Calvinism - pagina 213

CALVINISM AND ART. of the original plan, and what

lines

splendid

is

even more, the

by which the Supreme

restoration

Master-Builder

209

Artist and

one day renew and enhance even

will

the beauty of His original creation. If

on

thus,

agrees

interpretation

Sovereignty

the

nism,

is

and remains,

from the Evil One; for Satan

originate

every creative power. of God.

gifts

the powers

God

All

he can do

is

to abuse the

Neither can art originate with man,

man cannot put by God at his

and

gifts

and remains Sovereign, then

is

enchantment except

God

which

Supreme further,

but employ

God

is

artistic gifts to

Cainitic,

to

whom He

Abel's

highest

beautifully

says,

should at

gifts,

in

the

lesser

nature,

we owe

as

is

really producing

He always As God, He alone

therefore

God

has

That

the

even if

art

sinned

some

artistic ability,

in

human

image of God.

Creator of everything; the

new

things

is

His alone, and

continues to be the creative is

also

as Calvin so

can have room

such,

first

of art have

to our creation after the

In the real world,

power of

And

not as

who

least,

gifts

testimony of the Divine bounty. art-capacity,

will,

posterity;

but in order that he

away the

that

ordinances

the

and remains Sovereign, then he

and not

Cain's,

If

work no

world into existence.

Artist, called this if

art can

keeping with

in

disposal.

ordained for the beautiful, when He, as the

imparts these

were

for Calvi-

in destitute of

being a creature himself,

for,

to

with the Calvinistic con-

unchangeable point of departure, then art cannot

its

good

personal

to the next point in question.

God

of

Calvin's

point,

entirely

same appHes

fession, the If

principal

this

original

artist.

One, we are only 14

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