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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And because this man, who was appointed from the beginning to be our redeemer & deliverer out of the captivity of sin, was to work that great and marvellous redemption by his own death (as was prefigured unto us by our Passover and all our sacrifices, and also declared by our Prophets) which he performed in his time appointed, being delivered into the hands of Pontius Pilate by our Scribes and Pharisees to be put to that shameful death of the Cross, whereof it is written in our law, Cursed be the man that hangeth on the tree: which is so well known to all the house of Israel, that they call him even to this day in despite Talui, which is by interpretation, Hanged. Therefore I also confess and believe that our sacrifices commanded in our Law, by the hand of Mosheh, are at an end & not to be used any more: being in deed but shadows of this body and truth which was performed in and by this our Immanuel, God with us. And therefore I most willingly and freely renounce that doctrine of our Elders, which ⟨image 116⟩teacheth us that our delivery forespoken […] by our Prophets is or shall be a restoring […] us into our country and land of Judea, the• to keep such ordinances and statutes to• ching sacrifices of goats and calves as wer• commanded us by the hand of Mosheh: being assured by the scriptures that the Jerusalem, which we shall be restored unto, is the kingdom of heaven from which we were cast through unbelief, and are again restored unto it as many of us as believe in this our Immanuel, by the same God with us• whose blood hath opened us the way, an• not the blood of our goats & calves which were figures of this true and perfect sacrifice wrought by this man upon the cross, by virtue whereof they were available to so many of our fathers, as did believe, for the remiss• of sins and delivery out of that thraldo•• of the soul: and not out of the captivity •• there of Egypt, or Babylon, or this wher•• we and our forefathers have justly been eu•• since the unrighteous shedding of this ri teous mans blood.