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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 learn to acknowledge, that so soon as God bestoweth any benefit upon us, that it is, because we are the members of Jesus Christ, and not for our works, nor yet for any other thing that we are any way able to offer unto him. And therefore let us have no more these roiling imaginations in our heads, as to be persuaded this way and that, but let us come to the acknowledging of our sins, and be sorry for them: as we see Saint Peter goeth about to bring the Jews thereto, here in this place, when as he speaketh of the death of Jesus Christ. For, in the first place he accuseth them, saying, Ye have slain him.
and learne to acknowledge, that so soone as God bestoweth any benefite vpon vs, that it is, because we are the members of Iesus Christ, and not for our workes, nor yet for any other thing that we are any way able to offer vnto him. And therefore let vs haue no more these royling imaginations in our heades, as to be persuaded this way and that, but let vs come to the acknowledging of our sinnes, and be sory for them: as we sée Saint Peter goeth about to bring the Iewes theretoo, héere in this place, when as hée speaketh of the death of Iesus Christ. For, in the first place hée accuseth them, saying, Yee haue slaine him.
Now, we may very well see, that he meaneth not by this speech to flatter them.
Nowe, we may verie well sée, that hée meaneth not by this spéech to flatter them.
And indeed S. Peter did cast this in their dish, as we say, to the end he might prick their hearts, and wound them to the quick: as hereafter we shall see, that it so stuck, & grieved them at the hearts, as that they were therewith converted. Thus and by this mean must men be won to come to be humbled, and brought to the acknowledging of their offences. For, if we continually preach unto them pleasant and delightful things, they will do nothing else but toy and trifle, and be Gods fellows, and play with him even as they would do with a mortal man. We see how it fared with the woman of Samaria, when she spake unto Jesus Christ, and that he told her of the water of life, whereof (he said) if she drunk,