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A17724	Two and twentie sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin In which sermons is most religiously handled, the hundredth and nineteenth Psalme of Dauid, by eight verses aparte according to the Hebrewe alphabet. Translated out of Frenche into Englishe by T.S.; Vingt-deux sermons de M. Iean Calvin ausquels est expose le Pseaume cent dixneufieme. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Stocker, Thomas, fl. 1569-1592.	1580 (1580)	STC 4460; ESTC S107289	289,195	394

can be more and is much subiect to the temptations of Satan and of the flesh And on the other side ouer and besides that there is neither iudgement nor wisedome in yongmen in so much that they are so stirred vp with heate as that their boiling affections breake out Yet in steade of hauing some modestie to take in good part the admonitions which might be giuen them they will be the more loftie and stubborne which might take better occasion to be more grieued in beeing reprehended or rebuked And that this is true we see at this day howe all things are out of order This is sure that the true vertue which should be in youth is modestie and that the younger sorte ought to knowe that since they are not furnished with wisdome and discretion as the elder sorte are they ought to heare them and not to be giuen ouer to their owne will and wit This is the moste principall wisedome that ought to bee in young men But what they are at this day past all shame By this we may see that the worlde is euen as it were vtterly desperate and that we are growen to the fulnesse of all mischiefe and iniquitie For wee shall see these beastly and gracelesse boyes and wenches which scarsely are able too wype their owne noses as we say yea and that might yet be vnder the rod ten yeeres like peeuish wretches as they are that when so euer they shal be spoken vnto wil make no reckoning of whatsouer is said but poute and mowe at it counterfaiting the very Apes and Monkeyes as dayly wee may see And when we see such extreame pride in this people what shall wee say but that Satan hath euen possessed them and that they will shewe themselues as in deede they are to weere without all amendment So then this point is so much the more to be wel considered of when as hee saith Wherwithall shall a young man addresse his way by taking heede thereto according to thy worde True it is that a great many which haue neede heere to be tolde this geere care not for filling of their eares with any such matter they haue knowledge inough too keepe them selues from the Church For they haue the thing which they desire when they may be at the Tauerne playing and Dauncing But what It is certaine that this doctrine will not leaue them vncondemned when as God cryeth vnto them as hee witnesseth by Solomon Prou. 1.20.21 22.23 where he bringeth in Wisedome saying I haue cryed out and put foorth my voyce in the streetes I haue bidden both great small to the end that men might heare mee and none hath vouchsafed too receiue me ne yet to giue me lodging When God declareth vnto vs that our life shall be well ordered if wee keepe his word surely as many as flye from this doctrine and admonition shall render an account at the last day because God hath called them And also because they haue not only bin deafe but also haue added this mischiefe to flye from the admonitions which Gods word admonished them off to bring them againe into the way of saluation from whiche they were strayed It is especially sayd Tea by taking heede thereto according to thy worde Dauid his meaning is heere to expresse vnto vs that we may make our selues beleeue that we haue wisedome and discretion inough But yet it shall profire vs no whit at all without we will bee gouerned and ruled by God according to that which hath beene before saide Nowe it followeth With my whole hearte haue I sought thee let mee not wander from thy Commaundementes Dauid heere maketh a notable confession which is not common to all men That hee bath sought God with his whole heart For although we haue a desire to goe to God yet it is so feeble as is lamentable seeing we are with drawn with so many vanities by reason the world hath such dominion ouer vs and yet ought not to retire our selues frō any good deuotion whē as we haue had a through feeling therof There are very few of vs that are able to say with the prophet Dauid that we haue sought God with our whole hart to wit with such integritie and purenesse that we haue not turned away from that marke as from the most principall thing of our saluation It is very true that Dauid had not yet any such perfection but that hee slacked in the fight against the prickings of the fleshe and went back Saint Paule also confesseth that hee went too God as it were halting that he did not that good which hee woulde desired Rom. 7.19.20 but that he was encompassed with his naturall vices to doe the euill which he condemned Dauid was not without such temptations but how soeuer it was it is most certaine that the principall matter wherto he bent himself was to serue God Now as I haue before said we are all farr from this example For as many of vs as at this day are best affected may be letted and hindered by a number of vices vaine cares of this world with lusts desires of the flesh that if we should remoue our foote euery day too goe one pace forward it were much and yet it may come so to passe often times that we would drawe back againe to the place from whence we came And yet notwithstanding Dauid after hee had protested that he sought God with his whole hearte besought God that he would not suffer him to decline from his Commaundementes Heereby let vs see what great neede we haue to call vpon God too the ende he may holde vs with a mightie stronge hand Yea and although hee hath already mightely put too his helping hand and we also knowe that he hath bestowed vppon vs great and manifolde graces yet is not this all But there are so many vices and imperfections in our nature and wee so feeble and weake as that we haue very greate neede dayly to pray vnto him yea and that more and more that hee will not suffer vs to decline from his Commaundementes For although Dauid protested that hee sought God with all his heart neuer thelesse hee addeth yet suffer mee not O Lorde too goe wronge from thy Commaundementes What shall we doe then Let vs also learne to walke carefully for since hee is the God which giueth vs that good minde to wil and that also giueth vs the power too performe and all of his meere fauour and grace wee ought sayth Saint Paule to walke in feare and to keepe good watch too the ende that Satan taketh not vs vnprouided Phil. 2.12 and that he enter not within vs. And loe what is the cause that wee haue seene some men which haue made a greate shewe of holinesse for a time and haue seemed too bee more like Angels then men which at length haue growne too outrage and haue so greatly exceeded their boundes as that GOD euen forsooke them like desperate

instruction and profit See then how we ought to linke together that which is written with that which we daily see before our eyes and to be confirmed throughout all the histories in such sorte as that they might serue as it were to seale vp the woorde of GOD that it might bee of a great deale more strength and force and too magnifie the same when neede shal be Nowe haue we so remembred the iudgements of God and are wee so exercised in them yea euen in those I say which were made before we were borne into this worlde Whatsoeuer then that we shall now perceiue and marke whatsoeuer also shal be declared vnto vs so long as we liue we ought by a more forcible reason so much the narrowlier to consider to bee a great deale the more confirmed in them and not to be like vnto brute beastes when as god stretcheth foorth his hand giueth vs some testimonyes that it is he alone which so helpeth vs when as I say God sheweth vs this wee must thinke on them in good earnest and so stay our selues in them to wit that we make not account of them as vaine speculations but too apply all the Iudgementes of God to our vse since it is to this ende and purpose that he sheweth vs them For when wee shall reade that God reuealed himselfe to Abraham and that hee did helpe him in such a necessitie Let this bee our conclusion Very wel that which God did vnto his seruaunt Abraham is to assure vs that he will doe the like for vs and therefore we must euen now runne vnto God for refuge and succor See howe all the testimonyes which God hath lefte vnto vs in the holy Scripture of all his woonderfull works ought to serue euery of vs for aydes and helpes Nowe Dauid setteth downe soone after I am horribly afrayd for the vngodly which forsake thy lawe Heere Dauid protesteth that hee hath resisted another temptation ouer and besides that which wee haue already seene This is already a very sore and harde combate too abyde when as the wicked mock and scorne vs as if God had deceiued vs as if we had bin too too simple foolish to put our trust in him Loe heere a great trouble for miserable and wretched weakelings yea and that such as it cannot be chosen but that they must at the leaste be mooued and astonyed But this temptation which heere followeth is none of the least to ouercome as when wee see all the whole world addicted and giuen to wickednesse that what soeuer we doe is as it were to conspire to lay a platforme to prouoke God his wrath to distrust him to reiect all his graces and to treade them cleane vnder foote When then wee shall see men so estraunge them selues from God euen to make open warre against him it goeth very hardly if we be not as it were vtterly ouercome And yet neuerthelesse it is as Dauid heere protesteth that it is so farre of that he gaue him selfe wickedly seeing the corruptions to bee such as they were all ouer as that hee was horribly affrayde for the vngodly which so forsooke the law of God Wherefore let vs learne to be thus horribly affrayde so often as we see men exceede in wickednesse Let vs learne I say too haue recourse vnto God and as it were in gathering our wittes vnto vs that we might conceiue an horrour feare when as we see such monsters and such things so committed against nature If this hath beene alwayes a necessary doctrine it is at this day moste necessary for let vs a little beholde what a generall confusion there is when as we shal see the order and doings of the Papistes wee shall finde it to be a most hellish outrage And emongest vs alas where the woorde of God should be of greater power and force yet wee see howe the more parte will not onely alter and chaunge the lawe of God but desire nothing more then euen vtterly to abolishe it What is to be doone then It is not inough that we followe not the wicked and vngodly in their impietie and not to linke in with thē as their companions but wee must bee horribly afrayde because wee know that they must perish as miserable wretched creatures therfore we should be greeued and vexed but yet a great deale the rather when as they see them make open war against the maiestie of God For these are matters too to monstrous to see mortal men lift them selues vp against their creator and in very good earnest to fight against him Lo then what is heere shewed vnto vs by the spirite of God vnder the example of Dauid And in this let vs see whether we ought to couer our selues with such horrible yea and most detestable filthynes vncleannes when as any talke shall arise of the contēning of the maiestie of God of the discrediting of his law or worde whether we ought I say to make countenaunce as if such talke were nothing whether we ought to support maintaine the same and to passe it lightly ouer as though we cared nothing at al for it or that it no whit appertained vnto vs. Nowe if in this behalfe we shal doe so it is a signe and token that there is neither zeale nor affection in vs. And heerin we shew our selues not worthy that God should take vs for his childrē For we must remember that which is written The zeale of thy house hath euen consumed me and the rebukes and slaunders which haue bin laide vpon thee O Lorde are come vpon me Whē then we shall see the name of God to be contemned made no account off and shall see the wicked to caste him cleane without the doores in such sort as that they wil make no more reckoning of the law of God without all question wee must not dissemble and holde our peace make account as though it were nothing but if we be the seruaunts of God it shall behoue vs not onely to be touched but also to be horribly afrayd to be as it were forlorne men when as we see such abhomination that it should in such sort fall out as to haue the name of God to be so contēned by his creatures Now for a conclusion Dauid saith Thy statutes haue beene my songues in the house of my Pilgrimage This was yet another great temptation to Dauid aswel as the other that it so fel out as that he was once driuen out of the countrie of Iudea was far from the temple of God dwelt among the Pagans and Infidels Nowe he sayth that notwithstanding al this that hee was not estraunged from God nor yet from the knowledge of saluation but contrariwise that he was the rather stirred vp to sing prayses vnto God and those Psalmes which God did put in his mouth yea euen such as were taken out of the law For we haue to note that Dauid made not the