A17698:188
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.
Now have we to go through with the rest of the similitude which I glanced at here before: which is, that we must consider, that seeing §30God doth call us nowadays, not to the possessing of the land of Canaan, nor to be lodged here in this world for a few days, but to come to the heavenly life, and to the immortal inheritance: it becometh us to take courage, and to acquaint our selves with this doctrine. And seeing that God hath told us,1 that his reaching of his hand once unto us is not in vain, and that he will go through with his work: we on our part must determine fully to go through with §40our course, and not to shrink in the midst of the way. Thus ye see, first of all that we be more to blame than the Jews of old time, if we hearken not to Gods mouth, considering that his intent is not, only to give us an earthly dwelling place to lodge in, but to call us right forth to the kingdom of heaven, and to the immortal glory,2 whereof we be made partakers aforehand by hope. And besides this, we see after what sort our Lord hath called us. For he §50hath not given us such Spies as were given to the people of old time, he hath not given us a dozen persons to report unto us what manner a land it is:3 but he hath sent us his only son, who is faithful witness of the invisible heritage,4 yea and he hath given us good handsel thereof in his rising again. We have the twelve Apostles which were chosen according to the number of the tribes of Israel, & they were as good as twelve trumpeters to make gods voice heard §60throughout the whole world. And besides them, there hath bin a great cloud of witnesses, as the Apostle termeth them in the twelfth to the Hebrews,5 whereby he meaneth that if we were not over dull, & worse than unthankful & churlish: it might well suffice us to have such an infinite multitude of witnesses [to avow & warrant] our faith.