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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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Sermons on the passion › Sermon 3: The third Sermon of the Passion.
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Now it is very lawful for us to call upon God, and to beseech him to defend our life: and as he accounteth it to be precious, even so must we desire him, that it would please him also to keep and preserve it. But our Lord Jesus telleth him that he would nor ought not now to do it. And wherefore then would Peter use violence, contrary to that order which God hath permitted and established by his word. If a mean which of it self is lawful, ought not to be practised: what shall become of that which God hath forbidden, and declared to be punishable?
Now it is very lawfull for vs to call vpon God, and to beséeche him to defend our lyfe: and as he accompteth it to be precious, euen so must we desyre him, that it would please him also to kéepe and preserue it. But our Lord Iesus telleth hym that hee woulde nor ought not now to doo it. And wherefore then woulde Peter vse violence, contrary to that order which God hath permitted and established by his worde. If a meane which of it selfe is lawfull, ought not to be practised: what shall become of that whiche God hath forbidden, and declared to be punishable?
We then here see (as I have already said) that the son of God submitted him self to all rebuke and shame, and desired rather to be bound and fast manacled as a malefactor and a condemned person, then to be made a liar by any miracle, and would have god to stretch forth his arm to warrant him. And hereby we may understand how greatly he esteemed of our salvation. Howbeit here is one point which I have already noted: to wit, that he sendeth us back to the will & purpose of God his father. For without this also it should seem strange, that he would not crave the aid which he right well knew he might have: & it should seem he tempted God, whenas he would not pray for it. For, we are promised, that the Angels shall be round about them which fear God: yea & shall bear them in their hands,1 that they shall not hurt them selves against a stone, & no evil shall come to them in their ways: now when God promiseth us any ⟨p. 38⟩