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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.
The whole standeth in knowledge and in the fear of God: that they may know God, & walk before him in reverence and in fear, and ⟨image 172⟩serve him in holiness, and righteousness, all the days of their life. The Jews are a miserable people: they live in error, they die in their own blood: yet have they so much understanding, that they bring up their children in the knowledge of God, and that knowledge they teach out of the word of God. They remember what charge God gave them: Thou shalt teach them thy sons, and thy sons sons.1
The whole standeth in knowledge and in the feare of God: that they may knowe God, & walke before him in reuerence and in feare, and ⟨image 172⟩serue him in holines, and righteousnes, al the dayes of their life. The Iewes are a miserable people: they liue in errour, they die in their owne blood: yet haue they so much vnderstanding, that they bringe vp their children in the knowledge of God, and that knowledge they teach out of the worde of God. They remember what charge God gaue them: Thou shalt teach them thy sonnes, and thy sonnes sonnes.1
- 1Deut. 4.
Therefore, a father must teach his child what God is: That he is our father, that he hath made us, and doeth feed us, and giveth us all things needful, both for body, and soul: that he is our Lord, and therefore we must serve him, and obey him, and do nothing whereby he may be displeased: that he is our judge, and shall come to judge the quick and the dead, and that all men shall come before him, to receive according as they have done in the flesh. He must put his child in mind of his baptism, and teach him that it is a covenant of Gods mercy to us, and of our duty to God: that it is a mystery of our salvation: that our soul is so washed with the blood of Christ, as the water of baptism washeth our body. So must he also teach his child the mystery of the Lords supper: what and how he receiveth there to his comfort: that as the bread is broken, and the wine poured out, so the body of Christ was crucified, and his blood shed for the remission of sins: that, if