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The commentaries of M. John Calvin upon the Acts of the Apostles, faithfully translated…The commentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the Actes of the Apostles, faithfully translated…
The commentaries of M. John Calvin upon the Acts of the Apostles, faithfully translated out of Latin into English for the great profit of our country-men, by Christopher Fetherstone student in divinityThe commentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the Actes of the Apostles, faithfully translated out of Latine into English for the great profite of our countrie-men, by Christopher Fetherstone student in diuinitie
Londini: printed by Thomas Dawson, 1585
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.
31 Believe in the Lord Jesus. This is but a short and to look to, a cold & hungry definition of salvation, & yet is it perfect, to believe in Christ. For Christ alone hath all the parts of blessedness & eternal life included in him, which he offereth to us by the gospel: & by faith we receive them as I have declared. Ch. 15.1 And here we must note 2. things, first that Christ is the mark whereat faith must aim: & therefore mens minds do nothing else but wander, when they turn aside from him. Therefore no marvel if all the divinity of popery be nothing else but an huge lump and horrible labyrinth: because neglecting Christ they flatter themselves in vain and frivolous speculations. Secondly, we must note that after we have embraced Christ by faith, that alone is sufficient to salvation. But the latter men ber which Luke addeth by & by, doth better express the nature of faith, Paul and Silas command the keeper of the prison to believe in the son of god. Do they precisely stay in this voice only? Yea it followeth in Luke in the text, that they preached the word of the Lord. Therefore we see how that faith is not a light or dry opinion concerning unknown things, but a plain & distinct knowledge of Christ, conceived out of the gospel. ⟨p. 402⟩[…] ⟨p. 403⟩[…] ⟨p. 404⟩Again if the preaching of the Gospel be absent, there shall no faith remain any longer. To conclude, Luke coupleth faith with preaching & doctrine, & after that he hath briefly spoken of faith, he doth by way of exposition show the true and lawful way of believing. Therefore in steed of that invention of entangled faith, whereof the papists babble, let us hold faith infolded in the word of God, that it may unfold to us the power of Christ.
31 Beleeue in the Lord Iesus. This is but a short and to looke to, a colde & hungrie definition of saluatiō, & yet is it perfect, to beleeue in Christ. For Christ alone hath al the parts of blessednes & eternal life included in him, which he offreth to vs by the gospel: & by faith we receiue thē as I haue declared. Ch. 15.