A17698:79
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 although we do but as it were §50creep on all four here below upon the earth, and our body is to us as a corruptible and transitory lodging, and we be weighed down with these base things • yet must our true dwelling place needs be above, and we our selves must needs be citizens of heaven and fellows with the Angels aforehand, and possess the thing aforehand by faith and hope, which we have not as yet in very deed, as the holy fathers have done afore us, who notwithstanding §60had not things opened so plainly & manifestly unto them, as we have now, nor nothing near.
And although wee doe but as it were §50creepe on al foure here belowe vpon the earth, and our body is to vs as a corruptible and transitorie lodging, and we be weyed downe with these bace thinges • yet must our true dwelling place needes be aboue, and wee our selues must needes be citizens of heauen and fellowes with the Angels aforehand, and possesse the thing aforehand by faith and hope, which wee haue not as yet in very deede, as the holie fathers haue done afore vs, who notwithstanding §60had not thinges opened so plainely & manifestly vnto them, as wee haue nowe, nor nothing neere.
Thus see you the manner how Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were not disappointed of the land which God promised to give them, although they never had the full fruition thereof themselves, but waited patiently till the convenient time were come, for God to put their successors in possession of it after their decease. Sith it is so, let us walk on upon earth in sufferance of many conflicts, looking only upon the things that are promised us, not doubting but that we be sure of the benefit of them already, although we hold them not in our hands, ne behold them with our eyes. For why? God cannot fail in his promises.