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…

It is all one as if a man that felt him self already attached with infection of some disease, should linger in his misery, and by all means possible eschew the physician, and run as far back from him as he possibly could, if he would offer too come too him: and afterward when he would have remedy, it is too late, because the disease is settled, & hath so overgrown him, that physic cannot stand him in any stead. Even so is it with the man that is angry, and continueth in it without purging of the malice from his stomach: certainly it is as if a man had some inward and unespied disease, which groweth so strong, as afterward it becometh uncurable. That is the second degree which Saint Paul hath set down here. First he showeth us how we may be faultless before God, in respect of anger and choler: that is too wit, by thinking every of us upon our own faults, too condemn them, and too be •orie for them, and too feel such anguish of mind for them, that we be as men half in a […]. That is a holy Anger, and such a one as God alloweth of. And yet ⟨image 238⟩notwithstanding, forasmuch as we be overweak, if we commit a fault, at leastwise let us not double it: and though we have offended God, let it not make us too multiply choler against him, least the devil get possession of us, and we cannot afterward abide too be brought back again into the good way, but our passions do so overmaster us, as they make us too follow them without end or measure. In any wise let us beware of that.

It is all one as if a man that felt him self alredye attached with infection of some disease, should linger in his miserie, and by all meanes possible eschewe the phisicion, and runne as farre backe from him as he possibly coulde, if he woulde offer too come too him: and afterward when he would haue remedie, it is too late, bycause the disease is settled, & hath so ouergrowen him, that phisick cannot stand him in any stead. Euen so is it with the man that is angrie, and contineweth in it without purging of the malice from his stomacke: certeinly it is as if a man had some inward and vnespyed disease, which groweth so strong, as afterward it becommeth vncurable. That is the second degree which Saint Paule hath set downe heere. First he sheweth vs how wee may bee faultlesse before God, in respect of anger and choler: that is too wit, by thinking euery of vs vppon our owne faults, too condemne them, and too bee •orie for them, and too feele such anguishe of mynd for them, that wee bee as men half in a . That is a holy Anger, and such a one as God allowth of. And yit