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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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And he proceedeth to declare yet more plainly,1 what the glory shall be: whereof in this work he hath ben occasioned to speak oftener than ones. Blessedness chiefly consisteth in two things. For God will give unto his Saints all that good is, and will take from them all evil: and so shall these for ever enjoy the sovereign good, and felicity most perfect, and shall want all pain and misery. S. Austen in the end of his book De civit. dei: Howe great, sayeth he, shall that felicity be, where no evil shall be, no good shall want? and this declaration of eternal felicity hath her parts, whereby she is made manifest. For first a voice, and that a great cried from the Throne: behold the tabernacle of God with men. The conjunction of God with holy men, was in time paste prefigured by the Tabernacle of witness, whereby God testified that he would be in the midst of his people. And the same shall he at the end after the judgement verfourme most abundantly. And therefore that voice annexeth:2 and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself with them, and will be their God. The which S. Paul seemeth to have uttered more succinctly and briefly, and God shall be all in all. For what so ever is good, what so ever is fair, what so ever is pleasant and delectable, what so ever the mind of man can imagine to be wished for, briefly what so ever appertaineth to the true and perfect felicity, and blessed life. That same shall that great God almighty be whole, and shall show in him self most fully. And like as all and singular men do enjoy unto a pleasant satiety the amiable brightness, and hol• some heat of the sun, that nevertheless the same loseth nothing by the same: and albeit that all men use the sun in common, and every man•e nevertheless enjoyeth the same as proper and peculiar: right so in another ⟨p. 634⟩world we shall use that eternal light, and joy everlasting and unspeakable. Whereof incontinently shall follow things more plentiful.
And he procedeth to declare yet more playnely,1