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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.
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.
That high,1 & almighty god speaketh after this manner Deut. xiii. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, & giveth yt a sign or wonder, and thee sign or wonder, which he hath spoken of do come too pass, and they say: let us go after •raū ge gods, which thou hast not known & serve them: hearken not thou unto thee words of that prophet, or dreamer, of dreams, for, the lord thy god proveth thee, to wite, whether ye love the Lord your god with all your heart, & with all your soul: ye shall walk after thee Lord your god, and fear him, keep his commandments, & hearken unto his voice, serve him and cleave unto him. And thee prophet or dreamer of dreams shall dye, because he hath spoken to turn you away, from the Lord your god (which brought you out of the land of Egypt, & delivered you out of the house of bondage) to thrust or put yt out of the way, which the lord thy god ⟨image 85⟩hath commanded thee, to walk in, & therefore thou shalt put away the evil from thee: This is a very great temptation, o brethren, which, the lord suffereth to chastise & happen unto us by false Prophets, that is to say, that the things, that they have told of before, should come too pass. For, by this mean, not only they, that are weak, may be offended, but also the elect (if it might be possible) brought into error, & fraud as our saviour him self sayeth. Math. xxiiii. But in the mean season, the lord doth require this one thing of us,2 that we believe and credit more, his simple, and infallible word, than wonders & miracles: besides that, he doeth with this temptation try us, whether we love him with all our hart or not. But that this temptation should not arise to much, or gather strengthen, by daily increases, he commandeth to kill up the false prophet. Truly this reward is appointed of god, for all false prophets which plucking us from the true, & one only god, do go about to couple or join us to strange gods. For they that be such, by the commandment of god, ought to be rotted out of the earth.