A17698:2480
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 secondly let us mark,1 that the Levitical Priesthood is come to an end & quite put down, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ into the world. Moreover the high priest was a figure & shadow of our Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore it were an abolishing or putting away of the trueth, if men should have a high priest to be the universal head of the Church, as the Pope would make men believe. It is said that there was one high priest, one chief Judge, ⟨p. 641⟩yea, & one king in Israel. Now if a man will conclude hereupon, that there ought to be one high priest through the whole world; there must also be but one chief king: & so should all common weals be cast down, & the order which as now is distinctly set among kingdoms, dukedoms, & free cities, should be but a confusion accursed of God. And in what taking were we then? Nay, we must go to the chief point of all, which is that thereby our Lord Jesus Christ should be §10robbed of his right.2 For now that he is come, the kingdom is stablished everlastingly in his person, & he is set over all the Empires and kingdoms of the world. Also he hath taken upon him the everlasting priesthood, over all order & government of the Church. Not that there should not as now be any moe Bishops & shepherds, as the scripture speaketh of them: but that Jesus Christ be the only head, & the residue but as inferior members, and that the body be governed §20in such wise, as all things may be subject to him of whom it is said; This is my well-beloved son,3 Hear ye him. And so we see that the Pope is a traitor that robbeth Jesus Christ of his sovereignty, by making of himself high priest over the Church of God.
And secondly let vs marke,1 that the Leuitical Priesthood is come to an end & quite put down, by the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ into ye world. Moreouer the high priest was a figure & shadow of our Lord Iesus Christ, and therefore it were an abolishing or putting away of the trueth, if men shoulde haue a high priest to bee the vniuersall head of the Church, as the Pope woulde make men beleeue. It is saide that there was one high priest, one chiefe Iudge,