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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.
First glory in this sense is used for 1a lightsomeness and shining brightness. For Paul saith, that the children of Israel for the glory of Moses countenance, could not behold with their eyes the face of Moses: so then a glorious body is a bright and shining body. A very good proof of this did our Lord show, even a little before his resurrection, when it pleased him to give to his Disciples a small taste of the glory to come, and for that cause toke aside certain whom he had chosen into the top of a certain hill, where he was transfigured before them, so that that the fashion of his countenance did shine as the Sun, and his clothes were white and glistered as the light. The Lord verily, had still the same bodily substance, and the same members of the body, but they were transfigured.
First glorie in this sense is vsed for 1a lightsomnes and shining brightnes. For Paule sayth, that the children of Israel for the glorie of Moses countenaunce, coulde not beholde with their eyes the face of Moses: so then a glorious body is a bright and shining bodie. A very good proofe of this did our Lord shewe, euen a litle before his resurrection, when it pleased him to giue to his Disciples a small taste of the glorie to come, and for that cause toke asyde certaine whom he had chosen into the toppe of a certaine hill, where he was trāsfigured before them, so yt yt the facion of his countenaūce did shine as the Sunne, and his clothes were white and glistered as the light. The Lord verilie, had still the same bodilie substaunce, and the same members of the bodie, but they were transfigured.
- 1What a glorious ••dy is
But it is manifest that that transfiguration was in the accidents: For light and brightness was added, so that the shape & substance of the countenance and body remaining as it was, the countenance and body did glister as the Sun, & the light. And although we read not that the body of the Lord did within those 40. days, wherein he showed himself alive again to his Disciples, make manifest and spread abroad the brightness which it had, and that by reason of the dispensation, whereby also he did eat with his disciples, not withstanding that clarified bodies need not food or nourishment at all: yet nevertheless his body shineth now in Heaven as John in the first of the Apocalypse witnesseth, and the sacred Scriptures lay an assured hope before us, that even our bodies also shall in the resurrection be likewise clarified. For the Lord himself in the Gospel alleging the words of Daniel saith: Then shall the righteous shine as the Sun in his fathers kingdom. For this cause the glorious bodies are called also clarified of the clearness of that Heavenly brightness, wherewith they glister & are adorned.