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A06510	A frutfull sermon of the moost euangelicall wryter M. Luther, made of the angelles vpo[n] the. xviii. chapi. of Mathew translated out of laten in to Englyshe; Predigt von den Engeln. English.	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.	1548 (1548)	STC 16983; ESTC S108954	15,577	56

they see any house brenne or a mans oxe dye For theyr nature and harte is nothynge elles but peace and therfore all their wysshe and prayer is to haue peace quyetnes health goodnes to all men the deuylles nature is this and this is all hys endeuer to plucke men from god Contrarywise the good Angelles do euer seeke and couitte that we shuld honoure god and loue hym The deuyll is our aduersary and therfore nothyng doth greue hym more then whan he seyth vs be in peace Agayn the āgelles doo wishe and reioyse in nothyng more then whan they see the worlde bent to peace concord other els yf there be no concord yt is our owne faut we cā blame none but our selues For god can no otherwise debate and restrayne oure wantonnesse hedynes our malicious nature The thyrde thynge that the Angelles wyshe for amonge men is good wyll that is to say that they wyll take well in worth what soeuer God sendeth other good or badde And that they wyll humbly submit them selues to the wyll of God and euery man be content with his state and fortune taking his crosse paciently what soeuer God sendeth Here in these scriptures you se the Angelles descrybed vnto you of an other forte thā the sophisters and scoole men haue taught you in tymes past As where I haue shewed you howe S. Peter hath descrybed the deuyll where as he fyrst calleth hym our aduersarie and afterward paynteth him in his colours notefieng hym to walke about lyke a roring Lyon sekynge whom he maye deuoure By these wordes of S. Peter you maye se hym moche more playnly and lyuely paynted vnto you than yf I shulde dyspute and muse with my selfe neuer so long what an head or nose he hathe or whether he hathe suche clawes or not as we paynt him to haue And yf thou wylt se the trewe playne fygure of the deuyll Imagyne with thy selfe suche a maner of a man that is all wycked all gyuen to noughtines malicious and full of rākore of a mischeuous mynde and stomacke craftie sottyll deceytefull all set to hurte and noye men And so shalt thou se the true proporcion and fisnamie of the deuyll On the cōtrary syde the good angels is nothīge els but a mynd or an hart which is perfytly good and louyng As yf thou couldyst fynd or woldyst imagine with thy selfe such a person which were all nothyng els but swetenes goodnes cumlynes and fryndlynes whose mynde and stomake were most meeke most gentyll most hertie and kynd symple with out all fraude or gyle of moste supreme wisdom knowlege And so shalt thou haue the very shape and image of a good Angell Wherfore haue they their name gyuen to them for this worde angell in greke is that whiche we call in englyshe a messenger or an embassadore bycause they be sent of God The scripture dothe not gyue them theyr name of their nature or substance wherof they be made saue only that it callyth them spirites but it gyuyth them theyr names of theire office and ministery And therfore we cal them angelles not as concernyng theyr substance or nature wherof they be created but as concernyng theyr office which they be appoynted to Wherfore we ought to loue thys name Angell and to make much of it Truly I am greatly delyted with it I can not tell what other mē be and do embrace it with all my hart Nowe yf they be the messyngers and embassadours of oure lorde god then what thyng do they or wherfore doth god send them answer thou agayn They do gouerne vs they kepe vs and preserue vs for that cause be they sent and that is theyr office to do to accōplesse the commaundement of god that is gyuen them to do that is to stoppe the workes of the deuyll to turne away euyll chanses that houses or streetes be sett on fyre that our catell be not deuoured of wyld bestes that mē eschape drownynge with such lyke thynges Also the euyll spiritt hath his name and is called the deuyll that is acousar or a damner for that is the nature and all the study of him to accuse to blame to damne or peruert to make the worste of euery thyng that we doo He is called also an Angell that is a messynger but an yll messynger a wycked And well the grecyans haue gyuē hym this name Calumniator that is to say in oure engleshe tonge a deprauer of euery thynge for a deprauer properly is he which dothe slaunderusly accuse drepraue and fautye that thyng that is faucles wherin this wycked spirit passeth and excellyth all such thynges as god dothe teach commaund vs thoo thynges he corruptyth deprauyth expoundyth them other wise thē they bee And this feyt he fyrst practised in paradise in the fyrst creation when god cōmaunded we shuld not touche nor taste of the tree that grewe in the myddest of paradise How craftly peruersly he expounded the worde of god Do you thynke sayd he that god dyd forbyd you to eat thys No you shall not dye thus he turned the trueth in to a lye made god a deuyll the same thyng also he practiseth dayly in oure consciences when he crepeth in and hardenyth oure hartes he maketh them so secure with out all remorse and feare as though they had neuer synned in all theyr lyfe the same he practised also at the generall counsell in the cytie Angusta in hys bysshoppes and prynces But then most chefly he playeth the part of a deuyll and a deprauer when he recyteth vp to good men all theyr sinnes and makyth them much more greuous than they be In thys poynt he can so depraue and fauty all thy doctrine and all thy lyuyng that he wyll make the aborre thy selfe and bewayle that euer thou couldyst letter in the boke This is the very poynt and practise of the deuyll thys is the worke and the only studdy of that wycked spirit to peruerte and corrupt thynges though they be neuer so good Cōtrary wise agayne the good Angelles do take all thynges to the best expoundyng euery thynge in the honest parte do comfort vs do prouyde for vs do ayde vs do defende vs teach vs. These thynges ought we to consider and to gyue god thankes therfore with all diligence and euery daye that we ryse to make some suche prayer vnto god as thys O father of heauē I beseche the that thy good angell may be with me thys day to kepe me to gyde me to gouerne me to preserue me and teach me et c. Of the great diligence and mynd of the angelles toward vs oure helth we haue a goodly example in the boke of kynges where as Elezeus the prophet dyd shewe to hys minister great fyery hylles whiche were set full of charettes and horsemē by the which syght he perceiued that his enemis were not to be fered whan there were many moo Angelles and muche stronger than hys enemies were

¶ A Frutfull sermon of the moost Euangelicall wryter M. Luther / made of the Angelles vpō the .xviii. chapi of Mathew translated out of laten into Englyshe ✚ Prynted at Londō in Paules churche yerde / at the syngne of saynt Augustyne by Hugh Syngleton Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum To his Christen frende brother Henry Ruoche the translator wyssheth abundaunce of grace I Culde wyshe eyther all mē to be lerned in the vnderstandynge of laten or elles lerned men more diligent in translatyng to the vulgare tonge suche thynges as our ignoraunte brethren do not perceyue bothe for the readynge of many other excellēt bokes in this tonge wryten namely of Martē Luther whose bookes I iudge very expedyent and also necessary in Chrystes churche bothe for the moste swete consolacions in them conteyned farther for openynge of many mysteryes moche conuenyent to be knowen of euery christen man Amongest which other thys lytell boke or sermon made of the Angelles I 〈◊〉 ●…ked out and translate for you gentyll Henry with what dexterite I can not say truly of a good purpose a studiouse mynd towarde you to do you good to th entent not only yt shuld be a testimoniall of my hart I beare vnto you but also and moch rather an occasion whereby to encourage styrevp thys propensite and forwardnes of yours so happely begonne and godly continuyng / I wyll not say this author in all poynts to stand vp ryght and absolutely as in the sacramentes but what humane wryter hathe there euer bene but some defaute he hathe left behynd hym Also Peter was not with out his reprehension In euery thyng the best is to be taken Verely in this matter I doubt not you wyll lyke hī well as he is worthy Christes grace with you Amen At Stepney Yours I. Fox An homelie of doctor Marten Luther made of the Angelles on Mychaelmasday vpon the gospell of Mathewe xviii ✚ IN the gospell this daye we heare Christe make mencion of Angelles for whom this present feaste of saynct Michaell was istituted and not so muche for thys angell only saynct Michaell nor the other Angelles but chefely for the honor of oure lord god the maker of all the angelles And that not wtout a great cōsideration bycause it is very necessary in Christes churche a ryght knowllege doctrine of the Angelles to be a mōgst christen mē Whych thyng is also very profitable and bryngyth no smalle consolation to know what is theyr office and dutye no lesse then it is to know what is the office of a father of a mother of a seruant of a mayde or any other such lyke For yf so be it the office of euery person be not knowen precisly wherto he is called to what he is ordenid one shal medle with ones office an other shall medle with an others none knowyng his propre fūctione what he hathe to do thus must nedes be that all runne in hepes in tumultes in confusion to gether Wherfore it is necessary that we knowe what the propre office and fūctione is of Angelles to do The ignorance wherof bryngith in many absurd cogitationes and fonde fables amongste christen peple as we see planly ī this feast which hath ben a feast nowe many yeares full of Idolatrie bysydes the vaine fables and feyned myracles which haue bene brought in of the hyll Sargarus that is called saynct michaels mount And of saynet michals letteres with such lyke manifest foolyshe and tryflynge lyes spred through all the worlde by reson wherof we haue fallen frō the worshyp of god the maker of all to the worshyppyng of Angelles which he hathe created Therfore we do not kepe thys feaste but only for thys cause to lerne know what the Angelles doo wherabout thei goo and what is the charge wher unto they be assigned of god to the entent that after we shal be certefyed instructed in the matter we shall begynne to render thankes to god for his Angelles so as we do thanke his maieste for makyng of the sunne mone for sendyng vs peace for gyuyng vs cōcord for settyng vs lawes officers and for all oure other benefites which he sendyth to vs preseruyth not that we do worship the sunne or the moone with such other but that we do marke and cōsidre the wonderfull worke and or dinaūce of almyghtie god therin so in the sunne prayse him that made the sunne glorifie him and worshyp hym And so I say lykewyse of the Angelles that we must lerne and knowe theyr office their dewtie function wherunto they serue that in consyderyng markyng of this we shall gyue thankes to god ascribyng all thys benefite whole to god so that all the honor glory hereof may redoūde vnto him to whō it is only dewe Therfore fyrst of all we muste know and be suered that there bee Angelles not only good angelles but also badde There haue bene christen mē that haue thought as the saduceys dyd nother Angelles nor spirites to be And I my selfe haue herde some to play the saduces which haue not bene ashamed to blaspheme and to denie and thynke neither Angelles nor sprits to be But a true christē mā ought not to doubt but that Sathā the deuyll is naturally an Angell made euen as saynct Mychaell is created an Angel But their office doyngs be much dyuers for lyke as a noughty tirant hath autorrite and power as well as a good prynce but the one abusith hys power to oppresse his subiectes the other vseth it as he shulddo to the preseruation and cōmodite of his realme So is it betwixt the deuyll and the good Angelle Besydes these men that thynke there be no deuylles There be also other wich not wtstandyng they beleue there be deuylles yet do not thynke they be so neyghe nor so sore agaynst vs but whan they here any spekynge of the deuylle they imagine him an hundreth or a thousand miles of from vs. And so by reason we do not know nor cōsider how nyghe and redy the deuyll is agaynste vs at all tymes ne can not perceiue so well the great benefites which god shewyth to vs by hys Angelles Lyke as he which neuer felt death nor tasted the bytternes therof cānot tell how pretious and swete is lyfe And as he whiche neuer felt hūger cā not iuge how good and pretious a thyng is bredde nor cānot esteme the valow therof so the man which euer thynkyth the deuyll so ferre absent from him doth not greatly regarde the dayly preseruation of the holy Angelles of god nor can not esteme it accordyngly But euery good christen man must thus thynke with hym selfe that he sytteth in the myddest of the deuylles which with a great multitude inclose him and besege hī round about And that Sathā is more nere hym than hys coote than his shirte yea than his skyn and hys owne fleshe euermore he is aboute vs for vs to