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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
To see any one of these, it were great pleasure, either the creation of heaven and earth, or the Angels, & Archangels, and blessed spirits: or the battles of the God of Sabaoth: or Amalech dashed in pieces like a Potters vessel: or the walls of Jericho blown down with the sound of a trumpet: or Pharaoh drowned in the sea: or Nebuchadnezzar eating grass among the beasts: or Antiochus smitten from heaven: or Sodom and Gomorrah burnt with fire and brimstone: or the earth to open, and swallow up the wicked: or the sea to stand like a wall: or water to come out of a stone: or bread to come from heaven: or the Sun to stand still, or to change his course: or an Ass to speak and teach his Master: or fire to be extreme hot, yet not burning: or Lyons hungry, yet not eating their meat; or the Sea tempestuous, yet not drowning: or blind to see, deaf to hear, dumb to speak, dead ⟨p. 198⟩to rise: or ignorant men to speak in languages they never learned: or the Devil to roar, and confess Christ: or God sitting in his Majesty, and Christ at his right hand: or Babylon thrown down, and become a Tabernacle of foul spirits, & a den for the Devil: or Christ to sit in judgement, and give sentence upon the quick and the dead: to see any one of all these wondrous works of God, it were great pleasure.
To sée any one of these, it were great pleasure, either the creation of heauen and earth, or the Angels, & Archangels, and blessed spirites: or the battailes of the God of Sabaoth: or Amalech dasht in péeces like a Potters vessell: or the wals of Iericho blowne downe with the sound of a trumpet: or Pharao drowned in the sea: or Nabuchodonosor eating grasse among the beastes: or Antiochus smitten from heauen: or Sodome and Gomorrha burnt with fire and brimstone: or the earth to open, and swallow vp the wicked: or the sea to stand like a wall: or water to come out of a stone: or breade to come from heauen: or the Sunne to stande still, or to chaunge his course: or an Asse to speake and teache his Maister: or fire to be extreame hot, yet not burning: or Lyons hungrie, yet not eating their meate; or the Sea tempestous, yet not drowning: or blind to sée, deafe to heare, dumbe to speake, dead ⟨p. 198⟩to rise: or ignorant men to speake in languages they neuer learned: or the Diuel to roare, and confesse Christ: or God sitting in his Maiestie, and Christ at his right hande: or Babylon throwne downe, and become a Tabernacle of fowle spirites, & a denne for the Diuel: or Christ to sit in iudgement, and giue sentence vpon the quick and the dead: to sée any one of all these wōderous works of God, it were great pleasure.