A17698:322
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 now for a conclusion here is made a rehearsal §40what GOD had done for this people. The Lord thy God (sayeth Moses) hath led thee in the wilderness: he hath fed thee with Manna: thou hadst not any natural water to drink, but God gave it thee out of the dry rock: thou neededst not any money to buy thee clothes withal, or to pay for thy charges as thou wentest: and is it not reason now that this goodness and just dealing should cause thee to deal reasonably with those by whom thou passest? For the §50people might have replied. Yes marry, but we have not wherewith, we have been a long time in the wilderness, there were no mines of gold or silver there, we earned not a penny there, neither have we had any trade of merchandise whereby to get any thing. But Moses answereth hereunto, Consider how the Lord thy God hath governed thee. As if he should say, ye have none excuse at all: for ye have wherewith to pay and content every man. And why? For in the §60wilderness ye spent not any whit of the spoil that ye brought with you out of Egypt: ye were not driven to buy bread, victuals, apparel, or any other thing. So then, now that you are at the point to possess the land that God hath promised you, ye should be too unthankful towards God, and too churlish towards men, if ye should refuse to content those by whom ye pass. And of a trueth, although ye had not wherewith, yet should it not be lawful for you to rob them. For our Lord changeth not the order that he hath set, for any poverty that is in men. But if a man that hath no need, do rob or fleece his neighbour of his goods: therein appeareth so much the lewder and outrageouser naughtiness. And therefore let us mark well that Gods alleging of this reason to the people, was to the end they should be the better persuaded and disposed to do the thing that was commanded them.
And nowe for a conclusion here is made a rehearsall §40what GOD had done for this people. The Lorde thy God (saieth Moses) hath led thee in the wildernesse: he hath fedde thee with Manna: thou hadst not any natural water to drinke, but God gaue it thee out of the drie rock: thou neededst not any money to buy thee clothes withall, or to paye for thy charges as thou wentest: and is it not reason now that this goodnesse and iust dealing should cause thee to deale reasonably with those by whom thou passest? For the