A17698:1957
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 holy ghost hath showed himself visibly in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ,1 and afterward upon the Apostles, to do us to understand that we must no more look for any outward figures, because we have the truth and substance of them▪ But what? The Papists have abolished the infinite grace of God, and utterly made a mock of it. They will needs offer sacrifice, and have attired their priests thereafter, disguising them as though it were to the playing of an interlude. And all this gear is but gewgaws, for they be not commanded of God, and besides that▪ they be done as it were in despite of him. All that was done in the law was of Gods setting up: & these men fall to setting up of new fashions such as God never spake of. Again, they place a mortal man in the room of our Lord Jesus Christ; as who should say that the office of our Lord Jesus Christ were not well enough known and apparent, unless it were figured out with new and strange toys. It is all one as if a body should show forth the picture of a man when the party himself is present, and should say, Behold this picture, and yet the man is there himself who can much better show himself what he is than the picture can do. Even so do the Papists in setting forth of the picture of Jesus Christ. He is named the lively image of God. Although the father be incomprehensible in his own majesty: yet hath he so uttered himself in the person of his Son,2 as we may behold him there face to face, as saith Saint Paul in the second to the Corinthians. But the Papists draw a Curtain before it, and tell us that we must be contented with pictures. It is therefore a turning of all things upside down, and a bringing in of devilish confusion. Nevertheless, we see that in the Popedom there is no harkning what God says; but all is done at the appointment of man. Look whatsoever they do, they term it by the name of Gods service. Yea, but how is God duly served? God saith, ye shall not do whatsoever seemeth good to your selves: seeing that I have set you down a certain order, be contented to be governed by my word. But what say the Papists? Me thinks this is good: This we take to be excellent:
The holy ghost hath shewed himselfe visibly in the person of our Lorde Iesus Christ,