The Decades of Henry Bullinger: Fourth Decade
Overview
The Decades of Henry Bullinger: Fourth Decade includes 10 godly and learned sermons containing the chief and principal points of the Christian Religion. The Decades are meant to encourage, uplift and inspire ministers to uphold their high calling of preaching God’s word. Bullinger implores, “But let the ministers of our time well weigh the condition and manner of the time; and then, no doubt, they shall see that it is high time to bestir them to the doing of their duties.” He provides careful admonishment for shepherds to guard their flocks against the enemy and stand vigilant to promote truth and godliness.
- Sermons from a critical time in Reformation period, each fully annotated with Scripture references
- Ancillary information on history
- Of the Gospel
- Of Repentance, and the Causes Thereof
- Of God, and the Knowledge of God
- Of God's Providence and Predestination
- Of Adoring, Calling Upon and of Serving the Only God
- Of Christ True and Very God, of Both Natures in Christ. Of the Communicating of Properties, Of the Unity of Person in Christ
- Of Christ a King, Of the Kingdom of God, Of Christ a Priest, Of Christ His Priesthood, Of the Name of a Christian
- Of the Power of the Holy Ghost
- Of Good and Evil Spirits
- Of the Reasonable Soul of Man
Top Highlights
“The gospel is the most evident sentence of the eternal God, brought down from heaven, absolving all believers from all their sins, and that too freely, for Christ his sake, with a promise of eternal life.” (Page 3)
“The gospel is a good and a sweet word, and an assured testimony of God’s grace to us-ward, exhibited in Christ unto all believers.” (Page 3)
“The Lord, that overcame the devil and sheweth us the way to overcome him, commandeth us to watch. For therefore he encountered with Satan the first, second, and third time, to instruct us how we should fight against the enemy of mankind. He overcame him for us, that we should not despair of ability and power easily to overcome him, since he is already weakened and wounded. By faith, doubtless, we shall overcome him: for by faith we are knit unto Christ, and by faith we draw the Spirit of Christ, by the force and virtue whereof we shall triumph.” (Page 364)
“And the predestination of God is the eternal decree of God, whereby he hath ordained either to save or destroy men” (Page 185)
“sincere way of truth according to the holy scriptures” (Page 298)
- Title: The Decades of Henry Bullinger: Fourth Decade
- Author: Henry Bullinger
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: 1851
- Pages: 408
Heinrich (Henry) Bullinger (July 18, 1504 – September 17, 1575) was a Swiss Reformer who succeeded Zwingli as head of the Swiss church and was one of the most influential theologians of the Protestant Reformation. He was a minister, theologian, and writer of thousands of letters in correspondence with prominent leaders of the Protestant world. He was integral in drafting the Second Helvetic Confession of 1566, and his Decades remain his most popular and significant writings. Bullinger was a loving family man, dedicated to his wife, Anna Adlischweiler, a former nun, and his 11 children—all of his sons followed their father’s footsteps and became Protestant ministers.