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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
Sermon 7: The. 7. Sermon, wherein it is entreated of the second Table.
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The. 7. Sermon, wherein it is entreated of the second Table.
Deut. Chap. 5. 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Deut. Chap. 5. 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded thee, that thy dayes may bee prolonged, and that it may be well with thee in the land which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.
WE are now come unto the second Table of the law, wherein God showeth us, how we ought all to live here together. For (as it hath been above touched) there are two principal things required in our life. The one, that we serve God purely and sincerely: The other, that we live with men in all integrity and uprightness, rendering unto every one that which appertaineth and belongeth unto him. Now as the honour of God is more excellent than all that which concerneth men, so it behoved that in the first and principal place, the rule of honouring God, as we ought, should be given. And this is handled & dispatched in the first Table. Here then God beginneth to declare unto us, in what sort our life ought to be ordered, if we will apply our selves unto the duty we owe unto men. Now we have also declared, that God requireth no honour of us for any need he hath of it, or for any profit it bringeth unto him, but it is for our welfare and salvation, that he requireth it. So then he will prove our obedience, and the love we bear him, when he commandeth us to walk in all equity and uprightness with our neighbours, and that we live together in such concord and fellowship, that any one be not given unto himself, but that we communicate together, and that every one according to his ability and power to do well, employ and force himself thereunto. This say I, is the proof which God maketh, to know whether we worship him unfeignedly and from our heart. For we might make many fair countenances, and use great