The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…

In the story of the acts of the apostles, we read that Paul and Barnabas preached the word of God in the temples of the Jews at Salamine. And when they came to Antiochia, they entered on the Sabbath day into the Synagogue or Church, and sate down, and after the lesson or reading of the law and the prophets, the ruler of the temple sent unto them, saying: Ye men and brethren, if any of you have any exhortation to make unto the people, say it. And so Paul standing up, and making silence with his hand, said? Ye men that be Israelites, and ye that fear God, give ear, and so forth, preaching to them a sermon out of the scriptures, as there at large appeareth. And in the same story of the acts, the seventeenth ¹Chapter, is testified how Paul preached Christ out of the Scriptures at Thessalonica. And in ²the fifteenth Chapter, James the apostle in that holy council and assembly of his fellow Apostles saith, Moses of old time hath in every City certain that preach him in the Synagogues or temples, where he is read every Sabbath day. By these places ye may see the usage of reading of the Scriptures of the old Testament among the Jews in their Synagogues every Sabbath day, and sermons usually made upon the same. Howe much more then is it convenient that the Scriptures of God, and specially the Gospel of our saviour Christ, should be read and expounded to us that be Christians in our Churches, specially our ⟨p. 10⟩saviour Christ and his apostles allowing this most godly and necessary usage, and by their examples confirming the same.

In the storie of the actes of the apostles, we reade that Paul and Barnabas preached the worde of God in the temples of the Jewes at Salamine. And when they came to Antiochia, they entred on the Sabbath day into the Synagogue or Churche, and sate downe, and after the lesson or readyng of the lawe and the prophetes, the ruler of the temple sent vnto them, saying: Ye men and brethren, yf anye of you haue any exhortation to make vnto the people, saye it. And so Paul standyng vp, and makyng scilence with his hande, sayde? Ye men that be Israelites, and ye that feare God, geue eare, and so foorth, preachyng to them a sermon out of the scriptures, as there at large appeareth. And in the same storie of the actes, the seuenteenth