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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.
Orig. saith, Est et in novo testamento litera, quae occidit eum &c. There is also in the new testament 1a letter which killeth him, that doth not spiritually understand those things which are spoken. For if he follow this after the letter, where it is said, except ye eat my flesh, & drink my blood: This letter killeth. Mark, if ye take the word of Christ barely, and nakedly, & as the letter soundeth, it killeth. S. Augustine saith, In allegoria omni haec regula tenenda est, ut 2pro sententia praesent is loci consideretur, quod per similitudinem dicitur. This rule is to be kept in every allegory, that what is spoken by similitude, be weighed by the meaning of the present place. Hierō saith, Non in verbis Scripturarum est evangelium, sed in sensu. The gospel 3is not in the words of Scriptures, but in the meaning. And, Non in superficie, sed in medulla, non in sermonum folijs, sed in radice rationis. It is not in the outward show, but in the inner marrow: not in the leafs of words, but in the root of reason. When Christ said, Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will 4raise it up again, The Jews following the bare letter, did bear false witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within tree 5days I will build another made without hands.
Orig. saith, Est et in nouo testamento litera, quae occidit eum &c. There is also in the new testamēt 1a letter which killeth him, that doth not spiritually vnderstande those thinges which are spoken. For if he folow this after the letter, where it is said, except ye eat my flesh, & drink my blood: This letter killeth. Mark, if ye take the word of Christ barely, and nakedly, & as the letter soundeth, it killeth. S. Augustine saith, In allegoria omni haec regula tenenda est, vt 2