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…

Now, there is not a worse kind of drunkenness, then this blockishness wherein all miserable sinners are overwhelmed, until such time as they feel what it is to have God their enemy. So then, every man will give him self over to all kind of lewdness, & by that mean, the death & passion of our Lord Jesus Christ shall be contemned, & no account made of it. And therefore it is not without cause that the Prophet for the awaking of us, & for the bestowing, of the most desired benefit that may be, which is brought unto us by our Lord Jesus Christ, showeth that we have all erred & gone out of the way. Now, over and besides that I have said, that as there are profane contemners of the judgement of God, even so also are there foolish presumptuous and arrogant men. Wherefore there are two sorts of people which cannot do them selves any good by this infinite grace and favour which the Son of God hath purchased for us: because the one sort of them think them selves to be righteous, and have works and merits able to answer the justice of God. As we see these Popish hypocrites, who do not only think themselves, to be discharged before God, but do also sell some part of their merits, as if they had a superfluity of them: and that man or woman is well at ease and happy, that may be partaker of their perfection and holiness, because they are in an Angelic estate.

Nowe, there is not a worse kinde of drunkennesse, then this blockishnes wherin all miserable sinners are ouerwhelmed, vntill suche time as they féele what it is to haue God their enemy. So then, euery man will giue him selfe ouer to all kinde of lewdnesse, & by that meane, the death & passion of our Lord Iesus Christ shall be cōtemned, & no account made of it. And therefore it is not without cause that the Prophet for the awaking of vs, & for the bestowing, of the most desired benefite that may be, which is brought vnto vs by our Lord Iesus Christ, sheweth that we haue all erred & gon out of the way. Now, ouer and besides that I haue saide, that as there are prophane contemners of the iudgement of God, euen so also are there foolish presumptuous and arrogant men. Wherfore there are two sortes of people which cannot doe them selues any good by this infinit grace and fauour which the Sonne of God hath purchased for vs: because the one sort of them thinke them selues to be righteous, and haue workes and merites able to answere the iustice of God. As we sée these Popish hypocrites, who doe not onely thinke themselues, to be discharged before God, but doe also sell some parte of their merites, as if they had a superfluitie of them: and that man or woman is well at ease and happie, that may be partaker of their perfection and holinesse, because they are in an Angellike estate.