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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.
So likewise that Manna was the body of Christ, the people did eat of it, and lived by it. Christ had not yet taken upon him a natural ⟨image 7⟩body, yet they did eat his body: he had not yet shed his blood, yet they drank his blood. Saint Paul saith, all did eat the same 1spiritual meat, that is, the body of Christ: and all did drink of the same spiritual drink: that is, the blood of Christ, and that as verily and as truly as we do now, and who so ever then did so eat Christ, lived for ever, not because the rock was turned into his flesh, or the water into his blood: it was an Allegory, as all other Sacraments be: the people hereby was taught to consider of other things.
So likewise that Manna was the bodie of Christ, the people did eate of it, and liued by it. Christ had not yet taken vppon him a naturall ⟨image 7⟩bodye, yet they did eate his bodie: he had not yet shedde his blood, yet they dranke his blood. Saint Paule saith, all did eate the same 1spirituall meate, that is, the body of Christ: and all did drinke of the same spirituall drinke: that is, the blood of Christ, and that as verily and as truely as we doe nowe, and who so euer then did so eate Christ, liued for euer, not because the rocke was turned into his flesh, or the water into his blood: it was an Allegory, as al other Sacramentes be: the people hereby was taught to consider of other things.
When the people was strong with Serpents in the wilderness, and were swollen, and heaved up, and perished in the wilderness without hope of cure, Moses erected up a brazen serpent upon a pole: the people beheld it, their anguish abated, their swelling slaked, and they were healed: Christ was this serpent, he was lifted upon the cross, who so trusteth in him shall never be ashamed.