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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.
Hereunto now do appertain the places of Scripture, and testimonies of the men that are the chiefest pillars of true religion and godliness, of Moses, Isaiah, and Paul, Moses in Deut. saith: The Lord spake unto you from the middest of the fire: and a voice of words ye heard, but likeness saw ye none, but heard the voice only. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves as pertaining unto your souls (for ye saw no manner of image in that day) least ye mar your selves by making you a graven image, the likeness of any manner of figure, whether it be the picture of man or woman: the likeness of any manner of beast that is on the earth: or the likeness of any manner of feathered foul that flieth in the air: or the likeness of any manner of worm that creepeth on the earth: or the likeness of any manner of fish that is in the waters beneath the earth. Yea, and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars, with all the host of heaven, thou shouldest begin to worship them and reverence them, and shouldest worship and serve the things, which the Lord thy God hath made to serve all nations under the whole heaven. Take heed therefore that ye forget not the appointment of the Lord your God, which he hath made with you, and that ye make you no graven Image, nor the likeness of any thing that the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. This hath Moses thus far.
Herevnto now doe appertaine the places of Scripture, and testimonies of the men that are the chiefest pillers of true religion and godlinesse, of Moses, Esay, and Paule, Moses in Deut. sayth: The Lorde spake vnto you from the middest of the fire: and a voyce of wordes ye hearde, but likenesse saw ye none, but heard the voice only. Take good heede therefore vnto yourselues as pertaining vnto your soules (for ye sawe no maner of image in that day) least ye marre your selues by making you a grauen image, the likenesse of any manner of figure, whether it be the picture of man or woman: the likenesse of any manner of beaste that is on the earth: or the lykenesse of any manner of feathered foule that flyeth in the ayre: or the likenesse of any manner of worme that creepeth on the earth: or the likenesse of any manner of fishe that is in the waters beneath the earth. Yea, and leaste thou lifte vp thine eies vnto heauen, and whē thou seest the Sunne, the Moone, and the Starres, with all the hoast of heauen, thou shouldest beginne to worship them and reuerence them, and shouldest worship and serue the thinges, which the Lorde thy God hath made to serue all nations vnder the whole heauen. Take heede therefore that ye forget not the appointment of the Lord your God, which he hath made with you, and that ye make you no grauen Image, nor the likenesse of any thing that the Lorde thy God hath forbidden thee. This hath Moses thus farre.