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The sermons of M. John Calvin, upon the Epistle of S. Paul too the…The sermons of M. Iohn Caluin, vpon the Epistle of S. Paule too the…
The sermons of M. John Calvin, upon the Epistle of S. Paul too the Ephesians. Translated out of French into English by Arthur GoldingThe sermons of M. Iohn Caluin, vpon the Epistle of S. Paule too the Ephesians. Translated out of French into English by Arthur Golding
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Lucas Harison, 1577
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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.
whosoever seeketh salvation out of Jesus Christ, doth but wander away after his own deceitful imaginations, never to find the thing that he seeketh, because that (as sayeth Saint John) he that hath not the son,1 hath not the father,2 and he that hath not the father, is a stranger too the covenants and promises of salvation, without hope and without God in the world, and so consequently in stead of the substance he ketcheth but a shadow or a dream or rather nothing at all. Nay rather he ketcheth everlasting damnation, according to this saying:3 He that believeth not in the son, shall not see light, but the wrath of God abideth upon him.4 And again, this is damnation (that is to say, the cause of damnation) that whereas light is come into the world, (which light is Christ) men have loved darkness better than light: that is to say, they have loved the blind imaginations and inventions of their own ignorant minds, better than the lightsome truth of Christs Gospel.
whosoeuer seeketh saluation out of Iesus Christ, dooth but wander away after his owne deceytfull imaginations, neuer to fynd the thing that he seeketh, bycause that (as sayeth Saint Iohn) he that hath not the sonne,1 hath not the father,2 and he that hath not the father, is a straunger too the couenauntes and promises of saluation, without hope and without God in the world, and so consequently in stead of the substance he ketcheth but a shadowe or a dreame or rather nothing at all. Nay rather he ketcheth euerlasting damnation, according to this saying:3 He that beleeueth not in the sonne, shall not see light, but the wrath of God abydeth vppon him.4 And agein, this is damnation (that is to say, the cause of damnation) that wheras light is come into the world, (which lyght is Christ) men haue loued darknesse better than lyght: that is to say, they haue loued the blynd imaginations and inuentions of their owne ignorant mynds, better than the lightsome truth of Christes Gospell.