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A17690	Diuers sermons of Master Iohn Caluin, concerning the diuinitie, humanitie, and natiuitie of our Lorde Iesus Christe as also touching his passion, death, resurection, ascention: togeather with the comming downe of the holy Ghoste vpon his Apostles: and the first sermon of S. Peter. The order of which you shall finde in the page ensuing.; Plusieurs sermons touchant la divinité, humanité et nativité de nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Stocker, Thomas, fl. 1569-1592.	1581 (1581)	STC 4437; ESTC S107259	368,049	418

humblinge them selues and to bee repentaunt are so much the more infected and poysoned prouokinge eftsoones the wrath of God and driuing him into an hoat burning flame to consume them therin and all this we sée And therefore let vs looke vpon these two théeues as the mirrors of all the worlde for from hte hyest to the lowest wee are all gultye before the Lorde Yea and yf we all suffered this together what is hee that might bragge of his innocencye or who is hee that coulde purchase his pardon Wherefore séeinge wee are ouer head and eares in condemnation wee iustly suffer for our sinnes and yet we wyll not all alyke graunt it because there are some as we haue said which waxe rather worse and there rebellion agaynst God is openlye séene For they gnashe their téeth spewe out their rage and crueltie and will neuer agrée to this condemnation or els they take the bit in their mouthes and shewe them selues so stubborne as that they wyll not stick to saye that God shall winne nothing by it nor yet haue the masterie of them Now let vs conclude that when miserable sinners acknowledge their sinnes and be humbled and confesse the debt giuinge glory to God declaring also that he handleth thē iustlye and rightlye and that it is good reason they should be so chastised when I say wretched sinners be drawne to this reason let vs vnderstand that God hath put to his hande and touched them with his holy spirit that we may sée his wonderful infynit goodnes whēas he pulleth those out of destruction and hell whose case before was as it were desperat In sūme we sée in the person of this miserable théefe so excellent an example of faith as neuer was séene And therfore we should be so much the rather rauished with such a miracle as thē God wrought for in what state stoode he Beholde he was nie his death hée suffered horrible tormentes he looked to haue his bones to be crushed and broken and to be dismembered whiche was so sharppe and terrible a torment as that it was euen enough to haue made him haue lost both sence and memorye hee sawe also our Lorde Iesus who most flaunderouslye was to be hanged there as well as him selfe and yet sée what wordes he vsed for he doth not onely acknowledge his sinnes for the humblinge him selfe before God he doth not onely vse the office of a teacher to bring home his companyon and to set him in the right way but maketh suche a confession as is more worth then all the rest if we consider well the circumstances I beseeche thee saieth hée remember mee whenas thou commest into thy kingdome How was it possible that he could conceiue that Iesus Christ had a kingdome for hee was hanged on trée and cursed of God and men For this sayinge of the lawe was spoken by the mouth of God cursed is hee that hangeth on tree Deut. 21.23 Galat. 3.13 Neither dyd this come to passe by chaunce as we commonly say that God put his onely sonne to it And therefore when he sée Iesus Christ to be there accursed both before God and men yea as one throwne downe into a desperat case as farre as mans reason could reach vnto hee had not such a stayed brayne to say that Iesus Christ was a Kinge without hee had spoken it in faith and in spirit For he saw such thinges as might haue made him decline from the son of God to haue made him thus conclude that it was but an abuse mockery to trust in him and yet he called him king whē he sée him ready to dye I beseeche thee sayeth hee saue mee and graunt mée lyfe For it thou wilt remember mée that is all the blessednesse that I desyre Now when wee shall well consider of these circumstances without all doubte the faith of this théefe was so excellent and great as that neuer any man that euer lyued had the lyke And therefore let not vs be a shamed to be his disciples for to say the trueth the death of our Lord Iesus Christ wyll neuer stande vs in any stead except we condemne our selues that we might be saued through him neither will God euer pardon vs without wee confesse our selues to be most wicked filthy Since then it is so that we are guiltie before God and that our owne cōsciences doo iudge and condemne vs let vs not be a shamed to folow this théefe his steps séeing he may be a good Scholemaster vnto vs. And because our Lord Iesus is ascended now into heauen and hath taken possession of the glory which God his father hath giuen him Phil. 2.10 to the end euery knée might bow vnto him let vs not doubt to put our selues wholy into his custody cōclude say loe wherin lieth our felicity to wit the Iesus Christ is mindful of vs gouerneth vs because he was ordayned to be our shepheard he wil be watchful ouer our saluation that we might be safe sure vnder his hand and protection Moreouer let vs learne paciently to beare the miseries of this present life so that it maketh not vs decline from comming vnto our Lord Iesus Christ For we sée here that the théefe was heard and yet was hee faine to abide and harde and terrible death Let vs therefore so estéeme of the spirituall grace which is giuen vs by our Lord Iesus Christ and which is dayly offred vnto vs by the preaching of the Gospell as that it may make vs ouercome all the anguishes griefes domages troubles and temptations which any way may come vnto vs so that all our afflictions might be mitigated because we know that they shal all turne to our benefit and welfare through the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ And this is it which we are here to obserue And besides let vs here to ioyne the the answere of our Lord Iesus Christ when he promised that hée should be that day with him in Paradise For although our Lord Iesus was not as yet risen from death nor had not accomplished all that was requisit for our redemption and saluation yet had hée alreadie powred abroad the power fruit of his death and passion True it is that the fulfilling of all rested in the resurrection But since it is conioyned with his death and passion and that we know he suffred in the weaknesse of his flesh euen so is he risen again by the vertue of his spirit and as he suffred for our sinnes that wée might be made frée before God so likewise rose he againe for our iustification Nowe when we knowe all this I say let vs with so much the more bold courage come frankly vnto him not doubt but that whē he pleaseth to remember vs and hide vs vnder the shadow of his winges that we may be able to stande against Satan death and al miseries glory in our weaknesse And although we be in the sight of the world

partakers therof And to say the truth if it were not so what shoulde the story of the resurrection availe vs but when it is said that the Son of God was so manifested would haue the benefit therof to be cōmunicated vnto al the world we may now the better tast of it So then let vs vnderstand that our Lord Iesus his meaning was that we should be certified of his resurrectiō bicause that whē we know in truth that our Lord Iesus is risen againe that therin consisteth all the hope of our saluation rightuousnesse Not that he hath not cleansed al our filthines by his death passiō but because it should not remaine continue stil weak And therfore it behoued that hée should poure abrod the vertu of his holy spirit that he might by his resurrection Rom. 1.4 be declared to bee the sonne of God as S. Paul in the Epistle to the Romaines and in diuers other places sufficiently declareth Thus now we sée that we must assure our selues that our Lord Iesus is rysen againe leaueth the way open vnto vs that wee might come vnto him looketh not that we should séeke him but hath prouided that we might be called by the preching of the gospel that his message should sound in the mouthes of those his heralts whom he had chosen Since then it is so let vs vnderstand that the rightuousnes whiche wee at that this daye haue for the attaining vnto the heauenly Kingdome wee enioy by the righteousnesse of our Lord Iesus Christ because he will not seperat him selfe from vs. And héere we sée why he calleth the Disciples his brethren Indéede this is an honorable name and was reserued for all those whom he accompted as his houshold Seruants and this kinde of speche no doubt he vsed Iohn 20.17 to shew the brotherhood that hee would should betwéene him and them And so also is it common to vs as Saint Iohn more plainly declareth Now to say truly Psal 22.23 we must haue recourse vnto that saying of the Psalm out of which this place is taken I will declare thy name vnto my Brethrē which place the Apostle in the exposition of the person of our Lord Iesus Christ did not only comprehend the 12. hebr 2.11 Apostles by the name of the Brethren of Iesus Christ but geueth also the same title generally to as many as follow the sonne of god and would haue vs to enioy the selfe same honor We sée also why our Lorde Iesus saide I goe vnto my God and to your God vnto my father and vnto your father now this was not ment by a few but it was spoken to the multitude of all the faithfull And although our Lord Iesus Christ bee our eternall God yet is hee contented notwithstanding euen in the person of a mediator to abase himself and come néere vs and to haue all thinges common with vs in respect of his humaine nature For although hee bee the naturall Sonne of God and we by adoption and grace yet this community remayneth that the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ is by his meane ours also in diuers respectes For it is not méete that wée should be exalted as hie as our head and soueraine and surely this could not but be a wonderfull confusion if the head of a mans bodye should not be aboue all the rest of the members for otherwise it would séeme a very monster and a confused lump and therefore it is also very good reason that our Lord Iesus Christ should kéepe his chiefe degrée because he is by nature the only sonne of God and yet this letteth not but that we may be ioyned with him in Brotherhood that we might fréely and with good assueraunce call vpon God and bee hearde because we haue familiar accesse vnto him We sée then what the meaning of this saying is when our Lorde Iesus calleth his Disciples Brethren to wit he dyd it to this end that we at this day should haue the like priuiledge with them by the meane of faith And yet this is nothing derogatorye from the power and maiestie of the Sonne of God when he thus conioyneth himself with such wretched creatures as we are and be as it were one of our company Wherfore we ought to bee so much the more in an admiration with the matter whenas we sée him vse such his goodnes towards vs as that by his resurrection hée hath purchased for vs the heauenly glory for the purchasing wherof he abased himself became of no reputation Since it is so that our Lord Iesus vouchsaueth to allow vs for his Brethrē to the end we might come vnto God let vs boldly séeke him and come vnto him whiles hée thus gently inuileth vs neither doth he maruellous cōsiderately vse his word only to draw vs but addeth withal a visible sacramēt also the we might be brought thereto according to our smal ability And to say the truth let it be that we be neuer so weak blockishe yet shall we not be able to excuse our slacknes if we come not vnto our lord Iesus Christ behold the table wherunto he hath called vs to what end forsooth it is not to the end to fil our bellies although that therin God declareth himself to haue a fatherly care ouer vs and our Lorde Iesus also sheweth that he himselfe is indéede the life of the world Wherefore when wée daily eate and drinke it witnesseth thus much vnto vs that our Lord Iesus declareth his goodnes vnto vs But in this table there is a special cōsideration to be had for it sheweth vs that we are the brethrē of our Lord Iesus Christ to wit Iohn 17.21 that because as S. Iohn saith he hath vnited vs vnto himself he hath also vnited vs vnto God his father so by little little telleth vs that he is our meat our drinke we are takē to be of his own substaunce that wee might haue al our spirituall life in him And this is more then if hée called vs his brethren an hundered times Let vs therfore vnderstand and know the vnitie that wee haue with our Lord Iesus Christ to wit that he will haue his life to be common with vs and his lyfe to be our life yea that he wil effectually dwell in vs and not by imagination and after an earthly maner but after a spiritual how euer it is he so worketh in vs by his holy spirit as that we are knit faster suerer vnto him then the mēbers to the body And as the roote of a trée thrusteth out his substaunce and strength into all the braunches euen so receiue we our substaunce life from our Lord Iesus Christ 1. Cor. 5.7 And this also is the cause why Saint Paul saieth that our paschall Lamb was crucified and offered vp and that we should now kéepe holyday and bée partakers of the sacrifice And as in the old law when any

before vs as at this day the miserable worlde is seduced and beguiled with But let vs vnderstande that all the perfection of our saluation resteth in our Lord Iesus Christ then let vs by no meane decline from him but in such sorte possesse him as we may be wholy contented with him and that he also may altogether take pleasure in vs and to be short that we may féele that his death and passion hath béen auailable profitable vnto vs. That it would please him to graunt vnto vs onely this grace fauour But vnto all people and natiōs of the world c. The seuenth Sermon of the Prophesie of Christe Isaiah liii 12 THerefore will I giue him a portion with the great and hee shall double the spoyle with the strong because he hath powred out his soule to death and he was counted with the transgressors bare the sins of many and prayed for the trespassers THE Prophete declareth héere in summe that our Lorde Iesus Christe hath not onely ouercome death by death But that he hath also a iust title and interest to take away the substance of his enimies and to make a spoyle of them euen as a conquerour that hath wonne the fielde In déede I must néeds say this that our Lord Iesus Christ inriched not himself with the goods of this world But that which he did was to this end as I haue said to ouercome death Wee knowe that it was méet that Satan who is said to be the Prince of this worlde should bee displaced of his kingdome For if it had not béen so our estate had béene most miserable And besides it was méete that sinne should beare no more sway Ephe. 4.8 Psal 68.19 Thus wee sée how our Lord Iesus Christ made a spoyle of his enimies to wit because we might be no more vnder the tyrānie of Satan the bōdage of sin but be set at libertie And to say the trueth S. Paule alleadging the saying of the Psalmist sheweth after what sort this place was fulfilled when it is saide That God ascended on high and lead captiuitie captiue and kept his enimies bound and fettered so that they were not able to resist him receiuing also homage and tribute of men Indéede Dauid in that place speaketh by way of similitude For when it is said that God ascended on high it was because he made a shew for a time as though he had béen a sléepe so that whē things were after such a cōfused maner it might make the faithfull grone when as they see no helpe and cause the wicked to run headlong into all licentiousnesse Wherefore when there arise such troubles in the worlde and that we thinke ourselues neuer a whit the better for the calling vpon God hée is for the time as it were one that were lost and that had hid himselfe And contrariwise by this reason whenas God hath defended the cause of his Church in destroying the enimies therof Dauid saith that he arose vp Howbeit S. Paule saith That this was accomplished in the person of our Lorde Iesus Christ because his maiestie was darkened and was had in no estimation of men for a season And therefore it was méete saith hée that he shoulde come downe on the earth and bee contemned of men that he might in the ende bée so exalted as that he might not onely be simply and plainly honoured of men but that he might also make a distribution of the spoiles and tributes For where the Psalmist saith That he tooke the tributes which belonged vnto him as vnto one who had brought his aduersaries in subiection S. Paule saith that hée liberally bestowed his gifts amongst men A man would think at the first sight these were things cleane cōtrary one to another and yet they right well agrée because our Lord Iesus Christe was not inriched particularly for himselfe for he had no néed of any thing but it was to this end as the Psalmist saith to bestow the spoyles on vs so that not onely they which should fight should haue parte of the bootie but women also who neuer set one foote out of doores Psal 68.13 For to say the trueth we féele how God by the death passion of our Lord Iesus Christ hath filled vs with his benefites not for that there was any vertue or industry in vs For we are of as litle force as women with their distaffs when as we come to the fight Wherefore when it is saide in this place that GOD will giue to Iesus Christ the booties of the enimies which he had conquered as strong mightie as they were it was not only for himself but it was to the end that we might vnderstand that the Diuell hath no title nor interest in vs whēas we are partakers of the death passiō of the sonne of god which we obtain by the mean of the gospel And therfore let vs without hipocrisy submit our selues vnto our Lord Iesus take him for our king not doubt but that in the first place hee will surely set vs frée and besides that wée shall receiue from his handes all such benefites as we haue néede of and are necessary Let vs now then consider that if Satan were not spoyled how miserable we should bée For he possesseth and peaceably inioyeth vs For as our Sauiour Christe Iesus saith Iuke 11.21 we are euen as his own proper possession and demaines Wherefore wee had néede that the death and passion of our Lorde Iesus Christe shoulde bring foorth fruite in vs and that our enimies being conquered shoulde be eftsoones chased away that Iesus Christe shoulde so treade on their neckes as that they shoulde neuer bée able to rise againe although they went about to deuise to do all the mischiefe they could against vs. And héere he namely speaketh of strong and great men to the ende wée shoulde not bée abashed at the force munition all the furniture of our enimies For this were enough to feare vs to sée on the one side our owne weaknesse and to know on the other side that the Diuell is like a roaring Lion 1. Peter 5.8 and sinne to haue dominion ouer vs this I say were euen enough to feare vs except we were assured of this that neither power strengthes nor any thing els whatsoeuer can let our Lorde Iesus Christe from spoyling of all his enimies from chasing and bereauing of them of all they haue so that which before was hurtfull vnto vs shall now be turned to our good and benefite And this is not onely meant of Satan the captaine of all the wicked but also of all our Aduersaries For looke how many faithlesse people there are euen so many furyous enimies haue we against vs and to make fewe words wée sée all the worlde almost on our toppes And therefore what shoulde become of vs if Iesus Christe coulde not ouercome all the strong and mightie ones of the earth So then we sée héere in