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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
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.
and sitting aloft in the clouds as in a judgement seat, shall be easily seen of all flesh. For they that shall be then living at the day of judgement shall in a very prick of time be changed, & stand before the judge: and all the dead shall in a moment rise up again. Then shall the judge divide the sheep from the goats: and according to justice shall give judgement with the sheep & against the goats saying: Come ye blessed. &c. And, Go ye cursed. &c. Presently after shall follow execution. For the sheep shall by and by be caught up into the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, & shall ascend with him joyfully into heaven to the right hand of God the father, there to live for ever in glory & gladness. The bottom of the earth shall gape for the wicked, & shall suck them all up horribly, and send them down to hell, there to be tormented for ever with Satan and his Angels. All this shall be done not by any long, troublesome, or change able process, as is used in our Courts of law, but even in the twinkling of an eye. For then shall all mens hearts be laid open & every mans own conscience shall accuse him self. This is more at large set out in Math. 24. &. 25 Wis. 3. &. 5. 1. Cor. 15. 2. Cor. 5. 1. The. 4 5. Rom. 2. 2. Pet. 3. &c. Now we do 1simply confess that the quick and the dead shall be judged. This do some expound of the godly & ungodly. But the Symbol or Creed, was ordained for the most simple of understanding. And simple things are fittest for to teach simple men. Therefore we say simply that the dead are all they, that from the beginning of the world even until the last day are departed out of this mortal life. And the living are they, which at that day shall be alive in this world. For the apostle saith, Behold I tell you a mystery, we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed by the last trump in a moment of time and in the twinkling of an eye. For the trump shall sound, and the dead shall rise again incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
and sitting aloft in the cloudes as in a iudgement seate, shalbe easily séene of al flesh. For they that shall be then liuing at the day of iudgement shall in a very prick of time be changed, & stande before the iudge: and all the deade shall in a moment rise vp againe. Then shall the iudge diuide the shéepe from the goats: and according to iustice shal giue iudgemēt with the shéep & against the goats saying: Come ye blessed. &c. And, Goe ye cursed. &c. Presently after shal follow execution. For the shéepe shall by and by be caught vp into the clouds to méete ye Lord in the ayre, & shal ascend with him ioyfully into heauen to the right hande of God the father, there to liue for euer in glory & gladnesse. The bottome of the earth shall gape for the wicked, & shall sucke them all vp horribly, and send them down to hel, there to be tormented for euer with Sathā and his Angels. All this shall be done not by any long, troublesom, or change able processe, as is vsed in our Courts of lawe, but euen in the twinckling of an eye. For then shall all mens hearts be layd open & euery mans owne conscience shall accuse him selfe. This is more at large set out in