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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.
Paul presupposeth that this be true, to wit, that we are all damned, and that until that God had chosen us, it must needs be that we should remain as Serpents full of venom, and that there was nothing in us but matter of wrath & of the vengeance of God, and that we are altogether confounded, and full of poison and iniquity.
Paule presupposeth that this be true, to wit, that we are all damned, and that vntill that God had chosen vs, it must needs be that we should remaine as Serpents full of venim, and that there was nothing in vs but matter of wrath & of the vēgeance of God, and that wee are altogither confounded, and ful of poyson and iniquitie.
Lo Jacobs case aswell as Esaus. For what shall we find in the race of Adam, but all corruption? We are therefore infected before God: and inasmuch as the root is accursed and vicious and altogether rotten, it must needs be that the fruits be of the same sort. So then when God shall leave us such as we are, it must needs be that we all perish, and that there remain not one, but that we be all lost and consumed.
Loe Iacobs case aswell as Esaus. For what shall wee finde in the race of Adam, but all corruption? Wee are therefore infected before God: and in asmuch as the roote is accurssed and vitious and altogither rotten, it muste needes bee that the fruites bee of the same sorte. So then when God shall leaue vs such as wee are, it must needes be that we all perish, and that there remaine not one, but that wee be all loste and consumed.
To be short, this doctrine is common enough in the holy Scripture, that we are all the children of wrath. It followeth then that there was no diversity in Esau and Jacob, and that God had not distinguished the one from the other, for that he found or foresaw any good either in the one or other. For what could he foresee, but this corrupted mass of Adam, that brings forth no other fruit but malediction? See therefore what he foresaw aswell in the one as in the other indifferently. It followeth then, that he had put in Jacob that which is found in him, and that he left Esau such a one as his birth brought him forth. See also why it is said in another place, That God hath chosen us,