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Calvin's Sermons on Job

by David and Tim Bayly on March 13, 2007 - 8:29am

The unavailability of English print versions of numerous great Christian works remains a scandal. When Google is seeking to digitize the whole world for free, the lack of Christians seeking to digitize great Christian works for the general good is astounding.

What are we going to do, folks, leave such works to Logos and Ages so that they can profit from them? CCEL is a great resource for classic works but it's somewhat too broad for my taste.

I just bought a facsimile version of Calvin's sermons on Job--750 pages typeset (and translated into English) in the 1500s. I have half a mind to take the binding off, feed it through the church's high speed copier/scanner and see if my copy of OmniPage 15 can be trained to read the old typeface.

Then, if that works, on to Calvin's sermons on Deuteronomy (which I ordered in facsimile form from the Free Presbyterian Bookroom and never received), Bannerman's The Church of Christ, etc....

But first I have to reconcile myself to hacking apart a $55 book I just bought....

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Submitted by Robert Perry on March 13, 2007 - 10:28am
Use a good digital camera and tripod, and devise a way of holding the book open. See if that scans well.

Submitted by Glenn on March 13, 2007 - 11:04am
Hi, I am sure you have seen these sites, but just in case, try this: Puritansermons.com reformedsermonarchives.com swrb.com -Glenn

Submitted by Melanie Webb on March 13, 2007 - 11:57am
Also check out Third Millennium Ministries weekly web magazine Reformed Perspectives: reformedperspectives.org They're publishing John Frame's book on ethics in its entirety as chapters becomes available and are weekly adding works from historical reformed figures.

Submitted by Foggy Glasses on March 13, 2007 - 12:40pm
I would hate to ask you to destroy your book, But I am dying to get a hold of Calvin's job sermons. That so many of his sermons are out of print is a real crime.

Submitted by Scott Tibbs on March 13, 2007 - 6:17pm
"But first I have to reconcile myself to hacking apart a $55 book I just bought...." That was really funny. You could always buy a second copy. :-)

Submitted by rob on March 14, 2007 - 5:22am
Look at it this way. The next time you move you don't need to install extra bookshelves in the closet, because you will have 10 shelves of books on 2 DVD's. Hey, with an index and a simple search engine, you could sell those DVD's and finance the next 10 shelves of soon-to-be-dissembled books.

Submitted by John D on March 15, 2007 - 9:01am
I digitized "Form of the Christian Temple" some time ago. I should dig that up and post it somewhere...

Submitted by John D on March 15, 2007 - 9:06am
By the way, this fellow has helped me out with a few that he's digitized. http://www.puritan-books.com/index.html

Submitted by John D on March 15, 2007 - 12:58pm
He has Calvin's Job, as well, it appears.

Submitted by john siegel on March 16, 2007 - 9:30pm
David, go for it and rip the book to shreds. This would be a boon to those of us who cant get that kind of material. seriously, most of my library is on the web so calvin's sermons would be a welcome addition. John Siegel, Russia

Submitted by David L. on March 19, 2007 - 9:44am
Another very cool resource for obscure Puritan and other types of literature is the database Early English Books On-line. If you're affiliated with a university (like IU), you can get electronic copies (some scanned text, some PDF or TIFF images) of pretty much any book printed in England from 1500-1900. I found 4 editions of Calvin's Sermons on Job from the 1580s in Golding's translation there. Unfortunately, they only had PDF images of individual pages. The book's about 750 pages long, too. Still, if you have access to it (or know someone who does), it's a very worthwhile resource.

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