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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.
A Sermon of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.A Sermon of the birth of our Lorde Iesus Christ.
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.
And because there are many faithless people, an infinite number of the Angels of heaven shall bear witness against them: for they are the Ministers of the trueth of God. Let all the wicked therefore, and as many as lye powdered and seasoned in their sins and corruptions, smooth, and harden themselves as much as they will in their infidelity, and they are sure of this, that they have over many sufficient witnesses to ratify and confirm their condemnation. For the Angels in heaven appeared, to the end we should not be excused, when as ⟨p. 16⟩we will not receive Jesus Christ for our sovereign King, and submit our selves unto his majesty. And therefore by the way, Let us for our part note, that God procured our salvation, when as he sent such a multitude of Angels, that we might come to our Lord Jesus Christ with a cheerful mind, without any more disputing, or doubting. But be fully resolved, that we shall find in him, whatsoever is wanting in us, and that he will have wherewith to supply all our poverties and miseries: And to be short, That it is even he, by whom God meant to communicate him self unto us. And will we then seek for our life, any other were then in God? Now,1 all the fullness of the God-head is in our Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore when we have such a testimony, it is as much as if God stretched forth his arms, to make us feel his inestimable goodness, and only to show, that when we have faith in Jesus Christ (I mean no hypocritical faith) we might fully rest on him, and considering that we must hold all of him, we shall then be partakers of all his benefits, which we want, and hunger after. Moreover, although we see not at this day the Angels, who for that time only appeared, yet is this testimony registered, that it might be authentical. For the holy Ghost hath spoken it by the mouth of Saint Luke. Wherefore, let us be contented that we have such a testimony from God, as telleth us that the Angels have borne witness of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, that we knowing that he was made man, yea, & that of no estimation, for our sakes, might have an earnest desire to attain unto the kingdom of heaven, to the end to cleave unto him in the true unity of faith▪ We are after a while to consider also of the place of his birth, to wit, of Bethlehem.
And because there are many faithlesse people, an infinite number of the Angels of heauen shal beare witnesse against them: for they are the Ministers of the trueth of God. Let all the wicked therefore, and as many as lye powdred and seasoned in their sinnes and corruptions, smoothe, and harden themselues as much as they will in their infidelitie, and they are sure of this, that they haue ouer many sufficient witnesses to ratefie and confirme their condemnation. For the Angels in heauen appeared, to the ende wée shoulde not bée excused, when as