A17698:4336
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.
Now to confirm this lesson, Moses addeth, Vengeance is mine, and I will pay home in time convenient.§50 Their foot shall slip, the day of their destruction is at hand, the time thereof hasteth on •pace. We see that when Moses said, This is laid up in my treasures, he meant it not simply of mens sins, but also of the corrections which God sendeth upon such as have offended him too much, & to show that he hath means wherewith to punish them, which are unknown to men, and which shall amaze them when they come to pass. In respect whereof he saith. Vengeance §60is mine: As if he should say, what think ye me to be? For you call me God, and yet in the mean while ye acknowledge me not to be the Judge of the world: and that is a robbing me of my glory and majesty. And in deed, what is GODS being, but that when men have lived in this world, they should come to account before him, and he be their Judge? If we scape Gods hand, so as our faults abide unpunished, and every man might run at rovers as he listed, and in the mean while GOD should shut his eyes at them; what a thing were [that? Should we not make as it were a dead idol of him? Yes certainly. Here therefore GOD challengeth to himself the office of revenging, as if he should say, Think not that my divine being or this name of GOD consisteth in I wot not what an idle toy: but that it importeth that I govern the world with my power, that all things are guided by my wisdom, that my righteousness reigneth, and that I have the dominion of the world in such wise, as all things must needs come to account before me, that such as have served and honoured me may not loose their labour, nor the wicked scape unpunished which have not ceased to break all order and to work me despite. After this manner will I be known to be GOD, even when you shall perceive and feel my wisdom, power, and righteousness. Now then, vengeance is mine (saith he) that is to say, I am the Judge, and therefore beguile not your selves. It seemeth at the first sight that Moses saith not any thing here, which is not known and confessed of all men. For who will deny that God is a Judge?
Nowe to confirme this lesson, Moses addeth, Vengeance is mine, and I will pay home in time conuenient.§50 Their foote shall slip, the day of their destruction is at hand, the time thereof hasteth on pace. We see that when Moses sayd, This is layd vp in my treasures, hee meant it not simply of mens sins, but also of the corrections which God sendeth vpon such as haue offended him too much, & to shewe that hee hath meanes wherewith to punish them, which are vnknowen to men, and which shall amase them when they come to passe. In respect whereof hee sayth. Vengeance