A17698:4400
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.
And he speaketh not of some one part alone,§60 but of All the words of the Law. Whereby he doeth us to understand, that we must not so part stakes with God, as to perform some one saying slightly, and to let the rest alone: but that we must do our endeavour in all cases, to be throughly learned in all the things which our Lord knoweth to be available to our salvation. For it is certain that there never scaped any superfluous word out of the mouth of God. We must not think that Gods speaking is after the manner of men, who to attain to some one good sentence, do use many fetches about and many interminglings: so that if one good saying be rehearsed▪ a man must let pass three or four other for it. But as I said afore, Gods speaking is in such wise, that all is profitable even to the last word. And therefore not without cause doth Moses here exhort the people of Israel to set their hearts upon all the words of the Law. True it is that we can never have the full understanding of Gods word, but we shall have done much when we have known some part of it.1 And we hear what Saint Paul sayeth, who comprehendeth himself also in the number of those which see and know but only in part, until we may behold Gods glory face to face. But yet must we receive all, even to yield our selves obedient to God without exception, so as we may be quiet in all things which he speaketh unto us. Then let us not do as many folk do, which receive Gods word alonely so far forth as it is to their own liking, and as for the rest they let it alone. There are other some which beat their brains about some one point, because their mind inclineth that way; and as for all the residue, they think it belongeth nothing to them. But let us pray God to grant us the grace, that when we once know any one piece of his will, we may continually grow more and more in understanding, and that we perceive (as sayeth Saint Paul) that all scripture is profitable.2 For he sayeth not that there we shall find wherewith to edify our selves: but he sayeth that it is profitable to all things, so as there is there not only some thing that may do us good:
And he speaketh not of some one part alone,§60