A17698:4461
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.
On Monday the xxix. of June, 1556 The CXCII. Sermon which is the second upon the xxxiij. Chapter.
On Munday the xxix. of Iune, 1556 The CXCII. Sermon which is the second vpon the xxxiij. Chapter.
3 They bow down to thy feet, to receive of thy words. 4 Moses hath commanded us the Law for an inheritance, unto the congregation of Jacob. 5 And was a king among the righteous, when they gathered the heads of the people together, together with the tribes of Israel. 6 Let Reuben live and not die, and let his people be few in number. 7 As touching Judah he said, O Lord God, hearken to the voice of Judah, and bring him in to his people: let his hands suffice him, because thou wilt be his help against his enemies.
3 They bowe downe to thy feete, to receiue of thy wordes. 4 Moses hath commaunded vs the Lawe for an inheritaunce, vnto the congregation of Iacob. 5 And was a king among the righteous, when they gathered the heades of the people together, together with the tribes of Israel. 6 Let Ruben liue and not die, and let his people be fewe in number. 7 As touching Iuda he sayde, O Lorde God, hearken to the voyce of Iuda, and bring him in to his people: let his handes suffise him, because thou wilt bee his helpe against his enemies.
Heretofore Moses had exhorted the people to receive the Law with all obedience: for he had said that they did cast themselves down at Gods feet. And it is a kind of speech that is very rife in the Hebrew tongue, because the man that is a learner sitteth down at his masters feet to receive learning at his hand. Now we have seen how it behooved §30the people to be as it were at Gods feet. To what end? To hear the words of his mouth. And hereby we see that GOD hath the whole sovereignty in his Church, and that although he speak by the mouths of mortal men, yet doth not that abate any whit of his right, that men should therefore usurp his authority, or thrust themselves into his place; but that they ought to deliver the things faithfully