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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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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.
Let the Prophet Hosea be accounted a liar also,1 who prophecieth likewise that a people which was not a people, should be called, and obtain mercy, through the inestimable blessing of that heavenly Jewel. Let Jonah the Prophet be adjudged a liar also,2 yea and that Elijah likewise,3 that was advanced into heaven in the fiery chariot: the first of which two did prefigure Christs glorious rising again the third day after his death, the other of his ineffable ascension into the heavens, the fortieth day after his passion: also of the comfortable consolation and sending of the holy Ghost, by the letting down of the cloak from out his triumphant chariot, the fifty day called Pentecost. Besides all these moreover, let John Baptist the Prophet,4 yea more then a prophet, be condemned for a liar, who did not in word only acknowledge ⟨image 34⟩him, but pointing towards him with the finger, pronounced boldly, That he w•• the very Lamb of God, that should take away the sins of the world. Finally, let all the whole authority of the Prophetical Scriptures be cancelled for untruth, because the greater part thereof doeth nothing else, but foreshow, and make report, that all those things should come to pass, which the Evangelical history doth expressly pronounce to be already accomplished.
Let the Prophet Osee be accompted a lyar also,1 who prophecyeth likewise that a people which was not a people, should be called, and obteine mercy, through the inestimable blessing of that heauenly Iewel. Let Ionas the Prophete be adiudged a lyar also,2 yea and that Elias likewise,3 that was aduaunced into heauen in the fiery charryote: the first of which two did prefigure Christs glorious rising againe the thirde day after his death, the other of his ineffable ascension into the heauens, the fourtieth day after his passion: also of the comfortable consolation and sending of the holy Ghost, by the letting downe of the cloake from out his triumphaunt charryote, the fiftie daye called Pentecost. Besides all these moreouer, let Iohn Baptist the Prophet,