A17183:1376
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.
Just weights and just measures the Lord commanded to be kept in 1the law, where he saith: Thou shalt not have in thy bag two manner of weights, a great and a small: neither shalt thou have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a right and a just weight, and a perfect and a just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things and all that deal unrightly, are abomination unto the Lord thy God. This law is given in the 25 of Deuteronomy, and is again repeated in the 19 Chapter of Leviticus.
Iust weightes and iust measures the Lord commaunded to bee kept in 1the lawe, where he saith: Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two manner of weightes, a great and a small: neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a greate and a small. But thou shalte haue a right and a iust weight, and a perfect and a iuste measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lorde thy God giueth thee. For all that do such thinges and all that deale vnrightly, are abhomination vnto the Lord thy God. This lawe is giuen in the 25 of Deuteronomie, and is againe repeated in the 19 Chapter of Leuiticus.
- 1Weight & measure.
Of public judgements of witchcrafts and the punishment of offenders 1there are many laws set down in the book of the Lord. Thou shalt not, saith the Lord, suffer witches to live. Again, The fathers shall not be killed for the sons, nor the sons for the fathers: but every one shall be slain for his own offence. Neither doeth the law conceal the manner of killing: for it giveth the use of the sword, of stones, and of fire into the magistrates hands. And sometime it is left to the Judges discretion to punish the offender according to the circumstance of the crime committed, either in body or goods, in loss of limbs or life, in scourging with rods, or selling into bondage. In the twentieth Chapter of Leviticus, all the offences are almost reckoned up, that are to be punished we present death. And in like manner, the like are repeated in the eighteenth & twenty one Chap. of the same book.