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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.
And Chrisost. upon the same matter saith, Con 1timerent ne principatum amitterent, ceu legum latores, ut maiores esse viderentur, multa innovabant, quaeres ad tantā peruenit nequitiā, ut praecepta sua custodirent magis quā mandata dei. Lest thei should lose their authority, as if they had bin law makers, men able to stablish and ordain laws, to the end they might seem greater, they altered much, which thing (in the end) grew to such a wickedness, y• they kept their own commandments more then the commandments of God. Thus even now the Lords harvest is great, the labourers few, and the destroyers and hinderers above number.
And Chrisost. vpon the same matter saith, Cū 1timerent ne principatum amitterent, ceu legum latores, vt maiores esse viderētur, multa innouabant, quaeres ad tantā peruenit nequitiā, vt praecepta sua custodirēt magis quā mandata dei. Lest thei shold lose their authority, as if they had bin law makers, men able to stablish and ordein lawes, to the end they might seem greater, they altered much, which thing (in the end) grew to such a wickednes, y• they kept their own commandements more then the commandemēts of God. Thus euen now the Lordes haruest is great, the labourers few, and the destroyers and hinderers aboue number.
- 1Chrisost. in Mat. hom. 52.
O lift up your eyes, & consider how the hearts of your poor brethren lie waste without instruction, without knowledge, without the food of life, without the comfort of Gods word, such a misery as never was seen among heathens. The Turks have teachers sufficient for their people, the Jews, albeit they have no stayed country, but live in banishment, and wander about, yet have they their Teachers: the Christians which this day live in India, Ethiopia, Barbary, Moorland, and other places under the persecution of heathen princes, yet have their instructors in true