The institutions of Christian religion, written by the reverend father, M. John Calvin, compendiously…The institutions of Christian religion, written by the reuerend father, M. Iohn Caluin, compendiously…

11 Perseverance also and going forward is not of our selves, but of God: therefore their double error is to be refuted, which think it is distributed according to the deserts of men, as every man hath showed himself not unthankful to the first grace:¹ now grace also doth not alone work in us, but is also a worker together with us: there is handled of both severally.

11 Perseuerance also and going forward is not of our selues, but of God: therfore their double errour is to be refuted, which thinke it is distributed according to the desertes of men, as euery mā hath shewed himself not vnthankful to ye first grace:¹ now grace also doth not alone work in vs, but is also a worker together with vs: there is handeled of both seuerally.

1. 1Matth. 25.2• Luke. 10.17. Phi. 2.13.

12 And objection is wiped away which they wrest out of Paul for the second error of grace working together.¹ Where S. Paul doth not write that the grace of the Lord laboured with him to the intent to make himself partner of the labour, but rather by the correction he giveth away all the praise of the labour to grace only. Augustine saith, that the will of man ⟨image 57⟩goeth before many gifts of God, but not before all, but of them which it goeth before it self is one. Then followeth his reason,