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A17642	The commentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the Actes of the Apostles, faithfully translated out of Latine into English for the great profite of our countrie-men, by Christopher Fetherstone student in diuinitie; Commentarii in Acta Apostolorum. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Fetherston, Christopher.	1585 (1585)	STC 4398; ESTC S107377	721,474	648

of the forme of baptisme but hee doeth simplie declare that the whole strength of Baptisme is contained in Christ Although Christ can not be laid hold on by faith without the Father by whom hee was giuen vs and the Spirit by the which he reneweth and sanctifieth vs. The answere consisteth wholly in this that hee intreateth not in this place of the certaine forme of baptising but the faithfull are called backe vnto Christ in whom alone we haue whatsoeuer baptisme doth prefigure vnto vs. For we are both made cleane by his blood and also we enter into a new life by the benefite of his death and resurrection Yee shall receiue the gift of the Spirit Because they were touched with wondering when they saw the Apostles sodainly beginne to speake with strange tongues Peter saith that they shal be partakers of the same gift if they will passe ouer vnto Christ Remission of sinnes and newnesse of life were the principall things and this was as it were an addition that Christ should shew forth vnto them his power by some visible gift Neither ought this place to bee vnderstoode of the grace of sanctification which is giuen generally to all the Godlie Therfore he promiseth them the gift of the Spirite whereof they sawe a paterne in the diuersitie of tongues Therefore this doth not properly appertaine vnto vs. For because Christ meant to set foorth the beginning of his kingdome with those miracles they lasted but for a time yet because the visible graces which the Lord did distribute to his did shewe as it were in a glasse that Christ was the giuer of the Spirite therefore that which Peter saieth doeth in some respect appertaine vnto all the whole Church yee shall receiue the gift of the Spirit For although wee doe not receiue it that we may speak with tongues Rom. 10.10 Iohn 5.24 that we may be prophets that we may cure the sicke that wee may worke miracles yet is it giuen vs for a better vse that we may beleeue with the heart vnto righteousnesse that our tongues may bee framed vnto true confession that wee may passe from death to life that we which are poore and emptie may be made rich that we may withstande Sathan and the world stoutly Therefore the grace of the Spirit shall alwayes be annexed vnto Baptisme vnlesse the let be in our selues 39 For the promise apperteineth vnto you It was requisite that this shoulde be expressely added that the Iewes might certainly thinke and perswade themselues that the grace of Christ did belong as wel to them as to the Apostles And Peter prooueth it thus because the promise of God was made vnto them For we must alwayes looke vnto this because we cannot otherwise know the wil of God saue onely by his word But it is not sufficient to haue the generall worde vnlesse wee knowe that the same is appointed for vs. Therefore Peter saith that those benefites which they see in him and his fellowes in office were in times past promised to the Iewes because this is required necessarilie for the certaintie of faith that euery one be fully perswaded of this that hee is comprehended in the number of those vnto whom God speaketh Finally this is the rule of a true faith when I am thus perswaded that saluation is mine because that promise appertaineth vnto me which offereth the same And hereby we haue also a greater confirmation when as the promise is extended vnto those who were before a farre off For God had made the couenant with the Iewes If the force and fruite thereof come also vnto the Gentiles there is no cause why the Iewes shoulde doubt of themselues but that they shall finde the promise of God firme and stable Exod. 4.22 Gene. 17.7 And we must note these three degrees that the promise was first made to the Iewes and then to their children and last of all that it is also to be imparted to the Gentiles Wee know the reason why the Iewes are preferred before other people for they are as it were the first begotten in Gods familie yea they were then separated from other people by a singular priuiledge Therefore Peter obserueth a good order when he giueth the Iewes the preheminence Whereas hee adioyneth their children vnto them it dependeth vpon the woordes of the promise I will be thy God and the God of thy seede after thee Where God doeth reckon the children with the fathers in the grace of adoption This place therefore doeth aboundantly refute the manifest error of the Anabaptists which will not haue infants which are the children of the faithfull to bee baptised as if they were not members of the Church They espie a starting hole in the allegoricall sense and they expounde it thus that by children are meant those which are spirituallie begotten But this grosse impudency doth nothing helpe them It is plaine and euident that Peter spake thus because God did addopt one nation peculiarly And Circumcision did declare that the right of adoption was common euen vnto infantes Therefore euen as God made his couenant with Isaach being as yet vnborne because hee was the seede of Abraham so Peter teacheth that all the children of the Iewes are contained in the same couenant because this promise is alwayes in force I will bee the God of your seede And to those which are a farre of The Gentiles are named in the last place which were before straungers For those which referre it vnto those Iewes which were exiled a farre off and driuen into far countries they are greatly disceiued For hee speaketh not in this place of the distance of place but hee noteth a difference betweene the Iewes and the Gentiles that they were first ioyned to God by reason of the couenant and so consequently became of his familie or housholde but the Gentiles were banished from his kingdome Paule vseth the same speech in the seconde Chapter to the Ephesians Ephes 2.11 that the Gentiles which were straungers from the promises are nowe drawne neere through Iesus Christ vnto God Because that Christ the wal of separation being taken away hath reconciled both the Iewes Gentiles vnto the Father and comming hee hath preached peace vnto those which were nigh at hand and which were a farre off Nowe wee vnderstande Peter his meaning For to the end he may amplifie the grace of Christ hee doeth so offer the same vnto the Iewes that hee saieth the Gentiles are also partakers thereof And therefore hee vseth this woorde Call as if hee shoulde saie Like as GOD hath gathered you togither into one peculiar people heretofore by his voyce so the same voyce shall sounde euerie where that those which are a farre off may come and ioyne themselues vnto you when as they shall bee called by a new proclamation 40 And with many other words did he testifie and exhort saying Bee yee saued from this froward generation 41 Those therefore which willingly embraced his worde were