A17698:300
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.
Then turned we and drew to the wilderness by the way of the red Sea, as the Lord had said to me: and we compassed about mount Seir many a day. 2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying: 3 Ye have gone long enough about this mountain: turn ye towards the North. 4 And warn thou the people, saying: ye shall shortly pass through the borders of your brethren the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and they shall be afraid of you: but take ye good heed to your selves, 5 That ye provoke them not: for I will not give you so much as one foot of their land. 6 Ye shall buy victuals of them for money, and eat: and likewise ye shall buy water of them for money, and drink. 7 For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hands. He knew that thou shouldest journey through this great wilderness. The Lord thy God hath bin with thee now these forty years, and thou hast wanted nothing.
THen turned wee and drewe to the wildernesse by the way of the red Sea, as the Lorde had sayd to mee: and wee compassed about mount Seir many a day. 2 And the Lorde spake vnto me, saying: 3 Yee haue gone long enough about this mountaine: turne yee towardes the North. 4 And warne thou the people, saying: yee shall shortly passe through the borders of your brethren the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and they shall be afrayd of you: but take yee good heede to your selues, 5 That yee prouoke them not: for I will not giue you so much as one foote of their land. 6 Yee shall buy vittels of them for mony, and eate: and lykewise yee shall buy water of them for mony, and drinke. 7 For the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee in all the workes of thy handes. He knewe that thou shouldest iourney through this great wildernesse. The Lord thy God hath bin with thee now these fortie yeeres, and thou hast wanted nothing.
Here we see more fully the proof of the matter that I treated of §40yesterday: that God in chastising men, doth teach them to obey him, & by that means holdeth them in awe by force, because they would not submit themselves to §50him willingly: And secondly that he trieth their obedience, by reining them back, whereas we of our own nature are desirous to press forward, and to purchase our selves estimation. Moses then saith, that the people turned back after they had bin so beaten by their enemies: For before they could not be tamed by no means. God had commanded them what they should do: but we saw they rebelled for all that. When he said, be ye still: they were in a heat and would needs be running upon their enemies: