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Sermons of M. John Calvin, upon the.X.Commandments of the Law, given of GodSermons of M. Iohn Caluine, vpon the.X.Commandementes of the Lawe, geuen of God
Sermons of M. John Calvin, upon the.X.Commandments of the Law, given of God by Moses, otherwise called the Decalogue. Gathered word for word, presently at his sermons, when he preached on Deuteronomy, without adding unto, or diminishing from them any thing afterward. Translated out of French into English, by I.H.Sermons of M. Iohn Caluine, vpon the.X.Commandementes of the Lawe, geuen of God by Moses, otherwise called the Decalogue. Gathered word for word, presently at his sermons, when he preached on Deuteronomie, without adding vnto, or diminishing from them any thing afterward. Translated out of Frenche into English, by I.H.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for John Harison, 1579London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Iohn Harison, 1579
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.
The first Sermon of M. John Calvin, upon the Commandments of the Law.
The first Sermon of M. Iohn Caluine, vppon the Commaundementes of the Lawe.
Deut. Chap. 4. 44 This is the Law, which Moses set before the children of Israel. 45 These are the witnesses, and the ordinances, and the Laws, which Moses declared to the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt. 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Deut. Chap. 4. 44 This is the Lawe, whiche Moses set before the children of Israel. 45 These are the witnesses, and the ordinances, and the Lawes, whiche Moses declared to the children of Israel, after they came out of Aegypt. 46 On this side Iordan, in the vallie ouer against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Forasmuch as the world is hardly kept and retained in subjection under God, let us see how he, for his part, after he had chosen to himself one peculiar people, vouchsafeth to rule them, not for one time only, but so long, and so often, until the people should be well accustomed to the yoke: which order he useth yet daily in his Church. It ought to suffice us, that we had understood of the truth of our God in one simple word: but because we are not so ready to believe, as were requisite, and when we have begun, we decline and fall away in the end, insomuch that we utterly forget that which was taught us: see I say, how he is not contented to have declared unto us for one day, that which appertaineth to our salvation, but calleth the same to our minds continually, and imprinteth it in our hearts as much as is possible. Let us consider to this purpose, how Moses reciteth in this place, that he not only delivered the Law in Horeb, but also that after that he had made his circuit in the wilderness by the space of forty years or there about, he hath again instructed the people, yea, that of all the time he was with them, he never ceased to set before them, that which God had commanded him to publish,