A17698:1912
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.
Go serve your own Gods saith he, for I have done with you. As if he should say; belong altogether to the devil if you will: Seeing that ye hold ye not all wholly to me, but that I must have companions joined with me, and ye make me but as one ⟨p. 491⟩of the common sort, so as I must be as good as no body: I renounce you and give you over that ye may go to the devil; for I will have no more to do with you. So then let us mark well, that to serve our God aright, we must yield such preeminence to his majesty, as to depend all wholly upon his word and doctrine, without adding any thing to that which he commandeth, as shall be declared more at length in the next Lecture.
Goe serue your owne Gods sayth he, for I haue done with you. As if hee should say; belong altogether to the deuill if you will: Seeing that ye hold ye not all wholly to me, but that I must haue companions ioyned with me, and ye make me but as one ⟨p. 491⟩of the common sort, so as I must bee as good as no body: I renounce you and giue you ouer yt ye may goe to the deuill; for I will haue no more to doe with you. So then let vs marke well, that to serue our God aright, wee must yeelde such preheminence to his maiestie, as to depende all wholly vppon his worde and doctrine, without adding any thing to that which hee commaundeth, as shall be declared more at length in the next Lecture.
Now furthermore, whereas it is said that the [very] remembrance of idols must be rooted out: it is to the end that folk should be the better advised. Truly God showeth us on the one side (as I have said) how greatly he hateth all idolatry, seeing he willeth men to burn the woods & all that ever hath served to the maintenance thereof, insomuch that he will have the very stones beaten to powder, and the gold and silver broken, so as all may be quite & clean §20