A17698:1335
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.
he addeth, God will not forslow to requite them that hate him, every man in his face. And so Moses meant in effect to show, that men may be past shame in rebelling against God: but yet in the end they shall find that they have too rough an adversary: and therefore God must be fain to pull them by the beards to make them the more ashamed. It is true that as now they utter great brags, and it should seem that they would make God ashamed, and put him to the foil: but he can well skill to overmatch them in such wise, as they shall be fain to receive their payment in their own persons, yea and even in their faces, according as it is said in the fiftieth psalm,1 I will reprove thee to thy face. And in that place God pleadeth expressly against hypocrites. How now, saith he? Becometh it thee to take my name in thy mouth? Thou boastest thy self to be mine: and thou wilt needs play the preacher, and defile my holy law with thy stinking mouth. Now when thou doest me such injury as to take upon thee to be a prophet, and to speak in my name, and in the mean while doest match and accompany thy self with whoremongers, quarrellers, and railers: what will come of it in the end? When I have borne with thee a while, I will reprove thee to thy teeth, sayeth he. He useth there the word Face as he doth here in this text: but it is a common speech in our language, to say that it is spoken to a mans teeth, face or head. That then is the natural sense of Moses.
he addeth, God wil not foreslowe to requite them that hate him, euery man in his face. And so Moses ment in effect to shewe, that men may be past shame in rebelling against God: but yet in the end they shal find that they haue too rough an aduersarie: and therefore God must be faine to pull them by the beardes to make them ye more ashamed. It is true yt as now they vtter great brags, and it shold seeme that they would make God ashamed, and put him to the foyle: but he can well skill to ouermatch them in such wise, as they shalbe faine to receiue their payment in their owne persons, yea and euen in their faces, according as it is sayd in the fifteeth psalme,1 I wil reproue thee to thy face. And in that place God pleadeth expresly against hypocrites. How now, sayth hee? Becommeth it thee to take my name in thy mouth? Thou boastest thy selfe to bee myne: and thou wilt needes play the preacher, and defile my holy law with thy stinking mouth. Now when thou doest me such iniurie as to take vpon thee to be a prophet, and to speake in my name, and in the meane while doest match and accō pany thy selfe with whoremongers, quarelers, and raylers: what will come of it in the ende? When I haue borne with thee a while, I will reproue thee to thy teeth, saieth he. Hee vseth there the word Face as he doth here in this text: but it is a common speeche in our language, to say that it is spoken to a mans teeth, face or heade. That then is the naturall sense of Moses.