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Order of Contents
Articles 9+
Book 1
Love as Yourself 1
Good Example 1
Sinning Neighbor 1
Latin 2
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Articles
1500’s
Bullinger, Henry – 10th Sermon, ‘Of the Love of God & our Neighbor’ in The Decades ed. Thomas Harding (1549; Cambridge: Parker Society, 1849), vol. 1, 1st Decade, pp. 180-92
Vermigli, Peter Martyr – The Common Places… (d. 1562; London: Henrie Denham et al., 1583), pt. 2, ch. 14. ‘The Last Precept’
‘Of Charity, which is the fulfilling of the law’ 556
‘Of Salutations’ 560
Musculus, Wolfgang – Common Places of the Christian Religion (1560; London, 1563)
‘The 2nd Table of the Decalogue’ 70.a
‘Of Love’
Of the love of our neighbor 465.b
Of the love of our brethren 467.a
How far forth we ought to love our brethren 469.a
Beza, Theodore – Ch. 4, 16. Of Works of Charity in A Brief & Pithy Sum of the Christian Faith made in Form of a Confession (London, 1565)
Viret, Pierre – A Christian Instruction… (d. 1571; London: Veale, 1573), A Familiar Exposition of the Principal Points of the Catechism, 2nd Dialogue
Of the Charity towards our Neighbor
A Division of the Matters contained in the Second Table
Of the Points wherein every one is bound to his neighbor
Virel, Matthew – Intro in A Learned & Excellent Treatise Containing All the Principal Grounds of Christian Religion (London, 1594), bk. 2, 1. Of Good Works, 1st Part, Exposition of the Moral Law, 2nd Table
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1600’s
Perkins, William
47. Of Edification & Alms among the faithful in A Golden Chain (Cambridge: Legat, 1600)
Question 1, What is that judgement which men are to give, and hold, one to and of another? in The Whole Treatise of the Cases of Conscience… (Cambridge: Legat, 1606), bk. 3, ch. 6
Ames, William – ch. 16, ‘Justice & Charity toward our Neighbor’ in The Marrow of Theology tr. John D. Eusden (1623; Baker, 1997), bk. 2, pp. 300-308
Ames (1576-1633) was an English, puritan, congregationalist, minister, philosopher and controversialist. He spent much time in the Netherlands, and is noted for his involvement in the controversy between the reformed and the Arminians. Voet highly commended Ames’s Marrow for learning theology.
Wolleb, Johannes – 8. ‘The Virtues Conneected with the Commandments of the Second Table in General’ in Abridgment of Christian Divinity (1626) in ed. John Beardslee, Reformed Dogmatics: J. Wollebius, G. Voetius & F. Turretin (Oxford Univ. Press, 1965), bk. 2, pp. 224-30
Wolleb (1589–1629) was a Swiss reformed theologian. He was a student of Amandus Polanus.
Baxter, Richard – Direction 60, ‘When the love-killing spirit, either cruel or dividing is abroad among Christians, be not idle nor discouraged spectators, nor betray the Churches’ peace by a few lazy wishes, but make it a great part of your labor and religion to revive love and peace, and to destroy their contraries: And let not censures or contempt of any sect or party take you off: But account it an honor to be a martyr for love and peace, as well as for the Faith’ in The Cure of Church Divisions… (London, 1670), pt. 1, pp. 300-4
“Put such books into people’s hands as plead best the cause of love and peace. Among others, get men to read these: Bishop Ussher’s Sermon on Eph. 4:13 at Wansted before King James [‘A Brief Declaration of the Universality of the Church of Christ’, 1624 / 1629], Bishop Hall’s [sermon, ‘The True] Peacemaker’ [1624]: Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs’s of Heart-Divisions, and Mr. Stillingfleet’s Irenicon, and all Mr. [John] Durie’s.” – p. 304
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Book
1500’s
Bucer, Martin – Instruction in Christian Love, 1523 (John Knox Press, 1953) 67 pp. ToC
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On Loving your Neighbor as Yourself
Quote
1600’s
Richard Baxter
Christian Directory (London, 1673), pt. 4, ch. 19, title 2, p. 114
Ҥ1. Question 1: Must I always do as I would be done by? Or has this rule any exceptions?
Answer: The rule intends no more but that your just self-denial and love to others be duly exercised in your dealings with all. And:
1. It supposes that your own will or desires be honest and just, and that God’s Law be their rule. For a sinful will may not be made the rule of your own actions or of other men’s. He that would have another make him drunk, may not therefore make another drunk: And he that would abuse another man’s wife, may not therefore desire that another man would lust after or abuse his wife. He that would not be instructed, reproved or reformed, may not therefore forbear the instructing or reproving others. And he that would kill himself, may not therefore kill another. But he that would have no hurt done to himself injuriously should do none to others: And he that would have others do him good, should be as willing to do good to them.
2. It supposes that the matter be to be varied according to your various conditions. A parent that justly desires his child to obey him, is not bound therefore to obey his child; nor the prince to obey his subjects; nor the master to do all the work for his servants, which he would have his servants do for him. But you must deal by another as you would (regularly) have them deal by you, if you were in their case, and they in yours. And on these terms it is a rule of righteousness.”
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On being a Good Example to Neighbors
Latin Articles
Voet, Gisbert – Select Theological Disputations (Amsterdam: Jansson, 1667), vol. 4
10. ‘On a Good Example & on its Imitation & Opposite: Scandal, pt. 1 124
11. pt. 2 132
12. pt. 3 141
13. pt. 4 147-57
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50. ‘On the Ten Commandments’, Preface, ‘On Motives of Good Works & Especially on Examples’ 769
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On Love & Duties to a Sinning Neighbor
Quote
1600’s
Lancelot Andrewes
A Pattern of Catechistical Doctrine at Large; or a Learned & Pious Exposition of the 10 Commandments (d. 1626; 1675), 5th Commandment, p. 315 ff.
“Now in this object of our love, proximus, our neighbour, there are two things to be 〈◊〉: 1. That we must beware we take not the sin of our neighbor, for our neighbour; for that which has interposed itself, and indeed is not de 〈◊〉, is sin, and 〈◊〉 proximus, a sinner.
It is sure that, Omnis peccator, quatenus peccator, odio habendus est, ‘every sinner, as he is a sinner, is to be hated;’ and omnis 〈◊〉, quatenus 〈◊〉, diligendus, ‘every man as he is a man is to be beloved.’ Therefore, Sic homines diligendi, ut non errores diligamus, diligendi quia facti sunt, non quia fecerunt; ‘We are to love men so, as not to love their errors, and so to love them that are made, as that we love not that they do;’ so to love that which God made them, as not to love what by sin they made themselves.
The reason is, because we have all one 〈◊〉, or end: we do therefore love one another, because we [Christians] shall be partakers of the same sovereign good of eternal happiness; and sin being a hindrance or obstacle to that end, how can we love that which hinders from that whereto we tend? He that loves iniquity, hates his own soul. And so we may say, he that loves the sin of his brother, hates his soul.”
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Latin Articles
1600’s
Voet, Gisbert – Select Theological Disputations (Amsterdam: Jansson, 1667), vol. 4
14. ‘On Duties of Charity Towards a Sinning Neighbor’, pt. 1 157
15. pt. 2 167-82
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Latin
1600’s
Voet, Gisbert – Select Theological Disputations (Amsterdam: Jansson, 1667), vol. 4
9. ‘On the Love of Neighbor’, pp. 113-24
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50. ‘On the Ten Commandments’, Prologue to 2nd Table
‘Of the love of neighbor or another man’ 788
‘On humility toward equals’ 790
‘On humility toward inferiors’ 790
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‘Of merciful works towards one’s neighbor by which his soul’s salvation is promoted, namely by exhortation, rebuke, by turning from error and by consolation’ 791
‘On concord, peace friendship and the opposites’ 791
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