A17698:568
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.
needs must they to whom GOD hath spoken,1 and yet are disobedient thereunto, needs must they (I say) be stricken with the spirit of dizziness, and be carried away by the devil, and become as wild beasts, so as they shall not offend of simple ignorance as they do which never heard any thing, but of wilful rage more than beastly. Even after that manner is it happened to the Jews. And it is the very same thing wherewith the Prophet Isaiah upbraideth them in his two and forteeth chapter, saying: Hearken ye deaf,2 see ye blind. And why speaketh he to the deaf and blind, to hear and see well? He addeth the reason by and by, saying: ye have seen enough, and ye have heard enough: but ye have not regarded it.
needes must they to whome GOD hath spoken,1 and yet are disobedient therevnto, needes must they (I say) bee striken with the spirite of disinesse, and bee caried away by the diuell, and become as wilde beastes, so as they shall not offende of simple ignorance as they doe which neuer hearde any thing, but of wilfull rage more than beastly. Euen after that manner is it happened to the Iewes. And it is the verie same thing wherewith the Prophete Esaye vpraideth them in his two and forteeth chapter, saying: Hearken ye deafe,2 see yee blinde. And why speaketh hee to the deafe and blinde, to heare and see well? Hee addeth the reason by and by, saying: yee haue seene ynough, and yee haue hearde ynough: but yee haue not regarded it.