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…

And yet for all that, have they once but fiddled over, I wot not what: by & by they be great clerks, to their own seeming. And therefore look well to it (saith he,) that ye make not a vain protestation, least ye be convicted of falsehood before God & his Angels: & that the name of Jesus Christ which ought to be holy too you, be not taken in vain: and that whereas every of you boasteth himself to be a Christian, yet notwithstā ding ye know not to what end Jesus Christ was given of God his father, nor how we be made partakers of him, nor what our redemption is, nor how we may enjoy all his benefits. For if ye know not these: it is certain that all this bragging of yours shall cost you right deer, for that you have with full mouth protested your selves too be Christians, and yet notwithstanding know not which be the qualities of your Christendom, nor to what end to apply them. This in effect is the thing that we have too remember upon that strain.

And yit for al that, haue they once but fidled ouer, I wote not what: by & by they be great clearkes, to their own seeming. And therfore looke wel to it (sayth he,) that ye make not a vayne protestatiō, least ye be cō uicted of falshood before God & his Angels: & that the name of Iesus Christ which ought to be holy too you, be not taken in vaine: and that wheras enery of you boasteth himself to be a Christian, yit notwithstā ding ye know not to what end Iesus Christ was giuen of God his father, nor how we be made parttakers of him, nor what our redemption is, nor how wee may inioy all his benefytes. For if yee knowe not these: it is certein that all this bragging of yours shall cost you ryght deere, for that you haue with full mouth protested your selues too bee Christians, and yit notwithstanding knowe not which bee the qualities of your Christendome, nor to what ende to apply them. This in effect is the thing that wee haue too remember vpon that streyne.

Behold, Saint Paul telleth us here, that if we have bin trained in the Gospel, it beh•ueth us too differ from the ignorant and the unbelievers. For Gods sholing of us out, and his setting of us in array alone by our selves after that fashion, and his enlightening of us, is to the ed we should no more be as wanderers at random, nor as silly