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Two and twenty sermons of Master John Calvin In which sermons is most religiously…Two and twentie sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin In which sermons is most religiously…
Two and twenty sermons of Master John Calvin In which sermons is most religiously handled, the hundredth and nineteenth Psalm of David, by eight verses apart according to the Hebrew alphabet. Translated out of French into English by T.S.Two and twentie sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin In which sermons is most religiously handled, the hundredth and nineteenth Psalme of Dauid, by eight verses aparte according to the Hebrewe alphabet. Translated out of Frenche into Englishe by T.S.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for John Harrison and Thomas Man, 1580London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Iohn Harrison and Thomas Man, 1580
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.
And let thy loving kindness come unto me, O Lord: and thy salvation, according to thy promise. So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers: for my trust is in thy word.
And let thy louing kindenesse come vnto me, O Lord: and thy saluation, according to thy promise. So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for my trust is in thy worde.
Wherein also we see that Satan craftily goeth about to overthrow his faith, as if God had made it nothing worth. So then, First of all we are to note, that David feeling him self pressed down, runneth unto the promises of God. And this is a point very profitable for us. For behold how we must put the word of God in practise, when as we have learned it, that when we come to the fight, and Satan assaileth us on every side, in such sort as that it might seem that all the world had conspired against us, and that we see nothing but destruction round about: Even then, I say, must we run unto the promises which God hath made us, and make account of them, and so apply them to our own use, that then we may feel the power and strength of them. Now it shall be an easy matter for us, when as we are at rest and quiet, to receive whatsoever God hath said unto us. And why so? Because our Faith all that while shall not be exercised and troubled, so that we shall never be able to feel whether we have believed in good earnest, until such time as we are tried. Lo, Why I have said that this place is worthy the marking, that David speaketh not with out cause when he saith, So shall I make answer unto those that go about to shame me. For by these words he protesteth, that the wicked contemned, despised & mocked him, as if he had bin a very fool, in trusting so much unto God, but yet for that, his faith was not shaken. And see how Satan assaileth us with temptations, when as the wicked and ungodly speak reproachful words of us: insomuch as we have thought it to be wonderful strange gear, because that we having heard the so honourable & excellent promises of God, thought our selves straightways to be rapt and carried above the clouds, and yet this same our persuasion proved nothing at all so, as it made a show to the outward appearance: Even so likewise came it to pass in David, as ⟨image 50⟩