A17698:2371
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.
13 Thou shalt keep the feast of Tabernacles seven days, after thou hast gathered in thy corn fields and thy vineyards. 14 And thou shalt rejoice in the feast, thou, thy son, thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy woman servant, the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, & the widow which are within thy gates. 15 Seven days shalt thou keep the feast to the Lord thy God, in the place which the Lord shall have chosen: for the Lord thy God, will bless thee in all thy fruits, and in all the works of thy hands: and therefore shalt thou rejoice. 16 Three times a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord will choose: that is to wit, in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of Weeks, and in the feast of Tabernacles: and none shall appear empty before the face of the Lord. 17 But every man shall give according to his ability, even according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he shall have given thee.
13 Thou shalt keepe the feast of Tabernacles seuen dayes, after thou hast gathered in thy corne feeldes and thy vineyardes. 14 And thou shalt reioyce in the feast, thou, thy sonne, thy daughter, thy manseruant, and thy woman seruant, the Leuite, the straunger, the fatherles, & the widowe which are within thy gates. 15 Seuen dayes shalt thou keepe the feast to the Lorde thy God, in the place which the Lord shall haue chosen: for the Lord thy God, will blesse thee in al thy fruites, and in all the workes of thy handes: and therefore shalt thou reioyce. 16 Three times a yeare shall all thy males appeare before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord wil choose: that is to wit, in the feast of vnleauened bread, in the feast of Weekes, and in the feast of Tabernacles: and none shall appeare emptie before the face of the Lord. 17 But euerie man shal giue according to his abilitie, euen according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he shall haue giuen thee.
WE have here to treat of the feast of Tabernacles, which was a memorial of Gods preserving of the Jews in the wilderness, where was no house. For he had kept them by the space of forty years under Tents, and small booths; the cause whereof was that he had so removed them from place to place, that they had §60