Sermons upon Deuteronomy

And when we be to do him homage for the benefits which we have received at his hand; let us assure our selves, that he accepteth and avoweth all that ever is done to those whom he speaketh off here by Moses.

And when wee bee to doe him homage for the benefites which wee haue receiued at his hande; let vs assure our selues, that hee accepteth and auoweth al that euer is done to those whome hee speaketh off here by Moses.

Now we know what was done in the feast of Pentecost,¹ namely that the holy Ghost was sent down upon Christs disciples, and that there was a kind of renewing of the world, to exalt the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ: for there he uttered his power, yea more than he did in his resurrection. For what had we bin the better for Christs rising again in his own person, if he had not poured out the grace of his holy spirit upon his Church, to show that he was set at the right hand of God his father, to fill all things and to dwell in us, and that he hath such sovereign dominion over all things, that we be in safety when we be in his protection? And if we look well upon the matter, we shall find that the law was given the same time as after the Passover.² For it is said that the people came to Sinai the third month after their departure out of Egypt, the same day that they departed from Raphidin. Now that was the first day of the month, and the fourteenth day was the day of the Passover. And according as the months were as then, which went by the course of the Moons, there was one whole mooneth added. And so in effect there were fifty days from the Passover to Gods setting forth of his law upon Mount Sinai, so as the feast of Pentecost or Whitsuntide was referred to that time. Now we know that the law could do men no good, if it were but only given them:³