A17698:2587
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 therefore as many as rend Gods dominion in pieces and impart it so to the lifeless creatures, are stark mad, and it is good reason that §40they should always be as men in a trance or affrighted, & not know where to become. Wherefore let us learn to put our selves in such wise under the hand & guiding of our God: as we fall not to passing beyond the course of nature. That is the thing which we have to remember here.
And therefore as many as rend Gods dominion in peeces and impart it so to the liuelesse creatures, are starke mad, and it is good reason that §40they should alwayes bee as men in a traunce or afrighted, & not know where to become. Wherefore let vs learne to put our selues in such wise vnder the hand & guiding of our God: as we fall not to passing beyond the course of nature. That is the thing which wee haue to remember here.
As touching the other kinds, indeed a man might distinguish them, as many have laboured to do: but it is enough for us to understand that here is mention made of Enchanters, Sorcerers,§50 Caulkers▪ workers with Familiars, and of such as ask counsel as the dead. As concerning Enchanters▪ they be not these Jugglers that blear mens eyes with slight of hand, and make men believe they do the things which they do not: but the devil hath such dominion over the unbelievers, that although a thing be not done in very deed; yet the illusion is such, as makes men believe they see that which they see not. And so it is a kind of Enchantment, that is to say of devilish §60illusion, when a man shall be made to think that one is transformed into a wolf, or that he sees thē shape of a thing that hath no substance or trueth indeed. Now it is demanded whether such things can be done or no. And why not? we have an example in Pharaohs sorcerers,