A17698:2147
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.
and therefore that we may well put them into his hands, assuring our selves that our Lord Jesus Christ dyed not for us in vain.
and therefore that wee may well put them into his handes, assuring our selues that our Lorde Iesus Christ dyed not for vs in vaine.
Seeing we have such comfort, is it not too great an unthankfulness to torment our selves after the manner of the heathen and the infidels, when God taketh any man away from us? Yes: And therefore when Saint Paul exhorteth the faithful to have patience in the departure of their friends,1 he saith expressly, Sorrow not as the unbelievers do. In deed Saint Paul saw well that we can not be senseless: for in very deed it were no patience if we felt no grief. If we were stark blocks, it were no virtue at all If a man should laugh at the death of his wife or of his father, it were a beastly brutishness. Therefore it behoveth us to feel the inconvenience and to be touched with it, so ⟨p. 554⟩as it pinch us and grieve us: But yet must God assuage it again, because we know that he hath all superiority over our lives; and we must suffer him to dispose of us as he thinks good. Again we must go boldly unto him, being well assured of his goodness and mercy, and we must not doubt but that death shall be to our salvation, and that whether we live or die, all shall without fail turn to our benefit and welfare so we be in Christ Jesus. Thus ye see what we have to §10bear in mind.
Seeing wee haue such comfort, is it not too great an vnthankefulnesse to torment our selues after the maner of the heathen and the infidels, when God taketh any man away from vs? Yes: And therefore when Saint Paul exhorteth the faithfull to haue patience in the departure of their friendes,