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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

Rom. 4.11 hee gathereth thence that circumcision is not the cause of righteousnes Therefore we see that Steeuen frameth no vain and idle narration because this was very much appertinent vnto the cause that the Iewes might remember how God had adopted them with their Fathers it is to be thought that Steuen did plainly expresse both things that althogh circumcision was giuen by God that it might be a signe of grace yet was the adoptiō before it both in order in time But we haue no neede to dispute any longer in this place concerning the nature and force of circūcisiō only let vs note this that god doth first promise those things to Abraham which he confirmeth afterward by circumcisiō that we may knowe that the signes are vain nothing worth vnles the word go before Let vs also note that there is a profitable doctrine contained in the word couenant to wit that god maketh his couenant with vs in the Sacraments that he may declare his loue toward vs which thing if it be true first they are not only workes of externall profession amongst men but they gaue great force inwardly before god to confirme the faith Secondly they are no vaine figures because God who is true figureth nothing there which he doth not perfourme 9 And the Patriarks moued with enuie sold Ioseph into Egypt Notwithstanding God was with him 10 And he deliuered him out of all his afflictions he gaue him fauor wisdom in the sight of Pharao king of Egypt who made him ruler ouer Egypt ouer all his house 11 And there came a famin vpon all the land of Egypt Chanaan and great affliction neither did our fathers find food 12 And when Iacob had hard that there was corn in Egypt he sent our fathers thither first 13 And at the second comming Ioseph was known of his brethren And the kinred of Ioseph was made knowen to Pharao 14 Thē Ioseph sent called out his father Iacob al his kinred lxxv soules 15 And Iacob went down into Egypt and he died and our fathers 16 And they were caried into Sichem they were laid in the Sepulchre which Abraham had bought for money of the sonnes Hemor the sonne of Sichem 9 Now followeth the greatest wickednesse of the nation of Israel that they conspired together to oppresse their innocent brother which crueltie is contrarie to nature Neither coulde the Iewes obiect that it was a priuate fault of a few for the infamie reacheth vnto all the people For as much as all the patriarkes Beniamin except had polluted themselues with that treacherie Therfore in that Steeuen vouchsafeth to giue them an honourable name that redoundeth to the greater reproch of the nation They boasted proudly of their fathers hee sheweth what maner persons the chief of them were to wit murtherers of their brother so much as in them laid For besides that slauerie was a kinde of death we know what they went about at the first secondly what cruel punishments Ioseph suffred of al which his brethren were giltie Hereby it appeareth that God was bountiful and mercifull to those which were as it were vnwilling which did resist him For him who was about to be the authour of health help would they haue destroyed Wherfore they did what they could to renounce all the benefites of God So he wil declare afterward that Moses was reiected when he was offered of God to be a redeemer Therfore the Iewes haue smal cause to brag of the excellencie of their kinred but this alone remaineth for them that beeing ashamed they cōfesse that whosoeuer they are they haue the same thorow the meere mercie of God and that they consider that the lawe was giuen to set foorth the same God was with him God was not so with him that hee did alwaies shewe forth his power in helping him For that is no smal thing which is saide in the Psalm That the yron went through his soule Surely it must needs be that he was in great heauines Psal 105.18 when being destitute of all help he suffered reproch also together with bands the punishment of an vngodly and wicked man but God vseth oftentimes to bee present with his in such sort that he lyeth hid for a time And the end was an euident tokē of his presence which Ioseph saw not at the first Furthermore we ought to remēber this euer now then that Ioseph was not deliuered because he had called vpon God in the temple but a farre of in Egypt 10 Steeuen addeth the meanes because God gaue him fauour in the sight of Pharao God could haue deliuered him by some other meanes but his counsel had respect vnto a farther thing that Ioseph being ruler of the kingdom might entertain his father al his familie In these two wordes fauour wisdome there is the figure Hipallage For the wisdome wherewith Ioseph was endued was the cause that he founde fauour Although I confesse that they were two distinct benefites For though Ioseph were a faithful interpreter of dreames and did excell in diuine wisdome yet the proud tyrant woulde neuer haue brought him to so great honour vnlesse God had bent the minde of Pharao vnto a certaine vnwonted loue yet notwithstanding we must consider that order whereby God vseth to bring him into fauour Wisdome doeth not only signifie the gift of prophesie in interpreting dreames but prudence in giuing counsell for Moses putteth in both That which Steeuen reporteth of one man in this place is extended vnto all For what aptnes and readinesse soeuer is in men it ought to be reckoned amongst the giftes of God and that his speciall giftes And it is he that giueth good successe as it pleaseth him that his gifts may be profitable to that end for which it semed good to him to giue them Therefore although Ioseph bee made chiefe ruler of Egypt by Pharao yet is he lifted vp to so great honour properly by the hand of God 11 There came a famine Hereby it appeareth that the deliuerance of Ioseph was such a benefite as was common to al the familie of Iacob For seeing the famin drew on Ioseph was sent before in due time to prouide sustenance to feed the hungrie as he himselfe doth acknowledge the wonderfull counsell of God in that point Neuerthelesse the free goodnesse of God appeareth plainly in the person of Ioseph whiles that he is appointed to nourish and feed his brethren who had sold him and by that meanes sent him far away and thought that hee was gone away quite out of the world he putteth meat in their mouthes who had throwen him into a pit and had depriued him of the aire and the common breath Finally hee nourisheth preserueth their life who were not afraid to take from him his life In the mean season Steeuen putteth the Iewes in mind of this that the patriarks were enforced to depart out of that land which was giuen