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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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The confession of faith, which Nathanael a lewe borne, made before the Congregation in the Parish church of Allhallows in Lombard street at London, whereupon he was according to his desire, received into the number of the faithful and so baptized the first of April. 1577.
The confession of faith, which Nathanael a lewe borne, made before the Congregation in the Parish church of Alhallowes in Lombard streete at London, whereupon he was according to his desire, receiued into the number of the faithfull and so baptized the first of April. 1577.
Men and brethren, to whom God hath revealed in these later days the secrete of his son which was hidden from you many ages, it is not unknown unto you how that in the days of our forefathers God chose us to be a precious people unto himself above all the people that are upon the earth:1 and he loved us and chose us, not because we were mo in number then any people: for we were the fewest of all people: but he chose us only because he loved us, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto our fathers Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob. By virtue of which promise the same our Lord and God, whose name is Jehovah, brought our fathers by a mighty hand and delivered them out of the house of bondage from the hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt, that they might know that the Lord their ⟨image 108⟩God is the God in deed, the faithful God which keepeth covenant and mercy unto them that love him and keep his commandments, even to a thousand generations. According to which great & unspeakable loving kindness, he kept, and preserved our fathers in the land of Israel, which he had given them under the obedience of his Law in such service of sacrifices and other rites, as he had appointed them to be done and practised all the days of their lives in the city of Jerusalem, where was his Temple built upon the mount Zion, so long as they kept them selves in obedience to the same Law and ordinances. But when they forsook the Lord their God, and cleaved unto false gods, he rewarded them to their face because they hated him, and brought them to destruction by delivering them into the hands of many enemies: as into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, by whom they were carried into captivity to Babylon, and there remained the days foretold them by our Prophet Jeremiah: Fulfilling thereby the words of our Prophet Moseh foretelling us that it should so be, if we forsook the Lord our God: and leaving us their posterity an example thereby, that,