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
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
serue in a ciuilitye hauyng the profyt of a Prouostshyp and a Deanry and a Personage But I wyll tell you what is lyke to come of it It wyl bryng the cleargy shortely into a very slauerye I maye not forget here my Scala celi that I spoke of in my laste sermon I wyll repete it now agayn desyering your grace in Goddes behalfe that ye wyl remembre it The Byshop of Rome had a Scala celi but his was a mas matter This Scala celi is the true ladder that bryngeth a manne to heauen the toppe of the ladder or fyrst greese is thys Who so euer calleth vpon the name of the Lorde shall be saued The seconde steppe Howe shall they call vppon hym in whom they haue no beleue The thyrd stayer is thys How shall they beleue in hym of whoÌ„ they neuer hearde The fourth steppe Howe shall they heare wythout a preacher Nowe the nether ende of the ladder is Howe shall they preache except they be sent This is the fote of the ladder so that we maye goo backeward now vse the schole argumeÌ„t A primo ad vltimum Take away preachyng take away saluation But I feare one thynge and it is lest for a salfety of a lytle money you wyll put in chauntrye Pryestes to saue theyr pentions But I wyll tell you Chryst boughte Soules wyth hys bloude and wyl ye sel theym for golde or syluer I woulde not that ye should do wyth chauntrye pryestes as ye dyd with the Abbottes when Abbeyes were put downe For when their enormities were fyrst red in the parliameÌ„t house they were so greate and abhominable that there was nothynge but downe with them But within a whyle after the same Abbottes were made byshops as there be some of them yet a lyue to saue and redeme theyr pentioÌ„s O Lorde thinke ye that God is a fole seeth it not and if he se it wyl he not punyshe it And so nowe for salfety of money I wolde not y t ye should put in chauntrey priestes I speake not now against suche chauntrey priestes as are able to preache but those that are not able I wyll not haue them put in For if ye do thys ye shall answere for it It is in the text that a king ought to feare god he shal haue the dreade of God before hys eyes worcke not by wordlye polycye for worldly policie feareth not God Take hede of these claubackes these venemouse people that wyll come to you that wyl folowe lyke Gnatoes and Parasites if you folowe theym you are oute of youre boke If it be not accordynge to Gods words that they counsayle you do it not for any worldle policye for then ye feare not God It foloweth in the texte Vt noâ— eleuetur coz eius That he be not proude aboue hys brethreen A kynge muste not be proude for God myght haue made hym a shepheard when he made hym a kyng done him no wronge There be many examples of proude kynges in scrypture As Pharao that woulde not heare the message of God Herode also y t put Iohn Baptiste to death and wolde not heare hym he tolde hym that it was not lawefull for hym to marye hys brothers wyfe Ieroboam also was a proude kynge An other kynge there was that worshipped straunge Gods and Idols of those men whoÌ„ he had ouer come before in battayle and when a Prophet tolde hym of it What sayd he Who made you one of my couÌ„cel These were proud kynges theyr examples are not to be folowed But wherefore shall a kynge feare God and turne neyther to the ryght hande nor to the left Wherfore shall he do all this vt longo teÌ„pore regâ—et ipse et filii tius That he may raigne long he and hys chyldren Remembre thys I beseche your grace And wheÌ„ these flatterers and flybbergybbes another daye shall come clawe you by the backe and say Syr trouble not your selfe What should you study Why shold you do this or that Your grace maye answer them thus and say What Syrra I perceyue you are wery of vs and our posteritye Doeth not God sai in such a place That a king shold wryte out a boke of gods lawe and reade it learne to feare God And whye That he and his might raygne long I perceyue nowe thou arte a traytour Tell hym thys tale once and I warrant you he wyll come no more to you neyther he nor any other after such a sorte And this shal your grace dryue these flatterers and claubackes awaye And I am afrayed I haue troubled you to longe Therefore I wyll furnyshe the texte nowe wyth an hystory or two and then I wyll leaue you to God Ye haue hearde howe a king ought to passe the tyme. He must read the boke of God it is not inoughe for hym to reade but he must be acquainted wyth all scripture he muste studye and he must praye and how shal he do both these He maye learne at Salomon GOD spake vnto Salomon when he was made a kyng and bade hym aske of hym what he woulde and he shoulde haue it Make thy peticion sayed God and thou shalt obtayne Nowe marke SalomoÌ„s praier Domine o Domine deus said he O Lord GOD it is thou that hast caused me to raigne haste set me in my fathers seate for thou GOD onelye doest make kynges Thus should Kynges prayse God and thanke god as Salomon dyd But what was hys petycion Lorde sayed he Da mihi cor docileâ— He asked a docyble herte a wise herte and wysedome to go in and to go oute that is to begyn all myne affayres well and to bryng them to good effecte and purpose that I maye learne to guyde and gouerne my people When he had made his petycioÌ„ it pleased God well that Salomon asked wysdome neyther rytches nor longe lyfe therefore GOD made him thys answere Because thou hast chosen wysedome aboue all thynges I wyll geue the it thou shalt be the wysest kynge that euer was before the and so he was the wisest in al kiÌ„des of knowledge that euer was syth And though he dyd not aske ritches yet God gaue hym both rytches and honoure more then euer anye of hys auncetours had So youre grace must learne howe to do of Salomon Ye must make your peticion nowe studye nowe praye They must be yoked to gether and thys is called pastyme wyth good companye Now when God had geuen Salomon wysedome he sente him by and by occasyon to occupy hys wyt For God gaue neuer a gyft but he sent occasyon at one tyme or another to shewe it to Gods glory As if he sent rytches he sendeth pore meÌ„ to be helped wyth it But nowe must men occupy theyr goodes otherwayes They wyl not loke on the poore they muste helpe their children purchase them more laÌ„d theÌ„
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
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
wyfe For thoughe the scripture doeth say Non cognouit â—am He knewe her not he had no carnall copulation wyth her yet it sayeth not Non duxit eam vxorem He maryed her not And I canne not thynke that kynge Dauid woulde haue her to warme hys bosome in bedde excepte shee hadde bene hys wyfe hauynge a dispensatyon of God to haue as manye wyues as he woulde For God had dispensed wyth theym to haue manye wyues Wel what happened to kinge Dauid in his chyldhode by the chylde of the deuyll Ye shall heare Kynge Dauid hadde a proud sonne whose name was Adonias a man ful of ambition desyrouse of honoure alwayes clymbyng climbinge Nowe whylse the tyme was of his fathers childhode he wold depose hys father not knoweyng of hys fathers mynde saiing Ego regnabo I wil raigne I wyll be kyng he was a stoute stomacked chyld a biwalker of an ambitious mynde he wold not consente to hys fathers freÌ„des but gate him a charret and meÌ„ to runne before it and dyuerse other adherentes to helpe hym forthward worldely wise men such as had bene before of hys fathers counsayle great men in the world some no doute of it came of good wil thynkynge no harme for they woulde not thynke that he did it wythoute his fathers wyll hauynge suche greate men to set hym forth for euery man caÌ„ not haue accesse at al tymes to the kynge to knowe hys pleasure well algates he woulde be Kyng he makes a great feaste and thether he called Ioab the ryngleader of hys fathers armye a worldlye wyse man a bywalker that woulde not walke the Kynges hye way and one Abiathar the highe prieste For it is maruayle if any michyefe be inhand if a prieste be not at some ende of it they toke hym as Kynge and cried Viuat rex Adonias God saue kynge Adonias Dauid suffered all thys lette hym alone for he was in hys chyldhode a bedred man But se howe God ordered the matter Nathan the Prophete and Sadoc a priest and Banayah Crethytes and Phelethytes the Kynges gard they were not called to the feast These were good men and woulde not walke bywayes therefore it was foly to breake the matter to them they were not called to counsell Therefore Nathan when he harde of thys he commeth to Bethsabe Salomons mother and sayeth Heare ye not howe Adonias the sonne of Ageth raygneth kynge Dauid not knowyng And he bad her put the kynge in mynde of hys oth that he sware that her sonne SalomoÌ„ should be kynge after hym thys was wyse counsayle accordynge to the Prouerbe Qui vadit plane vadit sane He that walketh in the hye playne vaye walketh safelye UpoÌ„ thys the wente and brake the matter to Dauid and desyered hym to shewe wo should raygne after hym in Hierusalem addynge that yf Adonias were kynge she and her sonne after hys death shoulde be destroied saying Nos erimus peccatores We shal be syâ—â—â—ers we shal be takeÌ„ for traytors for though we ment no harme but walked vpryghtly yet because we went not the by way with hym he beynge in authoritie wyl destroye vs And by and by commeth in NathaÌ„ and taketh hyr tale by the ende sheweth him howe Adonias was saluted kynge that he hadde byd to dynner the Kynges seruantes al sauinge hym and Sadoc and Banaiah and al hys brethren the kynges sonnes saue Salomon Kynge Dauid remembryng hym selfe swore as sure as God lyueth SalomoÌ„ my son shall raygne after me and by and by commaunded Nathan and Sadoc and hys garde the Cerithes Phelites to take SalomoÌ„ hys sonne and set hym vpon hys mule and anâ—â—â—it hym Kynge â–ª and so they dyd criynge Viâ—at SalomoÌ„ Rex Thus was SalomoÌ„ throned by the aduyse and wyl of hys father and thoughe he were a childe yet was his wil to be obeyed fulfylled and they ought to haue knoweÌ„ hys pleasure Whylse this was a doyng there was suche a Ioye and outecrye of the people for theyr newe Kynge and blowynge of trompettes y e Ioab the other company beinge in theyr iolytye and kepynge good cheare heard it and sodaynlye asked what is thys ado And when thei perceiued y t SalomoÌ„ by y e aduyse of hys father was annoynted King by and by there was all whysht all theyr good chere was done and al y t were wyth Adonias wente awaye lette hym raygne alone yf he woulde and whye He walked a bywaye and God would not prospere it God wyll not worcke wyth pryuate authoritie nor wyth anye thynge done inordinatlye When Adonias sawe thys that he was left alone he toke sanctuarye and helde by the hornes of the aultare and sware that he woulde not departe thence tyll Salomon woulde sweare that he shoulde not lease hys lyfe Here is to be noted the notable sentence and greate mercye of Kynge Salomon Let hym sayeth he order hym self lyke a quyete man and there shall not one heare fal froÌ„ hys heade Sed si inuentum fuerit malum in eo But yf there shall be any euyll fouÌ„de in him yf he hath gone aboute anye myschyefe he shall dye for it Upon thys he was broughte in to Salomon and as the boke sayeth he dyd homage vnto hym and Salomon sayed to him Vade in domum tuam Get the into thy house bylyke he meante to warde there to se hys wearynge as yf he should saye shew thy self without gal of ambicion to be a quyet subiecte and I wyll pardone the for thys tyme. But I wyll se the wearynge of the. Here we maye se the wonderfull greate mercy of Salomon for thys notoryous treason y t Adonias had coÌ„mytted it was a plaine matter for he suffered hym selfe to be called kynge it huÌ„g not of vehemeÌ„t suspitioÌ„ or coÌ„iecture nor sequel or coÌ„sequeÌ„t yet notwythstandynge Salomon for that present forgaue hym sayinge I wyll not forget it vtterlye but I wyll kepe it in suspence I wyll take no aduauntage of the at thys tyme. Thys Adonias Absolon were brethren and came boeth of a straunge mother and Absolon lyke wyse was a traytoure and made an insurrection agaynste hys father Beware therefore these mothers and let kynges take hede howe they marye in what housses in what fayeth For strange bringyng vp bringeth straunge maners Nowe geueth Dauid an exhortacion to SalomoÌ„ and teacheth hym the dutye of a Kynge and geueth hym a lesson as it foloweth at large in the boke and he that lyste to reade it maye se it ther at full But what doeth Adonias all thys whyle He must yet clymbe agayne y t gal of ambition was not out of his hert He wil now mary Abisaas the yoÌ„ge quene that warmed kiÌ„g Dauids bosome as I told you commeth me to Bethsabe desyering hyr to be a meane to Salamon hyr sonne that he myght obtayne hys purpose And bryngeth me out a couple of lyes at a clappe and coÌ„mytteth me two vnlawfull
the crowne wyth out doubte I shewed furthermore of his godly educacion He hath suche schole Maiesters as can not be gotten in all the Realme againe Wherfore we may be suer that God blessed this realme all thoughe he curssed the realme whose ruler is a chylde vnder whoÌ„ the officres be clymbynge and gleyynge flurynge scratchyng and scrapynge and volupteously set on banketyng and for the maynetenaunce of theyr volupteousnes go by walkes And althoughe he be yong he hath as good and as sage acounsayle as euer was in England which we may well knowe by their godly procedinges and settynge fourthe of the worde of God Therefore lette vs not be worse then the styffe necked Iewes In kynge Iosias time who beynge yonge dyd alter chaunge and correcte wonderfully the religion it was neuer heard in Iewry that the people repyned or sayed The Kyng is a child This geare wyl not last loÌ„ge It is but one or two mens doynges It wyll not but for a tyme. The kynge knoweth it not Wo worth that euer suche men were borne Take hede lest for our rebellion God take hys blessyng a waye from vs. I entred into the place of the kynges pastyme I tolde you howe he muste passe hys tyme in readynge the boke of God for that is the kings pastime by goddes appoyntemente in the whyche boke he shal lerne to feare god Oh howe carefull God is to set in an order all thynges that belong to a kynge in his chamber in hys stable in hys treasure house These peuishe people in this Realme haue nothynge but the kynge the kinge in theyr mouthes when it maketh for their purpose As there was a doctor that preached the kynges maiestie hath his holy water he crepeth to the crosse theÌ„ thei haue nothynge but the Kynge the kynge in their mouthes These be my good people that muste haue their mouthes stopte but if a man tell them of the kinges proceadynges nowe they haue theyr shyftes and theyr putoâ—â— saying we may not go before a lawe we maye breake no order These be the wicked preachers ther mouthes muste be stopte these be the gaynesayers Another thing ther is y t I told you of Ne eleuetur cor regis etc. The kyng must not be proude ouer his brethren He must order his people wyth brotherly loue and charitie Here I brought in exâ—mples of proude Kynges It is a great pride in kynges and maiestrates when they wyll not heare nor be confortable to the â—ound doctrine of God It is an other kynde of pryde in kynges wheÌ„ they thynke them selues so high so lofty that they disdaine thinke it not for their honour to heare poore mens causes theÌ„ selues They haue claubackes y t say vnto theÌ„ What sir What nede you to trouble your selfe take you youre pleasure hunte Hauke daunce and dallye let vs a lone we wyll gouerne and order the commune weale matters well ynoughe We worth them they haue bene the rote of al myschiefe and destruccion in thys Realme A kynge ought not only for to reade and studye but also to praye Let hym borowe example at Salomon who pleased God hyghlye wyth his peticion desyringe no worldely thynges but wysdom which God did not onely grauÌ„t hym but because he asked wysedome he gaue hym manye mo thynges As ryches honoure and such lyke Oh how it pleased God that he asked wysdomâ— And after he had geueÌ„ him this wisdome he sent hym also occasion to vse the same by a couple of strumpets Here I told an example of a meke kynge who so continued vntyll he came into the company of strange women He herd them not by meanes or by anye other but in hys owne person and I thinke verely the naturall mother had neuer had her own child if he had not herd the cause hym selfe They were â—eritrices Hoores althoughe some excuseth the matter say they were but typplers suche as kepe alehouses But it is but foly to excuse theÌ„ seing the Iewes were such not vnlike but thei had theyr stewes the mayntenauÌ„ce of whordom as they had of other vices One thynge I must here desier you to reforme my lords You haue put downe the Stues But I praye you what is the matter a mended what a uayleth that ye haue but changed the place not taken the whordome awaye God shoulde be honored euery where For the scripture sayth Domini es terra et plenitudo eius The earth and the laÌ„d is the Lords What place shoulde be then wythin a ChristiaÌ„ realme left for to dishonour God I must nedes shewe you such newes as I here For thoughe I se it not my selfe not withstaÌ„ding it cometh faster to me then I wold wyshe I do as s. Paule doth to the CorinthiaÌ„s Auditur in uos stuprum There is such a whordome amonge you as is not amonge the gentiles So lykewyse Auditu I here say hate ther is suche whordome in Englande as neuer was sene the lyke He charged all the Corinthians for one mans offence sayinge They were al gilty for one mans synne if they woulde not correcte and redresse it but wynke at it Lo here may you se how that one mans synne poluted al Corinth A litle leauen as S. Paulle sayeth corrupteth a greate deale of dowe Thys is Communicare alienis pecatis to be partaker of other mens sines I aduertise you in Goddes nanie loke to it I here sai ther is now more whoredome in London theÌ„ euer ther was on the banke These be the newes I haue to tell you I feare they be true Ye oughte to here of it and redresse it I here of it as Paul sayth Aliqua ex parâ—e credo There is more open whordome more stuede whoredome then euer was before For Gods sake let it be loked vpon It is youre office to se vnto it Nowe to my confutacion Ther is a certaine man that shortely after my first sermon beynge asked if he had bene at the sermon that daye answerd yea I praye you sayd he how lyked you hym mary sayed he euen as I lyked hym alwayes a sedicious fellowe Oh lord he pinched me their in dede Nay he had rather a ful bitte at me Yet I comfort my self with that that Christ hym selfe was noted to be a sturrer vp of the people agaynst the Emperour and was contented to be called sediclouse It be commech me to take it in good worth I am not better then he was In the kings daies that dead is a meanye of vs were called together before hym to saye our myndes in certayne matters In the end one kneleth me downe and accuseth me of sedicioÌ„ that I had preached sediciouse doctrine A heauye salutacion and a harde poynt of suche a mans doynge as yf I shoulde name hym ye woulde not thinke it The king turned to me and sayed What say you to that syr
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
Me thinke you beynge the kynges seruauÌ„t and hys offycer shoulde thynke better on the Kynge and hys councell thoughe I were lyght of belefe If he had bene a true man to hys mayster he woulde neuer haue spoken it The counsaile nedes not my lye for the defence of that that they do I canne beare it of my selfe Concernynge my selfe that which I haue spoken hath done some good You wyl say this The Parliamente house are wyser then I am you myghte leaue theym to the defence of theÌ„ selues Althoughe the men of the Parliment house can defende them selues yet haue I spoken thys of a good zeale and a good grouÌ„d of the Admiralles wrytynge I haue not fayned nor lyed one iote Use youre Iudgement and languages as it becommeth Christian subiectes I wyll nowe leaue the honourable counsayle to answere for them selues He coÌ„fessed one facte he woulde haue hadde the gouernaunce of the kinges maiestye And wot ye whye He sayed he would not in his minoritie haue hym broughte vp lyke a warde I am sure he hath bene brought vp so Godly with such Scholemasters as neuer kyng was in Englande and so hathe prospered vnder them as neuer none dyd I wotte not what he mente by hys brynging vp like a warde onles he woulde haue hym not to go hys boke and learne as he doeth Nowe woo worth hym yet I wyl not say so neyther but I pray God amend hym or els God send him short lyfe that woulde haue my soueraygne not to be brought vp in learnynge and woulde plucke hym from hys booke I aduertyse the therfore my fellow subiecte vse thy tonge better and expounde well the doynges of the magystrates Now to the purpose for these thynges lette me of my matter Some saye preachers should not meddle wyth suche matters but dyd not our Sauiour Iesus Christ medle wyth matters of Iudgemente when he spake of the wycked Iudge to leaue ensample to vs that follow to do the same Ye se here that Ladye couetuousnes is a fruitfull woman euer chyldynge and euer bryngynge forthe her fruites It is a true saynge Radiâ— omnium maloruÌ„ auaricia Couetousnes is the root of al wyckednes One wyl saye paraduenture you speake vnsemelye and in conuenyentlye so to be agaynste the offycers â–ª for takynge of rewardes in doyng pleasures Ye consyder not the matter to the bottome Their offices be bought for great sommes now howe shall they receyue theyr money agayne but by brybyng ye woulde haue them vndone Some of theÌ„ gaue CC. pouÌ„des some .v. C. pounde some .ii. M pouÌ„d And how shal thei gather vp thys monye agayne but by healpyng them selues in they re offyce And is it so trow ye Are ciuile offices bought for monei Lorde God Who would haue thought that Let vs not be to hasty to credit it For then we haue the old prouerbe Omnia â—eâ—â—lpa Roma Althinges ar sold for mony at Rome Rome is come home to our own dores If thei by they must nedes sell for it is wittely spoken Vendere iure potest emerat ille prius He may lawefully sel it he bought it before God forfend that euer any such enormitie shuld be in England that ciuile offyces should be bought and soulde wher as men shulde haue theÌ„ geueÌ„ theÌ„ for theyr worthines I would the kinges maiestie shuld seke thorow his real me for mete men and able men worthye to be in offyce yea and giue theÌ„ liberally for theyr paines and rather geue theÌ„ monye to take the office in hande then they to geue money for it This byinge of offyces is a makynge of bryberye it is an enducinge and enforsyng and compelling of men to briberye Holye scripture qualyfieth the officers and sheweth what maner of meÌ„ they shuld be and of what qualites Viâ—os fortes Some Translacyons haue Viros sapientes The Englishe translacioÌ„ hath it verye welll Menne of actyuitye that haue stomakes to do theyr office thei must not be milke soppes nor whyte leuered knyghtes they muste be wyse hartye hardye men of a good stomake SecoÌ„darely he qualifieth them wyth the feare of god He saieth they must be Timentes deum fearyng God For yf he feare God he shal be no briber no peruerter of iudgemente faithful Thyrdly they must be chosen offycers In quibus est veritatis In whome is truth If he saye it it shal be done Fourthly Qui oderunt auaritiam Hatynge couetousnes farre from it he wyll not come â—ere it that hateth it It is not he that wyll geue .v C pounde for an offyce With these qualityes Goddes wysdome woulde haue magistrates to be qualyfied Thys cometh from the deuilles coÌ„sistoroy to pay .v. C. poundes for one offyce If they paye so much it must nedes followe that they take bribes that they be bribe takers Suche as be mete to beare office seke them out hyere them geue them compotente and lyberall fees that they shall not nede to take anye bribes And if ye be at selling ciuile offices ye ar as they which sell theyr benefyces and so we shal haue Omnia ueâ—â—lia Al thinges boughte for monye I meruaile the grouÌ„de gapes not and deuours vs how be it we ought not to maruayle surely it is the great lenitie of god that suffers it Oh Lord in what case are we If the great meÌ„ in Turky shuld vse in theyr religion of Mahomete to sell as our patrons coÌ„monlye sell benefyces here the offyce of preaching the office of saluacion it should be taken as an intollerable thing The turk would not suffer it in his commoÌ„ wealth Patrons be charged to se y e office done not to seke a lucre and a gaine by his patroÌ„ ship Ther was a patroÌ„ in EnglaÌ„d wheÌ„ it was that had a benefyce fallen into hys hand and a good brother of mine came vnto hym brought him .xxx. Apples in a dysh and gaue theÌ„ his man to carrye them to his maister It is like he gaue one to his maÌ„ for his laboure to make vp the game so ther was .xxxi This man coÌ„meth to his mayster and presented hym with the dyshe of Apples sayinge Syr suche a man hathe sente you a dyshe of frute and desyreth you to be good vnto hym for such a benefice Tushe tushe quod he thys is no apple matter I wyll none of hys apples I haue as good as these or as he hathe any in mine owne orcheard The man came to the pryest againe and toulde hym what hys mayster saied Then quod the priest desyre hym yet to proue one of theÌ„ for my sake he shal find theÌ„ much better theÌ„ they loke for He cut one of them and founde ten peces of golde in it Mary quod he thys is a good apple The pryest standyng not farre of heringe what the Gentle maÌ„ sayed cryed out and answered they are all one apples I warrante you Syr they grewe al on one tree and haue
marres all to gether Well to my texte Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis beatus et bene tibi erit Because thou eatest thy labors of thy handes that y t God sendes the of thy laboure Euery man must labour yea though he be a kynge yet he muste laboure for I knowe no mā hath a greater laboure then a Kinge What is his laboure To study goddes boke to see y t there be no vnpreachynge prelates in hys realme nor bribing Iudges t◠se to all estates to prouyde for the poore to se vittailes goodchepe Is not thys a labour trowe ye thus if thou doste laboure exercisynge the worckes of thy vocacyon thou eatest the meate that God sendes the and then it foloweth Beatus es◠Thou arte blessed manne in Goddes fauour Et bene tibi rit And it shal go well wyth the in this worlde both in bodie soule for God prouides for both Howe shalt thou prouyde for thy soule Go here sermons Howe for the body Eabour in thy vocation and then shall it be well wyth the bothe here and in the worlde to come through the fayth and merites of our sauiour Iesus Chryst. To whom with the father and the holy goste be prayse for euer and euer world with out ende Amē The ende of the .vi. Sermon The seuenth Sermon of Mayster Hughe Latymer whych he preached before the Kinges Maiestie within his graces Palayce at Westminster the xix daye of Apryll QVecunque scripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt Al thinges that be writen thei be writē to be our doctrine By occasiō of this text most honorable audiēce I haue walked thys Lente in the brode filde of scripture and vsed my libertye intreated of suche matters as I thoughte mete for this auditory I haue had a do wyth many estates euen wyth the hyghest of all ▪ I haue entreated of the dutye of Kynges of the dutye of magestrates and Iudges of the dutye of prelates alowyng that y t is good disalowyng the contrary I haue taught that we are all synners I thinke there is none of vs al neither preacher nor hearer but we maye be amended and redresse oure lyues We maye all saye yea all the packe of vs peccauimus cum patribus nostris We haue offēded sinned w t our forefathers In multis offendimus omnes There is none of vs all but we haue in sondry thinges greuously offended almyghtye God I here intreated of manye fautes and rebuked manye kyndes of synnes I intende to daye by Goddes grace to shew you the remedy of synne We be in the place of repentaunce nowe is the tyme to cal for mercy whyles we be in this worlde We be all synners euen the best of vs all Therefore it is good to here the remedy of synne This day is comonlye called good Fryday although eueri daye ought to be wyth vs good fryday Yet thys day we ar accustomed specially to haue a commemoratiō and remembraunce of the passion of our sauiour Iesu Christ. This daye we haue in memory hys bytter Passion and death whych is the remedy of our syn Therefore I intend to intreate of a pece of a story of hys passion I am not able to intreate of all That I maye do that the better and that it maye bee to the honour of God y e edification of youre soules and myne both I shal desyre you to praye c. In thys prayer I wyll desyre you to remember the soules departed wyth laudes and prayse to almightie God that he woulde vouchsafe to assyste them at the hour of their death In so doynge you shal be putte in remembraunce to praye for youre selues that it maye please GOD to assyste and comforte you in the agonies and paynes of death The place that I wyll intreate of is in the .xxvi. Chapiter of Saynct Mathewe Howe be it as I intreate of it I wyll borrowe parte of Sayncte Marke and saynct Luke for they haue somwhat that saynct Mathew hath not and especiallye Luke The texte is Tunc cū uenisset Iesus in uillam que dicitur gethsemani then whē Iesus cāe some haue in nillō some in agrum some in prediū But it is allone whē Chryst came in to a Graūg into a peace of lād into a felde it makes no matter call it what he wyll at what tyme he had come into an honeste mans house and there eaten hys pascall lambe and instituted and celebrated the lordes supper and sette furth the blessed communion then when thys was done he toke his way to the place where he knewe Iudas woulde come It was a solitarye place and thyther he wente w t hys leauen Apostles For Iudas the twelfte was aboute his busines he was occupied aboute his marchaundyse and was prouydyng amōg the byshoppes and preistes to come with an imbushement of Iewes to take our sauiour Iesu christ And when he was come into this feeld or graunge this village or ferme place whych was called Gethsemani there was a Garden sayth Luke into the whych he goeth leues .viii. of hys disciples w tout howbeit he appoynted thē what they shold do He saith Sedete hic donec nadā il luc et orē Sit you here whiles I go yonder and pray He told thē that he went to pray to monysh thē what they should do to fall to praier as he dyd He lefte thē there toke no more with hym but .iii. Peter Iames and Ihō to teach vs that a solitari place is mete for prayer Then when He was come into thys garden cepit expauescere He begā to trimble in so much he sayed Tristis est anima mea vsque ad mortē Mi soule is heauye and pensyue euen vnto death Thys is a notable place and one of the moste especiall and chefest of al that be in the story of the passiō of Christ. Here is oure remedye Here we muste haue in consideracion all hys doynges and sayinges for oure learnynge for our edificacion for oure comforth and consolation Fyrst of al he set hys thre Disciples that he toke wyth him in an order and toulde them what they shoulde do sayinge Sedete hic et uigilate mecum et orate Syt here praye that ye enter not into tēptaciō but of that I wil entreate afterward Now when he was in y e garden cepit ex pauescere He began to be heauye pensiue heauye herted I lyke not Oregenes plaing with this word cepit it was a perfect heauines it was suche a one as was neuer sene the greater it was not only y e beginninge of a sorow These doctours we haue greate cause to thanke God for thē but yet I wold not haue thē alwayes to be allowed They haue handled many pointes of our fayth very godly we may haue a greate staie in thē in manye thinges we mighte not wel lacke thē but yet I woulde not haue
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