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…

They will allege their Baptism, and they will say, they receive the Lords Supper. If a man ask them too what end: they understand nothing at all, and that is as an utter abolishing of the power of the Sacraments. So much the more therefore doth it stand us on hand too come back too this point, namely too learn of the Gospel, too what end Baptism was ordained, what fruit it yieldeth us, and which is the right and lawful use of it: and also too consider whereto the holy Supper availeth us. For if we have not Gods word: our Lord himself telleth us, that the Sacraments which we recey•e, are as it were embased, and there is nothing but falsehood in them. And like as if a man should set a (Princes) seal to a letter that had nothing therein, or which had but imaginations and dreams contrived in it, it were an offence worthy of death: so also forsomuch as the Sacraments are as Seals too warrant Gods promises unto us, and too make them of authority among us: if we separate them from his word, it is certain, that we be falsifiers before God and his Angels. That therefore is one thing more which we have too mark upon this strain.

They will alledge their Baptim, and they will say, they receyue the Lordes Supper. If a man ask them too what end: they vnderstand nothing at all, and that is as an vtter abolishing of the power of the Sacramentes. So much the more therfore dooth it stand vs on hand too come backe too this poynt, namely too lerne of the Gospell, too what end Baptim was ordeyned, what frute it yeeldeth vs, and which is the ryght and lawfull vse of it: and also too consider whertoo the holie Supper auayleth vs. For if wee haue not Gods woord: our Lord himselfe telleth vs, that the Sacramentes which we recey•e, are as it were imbaced, and there is nothing but falsehod in them. And lyke as if a man should set a (Princes) seale to a letter that had nothing therin, or which had but imaginations and dreames contryued in it, it were an offence woorthy of death: so also forsomuch as the Sacramentes are as Seales too warrant Gods promyses vntoo vs, and too make them of authoritie among vs: if wee separate them from his woorde, it is certeyne, that wee bee falsifyers before God and his Angells. That therefore is one thing more which wee haue too marke vppon this streyne.