A17698:1239
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.
For the very sacrifice that he requireth at our hands, is that we should serve him obediently,1 and therewithal learn to distrust all our own strength, wit, and reason, and not to ⟨p. 295⟩presume upon any thing that we our selves have invented: (for all that ever our minds can conceive, is but folly, vanity, and leasing:) but to be well advised that we do the things which are good and right in the eyes of the Lord, that is to say, that we frame our whole life according to his commandments.
For the verie sacrifice that he requireth at our handes, is that wee should serue him obediently,1 and therewithall learne to distrust al our owne strength, wit, and reason, and not to ⟨p. 295⟩presume vppon any thing that wee our selues haue inuented: (for all that euer our mindes can conceiue, is but follie, vanitie, and leasing:) but to bee well aduised that we doe the things which are good and right in the eyes of the Lord, that is to say, that we frame our whole life according to his commaundements.
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But now let us come to the promise. That thou mayest go into the land (saith he) which the Lord hath sworn to thy fathers, to possess it. Here we see §10how God is desirous to win the hearts of his people by gentleness, in setting the possession of the land of Canaan before them, for a reward and inheritance. As if he should say, Truth it is that ye be bound to serve me: but yet will I not have ye to serve me for nought: behold, the recompense that is prepared for you, is that ye shall possess the land of Canaan. But yet we must always mark with what condition. It was not that the people should live