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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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Thus we see at what end we must begin, and then shall we have greater courage, and be much better disposed to keep our tongues, whenas we shall be any way afflicted by the hand of God. And hereupon the Prophet saith, that he was lifted out of anguish, or out of prison (for the word importeth thus much) & of judgement. There are some which expound it, as if Jesus Christ had been put to death by some sudden violence: but we are rather told that death overcame him not, but was raised up again by the power of God his father.
Thus we sée at what end we must begin, and then shal we haue greater courage, and be much better disposed to kéepe our tonges, whenas we shall be any way afflicted by the hand of God. And héerevpon the Prophet saith, that he was lifted out of anguishe, or out of prison (for the word importeth thus much) & of iudgemet. There are some which expound it, as if Iesus Christ had bene put to death by some sodaine violēce: but we are rather told that death ouercame him not, but was raised vp againe by the power of God his father.
Now, it is not enough for us that we understand, that our Lord Jesus hath suffered for our salvation, and when we have examined our life, we shall feel that without this help, we were all damned & utterly lost, & if there were nothing else spoken of, but of the death and passion of the son of God, we should always stand in doubt, for how can it be possible that we should hope for life at his hands, seeing he himself was headlong cast down into death? surely we should never perceive any divine nor heavenly power, without the which ⟨image 124⟩we can no way conceive to put our trust in him: because we should see nothing but weakness, which would fear us. And as the Prophet hath heretofore spoken of the fruit which we receive by the death and passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, even so doth he now say, that it is because he shall be lifted up by the power of god his father, he was lifted up (saith he) out of anguish and judgement. And although he was condemned yet did not God leave putting to his helping hand, but exalted him, that he might have the chief dominion, and rule over all creatures.