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 second point is the assuredness of our Salvation. The Papists say we must doubt of it, and that we cannot come unto God otherwise than with an opinion that he will receive us: but too assure our selves of it, that ought we not too do, for that were too great a presumptuousness. But when we pray unto God, we must call ⟨p. 12⟩[…], at leastwise if we be the scholars of our Lord Jesus Christ, […] taught us so too do. Now, do we call him father at […]? or are we sure of it in our selves that he is our father? If […] is there nothing but hypocrisy in our prayers, and the first […] we utter shall be a stark lye. The Papists therefore never […] it is too pray unto God, seeing they say that they ought not […] themselves of their salvation.¹ But (as we shall see in the […] chapter specially) the scripture showeth that if we will pray too […] rightly, we must have belief in Jesus Christ, which giveth us […] & upon that trust we by and by conceive boldness. Then […] the world go, we must not be in a mammering nor yet doubt, but […] be throughly resolved & persuaded in our selves, that God […] us as his children. And how may that be but by embracing […] through faith, as he offereth it us in his Gospel, and by […] our selves also that we be grounded in his everlasting […] if our faith should depend upon our selves: surely it would […] from us, and it might be shaken of, if it were not […] above. And although we be kept or preserved by faith as […] S. Peter:² yet is it God that keepeth or preserveth us. Then if […] were not grounded upon Gods eternal election, it is […] that Satan might pluck it from us every minute of an hour. […] we were too day the constantest in the world,³ yet might we […] too morrow. But our Lord Jesus showeth us the remedy too […] us against all temptations, in that he sayeth, you come not […] of your selves, but the heavenly father bringeth you too me. […] as I have taken you into my keeping,⁴ be no more […], for I acknowledge you for the inheritance of God my father, […] that hath given me the charge of you and put you into my hand, […] than all. We see then, that besides the setting forth of […] glory, our salvation also is warranted by Gods eternal […]: which ought too be sufficient cause too move us too consider […] at S. Paul treateth of it in this place.