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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
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Deut. Chap. 6. 1 These are the commandments, ordinances, and laws, which the Lord your God hath commanded me to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it. 2 That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, by keeping all the days of thy life, thou, thy son, and thy sons sonne, all his ordinances and commandments, which I command thee, that thy days may be prolonged.
Deut. Chap. 6. 1 These are the commaundementes, ordinaunces, and lawes, which the Lord your God hath commaunded me to teach you, that ye might do them in the lande whither ye goe to possesse it. 2 That thou mightest feare the Lorde thy God, by keeping all the dayes of thy life, thou, thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne, all his ordinaunces and commaundementes, which I commaund thee, that thy dayes may be prolonged.
WE have often heretofore seen, how Moses did put the people in mind of the things contained in the law: & even yesterday we saw how to the same purpose he made mention of them, & yet again in this place he doth the like. Howbeit, this is no needless or unprofitable repetition, seeing that men have so soon forgot the things they learn in the school of God, except the memory of them, for their better remembrance, be often refreshed. And we see there needeth nothing to turn us aside from our duty herein: for we are so much inclined unto vanity, that there is nothing more harder than to retain us under the obedience of God. As soon as we have conceived a fantasy, it carieth us away headlong, and we remember no more what God had said unto us. Moreover, because he seeketh no other thing than to win us unto himself, he must root out of us those false opinions wherewith we are already forepossessed. For it is with us as with a ground which hath lien fallow a long time, whereon a man must bestow exceeding great labour, before he can apply it to some profitable use. And that is the cause why Moses saith again, That these are the commandments, and ordinances, and laws, which the Lord hath committed unto him, that he deliver them unto the people, and that they be observed.