A17698:460
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 Thursday the ix. of May. 1555. The xvij. Sermon, which is the third upon the third Chapter.
On Thursday the ix. of May. 1555. The xvij. Sermon, which is the third vpon the third Chapter.
23 And at the same time I prayed unto the Lord, saying: 24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand. For what God is there in heaven or earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mightiness? 25 I beseech thee let me go and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, and this goodly mountain, and Libanus.
23 And at the same time I prayed vnto the Lord, saying: 24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy seruant thy greatnesse and thy mightie hand. For what God is there in heauen or earth, that can doe according to thy workes, and according to thy mightinesse? 25 I beseech thee let me goe and see the good lande that is beyond Iordan, and this goodly mountaine, and Libanus.
1I Told you heretofore that Moses made mention how God had §30bereft him of the benefit and honour of entering into the land of promise, for the sin of the people. Now he rehearseth the same matter again, howbeit to another end. For it was convenient that the people should be done to understand, that they should not always have such a leader. To the intent therefore that the exhortations which Moses maketh, might be the better received, and the people §40take the better heed to them: he telleth them that he must leave them, and that he shall not have leave to pass over Jordan. That is his meaning, whereof I shall speak more fully hereafter. In the mean season, let us see what he saith here. First of all he rehearseth that he besought god, that he might enter into the promised land. But he had already had the sentence of condemnation, that he might not go. It should seem then that he resisteth God as much as in him lieth,