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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.
Who so curseth his father or mother, his light shall be put out, and the balls of his eyes shall see nought but darkness. For they are monsters and no men, that are unnatural toward their parents, and especially they which do not only neglect and despise them, but also beat and uncurteously handle them. Such fellows doth the Lord command to be slain, as people unworthy to see the light, because they forget and will not acknowledge that by the means of their parents, they came into the world. He that curseth father or mother, saith the Lord, let him dye the death. And again, He that striketh his father or mother, let him dye the death. There is none of you which knoweth not the law, called Lex Pompeia, against such as kill their parents. It is not amiss here to hear what the Gentile writers say, touching this matter. Homer saith.
Who so curseth his father or mother, his light shall be put out, and the balles of his eyes shall see nought but darknesse. For they are monsters and no men, that are vnnaturall toward their parents, and especially they which do not only neglect and despise thē, but also beate and vncurteously handle them. Such fellowes doth the Lord commaund to be slayne, as people vnworthy to sée the light, bycause they forget and will not acknowledge that by the meanes of their parentes, they came into the world. He that curseth father or mother, sayth the Lorde, let him dye the death. And againe, Hee that striketh his father or mother, let him dye the death. There is none of you whiche knoweth not the law, called Lex Pompeia, against such as kill their parents. It is not amisse here to heare what the Gentile writers say, touching this matter. Homer sayth.
He did not nourish as he should his aged parents dear,
He did not nourish as he should his aged parents deare,