Israelites for calling for a kynge Uerely lyghtely he semeth to sette forth the title of a kynge As though he shoulde meane what is a Kyng What shoulde a Kynge take vpon hym to redresse matters of religiyn It pertaineth to ovre holye father of Rome A kynge is a name a title rather suffered of God as an euyl thynge then alowed as a good thyng Callynge thys to remembraunce it was an occasioÌ„ that I speake altogether before Nowe I wyll answere to thys For the answere I muste some what ryppe the ayght Chapter of the fyrst boke of the Kynges And that I mai haue grace c. TO come to y e opening of this matter I must begyne at the begynning of the Chapter that the vnlerned although I am sure here be a greate meany well learned maye the better come to the vnderstandynge of the matter Factum est cum senuisset Samuel fecit filios suos iudices populo c. It came to passe when Samuell was strycken in age he made hys sonnes Iudges ouer Israell Of Samuel I mighte fetch a processe a far of of the story of Elcana who was hys father and who was hys mother Elcana hys father had two wiues Anna and Phenenna and dyd not put theym away as do men nowe a dayes There was debate betwene these two wyues Phenenna in the doing of sacrifice embrayded Anna bycause she was barren and not fruitfull I myght take here occacion to entreate of the dutye betwene man and wyfe whyche is a holy relygyon but not religiouslye kepte But I wyll not enter into that matter at thys tyme. Well in processe of tyme God made Anna fruitfull thorowe hyr deuoute prayer She broughte forth Samuell who by the ordinance of God was made the hyghe pryeste Father Samuell a good man a singular example and singular patrone a manne a lone fewe suche men as father Samuell was To be shorte he was now come to age he was an olde maÌ„ an impotente man not able to go from place to place to minyster iustice he elected and chose two suffraganes two coadiutours two cohelpers I meane not hallowers of belles nor Christiners of belles that is a popysh suffraganship he made theÌ„ to healpe hym to dyscharge his office he chose hys two sonnes rather then other because he knewe theÌ„ to be well brought vp in vertue and learninge It was not for anye carnall affection he cared not for hys renowne or reuenewes but he appoynted them for the case of the people the one for to supply his place in Bethsabe the other in Bethlem As we haue now in England for the wealthe of the Realme two Lordes presidentes Surelye â–ª it is wel done and a goodly order I wold ther were a thyrd in an other place For the ease of hys people good father Samuell and to discharge hys offyce in places wher he coulde not come hym selfe he sette hys twoo sonnes in offyce wyth hym as hys suffragaynes and as hys Coadiutoures Here I myght take occasyon to treate what olde and impotente Byshoppes should do what olde preachers should do when they come to impotency to ioyne wyth them preachers preachers not Belhalowers and to departe parte of they re lyuynge wyth theym I myghte haue dylated this matter at large But I am honestelye preuented of thys commune place and I am verye glad of it It was very well handeled the laste Sondaye They that wyl not for the offyce sake receyue other regarde more the flese then the flocke Father Samuel regarded not hys reuenewes Our Lorde gyue them grace to be affected as he was to folowe hym c. Thoughe I saye that I wolde wishe mo Lorde presidentes I meane not that I woulde haue prelates Lordes presidentes nor that Lord byshoppes shuld be Lorde presydentes As touchynge that I sayed my minde and coÌ„science the last yeare And all thoughe it is sayed Presint it is not mente that they shoulde be Lorde presydentes the offyce of a presidenship is a ciuyll offyce and it canne not be that one manne shall discharge bothe wel It followeth in the texte Non ambulauerunt filii eius in 〈◊〉 eiâ—s etc. Hys sonnes walked not in hys wayes heare is the matter here ye se the goodnes of Samuel howe when he was not able to take the paynes hym selfe for theyr owne ease he appoynted them Iudges nere vnto them as it were in y e further partes of his Realme to haue Iustice ryghtly ministered But what folowed Thoughe Samuell were good and hys chyldrene well brought vppe looke what the world can do Ah crafty world Whome shall not thys worlde corrupte and deceyue at one tyme or other Samuel thoughte hys sonnes shoulde haue proued well but yet Samuels soÌ„ne walked not in theyr fathers waye why What then Is the sonne alwayes bounde to walke in the fathers waye No ye must not take it for a generall rule All sonnes are not to be blamed in they re fathers wayes Ezechias dyd not folowe the steppes of his father Ahaz and was well alowed in it Iosias y e beste king that euer was in Iewry refourmed his fathers wayes who walked in worldly policye In hys youth he toke awaye all Idolatrye and purdged his Realme of it and set a good order in al his Dominions wrestled wyth Idolatrye And althoughe his father or hys grande father Manasses it makes no matter whether repented him in the ende he had no tyme to refourme thynges he left it to his sonne to be done Iosias beganne and made an alteracion in hys chyldehode he tourned al vpsydowne he would suffer no Idolatrie to stand Therefore you must not take it for a general rule y t the sonne must euer walke in hys fathers wayes Here I wyll renewe that whiche I sayed before of the styfnecked Iewes the rebellyouse people that is theyr tytle they neuer spake so rebelliousslye as to saye they woulde not receyue any alteracion tyl theyr kynge came to age Much lesse we Englyshe men if there be anye suche in England maye be ashamed I wonder wyth what consience folke can heare suche thinges and alowe it Thys Iosias made an notable alteracion and therfore take it not for a generall rule that the sonne shall alwayes walke in his fathers wayes Thynke not because he was slayne in battell that God was displeased wyth him For herein God shewed hys gooodnes to hym wonderfullye who would not suffer hym to se the captiuite that he woulde brynge vpon the Israelites He woulde not hym to haue the syght the fealynge and the beholdynge of hys plage he suffered him to be taken awaye before and to be slayne of the kyng of Egipt Wherfore a iuste man muste be glad when he is taken from misery Iustus si morte preoccupatus fuerit in refriâ—erio erit If a ruste man be preuented wyth death it shall be to hys
ordinaunce but as hauinge a truste in the numbre of hys men thys offended God Lykewyse the Iewes asked a kynge and there wyth they offended not God But they asked hym with suche cyrcumstaunces that God was offended wyth them It is no smale faute to putte a iuste man oute of hys office to depose hym vnworthelye To chose a Kynge contraryinge the ordinaunce of God is a castynge away of God and not of a kyng Therfore doubt not but the tytle of a kynge is a lawefull thynge is a lawefull tytle as of other maiestrates Onelye let y e kings take hede that they do as it becometh Kynges to do that they do their offyce wel It is a great thynge a chargeable thynge Let them beware that they do not Communicare peccatis alienis That they beare not wyth other mens faultes for they shal geue a strayte accounte for all that perisheth thorowe theyr necligence We perceyue nowe what thys texte meaneth It is wrytten in the laste of Iudicum Iu diebus illis noÌ„ erat rex in Israel In those dayes there was no kynge in Israel euerye manne dyd that whyche semed ryght in hys owne eyes Men were then allowed to do what they woulde When men maye be alowed to do what they wyl then is it as good to haue no king at al. Here is a woÌ„derfull matter y t vnprechinge prelates shuld be suffered so long They can alledge for them selues .vii C. yeares Thys whyle the Realme had bene as good to haue no kyng likewise these brybing iudges hathe bene suffered of a longe tyme then it was Quasi non fuisset rex in anglia To suffer this is asmuch to say There is no king in EnglaÌ„d Yt is the dutye of a kynge to haue al states set in order to do their office I haue troubled you to loÌ„g I wil make an end brefly Beati qui audi uÌ„t verbuÌ„ dei Blessed be thei y t here the word of god but so that thei folowe it kepe it in credite in memori not to depraue it slauÌ„der it bring the preachers out of credite but that folowe it in theyr life and liue after it He grauÌ„t you al that blessinge that made both you and me Amen ¶ The sixte Sermon of Mayster Hughe Latymer whych he preached before the Kinges Maiestie within his graces Palayce at Westminster the .xii. daye of Apryll QVecunque scripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt Al thinges that are wrytten they are writteÌ„ to be our doctrine What doctrine is written for vs in the .viii. Chapter of the fyrst boke of the Kynges I dyd partelye shewe vnto you most honorable audience thys day sennyght of that good man father Samuell y e good iudge howe good a man he was what helpers and coadiutours he toke vnto hym to haue hys offyce well discharged I toulde you also of the wyckednes of hys sonnes how they toke bribes and lyued wyckedlye and by that meanes brought bothe theyr father and them selues to deposition And howe the people dyd offende God in askyng a Kynge in father Samuelles tyme. And howe father Samuel was put from hys offyce who deserued it not I opened to you also howe father Samuel cleares hym selfe that he knewe not y e fautes of his soÌ„nes he was no bearer w t his sonnes he was sory for it wheÌ„ he herde it but he wold not beare w t theÌ„ in their wickednes Filii mei vobiscuÌ„ sunt my soÌ„s ar w t you saith he Do wyth theym accordynge to theyr desertes I wyll not maintayne them nor beare with theÌ„ After that he cleares him self at the kynges fete that the people had nothynge to burden hym with al neyther monye nor money worth In treatinge of that parte I chaunced to shewe you what I heard of a maÌ„ that was slayne and I heare saye it was not well taken For soth I entend not to empayre anye mannes estimacion or honestye and they that enforce it to that enforce it not to my meanynge I sayd I heard but of suche a thynge and toke occasion by that that I heard to speake agaynste the thynge that I knewe to be noughte that no man should beare wyth any maÌ„ to the mayntenaunce of voluntary and prepensed murder And I heare saye syns the man was other wyse an honeste man and they that spake for hym are honeste men I am inclinable inoughe to credite it I spoke not bycause I woulde haue anye mannes honestye impayred Onelye I dyd as Saynct Paule dyd who heerynge of the Corinthyans that there shoulde be contencyons and mysordre among them dyd wryte vnto theym that he harde and there vpon by occasion of heerynge he set furthe verye holsome doctryne of the supper of the Lord. We myght not haue lacked that doctryne I tel you Be it so the Corinthians had no suche contencyons among theÌ„ as Paule wrote of Be it so they had not misordred them selues it was neyther of nor on to that that Paule sayed The matter laye in that that vpon hearynge he woulde take occasioÌ„ to set out the good true doctryne So I dyd not affirm it to be true that I hard I spake it to aduertis you to be ware of bearinge wyth wylful and prepensed murder I wold haue nothyng enforsed against any man Thys was myne entent and meanynge I do not knowe what ye call chaunche medly in the lawe it is not for my studye I am a scholer in scripture in gods boke I study that I knowe what voluntary murder is before God If I shall fal out wyth a man He is angrye wyth me and I wyth hym and lackynge oportunitie and place we shall put it of for that tyme in the meane season I prepare my weapoÌ„ sharpe it agaynste a nother tyme I swell and boyle in thys passyon towardes hym I seke hym we medle together it is my chauÌ„ce by reason my weapon is better then his so fourth to kyl him I geue him his deathes stroke in my vengeaunce and anger Thys call I voluntarye murder in scripture what it is in the lawe I can not tell It is agreate synne and therefore I call it voluntarye I remembre what a greate Clarke wryteth of thys Omne peccatuÌ„ adeo est voluntarium vt nisi sit voluntarium non sit peccatum Euerye synne sayeth he is so voluntarye that if it be not voluntarye it can not be called synne Synne is no actuall synne if it be not voluntarye I would we woulde all knowe ouâ—e faultes and repent that that is done is done it can not be called backe agayne God is mercifull the Kynge is mercyfull heare we maye repente thys is the place of repentaunce When we are gone hence it is to late then to repente And let vs be content wyth suche order as the magystrates shall take But suer it is a perilous thing to beare wyth anye suche matter I toulde you what
lyued the people wold honor him more thē they dyd the king And the king shuld not be set by so betwene thē I cā not tel how it came to pas but at s Edmundesbury in a parliamēt the good Duke Humfrey was smothered But nowe to returne to my texte and to make further rehearsall of the same the matter begīneth thus Et pasquā sederit rex And when the kyng is sette in the seate of hys Kyngedome what shal he do shal he daunce and dally banket hauke and hunte No forsothe syr For as God set an order in the Kynges stable as I tolde you in my last Sermon so wyll he apoynte what pastyme a Kynge shall haue What must he do then He must be a student He muste wryte Goddes aboke hym selfe Not thynkynge bycause he is a kynge be hath lycence to do what he wyll as these worldlye flatterers are wont to say Yea trouble not your self syr ye mai hauke hunt and take youre pleasure As for the guydinge of your kyngdome and people let vs alone wyth it These flatteryng clawbackes are originall rotes of all myschyefe and yet a Kynge maye take hys pastyme in haukinge or huntynge or such lyke pleasures But he must vse them for recreation when he is wery of waighty affayres that he mai returne to thē the moore lustye and thys is called pastime with good companye He must write out a boke hym selfe He speaketh of wrytynge bicause printynge was not vsed at y e tyme. And shall the Kynge wryte it out hym selfe He meaneth he shall se it wrytten and rather then he shoulde be wythout it wryte it hym selfe Iesus mercy is God so chary wyth a kynge to haue hym wel brought vp instructed Yea forsoth For if the kyng be well ordered the realme is wel ordered Where shall he haue a copye of thys boke of the Leuites And why Bicause it shal be a true copye not falsifyed Moyses lefte the boke in an olde cheste the Leuites had it in kepyng And bycause ther should be no errour no addition nor takynge away from it he byddeth hym fetch the copye of the Leuites And was not here a greate miracle of God how this boke was preserued It had layne hyd many yeares and the Iewes knewe not of it Therefore at lengthe when they had founde it and knew it they lamented for theyr ignoraunce that had so long bene wythoute it and rente theyr clothes repentyng theyr vnfaythfulnes and the holy bible Goddes boke that we haue amonge vs it hathe bene preserued hytherto by wonderfull miracle of God though the kepers of it were neuer so malitiouse firste euer sythe the byshope of Rome was firste in authorytye they haue gone about to destroye it but God worketh wonderfully he hathe preserued it mauger theyr beardes and yet are we vnthankefull that we can not consider it I wil tel you what a byshoppe of thys realme sayed once to me he sent for me meruayled that I woulde not consente to suche tradytyones as were then sette out And I answered hym that I woulde be ruled by Gods boke and rather then I wolde dissent one iote frō it I woulde be torne wyth wylde horsses And I chaunced in our cōmunication to name the Lordes supper Tushe sayeth the Byshop What do ye call the Lordes supper What newe terme is that There stode by hym a dubber one Doctour Dubber he dubbed hym by and by and sayde that thys terme was seldome red in the doctours And I made answer y t I would rather folowe Paule in vsyng hys termes then them though they hadde all the doctours on theyr syde Whye sayed the byshoppe can not we wythoute scriptures order y e people how dyd they before the scripture was fyrste wrytten and copied out But God knoweth ful yl yet woulde they haue ordered theim For seyng that hauyng it they haue deceyued vs. in what case shold we haue bene nowe wythout it But thankes be to God y t by so wōderful a myracle hathe preserued y e boke styll It foloweth in the text Habebit secum c. He shal haue it w t hym in hys progresse he muste haue a man to carrye it that when he is haukynge and huntynge or in any pastyme he maye alwayes comune with them of it He shall reade in it not once a yeare for a tyme or for hys recreation when he is weary of haukyng or huntyng but Cunctis diebus vite sue All the dayes of hys lyfe Where are those worldlynges now These bledder puffed vp wylye men Wo worth them that euer they were about any King But how shall he read thys boke as the Homilies are read Some call theym homlyes and in dede so they maye be well called for they are homely handeled For though the Priestes reade theym neuer so well yet yf the Paryshe lyke them not ther is suche talkynge and bablynge in the Churche that nothynge can be heard and yf the paryshe be good and the pryest naught he wyll so hacke it choppe it that it were as good for theym to be wythout it for any worde that shal be vnderstande And yet the more pytye thys is suffred of your graces byshoppes in theyr diocesses vnpunished But I wyll be a suter to youre grace that ye wyll geue youre byshoppes charge year they go home vpon theyr allegiaunce to loke better to theyr flocke to se your maiesties iniunctiōs better kepte and sende youre visitours in theyr tayles And if they be founde negligent or fauty in theyr deuties oute with them I require it in Gods behalfe make thē quondams all the packe of them But peraduenture ye wyll saye Where shall we haue anye to put in theyr rowmys In dede I were a presumptuous fellow to moue your grace to put them oute yf there were not other to put in theyr places But youre mayestye hath diuers of your chaplayns well learned men and of good knowledge yet ye haue some that be bad inough hāgers on of the court I meane not those But if your mayesties chaplayns and my Lorde Protectours be no◠able to furnyshe theyr places there is in thys realme thankes be to GOD a great syghte of laye men well learned in the scryptures and of vertuouse Godly conuersation better learned then a greate syght of vs of the cleargy I can name a numbre of them that are able and woulde he glad I dare say to minister the function yf they be called to it I moue it of conscience to your grace lette them be called to it orderly let them haue institution and geue them the names of the cleargye I meane not the name onlye but lette theym do the function of a byshop and lyue of the same Not as it is in manye places that one shoulde haue the name and cyghte other the profyte For what an enormitye is thys in a chrystian realme to
that are wrytten they are writteÌ„ to be our doctrine What doctrine is wrytten for vs in the parable of the Iudge and the wyddowe I haue opened it to you most honorable audience Some thinge as concerning the Iudge I woulde wyshe and praye that it myght be alytle better kepte in memorye that in the seate of Iustyce no more iniquitie and vnryghtuousnes myght raygne Better a little well kept then a greate deale forgotteÌ„ I wold the Iudges woulde take forth theyr lesson that there myghte be no more iniquitie vsed nor brybetakynge for if there shall be brybynge they knowe the peryl of it they knowe what shal folowe I woulde also they should take an example of this Iudge that dyd saye not that that he thought hym selfe but our sauioure Christ puttes him to saye that thynge that was hid vnto him selfe Wherfore I wold ye shold kepe in memory how vnsearcheable a maÌ„s herte is I woulde ye shoulde remembre the fall of the Angles and beware therebye the fall of the olde worlde and beware therby The fal of Sodom Gomorh and beware therby The fal of Lothes wyfe and beware thereby The fall of the manne that suffered of late and beware therbye I woulde not that miserable folke shuld forget the argumeÌ„t of the wycked Iudge to induce them to prayer whyche argument is thys If the Iudge beynge a tyraunte a cruell man a wycked man whych did not call hir to hym made hir no promise nor in herying nor helpynge of hir cause yet in the ende of the matter for the importunytyes sake dyd helpe hyr muche more almighty god which is a fathec who beareth a fatherlye affection as the father doeth to the chylde and is naturallye mercifull and calleth vs to him with hys Promise that he will heare them that call vpon hym that be in distres and burdened with aduersitie RemeÌ„ber this You knowe where to haue youre remedy You by youre prayer can worcke greate effycacye and your prayer wyth teares is an instrument of great efficacy It canne brynge many thynges to passe But what thinge is that that maketh oure prayer acceptable to god is it our babling No no It it is not our babling nor our longe prayer There is an other thynge then it The dignyty and worthines of our wordes is of no such vertue For whosoeuer resorteth vnto God not in the confidence of hys owne merites but in the sure truste of the deseruinge of oure Sauiour Iesus Christe and in hys passyon Whosoeuer doeth inuocate the father of heaueÌ„ in the truste of Christes merites whyche offerynge is the most confortable and acceptable offerynge to the father Whosoeuer I saye offereth vp Christe whyche is a perfecte offerynge he can not be denyed the thing he desyreth so that it be expedyente for hym to haue it It is not the bablynge of oure lippes nor dignitye of oure wordes but the prayer of the herte is the offerynge that pleaseth thorowe the onely meanes of hys sonne For oure prayer profyteth vs bicause we offer Christe to hys father Whosoeuer resorteth to god wythout Christ he resorteth in vayne Our praier pleaseth because of Iesu Christ whom we offer So that it is fayth fayeth faith is the matter It is no prayer that is without faith it is but a lippe labouring and monkerye wythout fayth It is but alytle bablynge I spake also of lacke of fayth and vpon that also I sayed the ende of the worlde is neare at hand For ther is lacke of faith nowe Also the defectioÌ„ is come and swaruinge from the fayeth Antichriste the man of synne the sonne of iniquity is reueled the latter daye is at hande Let vs not thynke hys commynge is farre of But when soeuer he cometh he shall fynde iniquitye inough let him come wheÌ„ he wil What is nowe behinde we be eatynge and drynckynge as they were in Noes tyme and Mariynge I thincke as wyckedly as euer was We be buildynge purchaching plantynge in the contempte of Gooddes worde He maye come shortelye when he wyll for there is so much mischiefe and swaruynge from the fayeth rayninge nowe in oure dayes as euer was in anye age It is a good warnyng to vs all to make readye agaynste hys commynge This lytle rehearsalle I haue made of the thynges I speake in my last sermon I wyll nowe for thys daye retourne to my questioÌ„ and dissolue it whether goddes people may be gouerned by a gouernoure that bereth the name of a kynge or no. The Iewes hadde a lawe that when they shoulde haue a kynge they shoulde haue hym accordynge to the election of god he woulde not leaue the election of a kyng to theyr owne braynes There be some busy braynes wanton wyttes that saye the name of a kinge is an odyouse name and wrteth this text of the scripture wher god semeth to be angrye displesed wyth the Israelites for askyng a king expouÌ„ding it verye euil odiously As who wold say a king were an odiouse thyng I coÌ„mming ridinge in my way calliÌ„g to remeÌ„brance wherfore I was seÌ„t that I must preach preach afore the kings maiesti I thought it mete to frame my preaching accordyng to a kynge Musyng of thys I remembred my selfe of a boke that came froÌ„ Cardinall Pole maister Pole the kynges traytor whiche he sente to the kynges maiesty I neuer remember that man me thyncke but I remember hym wyth a heauye herte a wyttye man a learned man a man of a noble house so in fauoure that if he had taryed in the realme and woulde haue conformed hym selfe to the Kynges procedynges I hearde saye and I beleue it verelye that he hadde bene byshop of Yorcke at thys day To be a bidden by he wold haue done muche good in that parte of the Realme For those quarters haue all wayes had greate nede of a learned man and a preachynge prelate A thynge to be muche lamented that suche a man shoulde take suche awaye I here say he readeth muche Saynte Ieromes works and is wel sene in theim But I woulde he would folowe sayncte Ierome where he expouÌ„deth thys place of scripture Exite de illa peopule meus Almightye god sayth Get you from it get you from Rome he calles it the purple hore of Babilon It had bene more coÌ„meÌ„dable to go from it theÌ„ to come to it What hys sayinges be in hys boke I do not wel remember it is in the fartheste ende of my memorye He declareth hym selfe in it to haue a corrupte iudgmente I haue but a glymmerynge of it Yet in generally I remeÌ„ber the scope of it He goeth aboute to dissuade the kynge from his supremicie In his persuasions he is very whomlye verye quycke and sharpe wyth the Kynge as these Cardinals wyll take wel vpon theym He sayeth that a kynge is an odiouse word and touched y e plâ—ace how god was offended with the
prouoked Goddes wrath toward them Godly aduertisementes Let vs learne here our allegyance and duty toward the Kyngethe lawes and ordinaunces of the Realme Psalm l. How Antychryst is knowen what he sawe and harde once at Oxforde Why Chryst vsed rather the example of a wycked Iudge then of a good A brefe rehersal of thinges toched and spoken of in hys thyrde sermon He meaneth y e Annabaptystes for thys is one of their detestable pernicyouse errores How busye y e Deuyll is to hinder y e word sclaunder y e Gospel The deuyl is busi sturring is an euidente argument that this doctryne is true i. Timoth. v Kynges and rulars muste wake and not wyâ—ke and leaue lokynge thorow theyr fyngers A dygnity wyth a charge â— Timothe v To rule wel â–ª what that is â–ª What is double honoure The merye monke of Cambryge Where the preacher doth not hys duty ther the order is not honorable but horryble The entent of vnpreachyng prelates An argument of coÌ„gruans Math. v. A Ayshop angrie with M. L. why because he wold haue y e Kyng make of vnprechyng prelates quondaÌ„mes dominus regnauit The byshops answere to his chaplayn A wyse answer of mayster byshop to his chaplayn Preachers ar Gods instrumenâ—es Though Christe preachyd yet hys sede fel into thre partes He returneth to the Parable Iustice muste be ministered w tout delays What moued the wycked iudge to heare the coÌ„playnte of the wydowe All iudges haue not done theyr dutye at all tymes The lacke of minystracyon of Iustice what Salomon dyd se in hys tyme in Iudges Iudges sat in the gates of the cyty in the hie way Thys was done for the ease of y e people for maiestrates muste be indued w t affabilitie There was bribes and bribers as wel theÌ„ as nowe The teares of the pore whose cause is not accordynge to equity iustice herd cry for veÌ„geauÌ„ce to God An aduertisemente to oure Iudges Dauid was deceyued in puttyng trust in hys iudges when he waxed olde hym selfe AbsaloÌ„ was a bywalker Iudges are honorable necessarye and Gods ordinaunces concernyng their offices The crafte of the deuyll Lest the deuil be behind theÌ„ to make them peruerte Iustice A notable bolde sayinge of Chrisostome If the deuyll wold allowe a man to loke into hel what he shoulde se. Math â–ª iiii â–ª vnpreachinge prelates are wyth the deuyll in hell god saue vs but they be not there a loue for brybyng Iudges are wyth them for companye He returneth to hys fâ—â—mer matter Whi the iudge was forsed then to coÌ„fesse hys faultes Ezechiel described the herte of man Iere. xvii Paule durst not iustyfye hym selfe The truth gettes hatred The argument of suche men as thoughe the Lord admirals cause to be good becausâ— he toke hys death so boldli is coÌ„futed The Anabaptistes howe thei toke their death The Donatistes howe they dyed Iudge not them in authoritye rashlye Charyte is y e cognysauÌ„ce badge of a christen man M.L. sayde not al that he knew coÌ„cerninge the lorde admiralles cause The .ii. lyttle papers which the Lorde admirall wrote in the tower The wordes he spake to the leuetenauntes seruaunt The penne of the aglet of a poynt There is but two states The state of saluacioÌ„ and y e state of daÌ„nacion The seruauÌ„t whyche vttered the secretes of y e two letters is coÌ„mendid of M Latymer The lorde admirall had coÌ„mendations to the kynge before hys death What the Lorde Darsie sayed to maister Latimer in the tower The coÌ„mune cast of al traytours The office duty of subiectes A thing y t happened at Oxforde A pryest robbed of a greate summe of money It is hard to iudge a maÌ„s herte ☞ The byshoppes be stirred them so then that some of them wer neuer so dilygence synce The whore y t coÌ„mitted robbery M. Latimer exhorteth the kynges grace that learned men might be appoynted to such as shall suffer are coÌ„uict persons The whores wordes as she went to execucion Lottes wyfe is our example to content our selues w t our state God spared not hys aungellys The whole worlde was drowned Sodome and Gomor was burned and all for our example Gene. xviii An exhortatioÌ„ to al subiectes not to murmur misiudge nor repyâ—e agaynste the kinges procedynges To what end y e parable of the wycked iudge teÌ„deth To whom in distresse oppression we shall resorte An argumeÌ„t from the lesse to the more we haue a coÌ„maundement to resorte to God why GOD wold haue vs to be diligent earnest in prayer why our praier is acceptable to God Fayth is agreat stat a Dutches. Knowledge of synne is gentell man vsher to Lady fayeth Fayeth is no ankers she 〈◊〉 hath manye a ateÌ„dante vpoÌ„ hyr parson The sodeyne comynge of y e Lorde in the time of Noe and Loth what eatyng drinking is allowed and what is discoÌ„mended What kynde of marying is reproued worthely Stealynge of wardes naye rather of landes Another kind of mariage allâ—â—egth The inueglers of mens doughters are notyd The parentes whyche forse their chyldren to marry whoÌ„ they loue not are worthelye reprehendyd â–ª A daye wyll come shall paye for all I feare it be so litle wyth some meÌ„ that a man can neither fele it not yet se it Oure blessednes commeth of the kepeynge Thys I feare me is soner wyshed then often sene but yet let vs praye Some caÌ„ spell and spi out land and put together faste inoughe but wheÌ„ they read or heare a good lesson that commeth in at one eare and goeth out at the other Marke many caueatis and beware byes The argumeÌ„t of the wycked iudges should induce vs to prayer What maye be wroughte by prayer What maketh oure prayer acceptable to God Oure prayer pleaseth God for Christes sake when we dystruste oure owne merites and trust in hys deseruinges In all oure prayes we muste brynge a present with vs to god and marke wel who it is Coniectures why the ende of the worlde is supposed to be nere at hand As much wickednes vsed in our time as euer was in the time of Noe. M. Latimer returneth to hys former question and to the dissolucion of the same Wether gods people may be gouerned by a Kyng or no. The kynges of the Iewes were elected and choseÌ„ of God i. Regu viii Oure preachynge must be framed accordynge to the persoÌ„s before whom we preache C. Pole the kynges traytor a traytor agaynst kynd and nature M. Latimer lamentes the defection of C. Pole the breche of hys allegiaunce to his liege and Roiale kyng They nede as greately at thys daye as euer they dyd Cardinal Pole vsyth they saye to rede much Saynct Ieromes worckes Rome is called of Ierome the purple hoore of Babylon He meaneth of the boke that C. Pole dyd send to the kynge The scope or state of the boke tendes to disuade the king from his supremicye Well Spoken and lyke a Cardinall â–ª who
may lye by authoritye because he dwelleth at Rome i Regu â–ª viii Atanâ—t by the waye to suche as vse vnlawful disâ—orsementes Anna of barren made frutful and mother to Samuell Samuell beynge aged chose to hym two suffragenes to assyst hym in hys offyce Why he chose hys owne two soÌ„nes rather then any other Samuel tenderynge the ease of hys people appoynted two offycers A third Lord presydent wold do wel What the impoteÌ„t and old byshoppes shoulde do wheÌ„ they are not able to susteine the trauayle and paynes of preachyng There are â—o many suche flese feders Amen M Latimer woulde not haue byshoppes and prelates Lorde presidentes The office of a president-shyppe is a ciuell offyce and occupieth a man wholly The worlde wyll corrupt and deceyue vs or we beware of it the dyuell is so crafty and lucre is so sweate The sonne is not alwayes bounde to walke in the fathers wayes Ezechias did not follow the steppes of his father Ahaz iiii Reg. xviii Iosyas refourmed the wayes of his father Amon iiii Re. xxii and .xxiii. He was but ryght yeare olde when he beganne to Raygne We ar more styffeneckyd more rebellyous and sturdyer theÌ„ the Iewes Thys is no rule to rekeâ— vppon Iosias was slayne in battayle of Pharao Necho kynge of Egipt at Maâ—â—dâ—o iiii Reg. xiii Authoryte and office tryeth what a man is Thys hathe bene often tymes verefyed and sene in preachers before they were byshop pyd or benificed Do as the most do and the fewest shall wonder at them The state of a Iudge is daungerous and lucre is so lickorous that he that once lykes of it leketh it The good man nemo otherwyse called nobody that dwelleth with vtopia They cal theÌ„ rewardes but brybes is the fyrste letter of theyr Christian name The deuels genealogye the ladder of hell Preachynge Hearynge Beleuynge and saluacioÌ„ Well moued and Godlye exhorted of M. Latimer but litle minded slowlye followed for all that The studi of diuinitie decayed in Cambriege The vsurped supremytye of the byshop of Rome wyll not be kept out w t a lytle Englyshe dyuinitye M. Latimer his reasoÌ„able request for poore schollers exibycions Wher vpon we maye bestowe oure goodes well and please God well They that haue least nede haue most healpe The ready waye downe to the deuell in hell A tiburne tippet for brybe takers peruerters of iudgemente The wydow that was in prison Ther should be curates of presones A holy daye worke to vysyt the presoners The woman turned from papyltrye by the diligent resort of the learned frequentyng the preson A riche merchaunt cast in to the Castel-Aungell A gentle man of a long nose from suche a nose I praye God Liberanos et saluanos The sygne of the Iudges skynne â–ª A man maye answere for hym selfe and yet haue wronge and be absent and yet haue ryghte The reason of the law is the soule of the lawe How we must take the doynges of the parliamente An vntrue argument Fre lybertye is grauÌ„ted to speake in the Parlyemente house Paule was alowew to auÌ„swere for him selfe Actes xxi M. Latimer likened to doctoure Shaw One facte coÌ„fessed of the Admyrall he would not haue the kyng brought vp lyke a warde in hys minoritie â–ª Kinges shuld be learned Lady couetusnes is a chyldynge woman He that byeth dere must nedes sel ther after Ye must vnderstande yea as well as cyuyl oyle to make the sentence perfect Mete men able are worthy to be put in offyce It is a brybery to bye offyces What mâ—nner of men offycers shulde be They muste haue .iiii. properties Fyue C. pounde geuen for an offyce They that are mete to beare offyce wold be sought out lyberally feed Sellyng of offyces and sellynge of binefyces are both one that is to say Symony otherwyse called Symonye The Turke woulde not suffer that we do The patroÌ„s deutye in bestowynge of hys benefyce The merye tale of the patrone that sold a benefyce for a deputye dyshe of Apples A graft of golde to get a benefyce wyth all is worth a great deale of learnynge The errour of such as beleue not the immortalytie of Soules Samuel was sory for the warnyng of hys sonne from hys wayes i. Sam. viii A place vyolentyd and forsyd to serue for other purpose then it was euer meante Wherin the entent of the Iewes dyd consyst The Iewes offendyd in thre thynges A comparisoÌ„ betwene Samuel and his sonnes and Ely and his sonnes Ely sonnes were leacherers manyfest offeÌ„ders i. Samuel Samuels Sonnes wer brybers and peruerters of Iudgemente Brybes are lyke pyche Anglice a receyuer of his master brybes A fryerly fashion in refusynge of brybes A goodly radg of papysh religioÌ„ But suche â—orn carrye bryde in their bosomes that accused them Samuell woulde not be partaker of hys sonnes offences Ye but it were better to go to God then to be borne to the deuyll Bludsheding â— prepensed murder would not be borne with al The kynge beareth a swerd before him and not a Pecokes fether An euyll Shirife maye do some what for hys friend in a Shyre he maye helpe to hange vp the gyltles An Apostrophe to the kynge for redresse of learnyng and bolsterynge of naughty matters A Godlye aduertisemeÌ„t for noble meÌ„ and masters but I feare me it is to Godly to be folowed Theprachers are occasyoned by hering to invehe agaynst suche vyce as y e people are infected w t as paul to the corinth y e i.x.xi Cha. Why M. L. vsed this example and to what ende purpose Chaunce medâ—â— Voluntary murder mystermed chanche medly He meaneth anstyn The tyme of repentance is here The spaniard that kylled y e Englyshman As abhominable whordom vsed in loÌ„don as euer was vpon y e banck Let vs feare the one put no doubt but that the other is to foule a tale to be a lye Ther be places in LondoÌ„ priueleged wher whoredome is haunted A laulesse place of lyceÌ„tiose lybertye Dysyng houses Shoting was wont to be y e old exercise of England but the pastime is to paynful for our deyntye dysâ—rs Shoting hath bene set by in tymes past Whoryng in the tounes in steade of shutyng in the feeldes M. L. father taght him the feayte of shoting in a long bow Shotyng is coÌ„mended of Marcilius Phicinus Regynald Pole the Cardinall Iesus sate in symones bote In the .v. of Luke iiij of Luke An example of Chryst for oure vnpreachinge prelates A godly lessoÌ„ how our Sauyour Chryst fled from glory Honour foloweth them y e fle from it The comen people smelled Christ out in the wildernes folowed hym thyther but so did not the Scrybes y e Pharises nor the Byshoppes Christ compares hym self to a dead carrion The Pharises doctrine was voide of remedy for synne We can not be saued with out heryng 〈◊〉 the worde 〈◊〉 God The fotesteppes of the ladder of saluation M. L exhortes them to resort to the herynge of sermons notw tstaÌ„dinge