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The sermon of Ioh[a]n the bysshop of Rochester made agayn the p[er]nicious doctryn of Martin luther w[i]t[h]in the octaues of the asce[n]syon by the assigneme[n]t of the most reuerend fader i[n] god the lord Thomas Cardinal of Yorke [and] legate ex latere from our holy father the pope.
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Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535.
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the shadowe And contrary wyse euery part of the shadowe hath som thyng answerynge vnto it in the tree A mans eye may leade hym from eueri part of the tre tyll euery parte of the shadowe agayne from euery part of the shadewe tyll euery parte of the tree answeryng ther vnto Euery man may poynt any certayne part of the shadowe saye this is the shadow of suche a brauÌche this is the shadow of suche a lefe this is the shadowe of the bole of the tree this is the shadowe of the top of the tre ¶ But so it is that the lawe of Moyses the gouernauÌce of the synagoge of the Jewes was but a shadowe of the gouernauÌce of the vnyuersall chirche of christ So sayth saynt Paule vmbram habens lex futurorum bonorum that is to say the lawe had but a shadewe of the thynges for to com And ad corinthios omnia in figura contingebant illis All theyr gouernauÌce was but a fygure shadow of the chirche ¶ Now than to my purpose In the gouernauÌce was twayne hedes appoynted one vnder an other Moyses Aaron to coÌdith that people thurgh the deserte vnto the contrey that was promysed vnto theym We woot that that people of the Jewes was shadow of the christen people that theyr Jorney by the desert toward the couÌtre êmysed vnto them was a shadow of our iourney thrugh this wretched world vnto the couÌtre of heuen But Moyses Aaron whiche were the hedes of that people wherof than be they shadow wtouten doute they must be the shadowe of christe of his vycare saynt Peter whiche vnder christ was also the hede of christen people ¶ And wyll ye se this more manyfestly by .iij. lykenesses Fyrst Moyses Aaron bothe of them were preestes Moyses was made by god Aaron made by Moyses at the coÌmauÌdment of god to whom was coÌmytted the cure of the Jewes in the absence of Moyses So christ saynt Peter bothe were preestes of the newe lawe Christ made by his father almyghty god as it is wrytten of hym Tu es sacerdos ineternum scdm ordineÌ Melchisedech that is to say thou art a preest for euer according to the order of Melchisedech And Peter was made by christ to whom he coÌmysed in his absence the cure of the christen people sayenge pasce oues meas pasce pasce pasce The second likenes is this Moyses was meane bytwene almyghty god and Aaron for the causes of the people Aaron was meane bytwene Moyses the people touchynge the causes of god So scrypture techeth Exodi .iiij. Almighty god sayd vnto Moyses spekynge of Aaron Ipse loquetur prote ad populum erit os tuum Tu autem eris ei in iis que ad deum pertinent that is to saye he shall speke in thy stede vnto the people thou shalt be for hym agayn in thoo causes that êteyne vnto god Wyll ye se how christ was the mouthe of Peter towardes almighty god he sayd to saynt peter Simon Simon ecce sathanas expetiuit vos vt cribraret sicut triticum Ego autem rogaui pro te vt noÌ deficiat fides tua et tu aliquaÌdo conuersus confirma fratres tuos that is to saye Simon Simon lo Sathanas hath coueyted gretly to syft you as a man syfteth his whete But I haue prayed for the to th entent that thy faythe do not fayle And thou ones tourned to the stabyll waye conferme thy brethren Se now here wheder christ was not the mouthe of Peter whan he êmoted his cause before almyghty god the father prayed for hym that his faythe shold not fynally perysshe And coÌtrary wyse was not Peter the mouthe of christ whan he to the true waye coÌuerted dyd coÌferme his brethren here note well what authoryte was gyuen to Peter vpon them to coÌferme all the other of his bretheren in the stabyll waye ¶ The thyrd lykenes is this Moyses asceÌded vnto the mouÌte to speke with almighty god and Aaron remayned behynde to instructe the people Dyd not christ lykewyse ascend vnto his father vnto the grete mouÌt of heuen And to what entent I praye you Saynt Paule telleth vt appareat vultui dei pro nobis to appere before the face of almighty god for vs. there to be our aduocate as sayth saynt John And dyd not Peter remayne behynde to teche the people the whiche our sauyour coÌmytted vnto his charge lyke as Aaron was lefte for to do the people of the Jewes whan Moyses was aboue in the mount with god ¶ Thus euery man maye se how that shadowe this thynge agreeth answereth one tyll an other fully clerly But now let vs pause here a whyle I wyll construe this fygure yet by an other dede of christ in that gospel So it was the the Jewes were tributaryes vnto the romaynes for that trybute the heed of euery housholde dyd paye a certayn coyne called didrachma So whaÌ they that were the gaderers of this trybute came to saynt Peter our sauyour bad hym go vnto the see And tolde hym that in a fysshes bely there he shold fynde staterem whiche was a double didrachma and bad hym paye that vnto the gaderers bothe for hymselfe and for chryst Marke here that this trybute was heed money payed for them that were heedes and gouernours of housholdes christ coÌmaunded this to be payed for no moo but onely for hym for saynt Peter therby quyted all the resydue Joyne this facte of the gospel vnto that fygure byfore what can be more euydent to shewe that Peter vnder christ was the heed of al the houshold of christ But yet thyrdly let vs here the testimony of some father of the chirche that this is the veray meanynge of the gospell Saynt Austyn in the boke of questyons of the newe of the olde testameÌt the .lxxv. questyon sayth in this maner didrachma capitum solutio intelligitur the payment of this money was heed money payde for the heedes And after foloweth Saluator quuÌ ê se et Petro dari iubet pro omnibê° exoluisse videtur quia sicut in saluatore erant oeÌs causa magisterii ita post saluatorem in Petro omnes coÌtinentur ipsum eniÌ constituit caput eorum that is to saye whan our sauyour coÌmauÌded this double trybute to be payed for hymself and for Peter in so coÌmaundynge he dyd quyte all the resydue of the apostles for all they were coÌteyned in hym bycause he was theyr mayster And as al they were conteyned in our sauyour So after our sauyour all they were coÌteyned in Peter for christ made hym the heed of them all Here note of saynt Austyn that saynt Peter bycause he was heed of them all all they were coÌteyned in hym therfore this trybute that was payed for hym was payed for them al. But yet by an other scrypture whiche I rehersed before Saynt Austyn