Sermons on Deuteronomy (continued)
On Wednesday the 14th of
August 1555 The 57th Sermon which is the
seventh upon the seventh
Chapter
22. 23. 24. And the Lord & c.
25. You shall burn the images of their Gods with fire. And neither count me take those to the gold or silver that is upon them, for fear least it turn to the decay. For such things are abominations to the Lord your God.
26. Therefore those shall not bring any abomination into thin house, least that thyself become accursed as well as it. But those shall abhor it and it utterly: for it is a cursed thing.
Yesterday I began to show that we must be constant unto the end in trusting unto God, and in holding of ourselves to his promises, though the thing that he speaks be not performed out of hand, nor his determination put in execution by and by: for he has always good reason to make delay thereof. True it is that we perceive it not far.
We see even among men, that such as have had long time, and have