A17698:1186
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.
10 And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, which he sware to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give thee great and goodly Cities which thou buildedst not: 11 And houses full of all manner of goods which thou filledst not: and wells which thou diggedst not: and vineyards and Olive gardens which thou plantedst not▪ and thou shall have eaten and filled thy self: 12 Then beware, least peradventure thou forget the Lord which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy GOD, and serve him, and swear by his name.
10 And when the Lord thy God shal haue brought thee into the land, which he sware to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, to giue thee great and goodly Cities which thou buildedst not: 11 And houses full of all maner of goods which thou filledst not: and welles which thou diggedst not: and vineyardes and Oliuegardens which thou plantedst not▪ and thou shall haue eaten and filled thy selfe: 12 Then beware, least peraduenture thou forget the Lord which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy GOD, and serue him, and sweare by his name.
WE have seen how it was Gods will that his law should always be before his peoples eyes, and that the remembrance thereof should be renewed by all means. For this cause he commanded them to set guards upon their garments, and to write the sentences of the Law therein, and to wear them in stead of bracelets, and other ornaments, and to have them in their caps and in the rest of their apparel, and to engrave them upon the posts of their ⟨p. 278⟩houses. All this rehearsal tended to this end, that because men are too forgetful of GODS Law, they must have certain helps and means to put them in mind thereof: and specially that whereas the children of this world are curious in decking themselves, and in making themselves brave to the eye, and give themselves to pomp when they be rich: in stead thereof GOD would that his faithful ones should