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The commentaries of M. John Calvin upon the first Epistle of Saint John, and…The comentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the first Epistle of Sainct Ihon, and…
The commentaries of M. John Calvin upon the first Epistle of Saint John, and upon the Epistle of Jude wherein according to the truth of the words of the holy Ghost, he most excellently openeth and cleareth the point of true justification with God, and sanctification by the Spirit of Christ, by the effects that he bringeth forth in the regeneration. Translated into English by W.H.The comentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the first Epistle of Sainct Ihon, and vpon the Epistle of Iude wherein accordyng to the truthe of the woordes of the holie Ghost, he most excellently openeth and cleareth the poinct of true iustification with God, and sanctification by the Spirit of Christ, by the effects that he bryngeth forthe in the regeneration. Translated into Englishe by W.H.
London: printed by John Kyngstone and T. East for John Harrison the younger, 1580London: printed by Ihon Kyngstone and T. East for Iohn Harrison the yonger, 1580
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24 Therefore let that same abide in yo• which you have heard from the beginning, […] that shall remain in you which you heard fr•• the beginning, ye also shall continue in the Father and in the son. 25 And this is the promise which he promised unto us: even eternal life. 26 These things I have written to you of them that deceive you. 27 And that anointing which you have received of him remaineth in you: and ye have no need that any man teach you: but as that same anointing teacheth you of all things, & it is the truth, and is not lying, and as it taught you, abide in him. 28 And now little children abide in him: that when he shall appear we may have boldness, and not be ashamed at his coming. 29 If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that he that doeth righteously is borne of him.
24 Therefore let that same abide in yo• which you haue heard from the beginning, 〈…〉 that shall remaine in you which you heard fr•• the beginning, yee also shall continue in the Father and in the sonne. 25 And this is the promise which he promised vnto vs: euen eternall life. 26 These things I haue written to you of them that deceiue you. 27 And that annointing which you haue receiued of him remaineth in you: and ye haue no neede that anie man teach you: but as that same annointing teacheth you of all things, & it is the truth, and is not lying, and as it taught you, abide in him. 28 And now little children abide in him: that when he shal appeare we may haue boldnesse, and not be ashamed at his comming. 29 If ye knowe that he is righteous, know ye that he that doeth righteously is borne of him.
24 He coupleth an exhortation to the former ⟨p. 39⟩doctrine: and to the end the exhortation •ay have the more effect, he showeth the fruit, which they shall receive by obedience. Therefore he exhorteth them to the constancy of ith, that they keep it firmly grounded in eir hearts which they have learned. Furer when he saith, From the beginning, one antiquity would not suffice to confirm whatsoever doctrine: but because he hath now hewed that they have ben rightly instructed […] the pure Gospel of Christ, he concludeth, hat they ought of right to continue in it. And his order is to be well noted. For if we will ot depart from that kind of doctrine, which we have once received, of what sort so ever he same be: it will not be constancy, but a peevish frowardness. Wherefore there is choice to be had, that the warrant of our faith may appear out of the word of God: then let there follow an inflexible constancy. The Papists brag of their beginning, because they have drunk in their superstitions, even from their infancy. Under this pretence they embolden themselves contemptuously to cast aside the plain truth. Such an obstinacy ought always to teach us that we must always begin from the assurance of the doctrine.