John Calvin's Commentaries On St. Paul's Epistle To The Hebrews by John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentaries On St. Paul's Epistle To The Hebrews by John Calvin

Author:John Calvin [Calvin, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion
ISBN: 9783849620370
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2012-09-15T00:00:00+00:00


And this is proved by what he subjoins, knowing that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. Joyfully then did they endure the plundering of their goods, not because they were glad to find themselves plundered; but as their minds were fixed on the recompense, they easily forgot the grief occasioned by their present calamity. And indeed wherever there is a lively perception of heavenly things, the world with all its allurements is not so relished, that either poverty or shame can overwhelm our minds with grief. If then we wish to bear anything for Christ with patience and resigned minds, let us accustom ourselves to a frequent meditation on that felicity, in comparison with which all the good things of the world are nothing but refuse. Nor are we to pass by these words, “knowing that ye have”; F190 for except one be fully persuaded that the inheritance which God has promised to his children belongs to him, all his knowledge will be cold and useless.



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