A17183:449
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.
Let us call to our Father in heaven through our Lord Jesus Christ, that he will vouchsafe to pour his grace into us, that we may to our no small profit, dispatch and expound the last part of the Articles of Christian belief.
LEt vs call to oure Father in heauen through our Lord Iesus Christe, that he wil vouchsafe to poure his grace into vs, that we may to our no smal profit, dispatch and expound the last part of the Articles of Christian beliefe.
The ninth Article of faith is this, 1The holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints. After the confession of our belief in the holy Trinity, and in the mystery of the Son of God our Lord Jesus Christ, and lastly in the holy Ghost the sanctifier and restorer of all: now in the fourth part is reckoned up the fruit and power, the effect and end of faith, and what doth come to, and is bestowed on the faithful. There cometh to them communion of God and all Saints, sanctification, remission of sins, the resurrection of the flesh and life everlasting. Of which I will speak in order as they lye so far forth as the bountiful Lord shall give me ability. Now then here we have to rehearse out of the eight Article this word I believe, we must (I mean) say, I believe the holy Catholic Church. Some unlearned there are which hold opinion that in this point of our confession we should say, I believe in the 2holy Church. The reason that leads them so to think is this, because they find written in the Constantinopolitane Creed, And in the holy Ghost the Lord that giveth life, who proceedeth from the father and the Son who together with the father & the Son is to be worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets in one Catholic and Apostolic Church. For these words they do so distinguish that as they do repeat out of the premisses these words, I believe, and make this the sense, I believe in the holy Ghost the Lord: even so here again they do repeat these words, I believe, making this to be the sense, I believe in one Catholic and Apostolic Church. But this is more then needeth, yea and against all godliness do they wrest these words of the Creed. For this, In one Catholic and Apostolic Church, is not referred to the Verb, I believe, but to the holy Ghost, because he spake by the Prophets in one Catholic and Apostolic Church. For our meaning is, and we confess that one and the same spirit did all things in both Testaments, contrary to the opinion of them which imagined that there were two spirits contrary one to the other.