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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Title: 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.
Author: Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.
Publication: [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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¶Ye se, howe large a letter I haue wrytten vnto you with myne owne hand. As many as desyre with outwarde apparence to please carnally: the same constrayne you to be circumcised, only leste they shoulde suffer persecucion for the crosse of Christ. For they themselues, whiche are circumcised, kepe not the lawe, but desyre to haue you circumci∣sed, that they might reioyse in your fleshe.

Ye se (ye people of Galacia,) how I am in this matier delited, which with myne owne hand wrote vnto you ••o long an epistle. Ye knowe my hande wryting. No cause haue ye to thinke, that it is a counterfaite letter, it is all myne, and a declaracion of my good wyl towarde you. And looke, that it w^t you be of more weight, than anye false apostles doctrine. Suche as endeuoure rather to please men, than god, suche (I saye) moue you to be circumcised, to thintent they maye bryng you in hatred of the Gentiles for Christes sake, and in displeasure with the Iewes for lacke of circumci∣sion. Iewes are they, that so teache, and feare the displeasure of theyr coū∣treymen, yf they shoulde without circumcision preache Christe, as menne abolyshyng the lawe. Suche rather stande in feare of men, than of God, and seeke for prayse at mēnes handes, rather than at goddes. Suche feare leste the sincere profession of the crosse of Christe mighte stiere vp other, y^• hate Christes name, to persecute them, and feare also, leste they shoulde be coumpted for vnlearned, yf they shoulde nothyng elles teache, but this simple lesson: that Christ was crucified. Nor do they this for a very zeale borne to the lawe of theyr countrey, as I once erroniouslye dyd, persecu∣tyng the flocke of Christ, forasmuche as no not the Iewes self kepe y^• law, notwithstandyng they be of theyr forefathers circumcised, but abuse your rudenes, chargyng you with circumcision to the ende, that they among theyr companions maye vaunte themselfe, that through theyr preachyng and teachyng ye are fallen to Iewyshnes. This policie vse they to pacifie the enuie of theyr countrey men, whiche coulde not abyde, that throughe the gospell of Christe the lawe should be abrogate. As for I neither so feare the hatred of the Iewes, nor persecucion of the Gentiles, y^• I should with lesse ••inceritie preache Christes gospell.