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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.
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, thou shalt serve him, and swear by his name. Deut. 6. &. 10. Chapter. Also the Lord him self in Isaiah, saith: ⟨p. 133⟩To me shall every knee bend, and by me shall every tongue swear. And again, in the. 65. chapter the same Prophet saith: He that will bless him self, shall bless in the lord, and he that will swear, shall swear by the true & very God. Of the latter sort too, are these testimonies of the holy Scriptures, Exod. 23. All that I have said keep ye, and do ye not once so much as think of the names of strange Gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth. And Joshua in the. 23. chapter, saith: When ye shall come in among these nations, see that ye swear not by the name of their Gods, and look that ye neither worship nor yet bow down unto them. In the. 5. of Jeremiah the Lord saith. Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by other Gods which are no Gods in deed: I have filled them, and they have gone a whoring. &c. Moreover the Prophet Zephaniah bringeth in the Lord speaking and saying: I will cut off those that worship and swear by the Lord, and swear by Malchom, that is, by their king and defender. And no marvel though he do threaten destruction, to them that swear by the names of creatures. For an oath is 1the chief and especial honour done to God, which therefore can not be divided to other. For we swear by the highest, whom we believe to be the chiefest goodness, the giver of all good things, and the punishing revenger of every evil deed. But and if we swear by the names of other Gods, then verily shall we make them equal to God him self, and attribute to them the honour due to him. And for this cause the blessed martyr of Christ Polycarpus, chose rather the flames of fire, than to swear by the power and estate of Caesar. The story is to be seen in the fourth book and fifteen chapter of Eusebius.
Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God, thou shalte serue him, and sweare by his name. Deut. 6. &. 10. Chapter. Also the Lord him self in Esaie, sayth: ⟨p. 133⟩