{Commentarii in Epistolam D. Pauli ad Ephesios, facili et perspicua methodo conscripti. A D. Benedicto Aretio bernensi theologo. Cum indice rerum memorabilium quae in hisce continentur. Posterior haec}

suo in his own manner he puts the title, so that it may be certain whose Epistle it is, to whom it is written, and with what affection. But primarily he mentions his vocation here, that he came to the office of teaching immediately, not called through men. Secondly, the exordium is subjoined, which he leads from admiration, reproving in them the facility of failing from true doctrine. Thirdly, there follows the narration concerning his affairs, that is, concerning his vocation, doctrine, travels, meeting with the rest of the Apostles, his rebuke of Peter, and similar things. 4. Kataskeuē Confirmation, that we are justified by faith without works. He proposes this sentiment in verse 16 of the second chapter, and confirms it in the following, the third, the fourth, and partly the fifth. Various loci are explained here, primarily that most sweet allegory concerning Sarah and Hagar. Fifthly, at verse 13 of the fifth chapter, he enters a new locus concerning the doctrine of works, which he seems to subjoin to the previous dispute through anticipation. This whole locus is parenetic, concerning love of the neighbor, the works of the flesh, and the works of the Spirit. Those things which he discusses at the beginning of the sixth chapter pertain here: concerning the gentleness to be exercised toward the weak, concerning the support which the Church owes to teachers, and concerning beneficence toward the poor. Sixthly, the last part is the epilogue in verse 11 of the last chapter, in which he repeats a few things concerning the nature of the evil teachers, concerning circumcision, why those seducers require it, concerning true glory, and the Apostle's condition at that time.