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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 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.
Thus when Christ was apposed by the Scribes and Pharises in the case of diuorse, whether he thought it lawful for a man to put his wyfe from him for euery light cause, & to mary another, he made them answer by the first institutiō & ordinaunce of mariage. A principio non fuit ita. Scriptum est: Erūt duo in carne vna. It was not so (saith Christ) at ye beginninge. It is written. They shalbe two in one fleshe. Now therefore they are not two, but one fleshe. As if he shoulde haue said: This is the ordinaunce of God my father. Thys may not be broken for your pleasures sake, but must remayne in strength, and last for euer.
This S. Paul, that the Corinthians might the better understand, that they had unreverently ⟨image 125⟩missensed the Lords supper, & be the more willing to redress the same▪ laid Christs first institution before their eyes, as a true pattern whereby the sooner they might redress it. Looks (aith he) what thing I received of the Lord, the same thing I delivered cuer faithfully unto you. I gave you not any phansy, or devise of mine own, but that thing only that Christ had before delivered me. This rule is infallible. Hereby your doings may best be tried? This, I judge, to be the very true meaning of these words of S. Paul. Now for as much as in this last age of the world, the▪ same holy sacrament or mystery of Christs last supper hath ben likewise stained with diverse foul abuses, & specially for that, notwithstanding it hath pleased almighty