A17698:901
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.
On Friday the xxj. of June. 1555. The xxxv Sermon which is the sixth upon the fifth Chapter.
On Friday the xxj. of Iune. 1555. The xxxv Sermon which is the sixth vpon the fift Chapter.
13 Six days shalt thou labour &c. 14 Thou shalt not do any work therein, thy self, thy Son, thy daughter, thy manservant, thy womanseruaunt, thine Ox, thine Ass, and thy cattle, and thy Stranger which is within thy gates, that thy manservant and thy womanseruaunt may have rest as well as thy self. 15 Remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee thence with strong hand and arm stretched out. And therefore the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to keep holy the Sabbath day.
13 Six dayes shalt thou labour &c. 14 Thou shalt not doe anie worke therein, thy selfe, thy Sonne, thy daughter, thy manseruaunt, thy womanseruaunt, thyne Ox, thyne Asse, and thy cattle, and thy Straunger which is within thy gates, that thy manseruaunt and thy womanseruaunt may haue rest as well as thy selfe. 15 Remember that thou wast a seruaunt in the land of Egypt, and that the Lorde thy God brought thee thence with strong hande and arme stretched out. And therefore the Lord thy God hath commaunded thee to keepe holie the Saboth day.
I Declared yesterday how and why the commandment of keeping the Sabbath day was given to the Jews. I told you briefly how it was a figure of §30