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…

For this my hart rejoiced. Joy of the soul, gladness of the tongue, & quietness of all the whole body, do ensue upon sure hope & confidence for unless men be ⟨p. 48⟩quite past feeling, they must needs be careful and sorrowful, and so consequently miserably tormented, so long as they feel themselves destitute of the help of God. But that sure trust which we repose in God, doth not only deliver us from carefulness, but doth also replenish our hearts with wonderful joy and gladness. That is the joy, which Christ promised to his disciples, should be full in them; and which he testified could not be taken from them.¹ John 16. & 17. He expresseth the greatness of the joy, when he saith, That it cannot be kept in, but that it will break forth into the gladness of the tongue. Cabod doth signify in deed, glory, but it is taken in that place as in many other for the Tongue. And so the Grecians have truly translated the same. The rest of the flesh, doth signify the quietness of the whole man, which we have through the protection of God. Neither is this any let, because the faithful are continually out of quiet and tremble: for as in the middest of sorrows they do nevertheless rejoice: so there are no troubles so great that can break them of their rest. If any man object that the peace of the faithful doth consist in the spirit, and that it is not of the flesh: I answer, that the faithful do rest in body: not that they are free from troubles, but because they believe that God careth for them wholly, and that not only their soul shall be safe through his protection, but their body also.

For this my hart reioyced. Ioy of the soul, gladnes of the tonge, & quietnes of al the whole body, do ensu vpō sure hope & cōfidence for vnles mē be ⟨p. 48⟩quite past feeling, they must needes bee carefull and sorrowfull, and so consequently miserably tormented, so long as they feele themselues destitute of the helpe of God. But that sure trust which we repose in God, doth not only deliuer vs from carefulnesse, but doth also replenishe our hearts with wonderfull ioy and gladnesse. That is the ioy, which Christ promised to his disciples, should be full in them; and which hee testified could not bee taken from them.