Sermons of M. John Calvin upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the GalatiansSermons of M. Iohn Caluine vpon the Epistle of Saincte Paule to the Galathians

Let us fall down before the face of our good God. &c. (Here he addeth as the matter treated of in his Sermon, giveth him occasion too require at Gods hand, and because the same changeth almost in every Sermon, it cannot here be specified.) That it may please him to grant this grace, not only to us, but also to all people and Nations of the earth, bringing back all poor ignorant souls from the miserable bondage of error and darkness, to the right way of salvation, for the doing whereof it may please him to raise up true and faithful ministers of his word, that seek not their own profit and vainglory, but only the advancement of his holy name, and the welfare of his flock: and contrariwise root out all sects, errors and heresies, which are seeds of trouble and division among his people, too the end we may live in good brotherly concord all together: and that it may please him to guide with his holy spirit, all kings, princes and magistrates that have the rule of the sword, to the end that their reigning be not by covetousness, cruelty, tyranny, or any other evil and disordered affection, but in all justice and uprightness, and that we also living under them, may yield them their due honour and obedience, that by the mean of good peace and quietness, we may serve God in all holiness and honesty: and that it may please him to comfort all afflicted persons, whom he visit•• after divers manners with cr••es and tribulations: all people ••om he afflicteth with plague, war or famine, or other his rods: and all persons that are smitten with poverty, imprisonment, sickness,