A17698:538
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.
3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did to Beelphegor, for the Lord thy God hath rooted out all the men from among you, which walked after Beelphegor. 4 But you which have cleaved to the Lord your God, are all alive at this day. ⟨p. 116⟩5 Behold, I have taught ye ordinances and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do thereafter in the land which you are entering into to possess it. 6 Keep them [therefore] and do them: for that is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the Nations, who hearing of all these ordinances shall say, surely it is a wise and understanding people, it is a great Nation.
3 Your eyes haue seene what the Lorde did to Beelphegor, for the Lorde thy God hath rooted out all the men from among you, which walked after Beelphegor. 4 But you which haue cleaued to the Lorde your God, are all aliue at this day. ⟨p. 116⟩5 Beholde, I haue taught yee ordinances and lawes as the Lorde my God commaunded mee, that you should doe thereafter in the land which you are entering into to possesse it. 6 Keepe them [therefore] and doe them: for that is your wisedome and vnderstanding in the sight of the Nations, who hearing of all these ordinances shall say, surely it is a wise and vnderstanding people, it is a great Nation.
God showeth his great goodness in labouring to draw us to him by gentleness: and great also is his grace if he draw us to him by force, when he seeth that we cannot otherwise be subdued. And that is the cause why he not only setteth his promises before us, but also addeth threatenings, showing us his rigour, and making us also to feel it: even to the end to win us by §10some means or other. But yet doeth all this redound to our welfare, and God showeth how much he tendereth us, even in that he is so sharp and rough towards us. For if we could suffer our selves to be led gently by him, surely such is his nature that he would deal that way with us, according to his own saying that he is a kind hearted and pitiful God,