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 texte.

¶ And as they regarded not to knowe God, euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges whiche wer not comely, beyng full of al vnrighteousnes, fornicacion, wickednes, couetousnes, maliciousnes, ful of enuye, mur∣der, debate, deceyte, euil condicioned, whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proude, bosters, bringers vp of euil thinges, disobedient to father and mother, without vnderstandyng, couenaunt breakers, vnlouyng, truce breakers, vnmercifull. Whiche men though they knewe the righteousnes of God (considered not) howe that they, whiche committe suche thynges, are worthy of death, not onely they that do the same, but also they whiche haue pleasure in them, that do them.

For as they coulde neither be content to acknowledge and honoure

God, whō they sufficiētly knew, so againe God suffered them beyng blin∣ded w^t theyr owne darkenes to walke foorth in leudenes of minde, & that so farre, that they committed suche detestable actes, as beseamed no rea∣sonable man to do, whiche wer elswyseful of al naughtynes, fornicacion couetousnes, wickednes, enuye, murder, debate, deceipte, maliciousnes, euil cōdicioned, whisperers, back biters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proude, bosters, bringers vp of mischiefe, disobedient to father and mo∣ther, without vnderstādyng, inordinate, couenaunt breakers, vnlouyng trucebreakers, vnmerciful. These people wheras they right well knewe,* 1.1 that a God there is, & knowe also that he is exactly and in euerye point iuste, so that it can not be auoyded, but that suche outragious offenders are worthy death: not onely do suche deedes thē selfe, but also consentyng to other like doers, are to the vnlerned an occasion of stumblyng & ruine

Notes

• * 1.1

  Whiche men though they knewe the righteousnes of God. &c.