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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.
22 And standing in the midst of Mars street, he saith, Men of Athens, I see you in all things as it were more superstitious. ⟨p. 423⟩23 For passing by & beholding your manner of worshippings, I found also an altar wherein was written, To the unknown God. Therefore whom you worship ignorantly, him do I preach unto you. 24 God who hath made the world, and all things which are therein, seeing he is Lord both of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands: 25 Neither is he worshipped with mens hands, needing any thing: seeing that he giveth to all life and breath through all things.
22 And standing in the midst of Mars street, he saith, Men of Athens, I see you in all things as it were more superstitious. ⟨p. 423⟩23 For passing by & beholding your maner of worshippings, I found also an altar wherein was written, To the vnknowen God. Therefore whom you worshippe ignorantly, him doe I preach vnto you. 24 God who hath made the worlde, and all thinges which are therein, seeing hee is Lord both of heauen and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands: 25 Neither is he worshipped with mens hands, needing any thing: seing that he giueth to all life and breath through all things.
22 Men of Athens. We may divide this Sermon of Paul into five members. For though Luke doth only briefly touch those things which he set down in many words: yet I do not doubt but that he did comprehend the sum: so that he did omit none of the principal points. First Paul layeth superstition to the charge of the men of Athens, because they worship their gods at all a very venture: secondly he showeth by natural arguments, who and what God is, and how he is rightly worshipped. Thirdly, he inveigheth against the blockishness of men: who though they be created to this end, that they may know their creator and maker, yet do they wander and err in darkness like blind men. Fourthly, he showeth that nothing is more absurd than to draw any portraiture of God, seeing that the mind of man is his true image: in the first place he descendeth at length unto Christ and the resurrection of the dead. For it was requisite to handle those four points generally, before he did descend unto the faith of the Gospel.