A17698:1308
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.
What is it that maketh us a holy people to our God?1 Even his word. For it is said, you be clean because of the word which I have preached unto you Ye see then that the mean whereby God sanctifieth us to himself, that is to say, draweth us out of the common perdition of all the children of Adam, and taketh us to be of his own household: is his uttering of his will unto us. And so to be short, it is (as ye would say)§60 a solemn consecration or hallowing of a people by God, when he vouchsafeth to have his word preached unto them. We need not go seek the gewgaws of popery to make a dedication or hallowing: for the mean whereby God dedicateth his temples, is by sending his ministers to preach his doctrine faithfully: and it is also the mean whereby we be hallowed unto him. Now he hath granted us this grace: We see how the wretched Papists are gone astray, and run gadding over the fields without keeping of any way. They hop, they trip, they stumble, and all to their own ruin. They have no light, but are as blind wretches in the mids of darkness: and in the mean while, behold, the Lord our God maketh his day sun of righteousness to shine upon us, for Jesus Christ2 showeth himself to be our redeemer. Sith it is so: what ought we to do? Ought we not at leastwise to consider, to what end and purpose Gods word is preached unto us, and every of us to gather under his hand to say, Lord, rule thou us? Yes: but what? There are very few which think upon that. For we would be more afraid to defile our selves with the filthiness of papistry than we be, if this doctrine were well printed in us, that seeing God hath separated us from them, if we intermeddle our selves with them new again, it is all one as if we mingled heaven and earth together, of purpose to turn the whole order of nature upside down, & to make a hotchpotch of all things, that there might be a horrible confusion. For surely there ought to be a greater difference between Gods children and the unbelievers, than there is distance between heaven and earth.
What is it that maketh vs a holy people to our God?1 Euen his worde. For it is saide, you be cleane because of the worde which I haue preached vnto you Ye see then that the mean wherby God sanctifieth vs to himselfe, that is to say, draweth vs out of the common perdition of all the children of Adam, and taketh vs to be of his owne householde: is his vttering of his will vnto vs. And so to bee short, it is (as yee woulde saye)