon the four Evangelists, and the Acts of the Apostles: wherein the text is explained, some controversies are discussed, divers common places are handled, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former interpreters been pretermitted. Besides, divers other texts of Scripture which occasionally occur are fully opened, and the whole so intermixed with pertinent histories, as will yeeld both pleasure and profit to the judicious reader. / By John Trapp M. A. Pastour of Weston upon Avon in Gloucestershire.

Then he suffered him]

The wisedom from above is gentle, and* 1.1

easie to be perswaded, when better 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is alledged: as in Peter,* 1.2 Joh. 13. 8. first peremptory, but, after conviction, pliable. An hum∣ble man will never be an heretick; shew him his errour, and he will soon retract it. Joannes Bugenhagius (a Reverend Dutch Di∣vine) lighting upon Luthers book de captivitate Babylonica, and reading some few pages of it, as he sate at supper; rashly pronoun∣ced him the most pestilent and pernicious heretick, that ever the Church had been troubled with, since the times of Christ. But, a few daies after, having seriously read over the book, and well weighed the businesse, he returned to his Collegioners, and recanted what he had said amongst them; affirming and proving, that* 1.3 Luther only was in the light, and all the world besides in grosse darknesse, so that many of them were converted by him to the truth. Ioannes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (a learned Bavarian) held this heresie, That no man or Devil should be damned e∣ternally, because God willeth that all should be saved; and Christ saith, There shall be one shepherd, and one sheep-fold.* 1.4 But, being an humble minded man, he was convinced and con∣verted by Oecolampadius, and died of the plague (but piously) at Basile, Anno 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the heretick, be∣cause* 1.5 he praid ardently, and lived unblameably, Bucholeerus the Chronologer was wont to say, that his heart was good, but his head not well regulated. But how that could be, I see not, so long as he lived and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in his detestable opinions, and would not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 them. If the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 were gotten into the head, the Priest was to pronounce such utterly unclean, Levit. 13 44. And the Prophet pronounceth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 soul, that is lifted up with pride and pertinacy, not to be upright in him.* 1.6

Notes

• * 1.1

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
• * 1.2

  Jam. 3. 17.
• * 1.3

  Scultet. Annal.
• * 1.4

  〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.5

  Non defuisse 〈◊◊◊〉〈◊◊◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 copul regula 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.6

  Habak. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 4.