A17698:2309
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.
This present chapter treateth of the three feasts which God ordained among the Jews: that §20is to wit, the feast of Easter or passover, the feast of Pentecost or Whitsuntide, & the feast of Tabernacles or Tents. First he treateth of the Passover, & God ordaineth that it should be diligently observed: for it was a memorial of great importance, whereby the people were put in mind, how they §30had been redeemed, & put in possession of the inheritance that had bin promised unto them. It was behoovefull that the same should be known: for it was the foundation of all the benefits which the Jews had received at Gods hand, & which they looked for afterward. Without that, they had bin no people separated & dedicated to god, neither had they had any hope of salvation: for the covenant made with their fathers had bin defeated. Therefore is it not without cause, that §40God would have that day kept holy, & with such ceremony. In like case was it with the feast of Tabernacles, as we shall see hereafter. For it served to put the Jews in mind of their going out of Egypt, and that whereas they had dwelt long time in the wilderness, without house or home, and yet God had ever preserved them: it behooved them likewise to acknowledge the same benefit. But we will treat of every feast in his dew order.
THis present chapter treateth of the three feasts which God ordeined among the Iewes: that §20is to wit, the feast of Easter or passouer, ye feast of Pentecost or Whitsontide, & the feast of Tabernacles or Tentes. First hee treateth of the Passeouer, & God ordeineth that it should be diligently obserued: for it was a memorial of great importance, whereby the people were put in mind, how they §30had beene redeemed, & put in possession of the inheritance that had bin promised vnto them. It was behoouefull that ye same should be knowen: for it was the fundation of all the benefits which the Iewes had receiued at Gods hande, & which they looked for afterwarde. Without that, they had bin no people separated & dedicated to god, neither had they had any hope of saluation: for the couenāt made with their fathers had bin disfeated. Therefore is it not without cause, that §40God would haue that day kept holy, & with such ceremonie. In like case was it with the feast of Tabernacles, as wee shall see heereafter. For it serued to put the Iewes in minde of their going out of Egypt, and that whereas they had dwelt long time in the wildernesse, without house or home, and yet God had euer preserued them: it behooued them likewise to acknowledge ye same benefite. But we will treate of euery feast in his dewe order.