A17698:1522
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.
On Wednesday the xxviii of August. 1555. The Lxiij. Sermon which is the second upon the ninth Chapter.
On Wednesday the xxviii of August. 1555. The Lxiij. Sermon which is the seconde vpon the ninth Chapter.
6 Know ye therefore &c. 7 Remember and forget not that thou diddest anger the Lord thy God in the wilderness. Even from the day ye came out of the land of Egypt, unto the time that you came unto this place, you have rebelled against the Lord.
6 Knowe ye therefore &c. 7 Remember and forget not that thou diddest anger the Lord thy God in the wildernesse. Euen from the day yee came out of the land of Egypt, vnto the time that you came vnto this place, you haue rebelled against the Lord.
WE have seen already yesterday,§30 how Moses warned the people that they should not boast of themselves when they were come into the Land of promise: and how he told them that they had not obtained that benefit for their own deserts, but through Gods mere grace and goodness. We have seen the three reasons that he alleged for the same. Howbeit for as much as it is hard to bring §40men to humility, so as they may know themselves as they be in deed, and be utterly ashamed of themselves, not attributing any thing to their own power, but depending altogether upon Gods free mercy: Moses addeth a plain demonstration and sayeth: If ye allege your own worthiness and deserts: Ye be a stiffenecked people, even such a one as can not bow under the yoke and obedience of your GOD. Whereby it appeareth that you be not worthy