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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.
For Paul in the third to the Philippians saith: Our conversation is in Heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body that it may be made like unto his glorious body.
For Paule in the thirde to the Philippians sayth: Our conuersation is in Heauen, from whence wee looke for the Sauiour the Lorde Iesus Christe, who shall chaunge oure vile bodie that it maye be made like vnto his glorious bodie.
See here, the Apostle calleth not our resurrection from the dead, a transubstantiation, or loss of the substance of our body, but a changing: then also showing what kind of body that changed body is, he calleth it a glorious body, not without all shape, and void of fashion, but augmented in glory: yea he setteth before us the very body of our Lord Jesus Christ, where in he showeth us what fashion our bodies shall have being in glory. For in plain words he saith: He shall make our vile body like to his glorious body.
See here, the Apostle calleth not oure resurrection from the deade, a transubstantiation, or losse of the substaunce of our body, but a chaunging: then also shewing what kinde of bodie that chaunged bodie is, hee calleth it a glorious bodie, not without all shape, and voyde of facion, but augmented in glorie: yea hee setteth before vs the verie bodie of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, where in he sheweth vs what facion oure bodies shall haue being in glorie. For in plaine woordes hee sayth: Hee shall make oure vile bodie like to his glorious bodie.
Let us therefore see what kind of body our Lord had after his resurrection: it was neither turned into a Ghost, nor brought to nothing, nor yet not able to be known by the shape and figure: For showing them his hands and feet, that were easily known by the print of the nails wherewith he was crucified, he said: See, for I am even he, to wit, clad again with the same body wherein I hung upon the Cross.