A17698:1980
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.
If any man take that upon him which is not due to him, let us despise him, yea and abhor him, as one that goeth about to overthrow the authority of God. And so ye see what we have to mark in Gods suffering & giving leave unto his people, to eat flesh in all places, so it were not sacrificed. As if he should say: In your eating and drinking consider well what is lawful for you. And how may you discern that? By my word. Give your selves once over unto me; and you shall no more be afraid of any thing. If men lay new Laws upon you; make no account of it: for it is enough for you, that ye have leave at my hand.
If any man take that vpon him which is not due to him, let vs despise him, yea and abhorre him, as one that goeth about to ouerthrowe ye authoritie of God. And so ye see what wee haue to marke in Gods suffering & giuing leaue vnto his people, to eate flesh in all places, so it were not sacrificed. As if he should say: In your eating and drinking consider well what is lawefull for you. And howe may you discerne that? By my word. Giue your selues once ouer vnto me; and you shal no more be afraide of any thing. If men lay new Lawes vpon you; make no account of it: for it is ynough for you, that ye haue leaue at my hande.
And now Moses addeth expressly, according to the blessing which thy God shall have given thee. whereby he doeth us to understand, that every man must have an eye to his own ability, and thereby rule his desires. For if the rich man having whereof to live, do fare according to his ⟨p. 511⟩ability, and the poor man will needs fare as well as he: he must needs smart for it. And God liketh not of it when he that hath not wherewith will needs fare as daintily as he that is rich. Indeed we must alway bear this lesson of Saint Pauls in mind and put it in practise, namely that he which hath abundance glut not himself till he burst,1 nor give himself to his pleasures, according to his saying in the xiii. to the Romans,