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A sermon of the famous and Godly learned man, master John Calvin chief Minister…A sermon of the famous and Godly learned man, master Iohn Caluine chiefe Minister…
A sermon of the famous and Godly learned man, master John Calvin chief Minister and Pastor of Christs church at Geneva, containing an exhortation to suffer persecution for following Jesus Christ and his Gospel, upon this text following. Heb. 13. 13. Go ye out of the tents after Christ, bearing his rebuke. Translated out of French into english,A sermon of the famous and Godly learned man, master Iohn Caluine chiefe Minister and Pastour of Christs church at Geneua, conteining an exhortation to suffer persecution for followinge Iesus Christe and his Gospell, vpon this text following. Heb. 13. 13. Go ye out of the tents after Christe, bearing his rebuke. Translated out of French into english,
London: printed by Robert Waldegrave for Edward White, 1581London: printed by Robert VValdegraue for Edward VVhite, 1581
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or rather, that he had not satisfied them already which came to ask him further, as it were laying nets to catch him. Wherefore let this point remain resolute amongst all Christians: that is, that they ought not to account their lives more dear then the testimony of the trueth, inasmuch as God will be glorified in it. Is it in vain that he calleth all those witnesses (for the word Martyrs signifieth the same) that ⟨p. 16⟩have answered to the enemies of the faith? Is it not because he would have them serve to such purpose? And here every one must not look to his fellow and companion: for God doth not show this honour to all to call them thereto. And forasmuch as we are given to mark others,1 the more we ought to take heed thereof. Peter having hard at the mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ, that he should be led in his old age whither he would not, asketh what should become of John his companion. There is none of us but he would willingly make such a reply. For this we imagine by and by: Why do I rather suffer then others? But contrariwise Jesus Christ exhorteth all in general, and every one in particular, always to be ready, to the end that as he shall call hither one or other, every man may march forth in his rank and order. I have showed before that we shall be ill appointed to suffer Martyrdom, unless that we be armed with Gods promises. It remaineth now that we lay out a little more fully whereto they tend, not to specify all by piecemeal & exactly, but to show the principal things, that God would have us to hope for, to the end to comfort us ⟨image 18⟩in our afflictions. Now these are briefly three things.2 The first is, that forasmuch as our life and death are in his hand, that he will in such fort preserve us by his power that not one hair of our heads shall fall but by his licence.
or rather, that hee had not satisfied them already which came to aske him further, as it were laying nettes to catch him. Wherefore let this point remaine resolute amongst all Christians: that is, that they ought not to account their liues more dear then the testimony of the trueth, inasmuche as God will be glorified in it. Is it in vain that hee calleth all those witnesses (for the word Martyrs signifith the same) that