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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
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.
And where they ⟨image 12⟩dare not openly blaspheme the doctrine for fear of shame, they secretly seek to undermine it, by inveighing against the teachers and true professors thereof, railing, lying, and slandering, without care or conscience what they speak, so that they may do the mischief that they labour for. This kind of persecution is not less grievous to a godly mind, then the other, and yet it is ever true,1 the righteous are bold as a Lyon, and a justified mind will turn it self unto God, will bear his cross thankfully,2 accounting it for exceeding joy to be called out of the Lord, to stand in his cause, and to suffer somewhat for his names sake, confessing that the servant is not above his Lord.3 If Christ our Lord escaped not the venom of such impoisoned tongues:4 but they called him Samaritan, and said that he had a Devil, let no true Christian look to be free. For if they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub,5 what will they call them of the household? David,6 a pattern of the Church of God, felt those evils, when he compared slanderous tongues to Razors and sharp swords, and when he prayed:7 Deliver my soul O Lord from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. And the Lord cut ⟨image 13⟩of all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things. And as the Prophet hath prayed, so will it come to pass to all such as with unjust reproaches or otherwise injury the Saints of the Lord, and they shall one day approve it to be most true that is said of our Saviour Christ, that, It were better a Millstone were hanged about their necks and they drowned in the depth of the Sea,