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A17647	A commentarie of M. Iohn Caluine vppon the Epistle to the Philippians wherein is set out the necessitie and profite of affliction vnto the faithfull, the benefite of God his word, the fruits, of vnitie and humilitie, free iustification by faith in Iesus Christ without our owne merites, the assurance, ioy, and contented mindes of the godlie, and their perseueraunce in godlinesse vnto the end. With many other comfortable and profitable pointes of religion. Translated out of Latine by W.B.; Commentarii in quatuor Pauli epistolas. English. Selections	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Becket, William, fl. 1584.	1584 (1584)	STC 4402; ESTC S107378	72,730	102

them complaine afterward as they list of our seueritie so that they obiect nothing agaynst vs which wée may not defend by the example of Paule Enemies of the crosse Some expounde the crosse for the whole mysterie of our redemption and this they interprete to be said that by preaching the lawe they did make the benefite of Christ his death to be of none effect But others expounde it that they fled from the crosse and woulde not put themselues in danger for Christ I take it more generally that faigning themselues to be friends they were the worst enemies of the Gospell Neither is it a rare thing with Paule to set out the whole preaching of the Gospell vnder the name of the crosse for as hée sayeth in another place if any bée in Christ hée is a new creature 19 Whos 's ende is destruction Hée addeth this that the Philippians béeing terrified by the danger might more diligentlie take héede and not entangle themselues in theyr destruction and because such knaues by bragging and diuerse artes doo oftentimes for a while blinde the eyes of the simple that they are preferred euen before the good seruants of Christ the Apostle with great boldnes pronounceth that their glorie wherewith they are now puffed shall bée turned into shame Whose God is their bellie Whereas they vrged Circumcision and the Ceremonies hée denieth that they doo it for a zeale of the lawe but for the fauour of men that they might liue quiet and without trouble for they did sée the Iewes to be maruellous fierce against Paule and suche like neither could they preache Christ truely with any other condition but they must stirre vp the same rage against themselues therefore prouiding for their ease and commoditie they mingled those corruptions which myghte extinguishe the heate of others But our conuersation is in heauen This sentence beateth downe all vayne pompes wherewith the counterfaite ministers of the Gospell were wont to boast themselues and hatefully he inueigheth against all their attempts because that flying aboue the earth they can not aspire vnto heauen for he teacheth that all things are nothing to be estéemed besides the spirituall kingdome of God Moreouer that the faithfull must liue an heauenlie life in this worlde as if hée shoulde say they mind earthly things therefore it is méete that wée shoulde bée estraunged from them whose conuersation is in heauen We are héere mingled with infidels and hypocrites yea the chaffe appeare in the Lorde hys floore aboue the wheate Besides we are subiect vnto the common miseries of this earthlie life we want meate and drinke and other necessaries notwithstanding in minde and affection wée must bée conuersant in heauen for wée must passe swiftly thorough this lyfe and we must be dead to the worlde that Christ may liue in vs and we in like manner liue vnto him This place is a most plentifull fountaine of manie exhortations which any man may easily gather out From whence also By the coniunction that wée haue in Christ he proueth that our gouernement is in heauen For it is not méete that the members should bée diuided from their head therefore séeing that Christ is in heauen that wée may cleaue vnto hym it is necessarie that in oure mindes wée dwell out of the worlde Besides where our treasure is there our heart is also Christ our blessednesse and glorie is in the heauens therefore let our soules dwell alofte with hym therefore by name hée calleth hym a Sauioure From whence haue wée saluation namely Christ our Sauiour shall come vnto vs from heauen therefore it is absurd that wée shoulde bée busied in the earth Thys epithete of a Sauioure serueth the circumstance of the place for therefore wée are sayde in oure myndes to bée in heauen because from thence onely the hope of saluation shineth vnto vs. The comming of Christe as it shall bée terrible vnto the vngodlie so it rather turneth away theyr myndes from heauen than stirreth them vp thither For they knowe that there shall come a Iudge for them and as much as is in them they flée from hym Out of these wordes of Paule the godlie soules gather a swéete consolation when they heare that they must desire the comming of Christ because it shall bée healthfull for them Contrarywise it is a certayne signe of incredulitie at euerie mention thereof to tremble looke the eyght Chapter to the Romanes but whilest others are carried about with vayne desires Paule wyll haue the faythfull contented with Christ onely Moreouer wée learne out of thys place that wée must imagine no base or earthly thyng of Christ because Paule byddeth vs looke vp into heauen that wée may séeke hym But they that subtelly dispute that Christ is not enclosed or thrust into one corner of heauen that thence they mighte prooue hys bodie to bée euerie where and that hée filleth heauen and earth they neyther saye anye thing nor all for as it were rash and foolish to ascend beyond the heauens and in this or that countrey to assigne vnto Christ a standing sitting or walking so in like manner to drawe him out of heauen by any carnall cogitation that we might séeke him in earth it is a foolish and pernicious doting therefore let our hearts be aloft that they may be with the Lord. 21 Who shall transforme By this argument he pricketh yet more the Philippians forward that their minds being lift vp into heauen they may cleaue altogether vnto Christ Because this bodie which we beare about is no continuall dwelling but a ruinous tabernacle which shall soone be brought to nothing besides it is subiect to so many miseries and so many shamefull infirmities that it may rightly be called abiect and full of shame but from whence must we hope for the restoring thereof from heauen at the comming of Christ therefore there is no part of vs which with our whole desire should not aspire into heauen We sée the present basenesse of our bodies in life but especially in death The glorie which they shall haue conformable to the bodie of Christ is incomprehensible for if the disciples could not abide the small taste he gaue them in the Transfiguration which of vs can attaine vnto the fulnesse thereof let vs now be contente with the testimonie of our adoption we shall knowe the riches of our inheritance when we shall enioie them According to the working Because there is nothing more incredible nor more disagréeing from the sense of the flesh that the resurrection for this cause Paule setteth the infinite power of God before our eies the which shoulde swallow vp all doubting for thereof ariseth distrust because we measure the thing by the narrownes of our owne wit Neither did he saie only Power but Effectuall working which is the effect or such a power that bringeth it selfe into acte as I may so speake when it commeth into our minds that God who hath created all things of nothing can commaund the sea and the land

it is suggested by Sathan that Christe suffered on the crosse to get vnto hymselfe by the merit of his worke that whiche he had not For the holye ghoste wyll haue vs in the death of Chryste to beholde to taste to repute to féele to acknowledge none other thing than the méere bountye of GOD and of Christe himselfe only and suche an inestimable loue towarde vs that forgettyng hymselfe he bestowed himselfe and his life vppon vs. As ofte as the scripture speaketh of the death of Christ it setteth downe the fruite and price thereof to be in vs because by it we are redéemed reconciled vnto God restored vnto righteousnes clensed from our filthines life procured for vs and the gate of life opened who can therefore denye that these men by the instinct of Sathan declaime against it saying that the especiall fruite is in Christe hymselfe that he had first regarde of hym selfe than of vs that he deserued glory first for himselfe before saluation for vs Furthermore I deny that to be true which they affirme I say they haue wickedly wrested Paules wordes to proue they lye for that the Illatiue worde signifieth here rather a consequence than a cause It is euident hereby because otherwise it follow that man may merit diuine honour and obtaine the very throne of God which is not only absurd but horrible to be spoken For what exaltation of Christ doth the Apostle here declare namely that in him is fulfilled whatsoeuer God only challēgeth to him selfe in Esaie Therefore the glory of God and the maiestie which is so proper vnto him that it can be translated to none other shall be the rewarde of mans workes Besides if they vrge the word in no respect of absurditie the answere is easie he was so giuen vnto vs by his father that al his life was appointed a glasse for vs to look in therfore as a glasse although it hath brightnes yet hath it not for itself but to that end that the vse and commoditie thereof shoulde be for others so neither hath Christe either gotten or taken any thing for himselfe but all for vs. For what newe exaltation did he néede I pray who was equall with his father Let therefore the godly readers learne to abhore the Sorbonicall sophisters with their wrested speculations He hath giuen him a name The name is here taken for dignitie which in all tongues is sufficiently knowne like a blocke he lyeth without name that is without honour especially it is a familiar speaking in the scripture It signifieth therefore that greatest power is giuen vnto Christ and that he is placed in the highest degrée of honour that no dignitie neither in heauen nor in earth can be found like vnto his whereof it fol 〈…〉 showeth that it is a diuine name and that he also expoundeth bringing in the words of Esaie 45.23 where the prophet disputing of the worship of God to be spread abroade throughe out the whole world bringeth in god speaking after this maner I liue and all knées shall bowe vnto me and all tongues shal sweare vnto me It is certaine that that worship is there noted which doth peculiarly belong vnto God I know that some doe subtelly dispute of the name of Iesus as thoughe it were deriued from the ineffable word Iehoua but I find no substance in the reasons they alleage and I am not delighted with vaine subtelties and it is dangerous to iest in so great a matter Moreouer who doth not sée that the exposition is strained nothing proper when Paule speaketh of the whole maiestie of Christ to restraine his sentence vnto 2. sillables as if a man would examine the syllables in the worde Alexander to find the greatnes of the name that Alexander got to himselfe therefore their subteltie being so slender is a very glose farre from the meaning of Paule But the Sorbonicall sophisters are more than ridiculous which gather out of this present place that the knée must bow so oft as the name Iesus is pronounced as thoughe it were a magicall worde which had all the force inclosed in the sound But Paule speaketh of the honour which is to be giuen to the sonne of God and not to syllables Al knees shoulde bowe Although men after this maner be reuerenced yet it is not to be doubted that that worship is here noted which is proper vnto god a signe whereof is the bowing of the knée wherein it is méete to obserue that God is not only to be worshipped with inwarde affection of the hart but also with outward profession if wée will giue him that whiche is his owne Therefore when he will set out his lawfull worshippers he sayth they haue not bowed their knée before the Image of Baal 2 Reg. 19.18 But here ariseth a question whether this doth belong to the diuinitie or to the humanitie of Christ for both of them are absurd for vnto his diuinitie no newe thing coulde be giuen with his humanitie either by it selfe or seuerally great exaltation agreeth not that he shoulde be worshihped as God I answere that this is spoken of the whole person of Christ as many other things in respect that he is God manifested in the flesh for neither did he humble himselfe touching his humanitie only or touching his godhead only but because he hauing put vpon him our flesh laye hid vnder the infirmitye thereof So againe God hath exalted his sonne in the same flesh wherein he liued as an abiect and without honor in the world vnto the highest degrée of honor that he sitteth at hys right hande But Paule séemeth not to agrée with hymselfe who to the Rom. 14.11 citeth the same testimonie when he goeth about to proue that Christe shall once be the Iudge of the quicke and the deade but it were not fit for that purpose if it were already fulfilled as here he witnesseth I answere that it is so with the kingdome of Christe that it increaseth dayly and is augmented to the better but the perfection therof is not euident nor shal be euident vntill the latter daye of Iudgement So both is true that all things are now subiect vnto Christ and yet this subiection shall not be absolute before the day of the resurrection because then that shall bée finished which now is but begun therefore this prophecy not without cause is diuersly applied vnto diuers times as all other things doe not define the kingdom of Christ in one momēt of time but doe describe it in their whole course But hereof we gather that Christe is that euerlasting God that speaketh by Esaie Of things in Heauen and things in earth and things vnder the earth When Paule from the heauēs vnto them vnder the earth submitteth all things vnto Christ the papistes trifle very childishly in gatheryng Purgatorie out of his wordes Their argument is after this sort it is so farre of that the diuels bowe theyr knées vnto Christ that by all meanes they are rebels against