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A sermon preached at the christening of a certain Jew at LondonA sermon preached at the christening of a certaine Iew at London
A sermon preached at the christening of a certain Jew at London by John Fox. Containing an exposition of the xi. chapter of S. Paul to the Romans. Translated out of Latin into English by James Bell.A sermon preached at the christening of a certaine Iew at London by Iohn Foxe. Conteining an exposition of the xi. chapter of S. Paul to the Romanes. Translated out of Latine into English by Iames Bell.
London: printed by Christopher Barker, 1578
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Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies, & surely the sons of the strangers shall not drink the wine for the which thou hast laboured: but they that have gathered it shall eat thereof, and shall ⟨image 58⟩praise the Lord. And the gatherers thereof shall drink it in the courts of my Sanctuary. &c. 1Again the same Isaiah speaking unto Jerusalem as though she were prisoner in Babylon: Whereas thou hast been forsaken, so that no man went by thee, I will make thee an eternal glory, and a joy from generation to generation. &c. 2Moreover in the 54. Chapter: For a moment in mine anger I hid my face from thee for a little season, but with everlasting mercy have I had compassion upon thee, saith the Lord thy redeemer: for this is unto me as in the waters of Noah, to whom as I have sworn, that I would no more go over the earth with waters, so have I sworn, that I would no more be angry with thee nor rebuke thee. For the mountains shall remove, and the hills shall fall down, but my mercy shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace fall away, sayeth the Lord, that hath compassion on thee. 3And again in another place. Go ye out of Babel, flee ye from the Chaldeans with a voice of joy, tell and declare this, show it forth to the ends of the earth. Say ye, the Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. And within a little after:4 It is a small thing ⟨image 58⟩that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the desolation of Israel. I will give thee also for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the world. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palm of my hand: thy walls are ever in my sight. Thy builders make haste, thy destroyers and they that made thee waste, are departed from thee. &c.
Surely I wil no more giue thy corne to bee meate for thine enemies, & surely the sonnes of the strangers shall not drinke the wine for the which thou hast laboured: but they that haue gathered it shall eate thereof, and shall