#Calvin on self-denial as #pilgrimage Institutes 3.7.3 #AmTranslating
"So, with respect to both tables of the law, [Paul] directs us to put off our own nature and reject whatever our reason and will dictate. Next, he distills all of life’s actions into three parts:
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"So, with respect to both tables of the law, [Paul] directs us to put off our own nature and reject whatever our reason and will dictate. Next, he distills all of life’s actions into three parts:
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soberness, righteousness [or justice], and godliness. Of these, soberness obviously refers to both chastity and moderation as well as to a pure and sparing use of temporal goods and patience in poverty.
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Righteousness includes all the duties of equity so that each person is given their due. Next comes godliness, which unites us with God in true holiness after we have been separated from the impurities of the world.
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When these things have been joined together by an unbreakable bond, they bring about full perfection. But, once we have said farewell to the reason of the flesh and subdued—or rather, denied—our lusts, nothing is more difficult
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than to devote ourselves to God and our brethren and to meditate on the angelic life in the midst of the world’s filth. Consequently, to free our minds from all traps, Paul calls us back to the blessed hope of immortality, reminding us that we do not struggle in vain.
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For just as Christ the Redeemer once appeared, so in his final advent, he will reveal the fruit of the salvation he has accomplished. And this is how he disperses all the enticements that obscure our vision and prevent us from aspiring to the heavenly glory as we should.
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Yes, in fact, he teaches us to live as pilgrims in the world so that we will not lose or be deprived of our heavenly inheritance."
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