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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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And hereupon we are to gather, that God will always have a Church in the world, and that the Devil may very well devise all the mischief he can possible, and bend all his force to overthrow the house of God, and yet, be as be may, Christ Jesus shall have the victory, and the grace, whereof he is a distributer and bestower, shall be beneficial, and performed amongst men.
And heerevpon wée are to gather, that God will alwayes haue a Church in the worlde, and that the Deuill may very wel deuise all the mischiefe hée can possible, and bende all his force to ouerthrowe the house of God, and yet, be as be may, Christ Iesus shall haue the victorie, and the grace, whereof hée is a distributer and bestower, shall bée beneficiall, and perfourmed amongst men.
And for this cause it is said by the Psalmist,1 Why have the Kings and Rulers of the earth lifted up themselves? and made covenants with the people? Yet must God in the end, execute his Counsel and judgement. In very deed, they will go about to imagine much, but yet he which dwelleth above in the heavens will mock them all to scorn in his wrath. Let us therefore well consider, that the meaning of the holy Ghost is to declare, that the death and passion of our Lord Jesus Christ will always work his effect, to the end the Church of God might stand firm and sure, so that it shall never be overthrown, by all the assaults, tempests and whirlwinds, whatsoever that the enemies with Satan their head, can any way possible raise up against it. And this saying, to prosper, is set down, to show, that God will make the death and passion of our Lord Jesus Christ flourish, to the end it might more and more fructify: and when it shall seem, that it should be utterly defaced; that God will uphold it, and overcome whatsoever may be any let for the bringing of it to a perfect end. Moreover, every of us ought to apply this unto himself, and not doubt, that although our wings flag▪ and we the bondslaves of sin, yet that God will deliver us from out of that slavery ⟨image 137⟩