awe struck

Calvin’s Commentaries of The First Epistle of John.

chapter 1.
1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life;
2. (For the life was manifested and we have seen it, and hear witness , and shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested unto us.)

“He shews, first, that life has been exhibited to us in Christ; which, as it is an incomparable good, ought to rouse and inflame all our powers with a marvellous desire for it, and with the love of it. It is said, indeed, in a few plain words, that life is manifested; but if we consider how miserable and horrible a condition death is, and also what is the kingdom and the glory of immortality, we shall perceive that there is something here more magnificent than what can be expressed in any words.”