A17692:143
Four godly sermons against the pollution of idolatries comforting men in persecutions, and teaching…Foure godlye sermons agaynst the pollution of idolatries comforting men in persecutions, and teachyng…
Four godly sermons against the pollution of idolatries comforting men in persecutions, and teaching them what commodities they shall find in Christs church, which were preached in French by the most famous clerk John Calvin, and translated first into Latin and afterward into English by divers godly learned men.Foure godlye sermons agaynst the pollution of idolatries comforting men in persecutions, and teachyng them what commodities thei shal find in Christes church, which were preached in French by the moste famous clarke Ihon Caluyne, and translated fyrst into Latine and afterward into Englishe by diuers godly learned men.
London: printed by Rouland Hall, 1561
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.
Wherefore the Prophet doth praise Jerusalem with this title, that it hath God for a chief builder and chief governor. Secondly he ascribeth all the dignity which it hath before other places to ⟨image 103⟩the grace and adoption of god. As for that that he hath put Zion for Jerusalem, and the gates for the whole compass of the city, it is a double* Synecdoche.
Wherefore the Prophete doth prayse Ierusalem with this title, that it hath God for a chiefe builder and chiefe gouernour. Secondly he ascribeth al the dignitie which it hath before other places to ⟨image 103⟩the grace and adoption of god. As for that that he hath put Sion for Ierusalem, and the gates for the whole compasse of the citie, it is a double* Synecdoche.
- *Synecdoche is a figure where in the part is taken for the wholeSynecdoche is a figure wher in the part is takē for the whole
Commonly they take the hills for Zion and Moriah: which I do not reject, though it may be drawn further, because the country was full of mountains round about, and the City was set in an hie place.
Commonlye they take the hylles for Sion and Moriah: which I do not reiect, though it may be drawen further, because the countrey was full of mountaines rounde about, and the Citie was set in an hie place.