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…

2 Against this doctrine many things are wont to be objected: first there is cause why men should charge God, if he be angry with his creatures of whom he hath not been first provoked by any offence, and without their own deserving to predestinate them to eternal death, to this he answereth in the four next sections: first seeing it was his will, there is no doubt but it was most just, for the will of God is the highest rule of righteousness, not that he would feign to him an absolute or tyrannical power,¹ but because he is a law to him self, and can not be unrighteous.

2 Against this doctrine many things are wonte to bée obiected: first there is cause why men shoulde charge God, if he be angry with his creatures of whō he hath not bene first prouoked by any offence, and without their owne deseruing to predestinate them to eternall death, to this he answereth in the foure next sections: first séeing it was his wil, there is no doubt but it was moste iust, for the will of God is the highest rule of righteousnes, not that hée woulde fayne to him an absolute or tyrannicall power,¹ but because hée is a lawe to him selfe, and can not bée vnrighteous.

1. 1Psal. 51.6.

3 Moreover because the reprobate in that they are men, are all in such sort corrupted with sin, that they can no• be but hateful to God, and that by mos• upright reason of justice, & in their ow• consciences are so adjudged worthy o• ⟨p. 185⟩