By Calvin, John
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I l l , chs. 21-24. T h e position of these chapters in t h e Institutes is itself revealing. 50 See especially on Rom. 8:28-30, pp. 306 f. 42 C A L V I N : COMMENTARIES doctrine of history as the continued fulfillment of God's purpose. There had been, there was, and there was to be nothing fortuitous, nothing apart from God's intention, nothing that originates from man's will and caprice. Jesus Christ had been called and predestined by God for his mission, together with his suffering and cross.
Although I did not yield to them, yet since I was not very brave, I was more pleased than was fitting when I was banished and forcibly expelled from the city. Then loosed from my vocation and free [to follow my own desire], I decided to live quietly as a private individual. But that most distinguished minister of Christ, Martin Bucer,3 dragged me back again to a new post with the same curse which Farel had used against me. Terrified by the example of Jonah which he had set before me, I continued the work of teaching.
It is of this kind of thing that David most rightly complains, when he says, The man of my peace and he who ate bread with me has lifted his heel against me (Ps. 41:10); and also, My companion and associate who used to go with me to the temple of God, with whom I took sweet counsel, he like an enemy has handed me over to the wicked (Ps. 55:14). Some men have spread frivolous rumors about my treasures; others about my enormous power. Others have talked about my sumptuous table. Does a man live in the lap of luxury when he is content with meager food and plain clothing; when he requires no more frugality from the poorest folk than he himself practices?