A17698:2082
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.
6 If thine own brother the son of thy Mother, or thine own son, or thy daughter, or the wife that is in thy bosom, or thy neighbour that is to thee as thine own soul, go about to entice thee, saying secretly, Let us go and serve other gods which thou hast not known, nor yet thy fathers: 7 That is to wit, any of the gods of the nations that are about thee, whether they be near thee or far off from thee, from the one side of the earth to the other: 8 Consent not to him, neither give ear unto him: neither let thine eye favour him, show him not any pity, neither conceal him. 9 But thou shalt put him to death, thy hand shall be the first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones and so he shall die: (for he hath sought to thrust thee from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage:) 11 That all Israel may hear and be afraid, and not do such a wicked thing among you any more.
6 If thine owne brother the sonne of thy Mother, or thine owne sonne, or thy daughter, or the wife that is in thy bosomme, or thy neighbour that is to thee as thyne owne soule, goe about to intice thee, saying secretly, Let vs goe and serue other gods which thou hast not knowen, nor yet thy fathers: 7 That is to wit, any of the gods of the nations that are about thee, whether they bee neere thee or farre off from thee, from the one side of the earth to the other: 8 Consent not to him, neither giue eare vnto him: neither let thine eye fauour him, shewe him not any pitie, neither conceale him. 9 But thou shalt put him to death, thy hande shalbe the first vpon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones and so he shall die: (for he hath sought to thrust thee from the Lorde thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage:) 11 That all Israell may heare and be afraide, and not doe such a wicked thing among you any more.
1Had we the zeal in us that is spoken of in the Psalm, that we took the reproach which is done unto GOD, as if it were offered to our selves: this law here were in a manner needless. For every of us would willingly of his own accord endeavour to maintain Gods honour. But now inasmuch as many men think it to be too excessive rigour to put the troublers and