A17183:754
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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Fourthly because many that are in office desire riches, & •eeke to increase their wealth by bribes, the Lord removeth such from the magistracy, & forbiddeth good magistrates to be covetous: Yea he doth expressly charge them to hate and abhor it. As he doth also in an other place, not only forbid them to take bribes, but also command them to shake off and rid their hands of all rewards. Covetousness and greedy desire of bribes, are the very plagues that choke good magistrates. By covetous men and takers of bribes, law, judgment, liberty, justice, and the country it self is set to sale and sold to the devil for money. And now, though in this place the Lord hath named only the most pestilent mischief of all other, yet there is no doubt but that he doth inclusively debar all other vices and evils of that sort, commanding them to be strange and far off from the good magistrate and godly governor. Those vices are Pride, Envy, Anger, Dicing, Surfeiting, Drunkenness, Whoredom, Adultery, and whatsoever else is like to these.
Fourthly because many that are in office desyre riches, & •éeke to increase their wealth by bribes, the Lord remoueth such from the magistracie, & forbiddeth good magistrates to be couetous: Yea he doth expressely charge them to hate and abhorre it. As hée doth also in an other place, not onely forbid them to take bribes, but also commaund them to shake off and rid their hands of all rewards. Couetousnes and gréedie desire of bribes, are ye verie plagues that choake good magistrates. By couetous men and takers of bribes, law, iudgmēt, libertie, iustice, and the countrie it selfe is set to sale and sould to the diuell for money. And now, though in this place the Lord hath named onely the most pestilent mischiefe of all other, yet there is no doubt but that hée doth inclusiuely debarre all other vices and euils of that sort, commaunding them to be straunge and farre off from the good magistrate and godly gouernour. Those vices are Pride, Enuie, Anger, Diceing, Surfetting, Dronkennesse, Whoredom, Adulterie, and whatsoeuer else is like to these.
This place is made more manifest by conferring it with other places