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A09827	Fyve homiles of late, made by a ryght good and vertuous clerke, called master Leonarde Pollarde, prebendary of the Cathedrall Churche of Woster, directed and dedicated to the ryght reuerende Father in God Rychard by the permissyon of God bysshoppe of Woster his specyall good Lorde. Vewed, examined, and alowed by the right reuerende Father in God Edmonde byshop of London, within whose diocese they are imprinted. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum	Pollard, Leonard, d. 1556.	1556 (1556)	STC 20091; ESTC S105125	57,542	98

louest thou me Iohn 21. yea and that thryse at euery aunswere that Peter made affirminge that he loued Chryste he commaundynge that he shulde feede Nowe yf that Chryst dyd specially charge Peter with feedynge yea both the sheepe and also me thynketh that Chryst made Peter his especiall and chiefe shepherde Moreouer in the Actes when Chryste called forth Peter fyrste to Actes 10. preache the gospell to the gentyles dyd it not apere that Peter was the chiefest of the Apostles and that it was done bycause the Apostles and Disciples shulde with the better wyll receaue the gentyles to the felowshyppe of the gospell seinge hym to be made a preacher and a teacher to the gentyles that was chiefest amongst thē Ageyne when the apostles were altogether at the receauynge of the holy ghoste and when the councell of the Apostles was fyrste gethered together at Ierusalem Actes 15. dyd not Peter onely speake and shewe the causes of theyr speakynge with dyuers tounges and of the Abrogacion of the Iewes lawe amongst the gentyles Actes 8. For though Iames dyd afterwardes speake yet he dyd it rather confirmyng that that was propounded by saint Peter then chalengynge any authoritie to hym selfe For he rehersed as a profe therof the tale that saynt Peter tolde which was howe god hadde wrought by hym the conuersion of the Gentyles Actes 8. Howe be it some wyll saye that Peter must nedes therfore be not the thefe bicause that saynt Luke sayth hym and Iohn to haue byn sente into Samarie that by them the Samaritans myght receaue the holy ghost But nowe saye our newe men in as much as they sent Peter and he that is sent must be inferiour to hym that sendeth hym so must Peter be inferiour to the rest of the Apostles beinge sent by thē But here they myght se yf they lyste to marke the vse that is and alwayes hath bin in the Church concerning the sacrament of confirmation which is in dede the geuynge of the holy ghoste that Peter muste therefore be chiefe bycause he was sent to minister this scramente For where haue ye sene good people any prieste inferiour to a byshoppe to minister confirmation vnto your thyldren Then as confirmation belongethe to the thiefest of the priestes so in as much as they sente hym and Iohn to minister it it is euidente that amonge all the residue they were the chiefe And notwithstanding that the residue of the Apostles were present when the sicke persons were led into places to be ouershadowed with theyr shadowes yet doth saynt luke make mentiō of none by name but of Peters shadow the whiche argueth a preheminence to haue bin in Peter aboue al the rest Augustine questi 75. super nonum testamentum Chrisost homile 55 super Mathewe Iorome contra Ioninian liber primo And it apperteyneth playnely by saint Augustin in sundry places of his woorkes and specially by his .75 question that he wryteth vpon the newe testament Also Chrysostome in the .55 homile vpon Mathewe that one fysher man was made capytayne and ruler of the shyppe that shulde be sore tossed but neuer drowned with the blastes of temptacion Also saynte Ierome in his fyrst booke ageynst Ioninian sayth Supra Paetrum fundatur ecclesia licet idipsum in alio loco super omnes Aposto los fiat et cuncti claues regni accipierunt et ex eaquo super eos fortitudo solidatur tamen propterea inter duodecim vnus eligatur vt in capite constituto scisinatis tollatur occasio That is to say The Churche is founded vppon Peter althoughe the same thynge is sayde to be done in another place vpon al the Apostles and al they tooke the keyes of the kingdome and strength is fastened indifferently vpon all yet therfore one must be chosen amongst the .xii. that in the head appoynted the occasion of discorde may be taken away To be briefe it is the opiniō of all the auncient fathers that saynt Peter was the chiefe of the Apostles Wherfore as there was before Chrystes tyme in Christes tyme and also after hym a chiefe and one aboue al the residue so hath it continued vnto this miserable tyme and bycause that it is not nowe so therfore are these miseries fallen vppon vs that be wherefore seinge we ought to haue a heade and stande as muche neede of a heade as euer dyd they all good men must thynke it of necessitie that a heade we must haue Vnto this then it is requyred to knowe where this head shuld be who he is that we may knowe hym and so consequently obey as it is holsome for vs to do without all doubte good Chrysten people his place is the see of Rome the byshop of that sea hath always bin ought nowe by Gods word to be the head of al byshops For as he that succedeth the kynge by ryght ought of ryght to be kynge So he that doth ryghtuously succede saynt Peter beinge the chiefe of all the Apostles ought of ryght to be the chiefe of byshoppes Ageyne god hath not appoynted eyther to Peter or to any other lyke authoritie as Peter had not for his owne commoditie or profyte but for the edifyenge of the Church wherfore seinge the Churche remayned after Peter so muste the same authoritie that Peter hadde styll remayne in the Church and it must also be knowē to be in the Church But such authoritie may only be knowē to remayne in the bishop of Rome being successor to saint Peter or els it must be vncerteyne yf any other shulde haue it and so consequently vnprofytable wherefore it must nedes be that it remayneth in him Ageyne we say that ageinst the commynge of our sauyour Chryste God had made Rome the heade of the worlde in all temporalties Luke 2. vndoubtedly as it is to be thought bycause that by Christ it shulde be made a heade of spiritualties In the region of Iury thoughe there were manye cities yet was there one especially chosen to God and that was Ierusalem to be theyr chiefe citie And nowe when the Churche was to be spredde through the worlde he hath chosen Rome as it is to be thought to be aboue the residue which appeareth by two causes The fyrst is that of al the great sees that be in the world it hath alwayes byn moste free and pure from heresie God alwayes haue defended the same where all the residue as Ierusalem Antyoche Ephesus and the other Apostolyke Churches are destroyed and this onely doth styll remayne and is by God defended The thyrde cause may be added that all good Chrysten men haue euermore taken it to be the heade as it maye apere by the decree of Constantine that moste godly and Christian Emperour Prefa cōstantine Nice which is sette before the councell of Nyce wherein he confesseth the see of Rome to be the chiefest see and Siluester to be the chiefest byshop It apereth also to haue byn obserued

afterwardes In so muche that in the tyme of Constantius the Emperour it was layed to the charge of the Arryans who had made to them selues a councell at Antioche that they had broken the olde cannons and decrees of the Church Tripti● hist lib. 4 Capi. 9. which dyd forbydde that any councell shulde be gathered but by the aduyce of the byshop of Rome These decrees they sayde were then olde which gyue this authoritie to the see of Rome and it is sence this busines was nereby 1200. yeres must it not then be auncient now trowe ye Saynte Augustine also in his 162. epystle blamyng the dissimulation of one Secundus that had bin vnconstaunt in a matter that was before hym and pretedyng that he did it to meinteine peace saith that there was no cause for hym to feare the breache of peace in that matter hauynge the consent of the see of Rome on his parte in the which Church the chiefe of the Apostolyke see dyd floryshe Saynt Ierome also besydes that he sayth ad Damasum that he wyll alwayes folowe that fayth that is taught in the see of Rome and rebukynge the Luciferaunce for theyr scysme doth saye also that there must be a certeyne principalitie or chiefety amongst priestes or els there shal be as many scismes as there be priestes To these may we adde the article of our fayth which is that we beleue the holy Catholike Apostolyke Church the meaninge of the which article is First in that we say that we beleue the catholike church we say that we do beleue the Church that is vniuersall and generally spredde through the worlde wherby we refuse all heresy and pryuate doctrine and in that ▪ that we do name it Apostolyke we do professe our selues to be confirmable to that see that the Apostle dyd rule and bere offyce in But nowe is there none that hathe Apostles bysshoppes sauynge Rome and when there were lyke as Peter was the chiefest of the Apostles so was that see aboue all the other sees and therfore eyther we must cōfes it to be chiefe or els deny our beliefe Thus then may ye se good people howe necessary it is to haue a heade by whom we may be set in aray to fight ageinst the deuyll Ye se also that all powers and romes be of Godde and not of fortune ye se that as we haue twoo partes our bodyes and our sowles so God hath apointed to vs two gouernoures the one temporall and the other spiritual ye se that as God doth giue dyuers vertues and powers to euery member that he placeth in the felowshyppe of our bodyes so doth he to those whō he promoteth by the sacramēt of orders ye knowe why it is called a sacrament ye se what order God doth obserue in all his workes and that they haue theyr ende in one chiefe or ruler ye se that it was apoynted before Chryst to haue one heade it was so ordeyned by Christ and so ye se that it ought to continue And in this we knowynge oure capitaynes or romes let vs all kepe our aray and standynge and be obedient vnto our prynces appoynted to vs by God and when the greate and ioyfull tryumphe shal be in heauen vppon the deuyll and all his members then shall we be rewarded for oure faythfulnes of God the father of Chryst our chiefe Capitaine of the holy ghost to whō be honour and prayse nowe and euer Amen Of confession and purgation or clensynge from sinne WAsshe your selues and be ye cleane take away the euilnes of your thoughtes forth of my sight Esa●● sayth almyghty god in his prophet Esay by the whiche wordes good people we be taught that as suche must be very comely and honest in theyr apparell that shal be much conuersaunt in the houses of noble men and princes so ought we Christen men to be moste cleane and pure in our sowles that be dayely conuersaunte not in the house but openly in the syght of hym that is the prynce of all prynces and lorde of all Lordes neyther is he alone when he seeth vs but is accompanyed and wayted vpon with infinite numbers of blessed sprytes both of Angels and of men yea he dothe so se vs that we be neyther nyght nor day in the Church or at home yea in the fyelde or in the maket Quorum angeli videntur Math. 18. out of his syght More ouer he commeth so to vs that he dwelleth in vs Is it not then necessary for vs to wasshe oure selues and to make our selues honest that be thus continually waytynge vpon god and that hath also his blessed angels waytynge vppon vs Is there any of the kynges seruauntes that wyll apeare before hym in a ragged lyuerie or in a fowle spotted and greacy cote wyl they not hyde theyr sores and botches of theyr bodyes also yf they haue any that be euyll fauoured and that can not be healed and with what diligence then shulde we prepare our selues to apere before our master But ye wyl say this is the delicatenesse and nysenes of men in god there is no such nyse curtesy nor curious nisenesse yes verely For why doth he els washe vs when he receaueth vs fyrste into his grace and famuly but that he wolde haue vs to continue clenly Math. 5. And why saythe he Beati mundo corde quoniam ipsi deum videbunt Blessed be the cleane in harte for they shall se God but that they whose hartes be fowle shall not be suffered to come to goddes syght And howe greuous thynkeye wolde it be to one that had bin of the priuie chamber to be shutte out of the kynges syght And howe wolde it greue the chylde to be put forthe of his fathers presence Therfore good people as he that is clenly wyl neure be without water neyther wyll the courtyers want those ornamentes that maye commende them in the kynges syght so shulde we that be Chrysten men haue our hole studi labour to make our selues plesant to Gods syght But howe then may we that be altogether sinfull Iacobi 4. decke our selues to apere honest in the presence of god Truly saynt Iames sayth Emundate manus peccatores et purificate corda duplices animo that is Make cleane your handes O you sinners and purge your myndes ye that be double harted So that by his councell yf we do awaye the faultes whiche we haue wrought and make cleane our hartes from fylth and vnlawfull thoughtes then shall we be comely and honest Nowe then to the intent that ye maye the better make your selues to apere honest and cleane in the presence and syght of God three thynges are necessary to be considered of the which the fyrst is to consider what euyll and mischiefe there is in sinne from the which we must purge and dyght vs the seconde is Perditio tua ex te Israel tātūmodo in me aurilium tun̄ Ose 13. to know who must purge dyght vs for