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A69062	Tvvo Godly and notable sermons preached by the excellent and famous clarke, master Iohn Caluyne, in the yere. 1555 The one concernynge pacience in aduersitie: The other touchyng the most comfortable assurance of oure saluation in Chryste. Iesu. Translated out of Frenche into Englyshe.	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.	1560 (1560)	STC 4462; ESTC S112718	27,188	102

Colo. 2. we haue the body where as the fathers had but the shadowe onely as sayncte Paule speaketh to the Colossians Nowe then wee are therby warned that if the fathers of olde had suche constancie and inuyncible zeale to Heb. 11. endure and abyde in the afflyctions of the sonne of god beynge as yet not reueled to the worlde as at this daye shall we not be of to fainte a courage if we be not inflamed with a more feruēt zeale The aunciente fathers dyd fully resolue them selues to beare the afflyctions of Iesus Chryst as it is sayde in the eleuenth chapyter to the Hebrewes For it is not sayde that Moises bare the rebuke of Abraham his father but of Iesus Chryst Note then that the auncient fathers althoughe 1. Co. 10. they lyued vnder the darke shadowes of the lawe yet presented they them selues vnto god in sacryfice to Heb. 11. endure with much pacience the afflyctions of Christe But nowe 1. Co. 15 that Chryste is rysen agayne from the deadde and hath made open this life vnto vs what shall be sayd of vs if we be so delycate that we can not beare the afflyctions of the gospel Are we not worthy to be rased out of the Regester of god and not to be auowed of hym And therfore let vs loke vnto it for Heb. 12. we ought to be soo encouraged with suche constancie of faythe as to endure for the name of Iesus Chryste what so euer pleaseth god to laye vpon vs seyng that lyfe is made manyfeste before oure eyes and that we haue a Luk. 10. better and more familiar knowledge therof then had the auncyente fathers Wherof the Apostle in his Epystle to the Hebrues speakethe Heb. 11. where we reade that the auncyente fathers neuer shronke but had suche a marueilous constācie that the hearyng therof were inough to astonyshe vs. For wee knowe howe they were tormented by tirantes and ennemyes of the truthe and yet constantely suffered the same The state of the church is at this present daie no harder nor more troblesome thē it was than And seynge it so is shal we make it more strange to followe after Chryste Iesus who hathe shewed vs the waye But to the ende we be not to fearefull nor ouer cold let vs marke wel howe 2. Tim. 1 he saythe that Iesus Chryste hath made manyfest the life and immortalytie throughe the gospell for that that as often as the grace of god is preched vnto vs it is as much as if the kyngdom of heauen were opened vnto vs as if god stretched forth his hād and certyfyed vs that the life is at hande and that he wyl participate vnto vs of his heauenly in herytaunce For that is spoken vnto vs to the ende that vntyll we haue sene Iesus Chryste lyftynge vs vp with hym and bringyng vs vnto a lyfe certayne we shoulde contente our selues with this present lyfe We wold gladly remayne here in this worlde Hebr. 9. but by force must we be drawen hence But when we shal behold the lyfe whiche our lorde Iesus Chryst hath opteyned for vs we Phil. 3. shall sette but lyttle by all that myghte reteyne vs here consyderyng we haue to ascende vp to heauen Soo then let vs not be wyllyngely blynde when Iesus Chryste setteth dayly before our eyes the lyfe and immortalytie whiche we haue spoken of But let vs note wel that when sainct Paule speaketh of the lyfe and addeth the worde immortalitie that it betokeneth as muche as if he sayde We entre euen nowe into the kyngedome of god thoroughe faythe For thoughe we be as 1. Pet. 2 straungers here in thys earthe and that it seemeth there is but deathe and maledyction in vs yet wyll the lyfe and grace wherof we are made partakers throughe our lord Iesus Christ brynge forthe his fruyte in hys conuenient tyme that is to say when he shall be Mat. 25 sent agayne of god his Father to shewe vs the effect of such thinges as are dayly preached vnto vs and which haue ben accomplished in his person when he was clothed wyth oure nature Nowe to ende lette vs psal 95 prostrate oure selues before the face of our good God acknowlegyng our faultes desyryng him that it wolde please hym so to cause vs Mat. 5. feele our pouerties that we neuer be so presumptuouse as Dan. 9. to attrybute any glorye vnto oure selues but that we Gen. 18. acknoweledge oure selues to be stinking and detestable in oure nature before hym to the ende we maye searche the whole cause of our saluation in his purpose and in that counsayle whiche hath ben reueled through the Colo. 1. knoweledge of the grace by hym opteined when he cauled vs to his gospell And that also he wolde vouchesafe to graunt vs this benefite that we maye adresse oure selues to oure lorde Iesus Chryst and wholly to stay and reste our selues vpon hym and the redemption whiche he purchased for vs to the ende we maye be auowed for the childrē of god to be made partakers of the inherytaunce of lyfe after we haue foughte in this worlde And for as muche as it pleaseth hym that we should be assaulted of Sathan and of so many ennemies as wel domestical as strangers 1. Co. 10. Eph. 6. That he wolde geue vs power to withstand their assaultes so as we be neuer left of him vntyll we haue ended our course And that we be come to that rest vnto the whiche we are daylye conducted And that this Grace be not onely shewed vnto vs but to all people and nations of the earthe c. ❧ Imprynted at London by VVyllyam Séres dvvelling at the vvest ende of Paules churche at the sygne of the hedgehogge Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum

not then feare when we fele our infyrmitie but psal 37 let vs stay our selues vpon god who wyll prouyde for vs seynge he hath Iosu 1. Heb. 13. promised to assyste vs. This hadde nede to be well borne away Let vs therfore applye oure studye and see that we take good hede to remember that whiche is here sayde for he wyll not fayle vs. Thus after many perswasions made for the strengthenynge of vs agaynste suche temptations when we shal be at a full poynte that Phil. 1. god wyl finyshe our saluation as he hath begunne 2 Tim. 3. assystynge vs in the myddle of persecutions in suche wyse that wee shall with constancie surmounte them and tryumphe ouer our ennemyes althoughe 1. Cor. 4 2 Cor. 4 it seemeth to the worlde that we are troden vnder feete yea and vtterly swolowed vp then must we come to this declaration which Saynct Paule addeth towchynge oure saluation and holy vocatiō wherof we haue spoken He saith that Tit. 3. it is not for our desertes but accordynge to the purpose of God and his grace Hereby wyll he better admonyshe vs by declarynge that oure ingratitude is so much the more to be condempned Heb. 6. in that that god hath opened the inestimable treasors of his goodnes toward vs for he hath had Rom. 3. Ep●e 2. no respecte to our worckes or dignite when he called ●s to saluacion it proceaded of h●s fre grace That was the cause wh● he drewe vs to hym selfe A●● therefore the lesse shal be oure e●cuse when we shall falsefye ou● faithe seynge that not onlye w● ●eb 9. haue byn purchased throug● the bloude of oure Lorde Ie● Christ his only begotten son 〈◊〉 that he also cared for our sal●●cion before the creation of t● worlde ●phe 1. Let vs marke wel th● howe S. Paul dothe here co●dempne our ingratitude ●ebr 3. if w● be found vnfaithful to our god 〈◊〉 stande not stoute to beare wytnesse vnto his gospell when he thervnto cauleth vs. For Tit. 3. wee be not saued accordynge to oure dedes sayth he but according to his owne purpose and grace S. Paule addeth that that was geuen vs Ephe. 1. before the worlde was before the worlde had his course and begynnynge but nowe hath it byn manyfested sayth he at the commyng of oure lord Iesus Christ For when that great Tit. 2. sauyoure appered the grace which before was hid yea not to be cōprehended by mans iudgement was manifested and opened And why because Heb 2. the sonne of god settynge death at naught saythe he hath also brought an immortal life And we nede not to make long cyrcuytes to sinde the same Ephe. 3. for the gospell leadeth and conducteth vs therunto When therfore god sendeth vs that message of saluation we must receaue the inheritaunce promysed Rom. 10. we nede not trotte far of for it for god seketh vs out by whose grace we open our hartes and geue passage to this testimony of the gospell immortalite of the heuenly kingdome to dwell in vs althoughe we be Psa 103. Iob. 17. poore and fraile vesselles yea thoughe there be but corruption and rottennesse in vs yet apprehende we out of hand this immortalitie and haue a Rom. 8. suffyciente testimonye acceptynge the grace whiche in the gospell is offered vnto vs. Herein is comprehended the whole processe wherof saynct Paule speaketh Now to vnderstand better that whiche is here conteined let vs note this worde Purpose to betoken the euerlastynge Ephe. 1. Decree of god not as thoughe the matters were to be caryed hyther and thyther for when we speake of the councel of god Rom. 9. we maye not alwayes dispute who hath soo induced hym we may not imagyne reasons as to saye for this cause hath god so determyned or wherfore wolde he so do but contrarye wyse god wold haue vs Rom. 12. 1. Pet. 1. kepte vnder this modestie to thincke that his onely wyll shoulde suffyce vs for reason when he sayth god hath soo ordeyned Althoughe the thynge seme strange vnto vs or that we coulde perceyue therin no apparante reason yet muste we conclude that his only wyl Ro. 9. Psa 92. is iust and not to be reproued That say I shulde be Deu. 4. al oure wysedome to ratifie al that for good which god ordereth and disposeth with out sayenge whye or wherefore Nowe for as muche as men haue always suche tyklynge spirites and geue them selues ouer much lybertie to theyr curiosities S. Paule to abate suche boldenesse bryngeth vs backe 2. Tim. ● to the purpose of god into the whiche wee maye not enter so depelye as to knowe who hath moued him but also to note it as a weyghty matter and that Psa 92. his wyll is iuste Hereby then are we admonyshed that oure saluation Ephe. 2. dependethe not for the respecte of oure merytes that god inquyred not what we were nor whereof we were worthy when he chose vs to him self But he had his purpose that is to saye he sought not without hym selfe the cause of oure saluation for soo this worde purpose signifieth Decree Sainct Paules mynde herein is euydent but because that men accordynge to theyr arrogansie can not temper them selues except they imagine alwayes some dygnytie or worthynes to be proper to theym selues and that theye well deserue that god shoulde seke after them S. Paule specyally the better to Rom. 3. exclude all that men can attrybute vnto them selues sayth purpose and grace which importeth as much as though he had sayde purpose freely It serueth then to abate al our workes to the ende we be no more soo folyshe and obstynate as to thyncke that God hath chosen vs for anye thynge that was in vs. No no for wee knowe Ephe. 1. that god went not out of hym selfe when he chose vs to saluation for he sawe Rom. 5. there was but dampnation in vs he then contented him self with his pure grace infinite mercy Who Psa 102. beholdynge oure myseries wolde Psal 12. succour and helpe vs although we were not worthy therof And for more ample confyrmatiō herof Sayncte Paule saythe that this grace was geuen vs Ephe. 1. before all tymes And herby se we how men are Eccle. 16. depriued of their senses when they wyl bost them selues and stand in theyr owne conceyt that they bee the cause of theyr owne saluation that they haue anticipated or preuented goddes goodnesse Nowe then doth not oure saluation depend of the eternal election Ephe. 1. God chose vs before we were what could we then do were we then apt vesselles were we then well disposed to come to God we se then that oure saluation beginneth not from the time we had knowledge and discretion sithens we were well disposed or mynded oure saluation I saye beginneth not thens but it is grounded vppon the eternall election of