A17183:1322
Fifty Godly and Learned Sermons (The Decades)
Fifty godly and learned sermons divided into five decades, containing the chief and principal points of Christian religion, written in three several tomes or sections, by Henry Bullinger minister of the church of Tigure in Switzerland. Whereunto is adjoined a triple or three-fold table very fruitful and necessary. Translated out of Latin into English by H.I. student in divinity.Fiftie godlie and learned sermons diuided into fiue decades, conteyning the chiefe and principall pointes of Christian religion, written in three seuerall tomes or sections, by Henrie Bullinger minister of the churche of Tigure in Swicerlande. Whereunto is adioyned a triple or three-folde table verie fruitefull and necessarie. Translated out of Latine into English by H.I. student in diuinitie.
London: printed by Henry Middleton for Ralph Newberrie, 1577London: printed by Henry Middleton for Ralphe Newberrie, 1577
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 this belongeth, that even before the law, in the time of Noah, 1God did forbid to eat the blood, and the flesh with the blood of any thing torn by wild beasts, or strangled. Before the deluge the fathers did eat the herbs and fruits of the earth. After the flood they had leave given to eat the flesh of living creatures, but so yet that they should cut the throat off, and drain the blood out of the body. The place is extant in the ninth Chapter of Genesis. Moreover in the law the Lord with great severity saith: Whatsoever man it be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. Leviticus 17. And the same law is repeated in the nineteenth Chapter of the same book, and in the 12 and 15 Chapter of Deuteronomy. It is again rehearsed in the third and seventh Chapter of Leviticus. Neither is it without very just and great causes that he did so severely forbid the eating of blood. For first of all, after the words above rehearsed he addeth immediately: For the life of the flesh is in the blood: & I have given it unto you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls. For blood shall make an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel: Let no soul among you eat blood &c. Lo in these words a most evident reason is given, why it was not lawful to eat blood, because blood was the most excellent and precious thing, as that which was ordained for the sanctification of mankind. For God gave blood to be as the price, wherewith sins should be cleansed, to be I say, the price of redemption, whereby men should be absolved of their sins. Blood also is the life, that is, the nourishment of life.
To this belongeth, that euen before the lawe, in the time of Noah, 1God did forbidd to eate the bloud, and the fleashe with the bloud of any thing torne by wilde beastes, or strangled. Before the deluge the fathers did eate the hearbes and fruites of the earth. After the floud they had leaue giuen to eate the fleash of lyuinge creatures, but so yet that they should cut ye throat off, and drayn the bloud out of the bodie. The place is extant in the ninth Chapter of Genesis. Moreouer in the lawe the Lord with greate seueritie saith: Whatsoeuer man it be of the house of Israel, or of the straungers that soiourne among you, that eateth any manner of bloud, I will set my face against that soule, and wil cut him off from amonge his people.