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.

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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.
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Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.
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[London] :: Impriented at London in Fletestrete at the signe of the Sunne by Edwarde Whitchurche,
the xvi. daye of August, 1549 [16 Aug. 1549]
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Bible. -- N.T. -- Paraphrases, English.
Bible. -- N.T. -- Commentaries.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68942.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.

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We looke for hope in the spirite to be iustified through faith. For in Iesu Christ, nei∣ther is circumcision any thyng worthe, neither yet vncircūcision, but fayth which wor∣keth by loue.

We contrariwyse embracyng the spirituall parte of the lawe, looke not for y righteousnes promised by any supersticiouse obseruaunces of corpo∣rall ceremonies, but by that we throughe the gospel beleue, that by Chri∣stes death we freelye receyue innocencie of lyfe, and full saluacion.

Nothyng skylleth it, whether ye come to Christe, circumcised or vn∣circumcised, synce all this mattier standeth, not in kepyng of the lawe,

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but in fayth, whiche albeit be without the workes of Moses lawe, yet is she not idle, but secretly worketh a vehement onwardnes to all godlynes, not so muche because the lawe so byddeth, but for charities sake, whiche withoute bydding euen of her owne accorde dothe muche more than is a∣ny law with manacing wordes or punishment able to get out. Yf ye haue charitie, what nede is there to haue the rules of the lawe? If ye lacke her, what auayleth you the kepyng of the lawe?

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