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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.
Mine eyes fail for thy promise, saying: when wilt thou comfort me?
Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying: when wilt thou comfort me?
I have already said that this verse containeth no new or strange thing, but David changeth only the order of the words. For when he sayeth, That his eyes sore longed after the word of God, he meaneth none other thing but this, that although all his wits were troubled, and that he was as it were blinded with the multitude of afflictions which he endured, yet that he always stayed him self upon this word of God, and never ceased calling upon him, saying: O when wilt thou comfort me? By this he showeth us, that if we have a true faith settled upon the promises of GOD made unto us, when as it shall please him soon after to afflict us, we must not by and by be angry, biting the bit as Mules do: but let us yield him true obedience, saying: O Lord, when wilt thou comfort me? We must then suffer and abide thus to do: to wit, that when we beseech and require God, to help us according to his promise, we must also desire him, to show it us by the effect: and we must remain firm and constant, until such time as he causeth us to perceive it: for although he delayeth his aide, and holdeth it as it were in suspense, yet must we be fully persuaded ⟨image 99⟩that he hath not forgotten his office, which is, to comfort us. By this mean we shall find in the end the fruit of our prayers. Now he fully and wholly explaineth in the third verse following, when as he showeth it to be no small matter to be thus cast down, had not the word of God sustained, and upheld him, but that there was great reason in it. I am, saith he, like unto a Goats skin wherein oil, or wine is put, hanging in the smoke, and so dried and parched, as that there was neither substance nor moisture left in him. David useth this similitude, to show that his afflictions were so great and excessive, as that he was without all strength, and without hope of life. Now he addeth notwithstanding, That he did not, yet forget the statutes of God.