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A commentary on the whole Epistle to the Hebrews. By M. John Calvin. Translated…A commentarie on the vvhole Epistle to the Hebrevves. By M. Iohn Caluin. Translated…
A commentary on the whole Epistle to the Hebrews. By M. John Calvin. Translated out of FrenchA commentarie on the vvhole Epistle to the Hebrevves. By M. Iohn Caluin. Translated out of French
London: printed by Felix Kingston for Arthur Johnson, 1605London: printed by Felix Kingston for Arthur Iohnson, 1605
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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 divideth between the soul and the spirit.] This word soul is often taken for the spirit: but when the soul and spirit are joined together, then the soul comprehends under it all the affections: and the spirit comprehends the power or faculty of the understanding. And thus S. Paul desiring of God that he would conserve the souls, 1the spirits and bodies of the Thessalonians pure and blameless unto the coming of Christ, desires nothing else, but that they may continue pure and chaste in mind, in will, and in all their external actions. Likewise when Isaiah saith, With my soul have I desired thee in the night, and with my spirit have I sought thee in the morning: his meaning is that he was so attent in seeking God, that he applied his whole mind and heart thereunto, Isai. 26.9. I know others do expound it otherwise; but I hope all that are of sound judgement will easily agree with me. Let us now return to the present text. The word of God reacheth even to the dividing between the soul and the spirit: that is to say, it examines the whole life of man. For it pierceth even to the thoughts of the mind, and soundeth the will, with all the desires of the same. To the same end tends that which is added of the joints, and marrow: for his meaning is, that there is nothing so hard or massive in man, nor nothing so secret and hidden, but the efficacy of this word will reach into it.
And diuideth betweene the soule and the spirit.] This word soule is often taken for the spirit: but when the soule and spirit are ioyned together, then the soule comprehends vnder it all the affections: and the spirit comprehends the power or facultie of the vnderstanding. And thus S. Paul desiring of God that he would conserue the soules, 1the spirits and bodies of the Thessalonians pure and blamelesse vnto the comming of Christ, desires nothing els, but that they may continue pure and chast in minde, in will, and in all their externall actions. Likewise when Isaiah saith, With my soule haue I desired thee in the night, and with my spirit haue I sought thee in the morning: his meaning is that hee was so attent in seeking God, that hee applied his whole minde and heart thereunto,