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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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Now where as there is afterward added, that: When the Sun arose the next day, a wind was prepared: hereby also we gather that the winds do not arise of their own accord, or by chance, but are raised up by God. There are in deed ⟨image 77⟩causes in Nature found out, why sometime the air is calm and sometime is troubled with winds: but all these middle causes doeth the counsel and wisdom of God govern, so that, that is always true, that Nature is not some certain blind motion and yet there is always a law prefixed thereto by the will of God. God therefore governeth by his wisdom and hand whatsoever cometh to pass. This only is the difference:1 that those his works that keep their common course have the name of Nature: but his miracles, when as God changeth the accustomed course, do not keep still the name of nature: but yet do come from God himself being the author thereof. Therefore as concerning this wind this is to be noted that this was not an usual or common wind: and yet the common winds are no less raised daily by the providence of God, then this wind now blowed whereof Jonah here speaketh: but God as then wrought otherwise then by the accustomed course of nature as they say: and yet daily he commonly keepeth a continual tenor or rule in the order of nature. Now must we see why all this discourse is set down. Jonah confesseth that be greatly rejoiced, when he was covered from the extreme heat of the sun. And when the herb was dead and withered, he was stricken with so great dolour, that he desired to dye. Here is nothing superfluous, for Jonah both in his joy and in his sorrow showeth how tender and prone he is to either part, he confesseth his delicacy and tenderness, when he saith that he was exceedingly glad: and again, when he saith that he took such great sorrow for the dead herb, that in the loathing of his life he desired death. There is secretly here included a free confession of his infirmity: because Jonah might more simply have set down and noted his joy then his sorrow. But he plainly expressed his vehemency and excess in either affection, that we might know that he was carried away with his passions, so that in the smallest matters he was to angry, or else being putt up with joy, he kept ⟨p. 68⟩in that also no measure and thus much both of his joy and sorrow.