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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.
But God, who not only exalteth the thing that is small and low, but also maketh what he listeth of nothing, vou•asafed too change him after that fashion, too the end that that miracle sho••d amaze us as oft as we think upon it, & we not only learn too magnify Gods goodness in that deed, but also apply the same too our own use: and therewithal every of us bethink himself advisedly, and return too our former state, (I mean not too be such as we• were in old time,) but consider well of it, […] too examine our selves throughly, that Gods infinite grace and goodness may app•••• the more in us. That then is in […] ••ing that we hau• too remember ⟨image 137⟩concerning Saint Paul. And therefore as oft and when•iever the great treasures of Gods mercy which are imparted too us in our Lord Jesus Christ, are preached unto us: let us be s••e that every whit thereof was warranted too us in Saint Pauls person, and that he spake not as of things unknown, but that he had sure experience of them, and that in his person we may see still with our eyes, the thing that he uttered with his mouth.
But God, who not only exalteth the thing that is small and low, but also maketh what he listeth of nothing, vou•asafed too change him after that fashyon, too the end that that miracle sho••d amaze vs as oft as we thinke vpon it, & wee not only lerne too magnifye Gods goodnesse in that deede, but also apply the same too our owne vse: and therwithall euerye of vs bethinke himsel• aduyzedlye, and returne too our former state, (I meane not too bee such as we• were in old tyme,) but consider welll of it, 〈…〉 too examin our selues throughly, that Gods infinite grac• and goodnesse may app the more in vs. That then is in ing that wee hau too remember