why

Nay but O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

1611 marginal noteOr, answerest againe, or disputest with God?

1611 marginal noteEsay 45.9.

But why doest thou iudge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? wee shall all stand before the Iudgement seat of Christ.

1611 marginal note2.Cor. 5.10.

For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receiue? Now if thou didst receiue it, why doest thou glory as if thou hadst not receiued it?

1611 marginal noteGr. distinguisheth thee?

Now therefore, there is vtterly a fault among you, because yee goe to law one with another: Why doe ye not rather take wrong? Why doe yee not rather suffer your selues to be defrauded?

Conscience I say, not thine owne, but of the others: for why is my libertie iudged of another mans conscience?

For, if I by grace be a partaker, why am I euill spoken of, for that for which I giue thankes?

1611 marginal noteOr, thankesgiuing.

Else what shal they do, which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for the dead?

And why stand we in ieopardy euery houre?

But when I saw that they walked not vprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said vnto Peter before them al, If thou, being a Iew, liuest after the maner of Gentiles, and not as doe the Iewes, why compellest thou the Gentiles to liue as do the Iewes?

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why doe I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the crosse ceased.