A17698:635
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.
it must needs be that they were the more unexcusable.
it must needs be yt they were ye more vnexcusable.
But yet herewithal let us mark well the condition that Moses setteth down here, As for thee (saith he) thy God hath rid thee from the iron furnace of the thraldom of Egypt, to the intent that thou shouldest be unto him a sure people & an inheritance. Although that Moses have declared that the use of the sun & of the stars is common to all folks: yet doth he show that they be specially appointed to the people whom God hath chosen. As if he should say, that the order of nature is common to all the world: we see that both great & small are partakers of the benefits that God bestoweth: the earth bringeth forth corn wine and all other things, to sustain both the faithful & the unfaithful: the wicked & the despisers of God do eat & drink as well as we: nay (which more is) we see they abuse gods creatures with all excess, & have more abundance of them than the faithful: for he that knoweth that God sustaineth him, will use his meat & drink and all other things soberly & measurably, & he will consider that he must not unhallow the things which god hath ordained to a good & moderate use. But what do the wicked? There is nothing with them but cram ming, as if they were minded to spite God of set purpose. But yet for all it, it is Gods will that the propriety of his creatures should belong to us. And after what sort? Even to use them as his true & lawful heirs, and to have them so warranted as we may avow that the things which he giveth us are our own, & belong unto us of right, & that we possess them by just title. And soothly there is not a more singular benefit than this. For although the wicked do cram themselves with gods benefits till they burst, as I said afore: yet have they always a heart-biting within, so as they know not by what right they eat & drink, nor can skill to desire God to sustain them. Nay verily, we see they could find in their harts, that all remembrance of god were abolished. For when they make good cheer (as they term it), they must mind nothing but to play the brute beasts. But contrariwise when we consider in our eating & drinking, that it is god which feedeth us: it is a warrant unto us that he is our father, and that he taketh us for his children.