A17698:1791
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.
Behold, God hath maintained you in the wilderness,1 by sending you Manna from heaven. Now then if ye should forget such a gracious good turn, what an offence were it? Nay, he hath not only sent you Manna: but he hath also preserved your garments,2 so as they have not bin marred nor outworn by the space of forty years together. He hath showed himself to be your guide in the night,3 in giving you a visible sign by fire: & he hath kept §60you likewise a day times from the heat of the sun, by spreading his clouds over you. In all sorts he hath tendered you as much as was possible. When ye were thirsty,4 he made water to come gushing out of the rock that was dry before. To be short, he left nothing undone, whereby he might show himself a loving & liberal father towards you. Now then what can you less do, than yield your selves to the obeying of him?5 Again, remember what he did, when ye murmured against him for your fond lusts sake. Did ye not then feel his heavy hand for your labour? When ye required flesh, indeed he sent it you; but he made ye to pay dear for the shot: for the meat was as good as a choking of you. While the meat was yet in your mouths, his wrath came down upon you. Again, when ye misbehaved your selves in whoredom, ye know that his hand strake ye in such sort,6 that a great number of people perished among you. When ye were disobedient to his mouth,7 he sent a fire among you that consumed you, until the brazen serpent was set up. All manner of ways therefore have you bin chastised at Gods hand; so as if ye be not mindful of it, ye be worse than brute beasts.
Behold, God hath maintained you in ye wildernes,