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Certain sermons preached before the Queens Majesty, and at Pauls crossCertaine sermons preached before the Queenes Maiestie, and at Paules crosse
Certain sermons preached before the Queens Majesty, and at Pauls cross, by the reverend father John Jewel late Bishop of Salisbury. Whereunto is added a short treatise of the sacraments, gathered out of other his sermons, made upon that matter, in his cathedral church at SalisburyCertaine sermons preached before the Queenes Maiestie, and at Paules crosse, by the reuerend father Iohn Ievvel late Bishop of Salisburie. Whereunto is added a short treatise of the sacraments, gathered out of other his sermons, made vpon that matter, in his cathedrall church at Salisburie
London: printed by Christopher Barker, 1583
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.
Some other say, it is not yet time: the Bishops be they that should redress the church. Would to God they would. For they should be Lux mum di, The light of the world, they should be shepherds, & Watchmen, they should be builders of Gods church. But, what if the light become darkness? What if the shepherds become ⟨image 50⟩wolves? What if the Watchmen lye asleep? what if the builders become overthrowers? Jeremiah saith, the Pastors have overthrown the Vineyard: and is it likely that they will rear it up again? Christ said unto the bishops, you have made my house a den of thieves: & is it likely that they will bring it again to the former state, and make it a place of prayer? But, O merciful God, what a building is that like to be, where ignorance is the foundation, where ignorance is devotion, and the greatest corner stone of the building. I pray God lighten their hearts with his holy spirit, and make them to be that they profess themselves to be, the light of the world, and true labourers in Gods Vineyard, & faithful builders of his house.
Some other say, it is not yet time: ye Bishops be they that should redresse the church. Would to God they would. For they should be Lux mū di, The light of the world, they should be shepheards, & Watchmen, they should be builders of Gods church. But, what if the light become darknes? What if the shepheardes become ⟨image 50⟩wolues? What if the Watchmen lye asleepe? what if the builders become ouerthrowers? Ieremie saith, the Pastours haue ouerthrowen the Uineyard: and is it likely that they wil reare it vp again? Christ said vnto ye bishops, you haue made my house a denne of theeues: & is it likely that they wil bring it againe to the former state, and make it a place of prayer? But, O merciful God, what a building is that like to bee, where ignorance is the foundation, where ignoraunce is deuotion, and the greatest corner stone of the buylding. I pray God lighten their hearts wt his holy spirite, and make them to bee that they professe themselues to be, the light of the world, and true labourers in Gods Uineyarde, & faithful buylders of his house.