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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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23. Be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24. And put ye on the new man which is created after God in righteousness and holiness of truth. 25. Wherefore put away lying, and speak truth every of you too his neighbour: for we be members one of another. 26. Be ye angry, and sin not.
23. Bee yee renewed in the spirit of your mynd, 24. And put yee on the newe man vvhich is created after God in rightuousnesse and holynesse of truth. 25. VVherefore put avvay lying, and speake truth euery of you too his neyghbour: for wee bee members one of another. 26. Bee yee angry, and sinne not.
We have now too lay forth the second part of the well ordering of our life set down here by Saint Paul: which is, that we must walk in newness of life, because it behoveth us too be reformed by Gods spirit. And too the intent we may know that our changing must not be in part only, but in whole. Saint Paul taketh here the thing that seemeth most excellent and most esteemed in mans nature: namely knowledge, understanding, wit, reason, and all manner of ability of mind. Then if there be any wisdom in us, Saint Paul sayeth, it must be corrected. And why? True it is that our reason of it self is always commendable: but we be so corrupted by Adams sin,1 that we have not the skill to think so much as one good thought, which is not ⟨p. 211⟩crooked, and full of malice and rebellion against God. And although this be not perceived openly: yet will there ever be some secret hypocrisy lurking, which is enough & to much to condemn us before God. Ye see then that the thing whereunto we must enforce our selves, if we purpose too please God, is that being rid of all our own conceits and affections, we get us a new guide, that is too wit, Gods spirit: according whereunto he useth a like manner of sentence in the twelfth too the Romans,2 in speaking of Christian life. It behoveth us too be transformed, not only in our affections which are sinful, as every man may judge: but even in the thing which seemeth faultless, that is too wit, in the Reason that we have spoken of. Too be short, we must be sacrificed, or else our life will be always unholy and unclean. And this sacrificing is expounded by Saint Paul in the text before alleged, to be the laying away & mortifying of all that we have of our selves. Our true perfection then is that fighting against all that is of our own nature, we suffer our selves too be governed by Gods spirit, so as it may be perceived that we be utterly changed. For it is not enough that our life have some honesty too the worldward, so as it may be commended and had in good reputation among men: but also ambition and all other vices that lie lurking within us, must be cleansed away, and our Lord must have the guiding of us.