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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.
Therefore mark it for a school point, […] none other holiness is liked and allowed at Gods band, than […] holiness of the believers. For except we first become Christians, we be blind and can never yield God his duty.
Therfore marke it for a schoole poynt, 〈…〉 none other holynesse is lyked and allowed at Gods bande, than 〈…〉 holynesse of the beleeuers. For except wee first become Christi••s, wee bee blynde and can neuer yeelde God his dewtie.
Although there were none other lewdness than this, were it not enough too mar all the virtues that we could have besides? Again seeing that the spirit of perfection, the spirit of the fear of God, the spirit of righteousness, and the spirit of pureness abideth and resteth in Jesus Christ: it is certain that all such as are separated from him, have nothing else in them but vice, and all manner of uncleanness, how much so ever the world fawn upon them. And on the other side let us mark also, that all such as boast themselves of belief in the Gospel, and are not sanctified of God, do bewray their own hypocrisy and lying, and dote themselves by their own life, whatsoever their mouth sing or say, according as we see many now a days, which defile and unhallow the name of faith which ought too be holy. For every man will say he is faithful, and they that have least faith, are boldest too say that there is no faith but in themselves. And would God it were so but in the one half of us. But we see even among all that bear the name of Christians, their whole life is disordered and loose, in so much that they mock▪ God too the full, and despise all religion, and yet notwithstanding do in the mean while think (as I have said already,) that they have great wrong if they be not taken for good Christians and Catholics. Yet for all this we see how S. Paul knitteth these […] things together in unseparable bond: namely that if we have the faith of the Gospel, we must therewithal give over our selves wholly unto our God, and separate our selves from the corruptions of the world, according as we have seen how that in the Epistle too the Galatians,