A17698:805
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.
Ye see then that it is not for naught that Moses hath told us so often heretofore, that Gods word ought to bear such a majesty towards us, as all creatures ought to quake at it. And now again he addeth another confirmation of the same matter, saying, that God talked with the people face to face in the mount, out of the middest of the fire. As if he should say, ye have now no cause at all to doubt, whether §60the doctrine that I deliver unto you be of God or of men. For it is warranted enough and more than enough: God hath declared himself to you by visible and apparent signs, so as ye cannot but know that it is he which spake to you. Now we see Moseses meaning.
Yee see then that it is not for naught that Moses hath tolde vs so often heretofore, that Gods worde ought to beare such a maiestie towardes vs, as all creatures ought to quake at it. And now againe hee addeth another confirmation of the same matter, saying, that God talked with the people face to face in the mount, out of the middest of the fire. As if hee shoulde say, yee haue now no cause at all to doubt, whether §60the doctrine that I deliuer vnto you bee of God or of men. For it is warranted enough and more than enough: God hath declared himselfe to you by visible and apparant signes, so as yee cannot but knowe that it is hee which spake to you. Now wee see Moseses meaning.
But before we go any further, here a question might be put, how it may be said that God spake face to face, seeing that men cannot comprehend his infinite glory: and with what eye can we behold Gods substance? We be so weak-sighted, that if God should cast but one little beam of his brightness upon us, by and by we should be altogether dazzled and confounded. Again, we know how it is said that we cannot behold God face to face, until we be renewed, which shall not be till the last day.1 For as now (saith Saint Paul) we see but as in a glass, and in part, and darkly.