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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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The seventh Article of our faith is this. From thence he shall come to 1judge the quick and the dead. In the former Articles there is set forth and confessed the divine goodness, bountifulness and grace in Christ: now also shall be declared the divine justice, severity and vengeance that is in him. For there are two comings of our Lord Jesus Christ. First he came basely in the flesh to be the redeemer and saviour of the world. At the second time he shall come gloriously to judgement to be a judge and revenger that will not be entreated against all unrepentant sinners and wicked doers. And he shall come out of heaven from the right hand of the Father in his visible and very humane body, to be seen of all flesh, with the incomprehensible power of his Godhead, and being attended on by all the Angels. For the Lord him self in the Gospel saith: They shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory, and he shall send his angels with the great sound of a trump. &c. But now to judge 2is to sit in the tribunal seat, to hear and discuss matters, to take up strifes to determine and give sentence, & lastly to defend & deliver, & again to chastise & punish, & by that means to keep under & suppress injury and malice. ⟨p. 75⟩We believe therefore that our Lord Jesus Christ in that day shall deliver all the godly, & destroy all the wicked: according to the words of the Apostle who saith, Our Lord shall be revealed from heaven with the Angels of his power, with a burning flame, and shall lay vengeance on them that have not known God: And again, the same just judge shall give a crown of righteousness to all them that love his coming. The manner of this judgement 3the writings of the Evangelists & Apostles do tell us, shall be in this sort. When once the wickedness of this world shall come to the full, & that Antichrist shall have deceived the world, so that there is but little faith remaining, & that the wicked shall say peace & quietness, then shall a sudden destruction come. For our Lord the judge shall send his Archangel, to blow the trump & to gather together from the four winds all flesh to judgement: by and by after shall the judge him self our Lord Jesus Christ follow with all the host of heaven: & he shall descend out of heaven into the clouds: