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A hundred sermons upo[n] the Apocalypse of Jesus Christ revealed in deed by the angel…A hundred sermons vpo[n] the Apocalips of Iesu Christe reueiled in dede by thangell…
A hundred sermons upo[n] the Apocalypse of Jesus Christ revealed in deed by the angel of the Lord: but seen or received and written by the apostle and Eva[n]gelist. S. John: compiled by the famous and godly learned man, Henry Bullinger, chief pastor of the congregation of Zuryk. Newly set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens majesties, iniuntions. The argument, worthiness, commodity, and use of this work, thou shalt find in the preface: after which thou hast a most exact table to lead thee into all the principal matters contained therein.A hundred sermons vpo[n] the Apocalips of Iesu Christe reueiled in dede by thangell of the Lorde: but seen or receyued and written by thapostle and Eua[n]gelist. S. Iohn: compiled by the famous and godly learned man, Henry Bullinger, chief pastor of the congregation of Zuryk. Newly set forth and allowed, according to the order appoynted in the Quenes maiesties, iniuntions. Thargument, wurthines, commoditie, and vse of this worke, thou shalt fynd in the preface: after which thou hast a most exact table to leade thee into all the princypall matters conteyned therin.
printed by John Day, 1561printed by Iohn Day, 1561
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He is cast out of the church, and of the faithful,1 not that he cometh not again, and tempteth, for always he returneth, and seeketh to pluck back the redeemed (but for that he possesseth no more the full empire. For Christ now liveth, & raineth in the church and Saints. These, as S. Austen sayeth, he assaileth ⟨p. 596⟩from without) he is cast out of his ancient possession, but he laboureth to recover his old habitation. And thus was Satan bound, and shut up for a thousand years, as he that possessed not the faithful of Christ through out the world, nor ruled them at his pleasure, and after his malice, although he hath tempted and vexed them. So was the holy ghost denied to be given, not that he was not in the world and in the Prophets: but because he was never so plentifully poured out upon all flesh, as after the glorifying of our Lord Christ. In the same sense we say, that death and sin are taken away from the faithful, and trodden under foot. As S. Paul therefore, which in the first chapt. to the Colloss. said, that we are translated out of the kingdom of darkness, in to the kingdom of light: sayeth nevertheless to the Corinthians, that the God of this world, hath blinded the minds of the unfaithful: so S. John at this present sayeth, how the Devil is bound and sealed, by the space of a thousand years, and the very same sayeth afterward, the rest of the dead revived not, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: that is to say, in all those thousand years believed not, which set more by the beast, than they dead by Christ. And they verily through their own fault, and instigation of the Devil believed not, and perished. Therefore dead Satan exercise his force in them. Which to the faithful in deed is bounden, and tied fast, but to the unfaithful free and over familiar. Likewise Hell is shut to the godly, to the wicked open. Wherefore also we confess in the creed, life everlasting, and not death or damnation everlasting. For the faithful have no Hell, or there is no Hell prepared for them: but for the ungodly. For Christ hath broken Hell, but for his faithful: to the unfaithful all things of hell are yet most strong, and these have Hell.
He is cast out of the church, and of the faithful,1 not that he cometh not againe, and tempteth, for alwayes he returneth, and seketh to plucke backe the redemed (but for that he possesseth no more the ful empire. For Christ now liueth, & raineth in the church and Sainctes. These, as S. Austen saieth, he assayleth