A17643:787
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Now I come unto the words, For Moses describeth. ⟨p. 136⟩Paul hath Graphei, in latin, scribit, in english he writeth, 1but it is the figure Aphaeresis, for the word describit, id est, hee describeth. And the place is taken out of Leviticus, where the Lord promiseth eternal life to them shall keep his law. For thou seest that Paul also hath so taken it, not of a temporal or transitory life only, which pleaseth a many. And Paul reasoneth thus from that place, seeing no man can obtain righteousness prescribed in the law, but he that fulfilleth exactly every part thereof: and all men have alway been far from that perfection: in vain doth any seek for salvation this way. Israel therefore did amiss, which thought he could obtain the righteousness of the law, from the which we are all excluded. See how he argueth from the promise it self, that it profiteth us nothing, namely, because of the impossible condition.
Nowe I come vnto the wordes, For Moses describeth. ⟨p. 136⟩Paule hath Graphei, in latine, scribit, in english he writeth, 1but it is the figure Aphaeresis, for the word describit, id est, hee describeth. And the place is taken out of Leuiticus, where the Lorde promiseth eternall life to them shal keepe his lawe. For thou seest that Paule also hath so taken it, not of a temporall or transitory life onely, which pleaseth a manie. And Paule reasoneth thus from that place, seeyng no man can obteyne righteousnesse prescribed in the lawe, but he that fulfilleth exactly euery part thereof: and all men haue alway beene farre from that perfection: in vayne doth any seeke for saluation this way. Israel therefore did amisse, which thought he coulde obtayne the righteousnesse of the lawe, from the which we are all excluded. See howe he argueth from the promise it selfe, that it profiteth vs nothing, namely, because of the impossible condition.
- 1Apheresis is y• taking away of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word.