John 1

^{1 !} The diuinitie, humanitie, & office of Jesus Christ.

^{1 /} Or, before the beginning.

^{1 a} Christ is God before all time.

^{2 b} The Sonne is of the same substance with the Father.

^{3 c} No creature was made with out Christ.

^{4 d} Whereby all things are quiekened and preserued.

^{4 e} The life of man is more excellent then of any other creature, because it is joyned with light and vnderstanding.

^{5 f} Mans minde is ful of darkenes because of the corruption thereof.

^{9 /} Or, are borne.

^{10 g} Because they did not worship him as their God, {Ro. 1,21 act. 14:15}

^{11 h} To the Israelites who were his peculiar people.

^{12 i} Meaning priuiledge, or dignitie.

^{14 k} He was formed and made man by the operation of the holie Gost without the operation of man.

^{14 /} Or, proceding from the Father.

^{15 !} The testimonie of John.

^{15 /} Or, more excellent then I.

^{16 l} More abundant grace then by Moses.

^{18 m} Meaning he is moste deare, and straictly joyned to his father, not onely in loue, but also in nature and vnion.

^{18 n} And so God that before was inuisible, was made, as it were, visible in Christ.

^{21 o} Whome thei loked for to be suche one as Moses was, {Deut. 18,15}

^{29 p} Signifing the original sinne, which is the fountaine of all sinnes & there with all other sinnes.

^{31 q} That is, by sight, but onely by the reuelation of God.

^{33 r} Who giueth the vertue and effect to baptisme, accomplishing that thing which is thereby represented.

^{36 f} He alludeth to the Paschal lambe, which was a figure of Christ.

^{38 t} Or where is thy lodging? or whither goest thou? For he dwelled in Nazaret, and was there as a stranger.

^{39 !} The calling of Andrewe, Peter, &c.

^{39 u} That was, two houres before night.

^{40 x} How John said, that Jesus was the lambe of God.

^{41 /} Or, the Ancinted.

^{42 /} Or, Petrus.

^{46 y} Those things which are contemptible to the worlde, are estemed and preferred of God: and those things which the worlde preferreth, God abhorreth.

^{50 /} Or, thou beleuest.

^{51 z} Christ openeth the heauens, that we may haue accesse to God, and maketh vs felowes to the Angels.