A17183:1345
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.
When the Lord thy God hath cast out many nations before thee, thou shalt root them out, neither shalt thou make league with them, nor pity them, nor join affinity with them: because they will seduce thy sons to serve strange Gods, and so my fury wax hot against thee, and I destroy thee.
When the Lorde thy God hath cast out many nations before thee, thou shalt roote them out, neither shalte thou make league with them, nor pittie them, nor ioyne affinitie with them: because they will seduce thy sonnes to serue straunge Goddes, and so my furie waxe hoate against thee, and I destroy thee.
But this shalt thou do to them, ye shall dig down their altars, ye shall break their idols, ye shall cut down their groves, and burn their images with fire. For an holy people art thou unto the Lord thy God, & the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto him self.
But this shalt thou do to them, ye shall digge downe their altars, ye shall breake their idoles, ye shall cut downe their groues, and burne their images with fire. For an holie people arte thou vnto the Lord thy God, & the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people vnto him selfe.
The same law is set down in the 123 of Exodus, and is again repeated in the twelfth of Deuteron. Hereunto belong the laws that were published against idols and images. In the nineteenth of Leviticus the Lord saith: Look not back to idols, neither make you molten Gods. I am the Lord your God. Also in the 26 Chapter: Ye shall make you no idols nor graven Image, neither rear you up any pillar, neither shall ye set you up any Image of stone in your land to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. Again in the 16 of Deuteronomy: Thou shalt plant no grove of any trees nigh unto the altar of the lord thy God: neither shalt thou set thee up any image, which the Lord thy God hateth. There are beside these also many other laws to this end and purpose in every place through all the volume of the Scriptures.