A17698:3228
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.
On Saturday the j. of February, 1556. The Cxxxviii. Sermon, which is the third upon the four & twentieth Chapter.
On Saturday the j. of Februarie, 1556. The Cxxxviii. Sermon, which is the third vpon the foure & twentith Chapter.
7 If a man be found which hath stolen any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he hath misused him or sold him: this thief shall die: and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 8 Take heed of the plague of leprosy, that thou mark it diligently, and do according unto all that which the Priests the Levites shall teach you, take heed ye do as I have commanded them. 9 Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Mary by the way, after that ye were come out of Egypt.
7 If a man be found which hath stolen any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he hath misused him or sold him: this thiefe shall die: and thou shalt put euill away from among you. 8 Take heede of the plague of leprosie, that thou marke it diligently, and doe according vnto all that which the Priestes the Leuites shall teach you, take heed yee doe as I haue commaunded them. 9 Remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Marie by the way, after that ye were come out of Egypt.
The first thing that God declareth in this place is, that if any stole away a man of Israel and sold him, the offence which §50he committed in this behalf, was to be punished by death. And hereby he giveth us to understand how dearly he loved that people which he had chosen unto himself. For we know how God appointeth punishments accordingly as he esteemeth of the greatness of the sin which is committed. So then whereas he punisheth that man by death which had stolen away his brother, thereby we see that the life of the children