A17698:4641
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.
Let every man then examine himself, and when we find that our Lord reproveth any thing, let us assure ourselves it is not without cause. Again when we once know our faults, let us assure ourselves that there are a hundred thousand times moe than we can perceive, and we must cry out with ⟨p. 1237⟩David, Lord, who can tell the number of his faults?1 Cleanse thou me from my secret sins.
Let euery man then examine himselfe, and when we finde that our Lorde reprooueth any thing, let vs assure ourselues it is not without cause. Againe when we once knowe our faultes, let vs assure ourselues that there are a hundered thousande times moe than we can perceiue, and we must cry out with ⟨p. 1237⟩Dauid, Lorde, who can tell the number of his faultes?1 Clense thou mee from my secret sinnes.
Moreover, we have to comfort ourselves in all the temporal punishments which God sendeth us, because they serve to bring us low, whereby God ceaseth not to further our salvation continually, and to hold us evermore in the hope which we have that he accounteth us of his household and Church. So long then as we be sure that we belong to our God, and that he acknowledgeth §10and avoweth us to be his; it ought well to content us, as we see here that Moses was contented with the only sight of the Land. Truly he neither possessed nor enjoyed it; but it sufficed him that he was a partner in the promise, to the end he might attain to the heritage of heaven. Forasmuch as Moses had that, it was a comfort and joy unto him. And it behoved him thence forth to forbear the making of that request any more afterward.