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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.
When Moses and Aaron did the message of God unto Pharaoh, saying, Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: Pharaoh said: Who is 1the Lord, that I should hear his voice, & let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. What is his power: what hurt can he do: I know him not, I care not for him, Israel shall not depart my Country. So said Nebuchadnezzar, who is that God, that can deliver you out of mine hands? In 2like sort did Sennacherib king of the Assyrians vaunt himself in the pride of his strength, and bid defiance against the God of Israel, Thus ⟨image 12⟩3shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, and say, Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the King of Asshur. Have the gods of the heathen delivered them which my fathers have destroyed? And even so doeth Saint John bewray the folly of Babylon, She saith in her heart, I sit, being a Queen, 4and am no widow, and shall see no mourning. In trust hereof they said sometimes, and commanded the Apostles, that in no wise 5they should speak or teach in the name of Jesus. They said, We are the children of Abraham, we are the sons of the Prophets. They said, we cannot err, for it is written, The Priests lips should preserve knowledge, and they should seek the Law at his 6mouth. In trust hereof they said, Doeth any of the rulers or Pharisees believe in him? but 7this people which know not the law are cursed. In trust hereof they have said: Let us cut them out of the land of the living, let the name of Israel he had no more in remembrance, this doctrine is schismatical, this Religion is new, it hath no ground, it shall not prevail, it shall not stand. Such courage have the Citizens of this ignorant Jericho taken in the strength of man's arm, and in the help of worldly policy