A17698:4524
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.
Moses addeth hereunto, That they shall put up the perfume unto the nostrils of the Lord, and lay the whole burnt offerings upon his Altar. §20This concerneth the Ceremonies. For under the Law they had things which we have not nowadays, namely the figures of the things which were fulfilled in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the Priesthood did us to understand, that the people could not have any access unto GOD, without some mean. And when the people came to worship God, and to offer sacrifices; they held themselves in the outmost court. There was the §30first part wherein they all held themselves and it was not lawful for them to press any further. There was also the sanctuary for the priests, and lodgings for the tribe of Levy. Also there was the great Sanctuary whereinto the high priest entered all alone with great solemnity. And all this served to show yet more lively the death and passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. But now all those things are come to an end. For there is no more shadowing, the veil (as it is §40said) is broken asunder, and we have the heavenly sanctuary whereunto we be called right forth, and Jesus Christ hath set it open for us. And so there needeth now no more burnt offering, there needeth no more sacrificing for sins: for our Lord Jesus Christ hath by his one only sacrifice wiped away the sins of the world, & made an everlasting atonement, the virtue whereof can never be diminished. As often then as we will press unto God, it is not for us to bring §50thither either calf or sheep, but we must resort to the bloodshed of our Lord Jesus Christ, because that thereby the everlasting redemption is purchased unto us. Now we see wherein the Priests of the old law differed from us. Yet notwithstanding, those which are ordained at this day to preach Gods word ought to know that God will have them to show the way in praying to him. And to that end served the perfumes that were made in the Temple. Let §60us not think that God taketh pleasure in any sweet scents, though mention be made of his nostrils after that manner: for we know he hath no body, and therefore we must not imagine him to be like our selves: but the holy scripture speaketh after that fashion, because we comprehend him not in his majesty.