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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.
Chrisost. saith, In nobis non simplex aqua operatur 1sed cū accepit gratiam spiritus, abluit omnia peccata. Plaine or bare water worketh not in us, but when it hath received the grace of the holy Ghost, it washeth away all our sins. 2So saith Ambrose also, Spiritus sanctus descendit, & consecrat aquā. The holy Ghost cometh down, & halloweth the water. And, Praesentia Trinitatis addest. There is the presence of the 3Trinity. So saith Cyril, Quemadmodū viribus ignis aqua &c. As water throughly heat with fire, burneth as well as the fire: so the waters which wash the body of him that ⟨image 136⟩is baptized, are changed into divine power, by the working of y• holy ghost. So said Leo, sometimes a bishop of Rome: Dedit aquae, quod 4dedit matri. Virtus enim altissimi, & obumbratio Spiritus sancti, quae fecit ut Maria pareret saluatorem, eadē fecit, ut regeneret unda credentē. Christ hath given like preeminence to the water of Baptism, as he gave to his mother. For, that power of the highest, and that overshadowing of the holy Ghost which brought to pass, y• Mary should bring forth the saviour of the world, hath also brought to pass, that the water should bear a new, or regenerate him that believeth.
Chrisost. saith, In nobis non simplex aqua operatur 1sed cū accepit gratiam spiritus, abluit omnia peccata. Plaine or bare water worketh not in vs, but when it hath receiued the grace of the holy Ghost, it washeth away all our sins. 2So saith Ambrose also, Spiritus sanctus descendit, & consecrat aquā. The holy Ghost cōmeth down, & halloweth the water. And, Praesentia Trinitatis adest. There is the presence of the