A17698:2394
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.
he hath provided for all. Also hereby we are put in mind to love the state of Justice, forasmuch as we know it is a singular gift of God, & a mean to preserve man kind. If we love the light of the Sun because we cannot live without it; and if we love bread and whatsoever else belongeth to our sustenance: let us also love the order of Justice. For it is to no purpose to have meat & drink & all other commodities, seeing that without laws & Magistrates we should be deprived of all Gods blessings; and it were better for us to be dispatched out of hand, than to eat up one another as it would come to pass. And therefore we must esteem the order of Justice, to be a president of Gods grace, and we must make account of it as it is worthy, every of us endeavouring all that he can to maintain it: For we show our selves to be deadly enemies to peace & to the common weal, if we love not the state of Justice. And all such as trouble it, & go about to pervert it, are as thieves, and are to be esteemed as enemies of mans welfare. In so much that all men ought to fight against them, when we see them go about to bring in such horrible confusion among us.
he hath prouided for al. Also hereby we are put in mind to loue the state of Iustice, forasmuch as we know it is a singular gift of God, & a meane to preserue mā kind. If we loue the light of the Sunne bicause we cannot liue without it; and if we loue bread and whatsoeuer else belongeth to our sustenance: let vs also loue ye order of Iustice. For it is to no purpose to haue meate & drink & all other commodities, seeing yt without lawes & Magistrates wee should bee depriued of all Gods blessings; and it were better for vs to be dispatched out of hand, than to eate vp one another as it would come to passe. And therefore we must esteeme ye order of Iustice, to be a president of Gods grace, and wee must make account of it as it is worthy, euery of vs indeuouring al yt he can to maintaine it: For wee shewe our selues to bee deadly enemies to peace & to the cōmon weale, if we loue not the state of Iustice. And all such as trouble it, & go about to peruert it, are as theeues, and are to bee esteemed as enemies of mans welfare. In so much that all men ought to fight against them, when wee see them goe about to bring in such horrible confusion among vs.