A17698:944
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.
Again let fathers and mothers have a care to bring up their children well, and to make them know God for their only father. And as touching §50their menservants and womenseruants, let them so use their service, as God have always the preeminence. Let them not follow the common trade: for men do commonly pass for nothing else, so as they may be served to their own profit and contentation▪ As for God, he is forgotten all the while. But let masters understand, that God must reign both over themselves and over those that are under them. Thus much concerning those that are in §60authority.
Againe let fathers and mothers haue a care to bring vp their children wel, and to make them knowe God for their onely father. And as touching §50their menseruantes and womenseruants, let them so vse their seruice, as God haue always the preheminence. Let them not followe the common trade: for men doe commonly passe for nothing else, so as they may bee serued to their owne profite and contentation▪ As for God, he is forgotten all the while. But let masters vnderstande, that God must reigne both ouer themselues and ouer those that are vnder them. Thus much concerning those that are in §60authoritie.
Now for our part, let us bear well in mind, that when we have Magistrates, if we rebel against them, or rise against the State, endeavouring to overthrow the order that God hath set:1 we resist not mortal creatures, but it is God whom we assail. And what can we win by making war against him? Can we overmaster him? No: but he will revenge himself without handy strokes, so as men shall be utterly abashed, to see how he maintaineth the thing that he had spoken with his mouth, yea even by wonderful power. Thus much concerning the first point.