A17698:1648
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.
Now like as Moses speaketh here of the people: so do we see that Daniel speaketh of himself,1 for in his report how he confessed his own sins and the sins of the people, he sayeth, Lord we have sinned, we have offended thee, we have done wickedly, we be transgressors, our sins are outrageous, and our iniquities are exceeding great. Daniel goeth not to work by halves, in confessing that himself and the rest of the people had done amiss and deserved to be chastised at Gods hand: but he saith flatly, we be wicked and we have behaved our selves lewdly, we have been disobedient and untrue to our God, we have provoked his wrath too much, and we be cursed and damned, unless God pour out the infinite treasures of his mercy upon us. Ye see then how the true confession which God requireth at our hands, is not to come to him and to say in one word, I have done amiss: but to be so abashed as to acknowledge our selves blameworthy in all respects, and to be dismayed at the remembrance of our offences, like wretched offenders not looking to have our indictments red unto us, not to have articles alleged against us, but accusing our selves aforehand in such sort, as God may accept our submission when we shall have examined our faults throughly, not only in general but also in particular. And in very deed, after that Moses had spoken of Stubbornness and wickedness: he addeth the Offence that the people had committed. Whereby he meaneth that it is not enough to say, we were conceived in sin, it is horrible to see how all things are out of order in our whole life: but when we have offended God any manner of way, we must utter it, as we see how David confesseth generally that there was nothing in him but utter corruption,2 and that he brought nothing with him from his mothers womb but the inheriting of death, & therewithal faileth not to confess the sin particularly which he had committed, not wrapping it up among the other to make as though he wist not of it: but setting down both twain of them, as we see that Moses doth in this text. Wherefore when we shall have committed any offence, let us learn to feel it, & to confess it freely before God. And let the same lead us yet ⟨p. 417⟩further: that is to wit, to have an eye to the offences of our whole life, and to acknowledge our selves altogether endangered unto God, except he receive us to mercy.