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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.
¶Of false Pastors / & unpreaching Prelates.
¶Of false Pastours / & vnpreachinge Prelates.
False Pastors, are they,1 which are called false Prophets, whom that most wise & everlasting God, •oeth in many places lively depict, & set forth, in their own colours, and yet for all that, such is the ignorance & blindness of our hearts, that we will not know them. But Christ doth so lively, Math. vii. set them forth before our own eyen, that he may seem to have showed them ⟨image 63⟩with his finger, saying after this manner: Beware of false Prophets that come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves, ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? In these words, we do see a general rule set forth by Christ, which the trueth it self did describe, that thereby we should know all false Pastors and prophets.2 For, at the first they come as if a man might say, unarmed or naked, being decked in simple & homely apparel, counterfeiting thee sheep, as though butter could not melt in their mouths, that is to say, as though they could hurt no man with their own strength and armour. Such as we do see now a days the Papists to be, if a man should consider and look upon the words, that they do use, for, as touching their outward apparel, that both they and their train are wont to use, it is so replenished, with the pride & pomp of this world, it is so garnished with all kinds of watrely weapons & armour, that a wolf can not be easelyer known, by his wide gaping mouth, and long ravening teeth than these tyrants are known by it. But letting ⟨image 63⟩