A17698:1163
Sermons upon Deuteronomy
The sermons of M. John Calvin upon the fifth book of Moses called Deuteronomy faithfully gathered word for word as he preached them in open pulpit; together with a preface of the ministers of the Church of Geneva, and an admonishment made by the deacons there. Also there are annexed two profitable tables, the one containing the chief matters; the other the places of Scripture herein alleged. Translated out of French by Arthur Golding.The sermons of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the fifth booke of Moses called Deuteronomie faithfully gathered word for word as he preached them in open pulpet; together with a preface of the ministers of the Church of Geneua, and an admonishment made by the deacons there. Also there are annexed two profitable tables, the one containing the chiefe matters; the other the places of Scripture herein alledged. Translated out of French by Arthur Golding.
London: printed by Henry Middleton for George Bishop, 1583
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Ye see then how Moses, in showing that there is but only one God, meaneth that men should commit themselves unto him, knowing that they be in his hand, that they be maintained by his only power, that it is he at whose hand they must look for salvation and all welfare, and finally that it is he in whom they have their life, moving and being: and therefore that it is he whom we must honour,1 as well §40with prayer and supplications, as also by praise and thanksgiving.
Yee see then how Moses, in shewing that there is but onely one God, meaneth that men should commit themselues vnto him, knowing that they be in his hand, that they bee maintained by his onely power, that it is he at whose hand they must looke for saluation and all welfare, and finally that it is he in whom they haue their lyfe, moouing and being: and therefore that it is he whom wee must honour,1 as well §40with prayer and supplications, as also by praise and thansgiuing.
And now to show his meaning the better, Moses addeth, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. In these words we see the thing that hath bin touched already: that is to wit, that Gods intent is to hold us wholly to himself, and to possess us in such sort, as we serve him not by halves, ne wander in the mean while to and §50