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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Sermons on the passion › Sermon 4: The fourth Sermon of the passion.
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.
But in the mean while, let us beseech the Lord to take away the wimples wherewith Satan goeth about to blindfold us, that we stand not stiff in our flatteries, thereby to excuse our naughtiness, and let us more and more make a good trial to condemn all our sins, & confess them truly. Moreover, we see also how god overthroweth the opinion of hypocrites, so that in the end they are clean put by, their pretended purpose. For, the priests would gladly have blotted out their offence, that it might never have come in question again: and this was their pretence, whenas they bought a field to bury strangers in But God turned all quite and clean against their meaning: for the Field was to be called the bloody, & murdering field, everlastingly to remain in the mouths of men, women and children: so that this detestable fault which the priests committed, might be daily made known and manifested, that it might be said, this is the bloody field, which was bought with the price of treason. And who were they that did it? Forsooth, even the priests and heads of the people.
But in the meane while, let vs beséech the Lorde to take away the wymples wherwith Satan goeth about to blindfould vs, that wée stand not stiffe in our flatteries, therby to excuse our naughtines, and let vs more and more make a good tryall to condemne all our sins, & confesse thē truly. Moreouer, we sée also how god ouerthroweth the opinion of hypocrits, so that in the end they are cleane put by, their pretended purpose. For, the priests woulde gladly haue blotted out their offence, that it might neuer haue come in questiō againe: and this was their pretence, whenas they bought a field to bury straungers in But God turned all quite and cleane against their meaning: for the Field was to be called the bloodye, & murthering field, euerlastingly to remaine in the mouthes of men, women and children: so that this detestable falt whiche the priestes committed, might be daylye made knowne and manifested, that it might bee saide, this is the bloody fielde, which was bought with the price of treason. And who were they that dyd it? Forsooth, euen the priestes and heads of the people.
So then we see, that when hypocrites go about to hide and muffle their misdeeds, then God so much the more discovereth their villainies, and causeth all men to know, and abhor their detestable shamelessness. And here we see the reason why we have said, that we ought so much the more advisedly to come unto God, & lay open our sins, which is to this end, that it would please him to