The comentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the first Epistle of Sainct Ihon, and vpon the Epistle of Iude wherein accordyng to the truthe of the woordes of the holie Ghost, he most excellently openeth and cleareth the poinct of true iustification with God, and sanctification by the Spirit of Christ, by the effects that he bryngeth forthe in the regeneration. Translated into Englishe by W.H.

17 But ye beloued remember the wor∣des which were spoken before by the Apostles of our Lorde Iesus Christ: to wit,

18 That thei told you, that ther should be mockers in the last tyme, whiche should walk after the lustes of their owne vngodlinesse.

19 Those are thei which seperate them selues, fleshly, not hauyng the Spirit.

BVt ye. [unspec 17] Now he setteth the warnynges of the Apostles whiche were freshe in memorie, after the auncient Prophesie. This worde, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, that is remember, it maketh no greate matter, whether you reade it in the Indicatiue moode, or in the Imperatiue moode. For the sence remai∣neth one, that thei which are armed, ought not to bee astonished, with the Prophesie, whiche he citeth He vnderstandeth the last tyme, wherein the state of the Church be∣yng renued, doeth receiue a setled condi∣tion to the ende of the worlde. And it be∣gan from the first commyng of Christ. He calleth them Mockers after the maner of the Scripture, whiche beeyng dronken with a wicked and prophane contempt of God, doe breake out into a beastly despi∣sing of his power: so that no Religiō doth keepe them any more in their duetie: be∣cause no feare of the iudgement to come, no hope of eternall life doeth stick in their myndes. As now a daies the worlde doeth euery where swarme with hauing no God

but their owne bellie Epicures which de∣spise God, who quite castyng a side all re∣uerence, do furiously scoffe the whole doc∣trine of godlinesse as a tale.

19 Whiche seperate. Many Greeke Co∣pies haue a Participle absolute. Others add 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: but almost in the same sence. For he vnderstandeth that thei make a de∣parture from the Church, because thei can not beare the yoke of discipline, as whiche beyng giuen to the flesh, doe abhorre a spi∣rituall life. The fleshe here is set against the Spirite, that is, the grace of regene∣ration: and therefore it doeth signifie an e∣uill disposition, suche as is in men not yet borne a newe. For in this nature whiche goeth out of kinde, whiche we draw from Adam, is nothing but a grosse and earthly thyng: that no parte of vs doeth aspire vn∣to God, till we be renued with his spirite.