A17698:1811
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.
8 Therefore keep all &c. 9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 For the land which thou goest unto to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt whence thou camest: where thou diddest sow thy seed and water it with thy feet as a garden of herbs: 11 But the Land which thou goest unto to possess, is a land wherein are hills and plains, and it drinketh rain water from the sky. 12 It is a land which the Lord thy God regardeth: the eyes of the Lord thy God are continually upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. 13 And if ye be diligent in obeying my commandments which I command you this day, so as ye love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your hart and with all your soul: 14 Then will I give the foreraine and the afterraine in season upon your land, that thou mayest gather up thy Corn, thy Wine, and thine Oil. 15 Also I will give thee grass upon the field for thy Cattle. So shalt thou eat and have thy fill.
8 Therefore keepe all &c. 9 And that yee may prolong your daies in the lande which the Lorde sware to your fathers to giue to them and to their seede, euen a lande that floweth with milke and honnie. 10 For the land which thou goest vnto to possesse it, is not as the lande of Egypt whence thou camest: where thou diddest sow thy seede and water it with thy feete as a garden of herbes: 11 But the Lande which thou goest vnto to possesse, is a land wherin are hilles and plaines, and it drinketh raine water from the skie. 12 It is a land which the Lord thy God regardeth: the eyes of the Lorde thy God are continually vppon it, from the beginning of the yeere to the end of the yeere. 13 And if ye be diligent in obeying my commaundementes which I commaunde you this day, so as ye loue the Lorde your God, and serue him with all your hart and with all your soule: 14 Then will I giue the foreraine and the afterraine in season vppon your lande, that thou mayest gather vp thy Corne, thy Wine, and thyne Oyle. 15 Also I will giue thee grasse vpon the feeld for thy Cattell. So shalt thou eate and haue thy fill.
After that Moses hath warned the people to keep Gods commandments, now he hearteneth them by setting Gods promises before them, as if GOD should tell them, that his will was they should not serve him but for good wages. And in deed, God perceiving how loth & slow we be to follow him, allureth us to it, by promising us that we shall not lose our labour in