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A view of a seditious bull sent into England, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…
A view of a seditious bull sent into England, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reverend Father in God, John Jewel, late Bishop of Salisbury. Whereunto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he delivered in divers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisbury, anno. 1570A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God, Iohn Iewel, late Bishop of Salisburie. Wherevnto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he deliuered in diuers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisburie, anno. 1570
London: printed by R. Newberie & H. Bynneman, 1582
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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.
Whereunto may I resemble our case? Jeremiah the Prophet was cast into a dun geon. There he sate without light, and without comfort. His case was miserable, and the place loathsome, yet he knew where he was: he knew what he lacked: he cried unto the Lord and was delivered. Daniel was cast into the den of Lions, there to be torn in pieces and devoured. But he saw his misery, and the danger in which he stood: he saw the Lions, the paws which should gripe him, and the teeth which should tear him. His case was miserable: yet is ours more miserable. We are in the deep dungeon of hell, and think we are in safety: we are in the middest of darkness, and think it to be light: we are compassed with Lions, with Dragons, and ⟨p. 136⟩Scorpions, yet think not of our misery.
Wherunto may I resemble our case? Ieremy the Prophet was cast into a dū geon. There he sate without light, and without comfort. His case was miserable, and the place lothsome, yet he knew where he was: he knew what he lacked: he cryed vnto the Lord and was deliuered. Daniel was cast into the den of Lions, there to bee torne in péeces and deuoured. But he sawe his misery, and the daunger in which he stoode: he sawe the Lions, the pawes which shoulde gripe him, and the téeth which shoulde teare him. His case was miserable: yet is ours more miserable. We are in the déepe dungeon of hel, and think we are in safetie: we are in the middest of darkenesse, and thinke it to be light: we are compassed with Lio•s, with Dragons, and ⟨p. 136⟩Scorpions, yet think not of our miserie.
Who hath not heard the story of Jonah? Jonah was in a Whales belly: The place was very dark: the waves beat on every side: he was drowned, yet touched no water: he was swallowed up, yet not consumed: he lived without any sense of life: the fish was his death, y• sea was death, & the tempest was death: yet he died not, but lived in the mids of death: he could not see, he could not hear, he knew not to whom he might call for help: he was taken & carried away, he knew not whether. Let us mark well this story, it is a true pattern of our estate, & showeth what our life is in this world. We are beset with like dangers, we are driven with tempests we are drowned in like floods, we live in the middest of horrible darkness, we are carried we know not whether.