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A17727	Three propositions or speeches, which that excellent man M. Iohn Caluin, one of the pastors of the Church of God in Geneua had there To which also is added, an exposition vpon that parte of the catechisme, which is appointed for the three and fortieth Sunday in number. Translated into Englishe, by T.VV.	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1580 (1580)	STC 4464; ESTC S121928	80,617	200

his spirite and albeit wee shoulde desire too obey him yet so it is that as wee trauaile in our iourney and way wee shall stumble much and take many falles 2. Cor. 3.5 yea there wyll bee many crosse wayes in suche sorte that wee shall continually fayle and faulte in our dueties Seeing then it is so we must not put our confidence and truste in the woorkes of the lawe neither in all that which is conteined therein And behold howe wee shall haue the perfecte accomplishment of all righteousnesse in the grace and fauour of our Lorde Iesus and marke withall Perfection and fulnesse of righteousnesse is to be founde in Christ onely how we ought to vnderstande this sentence Nowe thereupon Sainte Paule maketh an obiection because that this doctrine hath alwayes been subiect to many slaunders and blasphemies For the Diuel seeketh nothing more thaÌ„ to blinde to make bs beleeue that wee are able to purchase and get eternall life through our merites And beholde wherefore it is when men preach there is nothing but the free goodnesse of God that saueth vs that there are so many replies made The reason is because it is coÌ„trary to our fleshly vnderstaÌ„ding and reason Mans nature excellently painted out for wee are alwayes in cumbred with vayne fantasies and indeede puffed vp with presumption and pride and bring both that and many other faultes from our mothers wombe with vs so that it is very harde vtterly to roote it out of our hearts We cannot then be perswaded that our saluation consisteth altogeather in the mercy of God and indeede there was neuer yet anye of the Philosophers that knewe it The Gentiles verily and Pagans did vnderstande that they were all sinners that they had neede of some remedy therfore They had theyr Sacrifices their washinges and perfumes as also had the Iewes But what They also staied theÌ„ selues vpon their merites Beholde then why S. Paul now bringeth this question and saith If we also that is to say the Iewes For this woorde also weigheth much in this place as if he shoulde saye not onely the Gentiles are knowne to be sinners and theyr iniquitie is layd open But also euen we who are the elect and chosen people of God who hath the promise of adoption who haue this dignitie more than all the worlde hath that God acknowledgeth vs for his inheritaunce wee I say are so much the greater sinners by howe much we beleeue in Iesus Christ But he speketh this in the person of these meÌ„ All Expositers are not by and by to be admitted that were not able to vnderstande this doctrine neyther yet woulde quietly receiue it It is true that this place is otherwise expounded by some others but there is neither salt nor sauour in it and that is the cause why I busie not my selfe there in They suppose that S. Paul ment to say thus much Mens mouths accustomed to wicked speaches that if we be fouÌ„d sinners when we beleue in Iesus Christ it followeth thereon that Iesus Christe hath not brought righteousnesse too vs but this is far from the purpose as wee may easily perceiue by the answere adioyned To be short Saint Paule meaneth too abate and beate downe in this place that blasphemie which was then in many mens mouthes that is to saye that our Lorde Iesus Christe shoulde be the authour of sinne yf that the Iewes themselues shoulde be founde sinners when they beleeue in him For when the Iewes trusted in their Ceremonies and satisfactions of the lawe they supposed indeede that they were discharged before God and did sanctifie themselues As wee see also that Isaiah attributeth that vnto hypocrites to boast themselues in suche sorte to be holy that they supposed al other to be prophane polluted and filthy people in respecte of themselues Beholde then this foolishe presumption wherewith the Iewes were as a man woulde say made drunke to wit Some suppose them selues in good state wheÌ„ they are very euill that in not comming at all too our Lorde Iesus Christ they thought that they were pure and cleane from al sinne But when they come too beleeue in our Lorde Iesus Christ then they vncloth themselues and spoyle them selues of all regarde of that whiche they thought indeede to belong vnto them as good and profitable For they are cast downe in them selues and theyr iniquitie was made manifest which before was hid and secrete So that it seemeth that this promise of our Lorde Iesus Christe should be vaine that hee shoulde bee the author of sinne But Saint Paul aunswereth Be it neuer so detesting as it were such a blasphemie as he hath begunne to speake But before we come to aunsweare this argument that wee may well absolue it wee must declare that this is repugnant and contrary too all the doctrine of the Gospell For what is that The summe of the Gospell which is preached vnto vs thereby but this that wee may in full trust appeare before God to call vpon him and to bee hearde of him And this is wrought by the meane of Christes righteousnesse It followeth then that the doctrine of the Gospell sheweth vs howe wee are iustified before God Iohn 10.9.10 so far of is it that it establisheth sin And as it is said that when the holy Ghoste shall come it shall not be onely to reprooue the world of sinne but of righteousnesse also to the end that we should not seeke it in any but in him in whoÌ„ it is that is to say our Lord Iesus Christ Wherfore this solution is general when S. Paule sayth that if hee builde that which he hath destroyed he shal be a transgressour that is to say he shall do against nature But afterwardes hee commeth somwhat more nigh to the matter shewyng that it cannot so be and that it is a false obiection For I am saith he dead vnto the law through faith and am raised vp with Iesus Christe to liue with God He sheweth heere that when they that supposed for a season that they were iust bewrayed them selues to bee sinners and were conuicted thereof and that their iniquitie in suche sort appeareth that they remaine ashamed True fight of sin and vnfeigned humblinge for the same proceedeth not properly from Christ but froÌ„ the law to the end they might bee truely humbled and cast downe that this proceedeth not from Iesus Christe but rather from the ministery of the law Nowe true it is that Saint Paule is in this place briefe and short and this shortnesse maye happily make him seeme darke But wee maye take that which is more fully declared in the vii Chapter to the Romans and make it to stande vs in steede of a key for the opening and vnderstanding of this place There Saint Paule demaundeth whether the law bee the cause of sinne No Rom. 7.7.12 sayth hee and reiecteth it as a blasphemie The lawe is good iuste and holy But this

is it sinne is discouered by the lawe and after that sorte indeede it killeth vs. The lawe bringeth and offereth vnto vs a doctrine of life as Moyses also protesteth and witnesseth saying 2. Cor. 3.7 Beholde life and yet Saint Paul saith that it bringeth nothing but death Yea indeede but that is by reason of our faulte The Lawe then killeth vs not by it selfe but by circumstaunce because it is vnto vs as a glasse to cause vs to beholde our owne condemnation Nowe pursuing his purpose hee sayth that when the lawe condemneth vs not Rom. 7.8.9 it is as it were dead For sin sayth he lyueth not when the law is dead And yet this shoulde be darke if it should not be opened and declared When he saith that sinne liueth not when the lawe is dead it is to shew that meÌ„ are negligent and carelesse and that they rocke themselues a sleepe in vaine flatteries and deceipts so long as they are not reprooued by the lawe The preaching of the law most necessarie specially for these dayes wherein men are growen to lewdnesse of conscience Behold then sinne which is dead when the lawe is blotted out or defaced that is to say so long as men doe not examine them selues by Gods lawe and according to that which he coÌ„maundeth and call not themselues to an account to knowe whether they dutifully behaue themselues or no they forget themselues and enter not deeply into theÌ„ selues For this must stande true that so long as they are not carefull and watchfull theyr conscience is senselesse void of feeling And after this maner is it the lawe being dead maketh sinne also to die But doeth the lawe liue Howe the lawe is said to liue That is to say hath the lawe her force and power to summon vs before God to cause vs to seeke what manner of men we are to the end that we should not flatter our selues Then behold sinne which is as it were raised vp againe where as before wee made no accompt of it yea it maketh warre against vs and persecuteth vs so farre that we are brought to all extremitie But then we die saith Saint Paul Rom. 7.9 for hee addeth I was aliue without the lawe In saying that hee was aliue hee meaneth it not of a common life but that he was saued for this worde life is put and vsed for righteousnes and saluation I liued saith hee that is I thought my selfe to bee iustified and to bee accepted before God and to haue obteined euerlasting life And why so We are not in the best state when wee so thinke our selues neither are we in the worst when God maketh vs see our vilenes and iniquitie because hee had cast the law verie farre away But when the law once had her course I thought well vpon it I said alas am I not conuicted and vanquished Doe I not nowe know what manner of man I am Can I nowe esteeme my selfe innocent No verely for so farre off is it that I can do so that I finde within my selfe a bottomlesse depth of sinne So then when I knewe the lawe the lawe slue me And this is that which the Apostle now meaneth when he sayth that it is by the lawe that he is dead Nowe to dye to the lawe may be taken after two sortes as sometymes it is taken for iudgement because that then wee can perceiue nothing but damnation And also wee may take these wordes to dye to the lawe in this sense as not to come nigh to it nor to haue any thing to do therwith A good lesson for ministers to teach them to haue care both what they speake and how they speak for S. Paul absteined as muche as was possible for him from making his doctrine odious hatefull among the Iewes If he had said I am dead it had not bene right But when he sayth I am dead to the lawe that importeth that we are no more any thyng at all and that we finde not in it any matter of ioy Nowe he sayth that this is by the lawe and not by Christ we see how he turneth away this slander Ho our iniquitie is vncouered it followeth then that Christ bringeth and manifesteth sinne Many men say that this commeth from Iesus Christ and not from the lawe but we may see the contrary for if the lawe be dead it foloweth that we also die with it because wee are condemned in Gods sight we see that all the promises that are conteined therein cannot make vs glad and reioyce wee see that in steade of being accepted of God we are accursed and altogether confounded Seeing then that so it is that the law The lawe and not the Gospel condemneth when Christ appeareth not killeth vs and inforceth vs to dye with it we will not nor we cannot impute that to the grace of God and to the faith of the Gospell but wee will rather impute it to that which the lawe saith vnto vs we shal be iustified and we shall obteine saluation when we shall haue accomplished all that which it sheweth vs teacheth vs. For looke how much more high the lawe lifteth vs vp so muche the more shal we fall into most deepe pittes and whirlepooles wherfore we are farre remoued from this righteousnes of faith by the lawe we died then to the lawe The promises of the law haue a condition adioyned in as much as God adioyneth this condition to all the promises thereof to witte that if we keepe it and doe according to that which he saieth vnto vs therein wee shal be recompenced Nowe beholde all we are dead and lost And why so for this is not sufficient that God speake but we must looke to the conditions as whether we be answerable to that which he commaundeth vs and then we shal finde that we goe altogether a contrarie course or backward as it were It foloweth then that when hee shall haue shewed vs the way we shall behold our selues accursed condemned and plunged in the bottomlesse pitte of hell Nowe we haue the true sense and vnderstanding of this place But hee addeth afterwardes the meane that is that hee hath beene deade with Christ but with all hee immediatly giueth vnto vs the doctrine that was to the ende he might liue to God He sheweth then This is a liuing death and a dead lyfe that there is a liuing death as there is also a dead life The life that he calleth deade is that false presumption with which men deceiue them selues when they imagine that they are iust and righteous before God They liue but it is in their owne fantasie and that life is nothing els but dead for because they seeke not the mercy of God that is the reason why they suffer them selues to go wholie to destruction To know that God knoweth our sinnes and to haue a sensible feeling of his iudgements for them is the readie way to come to

I nowe liue in the flesh I liue in the faith of the sonne of God who hath loued me and hath giuen him selfe for me 21 I doe not abolishe or take away the grace of God for if righteousnes be by the lawe Christ then is dead in vaine WE haue seene heard howe this doctryne ought to bee vnderstood to wit that we are iustified by the faith of Iesus Christ But nowe it remaineth to handle the reason that S. Paule bringeth to wit that necessitie inforceth vs to seeke this righteousnes which is giuen vnto vs thorowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ for if there were any other meane thereof No righteousnes to be found in any either in heauen or in earth but in Iesus Christ alone men might receiue and take it but when we knowe that after wee haue sought aboue and beneath and that we haue made our circuites and iourneyes as it were both in heauen and in earth and yet notwithstanding behold we are shut vp and that there is no righteousnes in any man lyuing thereupon we may verie well and safely conclude that we must be saued through the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ or els that we are all lost condempned This then is that wherupon S. Paul standeth at this time So this saying ought well to be weighed that the Iewes stoode in neede to obteine righteousnes through faith because that no flesh shal be iustified by the woorkes of the lawe And indeede it is certaine No way of deliuerance from Gods curse but Iesus Christ that we shall neuer come with a good affection to our Lord Iesus Christ if this be not rightly imprinted in our hartes to wit that the curse of God holdeth vs faste locked vp inclosed and that we can not any maner of way come out of it but by this meane Euen as a sicke partie when his disease presseth wringeth him and that he is not able any loÌ„ger to indure it A fit similitude well pursued and applied he will submit him selfe to the Phisition and wil binde and tye him self to receiue these things which shal be sharp bitter vnto him He that is mery maketh good cheare will not goe to seeke the Phisition when he is wel disposed to drinke and to eate and that hee findeth him selfe to haue a good appetite or stomacke euen so is it with vs None can come rightly to Christ but such as are wounded with Gods iudgements for vntill suche time as Gods iudgement haue in such sort wounded vs that we be as it were poore scattered lost people to be short that we be as it were drowned or swalowed vp in death wee will neuer come in good earnest to our Lord Iesus Christ It is true that this doctrine may well be receiued and that they which shall heare thereof will bowe their eares and hearken when some shall say to them that there is no other righteousnes but the grace of God There are verie many scoffers and iesters that allowe this but it shall not bee in trueth for there is nothing but hypocrisie and dissimulation amongest them Let vs then holde this fast that we must beginne at this ende when wee woulde knowe wherein our saluation standeth and howe so For wee must of necessitie striue to atteine that Feeling of death in our selues bringeth vs to life before God we must I say beginne at death to the ende that that may leade vs to life And this is the cause wherefore Saint Paule largely laying out the matter which wee haue to handle in this place summoneth and proceedeth against all mankinde On the one side he sheweth that though the Gentiles had not the lawe written yet that theyr conscience did suffice to condemne them and that God exercised in the same his iudgement to their condemnation Rom. 2.12.14.15 and that theyr owne very thoughtes were so many Summons to bring them before the heauenly iudgement seat to declare vnto them that they were altogeather accursed On the otherside concerning the Iewes if they woulde glory and boast in the lawe Rom. 2.1.2 that is it that doeth condemne them as S. Paule saith Thereupon he concludeth that it behoueth euery mouth to bee stopped and shut vp and that wee shoulde confesse that there is nothing in vs but confusion and shame of face and that if wee shoulde yeelde vp an accounte before God They that flatter them selues in theyr sinnes had neede to be rowsed vp wee shoulde be so muche the more drowned in dispayre And indeede because that men rocke them selues a sleepe as it were in their owne hypocrisie S. Paule doth in a maner thunder against them that iustifie themselues and flatter themselues saying Thinkest thou that God accepteth mens persons Thou presumest indeede to condemne others and who or what art thou Verily dust yet thou takest vpoÌ„ thee the office of iudging and wilt needes haue this authoritie when thou thy selfe canst not be exempted froÌ„ the iudgement of God Mark then how it behooueth vs to be awaked and stirred vp that we seeke not our righteousnesse any where else nor by any other meane but onely by our Lord Iesus Christe and that we learne rightly to examime our life and not onely to goe beyonde a certaine free and willing condemnation of our selues as transgressours of the lawe and blame worthie before God Before Gods mercy can bee sweete vnto vs we must be woÌ„derfully cast down in our selues but to bee altogeather confounded and moued with such an astonishmeÌ„t that we shoulde not knowe on which side to turne Beholde I say howe wee may geue opening and entertainement to the doctrine which is handled in this place by S. Paul And so let vs wel and rightly weigh these woordes That no flesh shal be iustified by the woorkes of the law and also let vs marke that this is it that ought to bring vs too our Lorde Iesus Christe and to the faith of the Gospel to the end that through the grace of GOD we may at the last be saued And moreouer that which some stand so much vpon touching these wordes The workes of the law as though S. Paul spake of nothing but the Ceremonies that I say hath bin in part reprooued and handled and wee haue declared that so to take the woorde is an ouerfoule folly And indeede Paule meneth no other thing in this place then that which is saide in the hundred fortie and third Psalme Psalm 143.2 when Dauid beseecheth GOD that hee woulde not enter into iudgement and accounte with him for hee addeth the reason that no man liuing shal be iustified in his sight Dauid speaketh not in that place of the woorkes of the lawe but it is to shewe that if GOD woulde exercise the office of a Iudge that then our lyfe ought to bee aunswearable thereto And to knowe wheather wee shoulde bee acceptable before him or no what shoulde bee

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