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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

¶ 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. Imprinted at London for George Bishop 1580. To the right worshipfull Syr Richard Knightley Knight and the Right Honourable the Ladie Elizabeth his wyfe T. W. wisheth all growth in goodnes with constancie and continuance in the truth of God for euer and euer thorowe Christ our Lorde WHEN I Ryght woorshipfull and Honorable enter into a deepe cōsideratiō not onely of myne owne particular grieuous offences but also of the generall sinnes transgressions of the whole lande continually committed against God and good men I am wonderfully cast downe in my selfe and ouerwhelmed as it were with heauinesse for those great iudgementes that by the reason of these our iniquities wee haue as it were with gable ropes pulled from God against our owne soules But when I throughly weigh what slender meanes are vsed to bring men too God and vnfeigned repentaunce frō their former euill wayes that so the plagues hanging ouer our heades may be vtterly remooued from vs and our countrey or at the least so lessened that we be not swalowed vp of the same I am almost as a man altogeather past hope that wee can bee set free or deliuered from those iudgementes and punishmentes which the Lorde by manyfest signes and tokens from heauen and by continuall threatnings and outcries of his faithfull ministers hath nowe a long time denoūced against this proud and thanklesse generation For what between idle and Idoll ministers on the one side blind wilfull and superstitious people on the other side iniquitie is grown to so great a height that as men make little or no conscience at all of committing sinne so they seeme to be sunk deepe in their rebellion and are growne as a man woulde say senselesse of their trāsgressions insomuch that men can hardly tell what to pronounce vnlesse they shoulde say thus that by our deedes wee alow that which by woordes in popery we doe iustly condemne to wit that blindnesse and ignorance is the mother of deuotion Is it not both straunge and pitifull and yet in my perswasion I take it to bee for the most parte very true that after twenty yeeres publique preaching professing of the Gospel vnder our gracious Soueraignes raigne the people are verie litle or no whit at all edified in the knowledge of fayth lesse builded vp if lesse can bee in the fruites of obedience and holy life Not that I deny the Gospell to haue taken good roote in sundrye mens hartes but this I meane that that number is very smal yea euen as it were a cottage in a vineyarde or lyke a Lodge in a Gardeyne of Cucumbers or like a besieged Citie Isaiah 1.8 If any man would doubt of the trueth of this the matter it self is more manifest than that it needeth to bee prooued for if a man woulde but make his eyes and his eares witnesses as it were of this matter howe can he pretend ignorance Who passeth thorowe any place of the lande that beholdeth not heareth not generally and in the greatest number pestilent pride mischieuous murthers wicked whoredomes open othes beastly blasphemies against God commō contempt of magistracie and all goodnes besides a thousād such like abominations So that a man may perceiue not a window onely but a wyde wicket or barne doore rather set open to all maner of licentiousnes and naughtie behauiour And surely if these faultes were in the meanest onely they were very grieuous before God and man but what are they then when the handes of the greater mē be the chiefest in these iniquities Be it farre from vs to be Stoickes who thought all sinnes equall Christians shoulde know and the rather because the Lorde also hath reuealed the same in his worde that some sinnes bee more grieuous than other some are in his sight yea that one and the self same sinne is verie much aggrauated made more heynous euē in respect of the circumstaunces as tyme place person manner of doing c. And what I pray you is the cause of this so great disorder and licentiousnes Is not ignorāce and negligence in Priestes as they call them and people the mother and nurse of all these and such like wickednesses If wee might thorowe Gods especiall blessing once haue the pointes and principles of Christian religion diligently and purely propounded and the matter of maners sensibly and sincerely set foorth and by the meanes of our Magistrates Gods own discipline for the better fructifiyng of his worde allowed of and established amongst vs our posteritie we should no doubt see not onely these grosse iniquities vtterly banished but also the very inticemēts prouocatiōs to euil quite and cleane remooued but till then wee may not looke for any better fruites than these that we haue already reaped and rehearsed True it is that God can bring light out of darknesse and make his glory shine forth in our shameful falles but none ought therefore to loue darknesse nay wee muste haue no fellowship with the vnfruitfull works of darknsse Ephesia 5. 11. but reprooue them rather or delight in sin Heb. 3.13 but rather take heede that our heartes be not hardened through the deceitfulnes thereof If any will offende that grace may aboūd Rom. 6.1 Luke 12.47 their condemnatiō is iuste and he that knoweth his maisters wil doth it not shall bee beaten with many stripes He that cānot lie hath spokē this therfore no reason at al why we shold doubt of it and he that doth what pleseth him both in heauen in earth wil in time perfourme it without speed in an vnfeigned repentance vppon vs all both hygh and lowe which also should hasten our turning Amos. 6.3 Wee see then that we haue no cause at al to dally and delaie and to put the euill day farre from vs as the wicked do Rom. 2.4 but rather while the Lord in long suffring forbeareth vs calling vs to amendement by his fatherly visitations that euerie one of vs should in time thinke of and vse all the meanes of our earnest and hartie conuersion vnto him Hebr. 3.13 and while it is called to day reuerently hearkē vnto his voice speaking vnto vs out of his word least otherwise wee bee shut out of his heauenly rest for mine own parte how vile so euer I bee I may I thanke my God for it in singlenes of heart protest thus much that it grieueth me to the heart to see the great defectes and wantes that I know in that behalfe And that I haue some care though not so great as many other good brethrē haue neither I able to doe so much as they by trauaile in writings of