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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.
All the Gentiles in their writings 1do worthily commend the truth: and do by all means they can, cry out on, and condemn lying, slandering, and all such kind of knavery. The law of the twelve tables is that a false witness should be cast headlong down from the top of Tarpey. Charondas 2Catanaeus, among other excellent sayings of his own hath this also. Let every one (saith he) love honesty and truth, and hate dishonesty and lying. For they are the marks whereby virtue is known from vice. We must therefore begin with children while as yet they are little ones, & inure our selves to chastise them, if they delight to lye, and to make much of them for telling the truth, that thereby the best and fruitfullest branch of virtue may be grafted in every several mind, & so be turned as it were into their nature.
All the Gentiles in their writings 1do worthily commend the truth: and do by all meanes they can, crie out on, and condemne lying, slaundering, and all such kinde of knauerie. The lawe of the twelue tables is that a false witnesse shoulde be cast headlong downe from the top of Tarpey. Charondas 2Catanaeus, among other excellent sayings of his owne hath this also. Let euery one (saith he) loue honestie and truth, and hate dishonestie and lying. For they are the markes wherby vertue is knowne from vice. We must therfore beginne with children while as yet they are litle ones, & inure our selues to chastise them, if they delight to lye, and to make muche of thē for telling the truth, that thereby the best and fruitfullest braunche of vertue may be graffed in euery seuerall mynde, & so be turned as it were into their nature.
- 19 Lies. False witnesses.
- 2A hill in Rome. Cata•a a Town in Sicily.A hill in Rome. Cata•a a Towne in Sicilie.