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…

but a man shall hear the most cursed blasphemies that may be vomited out by these grinning hellhounds at this day, who are grown to the full measure of impudency, like unto shameless harlots, discovering their villainies not only against God and all true Christianity, but do also even like mastiff curs bark against all religion. This we see, let us then come to the greatest number of those which seem to be a little more tolerable, I beseech you what lesson or fruit shall we reap by them? ⟨image 132⟩We shall find some of them to use abundance of wicked traffic, crafts, deceits, or else outrages, violences, oppressions and cruelties against their neighbours. Another sort shall be given to lechery, and to such beastliness: another kind shall be gluttons and such like brutish people of life and conversation? To be short, turn which way soever we will, and we shall find nothing but corruption: so that if this doctrine hath been any time necessarily to be taught, it is at this most necessary and hie time, since we are come even to so full a measure & bottomless depth of iniquity, let us then be well advised too depart from all those that work iniquity, yea and let us chase them far from us, if we will faithfully and truly serve God.

but a man shall heare the most cursed blasphemies that may be vometed out by these grenning helhoundes at this day, who are growne to the full measure of impudencie, like vnto shamelesse harlottes, discouering their vilanies not onely against God and all true Christianitie, but doe also euen like mastife curres barke against al religion. This we see, let vs then come to the greatest number of those which seeme to bee a little more tollerable, I beseeche you what lesson or fruite shall wee reape by them? ⟨image 132⟩We shall finde some of them to vse aboundance of wicked traffique, craftes, deceiptes, or els outrages, violences, oppressions and cruelties against their neighbours. Another sorte shalbe giuen to lech ery, and to such beastlinesse: another kinde shall bee gluttons and such like brutish people of life and conuersation? To be short, turne which way soeuer we will, and wee shall finde nothing but corruption: so that if this doctrine hath beene any time necessarily to bee taught, it is at this most necessary and hie time, since wee are come euen to so full a measure & bottomlesse depth of iniquitie, let vs then be well aduised too departe from all those that worke iniquitie, yea and let vs chase them farre from vs, if we will faithfully and truely serue God.