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Divers sermons of Master John Calvin, concerning the divinity, humanity, and nativity of our…Diuers sermons of Master Iohn Caluin, concerning the diuinitie, humanitie, and natiuitie of our…
Divers sermons of Master John Calvin, concerning the divinity, humanity, and nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ as also touching his passion, death, resurrection, ascension: together with the coming down of the holy Ghost upon his Apostles: and the first sermon of S. Peter. The order of which you shall find in the page ensuing.Diuers sermons of Master Iohn Caluin, concerning the diuinitie, humanitie, and natiuitie of our Lorde Iesus Christe as also touching his passion, death, resurection, ascention: togeather with the comming downe of the holy Ghoste vpon his Apostles: and the first sermon of S. Peter. The order of which you shall finde in the page ensuing.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for George Byshop, 1581
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Dedication: To the right honorable Edward de Veere, Earle of Oxonford, Vicunt Bulbacke, Lord of Esc…
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To the right honorable Edward de Veere, Earle of Oxonford, Viscount Bulbacke, Lord of Escales, and Badlesmere, and Lord great Chamberlain of England. The Lord God grant increase a lively and true faith, and continuance in the zeal of the blessed religion of our alone Saviour Jesus Christ for ever.
To the right honorable Edward de Veere, Earle of Oxonford, Vicunt Bulbacke, Lord of Escales, and Badlesmere, and Lorde great Chamberlaine of England. The Lorde God graunt increase a liuely and true faith, and continuance in the zeale of the blessed religion of our alone Sauiour Iesus Christe for euer.
IT is impossible (right honourable) for a man to turn himself any kind of way here in this world, either in calling to mind generally, the heavens and earth, either yet particularly, the glorious garnishing, light, brightness, & movings of the one, and the great plenty of all sorts of beasts, fowls, and fruits of the other, together with the infinite diversity of flowers, wherewith God, by his heavenly wisdom and goodness, every year afresh, marvellously clotheth, and repaireth them, as it were with rich, and beautiful attires and colours: But that he, as often (I say) as he beholdeth these so wonderful works of his majesty, must even so often needs confess that there is set before his eyes, a most large matter & argument for him, to glorify thee altogether good, & only omnipotent God, who hath not created all things for the use of man only, but also even for his delight and pleasure. For he is so good and glorious a Father to all his children, as that his very meaning is) so we take them modestly and thankfully) to have us freely use his benefits for our necessity, yea, and receive them with pleasure, and delight, without scruple of conscience For else, to what purpose should we have created such a number of sorts of fruits, differing in substance, strength and nurture, & of so sundry shapes, in greatness thickness, & colour, in smell, taste, & savour, except it had bin both to strengthen & delight us? For doth wine only strengthen our bodies? doth it not likewise, as David reckoneth it amongst the benefits of the Almighty, glad the heart of man. And therefore, what is he that can be so blockish, as not to think as much generally, of all the rest of the benefits