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A17215	Of the end of the world and iudgement of our Lord Iesus Christe to come, and of the moste perillous dangers of this our moste corrupt age, and by what meanes the godly may auoid the harmes thereof, sermons preached in latin in the assembly of the clergie by Henry Bullinger, and now lately englished by Thomas Potter	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Potter, Thomas, fl. 1580.	1580 (1580)	STC 4070; ESTC S109532	41,593	112

they may teach Wherfore as many of vs as desire to be saued let vs kéep our selues within the bonds of the example of Christe and of his Apostles ●e must continue in the Apostles doctrin Now touching the Apostles doctrine we are admonished by the Apostle First that we must continew in the Apostles doctrine Afterward he sheweth the causes why euery godly man ought to continue in that kinde of doctrine For he pronoūceth plainly and techeth with great power he saith But tary thou or continevv thou stedfastly As if hée should haue said How soeuer the deceiuers and deceiued go foreward in their errors housoeuer graet numbers of men departing from the plainnes and singlenesse of the Apostles doo folowe corrupt doctrin and those Egiptian Sophisters yet neuerthelesse perseuer and continue stil thou all others that couet to please God and to abtain true saluation In what things I pray you shall they continew The Apostle addeth it In those thinges vvhich thou hast learned and vvhich haue ben committed vnto thee But Timothe had learned the Scriptures and out of thē the holy gospel as straight way the Apostle wil expound him self And this was that precious pledge which was committed vnto him Therfore the godly must perseuer and continue in the Scriptures and in the doctrin of the Gospel So shall it come to passe that they shall not be a pray to the deceiuers and to the most wicked men of this last age what was committe● vnto Tim● the and against traditions Neither must we think as certain foolish men doo fain that vnwritten Traditions were committed vnto Timothe as though the Apostle had ment that without traditions the Scriptures suffise not vnto godlinesse or that he had taught one thing by woord of mouth and another thing in writing For by and by the Apostle him self wil declare that the Scriptures are moste ful and moste absolute such as are able throughly to fashion and make perfect the worshipper of God The Apostle els where affirmeth very intirely 1 Cor. 4. that his doings agrée in one sorte all alike and that he teacheth like doctrin in all Churches He sayeth also that he and his disiples walke all one way and béeing all led by one spirit doo all things with humilitie ● Cor. 3. Again to the Corinthians VVee vvrite saith he none other things vnto you then vvhich ye read and vvhich also ye knovve Yea and so I trust that ye shall knovve vnto the end And again 4. Cor. 10. As vve are in vvords by letters vvhen vve are absent such are vve indeed also vvhen we are present But it is openly apparant that those things whiche those men recken vp among the vnwritten verities affirming the same to be receiued from the Apostles euen as if were from hand to hand are so disagreing with those things which are contained in the writings of the Apostles that they are euen directly repugnant and contrary Of which kinde are those matters which they stuf in conserning the vse of Images in the Church conserning the Masse conserning single life and Munckery and infinit other such ingling deceits Where also euen that is diligently to be noted that he said not Tary thou in those things which thou shalt learn yet heerafter But tary thou in those hings vvhich thou hast learned To vs therfore partain not those things which wretched men after certain hundred yéeres haue learned of Fathers such as indéed may be called stepfathers and of lewd and superstitious Munks It foloweth now why we ought to cleue onely to this doctrin Why wee ought to cleue only to the scriptures Indéed many reasons may be alleaged but among many these are the chéefest First Knovving saith he of vvhom thou hast learned them Truely it is much to be respected of what maisters or teachers we learne any thing For the doctrin receiueth authoritie from the teachers or author therof It is thought that from the more excellent cunning and holy men proceedeth some excellent learned and holy thing Verily from men procéed humaine things and from God procéed godly and deuine things But of whom had Timothe learned or from whom came the doctrin receiued by Timothe Surely from the most holy Apostle and most select instructment of God Therfore not the man Paule but rather the Spirit of Christe inspiring Paule hath purchased authoritie vnto the doctrine Therefore Timothe knewe and al the faithful also at this day knowe that the doctrine of the Apostles sprang not from men but from our Lord God him self and that therfore we ought to beléeue the same and inseperably cleue vnto it For our Lord him self saith in his Gospel Iohn 13. Verily verily I say vnto you hee that receiueth an Apostle or vvhomsoeuer I shall send receiueth me And he that receiueth me receiueth him that sent me Math. 10. And again speaking of the Apostles It is not you that speak but it i● the spirite of your father that speaketh in you Iohn 3. And again He that is from aboue is aboue all He that procedeth of the Earth is earthly and speaketh of the earth He that commeth from Heauen is aboue all and what he hath seen and heard the same he testifieth Wherfore in asmuch as it appéereth that the doctrin of the Apostle is heauenly deuine with good cause doo we beléeue with good cause doo we inseperably cleue to it Neither did the Apostles without great reason say therfore shalt thou cōtinue in the apostles doctrin which thou hast receiued because thou doost surely knowe that thou hast receiued and learned the same from Heauen But can we so say of the vnwritten traditions and of the ordinances of man No by no meanes Therfore why should we beleeeue them why should we receiue them why should we continew in them These things are due to the holy Scriptures only and alone They are vtterly mad that make humain things equall with deuine But they are led by the Deuil that prefer things humain before diuine and thrust downe and embace diuine things as though they were vncertain doutful vnperfect and darke Dauid the moste notable King and moste excellent Prophet of God crieth but against such filthy and blasphemous persons and pronounceth with moste true mouth Psal 19. The lawe of the Lord is a perfect law conuerting the soule The testimonie of the Lord is true giuing wisdome to the litle ones The statutes of the Lord are right and reioice the hart The commaundement of the Lord is pure and giueth light to the eyes Thy word is a Lantern vnto my feet and a light vnto my steps Furthermore the Apostles doctrine is grounded vppon the Scriptures or writings of the Prophets The Apostles doctrine is grounded vppon the Scriptures Paule bearing witnes and saying I was put a part to preach the Gospel of GOD vvhiche he promised afore by the Prophets in the holy Scriptures But we knowe that the same are therfore