A17183:569
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
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And now touching the demonstration 1whereby he declareth that he hath been, is, and will be the God and Lord of us all, of our fathers, and of our children that come after us, the proof thereof is most evident by our delivery out of Egypt. Therein are contained all the virtues of God, his wisdom, his goodness, his righteousness, his trueth, his power, and what not? He declareth that he is the Lord in heaven and in earth, in all elements and all creatures. His people the Israelites doth he graciously deliver, defend, with sundry gifts adorn, and mightily preserve, even in despite and maugre all the heads of the whole Egyptian kingdom. And on the other side, he doth by sundry means very terribly, yet notwithstanding justly punish the Egyptians, and last of all together with their king, he overwhelmeth them in the red sea. By this one miracle of the Lords, the Israelites might have gathered, as God is Almighty, and the mightiest of all, so also that he would be their God, as heretofore he had been the God of their Fathers. For by this wonder, he did declare what he was then, and of how great power and goodness he is even at this day among us, and also what he will be in all ages, even unto the end. To us that live in these days the deliverance which we have obtained by Jesus Christ our Lord, is far more fresh in memory, who hath not delivered us from the bondage of any Egyptian kingdom, nor from the tyrannous hands of any earthly Pharaoh, but hath set us free from the power of darkness, of sin, death, and the devil. Whereby we gather, that as the eternal, true, excellent, high, and holy God is most mighty, so also he is our God, that he wisheth well to us, and that he careth for and loveth us according to that saying of the Apostle. Who spared not his own Son but gave him for us all, how can it be, but that with him he will give us all things? Verily the mystery 2of our redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ, is very manifestly contained in the first precept of the ten Commandments. For it is evident ye the Israelites free departure out of Egypt, was a type or figure of the delivery of the whole compass of the earth, and of all the kingdoms of the world, which should be wrought by Christ our Lord, who hath now already set all the world free from the bondage of sin and hell.
And nowe touching the demonstration 1