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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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But first we must open unto you, the nature an• substance of this unbelief. Unbelief is a thing merely opposite and adversary to belief: by which contraposition you may easily perceive the right nature or definition of unbelief. For if faith or belief be a ⟨image 18⟩certain infallible knowledge of Jes. Chri•• the Son of God ensealed in our hearte•,1 whereby we do embrace him as given […] to us from God the Father, for us to r• pose our whole affiance in the same, it is evident then by the same reason, in wh•• sort we ought to judge of unbelief. […] whosoever hath ascribed the confidence of his salvation, and free remission of his since to any other person then unto Jesus Christ, or to any other creature the• to the faith which ought to be in Christ I••su: the same may well be called an unbelieving person.2 Moreover, as there be m••nie degrees amongst the faithful: and like as the faith of some persons is more abundant and plentiful, in some others scarce rype• and less fruitful, in many skarse any blossom or issue at all appearing: s• is the manifold variety of unbeliefe• likewise expressed in the Scriptures, after ma•••ie and sundry sorts. For there is a certain unbelief, under the which, as under certain embers some sparkle of faith is raked up, be it never so small: which is signified in that sentence of Scripture, where it is said: I do believe Lord, Lord help• ⟨image 18⟩thou my unbelief. There is an other kind of unbelief, which although be as yet overspread with a certain darkened mist of foggy Ignorance, and is tossed to and fro, with many wandering clouds & doubtful vapours, yet because it peepeth now and then abroad, because it glittereth and shineth somewhat, and endeavoureth by all means possible to express his orient and bright beams, it seemeth not to rest in despaired estate. There is yet also an other kid of unbelief, which the Lord doth reprove, but forsaketh not as was that, whereof me tion is ade in the Gospel, And he rebuked their unbelief. Thomas Didymus believed not the Disciples, when they told him that the Lord was risen again. A great unbelief, but not shaken of yet: There is also [Greek or Hebrew],