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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.
But when we see wicked men arise, who go about both to divide the Church by their factions, and also either to corrupt the Gospel with their false and filthy inventions, or else to bring the same in suspicion: we ought to know the subtlety of Satan. Therefore Paul saith elsewhere that heresies come abroad, that those who are tried, may be made manifest.1 And assuredly the Lord doth wonderfully make void the subtlety of Satan, in that he trieth the faith of his by such trials, and doeth beautify his word with worthy and excellent victory: and causeth the trueth to shine more clearly, which the wicked went about to darken. But it is very convenient to weigh all the circumstances of the history which Luke noteth.
But when we see wicked men arise, who go about both to deuide the Church by their factions, and also either to corrupt the Gospel with their false and filthie inuentions, or else to bring the same in suspition: wee ought to know the subtiltie of Satan. Therefore Paul saith elsewhere that heresies come abroad, that those who are tried, may bee made manifest.1 And assuredly the Lord doth wonderfully make void the subtiltie of Satan, in that he trieth the faith of his by such trials, and doeth beutifie his word with worthy and excellent victorie: and causeth the trueth to shine more clearelie, which the wicked went about to darken. But it is very conuenient to weigh all the circumstances of the historie which Luke noteth.
Which came down from Judea. This cloak and colour was very forcible to deceive even good men then. Jerusalem was honoured not without cause among all Churches: because they reverenced it even as their mother. For the Gospel was deducted as it were by pipes and conduits