A17649:188
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
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.
19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, & shall persuade our hearts before him. 20 But if our hearts accuse us, truly God is greater then our hearts, & knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our hearts accuse us not, we have trust towards God. 22 And if we ask any thing, we receive it of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasant before him.
19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, & shal perswade our hearts before him. 20 But if our heartes accuse vs, truely God is greater then our hearts, & knoweth all things. 21 Beloued, if our hearts accuse vs not, wee haue trust towards God. 22 And if we aske anie thing, we receiue it of him: because we keepe his commandements, and doe those things that are pleasaunt before him.
19 HE taketh the name of Truth here in another sense: but it is an excellent giving of a name, that if we love our brethren truly, we have hereby a testimony that we are borne of God, who is the truth, or that the truth of God hath place in us. But let us ⟨p. 60⟩always remember that we have not that knowledge which the Apostle speaketh of from love, as if from thence were to be fetched the assurance of salvation. And indeed from no other where do we know that we are the children of God, but because he sealeth into our hearts his full adoption by his spirit, and we by faith embrace the assured pledge thereof offered in Christ. Love therefore is an increase or inferior help, to the strengthening of faith: and not the foundation whereon it standeth. Why then saith the Apostle, We shall persuade our hearts before God? Verily he showeth by these words, that faith standeth not without a good conscience. Not that our assurance arise from thence, or dependeth thereon: but because then we are persuaded truly of our conjunction with god, when the efficacy of the holy ghost doth show forth it self in our love. For it shall always be profitable to weigh what the apostle handleth. For because he condemneth in us a feigned profession of faith, he saith that we can have a sound persuasion before God no other way, then if his spirit do bring forth in us the fruit of love. And albeit that a good conscience can never be separate from faith, yet no man shall thence rightly gather, that we must look to our works, that our persuasion may be firm.