The seconde tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testament conteynyng the epistles of S. Paul, and other the Apostles : wherunto is added a paraphrase vpon the reuelacion of S. John.

¶ The Argument vpon the lat∣ter Epistle vnto Tymothee / by Erasmus of Roterodame

FOrasmuche as in the former Epistle, Paule put Tymo∣thee beyng at Ephesus, in hope of his comming agayne vnto him, & could not perfourme it bicause he was holdē in bondes at Rome, he coufirmeth him with lettres, that he be not discouraged with stormes of persecutions, but after his example to prepare his mynde vnto martirdō: For there are perilous times at hande ({quam} he) by reason of some, that vnder pretence of godlynes, turne true godly∣nes vp syde downe, and so prate boastynglye of them selues, as thoughe the Christian Religion consisted in wordes, and not rather in purenesse of herte. Than tellyng that the daye of his death draweth nere, and that the moste part haue now forsaken him, he byddeth Timothee and Marcus to come to Rome spedely vnto him. This Epistle he wrote at Rome, whan he was eftesones arraigned at Neros barre.

Thus endeth thargument.