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Thirteen sermons of Master John Calvin, entreating of the free election of God in…Thirteene sermons of Maister Iohn Caluine, entreating of the free election of God in…
Thirteen sermons of Master John Calvin, entreating of the free election of God in Jacob, and of reprobation in Esau A treatise wherein every Christian may see the excellent benefits of God towards his children, and his marvellous judgements towards the reprobate, first published in the French tongue, & now translated into English, by John Field, for the comfort of all Christians.Thirteene sermons of Maister Iohn Caluine, entreating of the free election of God in Iacob, and of reprobation in Esau A treatise wherin euery Christian may see the excellent benefites of God towardes his children, and his maruelous iudgements towards the reprobate, firste published in the French toung, & now translated into English, by Iohn Fielde, for the comfort of all Christians.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Man and Toby Cooke, 1579London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Man and Tobie Cooke, 1579
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But it is not without cause that our Lord Jesus Christ, declareth this unto us by a similitude, taken from the seed which is sown: although he spake to another purpose: but notwithstanding he saith that when men shall sow, one part falleth into the path, and the fowls of the air devour it: another shall fall among stones, and this shall take no root: for it hath no nourishment: The other part shall be choked among bushes and thorns: But that which falleth into good ground (saith he) shall bring fruit, one thirty, the other sixty, and the last an hundred fold.
But it is not without cause that our Lorde Iesus Christe, declareth this vnto vs by a similitude, taken from the seede which is sowen: although he spake to another purpose: but notwithstāding he sayth that whē men shal sow, one parte falleth into the path, and the foules of the ayre deuoure it: another shall fall among stones, and this shal take no roote: for it hath no nourishment: The other parte shall be choked among bushes and thornes: But that which falleth into good ground (sayth hee) shall bring fruite, one thirtie, the other sixtie, and the last an hundred folde.
When we come thus far (as I have said) we cannot be persuaded therein, unless the son of ⟨image 105⟩God had spoken it. But the ancient fathers, who have written of the land of Chaldea, and especially have bin in the same place, & know it thoroughly, they say that the ordinary increase was Lxxx. & an C. But here because he spake of the country of the Philistines which was fertile, but not as Chaldea, therefore Moses rehearseth that, for a singular gift which God gave unto Isaac, that he gathereth an hundred fold. Lo here a sign of the blessing of God upon Isaac, yea concerning that, which belonged unto this transitory life. For although the ancient fathers always respected the heavenly inheritance, and bent all their affections thitherward: yet notwithstanding being mortal men, they needed that God should give them some taste of his goodness in this world. For that which S. Paul saith,1