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

What shall I say of them, whereof the number is exceeding great, who with full mouth do profess true religion it self, and will not deny, but that they do believe in Jesus Christ: but being demanded, wherefore they do believe in him: what the will of God the father in Christ is: what Grace is: what & how great promises are laid up in store for us ⟨image 6⟩in Christ: how glorious the Majesty & royalty of Christs kingdom is: how inestimable the glory of his riches be: what is the breadth, the length, the depth & the height thereof: how wonderful the love of his knowledge is: how great the force & power of faith is: and upon what principal pillars & foundations it is builded, they can render scarce any reason at all. For as much therefore as the infallible certainty, & true understanding of these things can be attained unto rightly, from no where else, then from the holy closets of sacred Scriptures: it shall be very requisite and needful, that every of us employ all our senses & powers of the mind, continually exercised in the same. For howsoever Christian divinity is tossed, and turmoiled to & fro, with innumerable intricate entangled and wandering questions, yet remaineth faith one self same nevertheless both pure & simple: and as it is but one, so ought all men necessarily be endued therewith wholly That is to say, that we all know Christ, that we repose all our anchorhold of affiance in Christ, & that we imprint Christ in the bowels of our soul, as we are commanded by the mouth of God the father, ⟨image 6⟩seeing there is no name besides this name given under heaven, in whom the treasure & hope of mans felicity may safely shroud it self. Let Princes therefore learn to know this Christ: Let subjects attend upon him: let ancient fathers take hold of him: Let young men embrace him: Let the rich enlarge their treasury with this precious Jewel: & let the poor seek their relief to be refreshed by him: who in deed can else where by no means be found more easily, then in the very sacred wellsprings of the prophetical Scriptures: notwithstanding who so is desirous to procure this joyful Jewel, must first of necessity make earnest and diligent search therefore. For this precious pearl is not allotted to any, but unto them, that vvill search for it: nor doth this heavenly Manna feed any, but the hungry.

What shall I say of them, wherof the nomber is exceeding great, who with full mouth do professe true religion it selfe, and will not deny, but that they do beleeue in Iesu Christ: but beyng demaunded, wherefore they doe beleeue in him: what the will of God the father in Christ is: what Grace is: what & how great promises are layde vp in stoare for vs