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The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wiseThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise
The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take great pleasure in the reading thereof. Translated out of French into English, by John Brooke of AsheThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take greate pleasure in the reading thereoff. Translated out of French into English, by Iohn Brooke of Ashe
London: printed by Thomas East, 1579
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.
Eusebius. Pen carry them, for to represent by them the light of the Gospel that which Jesus Christ hath carried & borne, which is yt true light of yt world, for to illuminate & lighten the poor ⟨image 158⟩Gentles and Idolaters, and the glory of the people Israel, according to the prophecy of Isaiah and of Simeon.
Eusebius. Pen cary thē, for to represent by thē ye light of ye Gaspell yt whiche Iesus Christ hath carried & borne, which is yt true light of yt world, for to illuminate & lightē ye poore ⟨image 158⟩Gentles and Idolaters, and the glory of the people Israel, according to the prophecie of Esay and of Simeon.
Theophilus. But must we present him with torchest 1candles? is not that rather the office of the Priests to light the Candle, lamp and torch of the word of God, (which is the light of our feet, lightning the blind, giving wise, doine unto the little ones and ignorant) through the preaching of the Gospel, and to set it upon a candlestick & 2upon the table, for to give light unto all those which are in yt house of God, not for to put it under the table and under a bushel, and to fill the peoples eyes and all the Church of God, with smoke and darkness, for to testify and witness that they are blind leaders of the blind.
Theophilus. But must wee present him with torchest 1candels? is not that rather the office of the Priests to light the Candle, lampe and torche of the word of God, (whiche is the light of our feete, lightning the blinde, giuing wise, doine unto the little ones and ignorant) thorow the preaching of the Gaspell, and to sette it uppon a candlesticke &