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A49701	The preaching bishop reproving unpreaching prelates Being a brief, but faithful collection of observeable passages, in several sermons preached by the reverend father in God, Mr Hugh Latimer, Bish. of Worcester, (one of our first reformers, and a glorious martyr of Jesus Christ) before K. Edw. the sixth; before the convocation of the clergy, and before the citizens of London, at Pauls. Wherein, many things, relating to the honour and happiness of the king (our most gracious soveraign) the honourable lords, the reverend judges, the citizens of London, and commons of all sorts, but especially, the bishops and clergy are most plainly, piously and pithily represented.	Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555.	1661 (1661)	Wing L576; ESTC R217646	45,387	134

unto them none be so foolish to do it to the Stock or Stone or to the Image it self but it is done to God and his Honour before the Image And though they should abuse it these Blanchers whould be ready to whisper the King in the ear and to tell him that this Abuse is but a small matter and that the same with all other Abuses in the Church may be reformed easily it is but a little Abuse say they and it may be easily amended But it should not be taken in hand at the first for fear of trouble or further Inconveniences the People will not bear sudden Alterations and Insurrection may be made after sudden Mutations which may be to the great Harm and Lofs of the Realm Therefore all shall be well but not out of hand for fear of further business These be the Blanchers that have hitherto stopped the Word of God and hindred the true setting forth of the same There be so many put offs so many put by 's so many respects and considerations of worldly wisdom And I doubt not but there were Blanchers in the old time to whisper in the ear of good King Hezekiah for the maintenance of Idolatry done to the Brazen Serpent as well as there has been now of late and be now that can blanch the abuse of Images as other like things But good King Hezekiah would not be so blinded he was like to Apollo fervent in Spirit he would give no ear to these Blanchers he was not moved with these worldly respects with these prudent Considerations with these Policies he feared not Insurrections of the people He feared not lest his people would not bear the Glory of God but he without any of these respects or Policies or Considerations like a good King for Gods sake and for Conscience sake by and by plucked down the Brazen Serpent and destroyed it utterly and beat it to powder He out of hand did cast out all Images he destroyed all Idolatry and clearly did extirpate all Superstition He would not hear these Blanchers and worldly wise men but without delay followeth Gods Cause and destroyeth all Idolatry out of hand This did good King Hezekiah for he was like Apollo fervent in spirit and diligent to promote Gods Glory And good hope there is that it shall be likewise here in England for the Kings Majesty is so brought up in knowledge vertue and godliness that it is not to be mistrusted but that we shall have all things well and that the Glory of God shall be spread abroad through all parts of the Realm if the Prelates will diligently apply their Plow and be Preachers rather than Lords But our Blanchers which will be Lords and no Labourers when they are commanded to go and be resident upon their Cures and preach in their Benefices they will say What! I have set a Deputy there I have a Deputy that looketh well to my Flock who shall discharge my duty A Deputy quoth he I looked for that word all this while And what a Deputy must he be trow ye Even one like himself he must be a Canonist that is to say one that is brought up in the study of Popes Laws and Decrees one that will set forth Papistry as well as himself and one that will maintain all Idolatry and Superstition and one that will nothing at all or else very weakly resist the Devils Plow yea happy it is if he take no part with the Devil and where he should be an enemy to him it is well if he take not the Devils part against Christ. But in the mean time the Prelates take their pleasures they are Lords and no Labourers but the Devil is diligent at his Plow he is no unpreaching Prelate he is no Lordly Loyterer from his Cure but a busie Plow-man so that amongst all the Prelates and among all the pack of them that have Cure the Devil shall go for my money for he still applieth his Business Therefore ye Unpreaching Prelates learn of the Devil to be diligent in doing your Office Learn of the Devil And if ye will not learn of God and good men for shame learn of the Devil ad erubescentiam vestram dico I speak it for your shame if you will not learn of God nor good men to be diligent in your Office learn of the Devil Howbeit there is now very good hope that the Kings Majesty being by the help of good governance of his most Honourable Counsellors trained and brought up in Learning and Knowledge of Gods Word will shortly provide a remedy and set an order herein which thing that it may so be let us pray for him pray for him good people pray for him ye have great cause and need to pray for him Amen Part of the First Sermon Preached by the Reverend Father Master Hugh Latimer before our Late Soveraign Lord of Famous memory King Edward the Sixth within the Preaching place in the Palace at Westminster 1549. the Eight of March Rom. 15. Quaecunque scripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt IN Taking this Part of Scripture most Noble Audience I played as a Truant which when he is at School will chuse a Lesson wherein he is perfect because he is loath to take pain in studying a new Lesson or else feareth stripes for his sloathfulness In like manner I might seem now in my old age to some men to take this part of Scripture because I would wade easily away therewith and drive my matter at my pleasure and not to be bound to a certain Theam But ye shall consider that the foresaid words of Paul are not to be understood of all Scriptures but only of those which are of God written in Gods Book and all things which are therein are written for our Learning The Excellency of this word is so great and of so high dignity that there is no earthly thing to be compared do it The Author thereof is great that is God himself Eternal Almighty everlasting The Scripture because of him is also Great Eternal most Mighty and Holy There is no King Emperor Magistrate and Ruler of what state soever they be but are bound to obey this God and to give credence unto his Holy Word in directing their steps ordinately according to the same Word Yea truly they are not only bound to obey Gods Book but also the Ministry of the same so far as he speaketh sitting in Moses Chair For in this world God hath two Svvords the one is a Temporal Svvord the other a Spiritual The King correcteth Transgresson vvith the Temporal Svvord yea the Preacher if he be an Offender But the Preacher cannot correct the King if he be a Transgressor of Gods Word vvith the Temporal Svvord But he must correct and reprove him vvith the Spiritual Svvord fearing no man setting God only before his eyes under vvhom he is a Minister to supplant and root up all Vice and

point of such a mans doing as if I should name him ye would not think it The King turned to me and said what say you to that Sir Then I kneeled down and turned me first to mine accuser and required him Sir what form of preaching would you appoint me to preach before a King would you have me to preach nothing as concerning a King in the Kings Sermon have you any Commission to appoint me what I shall preach Besides this I asked him divers other questions and he would make no answer Then I turned me to the King and submitted my self to his Grace and said I never thought my self worthy nor ever sued to be a Preacher before your Grace but I was called to it and would be willing if you mislike me to give place to my betters For I grant there be a great many more worthy of the Room then I am and if it be your Graces pleasure so to allow them for Preachers I could be content to bear their books after them But if your Grace allow me for a Preacher I would desire your Grace to give me leave to discharge my conscience Give me leave to frame my Doctrine according to my Audience I had been a very dolt to have preached so at the borders of your Realm as I preached before your Grace And I thank Almighty God which hath alwayes been my Remedy that my sayings were well accepted of the King for like a gracious Lord he turned into another communication it is even as the Scripture saith Cor Regis in manu Domini the Lord directeth the Kings 〈◊〉 Certain of my Friends came to me with tears in their Eyes and told me they looked I should have been in the Tower the same night Thus I have been ever more burdened with the word of sedition I have offended God grievously transgressing his Law and but for this remedy and his mercy I would not look to be saved As for sedition for ought that I know methinks I should not need Christ if I might say so But if I be clear in any thing I am clear in this so far as I know mine own heart there is no man farther from sedition then I which I have declared in all my doings and yet it hath been ever laid to me Another when I gave over mine Office I should have received a pentecostal it came to the summe of fifty and five pound I set my Commissary to gather it but he could not be suffer'd for it was said a sedition would rise upon it Thus they burdened me ever with sedition So this Gentleman cometh up now with sedition and wot ye what I chanced in my last Sermon to speak a merry word of the new shilling to refresh my Auditory how I was like to put away my new shilling for an old groat I was herein noted to speak seditiously When I was in trouble it was objected to me that I was singular that I took a way contrary to all Marry Sir this was sore thunderbolts I thought it was possible it might not be true he told me I have gotten one Fellow a Companion of sedition and wot you who is my Fellow Esai the Prophet I spake but of a little pretty shilling but he speaketh to Ierusalem after another sort Esai 1. 21 22 23. and was so bold to meddle with their coin Ah seditious wretch what had he to do with the mint Was not this a seditious Harlot to tell them this to their beards to their face I am content to bear the title of sedition with Esai Thanks be to God I am not alone In the latter end of my Sermon I rehearsed a parable of a wicked Judge Belike good Judges were rare at that time and trow ye the Devil hath been asleep ever since No no The common manner of wicked Judge is neither to fear God or Man He considereth what a man he is and therefore careth not for man He seemeth to be in a protection t well shall he escape Ho ho Est Deus in coelo There is a God in Heaven He accepteth no persons He will punish them Cambises was a great Emperour such another as our Master is It chanced he had under him in one of his Dominions a Briber a Gift-taker a Gratifier of rich men a Handmaker in his Office to make his Son a great man as the old saying is Happy is the Child whose Father goeth to the Devil the cry of the poor Widdow came to the Emperours ear which caused him to slay the Iudge quick and laid his skin in the Chair of judgment that all Iudges that should give judgment afterwards should sit in the same skin Surely it was a goodly Sign a goodly Monument the Sign of the Judges Skin I pray God we may once see the Sign of the Skin in England I do it charitably for the love I bear to my Country God saith Ego visitabo I will visit God hath two Visitations the first is when he revealed his Word by Preachers and where the first is accepted the second cometh not the second Visitation is Vengeance He went to Visitation when he brought the Judges skin over his ears Germany was visited twenty years with Gods Word but they did not earnestly embrace it and in life follow it but made a mingle mangle and a hotch potch of it I cannot tell what partly Popery partly true Religion mingled together They say in my Country when they call their Hogs to the Swine-trough come to thy mingle mangle compyr compyr even so they made mingle mangle of it they could clatter and prate of the Gospel but when all cometh to all they joyned Popery so with it that they marred all together We have now a first Visitation in England let us beware of a second We have the Ministration of his word we are yet well but the House is not clean swept yet God hath sent us a Noble King in this his Visitation let us beware let us not be unthankful and unkind let us beware of by-walking and contemning of Gods Word Part of the fourth Sermon preached by Mr. Hugh Latimer before King Edward I Remember well what St. Paul saith to a Bishop and though he spake it to Timothy being a Bishop yet I may say it now to the Magistrates for all is one case all is one matter Thou shalt not be partaker of other mens faults be not hasty in making of Curates in receiving men to have Cure of Souls that either cannot or will not do their duty do it not Now me thinks it needs not to be partakers of other mens sins we shall find enough of our own And what is it to be partaker of other mens sins if this be not to make unpreaching Prelacy and to suffer them in their unpreaching Prelacy If the King and his Council should suffer evil Judges to take Bribes and suffer the great to overgo the poor and should look