38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,



Ver. 38. For I am persuaded] Or, I am sure by what I have heard out of God’s word. {a} He that hath this full assurance of faith goes gallantly to heaven. What (saith the world) should a rich man all? The Irish ask such, What they mean to die? But I wonder more at such as have the riches of full assurance, yea, that have but the assurance of adherence, though not of evidence, what they mean to walk heavily. Mr Latimer says that the assurance of heaven is the desert of the feast of a good conscience. There are other dainty dishes in this feast, but this is the banquet.



{a} ðåðåéóìáé , scil. Ex verbi praedicatione efficaci ut indicat tacite hoc verbo. Beza.