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Certain homilies of m. Joan Calvin containing profitable and necessary, admonitio[n] for this time,…Certaine homilies of m. Ioan Calvine conteining profitable and necessarie, admonitio[n] for this time,…
Certain homilies of m. Joan Calvin containing profitable and necessary, admonitio[n] for this time, with an apology of Robert Horn.Certaine homilies of m. Ioan Calvine conteining profitable and necessarie, admonitio[n] for this time, with an apologie of Robert Horn.
printed by J. Lambrecht? for Hugh Singleton?, 1553
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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.
¶ Grace / peace / and mercy from God the father of our lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
¶ Grace / peace / and mercye from God ye father of our lord Iesus Christe. Amen.
After that god had stricken our head shepherd under Christ / that worthy king and confessor Edward the sixth / good Christian brethren / which he threatened by his faithful servants long before / if we would not turn from our sins and wickedness j perceived that it could not be avoided god so disposing the matter / for our vuthankfulnes but that the kingdom of God / at the least for a time / must be taken from us / and the Christian flock dispersed. The which thing began to appear to me more plainly / when j saw gods book containing the word of life taken forth of the churches in the bishopric of duresme / and a foul sort of idols called lay mens books / brought in therefore: when the common prayer commanded by public authority / set forth after. s. Pauls rule to the edifying of Christs congregation in the vulgar tongue / was against Gods law / and also against the laws of the realm / banished / and in the ⟨image 3⟩place thereof a kind of prayer used far dissonant from Gods law / and the example of the primitive church / in a strange tongue / farced full of superstition / idolatry / and false fables / having nothing tolerable in it saving that the people could not understand it / and therefore were less harmed there by (although j suppose the popish prelates keep it in a strange language / least that if the common sort of men should here it in their own tongue / they would perceive it to be vain / false / lying fables / and therefore credit their doings much worse in all other things) but especially when j saw the lords table / where on was ministered the holy supper of the lord / according to his own institution and ordinance / was carried away / the communion abhorred as heresy / and for thes / Baals altars reared up / and his priests and monkish hypocrites / returned to their abominable / blasphemous / & idolatrous mass as dogs to their vomit.