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The image of both pastors set forth by that most famous clerk, Huldrych zwingliusThe ymage of both pastoures sette forth by that mooste famouse clerck, Huldrych zwinglius
The image of both pastors set forth by that most famous clerk, Huldrych zwinglius ; [and] now tra[n]slated out of Latin into English, By John Veron Sinonoys. A most fruitful [and] necessary book, to be had [and] read in all churches, there with to enarme all simple [and] ignorant folks, against the ravening wolves and false prophets.The ymage of both pastoures sette forth by that mooste famouse clerck, Huldrych zwinglius ; [and] now tra[n]slated out of Latin into Englishe, By John Veron Sinonoys. A most fruitefull [and] necessary boke, to be had [and] redde in all churches, ther wyth to enarme all symple [and] ignorant folkes, agaynst the raueninge wolues and false prophetes.
London: printed by William Seris and, 1550
¶Of false Pastors / & unpreaching Prelates.¶Of false Pastours / & vnpreachinge Prelates.
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As many, besides that as bring and allure us from god the creator, to make us, to serve unto creatures, & to make us to ask help and succour of them, are false pastors.
As many, besydes yt as bryng and allure vs from god the creator, to make vs, to serue vnto creatures, & to make vs to aske helpe and succour of them, are false pastours.
1But now, sith that almighty god, hath determined to punish so long the enormity of our since, by false pastors, which did take thee food of gods word away from our souls, and by ravening wolves, which did spoil us of our outward and temporal goods, yea did bring us all together, under their subjection and tyranny: and now doeth vouchsafe to kindle again, & to revile, the light of his everlasting truth, so that we may both see openly and know false Pastors and ravening wolves: it is the duty of Christian people in no wise for to kick against, but rather to suffer them selves with a glad heart, to be delivered from that hard captivity ⟨image 83⟩and thraldom of ravening wolves. For here, we ought not too consider and look upon the ••terne and outward incommodities of our body: but let this thing move us rather that we see God's word, both depravated, and taken away from us. For, this hath been thee custom of false pastors, that they did either hide God's word all together,2 or else depravate it, with false expositions. Which thing now a days they go about to bring to pass, intending this one this, in all their crafts and subtleties, that either gods word be not preached at all, or else that it may be all together corrupted & depravated, with humane or mens traditions, false dreams, & expositions. For, if we suffer our selves, to be brought again into darkness, it is plain, that it is done for none other cause, but that because the heinousness & abomination of out since is so great, that we can not abide gods word: Sith that the brightness of the truth, can not smite into our eyen, without great pain, grief & dolour. We are therefore, deservingly damned: it is our own merit & deserving, that our burden and yoke is increased, and doubled.