A17698:194
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.
On Wednesday the xvij. of April. 1555. The seventh Sermon upon the first Chapter.
On Wednesday the xvij. of April. 1555. The seuenth Sermon vpon the first Chapter.
29 And I said unto you, dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 The Lord your God which goeth before you will fight for you, like as he did with you in Egypt before your eyes. 31 And in the wilderness where thou hast seen how the Lord thy God bare thee (even as a man beareth his son) in all the way which ye have gone, until ye be come unto this place. 32 And yet for all this, you have not believed the Lord your God, 33 Who to provide you a place to pitch your tents in, went before you in the way, in fire by night to give you light in the way that you should go, and in a cloud by day.
29 And I sayd vnto you, dread not, neither be afraide of them. 30 The Lord your God which goeth before you will fight for you, lyke as hee did with you in Egypt before your eyes. 31 And in the wildernesse where thou hast seene how the Lord thy God bare thee (euen as a man beareth his sonne) in all the way which ye haue gone, vntill ye be come vnto this place. 32 And yet for all this, you haue not beleeued the Lord your God, 33 Who to prouide you a place to pitch your tentes in, went before you in the way, in fyre by night to giue you light in the way that you should goe, and in a cloude by day.
IF hardiness were well taken, it were an excellent virtue worthy of great praise, and exceedingly requisite in all a mans life. For if we be fearful, and have not a stout courage to do well: it will be an easy matter to carry us to all naughtiness. But yet for all that, the world knoweth not how to be hardy. And that is the cause why men are so much given to rashness, & so §10