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…

because after he hath once taken in hand to govern us, there is no change in his part, but he is plucked away from us by our rash lightness.

because after hee hath once taken in hande to gouerne vs, there is no chaunge in his parte, but hee is pluckt away from vs by our rash lightnesse.

¹Have ye offered unto me slain beasts and sacrifices. This place is taken out of the first Chapter of Amos. The speech which Stephen useth ⟨p. 165⟩showeth that all the prophecies were gathered into one body. And Amos addeth (after that he had inveighed against the Idolatry and sundry sins of the people) that this is no new evil, that the Jews are rebellious against God, because their fathers had fallen away from true godliness even in the wilderness. Furthermore he denieth that they offered slain beasts to him, not because there were there no sacrifices at all, but because god refused their corrupt worship: like as he reproveth & chideth the people in Isaiah, because they honoured him with no sacrifice, Thou (saith he) O Jacob, hast not called upon me,² neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices, neither have I made thee serve in offering or incense. Thou hast not bought for me calamus, neither hast thou filled me with fatness. But thou hast been burdenous unto me in thy sins, and hast caused me to serve in thine iniquities. Assuredly the Jews did all these things daily, but God accepteth not the obedience of the wicked, neither doth he approve the same. Again he abhorreth all that which is polluted with such mingle mangles as are added. Thus doth Amos speak of the fathers which were revolts. That which is added forthwith, may be referred either unto them or unto their posterity.

¹Haue yee offered vnto mee slaine beastes and sacrifices. This place is taken out of the first Chapter of Amos. The speech which Stephen vseth