A17698:513
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.
After that Moses hath treated of all those things: he saith, Hearken now O Israel, what I tell thee in the name of God. As if he should say, it is time now or never for you to begin to walk in obedience, that ye be no more like wild folk as ye have bin, that ye give not head to your wicked lusts, that ye be not so fierce as to shake off Gods yoke, and that ye stick not to your own fond inventions which make you to run astray: but that ye bear well in mind what ye have endured. For if ye cannot yet bow your necks to submit your selves ⟨p. 110⟩to your GOD: in the end he must be fain to break you, if ye will not bow. Now here ye his voice, saith he. And we must apply this to our use. That is to say, Seeing it is now a great while ago since we began to hear the word of God: we must not be still as young novices, we must not be like the young bullocks or Steers which cannot yet skill what it is to bear the yoke: but we must be throughly acquainted with obeying. If they that §10never were taught Gods trueth be wild-headed and cannot find in their hearts to stoop at the first, but run gadding here and there after a number of worldly vanities: it is not to be wondered at. True it is that that shall not serve to excuse them: no surely: for seeing that God hath created us to the end to serve and honour him: we ought to give our selves wholly unto him, even from our mothers wombs.
After that Moses hath treated of all those thinges: hee sayth, Harken now O Israell, what I tell thee in the name of God. As if hee should say, it is time now or neuer for you to begin to walke in obedience, that yee bee no more lyke wilde folke as yee haue bin, that yee giue not head to your wicked lustes, that yee bee not so fierce as to shake off Gods yoke, and that ye stick not to your owne fond inuentions which make you to runne astray: but that yee beare well in minde what yee haue indured. For if yee cannot yet bowe your neckes to submit your selues ⟨p. 110⟩to your GOD: in the ende hee must be faine to breake you, if ye will not bowe. Now heere yee his voyce, sayth hee. And wee must apply this to our vse. That is to say, Seeing it is now a great while agoe since wee began to heare the worde of God: wee must not bee still as young nouices, we must not bee lyke the young bullockes or Steeres which cannot yet skill what it is to beare the yoke: but wee must bee throughly acquainted with obeying. If they that