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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.
Neither was the hap of Ochosias son to king Joram and Athalia in any point better. For 1at the commandment of Jehu he was stabbed in and slain wretchedly: b•c•us• he chose rather to follow the laws and rites of the kings of Israel, than the very true ⟨p. 254⟩laws of the Lord his God. Moreover Joas a child yet but seven years old being by the 2labour, faith, and diligence of the faithful priest Joiada restored to, and settled in the place of his father who was slain before him, reigned after the wicked Athalia was put to death most happily and in a prosperous state so long as Joiada the priest did line. But when the high priest was once departed out of this world unto the Lord, the king being immediately seduced by the malice and wiliness of his wicked counsellors, left off to follow the word of the Lord. And as he ceased to follow the Lord. so did felicity and glory forsake to follow him. For the Syrians coming on with a very small power of armed men, do destroy and put to flight an infinite host of Jewish people, they put to the sword all Joas his counsellors, and make a spoil of all his kingdom. And Joas for rejecting the Lord deserved with excessive grief first to behold this misery, than to […] away with a long consuming sickness, and lastly upon his bed to have his throat cruelly cut of his own household servants, Amasias the son of Joas is renowned for a famous victory which he obtained upon the Idumit•s, for no other cause, but for obeying 3the word of the Lord. But afterward when he began to rebel against God and his Prophets, he is in battle vanquished by Joas king of Israel, by whom when be was spoiled, and compelled to see the overthrow of a great part of the walls of Jerusalem, he was himself at the last by conspirators entrapped and miserably murdered. Next after him succeeded his son Osias who also as well as his father, enjoyed a singular felicity 4