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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
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.
1Besides that, thou doest before thine own eyen see this thing also, o faithful servant, which hast wholly consecrated thy self unto god, that many of the high powers, whose part it was to administer the sword of justice, do use exercise justice (if that manner of ruling that they do use may be called justice) rather according too their covetous minds, inordinate lusts, & bold rashness, that they may be high, & voyltre them selves in all kinds of pleasure than of any love or fear of God & true religion.2 For, they do miserable vex their own subjects, with pride, haughtiness of mind, & insolent arrogancy, yea, they do oppress them, they torment and afflict them, they pill and pool, rob & flay them to the very bones, with ⟨image 31⟩unlawful exactions, taxes & subsides. They trouble foreign nations, and peoples, with warts, excursions, or hostile runnings out, with daily skirmishing & battles. And at home (if thou doest behold & look upon their private manner of living) they do nothing else, but riot, eat, and drink & make merry, use unlawful games, in their abominable drunkenness, most shamefully polluting all their studies and doings, with fill thy whoredom & adultery. This, is the sickness, and most pestilent boil, where with the heads of the Christian people, are infected. Wherefore,3 o faithful Pastor take good heed to thy self, and see how these evils can be remedied For, if thou doest not set forth the truth of the word of God, the blood of them that perish (as it is said before)4 shall be required at thy hand. Again, if thou doest begin to speak & tell the truth, thou shalt fall •nto the hands of them that be able to do the no small harm. For, the deceit, fraud, subtlety,5 & craft of the papists is such, that they have crept into the palaces of all princes, Emperors, & Kings, craftily at the first promoting the children of certain Princes. For, they did make some of them ⟨image 32⟩