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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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10 And if Christ be in you. That which before he said of the spirit, now he saith of Christ: whereby is declared the manner of Christs dwelling in us. For as by his spirit he consecrateth us for temples to himself, so by the same spirit he dwelleth in us: and now he doth more clearly open that, which we touched before:1 namely, that the sons of God are counted spiritual, not in respect of a full and absolute perfection, but only for the newness of life is begun in them. And here is a preoccupation, whereby he preventeth that doubt, which might otherwise vex us. For howsoever the spirit possesseth one part of us, yet we see another part to be holden still of death. Therefore he answereth, that in the spirit of Christ there is a virtue of quickening, which is of power to swallow up our mortality. Whereupon he inferreth, how we are patiently to expect, till the relics of sin be utterly abolished. Furthermore, the Readers have bin already admonished, that by the word spirit they understand ⟨p. 99⟩not our soul, but the spirit of regeneration: which spirit Paul calleth life, not only because it liveth, and florisheth in us, but because by his strength it quickeneth us, until at the length our mortal flesh being extinguished, it doth perfectly renew us: as on the contrary the word body, signifieth that gross mass, which is not yet cleansed by the spirit of GOD, from the dregs of the earth, which savour of nothing but that is gross. For otherwise to attribute unto the body the guiltiness of sin were absurd. Again, the soul is so far from being life, that it liveth not it self. Then the meaning of Paul is, although sin doth judge us unto death, so far forth as there remaineth yet in us the corruption of the first nature, yet is the spirit of God the conqueror: neither doeth this hinder any whit: namely, that we are only endued with the first fruits, because even one sparkle thereof, is the seed of life.
10 And if Christe bee in you. That which before he said of the spirite, now hee saith of Christe: whereby is declared the maner of Christes dwelling in vs. For as by his spirite he consecrateth vs for temples to himselfe, so by the same spirit he dwelleth in vs: and now he doth more cleerely open that, which wee touched before:1