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A sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth by that learned and reverend man John Jewel…A sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth by that learned and reverend man Iohn Iewel…
A sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth by that learned and reverend man John Jewel ... ; with an answer of the same author to some frivolous objections against the government of the church.A sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth by that learned and reverend man Iohn Iewel ... ; with an answer of the same authour to some frivolous objections against the government of the church.
S.l. : s.n., 1641
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These words haply seem sharp & over vehement: but the darkness of our hearts against God, and the lack of zeal to his house, enforce me to them. We are almost fallen into the lowest pit: we are left without zeal, as senseless men, and as if we had clean forgotten our selves, as the heathen, which know not God. Therefore, unless we repent, the kingdom of God shall be taken away from us: he will send upon this land a famine of the word: Jerusalem shall be overthrown, and made an heap of stones: the man of sin, & they which have not the love of the truth, shall prevail with many, and withdraw them from obedience to the Prince: this noble Realm shall be subject to foreign nations. All this will the zeal of the Lord of hosts bring to pass.
These words haply seem sharp & over vehement: but the darknes of our hearts against God, and the lack of zeale to his house, inforce me to them. We are almost fallen into the lowest pit: we are left without zeale, as senslesse men, and as if we had clean forgotten our selves, as the heathen, which know not God. Therefore, unlesse we repent, the kingdome of God shall be taken away from us: he will send upon this land a famine of the word: Hierusalem shalbe overthrowne, and made an heap of stones: the man of sin, & they which have not the love of the truth, shall prevaile with many, and withdraw them from obedience to the Prince: this noble Realm shall be subject to forraigne nations. All this will the zeale of the Lord of hosts bring to passe.
I could have spent this time in opening some other matter: but nothing, in my judgement, is more worthy your good consideration & speedy redress. I would be loath, rashly or rudely to abuse the reverence of this place: but unless these things be cared for; unless we show forth greater zeal then hitherto; if the years to come eat up and take away from the Ministry, as the late years have done, there will not be left, within a while, any to speak the word of God out of this place, the Pulpits shall have none to use them, the people shall grow wild and void of understanding.
I could have spent this time in opening some other matter: but nothing, in my judgement, is more worthy your good consideratiō & speedy redresse. I would be loath, rashly or rudely to abuse the reverence of this place: but unlesse these things be cared for; unlesse we shew forth greater zeal then hitherto; if the yeares to come eat up and take away from the Ministery, as the late yeares have done, there will not be left, within a while, any to speak the word of God out of this place, the Pulpits shall have none to use them, the people shall grow wilde and void of understanding.