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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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We learned of late, that the golden Altar1 doeth signify Christ, sitting on the right hand of the father. He is purer and more precious than gold: he is priest and sacrifice of all the faithful, standing before the eyes of God, to wit pleasing God, wherein or in whom his soul is pleased with all faithful, whose virtue sufficeth all. And such a one God the father would have him to be preached and believed of all the faithful in the world. Such a one also the ancient church instituted of the Apostles believed and taught him: until by the work and instigation of the Devil, men most corrupt sprang up in the church, whereof these deny the deity of Christ, those the humanity, others plucked a sunder the person consisting of God and man, and others confounded the natures, or proprieties of natures. The goodness of God suffered this long patiently, many times sending faithful and open defenders of the verity, which might root out those blasphemous errors: the which we have red to be done by several Bishops or Preachers of the church, or by ecclesiastical assemblies, which we call counsels: ⟨p. 268⟩such as were the councils Nicene, Constantinopolitane, Ephesine, and Chalcedonian: In the which were condemned Arrius, Macedonius, Nestorius, Eutiches, and other monsters of heretics which impugned Christ. Howbeit the uncurable perverseness of men getting the upper hand, there was none end of alteration and blasphemies. For two great Bishops of no small churches,2 Peter patriarch of Antioch, and Severus of Constantinople springing up, in the reign of the emperor Justinian, impudently and most wickedly affirmed (as the acts of the .5. council of Constantinople do plentifully enough declare) that the body of Christ was utterly in corruptible, and verily deified, neither subject to any affections, as ours are. For that the word was so made flesh, that by and by it began to be one nature, to wit divine, that Christ was made [Greek or Hebrew], that is incorruptible. These things should seem to proceed out of the most wicked school of Valentinian, Marcion, and Manicheus. James Syrus, 3surnamed Zā zalus, of whom at this day the Jacobites are named in the east country, toke upon him to defend the doctrine of Severus. He taught that Christ, for that he was incorruptible, neither to have suffered, nor ben crucified: