A17698:1574
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 Friday the xxx. of August. 1555. The Lxv. Sermon, which is the fourth upon the ninth Chapter.
On Friday the xxx. of August. 1555. The Lxv. Sermon, which is the fourth vpon the ninth Chapter.
13 Wherefore the Lord spake unto me, saying: I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiffenecked people. 14 Let me alone, I will destroy them, and put out the name of them from under heaven, and I will make thee to grow into a mightier and greater Nation than they be.
13 Wherefore the Lord spake vnto mee, saying: I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stiffenecked people. 14 Let mee alone, I will destroy them, and put out the name of them from vnder heauen, and I will make thee to growe into a mightier and greater Nation than they bee.
I Began to show you yesterday, how foul and cursed the fault was which Moses upbraideth the people withal in this place: and that the cause why he did set it before §30them, was to the end they should be the better humbled thereby. And here he addeth a record of the greatness of that fault, in that it provoked Gods wrath so sore, that he would have destroyed and rooted out that people, and put out the remembrance of them for ever. Now if God do measure his anger▪ and can skill to punish mens offences according to the greatness of them: it must needs be concluded that this offence was very horrible, seeing