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A17698	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.; Sermons de M. Jehan Calvin sur les dix commandemens de la loy. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.; Ragueneau, Denys.	1583 (1583)	STC 4442; ESTC S107166	2,969,750	1,370

it is said y t the heathen which were neuer trayned vp in the law were roted out because of such things For if God pardoned not y ● infidels which neuer had any knowledge of his truth what shal become of vs y t are so wel warned to whome God crieth aloude that hee will not suffer it and that such abhominations stinke before him and that we must be cleansed from them or else he vtterly disclaimeth vs I pray you shall we hope to bee spared when wee lie still asleepe hauing such warning from heauen God must first giue ouer his office Againe whereas it is set downe here first that God cannot away with such abhominations secondly hath shewed in effect what punishment shall insue vpō it by rooting out those that rebelled not wilfully against him but had euer bin hardened in their superstitions and neuer knew ne tasted of the good doctrine seeing that such are rooted out for hauing to doe with satan it standeth vs in hande to take the better heede and to learne to withholde our selues in such wise from all illusions and wiles that if there be either sorrerer witch or wisarde among vs they be liuely repressed If there be a poysoner or a theefe euery man runnes vppon him For it is knowen that they be the common enemies of mankinde which do so peruert al lawe and indeuour to abolish all policie and order of nature But these are much worse For God hath commaunded that his worde shoulde raigne among vs and ought not euery one of vs to be diligent in preuenting the mischeefe when the diuell goeth about to ouerthrowe all and to bring all thinges to horrible confusion Esa. 2.3.4 Verily it is not to be douted but that because manie superstitions are suffered God also doeth giue Satan head to ouerwhelme vs altogether Wo worth them that haue plaide the blinde bussardes and woulde see nothing but haue suffered the mischeefe to settle among vs. For it must needes increase more and more vntill it come to the top and that wee be so far and so deepely plunged in it as it is vnpossible for vs to get out againe That is y e thing which wee haue to remember vpon this Text. And further let vs marke well that whereas Moses saith here that the Iewes must not doe so but that they must giue eare to Gods Prophet it is according to that which I haue expounded alreadie namely that forasmuch as God hath giuen vs so good a remedie by being taught at his mouth it is good reason that wee should hearken vnto him If we had no witnes of Gods will it were halfe an excuse for vs to alledge yea but should wee knowe nothing The Infidels haue meanes to finde out thinges by their illusions True it is that they serue idols but yet are they in better case than we bee After this maner might we speake But our Lorde telleth vs that wee shall haue teaching enough if we list to hearken to his worde He addeth that he will raise vp Prophets from among vs. As if hee shoulde say vnto vs Wretched men seeing that I am so gratious to you as to condescende to your rudenesse and infirmitie and to speake to you by the mouthes of men are ye not too too vnthankefull and malicious in turning away for my doctrine to satans trashe so as ye can not finde in your heartes to acquaint your selues with the manner of teaching which I haue chosen as fittest and conuenientest for you Then is it not superfluous that God saith here that hee will raise vp a Prophet from among vs which shal be one of our brethrē Indeede we coulde well finde in our heartes that the Angels shoulde come downe from heauen to speake vnto vs but our desiring thereof springeth of a foolish lust For as shal be shewed more fully hereafter y e people of Israel hauing founde by experiēce what it was to heare Gods voice in his heauenly maiestie were so afraide that they besought God to speake to them by the mouth of Moses Now then if the choice were put vnto vs it is certaine that wee should euer finde it best for vs that God should speak vnto vs by the mouthes of mē And it was knowē to be so as we haue seene heretofore and as God himselfe auoweth there againe saying I like wel of the peoples request that there shoulde bee a meane betwixt them and me and that there should be a man to bring them worde from me in my name And so here our Lord vpbraideth men with their vnthankfulnes in that they wil not receiue his worde when it is brought them by the Prophets and teachers whom he hath appointed placed in his Church If he had said I wil send mine Angels it had bin much But we see how men abuse euen the heauenly reuelations also God therefore applieth himselfe so much y e more vnto vs commeth downe one step lower vnto vs in y t hee saith I wil raise you vp a Prophet frō amōg your brethrē Sith we see that God cōmeth so familiarly vnto vs speaketh with vs as it were mouth to mouth were wee not worse than mad if wee should say I would that God would send mee his Angels I would he would worke some miracles I would hee would send mee some reuelations or raise me vp the dead tel me some newes of the things that are done in the other world Needs must it be y t we be driuen by the diuell when we haue so inordinate desires For behold our God intendeth to teach vs familiarly After what maner I will raise vp men Now seeing we bee wont to be fellow like one w t an other what a prerogatiue doth he giue vs in applying himselfe so vnto vs We be lyers by nature we be full of vanitie yet doth God appoint vs to be preachers of his word and messagers of his vnfallible trueth he appointeth men as his instruments to speake in his name And so let vs beare in minde that when God graunteth vs the grace to haue his word faithfully expounded vnto vs and to haue shepeheards to teach vs it is such a priuiledge as ought well to holde vs in such singlenesse of faith that all curiositie be laide away among vs and none of vs be led with fond desires as they be which are euer seeking and neuer attaine to the knowledge of the trueth ● Tim. 3.7 Let vs beware I say y t we be not such questioners and disputers of this and that and let it suffice vs to heare our God speake assuring our selues that he hath so ratified that order as we neede not to doubt but that it is the verie way to be taught by him For as shall bee declared more fully hereafter let vs marke that whereas our God hath ratified his lawe yet to y e ende it shoulde be helde for the more certaine he hath also left vs the Prophetes and that the

had heard before Now let vs learne hereby to bee the better quickened vp and sith wee see it hath bin Gods will that euen from the beginning of the worlde his trueth should haue some certaine record among men and that he hath not ceassed to set it forth still and to raise it vp againe when men haue gone about to burie it by their spitefulnesse let vs acknowledge his wonderfull goodnes in so doing and be moued to receiue the things that shall be spoken vnto vs. Marke that for one poynt But to the end wee may bee the better disposed we must also weigh this saying which Moses addeth Euen according to all that God had commaunded him Nowe by this preface he sheweth that he brought not any thing of his owne ne meant to subdue the people to his owne dotages nor to any thing that he could haue deuised of his owne reason and wisedome as in respect of men but that he did simply obey God as a faithfull trustie messenger without swaruing aside either to the right hand or to the left Nowe if Moses who had so excellent a record as wee see Deut. 34.10 insomuch that God neuer raised vp any Prophet equall or like vnto him If Moses y e prince of all Prophets next vnto Iesus Christ and the chiefe of all vnder the olde Lawe doe neuerthelesse protest that he putteth not forth any thing of his owne head I pray you what shall others do May they compare themselues with him No but put the case that they be as highly aduanced and placed as he yet notwithstanding the furthest that they ought to goe is but to set forth the things that God hath commaunded them And therefore let vs learne that here all mens traditions are shut out of doores And hereby it appeareth that the Pope hath marred and corrupted the whole order of the Church by his taking vpō him to be a Law-maker to deuise lawes to lay them vpon mens necks at his owne pleasure to forge contriue newe articles of faith and to inforce men to receiue his inuentions as the holy scriptures Was not this a turning of all things vpside downe Yes for God neuer ment that men should haue such libertie and sway in the Church as to set forth any of their owne inuentions there but he himselfe onely will be heard there Marke that for one point But there is yet more in it for it is not onely saide that Moses spake according to the charge that was giuen him but according to all that euer the Lord had commaunded him He sheweth then y t he did not as it were make a medlie or seeke by any meanes to bring in what he himselfe thought good or to separate himself from Gods worde but that he followed Gods will from point to point to the vttermost Ye see then that there was a great singlenesse of heart in Moses insomuch as he not only gaue forth the things that he had receiued at Gods hand but also continued throughout in the same singlenes of keeping himselfe within his boundes so as he raunged not abroade to say this is good or that is good thus or thus doe I thinke of this matter No but in all points he ruled himselfe according to the charge of his commission vttering his message according as he had heard God speake it Marke that for the second point Nowe herewithall wee be warned to receiue the doctrine here conteined not as comming from a mortall man In speaking vnto vs Moses protesteth that he himselfe is not our schoolemaister though he rehearseth our lesson vnto vs but that must alwayes be God and his holy spirit that must be euen our Lord Iesus Christ in whose hand the Lawe was giuen Gal. 3.19 as S. Paul speaketh of him For he was the gouernour of y e Church at all times Ye see then that the thing which we haue to consider here is that we must reuerently and carefully receiue the things that were giuē vs by the hand of Moses Not that wee may think that any thing came of himselfe but that God sent him and ordeined him to be his instrument so that when we receiue any thing that was spoken by Moses wee may warrant our selues that God guideth and gouerneth vs by his owne pure trueth and that our faith resteth not vpon men nor vpon any mortall creature but that the liuing God is the author and will also be the warranter thereof Now after he hath spoken so he saith That his rehearsing of all these things was in the fortith yeere the eleuenth moneth and the first day of the moneth As if it had bene saide when the people drewe nigh to the land of promise and were readie to enter into it then did he repeate the Lawe of God and make an abridgement of it and rehearse all the exhortations and warnings which he had made to them before Not that Moses had helde his peace and kept silence euer since the giuing of the Lawe in Horeb for as I haue tolde you alreadie he ceassed not to call vpon the people continually bicause he sawe them so wilfull and stubborne and so stiffenecked and hard to be bowed But in the end forasmuch as he drewe neere to his long home and had as good as finished his race and should anon after depart out of this world as wee shall see that he did in the end of this booke he made a rehearsall of all the doctrine that he had preached by the space of fortie yeeres of purpose to ratifie confirme it in such wise to the people as their successours might bee edified by it after his decease and the profit thereof redound vnto vs at this day and wee be taught all the lessons conteyned therein Neuerthelesse we see moreouer that the people ought ere that time to haue bin throughly subdued and to haue submitted themselues better vnto God than they did For fortie yeeres are a good reasonable time to dispose a man to goodnesse if euer he will be good When we see a man hath bin let chawe vpon the bridle by the space of fortie yeeres and yet will giue eare to no counsell nor reason it is then high time or neuer for him to bethinke himself and to fall to better disposition and ripenesse of discretion than he hath done afore if he be told of his fault God therefore perceiuing his people to be so wilde gaue them time and respit to become tame led them about by y e space of fortie yeeres which thing he did to thē for their stubbornnesse sake as we shall see hereafter But y e thing that we haue to marke at this present is no more but that the cause why Moses spake now vnto the people was for that he drew neere his ende and God was at the point to take him out of the worlde and also for that the people should be as it were renewed at that time For it had bin saide to

should say Lo the word of God shal be reuerenced but yet it belongeth not to vs to trouble ourselues ouermuch therewith by applying our study thereunto We see then how the world doth euermore shift it selfe from taking any such knowlege of Gods word as they ought to haue For whereof cōmeth the horrible ignorāce which reigneth yet stil in may coūtries generally in all the popedome but only of this y t men referre thēselues to the Monkes Freers and such other people or at leastwise to the Popes Clergie for the knowledge of the holy scripture For it is not for secular or temporall persons as they terme them to deale therwith And the secular priestes also as they call them discharge thēselues thereof put it ouer to the Monkes they say it belongeth to none but doctors of diuinity to deale with it See how brutish the world was become And yet a man would thinke it strange y t men should be so grosly ouerseene as to haue no discretion in y t behalfe but that they shold be led by the mussels like beasts and go astray after y t maner How is it possible y t God should so forsake his church that thinges should be so grossely abused Let vs looke to the cause fountaine of the mischiefe When God kindleth the light of life amongst vs if we shutte our eyes thereat turne our backes or take couertes to sleepe in play the sluggardes which shut their windowes y t the sun should not shine into their eyes if we seeke to settle after y t sorte in our lees is it not meete y t God shold withdraw all his teaching from vs Surely it is the paymēt which the world hath receiued because y t where it shoulde haue sought learning fit for it it chose rather to be ignorant y t it might haue excuse before God And moreouer when our Lord vouchsafed y t his Gospell should be preached that the world might be inlightned by y e brightnes therof men did openly rebell against it chose to obey lyes rather than the trueth Therefore it could not be but y t such horrible vengeance must needes come vpon them Againe we see the care that God hath had to preserue his gospel in perfect state For like as he had prouided for y e law euen so hath he also done by the gospell which is the perfection of all learning according as S. Paul sayth in the second to Timothee 2. Tim. 2.2 We see there what order he established in the Church Looke what thou hast hearde of me saith he by many witnesses commit thou it ouer as a gage vnto faithfull folke which be meete and able to teach others There S. Paul appointed keepers of the gospell as God had earst appointed y e Leuiticall priests for keepers of the lawe Also hee would y t they shold be faithfull folke which shold be occupied employed therein and he would y t they likewise should doe their dutie in deliuering y e things ouer frō hand to hand as they had receiued thē to y e intent they might not lie hidden in darkenes Yet neuerthelesse we see howe it is come to passe Therefore wee must marke well in this place y t God hath euermore procured the saluation of his people of those whom he hath chosen not forgotten any thing that might be a meane to keepe them vnder his obedience Thus much for one point Moreouer wheras the world hath bin alwaies wauering caried hither thither and could not stay nor hold it selfe to y e seruing of God nor suffer it selfe to be guyded by the doctrine which is for the saluation thereof to be short wheras men play the wilde beasts it is not at the first dash y t they haue so resisted God or made countenance to disobey him but they haue turned away frō him by litle litle in such sort y t within short time they haue falne quite cleane away And so ye see how men haue continued in their naughtines not kept the lawe y t was deliuered vnto thē for a rule to liue by for y e way to lead them to saluatiō Seeing it is so we ought to take so much the more heede to the things which are shewed vnto vs heere What must then be done It is not ynough y t the truth be but only writtē for to what end shall y t serue me but to my greater condemnation But forasmuch as men are so wedded to the thinges that concerne this transitorie life think not on the heauenly treasure it is requisite y t there should be good keepers and aboue all thinges wee must note y t there will alwaies be a speciall order to retaine vs euermore in the obedience of God so long as his worde is dayly shewed vnto vs that euery man hath it in his handes And if this be not permitted wee shall quickely be carried hither thither and there will be no stay in vs vnlesse we haue such a bridle to hold vs backe That is a thing which we haue to marke Nowe in y e meane while we see what charge is here cōmitted aswel to the Leuites as to the rulers True it is y t at this day there is no certaine kinred allotted thereto by God in his Church for his wil is y t Shepherds shold be chosen which office is no heritage but he would y t they should be taken according as they bee knowen meete Neuerthelesse al Pastors Elders that is to say all Officers such as haue publike charge must vnderstande that they must employ thēselues to maintaine the pure religion that they must be as keepers of the word of God to the end that it should not perish And albeit y t there is no excuse for the rest of the people yet shall these feele double vengeance if they do not what lyeth in them to cause men to continue constant in the pure worde of God to see that euerie body be taught that both great small do yeelde thēselues thereunto If they straine not themselues to the vttermost of their powers y t Gods trueth may continue sounde it is certaine that they are to account therefore Now as touching that which Moses saith further That he cōmandeth the children of Israel that on the solemne day at the feast of the Tabernacles at the end of euery seuen yeere the law should be recited to all the people it is not meant y t God would not haue the Iewes taught it dayly but it was yet a straiter band the keeping y t solemnity as we haue seene heretofore where we treated of the couenant made by Moses was not to the intent y t the people should at other times be vnmindfull of the lawe Deut. 27.4 but to y e intent they should be y e deepelyer touched therewith haue it the better ratified after a solemne maner That is the very