Verse extract 4

Verse. 4. According to the vvill of God, even our father.

Ʋerse. 4. According to the vvill of God, euen our father.

Here Paul so placeth and setteth in order every word, that there is not one of them but it fighteth against those false Apostles for the article of justification. Christ (saith he) hath delivered us out of this most wicked kingdom of the devil and the world. And this hath he done according to the will, good pleasure and commandment of the father. wherefore we be not delivered by our own will or running, nor by our own wisdom or policy, but for that God hath taken mercy upon us, and hath loved us: like as it is written also in an other place. Herein hath appeared the great love of God towards us, ¹not that we have loved God, but that he hath loved us, and hath sent his only begotten son to be a reconciliation for our sins: That we then are delivered from this present evil world, it is of mere grace, and no desert of our ours. Paul is so plentiful and so vehement in amplifying and extolling the grace of God, that he sharpeneth & directeth every word against the false Apostles.

Here Paule so placeth and setteth in order euery word, that there is not one of them but it fighteth against those false Apostles for the article of iustification. Christ (sayth he) hath deliuered vs out of this most wicked kingdom of the deuill and the world. And this hath he done according to the will, good pleasure and commaundement of the father. wherfore we be not deliuered by our owne will or running, nor by our owne wisedom or policie, but for that God hath taken mercy vpon vs, and hath loued vs: like as it is wrytten also in an other place. Herein hath appeared the great loue of God tovvardes vs, ¹not that vve haue loued God, but that he hath loued vs, and hath sent his onely begotten sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes: That we then are deliuered from this present euill world, it is of mere grace, and no desert of our ours. Paule is so plentifull and so vehement in amplifying and extolling the grace of God, that he sharpeneth & directeth euery word against the false Apostles.