A17698:3473
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.
& we must come unto that which is here declared by Moses: This day thou hast made the Lord thy God to speak. Therefore when we have this warrant of the fatherly love which god beareth unto us; then may we make him to speak. For do we any thing else in all our prayers, than charge God with his promises? In deed we come not to pray as the §20heathenish sort of men do, & as all those do which are unpatient, when they come unto God: for if he grant them not their request at the first chop they defy him. But we come not to pray after that manner: for we protest on the contrary, that his will ought to be done. But yet notwithstanding we cannot pray unto God, but we must say, Lord thou owest us nothing, but that which thou hast promised us. Nevertheless whereas thou diddest not owe us any thing, thou hast bound thy self §30unto us of thine own good will, wherein thou showest thy self most liberal: and therefore our coming as now is upon trust of thy promises to pray thee to perform them. Seeing then that in all our prayers we allege unto God the covenant & contract which he hath made with us, by that means we make him [as it were] to speak, & to say that he is our God. And under this speech (as I have already told you) all the good things which we can hope for, or wish for, are §40contained. For seeing that God giveth himself so unto us, what can we farther desire? Is not he the fountain of all wisdom, righteousness, virtue, life, joy, & glory? Is there any good thing to be desired, which we may not find in our God? Al that ever he hath is ours: he communicateth himself so unto us, that he will have us partakers of all those good things which are in himself; not that we have the full possession of them at the first, but that we possess them by hope, until the day that the fruit §50of them shall be laid open unto us. Now therefore let us mark well, that when we are once taught in the word of the gospel, then we may make our God to speak, then we may come familiarly unto him, & require him to show himself such an one as he hath always promised to be: and let us assure our selves that we shall not be disappointed, when he hath once given us the warrant of his love, which is more than if we had all the deeds of record in the world.
& we must come vnto that which is here declared by Moses: This day thou hast made the Lorde thy God to speake. Therfore when wee haue this warrant of the fatherly loue which god beareth vnto vs; thē may we make him to speak. For do we any thing else in al our prayers, than charge God with his promises? In deede wee come not to pray as the