Posted in calvin, church history, justification on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Witsius cites Calvin’s Institutes 3.17.8 in support of the tradition of double justification. In section 8, Calvin, after defending justification by faith alone, does teach a justification by works which is itself founded on the prior justification by faith alone. Calvin writes:
Forgiveness of sins being previously given, the good works which follow [...]
Posted in baptism, calvin, john davenant on June 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Joel Garver, ubiquitous in his learning and lauded by divines across the world, has translated a letter from John Davenant to Samuel Ward, and he has also reposted a letter from Ward to Archbishop Ussher. Both letters have to do with the efficacy of infant baptism.
Davenant’s letter to Ward is here.
Ward’s letter to Ussher [...]
Posted in calvin, genesis on May 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Continuing with the discussion of the fall, Calvin writes:
It is now asked, What was the sin of both of them? The opinion of some of the ancients, that they were allured by intemperance of appetite, is puerile. For when there was such an abundance of the choicest fruits what daintiness could there be about one [...]
Posted in calvin, christology, fv on May 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Of the similitude between Adam’s condition and our own, Calvin writes:
But if Adam’s hitherto innocent, and of an upright nature, had need of monitory signs to lead him to the knowledge of divine grace, how much more necessary are signs now, in this great imbecility of our nature, since we have fallen from the true [...]
Posted in calvin, church history, fv on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Speaking of the pre-fall Eden, Calvin writes:
The Holy Spirit also designedly relates by Moses the greatness of Adam’s happiness, in order that his vile intemperance might the more clearly appear, which such superfluity was unable to restrain from breaking forth upon the forbidden fruit. And certainly it was shameful ingratitude, that he could not rest [...]
Posted in calvin, eucharist, free offer of the gospel on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Commenting on Mark 14:24, Calvin writes:
Which is shed for many. By the word many he means not a part of the world only, but the whole human race; for he contrasts many with one; as if he had said, that he will not be the Redeemer of one man only, but will die in order [...]
Posted in calvin, union with Christ on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Calvin’s comments on John’s prologue are all really good. Here he discusses the relationship between faith and regeneration, and it shows that he is a certainly aware of the difficulties in making any sort of an ordo. He opts for a both/and approach:
It may be thought that the Evangelist reverses the natural order by making [...]
Posted in calvin, church history on April 11, 2008 | 13 Comments »
And so here we are. Oberman quoted this part, and it is the reason I had to get the book for myself. Speaking of God dwelling between the cherubim (2 Sam. 6:2), Calvin writes:
Nevertheless, in order that we might know that God does not want to frustrate us, and that the signs which [...]
Posted in calvin, doctrine of God on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Calvin continues:
Now let us apply this to ourselves, for we are no more competent than the Jews. Yet we need God to make himself small, so that we can have access to him, otherwise we would be completely shut out. However, he does not make himself so small because he wants his glory [...]
Posted in calvin, doctrine of God on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
In discussion the name of the Lord as “a definite sign and seal of the presence of God,” Calvin says:
In order to understand better what this means, let us note in the first place that the majesty and glory of God are incomprehensible. Not only do we not see God with our eyes, since [...]
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