A17698:3502
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.
11 In that day Moses commanded the people, saying: 12 These shall stand upon mount Garizim to bless the people when ye pass over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, & Judah, & Issachar, & Joseph, & Benjamin. 13 And these shall stand upon mount Eball to curse Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak & say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice: 15 Cursed be the man that shall make any carved or molten Image, which is an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, & putteth it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: so be it.
11 In that day Moses commaunded the people, saying: 12 These shall stande vpon mount Garizim to blesse the people when ye passe ouer Iordan: Simeon, and Leuy, & Iudath, & Issachar, & Ioseph, & Beniamin. 13 And these shall stand vpon mount Eball to curse Ruben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulan, Dan, and Naphtaly. 14 And the Leuits shall speak & say vnto all ye men of Israel with a loud voice: 15 Cursed be the man that shall make any carued or molten Image, which is an abominatiō vnto the Lord, the worke of the hands of the craftesman, & putteth it in a secret place: and al the people shal aunswere and say: so be it.
WE saw yesterday how God meant that the favour which he showed unto the people of Israel should be reknowledged first by solemn sacrifice, & secondly by a monument set up, to the end that it might be known, that this land was not purchased by mans hand or by any power of man, but that it was given of God unto that people for an inheritance. But now we have an other commandment §60whereby God meant to bind the people unto him after an other manner. In deed he had done it already; but because men are so hard to be rooted, and that they can not be bound with too many bands & cords to hold them under obedience; it is not without cause that God would ad further that which is set down here, to keep them the better under obedience. We have already treated that when God gave his law, it was a mutual covenant; and like as he bound himself unto the children of Israel to be their God, so also the people of Israel bound themselves to be his people. But here is yet another confirmation added, to ratify that first bond the better; which is, that God ordained that when they were passed over Jordan, the people should part themselves in twain, and that six tribes should keep themselves upon the mount of Garizim, and the other six tribes should stand upon the hill of Heball right against them, so as the Ark of the covenant and the priests should stand in the middest, and that they which were on the part of Garizim should