A17698:1667
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.
but yet did he swerve at length by granting the §50peoples importunate request, and therefore was he fain to bear the punishment which GOD told him of, saying, thou shalt not come within the land which I will give unto my people. Albeit that he represented the person of our Lord Jesus Christ,1 and was a figure of him: although he was a mediator between God and men, so as he made intercession for the sins of the people, & offered sacrifices for the reconciling of them to the majesty of God: yet was he banished §60out of that land to his shame, he dyed, he was stripped out of his robes before his death, he was as a man degraded, and God left him as a dishonoured person, and as a man defaced with perpetual reproach. Now if God extended such punishment upon the person of Aaron: what had they deserved which were inferiors to him? So then, Moses telleth them, that Gods choosing of the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark, and to be occupied about his service, was not for that they were worthy of it,2 but because he was minded to show the same thing to the successors of Levi, which he had spoken of the rest of the whole body of Abraham's offspring; namely that they had all things of his only free goodness. That is the cause why the death of Aaron is rehearsed here.
but yet did he swarue at length by graunting the §50peoples importunate request, and therefore was he faine to beare the punishment which GOD tolde him of, saying, thou shalt not come within the land which I will giue vnto my people. Albeit that he represented the person of our Lorde Iesus Christ,1 and was a figure of him: although he was a mediatour betweene God and men, so as he made intercession for the sinnes of the people, & offered sacrifices for the reconciling of them to the maiesty of God: yet was he banished §60out of that lande to his shame, hee dyed, hee was stripped out of his robes before his death, hee was as a man disgraded, and God left him as a dishonoured person, and as a man defaced with perpetuall reproche. Now if God extended such punishment vppon the person of Aaron: what had they deserued which were inferiors to him? So then, Moses telleth them, that Gods choosing of the trybe of Leuye to carrie the Arke, and to be occupyed about his seruice, was not for that they were worthie of it,