A17698:1721
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 xiij. of September. 1555. The Lxxii. Sermon which is the fourth upon the tenth Chapter.
On Fryday the xiij. of September. 1555. The Lxxii. Sermon which is the fourth vpon the tenth Chapter.
15 Yet notwithstanding the Lord hath through love acquainted himself with thy fathers, and loved them, and chosen their seed after them, that is to wit, even you above all people, as appeareth this day. 16 Therefore cut away the foreskin of your hearts, and harden not your necks from henceforth. 17 For the Lord your God is God of Gods, and Lord of Lords, a great, mighty and terrible God, which regardeth not any mans person, nor taketh any gifts.
15 Yet notwithstanding the Lorde hath through loue acquainted himselfe with thy fathers, and loued them, and chosen their seede after them, that is to wit, euen you aboue all people, as appeareth this day. 16 Therefore cutte away the foreskin of your heartes, and harden not your neckes from henceforth. 17 For the Lord your God is God of Gods, and Lord of Lords, a great, mightie and terrible God, which regardeth not anie mans person, nor taketh anie giftes.
We have to lay forth more at large, the sentence that was begun yesterday, which is, that here Moses declareth unto the Jews, that all the goodness which they had, proceeded of Gods love, yea even of free love. For his loving of them above all other people was not for that they were worthier, but because it so pleased him. Moreover, he addeth that God took not