"He accuses them of unthankfulness, because whereas they were chosen by God out of all people, that Christ might offer Himself unto them, they refuse so great a benefit maliciously... because they do willingly cast from them so great a grace... Such greatness of grace which God vouchsafed to bestow upon them, doth exaggerate and increase the greatness of their sin while they reject that which is so mercifully offered to them."
- John Calvin (1509-1564), commenting on Acts 13:46. Jacobus Arminius (1560-1609) said of Calvin's commentaries, "I affirm that he excels beyond comparison in the interpretation of Scripture, and that his commentaries ought to be more highly valued than all that is handed down to us by the Library of the Fathers."
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