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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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The Prophet having generally spoken of all the people of the Jews, cometh now to the head, upon whom hangeth all, that hath bin before said. For their redemption was only grounded in & upon our Lord Jesus Christ,1 because in him, are all the promises of God accomplished. Now it is long time past sithence the redeemer was promised: But when it was thought that the line of David was utterly extinguished, the hope of the faithful might altogether have bin abolished. For it was said that God would establish a king for ever,2 & would set him on Davids seat, & notwithstanding that he should have the sun and the moon of heaven, yet should this kingdom be maintained & conserved: & that although all the world should perish, yet should this be so stable & sure, as that ⟨p. 92⟩it should very well be seen, that this was a kingdom wholly consecrated unto God. And yet for all that, it decreased: yea, & soon after by little & little fell in decay, until such time as the last king save one,3 was carried away captive, & all the kingly line translated, & as it were clean cut of. And the last king, who was created at the charge of an Infidel, & an enemy unto all religion, in the end playing the rebel, against him, it so fell out as that the king was taken, his eyes put out, he was indited, his children were slain, he himself was most shamefully condemned: & the temple, with all his houses were burnt. What was to be thought hereupon? Forsooth, it must needs be, that the Jews assured themselves by the Prophet, that God would in the end, take compassion on them, and bring them out of captivity: For it was meet he should tell them, that, that which was spoken to Abraham in the old time was not spoken in vain, That in his seed, all the nations of the earth should be blessed: and that there should be a king of the line of David established, whose Empire should be everlasting and without end.
THe Prophet hauing generally spokē of al ye people of the Iewes, commeth now to the head, vpon whō hangeth al, that hath bin before said. For their redemption was only grounded in & vpon our Lord Iesus Christ,1