A sermon preached at the christening of a certain Jew at LondonA sermon preached at the christening of a certaine Iew at London

It remaineth now,¹ that we treat of the promises of the Prophets, whereupon you boast so much, and raise all your building, which only thing of all others, doeth unjoint and shiver in pieces all the strong bulwarks of your unbelief, even to the very bottom of the foundation. And to the end I may make this appear more evidently, I will combat a crash with you in your own castle, whereunto I will use none other furniture, but your own weapons, I mean the very words and known sentences of your own prophets. And I will so deal with you in this conflict by the aid & assistance of God, as not heaping together out of all the Prophets in general their whole armoury of proof that I know, for that were unmeasurable. But I will choose rather out of certain of them, not a multitude, to surcharge you with number, but certain especial testimonies, with the which as with choice shot & powder, I will so batter y• bulwarks of your blundered ⟨image 47⟩unbelief, that you shall not be able by any means possible to delude the matter with cavilling, nor escape by denial, nor with any subtle legerdemain of literal exposition, cast a mist before mine eyes, nor untwine your selves out of the mesh by any crooked conveyance, as you are wont to do, though ye would never so fain, but either you shall be peruinced willingly to come to reason, or else against your wills to be confounded altogether with the manifest light of the trueth.

It remayneth nowe,¹ that we treate of the promises of the Prophetes, whereupon you boaste so much, and rayse all your building, which onely thing of all others, doeth vnioynte and shyuer in pieces all the strong bulwarkes of your vnbeliefe, euen to the very bottome of the foundation. And to the ende I may make this appeare more euidently, I wyll combate a crashe with you in your owne castle, whereunto I will vse none other furniture, but your owne weapons, I meane the very words and knowen sentences of your owne prophets. And I wil so deale with you in this cōflict by the ayde & assistāce of God, as not heaping together out of all the Prophets in generall their whole armorie of proofe that I know, for that were vnmeasurable. But I wil chuse rather out of certaine of thē, not a multitude, to surcharge you wt nomber, but certaine especial testimonies, wt the which as wt choise shot & powder, I wil so batter y bulwarks of your blūdered