A17698:600
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.
And therewithal God hath showed, that yet notwithstanding, the setting forth of his word in that wise by the mouth of a man, is not in vain, for it served to put the people again in hope of things that were yet hidden, whereof we have not only a full sight, but also the effect and accomplishment, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,1 according as it is said by the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel, that God will make a new covenant, after another manner than that which he made with the fathers of old time. For that covenant (saith he) was soon broken, because they had no hold of themselves: but I will engrave my Jaw in your hearts. God then did testify this new covenant by Moses in mount Sinai, which our Lord Jesus Christ hath performed by his coming into the world, and which is offered unto us still every day. And therefore let us learn that when we come to be taught, it must not be to any other end than to be renewed by God, so as he put away the hardness that is in us, and soften our hearts after such a sort, as we may stoop under him to receive his yoke, and he hold us in awe, because we be so fickle that we would start away from him every day, if he gave us not steady constantnesse to go through with our vocation. That is a thing which we ought to mark well. And why? Even to humble us, and to make us know that although GOD spare our lives yet should they be turned into death, if he should let us alone in our own plight, and not add a second grace in reforming us by his holy spirit. And therewithal let us be of good comfort, forasmuch as we see that nowadays we have not only the ancient figures, and the tables of stone wherein God wrote his law: but also that he worketh effectually by his holy spirit, as Saint Paul showeth in the third to the Colossians.2 Seeing then that God worketh after such a sort, as we perceive that our hearts are no more stony, forasmuch as we be willing to stoop under him, and desirous to honour him, insomuch that although there be many lets and hinderances in us, (as we see that the flesh striveth continually against goodness:) yet notwithstanding our Lord giveth us the grace to be sorry for our infirmities and sins, being desirous to eschew them, endeavouring to withstanding, and enforcing our selves with all our hearts to serve him:
And therewithall God hath shewed, that yet notwithstanding, the setting foorth of his worde in that wise by the mouth of a man, is not in vaine, for it serued to put the people againe in hope of thinges that were yet hidden, wherof wee haue not onely a full sight, but also the effect and accomplishment, by the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christ,