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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.
Well, if I miss in this thing, I will make a recompense in another. But take we heed of walking on the left hand, that is to say, of diminishing any thing from the word of God: for when he hath forbidden men murder, he hath forbidden them also to steal, & to commit adultery. We must therefore without any reply yield our obedience unto him in all things. For as we ought not to add any thing unto the law of God, so is it not lawful to take any thing from it: but we must walk in all the way he showeth us. And now, when he saith, The way, it is to exhort us to hold our selves therein, as we shall see in the end of the book. Behold the way, walk ye therein,1 will Moses say: as if he said, Who soever turneth him self aside from the doctrine which I set before you, he wandereth, he runneth but across the fields, & the further he runneth on, the further he is from the end of his journey. So in this place, Walk ye in the way, that is to say: Wander ye not wilfully ye wretched ones, stray not from the way wherein your God leadeth you, ye can not miss of your way by following of him: but if you give your selves over to go whither your own head leadeth you, God must in the end declare unto you, that you shall be but as straying & wandering beasts, for that you have not kept forward your course in the right way. And so know ye, that the word of God is your way wherein you must walk. If this word were well imprinted in our minds, we should be held shorter, than to run wandering at rovers, and ranging whither soever our flitting fancies & desires shall carry us, as we accustomablie use to do: we should (I say) beheld back in this way which is prescribed us: for our God showeth us continually which is the way. And yet for all this men enter into their disputes, and make long questions: what is to be done? and what is not to be done? As if it had not been said, That GOD never openeth his mouth, but to show us the right and perfect way: and when he showeth it us, do not we him great wrong and injury if we follow him not? And do we not accuse him, as if he had lost all his time and pain he bestoweth to instruct us? We ⟨image 121⟩see now what this word (way) importeth:
Well, if I misse in this thing, I will make a recompense in another. But take we heed of walking on the left hand, that is to say, of diminishing anie thing from the word of God: for when he hath forbidden men murder, he hath forbidden them also to steale, & to commit adulterie. We must therefore without any replie yeelde our obedience vnto him in all things. For as we ought not to adde any thing vnto the lawe of God, so is it not lawfull to take anie thing from it: but we must walke in all the way he sheweth vs. And nowe, when he saith, The way, it is to exhort vs to hold our selues therein, as we shall see in the end of the booke. Behold the way, walke ye therein,