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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.
God was with him. God was not so with him, that he did always show forth his power in helping him. For that is no small thing which is said in the Psalm, That the iron went through his soul. Surely it must needs be that he was in great heaviness,1 when being destitute of all help, he suffered reproach also together with bands & the punishment of an ungodly and wicked man: but God useth oftentimes to be present with his in such sort, that he lieth hid for a time. And the end was an evident token of his presence, which Joseph saw not at the first. Furthermore we ought to remember this ever now & then, that Joseph was not delivered because he had called upon God in the temple, but a far of in Egypt.
God was with him. God was not so with him, that hee did alwaies shewe forth his power in helping him. For that is no smal thing which is saide in the Psalm, That the yron went through his soule. Surely it must needs be that he was in great heauines,1 when being destitute of all help, he suffered reproch also together with bands & the punishment of an vngodly and wicked man: but God vseth oftentimes to bee present with his in such sort, that he lyeth hid for a time. And the end was an euident tokē of his presence, which Ioseph saw not at the first. Furthermore we ought to remēber this euer now & then, that Ioseph was not deliuered because he had called vpon God in the temple, but a farre of in Egypt.
10 Stephen addeth the means, because God gave him favour in the sight of Pharaoh. God could have delivered him by some other means, but his counsel had respect unto a farther thing, that Joseph being ruler of the kingdom, might entertain his father & all his family. In these two words favour & wisdom, there is the figure Hipallage. For the wisdom wherewith Joseph was endued, was the cause that he found favour. Although I confess that they were two distinct benefits. For though Joseph were a faithful interpreter of dreams, and did excel in divine wisdom, yet the proud tyrant would never have brought him to so great honour, unless God had bent the mind of Pharaoh unto a certain unwonted love: yet notwithstanding we must consider that order, whereby God useth to bring him into favour. Wisdom doeth not only signify the