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…

1 Such sound salvation is set before us in Christ,¹ that what so ever is necessary for us to search the same, we may find it plentifully in him. Barnard sayeth, that the name of Jesus, is not only light, but also meat, yea and oil also without which all the meat of the ⟨image 94⟩soul is dry, and also salt, without the seasoning whereof, all that is set before us is unsavoury: Finally, it is the honey in the mouth, melody in the ear, joyfulness in the heart, and also medicine and what so ever is spoken in disputation is unsavoury, but where his name soundeth.

1 Such sound saluation is set before vs in Christe,¹ that what so euer is necessary for vs to searche the same, wée may finde it plentifully in him. Barnard sayeth, that the name of Iesus, is not only light, but also meate, yea and oyle also without which all the meate of the ⟨image 94⟩soule is drye, and also salt, without the seasoning whereof, all that is set before vs is vnsauorie: Finally, it is the hony in the mouth, melodie in the eare, ioyfulnes in the heart, and also medicine and what so euer is spoken in disputation is vnsauorie, but where his name soundeth.

1. 1Act. 4.12. Mat. 12.1.

2 Therefore by the way it is here to be seen in what sense it is to be taken, that God was our enemy, till he was reconciled to us by Christ,