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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 question will be moved here again,1 whether it were not as easy for almighty god to have given mercy to them both, if it had pleased him• Mark what the Apostle saith hereunto:2 Nay rather, for this cause only God did shut up all under unbelief, that he might have mercy on all. For as it pleased almighty god to exercise his long & severe rigour in old time against the heathenish castaways, and wretched abjects the Gentiles, until at length, with his merciful kindness unlooked for, he had shaken of from their eyes, the foggy scales of darkened error, and after their long infidelity, allured them at the last• to the blessed knowledge of his sacred Gospel: even the very same may we perceive to have happened to the nation of the Israelites, by contrary interchange of persons and times: that so, those which sometimes were the first, should now become the last, and those which by so long continuance of inheritably descending race, did lawfully enjoy the interest of the true Olive tree, as the true natural offsprings thereof, being now cut clean away ⟨image 25⟩from their holy root, must be constrained to forsake their standing, and yield place to others, and may learn now at the length to endure the grievous storms and cruel tempests of Gods just vengeance, which the Gentiles before them had long time experimented to their great dolour & sorrow, until at length having subdued their disdainful pride, and tamed the natural stiffneckedness of their hearts, they may obtain the self same mercy together with the Gentiles, not for any their deserts, but through the free mercy and bounty of almighty God only, and so be restored at length to the ancient inheritance o• their first possessed root. And this is it, tha• S. Paul seemeth here to prophesy in this mystical Oracle, and most comfortable message, concerning the reclaiming of the Jews to come.
But question wilbe moued here againe,1 whether it were not as easy for almighty god to haue giuē mercy to thē both, if it had pleased him Marke what the Apostle saith hereunto: