A17698:917
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 ought §30to persuade you thereunto. But ye must understand that I have not ordained it only for your households sake: but to the intent ye should bethink ye of the thing that I have told you: namely that in as much as ye be shoaled out from the Infidels, you must be to me a kingly priesthood, so as you must seek nothing but to serve me in all soundness and pureness of conscience.1 Have ye once that regard, ye shall perceive that the same day will yield ye moreover some earthly §40commodity, but yet is not that the thing which you must seek thereby. To be short, ou• Lord showeth us here the same thing which is avowed by Jesus Christ: which is, that if we seek the kingdom of heaven,2 all other things shall be cast upon us. For we bear our selves on hand, that if we seek the heavenly life, we shall starve for hunger, & it will be a mean to turn us out of all our commodities. To be short, the devil comes, & always tempts us to mislike of Gods service,§50 under this pretence & guile, that if we give our selves to the serving of God, we must starve for hunger, so as we shall be in rueful case, & all the world will forsake us. But surely we cannot serve God, unless we be bereft of our own affections, & shake off the worldly cares that press us too sore. Nevertheless we must repose our selves upon the blessing that is promised us: which is, that if we seek the kingdom of God, we shall be blessed even in these transitory things, so as our §60Lord will pity us▪ & give us all things which he knoweth to be requisite for this present life: only let us but wait upon him for the things which we cannot attain to by our own power & policy. That is the thing which is showed us in this place.
it ought §30to perswade you thereunto. But ye must vnderstand that I haue not ordained it alonly for your housholdes sake: but to the intent ye should bethinke ye of the thing yt I haue told you: namely that in as much as ye be sholed out from the Infidels, you must be to mee a kingly priesthood, so as you must seeke nothing but to serue me in all soundnesse and purenesse of conscience.