A17698:1909
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.
And therefore let us mark, that we deserve well to be bereft of the grace that God shall have granted us, if we acknowledge it not toward him, but for §20get it, & apply it to another end than he meant it. It hath bin said heretofore that the Jews should possess the land,1 as long as the heaven hung over the earth. And yet we see how they be put out of it, insomuch that at this day they possess not any part of it, but wander abroad in the world, & are hunted to & fro. And what is the cause thereof? Surely God had maintained them in the inheritance which he had promised them, if they had not turned §30away from him after the fashion.2 For it was not without cause, that the land was called Gods resting place. As if he had said, that when all the residue of the world were tossed & turmoiled, the Jews should dwell at ease & rest in that land, so as if any man made war upon them & troubled them, yet God would stablish them there. Yea but they have broken covenant with him. And therefore at this day (as we see) they be banished from resting in any place of the whole world. They be as vagabonds every where. And what is the cause of it but their own §40unthankfulness in that they have forsaken gods promise through their unbelief and stubbornness, and have utterly disannulled it to the uttermost of their power? Therefore let us bethink ourselves.3 True it is that we must be as wayfarers in this world, if we will be heirs of heaven, as the Apostle telleth us. But howsoever the case stand, if we intend to be blessed of our God, & to feel that he is a good defence for us: let us hold us in obedience & subjection to him. Otherwise let us assure §50ourselves, that although all the whole world hold with us, yet we shall find ourselves so persecuted and pursued, as we shall find no rest any where. If a faithful man walk in the fear of God, although he be persecuted & tormented; yet may he rest upon this point to say, yet is God my protector; and he will call upon him, & by his calling upon him he shall find cause of comfort. But on the contrary part, if an unbeliever play the rebel against God, although he have peace to the worldward,