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…

Of which kind of people the cowardliness is so much the more shameful and blameworthy, because God hath given them such a Saviour & Captain, as is both able & willing too minister strength too them be they never so weak and feeble, health, be they never so sick or diseased, soundness, be they never so sore wounded or maimed, courage, be they never so faint and weary, victory, be they never so much oppressed and overmatched, righteousness, be they never so sinful and wicked, yea and even life though they be dead. For Christ himself being the Physician of our souls, our health, our welfare, our light, our resurrection, our life, and the very truth it self, which cannot lye nor deceive, (to the intent we should be willing too resort unto him, and have assured warrant of hope and comfort,) calleth and allureth us in this wise unto him:¹ Come unto me all ye that are weary and overladen,² and I will refresh you: Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world, and so shall you also by faith in me:³ Although your sins be as read as scarlet, I will make them as white as snow:⁴ I will refuse none that cometh to me, but though he be dead, yet shall he live, for I will raise him up at the last day:⁵ If ye suffer with me, ye shall also reign with me in glory:⁶ Resist the devil, and he shall flee from you, so that the very gates of hell shall not prevail against you:^* Ask what you will of my father in my name, and it shall be done unto you: Ask and ye shall have, seek and ye shall find,⁸ knock and it shall be opened unto you, possess ye your souls through patience. Besides this, he putteth us not too the doing of any thing which he himself hath not first done for our sakes, to give us the more comfort and encouragement by his own example. If we be