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The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop…The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop…
The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop of Sarum and D. Cole upon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty, and her most honourable Counsel. 1560. Set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.
London: printed by John Day, 1560
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.
Thus, when soever any order given by God is broken or abused, the best redress thereof is, to restore it again into the state that it first was in at the beginning.
Thus, when soeuer any order geuen by God is broken or abused, the best redresse therof is, to restore it again into the state that it first was in at the beginning.
Thus when the Temple of god at Jerusalem was so shamefully disordered by the priests and Levites▪ that it was become a cave of thieves. Christ for reformation thereof, called them back again to the first erection of the temple. Scriptum est: Domus mea Domus orationis vocabitur. It is written (saith Christ) in the Scriptures: My house shall be called the house of prayer. Thus was the temple of God used at the beginning and thus ought it to be used now.
Thus when the Temple of god at Hierusalem was so shamfullye difordred by the priestes and Leuites▪ that it was become a caue of theues. Christe for reformation therof, called them backe again to the first erection of the temple. Scriptum est: Domus mea Domus orationis vocabitur. It is written (saith Christ) in the Scriptures: My house shalbe called the house of prayer. Thus was the temple of God vsed at the beginning and thus ought it to be vsed now.
Thus when Christ was apposed by the Scribes and Pharisees in the case of divorce, whether he thought it lawful for a man to put his wife from him for every light cause, & to marry another, he made them answer by the first institution & ordinance of marriage. A principio non fuit ita. Scriptum est: Erunt duo in carne una. It was not so (saith Christ) at the beginning. It is written. They shall be two in one flesh. Now therefore they are not two, but one flesh. As if he should have said: This is the ordinance of God my father. This may not be broken for your pleasures sake, but must remain in strength, and last for ever.