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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,…

Name: Four sermons of Master John Calvin entreating of matters very profitable for our time,…
Author: John Calvin

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.

John Calvin 1509–1564London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Man, 1579

[6], 59, [1] leaves · 40k words · STC 4439 · ESTC S107288

Title page: Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Sermon 4: ¶ The fourth Sermon showing what pain we ought to take, too purchase liberty to seru…Sermon 4: ¶ The fourth Sermon shewing what paine wee ought to take, too purchase libertie to seru…

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¶ The fourth Sermon showing what pain we ought to take, too purchase liberty to serve GOD purely in a Christian Church, upon a Theme out of the 27. Psalm. My heart hath said of thee,¹ seek my face: I will seek thy face O Lord.

¶ The fourth Sermon shewing what paine wee ought to take, too purchase libertie to serue GOD purely in a Christian Churche, vpon a Theame out of the 27. Psalme. My heart hath sayde of thee,¹ seeke my face: I wyll seeke thy face O Lorde.

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AS men throw themselves into a wonderful confusion, in letting the bridle loose to their appetites and desires: so also is it a great wisdom in them that seek after that that God hath commanded them, to the end to follow it. And of this thing we have here a goodly example. David was a man much subject to the same passions, which torment and toss us hither and thither: and there is no doubt but that he was provoked with many temptations which might well have shaken his mind, and have caused him to stray from God. Howbeit to remedy all occasions of falling and to have a certain and sure path, he only regardeth that which God showed him: he meditateth and continually thinketh up it. The sum is that God biddeth & exhorteth all the faithful to seek his face. David protesteth to have applied all his study to this commandment: in such sort that there was as it were a goodly melody, & agreement between god who speaketh saying, seek me & him who answereth, yea my god I will seek thee. But here we must consider wherefore God expressly ⟨p. 39⟩

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The book

Title as printed

Author

John Calvin 1509–1564

Place

London

Printer

Thomas Dawson

Bookseller

Thomas Man

Year

1579

Size

[6], 59, [1] leaves

Words

40,086

Catalogue

STC 4439 · ESTC S107288

Text

EEBO-TCP A17694

Passages

141

Sections

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

¶ The fourth Sermon showing what pain we ought to take, too purchase liberty to serve GOD purely in a Christian Church, upon a Theme out of the 27. Psalm. My heart hath said of thee,1 seek my face: I will seek thy face O Lord.

¶ The fourth Sermon shewing what paine wee ought to take, too purchase libertie to serue GOD purely in a Christian Churche, vpon a Theame out of the 27. Psalme. My heart hath sayde of thee,1 seeke my face: I wyll seeke thy face O Lorde.

Transcription key

¶ The fourth Sermon showing what pain we ought to take, too purchase liberty to serve GOD purely in a Christian Church, upon a Theme out of the 27. Psalm. My heart hath said of thee,¹ seek my face: I will seek thy face O Lord.

¶ The fourth Sermon shewing what paine wee ought to take, too purchase libertie to serue GOD purely in a Christian Churche, vpon a Theame out of the 27. Psalme. My heart hath sayde of thee,¹ seeke my face: I wyll seeke thy face O Lorde.