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An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet JonahAn ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas
An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet Jonah: made, and uttered before the kings majesty, and his most honourable council, by John Hopper in lent last past. Comprehended in sieve[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L.An ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas: made, and vttered before the kynges maiestie, and his moost honorable councell, by Ihon Hoper in lent last past. Comprehended in seue[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L.
London: printed by John Daye, 1550London: printed by Ihon Daye, 1550
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.
¶Howe the minister should prepare him self.
¶Howe the minister shoulde prepare hym selfe.
Inwardly & outwardly. The inward preparation is if his mind ⟨p. cxliii⟩and soul be instructed & furnished with godly doctrine, and a fervent spirit and zeal to teach his audience, to stablish them in the truth, and to exhort them to perpend and mark well the merits and deservings of Christ.
INwardly & outwardly. The inward preparacion is if his minde ⟨p. cxliii⟩and soule be instructed & furnished wyth godlye doctryne, and a feruent spirit and zeale to teach hys audience, to stablysh them in the truth, and to exhorte them to perpende and marke wel the merites and deseruynges of Christ.
The outward preparation, the more simple it is the better it is, and the nearer unto the institution of Christ and his Apostles. If he have bred, wine, a table, and a fair table cloth, let him not be solicitous nor careful for the rest, seeing they be no things brought in by Christ, but by Popes: unto whom if the kings majesty and his honourable Counsel (have good conscience) they must be restored again: and ⟨image 153⟩