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The lectures or daily sermons, of that reverend divine, D. John Calvin, pastor of…The lectures or daily sermons, of that reuerend diuine, D. Iohn Caluine, pastor of…
The lectures or daily sermons, of that reverend divine, D. John Calvin, pastor of the Church of God in Geneva, upon the prophet Jonah, by N.B. student in Divinity. Whereunto is annexed an excellent exposition of the two last epistles of S. John, done in Latin by that worthy doctor, August. Marlorate, and englished by the same N.B.The lectures or daily sermons, of that reuerend diuine, D. Iohn Caluine, pastor of the Church of God in Geneua, vpon the prophet Ionas, by N.B. student in Diuinitie. Whereunto is annexed an excellent exposition of the two last epistles of S. Iohn, done in Latin by that worthy doctor, August. Marlorate, and englished by the same N.B.
London: printed by J. Charlewood for Edward White, 1578
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The text. Vers. 4 ¶And the Lord sent a great wind upon the Sea, and there was made a great tempest in the Sea, and the ship thought to be broken.
The text. Ʋers. 4 ¶And the Lorde sent a great winde vpon the Sea, and there was made a great tempest in the Sea, and the shyppe thought to be broken.
Calvin. Here showeth Jonah after what sort he was violently drawn back of the Lord, when he endeavoured to convey him self from his face. He saith therefore, that, There arose a great tempest in the Sea. But he also expresseth ⟨p. 9⟩that the tempest was not raised by chance▪ as profane men are accustomed to attribute whatsoever cometh to pass, unto Fortune. The Lord (saith he) sent a great •inde upon the Sea, f••n turn it. God raised from, Natal. But more rightly do• others deduct it from the root, T•l: and we shall see a little after in the, 5. vers. the same word. Now touching the some of the m•ster, he saith: That there was a great tempest, insomuch that the ship was at the very point of breaking. For this speech: The Ship though• to be broken, agreeth to the propriety of our language, Ja•avirè ••idoit peir. For where some take the ship, for the shipmen or Mariners: that is to far fetched: and we know that in many es of speech, our mother tongue agreeth with the Hebrew. Now therefore Jonah signifieth that the tr pest rose not by chance, but by the certain counsel of God, even that he being taken upon the Sea, might know that he was deceived, when he thought that he might escape the sight of God after he had passed the Sea. And though here the Prophet maketh me […] but of one only tempest. From here notwithstanding generally is it lawful to gather that neither storms, nor yet other […] of the air, which either engender rain, or else stir up tempests in the Sea, happened not by chance, but that both heaven & earth are so ruled […] about, that nothing can come to pass, unless from thence it be both foreseen and decreed.