A17698:3310
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.
whereby a man might perceive the hand of God visibly upon them. Therefore when we see such examples, it ought to humble us. And shall not this humility breed a brotherly kindheartedness in us to help our neighbours, or at least wise to bewail and to pity the misery wherein §10they are, seeking as much as lieth in us to relieve and succour them? So then let us always think on this: Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and therefore I command thee to do thus.
whereby a man might perceiue the hande of God visibly vppon them. Therefore when wee see such examples, it ought to humble vs. And shall not this humilitie breede a brotherly kindheartednesse in vs to helpe our neighbours, or at least wise to bewayle and to pitie the miserie wherein §10they are, seeking as much as lyeth in vs to relieue and succour them? So then let vs alwayes thinke on this: Thou wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt, and therefore I commaunde thee to doe thus.
Now when our Lord sayeth, I command thee to do so, he taketh that as granted, which I have already touched, to wit, that because he is the Redeemer of this people, therefore they are bound unto him. You owe all things §20unto me (sayeth he): and seeing it is so, I will have you pay such a tribute in way of reknowledging of those goods and lands, which you hold of me: and I require nothing but that which is mine. Now when we have well considered hereupon, let us take the exposition hereof as Saint Paul delivereth it unto us in the fourteenth Chapter of his Epistle to the Romans: and we shall see how profitable this doctrine is for us. For, for this cause (sayeth he)§30 Jesus Christ dyed and rose again, to the intent that we should be his, both while we live and when we dye. Behold here a bond which we cannot escape, and woe be unto him which seeketh to exempt himself from it: to wit, to dedicate both our life and death unto his service, who hath so loved us and held us so dear, that he hath not spared his own life, to win us unto himself and unto God his father. Seeing then that he hath so redeemed us, that we are