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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.
Therefore have we Temples and Churches, places to resort unto altogether, to honour, to worship, and to acknowledge him to be our god, to join our hearts and voices together, and to call upon his holy name. In such places God hath at all times used to open his majesty, and to show his power. In such places God hath made us a special promise, to hear our prayer, when soever we call upon him. Therefore are they called the dwelling place and house of GOD. In such places all godly men evermore set their greatest pleasure, and thought themselves miserable, when they were secluded or put off from the same: as the Prophet and •oiy prince David, Laetatus sum in his quae •icta sunt […], ⟨image 64⟩1in domum Domini ibimus. O (saith that holy man) my hart rejoiced within my body, when my fellows called upon me, and said, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Again, I am in love with the beauty of thy house. And again, O how beautiful is thy tabernacle, O Lord, O thou y• God of hosts, my heart longeth & fainteth to come within thy courts. His spirits were ravished with the sight & majesty of the tabernacle: not for y• the place it self at y• time was so beautiful, for in Davids time it was almost rotten, & ruinous, a homely thing to behold, nothing in comparison to that temple that afterward was built by Solomon. But therein stood the show & worthiness of that holy place, y• Gods trueth and law was opened and proclaimed in it, and the sacraments, and ceremonies so used, in such form and order, as God had commanded them to be used, & the people received them obediently, and lived thereafter.
Therfore haue we Temples and Churches, places to resorte vnto altogether, to honour, to worship, and to acknowledge him to be our god, to ioyne our hearts and voyces together, and to call vpon his holy name. In suche places God hath at all times vsed to open his maiesty, and to shew his power. In such places God hath made vs a special promise, to heare our prayer, when soeuer we call vpon him. Therefore are they called the dwelling place and house of GOD. In such places al godly men euermore set their greatest pleasure, and thought themselues miserable, when they were seciuded or put off from the same: as the Prophete and oiy prince Dauid, Laetatus sum in his quae icta sunt ,