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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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1And thus we may see, that the kingdom of God is not accomplished. Wherefore, we are admonished to go on, until such time as God is all in all: to wit, we should be so full of him, as that we should be empty of our selves: namely, we should be unclothed of this body, & be raised up into that glory which is promised us.
1And thus we may sée, that the kingdome of God is not accomplished. Wherefore, we are admonished to goe on, vntill such time as God is all in all: to wyt, we should be so full of him, as that we should be emptie of our selues: namely, we shoulde be vncloathed of this bodie, & be raysed vp into that glory which is promised vs.
- 1• Cor. 15.18.
The speech then which our Lord Jesus Christ had with his Apostles of the kingdom of God, tended to this end, that we should forsake our selves, and overthrow whatsoever is ours, and that Jesus Christ might set up his Throne, and guide us, so that we might be altogether agreeable unto his righteousness, & seek only to follow him as our sovereign and liege Lord & King. And all this is spoken to us. Why so? Forsooth, because the Apostles were not taught only for them selves, but for us. And therefore let this be a note unto us, that whensoever the Gospel is delivered unto us, it is to this end that we should be ready to leave this world: to wit, all the wicked affections, and vanities that are in us, which keep us back here below: For we must be wholly changed, & God must give us a new life. Thus we see how it is, that the Gospel must do good, to the end it might be indeed the very kingdom of God, & bear such authority with us as is meet. And by the way, God calleth us not unto him, meaning to keep us always in one state, but will continually prick us on, until he hath brought us to perfection, making us to understand that this present life is like a Sea full of all miseries: thus we see how Jesus Christ bendeth him self to bring us unto the heavenly kingdom, after we are once entered into the kingdom of God in this world. It is said, That he forbade them going from Jerusalem, until such time as they had received the promise of God. And all this was spoken for the building up of our Faith: For we see how necessary it is for us to be assured and resolved of this point: to wit, that men, devised not the doctrine of the Gospel, but that God sent it from heaven. And therefore this ought to be put out of all doubt. What would then become of it, if it were not throughly declared and verified unto us, that Jesus Christ in such sort sent his Apostles, and were not led by their own motion, counsel, or will, but sent by God, who taught them their lesson, and understood not of their own wits this doctrine, but by the holy Ghost.