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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.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and let thy judgements help me.
Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee: and let thy iudgementes helpe me.
He always pursueth his purpose, but here he coupleth together two things which before he severed. When he sayeth, let my soul live that is always, as he hath said, that he seeketh his saving health of God, and longeth after it. He sayeth not, I will that my soul live: but hath recourse unto God knowing right well that he is the keeper of his life: and therefore putteth it into his hands, and leaveth the keeping thereof v•to him, as appertaining only unto him and after he sa•eth that he will give him thanks, for that his life shall be prolonged.
He alwayes pursueth his purpose, but here hee coupleth together two thinges which before he seuered. When hee sayeth, let my soule liue that is alwayes, as he hath sayd, that he seeketh his sauing health of God, and longeth after it. He sayeth not, I will that my soule liue: but hath recourse vnto God knowing right well that hee is the keeper of his life: and therefore putteth it into his handes, and leaueth the keeping thereof v•to him, as appertaining onely vnto him and after he sa•eth that hee will giue him thankes, for that his life shall bee prolonged.
Now here we see too what end the faithful ought to desire too live in this world: to wit, that they might praise GOD: as it hath been also spoken in the other places. And chiefly without going far, in the song of Hezekiah.