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A17683	The lectures or daily sermons, of that reuerend diuine, D. Iohn Caluine, pastor of the Church of God in Geneua, vpon the prophet Ionas, by N.B. student in Diuinitie. Whereunto is annexed an excellent exposition of the two last epistles of S. Iohn, done in Latin by that worthy doctor, August. Marlorate, and englished by the same N.B.	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Baxter, Nathaniel, fl. 1606.; Marlorat, Augustin, 1506-1562. Novi testament Catholici expositio ecclesiastica. aut	1578 (1578)	STC 4432; ESTC S109621	135,321	202

THE Lectures or daily Sermons of that Reuerend Diuine D. Iohn Caluine Pastor of the Church of God in Geneua vpon the Prophet Ionas by N. B. Student in Diuinitie Whereunto is annexed an excellent exposition of the two last Epistles of S. Iohn done in Latin by that worthy doctor August Marlorate and englished by the same N.B. Math. 12.39 An euill and adulterous generation seeketh a signe but no signe shall be giuen vnto it saue that signe of the Prophet Ionas ¶ Jmprinted at London for Edward White dwellyng at the little North dore of Poules at the signe of the Gunne 1578. ¶ To the right honorable Sir Fraunces Walsingham knight chiefe Secretary to the Queenes moste excellent Maiestie and of her Highnesse most Honorable priuie Counsell And to the right worshipful Sir Iohn Broket of Broket Hall and Sir Henrie Cocke Knightes N. B. Minister of the vvord of God in the towne of Ridborne wisheth grace and peace from God the father through Iesus Christ THE first view of this small booke may mooue you right honorable Sir to deeme the same of small price if you mesure as the common forte of men do the inward excellency by the outward appearāce Which thing I confesse at the first did some thing stay me from either the publishing or the exhibiting therof vnto anye manne much lesse durst I presume to present the same vnto the sight of anye honorable personage But when I more deepely considered the wisdome of godly men in our age which iudge not the conscience all together by the coate nor the booke by the bynding I then endeuored without casting any moe doubtes to make that common to others which first I priuately red for mine owne commoditie And truly if there be any thing that first moued me thereto the ignoraunce together with the vanitie of many of our own people was one who being vtterly vnskilfull of God and godlines do yet apply their myndes to the vaine delightes of this flattering world quite forgetting both the iustice of God which daily hangeth ouer them and death which continually followeth and sodainly striketh them yea and eternall destruction which gapeth wide for them and hopeth in the ende to swallow them It grieued me to see what baites are layd for them by the world death and hell as pride of lyfe and contempt of gods worde of purpose to entangle both their soules and bodies As touching pride of life I nede not speake much thereof it is to manifest What man ●eeth it not who is he almost that is not infected with it what nation is voyde of it doe not heauen and earth and all creatures grone and grieue at it do not all good men bewayle it preachers crye out of it and God redy to punish it yes verily As for contempt of gods word is it not in most places found Are not the ministers contemned their preachings discredited and their ministery skorned by papists and Ruffians and olde cutters called lusty and tall fellowes who can sweare out a matter at a pinch and blaspheme the sacred name of God most horriblie Are not prophane Comedies and tragedies most of them beyng monstrous lies with great pompe celebrated when the holy worde of God the foode of our soules being preached ought with reuerence to be heard it is certainly true We haue right honorable in many places the tables and tennis in steede of the Testament the cardes in steede of the Catechisme the boules in steede of the Bible yea and that more is men think they haue made a very good change We see some men bestowe their time in writing some in printing and mo men in reading of vile blasphemous or at lest of prophan friuolous bokes such as are that infamous legēd of K. Arthur which with shame inough I heare to be newly imprinted with the horrible actes of those whoremasters Launcelot du Lake Tristram de Liones Gareth of Orkney Merlin the lady of the Lake with the vile and stinking story of the Sangreal of king Peleus c. some agayn study the liues of Huon of Burdeaux and king Oberon the king of the Fairies of Valentine and Orson and the lady Cleremond with the Iuggler Paccolet and king Trumpert and the giant Ferragus and the liues of the foure sonnes of Aymon with the worthy actes of Oliuer and Rouland Guichard and Richard some are expert in Beuis of Hampton that notable man with the death of Boniface Arundel and Trunchifice some in the court of Venus some in the Iestes of Skoggen the kinges dizzard some in the subtleties of Howleglas and Garagantua some agayne and to many in the pestilent pollicies of that Mahound Matchiauile in the puddle of pleasure and Folist of histories and such like which doe manifestly shew that gods word is either shamefully neglected or despitefully condemned For if any good booke be writen it lieth in the printers handes smally regarded seldome enquired after so that the printer is scarce paied for the paper that goeth to the booke And this maketh many printers which seeketh after gaynes to take in hande rather those thinges that are profitable to the purse though thei be ridiculous so satisfie mens humors then to printe without profite those bookes that be godly which being once printed serue for nothing els but for waste paper acceptable to very few It could not therefore but grieue me to see those enemies of mankinde the World Death and Hell so preuaile by their flattering illusions that they haue drawen after them the most parte of the people at this day yea and sought in time past euen in my yongest yeres to haue taken me in those their nettes together for company Whereupon I determined amongest others to geue them one blow more with the sword of the spirit the word of God according to my duty calling profession and to ring the Alarum bel together with al godly preachers vnto our sleepie country men aduertising them of the approching of our deadly foes long agoe descried by the sermons and writinges of the Martirs Once before this time I attempted by mine own booke lately published to abandone the securitie of this our nation the Lord graunt that it hath any thing awaked them But now the second tyme I haue caused that Diuine Doctor of the Church Iohn Caluine the Lordes vigilant watchman euen in our owne tongue to sound the trumpe if by this meanes eyther he or I may geue them warning before their fall to eschew these baytes of wily Sathan who knoweth whether the Lorde by this meanes wil open the eyes of some men to see their owne sinnes and to be sory for the same But if they be neuer the better but rather the blynder my conscience is discharged and these few lines shal be vnto their consciences a witnesse that they are from henceforth with out excuse before the throne of God And I feare there will bee denounced agaynst them the iudgementes of God that

our mindes vnto that commaundement whereby the worlde was created and as yet at this daye is marueylouslie preserued Therefore that without any let or diffycultie that restitution which God hath promised maye florish and be of force with vs let vs remember that by his worde and becke the worlde was created of nothing and styll is susteyned But if that generall doctrine suffice not let this Historie of Ionas also come into our minde that God commaunded the Fysh that it shoulde cast out Ionas Whence then was it that Ionas escaped safe and sounde euen because so it pleased the Lorde because the Lorde commaunded And that worde at this daye retayneth the same efficacie therefore according to the power whereby it worketh all thinges we in tyme to come shall be raysed vp also from death Nowe it followeth The .3 Chap. vers 1 The text ¶ And the worde of the Lorde came the seconde tyme to Ionas saying vers 2 Aryse and goe to Nineueh into that great Cittie and preache vnto it the preaching which I commaunde thee Caluin HEre is a notable example of the grace of God set foorth vnto vs in that he vouchsafed to receyue Ionas into his former degrée honor for he was vnworthy to lyue But God not onelie restored him to lyfe but againe adorned bewtified him with the office and tytle of a Prophet This as I haue sayde Ionas gotte not but by the rare and singular grace of god For when he first fledde and shewed himselfe disobedient he depriued him selfe after a sorte of all fauour of God that he therefore recouered the office of a Prophet for certaintie came not to passe by his Desert This is to be noted in the first place when it is sayde That the worde of God came the seconde time And nowe the manner of speaking is to be marked because diuerse wayes is the worde of God directed vnto men For God speaketh to euerie one of vs but he speaketh after a speciall manner vnto the Prophetes whome he wyll haue to be Preachers and wytnesses of his wyll Therefore as often as God placeth any man in any perticular office he is sayde to direct his worde vnto him euen as the worde of God is directed to the Magistrates when as they are bidden to exercise the authoritie committed vnto them So also the worde of the Lorde alwayes came vnto the Prophets because it was not lawfull for them to intrude them selues vnlesse they were called of god Nowe followeth the commaundement Arise and goe to Nineueh into that great Citie and preache there the preaching which I commaunde thee We see here that God repeateth againe the same thing which he dyd at the beginning that Nineueh is a great Citie to the intent that Ionas might take to him an inuincible courage and maye come thether well aduised For hereby it commeth to passe that many men very bouldly exercise their office for a time but soone after they faynt because the difficulties were not sufficiently foreseene of them And then when men finde more trouble then they thought at the beginning they euen faynt almost or at the least are vtterly discouraged Therfore the Lorde here in tyme and verie prouidently foretelleth Ionas howe harde his office shoulde he as if he had sayd I sende thée being a man vnknowne and of base estate and a forrenner that thou mayst denounce destruction not vnto a fewe men but vnto a great multitude and that thou maist haue a conflict with a most noble Citie and so populous that it maye seeme to be a certaine Region Nowe therefore we know why the praise of the Citie was added euen to be a great Citie for that Ionas might prepare him selfe to vndertake and passe through this battell least he afterwarde in the middest of his course shoulde faynt But marke that the feare of this thing euen that the Citie was great and populous dyd in the beginning woonderfully dismaye him insomuch that he fledde from the calling of god But nowe he is nothing moued with the greatnesse of that Citie but constauntlie he followeth the Lorde whether he calleth him we sée therefore howe fayth when it once hath gotten the victorie in our hartes doth mount aloft ouer all impedimentes and contempneth all the greatnesse glory of this worlde Nowe by and by is there added vers 3 The text ¶ And Ionas arose and went to Nineueh according to the worde of the Lorde Nowe Nineueh was a great Citie of God of three dayes iourney WHen Ionas mētioneth that he tooke his iourney to come to Nineueh according to the commaundement of God Fyrst of all here he showeth as I haue sayde already howe great the power and efficacie of faith is For although Ionas casteth in him selfe the greatnesse and pryde of the Citie Nineueh yet of so great courage is he that he forgetteth that he is but one man obscure and vnarmed but by and by he taketh to himselfe those weapons which might beate downe all the power of the worlde because he knoweth that he is sent from god He set God on his side whome he knoweth to be the author of his calling And hereby commeth it to passe that with an hye and vnfeareful minde he despiseth all the glorie of the Citie Nineueh Whereby we sée that Iohn sayde truely that our victorie consisteth in faith whereby we ouercome the whole worlde And with all Ionas declareth howe greatlie he profited vnder the correction of god He was seuerelie chastened and we knowe that many vnbeleeuers waxe the more obstinate and harde harted by punishment and doo euen spew out their madnesse and poyson against God But Ionas here quite contrarie sheweth that that chastisement was profitable to him because he was reclaymed vnto the obedience of god He went forwarde therefore according to the commaundement of God that is he respected nothing else but that he might obey God and suffer him selfe wholy to be gouerned of him And out of this place also we gather howe well the Lorde prouideth for vs and our saluation when as he correcteth our contumacie or disobedience although his chastisementes be verie sharpe yet be-because so great profit ensueth we know that there can nothing better come vnto vs as Dauid speaketh in the Psa 119 then to be humbled vnder the hande of God. This alteration of Ionas therefore is vnto vs a noble spectacle of our profit which the Lorde alwayes respecteth as often as he handleth those that be his any thing sharplie For surelie otherwyse cannot eyther the arrogancie or rebellion eyther the dulnesse or the slouthfulnesse of this our flesh be tamed and reclaymed Well nowe also we knowe howe Ionas gathered to him selfe such fortitude euen because he had by experience tryed in the bellie of the Fysh that euen in the middest of a thousande deathes there is yet in God helpe sufficient to recouer health and safegarde And because he knewe that the extremities of death