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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.
28 Men of Israel, Help. They cry out as if they were in extreme danger, and they call upon all men to help them, as if all religion were in hazard. Whereby we see with what furious hatred they were inflamed ⟨p. 505⟩against Paul, only because in showing that the full and perfect truth is found in Christ, he taught that the figures of the Law had an end. Now whereas they conceive a false opinion having seen Trophymus, they do more bewray by this headlong lightness how venomous they be. They accuse Paul of sacrilege. Why? because he brought into the Temple a man which was uncircumcised. But they laid a most cruel crime to the charge of an innocent through a false opinion. Thus the boldness of those men useth commonly to be preposterous, who are carried away with an opinion conceived before. But let us learn by such examples to beware of the distemperature of affections, and not to let light prejudices have the rain, least we run headlong upon the innocent, being carried with blind force.
28 Men of Israel, Helpe. They crie out as if they were in extreame danger, and they call vpon all men to helpe them, as if all religion were in hazard. Whereby we see with what furious hatred they were inflamed ⟨p. 505⟩against Paul, onely because in shewing that the full and perfite truth is found in Christ, he taught that the figures of the Law had an end. Now whereas they conceiue a false opinion hauing seene Trophymus, they do more bewray by this headlong lightnes how venemous they be. They accuse Paul of sacrilege. Why? because he brought into the Temple a man which was vncircumcised. But they laid a most cruell crime to the charge of an innocent through a false opinion. Thus the boldnesse of those men vseth commonly to bee preposterous, who are carried away with an opinion conceiued before. But let vs learne by such examples to beware of the distemperature of affections, and not to let light preiudices haue the raine, least we runne headlong vpon the innocent, being carried with blind force.