The Rheims New Testament (1582) — Jude
The Catholic (general) Epistle of Saint Jude, as printed in the Rheims New Testament of 1582, the English Catholic translation made from the Latin Vulgate at the English College, then in exile at Rheims, chiefly by Gregory Martin. The page gives the edition's argument of the book, the single chapter with its printed summary, every verse in the original spelling, the marginal notes (cross-references, the days on which passages are read, and other readings), and the annotations that follow it.
The Argument
THE ARGVMENT OF THE EPISTLE OF S. IVDE.
IN the Goſpel theſe are called Fratres Ieſu, the brethren of Ieſus: Iames and Ioſeph, and Simon, and Iude. Their father is called Alpha⟨illegible⟩us, vvhere Iames is termed, Iames of Alphaeus: a⟨illegible⟩d their mother, Maria Iacobi minoris. Marie the mother of Iames the yonger and of Ioſeph. Vvhich Marie in an other place being called Maria Cleophae, vve perceiue their father vvas named both Alphaeus and alſo Cleophas. And that this Cleophas vvas brother to Ioſeph our Ladies huſband, Hegeſippus telleth vs. Therfore becauſe Ioſeph vvas called the father of Chriſt, his brothers children, vvere called the brethren, that is (according to the cuſtom of the ſcripture alſo) the kinſmen of our Lord: and not becauſe they vvere the children of Ioſeph him ſelf by an other vvife, much leſſe (as Heluidius the heretike did blaſpheme) by our B▪ Ladie the perpetual virgin MARIE. Hovvbeit ſome good authors ſay, that their mother Marie vvas the natural ſiſter of our Ladie, and that therfore they are called, Fratres Domini, the brethren of our Lord. [Margin: Mat. 1⟨illegible⟩ ▪ · Mat. 1⟨illegible⟩. · Mat. 1⟨illegible⟩. · Ioh. 19. · * Euſeb. hiſt. li. 3. c. 10.]
Hovvſoeuer that be, three of them are reckened amōg the 12. Apoſtles, Iames, and Simon Cananaeus, and Iude. Yea and that they vvere ſomevvhat more then Apoſtles, though leſſe then Peter, S. Paul ſignifieth, vvhere he ſaith ſpeaking of him ſelf and Barnabas: As alſo the other Apoſtles, and the brethren of our Lord, and Cephas. 1. Cor. 9. [Margin: Lu⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩. · Mat. 10.]
And as S. Luke calleth this Iude, Iude of Iames, ſo he calleth him ſelf in this Epiſtle of his, Iude the ſeruant of Ieſus Chriſt, and the brother of Iames. S. Matthevv and S. ⟨illegible⟩, as Lebbaeus alſo in the Greeke. His feaſt and his ⟨illegible⟩ Church keepeth Octob. 28. called Simon and Iudes day. [Margin: Mat. 10. · Ma⟨illegible⟩. 3.]
His Epiſtle is an ⟨illegible⟩ againſt a⟨illegible⟩ heretikes (as it vvere a Commentarie of 2 Pet. 2.) and namely (as * ⟨illegible⟩. Aug. hath told vs) againſt thoſe, vvhich miſconſtred S. Paules Epiſtles and held Only faith. vvhom he calleth therfore, Men that tranſferre or ⟨illegible⟩ grace of God into rio⟨illegible⟩ouſnes▪ v. 4. exhorting Catholikes to be conſtant and ⟨illegible⟩ from their old faith, and to contend for the keeping thereof, v. 3. ⟨illegible⟩. heretikes ⟨illegible⟩ ſaith he) ſegregate them ſelues from the Church and from ⟨illegible⟩ v. 19. [Margin: pag. 379. 646.]
Chapter 1
He exhorteth them to ſtand to their old faith, ſh⟨illegible⟩vving them by examples, that it is damnable not to continue and be conſtant: 8 inueighing againſt the lecherie, blaſphemie, apoſtaſie, banketing of the heretikes, 14 and that their damnation vvas long foretold. 17 Catholikes therfore to be vnmoueable, to reproue the obſtinate, to recouer al not deſperate, to confirme the vveake, and to liue them ſelues vertuouſly and vvithout mortal ſinne, vvhich by Gods grace they may doe.
1 IVDE the ſeruant of IESVS Chriſt, and brother of Iames: to them that are in God the Father beloued, and in IESVS Chriſt preſerued, and called.
2 Marcie to you, and peace and charitie be accompliſhed.
3 My deereſt, taking al care to vvrite vnto you of your common ſaluation, I thought it neceſſarie to vvrite vnto you: beſeeching you to contend for the faith once deliuered to the ſainctes.
4 For there are certaine men ſecretely entred in (vvhich vvere long ago preſcribed vnto this iudgement) impious, transferring the grace of our God into riotouſnes, and denying the onely Dominator, and our Lord IESVS Chriſt.
5 * But I vvil admoniſh you, that once knovv al things, that IESVS, ſauing the people out of the land of Aegipt, * ſecondly deſtroied them vvhich beleeued not.
6 But the Angels vvhich kept not their principalitie, but forſooke their owne habitation, he hath reſerued vnder darkeneſſe in eternal bondes vnto the iudgment of the great day.
7 As * Sodom and Gomorrhe, and the citie adioyning in like maner hauing fornicated, and going after other fleſh, vvere made an example, ſuſtaining the paine of eternal fire.
8 In like maner theſe alſo defile the fleſh, and deſpiſe dominion, & blaſpheme maieſtie.
[9] Vvhen Michael the Archangel, diſputing vvith the Diuel, made altercation ″ for the body of Moyſes: he durſt not inferre iudgment of blaſphemie, but ſaid, Our Lord commaund' thee.
10 But theſe, vvhat things ſo euer certes they are ignorant of, ″ they blaſpheme: and vvhat things ſo euer naturally, as dumme beaſtes, they knovv, in thoſe they are corrupted.
11 Vvo vnto them, vvhich' haue gone in the vvay of * ″ Ca⟨illegible⟩n: and vvith the errour of * Balaam, haue for revvard povvred out them ſelues, and haue periſhed in the contradiction of Corè.
12 Theſe are in their bankets, ſpottes, feaſting together vvithout feare, feeding them ſelues, cloudes vvithout vvater vvhich are caried about of vvindes, trees of autumne, vnfruiteful, tvviſe dead, plucked vp by the rootes,
13 raging vvaues of the ſea, foming out their ovvne confuſions, vvandering ſtarres: to vvhom the ſtorme of darkeneſſe is reſerued for euer.
14 And of theſe prophecied Enoch, the ſeuenth from Adam, ſaying, Behold our Lord is come in his holy thouſandes,
15 to doe iudgement againſt al, and to reproue al the impious, of al the vvorkes of their impietie vvherby they haue done impiouſly, and of al the hard thinges vvhich impious ſinners haue ſpoken againſt him.
16 Theſe are murmurers, ful of complaintes, vvalking according to their ovvne deſires, and their mouth ſpeaketh pride, admiring perſons for gaine ſake.
17 But you may deereſt, be mindeful of the vvordes vvhich haue been ſpoken before by the Apoſtles of our Lord IESVS Chriſt,
18 vvho told you, * that in the laſt time ſhal come mockers, according to their ovvne deſires vvalking in impieties.
19 ″ Theſe are they vvhich ſegregate them ſelues, ſenſual, hauing not the Spirit. ⊢
20 But you my deereſt, building your ſelues vpon our' moſt holy faith, in the holy Ghoſt, praying,
21 keepe your ſelues in the loue of God, expecting the mercie of our Lord IESVS Chriſt vnto life euerlaſting.
22 And theſe certes reproue being iudged:
23 but them ſaue, pulling out of the fire. And on other haue mercie in feare: hating alſo that vvhich is carnal, the ſpotted cote.
24 And to him that is able to preſerue you vvithout ſinne, and to ſette you immaculate before the ſight of his glorie in exultation in the comming of our Lord IESVS Chriſt,
25 to the onely God our Sauiour by IESVS Chriſt our Lord be glorie and magnificēce, empire and power before al worldes, and novv and for al vvorldes euermore. Amen.
Marginal notes to Chapter 1
- v. 4 ⸬ Diuers Heretikes abuſe the libertie of Chriſtes grace and Goſpel, to the fulfilling of their carnal luſtes and cōcupiſcēces.
- v. 4 2 Pet. 2.
- v. 5 ᶜ This is our Sauiour, not Ioſuè, as S. Hierom noteth ep. 17. ſee Abac. c. 3. v. 18.
- v. 5 Nu. 14, 37.
- v. 6 Gen. 19.
- v. 7 ᶜ exf⟨illegible⟩rnicat⟨illegible⟩ ▪
- v. 8 ⸬ Such be heretikes, that wil not be ſubiect to any ⟨illegible⟩ refuſe to obey the lawes either of Spiritual or Temporal rulers. in vvhich kinde (ſpecially in blaſpheming the ſupreme Spiritual Magiſtrate) the Proteſtants do paſſe.
- v. [9] ` rebuke▪
- v. 11 ` becauſe they▪
- v. 11 Gen. 4, 8▪
- v. 11 Nu. 22.
- v. 12 Nu. 16.
- v. 17 1 Tim. 4▪
- v. 18 2 Tim. ⟨illegible⟩.
- v. 18 2 Pet. 3.
- v. 20 ` your▪
Annotations to Chapter 1
ANNOT.
9. For the body of Moyſes.] Vvhen, why, or hovv this altercation or combat was betwene S. Michael and the Diuel about Moyſes body, no man can declare. only this vve ſee that many truthes and ſtories vvere kept in the mouthes and hartes of the faithful, that vvere not written in Scriptures canonical, as this vvas among the Ievves. [Margin: Truthes vnwritten, and knowen by tradition.]
10. They blaſpheme.] He ſpeaketh of Heretikes, who being ignorant in Gods myſteries and the diuine doctrine of his Church, vvhen they can not reproue the things, then they fall to execrations, irriſions, and blaſphemies againſt the Prieſts, Church, and Sacraments, and vvhatſoeuer is godly. [Margin: Ignorāce maketh Heretikes blaſpheme.]
11. Cain, Balaa⟨illegible⟩, Corè.] The Apoſtle vvould haue Heretikes ſpecially to be knowen by the reſemblance they haue, firſt to Cain, in that for enuy that his brothers ſeruice and ſacrifice was accepted and his reiected, ſ⟨illegible⟩ewe his ſaid brother, and was a fugitiue from the face and citie of God, vvhich is the Church. Secondly, by their reſemblance to Balaam, who for money was induced to curſe Gods people, as couetouſnes is commonly the cauſe that firſt maketh Heretikes and falſe Prophets. wherevpon S. Auguſtine ſaith, He is an Heretike that for temporal commodities ſake either coi⟨illegible⟩ath or folovveth nevv opinions. S. Auguſt. li. de Vtil. ⟨illegible⟩red. cap. 1. And laſtly by the reſemblance they haue vvith the auncient and notorious Schiſmatike Corè, and his companions, vvho forſooke the ordinarie Prieſthod appointed by God, and would needes doe ſacrifice them ſelues without lavvful calling. [Margin: Heretikes ⟨illegible⟩ſembled to Cain, Balaam, and Corè.]
Such in deede be al Heretikes, and ſuch be al their ſacraments, ſeruice, and offices in their Church, as Cores vvere in his ſchiſmatical tabernacles. And as pride vvas the cauſe of his reuolting from the obedience of Moyſes and Aaron his Prieſts and true Gouernours: ſo is intolerable pride the cauſe of al Heretikes forſaking their lavvful Paſtors and Rulers, and namely of forſaking Chriſtes owne Vicar in earth, our true Aaron, as S. Bernard calleth him. De conſid. li. 2. cap. 8. To al ſuch forſakers the Apoſtle here giueth the curſe and Va due to the ſaid three, Cain, Balaam, and Corè, and telleth them that the ſtorme of darkenes and eternal damnation is prouided for them: moſt liuely deſcribing al Heretikes (as in ſome vve to our woe haue experience by their maners in our daies) in al this paſſage euen to the end of the epiſtle.
19. Theſe are they vvhich ſegregate them ſelues.] The conditions in the later daies, that is, euer ſince Chriſts time, not of theſe onely of our age. For there were many that forſooke Gods Church and ſegregated them ſelues from the fellowſhip of the faithful euen in the primitiue Church: that vve may the leſſe maruel at theſe mens ſegregating them ſelues, and going out from the reſt into ſeueral ſectes, which S. Auguſtine therfore calleth Segregations. [Margin: Al Heretikes ſegregate them ſelues.]
Colophon
Printed edition: The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ, translated faithfully into English, out of the authentical Latin … in the English College of Rhemes (Rhemes: Iohn Fogny, 1582; STC 2884, ESTC S102491), the Catholic New Testament translated from the Latin Vulgate chiefly by Gregory Martin. Copy transcribed: the Eton College Library copy, as filmed for Early English Books Online (image set 2646).
Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A16049 (keyed 2005–06, proofread and released 2006), placed in the public domain under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal. Converted for the Good Works Library in October 2026.
What was done: the spelling, punctuation and capitals of the transcription are kept exactly, including u/v, i/j, "vv" for w, long s (ſ), the abbreviation stroke (as in "vpō") and the edition's own marks (″ for an annotated word, ⸬ and * for marginal references, ⊢ for the end of a liturgical Gospel or Epistle; ▪ is the transcribers' sign for a punctuation mark they could not identify). Removed as apparatus: the TEI markup, page breaks, line-end hyphenation, and the small cross ✝ that the edition sets at the beginning of each verse beside the verse number in the margin; the number is given here instead. Marginal notes are gathered after each chapter, keyed to their verse; the annotations follow as the edition prints them. Words the transcribers could not read are shown as ⟨illegible⟩; words printed in Greek or other non-Latin letters, which the transcription did not key, are shown as ⟨non-Latin script⟩. No gap has been filled or guessed.
The book's heading in the edition reads: "THE CATHOLIKE EPISTLE OF IVDE THE APOSTLE." The page title gives it in ordinary capitals and lower case, without other change.
Notes on this transcription: Jude 1:9: the edition marks the start of this verse with ✝ but prints no number; [9] supplied from the sequence.
On this page 30 places are marked ⟨illegible⟩.
This is an archival transcription of a historic English Bible. It is not a Good Works Translation.
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