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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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Now, let us conclude, that when miserable sinners acknowledge their sins, and be humbled, and confess the debt, giving glory to God, declaring also that he handleth them justly and rightly, and that it is good reason they should be so chastised: when I say, wretched sinners be drawn to this reason, let us understand, that God hath put to his hand, and touched them with his holy spirit, that we may see his wonderful infinite goodness, whenas he pulleth those out of destruction, and hell, whose case before, was as it were desperate.
Now, let vs conclude, that when miserable sinners acknowledge their sinnes, and be humbled, and confesse the debt, giuinge glory to God, declaring also that he handleth thē iustlye and rightlye, and yt it is good reason they should be so chastised: when I say, wretched sinners be drawne to this reason, let vs vnderstand, that God hath put to his hande, and touched them with his holy spirit, that we may sée his wonderful infynit goodnes, whēas he pulleth those out of destruction, and hell, whose case before, was as it were desperat.
In sum, we see in the person of this miserable thief, so excellent an example of faith as never was seen. And therefore we should be so much the rather ravished with such a miracle as then God wrought for in what state stood he? Behold he was nigh his death: he suffered horrible torments: he looked to have his bones to be crushed and broken, and to be dismembered: which was so sharp and terrible a torment, as that it was even enough to have made him have lost both sense and memory: he saw also our Lord Jesus who most slanderously was to be hanged there, as well as him self: and yet see what words he used? for he doth not only acknowledge his sins for the humbling him self before ⟨image 74⟩God, he doth not only use the office of a teacher to bring home his companion, and to set him in the right way, but maketh such a confession as is more worth then all the rest, if we consider well the circumstances. I beseech thee (sayeth he) remember me whenas thou comest into thy kingdom. How was it possible that he could conceive that Jesus Christ had a kingdom? for he was hanged on tree, and cursed of God and men. For, this saying of the law, was spoken by the mouth of God: cursed is he that hangeth on tree.