A17698:1817
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.
The land of Canaan then, was to them not only a pledge but also an earnest penny of the heavenly life & endless welfare which the fathers hoped for as well as we, inasmuch as they had the same faith that we have. So then let us mark well, that whereas here is mention made of the land of Canaan, and of Gods maintaining of his people there in wealth: it serveth not to the end that the Jews should look for nothing else but earthly things: but to the end that by tasting of Gods goodness in this transitory life, they should understand that he had prepared them another heritage in heaven, which was more worth than all the world.
The land of Chanaan then, was to thē not onely a pledge but also an earnest penny of the heauenly lyfe & endlesse welfare which the fathers hoped for as well as we, inasmuch as they had the sme faith that we haue. So then let vs marke well, that whereas here is mentiō made of the land of Chanaan, and of Gods mainteining of his people there in wealth: it serueth not to the end that the Iewes should looke for nothing els but earthly things: but to the end that by tasting of Gods goodnes in this trāsitorie life, they should vnderstād that he had prepared thē another heritage in heauē, which was more worth than al the world.
But our Lord useth no such manner of dealing with us nowadays.1 True it is that (as faith Saint Paul unto Timothy) if we walk as becometh us, we have promises both of this present life, & of the life to come. God telleth us that he will not only receive us into the everlasting life, but also that he ⟨p. 466⟩will never forsake us so long as we be in this world and in this earthly pilgrimage, but will still have a care of us to do us good, and to succour us and provide for us in all our needs: howbeit the heavenly life is the chief thing, and that is the place whereunto our Lord draweth us, notwithstanding that he ad this present life to it as an accessory. And that is done because we have a greater light nowadays, than our forefathers had under the Law.