A sermon preached at the christening of a certain Jew at LondonA sermon preached at the christening of a certaine Iew at London

I confess with my mouth and believe from my heart, that the man Jesus Christ borne of the virgin Mary (according to the foretelling of our Prophets) and so, by the flesh he toke of her, descending of the seed & stock of David for the continuance of his kingdom for ever over his people Israel, is the undoubted Messiah promised to our fathers for the redemption and delivery of us his people out of the captivity we are in: which is not the captivity of Egypt or Babylon, or the captivity of the Romans Empire, which we have justly deserved by the shedding of his innocent blood through betraying and delivering him into the hands of the wicked to be crucified: but the captivity of sin, death, and damnation, prefigured unto us by our Prophets under the shadow of the foresaid captivities of Egypt and Babylon. Which things because our fathers understood not through ignorance of our scriptures, they did all those things which they wrought, against that holy one our only redeemer & saviour: & have by that means estranged them selves and their posterity from the common wealth in deed of Israel, that is to say, from the communion of the ⟨image 115⟩saints and children of God which make p•• fession of this mans name, & believe in trueth that he is the very Christ and only anoynte• saviour of the world which was so forepromised from the beginning of the world.

I confesse with my mouthe and beleeue from my heart, that the man Iesus Christ borne of the virgin Marie (according to the foretelling of our Prophets) and so, by the flesh he toke of hir, descending of the seede & stocke of Dauid for the continuance of his kingdome for euer ouer his people Israel, is the vndoubted Meshiach promised to our fathers for the redemption and deliuerie of vs his people out of the captiuitie wee are in: which is not the captiuity of Egypt or Babylon, or the captiuitie of the Romanes Empire, which we haue iustly deserued by the shedding of his innocent bloud through betraying and deliuering him into the handes of the wicked to be crucified: but the captiuitie of sinne, death, and damnation, prefigured vnto vs by our Prophets vnder the shadowe of the foresaid captiuities of Egypt and Babylon. Which things because our fathers vnderstoode not through ignorance of our scriptures, they did all those thinges which they wrought, against that holy one our only redeemer & sauiour: & haue by that meanes estranged them selues and their posteritie from the common wealth in deede of Israel, that is to saye, from the communion of the