A17183:916
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.
The abominable sin of Sodomy and meddling with beasts also, is 1plainly forbidden. Against which we have most evident and express laws set down in the 18. and 20. chapter of Leviticus. We have also a very severe, but yet a most just punishment laid by God himself upon the pates of the detestable Sodomites. For with fire and stinking brimstone sent down from heaven he consumed those filthy men to dust and ashes, which ashes he washed away with the waves of the dead sea, because he would not have so much as the very cinders to remain of so wicked men. Moreover their whole cities and fruitful fields were burnt with fire. For it was not requisite that any one jot of the substance of those most wicked men should remain undestroyed. The place where those cities were sometime situated, is at this day overflowed with water, and called the dead sea. Whereby we do consequently gather, that the most just God will not spare the Gentiles entangled in the very same sin, although for a ⟨p. 237⟩time he wink at and dissemble it. Fire shall destroy both them & theirs: and they themselves shall for ever burn in hell, where nothing shall remain of them, but a reproachful memory. For in the Revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ to his Apostle John we read: And fire came down from God out of Heaven, and devoured them, and the devil which deceived them was caste into a lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false Prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever more. Apoc. 20.
The abhominable sinne of Sodomie and medling with beastes also, is 1plainly forbidden. Against which wée haue most euident and expresse lawes set downe in the 18. and 20. chapter of Leuiticus. Wée haue also a verie senere, but yet a most iust punishmente layde by God himselfe vppon the pates of the detestable Sodomites. For with fire and stincking brimstone sent downe frō heauen hée consumed those filthie men to duste and ashes, which ashes hée washed away with the waues of the dead sea, because hée would not haue so much as ye verie cynders to remaine of so wicked men. Moreouer their whole cities and fruitefull fields were burnte with fire. For it was not requisite that any one iote of the substaunce of those most wicked men should remaine vndestroyed. The place where those cities were sometime situated, is at this daye ouerflowen with water, and called the dead sea. Whereby we do consequētly gather, that the most iust God wil not spare the Gentiles entangled in the verie same sinne, althoughe for a