A17694:68
Four sermons of Master John Calvin entreating of matters very profitable for our time,…Foure sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin entreating of matters very profitable for our time,…
Four sermons of Master John Calvin entreating of matters very profitable for our time, as may be seen by the preface: with a brief exposition of the LXXXVII. Psalm. Translated out of French into English by John Field.Foure sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin entreating of matters very profitable for our time, as may bee seene by the preface: with a briefe exposition of the LXXXVII. Psalme. Translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Iohn Fielde.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Man, 1579
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.
But if we have patience too wait, God will show in the end that it is not in vain that he hath set such an high prise upon our life. In the mean time if he doeth us no evil, that it serveth to ratify his Gospel, which in worthiness surmounteth heaven & earth. And the better to assure us that God leaveth us not in the hands of Tyrants, as having forsaken us, let us call too mind the sentence of Jesus Christ, where he saith,1 that it is he whom they persecute in his members.
But if we haue pacience too waite, God will shewe in the ende that it is not in vaine that he hath set such an high prise vpon our life. In the meane time yf hee doeth vs no euill, that it serueth to ratifie his Gospell, which in woorthinesse surmounteth heauen & earth. And the better to assure vs that God leaueth vs not in the handes of Tyrantes, as hauing forsaken vs, let vs call too minde the sentence of Iesus Christe, where he sayth,1 that it is hee whom they persecute in his members.
- 1Act. 9.4.
God had well said before by Zechariah:1 He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of mine eye. But this is yet more plain, that if we suffer for the Gospel, it is as if the son of GOD were there in his own person. Wherefore let us know that Jesus Christ must forget him self, if he should not think of us when we are in prison, or in danger of death for his cause: And let us know that God taketh to his own heart all the outrages that Tyrants do unto us, as if they were fastened to his own son.
God had well saide before by Zacharie:1