A17698:676
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.
27 And the Lord God shall scatter you among the Heathen, and ye shall remain few in number among the Nations whither the Lord will bring you. 28 And there ye shall serve gods which are the work of mans hand, wood & stone, which neither see nor hear, eat nor smell. 29 And there thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, and thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 30 And when thou art in tribulation and all these things are come upon thee: in the end thou shalt return unto the Lord thy God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord thy God is a merciful God: he will not forsake thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the Covenant of thy fathers which he sware to them.
27 And the Lorde God shall scatter you among the Heathen, and ye shall remaine fewe in nomber among the Nations whither the Lord will bring you. 28 And there ye shall serue gods which are the worke of mans hand, wood & stone, which neither see nor heare, eate nor smell. 29 And there thou shalt seeke the Lorde thy God, and thou shalt finde him if thou seeke him with all thy heart and with all thy soule. 30 And when thou art in tribulation and all these thinges are come vpon thee: in the end thou shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God and obey his voyce. 31 For the Lord thy God is a merciful God: he will not forsake thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the Couenant of thy fathers which he sware to them.
We have said heretofore, that Gods using of the similitude of fire, is not to dismay us in such sort as we should not come unto him: but contrariwise to make us come to him with reverence. For what should it boot men to be stricken in such terror, as should make them shrink away from GOD, and loth to have any thing to do with him? Again we know that our §10Lord hath not any other mark or intent,1 than to win us to him and to draw us to salvation. Now the only mean thereof, is to go right forth unto him, and to be joined unto him. Wherefore let us bear well in mind this lesson, that Gods intent is not to scare us in such wise, as we should shun him: and that is the thing which we have to gather at this time upon that which is rehearsed here. For the threat that Moses giveth here, is hard: but yet it serveth to bring