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…

and so might all feel, that our Lord Jesus hath not fought in v•ine for the obtaining of such a victory, for all such as come unto him in faith. Here then we see in sum, what it is ⟨image 32⟩that we must remember. But yet by the way we see that we must fight against our affections, and without we so do, it is impossible for us to remove our finger, but that we shall eftsoons provoke the wrath of GOD. For behold our Lord Jesus Christ who was both pure and sound, as we have already declared: But if any man ask what his will was, it was in very deed the weak will of a man: but yet no sinful will, as the will of those who were corrupted in Adam: for there was not one spot of sin in him. Lo here a man void of all sin: But however it was, yet must he in the end, strive and endeavour to forsake himself, and cast all this under his feet, that he might yield his obedience unto his father. And now let us see what shall become of us, what are our affections and thoughts?¹ Even so many enemies (saith Saint Paul) as fight against God. We see here, that God saith that we are altogether wayward, & that whatsoever the mind of man deviseth, is nothing else but leasing and vanity: yea we show our selves, even from our childhood to be seasoned with the whole infection of sin. For the very young children who come into the world, and whose wickedness appeareth not, are notwithstanding young serpents full of the poison of malice and disdain. And here we see what our nature is even from the beginning what then will we be (I beseech you) when we come to riper yéres? Surely (as I have already said) we are so very wicked, as that we cannot think one only thought, which shall not be very many rebellions against God: insomuch, that we shall never be able to give our selves either to one thing or other, but that we shall swerve from the right rule, yea, and spurn as it were despiteously against his Majesty. And therefore what conflict is it that we can set in order to do any good? For when we see that our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom was nothing but pureness and righteousness, was not able to submit himself unto God his father, without he had denied himself, is it not to be doubted that we are any way able throughly to perform it. Let us then learn to fight more courageously:

and so might all féele, that our Lorde Iesus hath not fought in v•ine for the obteining of such a victory, for all such as come vnto him in faith. Héere then wée see in summe, what it is