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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 second let or stay that Jericho be not restored, is, that the people may be instructed, why it was overthrown, & why God hath cursed them that shall seek to restore it. This knowledge is a singular gift of god. When the Lord ⟨image 31⟩declared his favour towards Israel among other his special mercies he spake in this sort: This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel: after those days, I 1will put my Law in their inward parts: and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and they shall be my people: and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, sayeth the Lord. And again our Saviour sayeth out of the prophet Isaiah. They shall all be taught of God. And in the seventeenth of Saint John, he sayeth, This is life eternal, that 2they know thee to be the only very God, and whom thou hast sent Jesus Christ. To this end, and for this cause, He gave some to be Apostles, and some Prophets, and 3some Evangelists, and some Pastors, and teachers, for the gathering together of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edification of the body of Christ: that we henceforth be no more children wa•ering and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the deceit of men, & with craftiness, whereby they lay wait to deceive. Therefore doeth S. Peter call upon them that are of the church of god, in all places, that they show forth the mercies of God, that they witness ⟨image 31⟩unto all the world, what the Lord hath done for them, in filling them with all spiritual knowledge and understanding: Be ready always 4to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you. There fore doeth God give charge to his people the children of Israel, to hear his Law and keep his commandments, not as an ordinance that should stand good but for a season, which should be kept only by them: but also requireth that they teach the same to their posterity, that so his great blessings may never be forgotten. For thus he sayeth.