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…

12 The reprobate are but for a time, because they abide not in the will and trueth of GOD, but in a vanishing feeling, and are not throughly soaked, but only lightly washed over with the knowledge of the Gospel, they are with no other faith or light sprinkled, than with ye which may perish: but the elect, are never deprived of their faith, although it be little and weak. ⟨p. 100⟩The reprobate also are sometimes so touched with the feeling of Gods grace, that they have raised up a certain desire of mutual love (such as was in Saul, who had in him a godly affection, to love God, by whom he knew himself to be fatherly handled, and therefore was delighted with a certain sweetness of his goodness) yet they do not soundly love as children, but are led with a certain affection like hired servants: but so that they do not counterfeit a faith, which yet lack true faith, while being carried away with a sudden violent motion of zeal,¹ and possessed with sluggishness, deceive themselves with false opinions. But there are other some which are not ashamed to mock both God and men, while falsely they imagine that they have faith,² from which they know themselves to be very far of.

12 The reprobate are but for a time, because they abide not in the will and trueth of GOD, but in a vanishing féeling, and are not throughly soked, but onely lightly washed ouer with the knowledge of the Gospel, they are with no other faith or light sprinkled, than with ye which may perish: but the elect, are neuer depriued of their faith, although it bée little and weake. ⟨p. 100⟩The reprobate also are sometimes so touched with the féeling of Gods grace, that they haue raised vp a certaine desire of mutuall loue (suche as was in Saul, who had in him a godly affection, to loue God, by whō he knewe himselfe to bée fatherly handeled, and therefore was delighted with a certaine swéetnesse of his goodnesse) yet they doe not soundly loue as children, but are led with a certaine affection like hired seruants: but so that they doe not counterfeite a faith, which yet lacke true faith, while being carried away with a sodaine violent motion of zele,