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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.
My son, in all thy doings fear the Lord. If thou fear the Lord, thou shalt prosper, & in the day of thine end, thou shalt be blessed. Meddle not much with other mens business, least thou be entangled with controversies: abhor the slanderer & double tongued. Let my doings which am thy father, be ever before thine eyes. Those few goods which I have, were truly gotten. I have not gathered them of the tears, and heaviness, and undoing, or hindering of any. Be faithful to thy wife, and besides her know none other. Help thy neighbour according to thy power: and turn not thy face from the poor & needy. Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give plenteously: if thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little. Be not slow to visit the sick: whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.
My sonne, in all thy doings feare the Lord. If thou feare the Lord, thou shalt prosper, & in the day of thine ende, thou shalt bee blessed. Medle not much with other mens busines, least thou be entangled with controuersies: abhorre the flanderer & double tongued. Let my doings which am thy father, be euer before thyne eyes. Those few goodes which I haue, were truly gotten. I haue not gathered them of the teares, and heauines, and vndoing, or hindering of any. Be faithfull to thy wife, and besides her know none other. Helpe thy neighbour accordinge to thy power: and turne not thy face from the poore & needie. Be mercifull after thy power. If thou hast much, giue plentiously: if thou hast licle, do thy diligence gladly to giue of that litle. Be not slowe to visit the sick: whatsoeuer thou takest in hande, remember the ende, and thou shalt neuer do amisse.
As for me, I have passed the vanities and miseries ⟨image 189⟩of this world. The Lord hath given, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. He is the Lord my God, let him do with me, as it seemeth good unto him. I know that this shall hasten my salvation: And that Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. I have not so lived, that I am ashamed to live: neither am I afraid to die, for we have a gracious Lord. I know, that if my earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed. I have a building given of God, that is, an house not made with hands, but eternal in y heavens. They that die in the Lord are blessed, they shall rest from their labours. Christ is unto me both in life, and in death, advantage. In such sort do the Godly prepare themselves to their journey out of this life.