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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
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and yet he neither held nor taught any otherwise of this point of doctrine. And again 1the same Augustine in his third book De peccatorū meritis & remissione. Cap. 7. sayeth: Hierome, expounding the prophe•ie of Jonah, when he came to that place, where mention is made that even the little children were chastened with fasting, saith: It began with the eldest, and came even to the youngest. For there is none without sin, no, not he which is but one day old, nor he whose grey head hath seen many years. For if the stars are not clean in the sight of God, how much more unclean are dust and putrefying earth, and those which are in subjection to the sin of Adams transgression? To these words of Hierome doeth Augustine himself annex this that followeth: If it were so that we might easily ask it of this most learned man, how many teachers of the holy Scriptures in both the tongues, and how many writers of Christian ⟨p. 499⟩treatises would he reckon up, which since the time that Christ his Church was first planted, have themselves nether thought, of their predecessors learned, nor taught their successors any other than this doctrine touching original sin? I verily, though I have read nothing so much as he, do not remember that I have heard any other doctrine of Christians, which admit or receive both the testaments, whether they were in the unity of the Catholic Church, or otherwise in Schisms and heresies: I do not remember that I have read any other thing in them, whose writings touching this matter, I could come by to read them, if either they did follow, or thought that they did follow, or would have men believe that they did follow, the Canonical Scriptures.
and yet he neither held nor taught any otherwise of this point of doctrine. And againe 1the same Augustine in his third booke De peccatorū meritis & remissione. Cap. 7. sayeth: Hierome, expounding the prophe•ie of Ionas, when he came to that place, where mētion is made that euen the little children were chastened with fasting, sayth: It began with the eldest, and came euen to the yongest. For there is none without sinne, no, not hee which is but one day old, nor hee whose gray head hath seene many yeares. For if the starres are not cleane in the sight of God, how much more vncleane are duste and putrifying earth, and those which are in subiection to the sinne of Adams transgression? To these words of Hierome doeth Augustine himselfe annexe this that followeth: If it were so that wee might easilie aske it of this most learned man, how many teachers of the holie Scriptures in both the tongues, and howe many writers of Christian