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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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They are want therefore to speak these & other like words, about the beginning of their oration, or this one cause, that they may deceive the simple and ignorant people. But praised be god, that they begin their tale after this manner, ⟨image 68⟩& fashion. For, two or try acts have ben set forth by these men, where they seem that they have forgotten, to commend at the first beginning, the faithful & diligent preaching of the gospel unto all men: which we have most need of, of all things. How beit, they making a very cold mention of the gospel, almost about the end of their Acts, be wont to say: And yet for all ye, we ought not to be counted enemies of the gospel. For we will that it be preached &c. Now, thanks be unto god, thee matter is come to that, that they be fain at length to speak & make men tiō of the gospel, & to command the pastors to preach it diligently: but by & by, lest they should seem to have granted to much, they do bring the meaning, exposition, & judgement, or sentence of the fathers & the commune mind, or agreement of all the faithful, & by them will they have the preaching of gods word to be ruled. In good south, a man might think,1 ye god hath a very good turn, that these doctors and fathers are come for onelesse these fathers had ben, it had ben lawful for no man, to preach his word. For, let us feign, ye none of all the fathers, did expound or went about to expound, the word of god and thee scriptures, ⟨image 69⟩with their writings and commentaries, let them tell, I pray, will they suffer then God's word to be preached or not? If then, God's word can be preached and set forth purely and sincerely, without the exposition and labour of the fathers, what shame and impudence is this, that they be not a shamed, to alligate and bind God's word to the authority of thee fathers. Whereas their decrees do teach plainly,2 that the fathers must give place give place unto gods word, and not the word, unto the fathers, as we may find Distin. viii. a. & .ix. a. from whom the true & sincere understanding of gods word doth come, & where, it ought to be sought. I have sufficiently declared in a book, which is intituled, De claritate verbi dei, yt is to say of the playnelynesse or lightsomeness of gods word.