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On Saynt Andrewes day the Gospels with brief sermo[n]s vpon them for al the holy dayes in y[e] yere.; Bible. N.T. Gospels. English. Taverner.
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Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.
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for any earthly thynge in the worlde Secondly deare frendes ye shall vnderstande that god renewed his sayd ordinauÌ„ce of matrimony and sanctifyed it wyth hys holy worde immediatly after Noes floude At which tyme being al y â— people of the world destroyed with the said floude except Noe his childreÌ„ and their wifes god callyng them out of the arke said vnto them Crescite multiplicamini et replete terram that is th say Encrease be ye multiplied and fulfyll you the earth agayne And albeit this law and coÌ„maundement of matrimonie giuen agayne to Noe and to his chyldren was a sufficient instruction vnto them and to all their ofspring how to vse it in all clennes and puritie yet god ê‘ceiuing mans naturall inclination to synne and malice dyd afterwarde further stablish and declare the same by hys other lawes written more at large shewyng the degrees of coÌ„sanguinitie and of affinitie which nature abhorred to marie in as appeareth in the boke of Leuiticus the. xviij xx chapters Which lawes of prohibition al we christen men and womeÌ„ be vonden to obserue and kepe For who so euer marieth wythin the degrees there expressed and prohibited of God in the said boke be cursed by Gods mouth and their mariage is of no force ne strength neither afore God ne man but detestable abhominable deuelishe and damnable And on the contrary syde all mariages made betwene kynsfolke or alyes that be not wythin the degrees whiche be in that boke forbydden of God though the bishoppe of Rome hath neuer so moch forbiddeÌ„ them be without any dispeÌ„sation of man good holy godly and approued not only of God but also authorized by acte of parlimeÌ„t made in the .xxxij. yeare of the reigne of oure mooste drad Soueraigne lorde the kyng that now is Henry the eight Thyrdly ye shall vnderstand that this coniunction betwene maÌ„ and wife in matrimonie was ordeined that therby also myghte be represented vnto vs not only the perfecte indissoluble vnion of the nature of God with the nature of man whiche was fulfylled when the second person in trinâ—tie toke vpoÌ„ him the fourme and substaÌ„ce of oure nature but also the lyke coÌ„iunction in perfecte loue betwene Christ and his churche as the holy apostle Paule witnesseth in his epistle to the Ephesians where goyng about to proue that al womeÌ„ which be maried ought to loue and to be subiecte vnto their husbandes in all thynges euen as the churche is subiecte to Christ likewise that al husbaÌ„des be bound to loue their wiues euen as Christ loueth the church hys spouse he brin geth in the first ordinance of matrimonie as it was ordeyned by god in paradice and the wordes before rehersed wheruppon he inferreth sayth that thys coÌ„â—unction of man and woman in mariage wherby they are knitte and made one flesh and one bodye is the sacrament that is to saye the figure the significatioÌ„ the mysterye or the prophecieng before of that great and meruelouse coÌ„iunction which is betwene Christ and his churche For like as by the vertue of thys first ordinaunce of matrimonye the man and wife be made as one body wherof the maÌ„ is the hed euen so the excedinge loue of Christe towardes hys spouse the church knytteth and maketh Christe and hys church to be but one bodie wherof Christ is the hedde And lyke as the woman was fourmed of the rybbe of man so of Christe sprang forth the churche whiche is purified by water and bloude The rybbe is the harder part of the body the husbande is the strength of the wife euen so is Christ the strength of the churche Out of the rybbe and myddes of the bodye was the wife brought forth and eueÌ„ so Christ toke fleshe of our substaunce borne of the vndefiled virgine made like vnto vs in al thynges synne only excepted Wherfore we be called the membres of one bodie of hys flesh of hys bones meÌ„bres I say not accordyng to the nature of the euerlasting diuinitie but accordinge to that he vouchsaued to take mans nature vpon hym Howbeit thys coniuncton may not be takeÌ„ carnally but spiritually For albeit Christe toke our real fleshe yet we be hys spirituall membres For we be one bodie bicause we be partakers of one spirite And forasmuche as there is so great a coÌ„iunction betwene Christ and his churche we ought for his sake to leaue the dearest thingê we haue if they wold plucke vs awey froÌ„ Christ whose spouse we be For we muste cleaue to hym without seueraunce syth we be one bodye one fleshe wyth him And verely this is a greate sacrament mysterie and secrecie which if it be rightly poÌ„dered plucketh vp our mindes into moost highe and heauenly ioyes Hitherunto we haue brefely spokeÌ„ of the first ordinauÌ„ce of mariage now let vs come to the declaration of this present Gospell The pharisees which amoÌ„ngê y â— Iues were takeÌ„ for meÌ„ of great holynes and therfore ought best to haue magnified Christ and his doctrine were euer moost busye agaynst him inueÌ„ting al they could to trippe hym in his wordes that they myght haue some pretence to accuse hym put him downe For they had no litle enuie at him ê‘tly bicause he shadowed their estimation ê‘tly bicause he disclosed their hypocrisie They cam therfore on a time and craftely did set vpon him taking occasioÌ„ of the wordes he had spoken coÌ„cerning that a maÌ„ ought not to put awey his wife They propounde a suttil sophisme whether it were lawfull for euery cause for a man to put awey his wife For if he shulde answere it were lawful he shuld seme to be agaynst himselfe where he tawght dyuorses not be lawfull If he shulde denye it he shuld seme to be against Moses law which suffreth a man for any maner cause to gyue her a libel of diuorcement and to let her goe But Iesus so tempereth hys answere that neyther he diminisheth the authoritie of Moses neither recaÌ„teth his owne teachinge wyth the authoritie of the law he stoppeth the pharisees mouthes whyche were lawyers Haue ye not redde sayth Chryste that when God created the worlde he formed the man and women that by there coÌ„ioynyng mankynd shuld be coÌ„tynued And forthwith expressing the vnpartable couple of them added For thys loues sake shal man leaue father mother and stycke to hys wyfe And thys knotte is so straight y e of two be but one person So y e it is as moch agaynst nature that the one shuld be plucked froÌ„ the other as it is for one part of y e body to be seuered froÌ„ an othher Wherfor y e God hath thus coupled let not maÌ„ seuer Meaning herby y e it is both a gainst nature also y e law a maÌ„ to cast vp hys wife Here the pharisees thinking that they had now gotten a good quarell against oure sauiour Christ Iesus to snach him vp said
for the purifieng of the childwife and also of the childe suÌ„what shuld be offered the most pure virgine Mary wold fulfylle the lawe also in this poynt though in her child byrth she knew was nothing after the maner of other womens byrthes contaminate or spotted but al was ful of heuenly puritie and holynes For what spotte of vnclennes could she haue which by the worke of the holy ghoste conceyued wythout mans knowlege only by imbracement of the heuenly power She goeth therfore with Ioseph who as yet was thought to haue bene father to Iesus vnto Hierusalem bearing the childe with them that they might present him in y â— temple in the sight of the lord to whom he was consecrate not but that al be the lordes but that we shuld be taught by this mystical figure that those mindes be most acceptable to God whiche with a manly strength of spirite haue conquered the lustes of y e fleshe so do auauÌ„ce to thinges heuenly and euerlasting Moses law intending this had commaunded the Iues that euery male so sone as by the openinge of the mothers wombe it was brought to lyght shulde be taken as holy to the lord whether it were of mankynde or of brute beastes that herby also the first frutes might go to the prestes so yet that the first begotten of the mankinde shuld be redemed out of the prestes handes onles the childe were of y â— Leuitical tribe Now surely the selfe law openly deliuereth our Lady froÌ„ the bonde of it where it sayth in the leuiticall boke The wife whiche receiuing sede shal bringe forth a maÌ„child For the blessed virgine our Lady was neither mulier that is to say such woman as haue lyen with man neither receiued she mans sede And as towching the opening of y e matrice surely this heauenly child did in no maner violate the chastitie of of y e virgins wombe but rather preserued halowed it from al spot of vnclennes during her life He then was presented in y â— temple as subiect to y â— law which was lord of al thingê both heuenly erthly He was redemed with a smal price which cam to redeme the hole world w t the price of his bloude For y e law had appointed y e Iues to redeme their first begotteÌ„ son with a lambe of one yeare olde which was giuen in sacrifice And thaÌ„ shuld be added a doue or a turtyll for y â— purifienge of al spot or vncleÌ„nes which might happeÌ„ to be coÌ„mitted in y â— begetting of y â— child or after to thintent y â— that whiche shuld be offered to the lord might be throughly pure Howbeit if they were not of abilitie to giue a lambe the law suffred them to giue in stede therof a turtil doue or a pigeoÌ„ for y â— redemptioÌ„ of y e child The other bird was offered for the purging of the sinne Our Lady therfore and Ioseph offered the pore mens oblatioÌ„ and it is not to be doubted but they wold haue made a richer gift if theire pouertie hadde not letted them Allbeit they re minde was rich in godlynes and to giue vs an exeÌ„ple y e professioÌ„ of pouertie was more profitable But lo there was at this self time in HierusaleÌ„ one SimeoÌ„ a iuste maÌ„ such one as stode in awe of god surelye he might wel be called a iust maÌ„ for he sought not his own but y e peoples weale he awaited for him y t shuld redeme out of boÌ„dage not him only but al maÌ„kind And bicause he was endowed w t this iustice godlines the holy ghost was in him had inspired him that he shulde not dye till he had sene with his fleshely eyen him that he longe before had espyed wyth the eyen of feyth As Mary therfore and Ioseph were bringinge the child into the temple this Simeon also cam by the guiding of the holy gost into the temple toke Iesus in his armes And here sayth Origene an auncient doctour of the church if thou Christen person wi lt in like wise hold Iesus and imbrace him in thy handê thou must with al labour attempt that thou maist haue the holy ghost to thy guide and so come to y â— temple of god as this holy SimeoÌ„ did Thou must be a iust person a fearer of god religiouse deuout godly as he was But what did Simeon ha uing this most blessed child in his armes He blessed and praysed god sayeng Now o lorde thou dost licence thy seruaÌ„t to depart in peace out of this world according to thy worde For myne eyen haue nowe seen him by whoÌ„ it hath plesed the to saue maÌ„kind whom I say thou hast prepared and ordeined in the face of al peoples to be vnto y â— hetheÌ„ persons Panyms which hitherunto for defalt of true knowlege haue worshiped false godê a light for to lighteÌ„ them to disclose thy trouth vnto them againe to thyn own people y â— Israelites a cause of most high glorie This in effect spake Symeon in his maner Let vs therfore good people for our ê‘te also blesse praise god that wheras we y â— inhabitantes of this Realme were before y â— coÌ„ming of Christ wicked Panims ydolaters we now by y â— disclosing of his gospel â—ee his people Let vs labour to be iust and holy persons pore in spirite rich in godlines Let vs desire to be led w t the holy spirite of God So shall we at last depart this world in true peace by Christ our lorde To whom be prayse for euer Amen ¶ Saynt Mathias day the Apostle The Gospell Math. xi IN that tyme Iesus sayd I confesse vnto the O father lorde of heauen and of earth bicause thou haste hyd these thinges from wise and prudent persons and hast disclosed them to yonglinges Uerily father for so semed it good before the. Al thinges be deliuered vp vnto me of my father noman knoweth the sonne but the father neyther knoweth any man the father but the sonne he to whom the son wyll disclose Come to me all ye that laboure and be burthened and I shall quiet you Take my yoke vpon you and lerne of me for I am meke and lowly in harte and ye shall fynde quiet to youre soules For my yoke is pleasant and my burthen is lyght The sermon vpon this Gospel Bycause our sauiour Christ good people what tyme he was conuersant here in earth amonge the Iues hadde vpbrayded them for theire misbeleue declaring vnto them that the Hethen persones were redyer to receyue hym then they at which wordes some were offended therfore he aunswereth to theire thoughtes in thys wyse I confesse that is I do thanke prayse the O father bycause thou hast kept close this heauenly doctrine from the wise and prudent men in their owne opinions such as be the scribes and pharisees and haste opened the same to fooles and