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…

Furthermore, the title that S. Paul giveth unto our Lord Jesus Christ, namely that he is our peace, ought too be well considered: for without that we should always be as a straught, or as blocks, for they that have any feeling of their sins, cannot be in rest without feeling of sore •orinentes, but are so out of quiet, as it were better for them too be sunken under the earth, than to see themselves so cited before Gods judgment seat every minute of an hour, and too be distressed in such ⟨p. 91⟩sort. Then if we have not Jesus Christ for our peace, surely the •• kenning up of our consciences must needs daunt us, and hold us as it were upon the Rack, by making us too •eele that God sets himself against us as an enemy, or else it m•st needs utterly […], us, and make us brute beasts, so as we shall not only fal• […] but also be so bewitched by the devil, as we shall feel no more grief nor remorse for them. And so this lesson, where it is said, that Jesus Christ is our peace, cannot be […]. For first it warneth us to be touched to the quick with out […], so […] sorry for them, considering that Gods […] accordingly as he calleth none unto him, but such as are […] • tired. Again, when we once know that: we may overleap all distrust & doubting, because that whereas we have provoked Gods wrath: i• is appeased again by our Lord Jesus Christ: whereas we have […] with God, and kept continual war ag••yn•• him: Jesus Christ […] made agreement betwixt us: and where as God […] us for our sins, and for our naughty and froward nature: Jesus Christ putteth all that away, too the end that God may take us, not only as his creatures fashioned after his own image, but also as his deer children, whom he hath adopted too be heirs of his kingdom. And so ye see what we have too gather upon that […].

Furthermore, the tytle that S. Paule giueth vntoo our Lord Iesus Christ, namely that he is our peace, ought too bee well considered: for without that wee should alwayes be as a straught, or as blocks, for they that haue any feeling of theyr sinnes, cannot bee in rest without feeling of sore orinentes, but are so out of quyet, as it were better for them too bee sunken vnder the earth, than to see thēselues so cyted before Gods iudgment seate euery minute of an houre, and too bee distressed in such