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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1And for this cause the Scripture also oftentimes showeth us, that we were redeemed with no small price. And thus much we have to consider of for this point.
1And for this cause the Scripture also oftentimes sheweth vs, that wee were redéemed with no small price. And thus much we haue to consider of for this pointe.
- 11. Cor. 6.30.
Now, it is said, for a final conclusion, That the will of God shall prosper in his hands. The words which the Prophet here useth, signifieth a worldly will, and free favour: For, it were not enough that our Lord Jesus Christ should execute the will of God: But that it should be a will proceeding of love, as a testimony of his fatherly affection. For, Moses executed the will of God when he published the law: and yet notwithstanding every man was afeard at the thunders & lightnings: for there was nothing else but threatenings of death. And why so? Forsooth, because the law brought nothing else with it but wrath and vengeance. For, it was meet that the world should feel in it an horrible condemnation,1 & be wonderfully afeard. Howbeit, there appeared an other manner of will of God, in Jesus Christ: & that is this, his meaning was to receive us unto himself, & to have mercy upon us, to abolish our sins, & to discharge us of the condemnation wherein we were. Thus we see the property of the speech which the Prophet here useth, when he saith, That the will of God should prosper. Now it is by & by after said, in his hands, which signifieth, that Jesus Christ should be a distributer and bestower of the grace of God for our salvation. True it is, that God might by some other death have delivered us from death, howbeit it was not his meaning, neither yet was it so good. And therefore he appointed our Lord Jesus Christ, to the end we might by him, be redeemed and reconciled: and to be short, that by him we might obtain whatsoever was requisite for our salvation.