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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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What else then? is it because he was seen to walk in base and simple apparel, and was despised amongst you? Even such a one doth the prophet Isaiah paint out unto us in his 53. chapter:1 We beheld him (saith he) and he had neither form nor beauty, we held him despised, & esteemed him for an outcast of men. You have seen him now of no reputation, an abject, the poorest of men, whom your haughtiness did disdain. Mark now under this vile & contemptible baseness, more then a ⟨image 37⟩kingly royalty, whereunto you ought all t• prostrate your selves,2 & do honour unto. Surely he hath borne our infirmities, & carried our sorrows, he was taken out of prison, & from Judgement, & who shall declare his age? by the knowledge of him self, my servant shall justify many: for he shall bear their iniquities. The will of the Lord shall prosper in his hands, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong. The kings shall shut their mouths at him. You have now therefore heard, how he should be poor and deformed, according to the outward show of the flesh, even such a one as our Gospel hath described him. And briefly to be plain, if he had not thus been poor, & rejected from amongst you, he could not have been the right Messiah in deed. Verily such a one he seemed to you once, when it was, according to the outward countenance of the flesh, before he had obtained the power of the kingdom upon the cross: But having then forthwith received y• throne of his kingdom, in what triumphant majesty he sitteth & reigneth now in heaven, let the mystical Psalmist David make report, who in spirit foresaw him, sitting at the right hand of the Lord. Let their witness be heard also, who were beholders ⟨image 37⟩of the whole action of his ascension, & with their bodily eyes saw the same whom David beheld in spirit, even with their carnal eyes I say gazing upon him, whiles yet he was lifted up in their sight into heaven, and did perfectly discern him also sitting at the right hand of the majesty. Let them also record the same, whose inward feeling & minds of the soul he doeth enlighten with heavenly effectual operation, and vouchsafeth daily to enterparten him self unto. And I would to God it might please the same to open your eyes also, that once at the length you might throughly enjoy the inestimable glory, and unspeakable majesty of his everlasting kingdom.