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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.
What is this to us, will ye say? I will tell you, if you will vouchsafe to yield your diligent consideration thereunto, & compare the same with the rest that doth ensue in the prophet. A voice (saith he) crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make straight in the desert a path for your God. &c. What can be more clear than the brightness of this prophecy? what sentence more manifest? what more fruitful consolation? Wherein as many things seem worthy to be remembered, so three things chiefly are to ⟨image 52⟩be noted therein. Namely,1 The sins and wickedness of the people, in the first place: The wrath and vengeance of Almighty God, in the second place:2 in the third and last place, a most sweet and comfortable consolation,3 after many bitter and grievous punishments. In the part that treateth of sins, the obstinate and unvanquishable rebellion of the Jews against God and his Laws: In the second part, where the wrath of God is spoken of, the Justice of God may be discerned, which will not suffer the wickedness of his people to escape long unpunished. The comfortable consolation proceedeth wholly from his loving kindness an• gracious mercy: whereupon the trump of those sweet and amiable promises is hearkened unto: wherewith the sovereign bounty of God qualifying the fretting corrosive of his former displeasure, with mild & medicinable salve, doeth make an infallible covenant with them, that after they have once passed over many vexations, adversities and straits, wherewith they were long time turmoiled & vexed, they should from thenceforth never feel so sharp a scourge in revenging their sins. And hereof cometh this ⟨image 52⟩most delicate voice full of all spiritual comfort, which the Lord him self pronounceth here by the mouth of his prophet, speaking comfortably to Jerusalem,4 Thy warfare is accomplished, & thine iniquities are pardoned, for thou hast received at the Lords hands double for thy sins, &c.