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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.
15 Love not the world, nor those things that are in the world: If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not him. 16 Because whatsoever is in the world, (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) are not of the Father, but of the world. 17 And this world passeth away and the lusts thereof: but he that fulfilleth the will of God, abideth for ever.
15 Loue not the world, nor those thinges that are in the worlde: If anie man loue the world, the loue of the Father is not him. 16 Because whatsoeuer is in the worlde, (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of lyfe) are not of the Father, but of the world. 17 And this world passeth awaie and the lusts thereof: but hee that fulfilleth the will of God, abideth for euer.
15 He had said before that this was the only way to live godly, To love God: but because being occupied in the vain delight of this ⟨p. 28⟩world, we turn all our senses to another end: this vanity must first be plucked from us, that the love of GOD may reign in us. Until our minds be purged, the former doctrine may be repeated an hundred times without profit. No otherwise, then if pouring water upon a round globe, thou shalt not gather so much as one drop, because there is no void place where the water may be kept. By the name of the World, understand whatsoever belongeth to this present life, when it is separate from the kingdom of God, and the hope of eternal life. So it doeth comprehend in it self all kind of corruption, and depth of all naughtiness and evils. In the world are pleasures, delights, and all enticements wherewith man may be snared, to withdraw himself from GOD: Furthermore, the love of the world is so vehemently condemned: because when we regard nothing but the earth, it is of necessity, that we both forget God and our selves. And where such wicked desire doeth reign and bear the sway, and holdeth a man so snared, that he doeth not meditate of the heavenly life, there is a beastly senselessness.