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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

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

god whiche was before the world was made What coulde we then do Had we the meanes to promote our selues coulde we moue god to caule vs to hym selfe and to separate vs from the world is there not thē in vs a greate blyndnesse Rom. 10. Phil. 3. as to thyncke in our selues some worthynesse to exalte oure merytes to the obscuryng and darkening of goddes grace and that we can prepare our selues to haue accesse vnto him throughe our merites wel then for what purpose hath sayncte Paule set here the election of god sayeng that the grace of god hath byn geuen vs before al tymes but that ther through we are suffycientely admonysed that they whiche thyncke to abolyshe the doctryne of the election of god do adnichylate as much as in them is the saluatiō of the worlde and blot out by suche deuelishe suppostes and pillars the vertue of the bloudde of our lord Iesus Chryste to put all to confusion Gala. 1. to ouerthrow the gospel yea and vtterly to quenche and brynge out of memory the goodnesse of god the deuyll hath noo meter proppes then such as fight agaynste predestination whiche Act. 13. 1. Tess 2. can not suffer in theyr deuelishe rage that the same be spoken of and that this message be publyshed as it ought If we detest the papystes beynge most execrable because they haue prophamed al the holy scrypture because they haue peruerted and corrupted the trueth of the gospell and seruyce of god by infectynge al the worlde with superstition and idolatrye thothers are muche more detestable whiche go about to set at naught the sprite of grace and election of god and wold by croked peruerse wayes He. 10.29 1. Tes 2. indeuour to stoppe the mouthes of such as wold clerely and openly publishe this doctrine as the worthynes thereof requyreth For wherin consystethe the saluation of the faithfull Rom. 11. but in the free electyon of god should we not preache and declare that god hathe chosen hys throughe his free mercy withoute respecte of any thynge that is shall we not suffer thys mystery hyghe though it be incomprehensible thoughe it be to be declared 2. Tim. 1 when as god wold haue it to be reueled Truely it is an euydence that we conspyre with sathan to declare that Iesus Christ hath suffered in vaine and that the passion which he suffered profytethe the worlde nothinge and that all wente to the deuyll and to destruction This then is the fyrste poynte whiche wee haue herein to obserue and marke that when we adnychylate the election of god the gospel can not be preached for withoute it it is a bastarde gospell and a prophane it is a doctryne of machomyte there can be noo more churche nor chrystyanitie what shall then be sayde Luke 12 when we shal belie the holy ghost whiche here speketh when we go aboute to refuse this doctryne And therfore on our behalfe lette vs determyne Phil. 1. constantly to defende it for it is the grounde of our saluatiō How can we builde and maynteyne the buyldynge when the foundation shal be ouerthrowen Sayncte Paule cauleth vs hereunto when he wil go about to shew bi what power we haue to fyghte howe we shall aspyre to this inherytaunce which hath ben so 1. Pet. 1. derely bought for vs howe we enter into the glorye of god Luc. 14. howe we shall fynishe this buyldynge He sayth my frendes you muste be founded vppon this grace whiche is not of to daye or yesterdaye but before the creation of the world True it is that at this presente god cauleth vs but Rom. 8. the electiō goth before yea god elected vs beyng not moued thervnto throughe our desertes afore we coulde haue layd before hym any thyng at al for we owe him al he hath drawen vs zach 5. from the goulfe of destruction wherein we were drowned lyke poore desperate creatures It is then good reason 1 Pet. 9. that we submit our selues wholy vnto hym accountyng our selfe Rom. 3. al together boūd to his goodnesse wherewith we shoulde be wholy rauyshed In this wise speketh sainct Paule And so let vs hold fast this foundation as I haue sayde excepte we wold that our saluatiō should runne into decaye and destructiō And to conclude let vs note also that this doctryne is more then profytable when it is well applyed for oure vsage They whiche wolde we shoulde speake nothyng at al of the election of god wyl saye Oh what it is not necessary But suche persons neuer tasted of the goodnesse of god nor of the hope whiche we oughte to haue lyttle knowe they what it is not to goo to our lorde Iesus Chryste For if wee knowe not that we be saued for that it hathe pleased god Ephe. 1. to choose vs before the creation of the worlde howe shoulde we knowe that whyche Sayncte Paule here rehersethe vnto vs whiche is Ephe. 2. that we be dedicated to God 1. Pet. 2. for to be made apte and disposed to lyue and dye in his seruice Howe can we magnifie his holye name howe can we confesse that oure saluation proceadeth of hym alone that he is the begynnynge and that we haue not assysted him therin well we maye saye it with oure tongue but it shal be hypocritically spoken excepte we be resolued vpō this doctrin as it is here set forth and declared Let vs lerne therfore that this doctrine of the election of god and by the whyche we be taughte that he hathe predestinated vs before the creation of the worlde that this doctryne I saye 2. Tim. 3 ought to be preached boldely and playnely in despite of all the world which wold withstand the same And not only that but we knowe that it is an article more then profytable for without that wee can not effectually apprehende the infinite goodnesse of oure god vntyll we be brought so far for a man shall but shadowe alwais the mercies of god if we haue not this sure prynciple and grounde that he chose vs Ephe. 1. before we were borne or could otherwyse preuent him And whye thoughe men wolde say we haue ben redemed by the bloudde of our lord Iesus Christ and that we were vnworthye of his so gret mercy shewed vs yet whoo is it wyll they saye that hath his parte and portion in suche redemption whiche god hath purchased in the person of his son but suche as wyl haue it such as seeke after god suche as doo subiecte them selues suche as be not too stubburne such as are of good inclynation and disposition they whiche haue some good deuotiō but when they shall meddle with the matter after such a sorte and presume to be cauled vnto god to his grace throughe any thyng procedynge of theym selues or thyncke that they brought some gobet of their owne to part stake with god concernynge their saluation 1. Co. 4. it weare as much as to