them rightly If these scriptures whyche they maye rede in these godly sermons do not pearse their stony hertes we feare more wyl not serue The Lord be mercyful to them But nowe the wycked Iudge whiche corrupteth iustyce for Brybes heer he maye learne also the lesson that Moses taughte long before this tyme ye magistrates Iudges in the common wealth of Israell be no accepters of personnes neyther be desyreous of giftes for they make wyse men blind and chaunge the mynde of the ryghtuouse In iudgement be mercyfull to the faitheles as a father be in stead of an husband vnto theyr mother The vngodly taketh gifts out of the bosom to wrast the waies of iudgment Let him that rules be deligeÌ„t sayth Paul What meaneth he by thys terme diligeÌ„t He requyres no such diligence as the most part of our lucratiue lawyers do vse in dyfferryng and proloÌ„ging of matters and accyons from Terme to Terme and in the tractynge of tyme in the same Whear perchauÌ„ce the tytle or the ryght of the matter myght haue come to lyght and bene tryed longe before if the Lawyers the Iudges would haue vsed such diligeÌ„ce as Paule would haue them to do But what care y e lawyers for Paul Paul was but a mad man of lawe to controlle theÌ„ for their diligence Paull yea Peter to coulde better skil of mending of an olde net of clouting of an old tent theÌ„ to teach lawiers what diligence they should vse in the expedicioÌ„ of matters Whi but be not lawiers diligent say ye Yea truly are thei about their own profit ther are no more diligeÌ„ter meÌ„ nor busier persoÌ„s in al EnglaÌ„d They trudg in y e tearme time to fro Thei applye the world hard They forslow no tyme. They folow Assises and SessioÌ„s Letes Lawdaies and HuÌ„dredes They shuld serue the kyng but they serue them selues And how thei vse nay rather abuse their office in the same some good manne wyll tell theym thereof We lacke a fewe moo Latymers a fewe moo suche Preachers Such playne Pasquyls we pray God prouide for vs y t will kepe nothing backe Of the whych sort and numbre we may most worthely recken thys faythful minister of â—od and constant Preacher of hys word Master Hugh Latymer which by his perseueraunce stedfastnes in the truth hath stablished this waueryng worlde He hath bene tost for the truthes saked and tried w t the stormes of persecutyon as golde in the fornace He is one whom as well for hys learned sounde and chatholyke iudgment in the knoledge of Goddes worde as for hys integrety and example of christian coÌ„uersacyon all we specially ministers and prelates ought to set before oure eyes as a principall patrone to imytate follow desyrynge God who hath styrred vp in hym the bold spirite of Helias may dayly more and more augment the same in him may also prouide manye such preaching prelates which both so wel could so willyngly wold fraÌ„kely vtter the truth to the extollinge of vertue to the rewarde of well doers the suppressyng of vyce the abolyshmente of all papestrie It is oure parte therefore to praye diligently for hys coÌ„tinuall health and that he may liue long among vs in a florishing old age and not as some in grate inhumayne persons to maligne depraue him for y t he so fraÌ„kly liberally taxed perstringed opeÌ„ly rebuked before the Kinges Mayestie y e peculiar faults of certaine of hys auditours but it is our part rather thaÌ„kefully to accepte in good parte take his godly aduertisemeÌ„t onles we be mynded to prefer our mucky monye false felicitie before y e ioyse of heaueÌ„ or els beleue as y t Epecures do that after this life ther is neither hel nor heaueÌ„ Receiue thaÌ„kfully geÌ„tlereader these sermonnes faith fully colected w tout al sinistre suspicion of any thyng in the same added or adeÌ„pt FINIS ☞ The â–ª xxi day of Iune ☜ QVecunque scripta sutit ad nostram doctrinam c. All thynges that are wrytten in Goddes boke in the holy Byble they were wrytten before oure tyme but yet to contynue from age to age as long as the world doeth stand In thys Boke is contayned doctrine for al estates euen for kynges A kynge herein maye learne how to guyde hym selfe I tolde you in my laste sermon muche of the dutye of a kynge And there is one place behynde yet and it foloweth in the texte Postquam autem sederit in solio regni sui c. And when the Kynge is sette in the seate of hys kyngdome he shall wryte hym out a boke take a copy of y â— pryestes or Leuites He shall haue the boke wyth hym and why to reade in it all the dayes of hys lyfe to learne to feare God and learne hys Lawes and other thynges as it foloweth in the texte wyth the appurtenaunces and haÌ„gynges on that he turne not frome God neyther to the ryght hande nor to the lefte And wherfore shal he do thys that he may lyue longe he and hys children Hitherto goeth the text That I maye declare thys the better to the edifiynge of youre soules and the glory of God I shall desyre you to praye c. Et posquam sederit c. Before I enter into thys place right honourable audyence to furnyshe it accordyngly whych by the grace of god I shal do at leasure I woulde repete the place I was in last furnyshe it wyth an history or two whiche I lefte oute in my last sermoÌ„ I was in a matter coÌ„cerning the sturdines of the Iewes a frowarde and styfnecked kynde of people much lyke oure Englyshe men nowe a dayes that in the minoritye of a Kynge take vpon them to breake lawes to go by wayes For wheÌ„ god had promysed theÌ„ a kyng wheÌ„ it came to the point they refused hym These men walked by walckes and the sayynge is many bywalkes many balckes many balckes muche stumblynge and where muche stumblynge is there is sometyme a fal how be it ther were some good walkers among theÌ„ that walked in the kinges highe waye ordinarilye vpryghtlye playne Dunstable waye and for thys purpose I woulde shewe you an hystorye whyche is wryten in the thyrde of the kynges Kynge Dauid beynge in hys chyldhode an olde man in hys second chyldhode for al old men are twyse chyldren as the Prouerbe is Senex his puer An olde manne twyse a chylde it happened wyth hym as it doth oftentymes when wycked men of a Kynges chyldhode take occasyon of euyl Thys Kynge Dauid beyng weake of nature and impotente in so muche that when he was couered with clothes he coulde take no heate was counsayled of his seruauntes to take a fayre younge mayde to nouryshe hym and to kepe hym warme in hys bodye I suppose she was hys wyfe Howe be it he hadde no bodilye companye wyth her and well she myghte be hys
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
to put in suerties worth a thousande pounde and yet she can not be heard He thynk this is a reasonable cause it is great pitie y t such thinges shold so be I besech God that he wyl graunte that all that is amysse may be amēded y t we may heare hys word kepe it that we may come to the eternall blisse to the whych blysse I beseche GOD to bryng both you me Amen ¶ The thyrde Sermon of Mayster Hughe Latymer whych he preached before the Kynge wythin hys graces Palayce at Westminster the .xxij. daye of Marche QVecunque scripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt Al thinges that are wryten are wrytten to be oure doctrine All thynges that be wrytten in Gods holye Boke the Byble were wrytten to be oure doctrine longe before our tyme to serue from tyme to tyme and so forth to the worldes ende Ye shall haue in Remembraunce moste benynge and gracyouse Audience that a preacher hathe .ii. offices and the one to be vsed orderly after an other The fyrste is Exhortari per sanā doctrinam To teach true doctrine He shall haue also occasion oftentymes to vse an other that is Contradicentes conuincere To reprehende to conuynce to confute gaynesayers and spurners agaynst the truth Whye you wyll saye wyll anye bodye agayne saye true doctryne and sound doctryne Well let a preacher be sure that hys doctrine be true it is not to be thought that anye bodye wil gayne saye it If. S. Paule had not forsene that ther shold be gayne sayers he hadde not neadde to haue appoynted the confutacion of gayne sayinge Was there euer yet preachers but there were gayn sayars that spurned that winste that whympered agaynste him that blasphemed that gaynesayed it When Moyses came to Egipt wyth sounde doctrine he had Pharao to gayne saye hym Ieremy was the minister of the true worde of God he had gain sayers the priestes and the false Prophetes borne vp by Achab Ely had all Bals priestes supported by Iesabel to speake agaynste hym Iohn Baptiste and oure Sauioure Iesus Chryste had the Pharseis the Scribes and the priestes gayn sayers to theym The Apostles had gayn sayers also for it was sayde to saynct Paule at Rome Notum est nobis quod vbique secte huic contradicitur We know that euery man doth gayne say this lernynge After the Apostles tyme the trueth was gayne sayed w t tyrantes as Nero Maxentius Domicianus and suche lyke and also by the doctrine of wycked heretikes In the popysh masse tyme ther was no gayn sayinge all thynges semed to be in peace in a concorde in a quiet agrement So longe as we had in adoration in admiration the popyshe masse we were then wythoute gaynsayinge What was that Thesame y t Chryst speaketh of Cū fortis armatus custodierit atriū c. When Sathan the deuyll hath the guydynge of the house he kepeth al in peace that is in his possessyon whan Sathan ruleth and beareth dominion in open Religion as he dyd with vs whē we preached pardō matters purgatorye matters pylgremage maters all was quiet He is ware inoughe he is wily and circūspect for stiryng vp and sedicion When he kepeth his terrytory al ys in peace Yf there were anye manne that preached in England in times past in the popes tymes as peraduenture there was .ii or .iii strayght ways he was takē napped in y e head wyth the title of an heretique When he hath the religyon in possessyon he sturreth vppe no sedycyon I warrant yow How many discentyons haue we hearde of in Turkye But a fewe I warrant you He busyeth hym selfe there wyth no discention For he hath there dominion in the open Relygion neadeth not to trouble hym selfe any further The Iewes lyke ronnagates where so euer they dwell for they be disperst and be trybutaryes in all contryes where they inhabyte loke wheather ye here of anye heresyes amonge them But when fortis superuenerit whē one stronger then the Deuyll cometh in place whyche is oure Sauyour Iesus Chryste and reueleth hys worde then the Deuyll roareth then he bestyrreth hym then he rayseth diuersytye of opinions to sclaunder Gods word And yf euer cōcord shoulde haue bene in Religyon when shoulde it haue bene but when Christe was here Ye fynde faulte wyth preachers and saye they cause sedition We are noted to be rassh and vndiscret in our preachynge Yet as discrete as Chryste was ther was diuersitie yea what he was him self For when he asked what men called hym Hys Apostles answered hym Some saye you are Iohan Baptiste some saye you are Helias and some saye you are one of the prophetes and these were they that spake best of him For some sayed he was a Samaritane that he had a Deuyll wythin him a gloser a drincker a pot-companion There was neuer Prophet to be compared to hym and yet was there neuer more dyssentiō then whē he was and preached hym selfe If it were contraried thē wil ye thynke it shal not be contraried nowe when charitye is so colde and iniquitye so stronge Thus these backebyters and sclaunderers must be conuinced Saynte Paule sayed There shall be intractabiles that wyll whympe and whyne ther shall be also Vaniloqui vayne speakers For the whyche Sayncte Paule appoynteth the preacher to stoppe theyr mouthes and it is a preachers offyce to be a mouthe stopper Thys daye I muste somwhat do in the seconde offyce I muste be agayne sayer and I must stoppe theyr mouthes conuynce refell and confute that they speake sclaūderousely of me There be some gayne sayers gayne sayers for there be some sclaunderouse people vaynespeakers and intractabiles whych I muste nedes speake agaynst But fyrste I wyl make a shorte rehersall to put you in memorye of that that I spake in my last Sermon And that done I wyll confute one that sclaūdereth me For one there is y t I must nedes aunswre vnto for he sclaundreth me for my preachynge before the kynges maiestye There be some to blame that when a preacher is wearye yet they wyll haue hym speake all at once Ye must tary tyll he here more Ye must not be offended tyll ye here the rest Here all and then iudge al. What ye are very hastie very quicke with your preachers But before I enter further into thys matter I shal desier you to praye c. Fyrst of all as touchinge my fyrst sermon I wyll runne it ouer cursorie ryppynge alittle the matter I brought in an hystorye of the Byble excytynge my audience to beware of by walkynges to walke ordinatlye playnly the kynges hygh way and a gre to that which stādeth wyth the order of a Realme I shewed you how we were vnder the blessing of God for our kynge is Nobilis I shewed you we haue a noble Kynge True in heritoure to
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
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
I harde saye I woulde haue no mans honestye empayred by my tellynge I harde saye synce of another murder that a Spanyarde shoulde kyl an Englishe man and ronne hym thorowe wyth hys swerde they saye he was a tall man But I here it not that the Spanyarde was hanged for hys laboure If I had I woulde haue toulde you it to They fell oute as the tale goeth a bont a whore O Lord what whordom is vsed nowe a dayes As I here by the relacion of honeste men whyche tell it not after a worldlye sorte as thoughe they reioysed at it but heauely wyth heauy hertes howe GOD is dyshonored by whordome in thys citye of London Yea the bancke when it stode was neuer so commune If it be true that is toulde it is maruaile that it doeth not sinck and that the earth gapeth not and swalloweth it vp It is woÌ„derfull that the Citye of London doeth suffer such whordom vnpunished God hath suffered long of hys great lenitie mercye and benygnitie but he wil punish sharply at the leÌ„gth if we do not repente There is sum place in London as they saye Immunitie Impunitie What should I call it a pryueledged place for whoredome The Lorde Mayer hath nothyng to do there the Shiriffes they can not medle wyth it And the queste they do not enquyre of it and there men do brynge theyr whores yea other mennes wyues and there is no reformacioÌ„ of it There is suche dysynge howses also they saye as hath not bene wonte to be where yonge Gentelmen dyse awaye theyr thrifte and where dysynge is there are other folyes also For the loue of God lette remedye be hadde lette vs wrestele and stryue agaynste synne Menne of Englande in tymes paste when they woulde exercyse theym selues for we must nedes haue some recreacion oure bodyes canne not endure wythoute some exercyse they were wonte to goo a brode in the fyeldes a shootynge â–ª but now it is turned in to glossing gullyng and whoringe wythin the housse The arte of shutyng hath bene in tymes past much estemed in thys realme it is a gyft of God that he hath geuen vs to excell all other nacions wyth all It hath bene goddes instrumente whereby he hath geuen vs manye victoryes agaynste oure enemyes But nowe we haue taken vp whoryng in tounes in steade of shutyng in the feeldes A wonderous thynge that so excellente a gift of God should be so lytle estemed I desyer you my Lordes euen as ye loue the honoure and glory of GOD and entende to remoue his indignacion let there be sente fourth some proclamacion some sharpe proclamacion to the iustices of peace for they do not their dutye Iustices nowe be no iustices ther be manye good actes made for thys matter already Charge them vpoÌ„ their allegiaunce that this singular benefit of god may be practised and that it be not turned into bollyng glossyng and whoryng wythin the townes for they be negligente in excecutyng these lawes of shoting In my tyme my poore father was as diligent to teach me to shote as to learne me any other thynge and so I thynke other menne dyd theyr chyldren He taught me how to drawe howe to laye my bodye in my bowe and not to drawe with strength of armes as other nacions do but with strength of the bodye I had my bowes boughte me according to my age strength as I encreased in them so my bowes were made bigger and bigger for men shal neuer shoâ—e well excepte they be broughte vp in it It is a goodli art a hol some kynde of exercise muche commended in phisike Marcilius Phicinus in his boke de triplici vita it is a greate while since I red hym nowe but I remeÌ„bre he commendeth this kynde of exercyse and sayth that it wresteleth a gaynste manye kyndes of diseases In the reuereÌ„ce of God let it be continued Let a ProclamatioÌ„ go fourth chargynge the Iustices of Peace that thei se such Actes statutes kept as were made for this purpose I wyl to my matter I intend thys daye to entreate of a pece of scripture written in the begynnyng of the fyft Chapter of Luke I am occasyoned to take thys place by a boke sent to the Kynges Mayestye that deade is by Mayster Pole It is a texte that he doeth greatelye abuse for the supremicye He rackes it and vyolentes it to serue for the mayntenaunce of the byshop of Rome And as he did enforce the other place that I entreated of last so dyd he inforce thys also to serue hys matter The storye is thys Our Sauyoure Chryst was come nowe to the bancke of the water of Genezareth The people were come to hym and flocked about hym to here hym preache And Iesus toke a boote that was standynge at the poole it was Symones bote and wente into it And sittyng in the bote he preached to them that were on the bancke And when he had preached and taught them he spake to Symon and bad hym launche oute further into the depe and louse hys nettes to catche fyshe And Symon made aunswere and sayed Mayster we haue labored all night but we caught nothynge howe be it at thy commaundement because thou byddeste vs. we wyll go to it agayne And so they dyd and caughte a greate draught a myraculus draught so muche that the net brake they called to theyr fellowes that were by for they had two bootes to come to healpe them and they came and fylled both their bootes so full that they were nygh drounynge Thys is the storye That I maye declare thys texte so that it maye be to the honoure of God and edifycacion of youre soules and myne bothe I shall desyer you to healpe me wyth your prayer in the whych c. Factum est autem Saith the text Cum turba irrueret in eum Sayncte Luke telles the storye and it came to passe when the people preased vpoÌ„ him so that he was in peryl to be cast into the pond they rushed so faste vpon hym and made suche throng to him A wonderous thynge what a desyre the people had in those dayes to heare oure sauyoure Chryste preache and the cause maye be gathered of the latter ende of the Chapter that went before Oure Sauyour Christ had preached vnto them and healed the sycke folkes of suche dyseases and maladyes as they had and therefore the people woulde haue retayned him styl But he made them aunswere and sayed Et alijs ciuitatibus oportet me euaÌ„ge lizare regnum dei naÌ„ in hoc missus sum I must preache the kyngdome of GOD to other cyties also I must shewe theÌ„ my fathers wil for I came for that purpose I was sente to preache the worde of God Our Sauyour Chryst sayed howe he must not tarye in one place for he was sent to the worlde to preache euerye where Is it not a maruaylous
doeth not tell vs what he taughte If I were a papist I coulde tell what he sayde I woulde in the Popes iudgemente shewe what he taught For the Byshop of Rome hath in scrimio pectoris sui The true vnderstandyng of Scriptures Yf he call a counsayle the colledge of Cardinalles he hathe authority to determyne the supper of the Lorde as he dyd at y e counsayle of Florence And Pope Nicolas and Byshoppe Langfrancke shal come and expounde thys place and saye that oure Sauioure Christe sayed thus Peter I do meane thys by syttynge in thy bote that thou shalte goo to Rome and be Byshoppe there fyue and twentie yeares after myne ascension And all thy successours shall be rulers of y e vniuersal churche after the. Heare woulde I place also holye water and hollye breade al vnwrytten verites if I were a Papyste and that Scripture is not to be expoundyd by anye priuate interpretacion but by oure holye father and hys colledge of Cardinalles Thys is a greate deale better place then duc in altum But what was Coristes sermon it maye sone be gathered what it was He is alwayes lyke hym selfe Hys fyrste Sermon was peniteÌ„ciâ—m agite Do pennaunce youre lyuynge is naught repente Agayne at Nazareth when he redde in the temple and preached remission of synnes and healynge of woundyd consciences and in the longe sermon in the mount he was alwayes lyke hym selfe he neuer dissented from hym selfe O there is a writer hathe a ioylie texte here and his name is Dionisimus I chaunced to meate wyth hys boke in my Lorde of Caunterberyes lybrarye he was a Monke of the charterhouse I mâ—ruayle to fynde suche a sentence is that authour What taugth Christ in thys sermon Mary sayeth he it is not written â–ª And he addeth more vnto it Euangeliste tantum scripserâ—â—â— de serâ—â—onibus et miraculis cristi quantum â—â—gnonerunt inspirante deo sufficere ad edificacionem ecclesie ad confirmacioneÌ„ fidei et ad salutem animarum It is true it is not written Al hys miracles were not wrytten so neyther were all his sermons written yet for all y t the euaÌ„gelistes dyd wryte so muche as was necessary They wrote so muche if the myracles and sermons of Christ as they knewe by godes inspiracion to be sufficieÌ„t for y â— edifiyng of the churche the coÌ„firmacion of oure fayeth and the health of oure soules If thys be true as it is in dede â–ª where be on wrytteÌ„ verities I meruayle not at the sentence but to fynde it in suche an authour Iesus what authoriti he giues to goddes worde But GOD woulde that suche men shoulde be wytnesse with the auctoritye of his boke wyl they nyll they Nowe to drawe towardes an ende It foloweth in the texte duc in altum Here cometh in the supremicye of the Byshoppe of Rome When oure Sauioure Christ had made an ende of his sermoÌ„ and had fed their soules he prouided for theyr bodies Fyrst he began with the soule Christes word is the fode of it Nowe he goeth to the bodye he hath charge of them boâ—th we must commit the fedynge of the bodye and of the soule to hym Well he sayeth to Peter duc in altum Launche into the depth put forth thy bote farther into the deepe of the water Lose youre nettes nowe fyshe As who shoulde saye youre soules are now fedde I haue taught you my doctrine nowe I wyll confirme it wyth a miracle Lo sir here is duc in altum Here Peter â—as made a greate man saye â—he Papystes and all his successours after hym And thys is deriued of these few wordes Launch into the deepe And theyr argumente is thys he spake to Peter onelye and he spake to hym in the syngulare number ergo he gaue hym such a preeminence a boue the rest A goodly argument I wene it be a sillogismus in quem terra pontus I wil make a like argumceÌ„ Oure Sauioure Christe sayed to Iudas when he was about to betraye hym quod fac citius Nowe whan he spake to Peter there were none of his disciples by but Iames and Iohn but when he spake to Iudas they were all preseÌ„t Wel he said vn ot hym quod sacis fac citius Sped thy busynes y t thou hast in thy head do it He gaue hym here a secret monicion that he knewe what he intended if Iudas had had grace to haue taken it and repented He spake in the singular number to hym ergo he gaue hym some preeminence By like he made hym a Cardynall and it mighte full well be for they haue folowed Iudas euer sens Here is as good a grounde for the Coledge of Cardinalles as the other is for the supremitie of the Bishop of Rome Our Sauiour Christ say they spake onely to Peter for preeminence because he was cheife of the Apostles and you can shewe none other cause Ergo thys is the cause why he spake to hym in the syngular number I dare saye there is neuer a whirrimaÌ„ at Westminster brydge but he can answere to thys and gyue a naturall reason of it He knoweth that one man is able to shoue the bote â–ª but one man was not able to caste out the nettes and therefore he sayed in the plurall nomber larate retia Louse youre nettes and he sayd in the syngular number to Peter launch out the bote why because he was able to do it But he spake the other in the plural nomber because he was not able to conuaye the bote and cast out the nettes to One man coulde not do it Thys woulde the whirry man saye and that wyth better reason then to make suche a misterie of it as no man can spye but they And the cause why he spake to all was to shewe that he wyll haue all ChristeÌ„ men to worcke for theyr lyuynge It is he that sendes foode both for the body and soule but he wyll not sende it wythout laboure He wyll haue all Christen people to laboure for it he wyll vse oure laboure as a meane whereby he sendeth oure foode Thys was a wounderous myracle of oure Sauioure Christe and dyd it not onely to allure them to hys discipleshippe but also for our commoditye It was a seale a seale to seale hys doctrine wyth all Nowe ye knowe that suche as be kepars of seales as my Lorde Chauncelour and suche other what so euer they be they do not all wayes seale they haue a sealynge tyme For I haue herde poore men complayne that they haue bene put of from tyme to time of sealynge tyll all theyr monye were spent and as thei haue times to seale in so our Sauioure Christ had his time of sealinge When he was here in earth wyth hys Apostlees and in the tyme of the primitiue churche Christes doctrine was sufficientelye sealed alredy wyth seales of hys owne makynge what shoulde oure seales do What nede we to
in it I wil be preiudice to no body weye it as ye list I do but offer it you to consider It is like his soul did somwhat the thredayes that hys body lay in the graue To saye he suffered in hell for vs derogats nothing froÌ„ his death For al thiÌ„ges that Christ did before his suffering on the crosse and after do worcke our saluacion â–ª Yf he had not bene incarnat he had not dyed he was beneficial to vs with althinges he did ChrysteÌ„ people should haue his sufferynge for them in remembrance Let your gardaynes monishe you your pleasaunte gardaynes what Chryst suffred for you in the Gardayne and what commodyete you haue by hys sufferynge It is hys wyl ye shoulde so do he woulde be hadde in remembraunce Myxt youre pleasures with the remembraunce of hys bitter passion The whole passion is satisfaction for our synnes and not the bare death consideryng it so nakedly by it self The maner of spekyng of scripture is to be considered It attributeth oure saluation nowe to one thynge nowe to a nothere that Christe dyd where in dede it partayned to all Oure Sauioure Chryste hath lefte behynd hym a remembraunce of hys passyon the blessed communion the celebration of the Lordes supper a lacke it hath bene long abused as the sacryfices were before in the olde law The Patriarkes vsed sacrifice in the fayeth of the seade of the woman whyche shoulde breake the serpentes head The Patriarkes sacrificed on hope and afterwarde the worcke was estemed There comes other after and they coÌ„sider not the fayeth of Abraham â–ª and the patriarkes but do theyr sacrifice accordynge to theyr owne imaginacion euen so came it to passe wyth oure blessed communion In the prymatyue churche in places when theyr fryendes were deade they vsed to come together to the holy communion What to remedye them that were dead No no. A strawe it was not instituted for no suche purpose But then they woulde call to remembrance goddes goodnes and his passion that he suffered for vs wherein they comforted much theyr fayth Other came after warde and settes vp all these kyndes of massynge all these kyndes of iniquite What an abhominacion is it the foulest that euer was to atribute to mans worke oure saluatyon God be thanked that we haue thys blessed coÌ„munion set forth so nowe that we maye comfort encrease and fortify oure fayth at that blessed celebracyon Yf he be gyltye of the bodye of Christ that takes it vnworthely he fetcheth greate comforte at it that eates it worthely He doothe eate it worthelye that doeth eate it in fayth In fayth in what fayth Not longe a go a greate man sayed in an audyence They bable much of faith I wyll go lye wyth my whore al nyghte and haue as good a fayth as the best of them al. I thynke he neuer knewe other but the whoremongers fayth It is no suche fayth that wyll serue It is no brybynge Iudges or iustices fayth no retreasers fayth no whoremongers fayth no lease mongers fayeth no seller of benefices fayeth but the fayth in the passyon of oure Sauioure Christ. We must beleue that our Sauioure Christ hath taken vs agayne to hys fauoure that he hath delyuered vs hys owne bodye and bloude to plead wyth the dyuel and by merite of hys oune passyon of his owne mere liberalitie This is the fayth I tell you that we must come to the coÌ„munioÌ„ with not the whoremongers faith Loke where remission of syn is ther is acknowledging of sin also Fayth is a noble dutches she hath euer her gentleman vsher going before her the confessyng of synnes she hath a trayne after her the frutes of good workes the walking in the coÌ„maundementes of God He that beleueth wil not be idle he wil walk he wil do his busines haue euer the gentelman vsher wyth you So yf ye wyl trye fayth remember thys rule consyder whether the trayne be waytynge vpon her Yf you haue another fayth then thys a whoremongers fayth you are lyke to go to the Scalding house ther you shal haue two dishes weping gnasshyng of teeth much good do it you you se your fare If ye wyl beleue and acknowledge youre synnes you shal come to the blessed coÌ„munion of the bytter passyon of Chryst worthlye and so attayne to euerlasting life to the whych the father of heauen bring you and me AMEN ¶ Finis Imprinted at London by Ihon Day dwellynge at Aldersgate and Wylliam Seres dwellyng in Peter Colledge These bokes are to be sold at the new shop by the lyâ—le Conduyte in Chepesyde ¶ Cum gratia et Priuilegio aâ— imprimendum solum Prouerb xix Sophoni i i. Hebre. iii. i. Timoth. vii Esay â— Deutro xvii Iosue vii i. To the kinges xv Ecclesiastical xilti Prouer â–ª xvii In goddes boke is coÌ„tayned doctryne for al estates Deute xvii The styfnecked Iewes our Englysh men coÌ„pared to gether An Englyshe adage otherwyse called an old said say â—ij of kynges the fyrste Chapt. Adonias iij. of Kynges the fyrst Ioab captain general of Dauids army Bethsabe sueth to Dauid sollicites her sonnes SalomoÌ„s matter The Ioye of the people for theyr newe kyng God is against priuate authoryte inordinate doynges The mercye of Salomon is notable Tyme tryeth traytours froÌ„ the trusty â—ote of what force education ys Adonias schrinkes in y e wetyng and prouethnogth in the wearyng ij lowde lyes at a clap made by Ambitious a Adonias When promises maye not be performed Adonias put to death iij. Kyng ij Abiathar deposed made a quondam .iij. Kyng ij Ioas was but vij yeares old when he was made Kynge iiij Kyng xij Iosias was viij iiij Kyng xxij Kynges though they be chyldreÌ„ yet they are kynges The kynges honourable councel worthely commeÌ„ded â–ª The comune saying of the popyshe hope dayes Englysh men worsse then the Iewes A trewe and harty report of M.L. by y e kynges maiestye The hystorye of a byshop of Winchester in Kyng Henry the .vi. tyme. The good Duke Humfrey The byshop had a cardynall hat but a tyburne typpet would a be come him better Duke Humfrey was smothered What is the office ofaking newly chosen Flatteryng clawbackes How a kynge may take hys pastyme The kyng must wryte y e boke of Deutero him selfe Deut. xvij Goddes boke hath bene preserued hyther to by a wonderful myracle no God a mercy vnto the bysshoppes â–ª What a bysshop sayd to M. L. A Byshop y t asked wheather y e people myght not be ordred with outscriptures The Byble must not be forgotten in tyme of progresse and pastyme How homely they handle the godlye homylies M. L. request to the kynges grace Out with the neglygent byshoppes Hangers of y e court M. L. wolde haue learned laymen to furnyshe the rowmes of bysshoppes An enormytie in a comune wealth wherby the clargy is lyke to be brogth into slauerye The Scala celi hys .v. steppes