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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.
Having thus treated of the Sacraments of the new testament, and said so much as is needful for you to know of them both, as well of Baptism, which is the sacrament of our regeneration, as of our Lords supper, which is the sacrament of our refection or nourishment: I will now in few words speak something of confirmation, of matrimony of ecclesiastical ministry, which some call holy orders, of repentance or penance, and of extreme unction which some of late years have called Sacraments, and by joining these to the other, have made up the number of seven Sacraments, & so have charged the Church with five sacraments more then Christ did ever ordain.
Hauing thus treated of the Sacramentes of the newe testament, and said so much as is needfull for you to knowe of them both, as well of Baptisme, which is the sacrament of our regeneration, as of our Lordes supper, which is the sacrament of our refection or nourishment: I will now in fewe wordes speake something of confirmation, of matrimony of ecclesiastical ministerie, which some call holy orders, of repentance or penance, and of extreme vnctiō which some of late yeeres haue called Sacraments, and by ioyning these to the other, haue made vp the nomber of seuen Sacramentes, & so haue charged the Church with fiue sacramēts more then Christ did euer ordaine.
For these five, want either the word, or the element, or both: and therefore may not be taken for true sacraments. Such as have with all their skill showed them selves helpers and furtherers of our adversaries. yet have plainly confessed that they are not sacraments of Christs institution: Alexander of Hales, saith of confirmation. The sacrament of confirmation, as it is a Sacrament, was not ordained either by Christ or by the Apostles, but afterward in the Counsel of Melda: Which Counsel was kept many years after Christ. And Durandus saith of matrimony, Matrimony in due and proper kind of speech, is no Sacrament. And Bessarion a Cardinal, confesseth (as it was showed before) that in due and right consideration, none of these five may be called Sacraments: We read (saith he) that these two only Sacraments, were delivered us plainly in the Gospel.