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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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God hath but one only & plain will & meaning, but it is wonderful to us, & his proceedings are so strange, that we must be fain to cast down our eyes, and yet confess that our Lord Jesus hath suffered, but not as men would, but because that we should have such a pawn of the infinite love of God, & that our Lord Jesus Christ might declare it, whereby he might show how precious & deer yt salvation of our souls are to him, & therefore let us well consider of all these things. Moreover, in the end John saith, That although Jesus Christ was scourged, yet that the people strained themselves, ⟨p. 57⟩to cry out the louder, to have him put to death. Then Pilate rehearsed again, that he heard that Jesus was the son of God: which were the words that touched him, and was more a feared of that, then he was before. And mark why he asked, whence art thou? and when Jesus Christ held his peace, knowest not thou (sayeth he) that I have power to loose and condemn thee. Now, we see here why the Jews brought in, such an accusation against our Lord Jesus Christ.
God hath but one only & plain wil & meaning, but it is wonderful to vs, & his procéedings are so strange, that we must be faine to cast down our eyes, and yet confesse that our Lord Iesus hath suffered, but not as mē would, but because yt we should haue such a pawne of ye infinite loue of God, & that our Lorde Iesus Christ might declare it, wherby he might shew how precious & déer yt saluatiō of our soules are to him, & therfore let vs wel cōsider of al these thinges. Moreouer, in the end Iohn saith, That although Iesus Christ was scourged, yet that the people strayned themselues, ⟨p. 57⟩to cry out the lowder, to haue him put to death. Thē Pilat rehearsed againe, that he heard that Iesus was the sonne of God: which were the wordes that touched him, and was more a fearde of that, then he was before. And marke why he asked, whence art thou? and when Iesus Christ helde his peace, knowest not thou (sayeth he) that I haue power to loose and condemne thée. Now, we sée heere why the Iewes brought in, such an accusation against our Lord Iesus Christ.