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Divers sermons of Master John Calvin, concerning the divinity, humanity, and nativity of our…Diuers sermons of Master Iohn Caluin, concerning the diuinitie, humanitie, and natiuitie of our…
Divers sermons of Master John Calvin, concerning the divinity, humanity, and nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ as also touching his passion, death, resurrection, ascension: together with the coming down of the holy Ghost upon his Apostles: and the first sermon of S. Peter. The order of which you shall find in the page ensuing.Diuers sermons of Master Iohn Caluin, concerning the diuinitie, humanitie, and natiuitie of our Lorde Iesus Christe as also touching his passion, death, resurection, ascention: togeather with the comming downe of the holy Ghoste vpon his Apostles: and the first sermon of S. Peter. The order of which you shall finde in the page ensuing.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for George Byshop, 1581
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
To all the faithful dispersed people of God, in what Countries and Nations soever, Conrad Badius wisheth Grace, and peace from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
To all the faithfull dispersed people of God, in what Countries and Nations soeuer, Conrade Badius wisheth Grace, and peace from our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ.
IT is not unknown unto us (Christian Readers) what the proud sect of the Pharisees was, in whom, although there was nothing else but darkness, and ignorance, yet boasted and bragged they of them selves, to be the most notable interpreters of the law, insomuch, that from thence they took their name, as if the very marrow, and secret meaning of the scriptures had been enclosed and fast shut up in their breasts. And yet in the mean while, in stead of feeding the poor people with true and wholesome doctrine, they instructed them I know not with what mockeries and vain ceremonies, which they them selves had invented, clean besides the word of God. And so, after the like manner do our great Doctors of Sorbonne, and all our howling Monks and Fryers deal at this day with us: of which company, the one sort of them, although they think them selves to be the pillars of the Church, fellows with the Apostles, and the very shop of the holy Ghost, from whence we must fetch the full exposition of the scriptures, and the very assured resolution of all the points of religion, yet tell they us nothing else but vain and doltish tales, either busy them selves about curious questions, and full of Sophistry, besides a thousand other subtleties, serving to no edification in the whole world. The other sort of them, in stead of the word of God, preach nothing else, but constitutions and ordinances of their own making, for the establishing of the tyranny of their holy Father the Pope, the very Antichrist and enemy to the truth: and the third sort, vomit and cast up arrogant and proud speeches in the Pulpit against the children of God, & against all such as Jesus Christ hath revealed him self unto, in these latter days, calling them Lutherans, and seditious persons, falsely devising a thousand leasings against them, and in stead of feeding their miserable starved sheep with the true food of the word of God, they are fain to moisten their souls with those pestilent