A16078:2559
A harmony upon the the three Evangelists, Matthew, Mark and Luke with the commentary…A harmonie vpon the the three Euangelists, Matthew, Mark and Luke with the commentarie…
A harmony upon the the three Evangelists, Matthew, Mark and Luke with the commentary of M. John Calvin: faithfully translated out of Latin into English, by E.P. Whereunto is also added a commentary upon the Evangelist S. John, by the same author.A harmonie vpon the the three Euangelists, Matthew, Mark and Luke with the commentarie of M. Iohn Caluine: faithfully translated out of Latine into English, by E.P. Whereunto is also added a commentarie vpon the Euangelist S. Iohn, by the same authour.
Londini: printed by Thomas Dawson, 1584
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Therefore the Sabbath of God is no loitering, but a sound perfection which bringeth with it the quiet estate of peace. Neither is that any hinderance which Moses said, Gen. 2. 2. that God made an end of his works. For his meaning is, that when God had finished the frame and work of the world, he did consecrate that day, which men should bestow on the meditating upon his works. In the mean while he ceaseth not by his power to uphold the world which he hath made, to govern it by his counsel, to nourish• it with his goodness, and to determine all things at his pleasure in heaven ⟨p. 115⟩and earth. Therefore the creation of the world was finished in six days: but the government of the same is perpetual, and GOD doth work continually in defending and preserving the order thereof: as Paul teacheth,1 that in him we live, we move and have our being. And David teacheth that all things do stand,2 forasmuch as the spirit of God giveth life unto them, and that they do fail so soon as they shall be destitute of his force. Neither doth God only defend nature being created by him, with his general providence only, but he ordereth, & moderateth every part thereof. And he doth especially keep & govern by his aid the faithful, whom he hath taken into his tuition. And I work. Christ having omitted the patronage & defence of the present cause, he declareth the end and use of the miracle: namely, that he may be thereby known to be the son of God. For this was his purpose in all his words & deeds, to show himself to be the author of salvation. This is proper to the divinity,3 which he challengeth to himself: as saith also the Apostle, that he sustaineth all things by his mighty beck. And he doth testify that he is God for this cause, that being revealed in the flesh, he may execute the office of Christ: so that he affirmeth that he came from heaven, because he would have it known, especially why he descended into the earth.
Therefore the Sabboth of God is no loytering, but a sound perfection which bringeth with it the quiet estate of peace. Neither is that any hinderance which Moses saide,