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Commentary upon the Epistle to the Romans
A commentary upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, written in Latin by M. John Calvin, and newly translated into English by Christopher Rosdell preacher. Whereunto is added a necessary table for the better and more ready finding out of certain principal matters contained in this workA commentarie vpon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romanes, written in Latine by M. Iohn Caluin, and newely translated into Englishe by Christopher Rosdell preacher. Whereunto is added a necessarie table for the better and more readie finding out of certayne principall matters conteyned in this worke
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for John Harison and George Bishop, 1583London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Iohn Harison and George Bishop, 1583
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3 Neither that only. Least any should by the way of scoffing, object, that yet nevertheless, christians with their glory or rejoicing, are marvellously vexed and worn with miseries in this life, which condition is far from felicity: He preventeth that objection: And showeth how the godly are not only, nothing hindered by calamities, that they should not be blessed, but also that their glory is thereby furthered.1 To prove that he reasoneth from the effect: and he useth a notable gradation, whereby at length he concludeth, that all the miseries whatsoever we suffer, turn to our health and profit. Where as he sayeth the Saints rejoice in tribulations, it is not so to be understood, as though they neither feared, nor did shun adversities, or were not pinched with the bitterness of them when they happen: (for there can be no patience where there is no feeling of bitterness) but because in the middest of their sorrow and mourning, they are not without great consolation, for seeing, what so ever they suffer, they count it to be disposed by the hand of their most gracious father to their profit, they are worthily said to glory.
3 Neither that onely. Least any shoulde by the waye of scoffing, obiect, that yet neuerthelesse, christians with their glory or reioycing, are marueylously vexed and worne with miseries in this life, which condition is farre from felicitie: Hee preuenteth that obiection: And sheweth how the godly are not only, nothing hindered by calamities, that they shoulde not be blessed, but also that their glorie is thereby furthered.1 To prooue that hee reasoneth from the effecte: and hee vseth a notable gradation, whereby at length hee concludeth, that all the miseries whatsoeuer wee suffer, turne to our health and profite. Where as hee sayeth the Saintes reioyce in tribulations, it is not so to bee vnderstoode, as though they neyther feared, nor did shunne aduersities, or were not pinched with the bitternesse of them when they happen: (for there can bee no patience where there is no feeling of bitternesse) but because in the middest of their sorrowe and mourning, they are not without great consolation, for seeing, what so euer they suffer, they count it to bee disposed by the hande of their most gracious father to their profite, they are worthyly saide to glory.