A17167:241
A confutation of the Popes bull which was published more then two years ago…A confutation of the Popes bull which was published more then two yeres agoe…
A confutation of the Popes bull which was published more then two years ago against Elizabeth the most gracious Queen of England, France, and Ireland, and against the noble realm of England together with a defence of the said true Christian Queen, and of the whole realm of England. By Henry Bullinger the Elder.A confutation of the Popes bull which was published more then two yeres agoe against Elizabeth the most gracious Queene of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, and against the noble realme of England together with a defence of the sayd true Christian Queene, and of the whole realme of England. By Henry Bullinger the Elder.
London: printed by John Day, 1572London: printed by Iohn Day, 1572
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But hear how God hath always hated seditious persons,1 and how grievously also he hath evermore punished seditions. Chore, Dathan, and Abyron with their complices raised a sedition against Moses the chaplain of Gods people:2 But the earth opened and swallowed them up with their households and all that ever they had. A right dreadful example surely, to the intent that none should hereafter rise against their Princes any more.3 The Israelites also raised an insurrection against the same Moses in the wilderness. But for their so doing they were shut out of the land of promise, and by the space of xxxviij. years together overwhelmed with sundry calamities, tired and forspent with daily travelling in the desert, and at length also in sundry times consumed and made away with horrible kinds of death. Also in the book of Judges, the Ephraimites made an uproar against Jephthah who had deserved well at their hands. But through the vengeance of God ⟨image 78⟩for their ungracious rebellion and unthankfulness, there were slain of them about a xlij. thousand. What befell in Davids time to Absalom & Seba the son of Bithri when they rebelled seditiously against their lawful king David, it is better known then that if may seem requisite to be set forth in many words. There are in the holy Scriptures and the worldly histories of sundry kingdoms, many exam ples to be seen no less horrible then these, of seditious persons that were most grievously confounded by the Lord. For the Lord being righteous, and a lover of order and peace, never spared any such.
But heare how God hath alwayes hated seditious persons,1 and how greuously also he hath euermore punished seditiōs. Chore, Dathan, and Abyron with their complices raised a sedition against Moses the chaplein of Gods people:2 But the earth opened and swallowed them vp with their housholdes and all that euer they had. A right dreadfull example surely, to the intent that none should hereafter ryse agaynst their Princes any more.