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The first part of the Christian instruction, and general so[m]me of the doctrine, contained…The firste parte of the Christian instruction, and generall so[m]me of the doctrine, conteyned…
The first part of the Christian instruction, and general so[m]me of the doctrine, contained in the holy Scriptures wherein the principal points of the religion are familiarly handled by dialogues, very necessary to be read of all Christians. Translated into English, by John Shute, according to the late copy set forth, by th'author Master Peter Viret. 1565. Overseen and perused, according to the order appointed, by the Queens majesties injunctions.The firste parte of the Christian instruction, and generall so[m]me of the doctrine, conteyned in the holy Scriptures wherein the principall pointes of the religion are familiarly handled by dialogues, very necessary to be read of all Christians. Translated into Englishe, by Iohn Shute, accordyng to the late copy set forth, by th'author Maister Peter Viret. 1565. Ouersene and perused, accordyng to the order appointed, by the Queenes maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by John Day, 1565London: printed by Iohn Day, 1565
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¶ What tokens God gave of his presence in the mount Sinai, when he did give and publish his law.
¶ VVhat tokens God gaue of his presence in the mount Synay, vvhen he did geue and publish hys lavv.
D. IT cannot then be said hers, that these things were feigned, and that Moses did unjustly make them believe that God did speak unto him, and gave him that law 1which he brought to the people, and yet that there was no such thing at all. For the people did see the cloud in the which God spake unto Moses, to declare thereby his majesty: To wit, that he is the chief King and Prince of heaven and of earth, unto whom all creatures must obey. And forsomuch as God doth more manifest his presence, his glory, his power, and his majesty, in the heaven & in the air, then in any other of his creatures, he took the clouds for to declare his majesty and sovereignty that he hath over all. But he was not yet contented with this, but before he would descend into the mount Sinai, in the thick & dark cloud, he caused the thunder to burst out in a marvellous sort in the air, whose cracks were heard all over, & made a horrible and a fearful noise. He did also send forth the great lightnings, in such sort, that at the air was lighted ⟨p. 164⟩and was filled with great fires, which were seen in all places very terrible. On the other side, the people did see all the Mountain in a smoke, as it had been of a great fire, or of a burning furnace. They heard also the cornet and the trumpet found, which did ring with a marvellous violence, & made a very fearful noise, in such sort, as there was neither great nor small that was not wonderfully afraid, & did not tremble with great horror, and was not as it were half dead for fear. All that while the whole mountain was covered with the great cloud, in the which God spake with a mighty voice in the hearing of all the people, and did pronounce from his own mouth the very same words which he had written with his own finger in the two tables of stone, the which Moses did afterward bring down from the mountain of Sinai, and of the talk which he had with God in the same hill.