A17698:4364
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.
It is not so, ye do me wrong, as we see a number do, who as soon as a man openeth his mouth to tell them of their faults, they foam out their furiousness, and cannot be reclaimed until God have overmastered them. Therefore let us consider the §20fruit that cometh of Gods corrections: namely that where as erst we did nothing but sooth our selves in our sins and uncleanness, and weltered in them, and could not abide to be drawn from them: then we have our ears opened to receive good instruction, and we acknowledge our selves to have done amiss. That is the thing whereunto the words of Moses tend when he saith, Where are your gods?
It is not so, ye doe mee wrong, as wee see a number doe, who as soone as a man openeth his mouth to tell them of their faultes, they fome out their furiousnes, and cannot be reclaymed vntill God haue ouermaistred them. Therefore let vs consider the §20fruit that commeth of Gods corrections: namely that where as earst we did nothing but sooth our selues in our sinnes and vncleannesse, and weltred in them, and coulde not abide to bee drawen from them: then wee haue our eares opened to receiue good instruction, and we acknowledge our selues to haue done amisse. That is the thing whereunto the words of Moses tend when hee saith, Where are your gods?
For the same cause also doeth our Lord §30by his prophet Hosea liken Idolaters to Harlots. As long as a Harlot or Courtesan hath great resort unto her, and hath great gifts, gains, and rewards, and is costly apparelled, and maintained in her delights and pleasures: she maketh more account of herself (notwithstanding her lewdness) than all the honest women of the world: and even so is it with Idolaters. As long as they prosper in the world, they bear themselves in hand that their Idolatry is the §40cause thereof, and thereupon they grow hardhearted. Now if our Lord let them alone in that plight, they settle themselves continually more and more in their filthiness: and therefore he must be fain to use violent remedies. In respect hereof he saith that he will strip them out of their clothes,