Exposition of Jude, Analysis of epistle
A briefe view of the whole Epistle, drawne according to the Authors owne method.
The Epistle containeth three parts:
1. Salutation, wherein are considered the
Person saluting described by his
Name: Jude.
Office: a seruant of Iesus Christ.
Alliance: brother of James.
Persons saluted, members of the militant Church, which are
Called,
Sanctified of God the Father,
Reserued to Iesus Christ.
Forme of salutation, vz. a prayer for
Blessings,
MercieMercy.
Peace,
LoueLove.
Increase of blessings: be multiplied.
2. Exhortation, wherein are considered th…
Motiues exciting the Apostle, vz.
1. His LoueLove. Beloued.
2. His Readie minde: Gaue diligence, enlarged by three arguments.
1. All diligence.
2. To vvrite vntounto you (when he could not speak….)
3. Of most waightie matters: Of the common saluation.
3. The present necessitie: It was needfull for me.
Matter.
Propounded, vz. to maintaine the faith: wherein are considered the
1. Parties
Maintaining: Saints.
Oppugning: Seducers.
2. Meanes of maintenance, vz. By fight: the
1. Kinde: Spirituall.
2. Weapons.
1. Doctrine.
2. Confession.
3. Example.
4. Prayer.
Confirmed by
1. The state of the Church in his time pestered with enemies, described by their
1. Hypocrisie: Crept in.
2. State before God: Ordained of old to this condemnation.
3. Religion: Vngodly men they are.
4. Doctrine: vvhichwhich turne the grace of our God into vvantonnes.
5. Liues: and denie God the only Lord, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. A prolepsis answered in a perfect forme of syllogisme, consisting of a
1. Proposition, vz. Whosoeuer taketh libertie to sin shall be destroyed: proued by example of
Men. Here consider the
Persons destroyed: the people, vz. Israelites.
Time: after he (God) had deliuered them out of Egypt.
Cause: vvich beleeued not.
Angels, here consider the
1. Persons sinning: the Angels.
2. Sin it selfe, and in it the
1. Author set downe
Negatiuely: not God.
Affirmatiuely: but themselues▪ …
2. Parts
Negatiue: vvhichwhich kept not their first ….
Affirmatiue: but left their ovvne habitation.
3. Measure of their fall: A totall defection.
3. Punishment in two degrees.
1. Custodie: Reserued in chaines vnderunder darken.
2. Full punishment: vntounto the iudgement of the … ▪
Cities with their
1. Names: Sodome and Gomorrha, and the cities about them.
2. Sins
1. According to Nature
1. Committed fornication.
2. Followed strange flesh.
2. Against Nature
1. Committed fornication.
2. Followed strange flesh.
3. Punishment: wherin
Vse, set foorth for example.
Matter, suffered vengeance of eternall fire.
2. Assumption, vz. But these seducers take libertie to sin: prooued by enumeration of their sinnes in their
1. Ground or fountaine Dreamers.
2. Kind….
1. Vncleannes: They defile the flesh.
2. Contempt of Magistracie.
1. Proued from their
Affection or iudgement: They despise gouernment.
Speech or practise: speake euill of them that are in authoritie.
2. Amplified three waies.
1. They blaspheme glories and dignities
2. By comparison from the greater, thus: Michael durst not raile… enlarged by the
1. Persons contending
1. Michael …
2. ….
2. Cause: about the bodie of Moses.
3. Speech of Michael: The Lord rebuke …
3. They speake euill of a thing they know not.
3. Intemperance in it, the
Cause: naturall knovvledge.
Worke: corrupt themselues as beasts vvithout reason.
4. Crueltie against Gods people, comparatiuely called Cains vvay.
5. Couetousnes by similitude from Balaam with the
Measure: they are powred out, or cast avvay.
Ground: Hope of reward, or vvages.
6. Ambicious gainsaying of the truth, illustrated by
Comparison: with that of Core.
The end of that: Perished in it as he did.
7. Riotousnes; prooued by exampl… and instance from LoueLove-feasts, in which.
1. Sin: Fed themselues with neglect of the
…
…
2. Ground of it: vvithout feare, vz. of God.
3. Fruit of it: makes them spots in the… …
8. Vnprofitablenes in their places: Clowds vvithout vvater.
9. Vnconstancie: Carried about vvith eueryevery vvinde, as light clowds.
10. Ba…renne… in themselues, illustrated by a comparison, and described by foure degrees of naughtines, vz.
1. Corrupt trees, that is, without good fruite,
2. Altogether fruitlesse, that is, vvithout any fruite.
3 Hopelesse of fruite: tvvice dead, that is, certainly.
4. Hopelesse of life it selfe: Plucked vp by the ….
11. Impatience: raging vvaues of the Sea, foaming out their owne shame.
12. Vnstablenes in doctrine: vvandring starres.
13. Murmuring.
14. Complaining, which proceedes from
Discontentment with their outward present estate.
The frowardnes of their owne disposition.
15. VValking after their ovvne lusts.
16. Proud boasting.
17. Admiration of mens persons.
18. Couetousnes: for aduantage.
3. Conclusion, inserted in verses 13.14.15. vz Therefore these seducers shall be destroyed. This conclusion is
Propounded vers. 13. For vvhom is reserued black darknes.
Confirmed vers. 14.15. and that by an ancient testimonie, in it consider the
1. Author. Enoch not the fourth, but the seuenth from Adam Cains sonne▪ of Seth.
2. Preface. He prophecied of such, saying.
3. The testimonie it self, wherein
1. The Lords comming to iudgement.
2. His iudgement being come, which is
Generall, to iudge all …
Speciall
Persons all …
Manner, … conuince.
3. Cause of this iudgmēt 2. fold.
Deedes described by
Qualitie: …
Manner of … vngodlily.
Words set out by 2. properties.
Cruell.
Vttred … him. i. …
3. An Apostolical testimonie that such there shuld be in it.
1. A preface: But ye beloued remember, &c. vers. 17.
2. The testimonie it selfe, and in it are two things.
1. The time when these wicked men shall abound: in the last times.
2. What manner of persons they shall be, described by two properties.
1. Mockers.
2. Fleshly, walking after their owne lusts.
3. The application of it to these persons, who are indeed
1. Mockers, common to makers of Sects.
2. Fleshly, hauing not the spirit.
4. A direction in some meanes tending to this maintenance of faith in 5. rules cōcerning
1. Faith, on which as vponupon a foundation they must build vp themselues, inforced by
A motiue: most holy faith.
The meanes: praying in the Holy Ghost.
2 LoueLove of God, in which they must keepe themselues.
3. Hope: looking for the merciemercy of God, &c. and in it three things, the
1. Person on whom the Saints must waite by hope, vz. our Lord Iesus Chri…
2. Thing for which they must waite, vz. Gods merciemercy in Christ.
3. End of their hope: Eternall life.
4. Christian meeknes in recouering weake offenders, in which consider the
1. Way to begin this recouerie: in putting difference.
2. Manner of performance: HaueHave compassion of some.
5. Christian seueritie in gaining of obstinate sinners: in it the
1. Rule it selfe: Others saue vvith feare.
2. Manner of it: Pulling them out of the fire.
3. Caueat for better obseruation of it: and hate euen the garment vvhichwhich is spotted by the flesh.
3. Epilogue or conclusion, consisting on a praising of God: wherein three things.
1. Person praised: Christ Iesus.
2. Inducements mouing to praise him, drawne from
1. His power.
Propounded here: To him which is able, &c.
Amplified by foure effects.
1. Keeping the Saints that they fall not.
2. Presenting them faultlesse, that is, iustifying them.
3. Presenting them in the iudgement day before the presence of his glorie.
4. Possessing them with ioy euerlasting.
2. His wisedome: To God only wise.
3. The work of our redēption: our Sauiour.
3. Forme of praise, wherein foure things.
1 What things are ascribed to God, vz Glorie, maiestie, dominion, povver.
2. That these belong to Christ only.
3. The circumstance of time, novv and for euer.
4. The affection of the heart euer needfull in the worship of God: in the word, Amen.