Tumultuous Teapots

“For when to harden, the Lord calleth man and he resisteth, making himself unworthy of the kingdom of heaven, he doth then permit him unto himself: that is, he leaveth man unto his own corrupt nature, according unto which the heart of man is made stony, which is mollified and made tractable by the only [...]

Heinrich Bullinger on the seventh commandment (2)

“Men are provoked to lust either by hearing or reading of dishonest ditties and bawdy ballads; or by looking on and beholding wanton dances, unseemly sights, ribald talk, and filthy examples. They therefore are by this law are reproved, which wink at or cherish, which are the bawds or bringers together of adulterous persons. Unto [...]

Heinrich Bullinger on the seventh commandment (1)

Once again, not a blanket-endorsement of Bullinger as a true Christian. “In this precept is forbidden fornication, or that kind of whorehunting, which is said to be the meddling of a single man with an unmarried woman. This kind of whoredom is thought of many either to be a very small offence, or none at [...]

Heinrich Bullinger on the thief on the cross

“The thief, that was crucified with our Lord, believed in the Lord Jesus, and was saved, although the force of faith was strong in him but a very small season, and brought not forth any great store of fruit of good works: finally, that faith of the thief was not any whit diverse or contrary [...]

“Some things hard to understand”

Some comments by Heinrich Bullinger on Scripture (not a blanket-endorsement of Bullinger): “Neither do we read that the prophets and apostles, the servants of God and interpreters of his high and everlasting wisdom, did use any strange kind of speech: so that in the whole pack of writers none can be found to excel them [...]