A commentary of M. I. Calvin upon the Epistle to the GalatiansA commentarie of M. I. Caluine vpon the Epistle to the Galathians

15 Where is your blessedness? He doth show that than they were blessed, who embraced the instrument of their blessedness with so Godly an affection: and that now they are miserable, who suffer themselves to be robbed of his ministry, unto whom they should ascribe whatsoever they received that was Christs. His mind is with this admonition to prick them. what? shall all this be lost? shall it nothing avail you that you have in time past acknowledged Christ speaking by me? were you in vain founded by me in the faith? shall your shrinking away now, put out the glory of your obedience before God? The sum hereof is, that by contempt of the pure doctrine, which they had embraced, they would willingly cast away that blessedness, which they had obtained, and purchase to themselves destruction, whereby they should miserably perish. I give you testimony. It is not sufficient to give reverence unto Pastors, except they be also loved, for these two are necessary: because else the taste of the doctrine would not be pleasant. he testifieth that both was in the Galatians. I have spoken already of the reverence: now concerning the love. for it is a token of rare love, to pluck out their eyes, if need be, because it is more than to spend a mans life.

15 Where is your blessednesse? He doth shew that than they were blessed, who embraced the instrument of their blessednesse with so Godly an affection: and that now they are miserable, who suffer themselues to bee robbed of his ministerie, vnto whome they should ascribe whatsoeuer they receaued that was Christes. His mynde is with this admonition to prick them. what? shall al this be lost? shall it nothing auaile you that you haue in time past acknowledged Christ speaking by me? were you in vayne founded by me in the fayth? shall your shrinking away now, put out the glorye of your obedience before God? The summe hereof is, that by contempte of the pure doctrine, which they had embraced, they woulde willinglye cast awaye that blessednesse, whiche they had obtayned, and purchase to themselues destruction, whereby they should miserably perishe. I giue you testimonie. It is not sufficiente to giue reuerence vnto Pastors, except they be also loued, for these two are necessary: because else the taste of the doctrine woulde not bee pleasant. he testifieth that both was in the Galathians. I haue spoken already of the reuerence: now concearning the loue. for it is a token of rare loue, to pluck out their eyes, if neede be, because it is more than to spend a mans life.