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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.
The words of this life. A singular commendation of the Gospel,1 that it is a lively doctrine, bringing salvation unto men. For the righteousness of God is revealed unto us in it, and in it Christ offereth himself ⟨p. 114⟩unto us with the sacrifice of his death, with the Spirit of regeneration, with the earnest of our adoption. And this is spoken expressly to the Apostles, to the end they may the more courageously enter all manner combats for the Gospel, forasmuch as they hear that they are ministers of eternal salvation. The demonstrative is added for the more certainty: as if the angel did point out life with his finger: as assuredly we need not to seek the same far, when we have the word in our mouth, & in our hart, unless peradventure some man had rather take it by hypallage, the words of this life, for these words: which I do not reject: yet that former sense me thinks is better. For it was a new revelation of Christ, wherein they had life present.
The words of this life. A singular commendation of the Gospell,1 that it is a liuely doctrine, bringing saluation vnto men. For the righteousnesse of God is reuealed vnto vs in it, and in it Christ offereth himselfe ⟨p. 114⟩vnto vs with the sacrifice of his death, with the Spirite of regeneration, with the earnest of our adoption. And this is spoken expresly to the Apostles, to the ende they may the more couragiously enter all manner cumbates for the Gospell, forasmuch as they heare that they are ministers of eternal saluation. The demonstratiue is added for the more certaintie: as if the angel did point out life with his finger: as assuredly wee need not to seek the same far, when we haue the worde in our mouth, & in our hart, vnles peraduenture some man had rather take it by hypallage, the wordes of this life, for these wordes: which I do not reiect: yet that former sense me thinks is better. For it was a new reuelation of Christe, wherein they had life present.