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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.
Jeroboam the first king of the .x.1 tribes, did conceive such a pride, an dacytie, and ungodliness in his mind, that he did set up .ii. calves for too worship, one in Bethel, and all other in Da•, boldly perverting the feast of the Tabernacles, which ought only to be celebrated in thee tribe of Judah, lest thee people should have any occasion too return too Jerusalem: He as the first of thee Kings, that did so we the seeds of Idola try, and false religion in Israel, as we may .iii. Reg .xii. and .xiii. But when thee time appointed for religion was at hand or come, and the ungodly king standing at thee altar, did burn incense: behold, thee man of God, whom we call & Prophet, being seure from Judah, did suddenly appear before the king, which did blow forth and declare with a loud voice, thee commandments that the was charged with all, by almighty god, saying:2 ⟨image 43⟩altar altar, The Lord god sayeth these things, Behold, a son shall be borne unto the house of David (called Josiah) and upon thee, wall he offer thee priests of thee hill altars, that burnt incense upon thee, and mens bones shall be burnt upon thee. And he gave a token thee same time saying: This is thee token that thee Lord hath spoken it. Behold, the altar shall tent, and thee ashes that are upon it shall fall out. And when thee King heard the saying of thee man of god (which had cried against thee altar in Bethel) he stretched out his hand, from thee altar, saying held him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, and be could not put it in again too him, the altar also clave asunder, and the ashes fell out from the altar according to the token, which the man of god had given, by the word of the lord. And when thee same prophet had made intercession unto god, for thee health of that ungodly King, his hand was miraculously restored to be former state, and yet for all that, he would not thus leave and forsake the Idolatry, ⟨image 43⟩which he had ones begun and set up, so great was thee induration and hardness of his heart. Now we are taught by this, that it is thee duty and office of a Pastor, too suffer in no wise his sheep to be brought into any peril of Idolatry, or into any kind or sphere of ungodliness: