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A05142	The seconde [seventh] sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer which he preached before the Kynges Maiestie [with?]in his graces palayce at Westminster, ye xv. day of Marche [-xix daye of Apryll], M.ccccc.xlix.	Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555.	1549 (1549)	STC 15274.7; ESTC S122869	128,935	442

God sayeth it poluteth the whole realme ▪ Polluitur illa terra et ●●non potest expiari sine sanguine The lande can not be purged nor clensed agayne tyll hys bloude be shed that shed it It is the office of a king to se suche murders punished with death Non frustra gesta gladiū What wyl ye make of a kinge He beareth a swerd before hym not a Pecokes fether I go not about to styrrc you nowe to crudelitye but I spake agaynste bearynge of bloudshed Thys bearynge must be loked vpon In certayne causes of murther such great circumstaunces may be that the kynge maye pardon a murtherer But if I were worthye to be of counsaylle or if I were asked myne aduice I wolde not haue the kynge to pardō a voluntary murtherer a prepēsed murther I can tell where one man slew an other in a tounshyp was attached vpō the same .xii. men were impaneled the man hadde frendes the Shirife laboured the bench the .xii. men stacke at it and sayed excepte he woulde disburse .xii. crownes they woulde fynd him gyltie Meanes were found that the xii crownes was payed The quest commes in and sayes not giltye Here was a not gyltye for xii crownes Thys is bearing And some of the bench were hanged thei were wel serued Thys makes men bolde to do murder and slaughter We shoulde reserue murderynge tyll we come to our ennemyes and whyle the Kynge bydde vs fight He that wolde be stur hym than were a pretie felow in dede Crowenes If theyr crownes were shauen to the shoulders they were serued well inoughe I knewe where a womanne was gotwyth chylde and was a shamed at the matter and wente into a secreate place where she hadde no women at her trauail and was deliuered of thre chyldren at a byrthe She wrounge theyr neckes and caste theym into a water and so kylde her chyldren Sodaynelye she was gaunte agayne and her neyghboures suspectynge the matter caused her to be examened she graunted all Afterwarde she was rayned at the barre for it and dyspatched and founde not giltye throughe bearynge of friendes and brybynge of the iudge Where at the same sessions another poore womanne was hanged for stealing a fewe ragges of a hedge that were not worthe a crowne There was a certayne gentle man a professour of the word of God he spedde neuer the better for that ye maye besure whoo was accused for murtheryng of a manne where vppon he was cast into prison And by chaūce as he was in pryson one of hys friendes came vnto hym for to visite hym and he declared to hys friende that he was neuer gylty in the murtheryng of the man So he wente hys wayes the gentle man was arayned condempned and as he wente to hys execusion he sawe hys frendes seruaunte and sayd vnto hym Commende me to thy master and I praye the tel him I am the same man styl I was when he was wyth me And if thou tary a whyle thou shalt se me dye There was sute made for thys mannes pardon but it coulde not be gotten Bilike the Shiriues or some other bare hym no good wyll But he dyed for it And afterwarde I beyng in the Tower hauynge leaue to come to the Lieuetenauntes table I hearde hym saye that ther was a man hanged afterwarde that kylled the same manne for whom this Gentyll man was put to death O Lord what bearyng what bolsteryng of naughtye matters is thys in a Chrystian realme I desyre youre Maiestye to remedye the matter and God graūt you to se a redres in thys realme in your owne person Althoughe my Lord Protector I doubt not and the reste of the counsayle do in the meane whyle all that lyeth in theym to redresse thinges I woulde such as be rulers noble men maisters should be at this poynt w t their seruauntes to certify them on thys sort If anye man go about to do you wrong I wyl do my best to helpe you in your right But if thou breke the lawe thou shalte haue iustice If ye wyll be manquellers murderers transgressoures loke for no bearynge at my handes A straunge thynge What nede wee in the vengaunce to burden oure selues wyth other mēnes synnes Haue we not synnes inowe of oure owne what neade haue I to burden my selfe wyth other mennes synnes I haue burdens and .ii. heapes of synnes One hepe of knowen sinnes an other of vnknowen synnes I hade nede to say Aboccultis meis mūdame domine O Lorde deliuer me frō my hidden and my vnknowē synnes Then if I beare wyth other mennes synnes I muste saye Delyuer me frome my other mennes sinnes A straunge sayinge frome my other mens synnes Who beareth wyth other folkes offences he communycateth wyth other folkes synnes Men haue sinnes inoughe of theyr owne althoughe they beare not and bolster vp other men in theyr naughtynes thys bearinge thys bolsteryng lokyng thorowe their fingers is naught What the fayre happe should I or anye else encrease my burden Myne other mens synnes for gyue me o Lord. A straūge language they haue hid sinnes of their own inough althoughe they beare not wyth gyltines of other mens synnes Oh father Samuell would not beare hys owne sonnes He offered hys owne sonnes to punyshment And saied Ecce filli mei vobiscum sunt Euen at the fyrste tyme he sayed Lo here they be I discharge my selfe take them vnto you and as for my parte Prest● sum loqui coram domino et Christo eius I am here ready to answer for my selfe before the Lorde and hys anointed Behold here I am record of me before the Lorde Vtrum cuiusquā bona c. Whether I haue taken any mans oxe ani mans asse or wether I haue done anye man wronge or hurte anye man or taken any bribes at anye mans hande I canne commende the Englyshe traslation that doeth interprete munera bribes not gyftes They answered nay forsooth We knowe no such thinges in you Testis est michi deus saieth he God is witnes Quod nihil inueneritis in manu mea That you haue found nought in my handes Fewe suche Samuels are in England nor in the world Why dyd Samuell thys marye to purge hymselfe he was enforced to it for he was wrōgfullye deposed Thē bi this ye mai perceiue the fault of the Iewes for they offended not God in askyng of a king but for asking for a kinge to the wronging and desposiciō of good father Samuel If after Samuels death the people had asked of God a kynge they hadde not faulted but it is no smale faute to put an innocente out of his office Kynge Dauyd lykewyse commaunded his people to be numbred and therewyth offended God greuouslye Why might he not knowe the numbre of hys people Yes it was not the numbrynge of the people that offended God for a king may number his people but he dyd it of a pride of an elacion of mynde not accordyng to Gods

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

saith They haue not had the feare of God before theyr eyes nor haue not regarded disciplyne and correction I neuer sawe surely so lyttel discipline as is nowe a daies Men wil be maysters they wyll be maysters and no Disciples Alas where is thys disciplyne nowe in England The people regarde no disciplyne they be without all order Where they should geue place they will not stur on inch yea wher magistrates should determyne matteres they wyll breake into the place before they come and at theyr commynge not moue a whytte for them Is this discipline Is thys good order Yf a man say anye thynge vnto them they regarde it not They that be called to aunswere wyll not aunswere dirertlye but skoffe the matter out Men the more they knowe the worsse they be it is truely sayed Sciencia inflat knoweledg maketh vs proude and ranseth vs to forget all and set a waye discipline Suerlye in Poperye they had a reuerence but nowe we haue none at all I neuer sawe the lyke Thys same lacke of the feare of God and discipline in vs was one of the causes that the father woulde not heare hys sonne Thys payne suffered our sauioure Christ for vs who neuer deserued it Oh what it was that he suffered in thys gardeyn till Iudas came The doloures the terroures the sorrowes that he suffered be vnspeakeble He suffered partelye to make amendes for oure synnes and partelye to geue vs example what wee should do in lyke case What comes of thys geare in the ende Well nowe he prayeth agayne he resorteth to hys father agayne Angore correptus prolixius orabat He was in sorer paines in more anguishe then euer he was and therefore he prayeth longer more ardente lye more feruentelye more vehementli then euer he did before Oh Lorde what a wonderfull thynge is thys thys horroure of death is worsse then death it selfe more vgsome more bytter then anye bodylye death He prayeth nowe the thirde tyme. He dyd it so instantlye so feruentlye that it brought out a bloudy sweate suche plentye that it dropped downe euen to the ground There issued out of hys precious body droppes of bloude What a payne was he in when these bloudy droppes fel so abūdantlye from hym Yet for all that howe vnthankefull do we shewe oure selues towarde hym that dyed onely for oure sakes and for the remedy of oure synnes Oh what blasphemye do we commit daye by daye what litle regarde haue we to hys blessed passion thus to sweare by goddes bloude by Christes passion We haue nothynge in no pastime but gods bloude gods woūdes We continually blaspheme hys passion in haukyng huntyng dising and cardynge Who would thynke he shoulde haue suche enemyes amonge those that professe hys name What became of hys blud that fell downe trowe ye was the bloud of Hales of it wo worth it What a do was it to brynge thys oute of the kynges heade Thys great abhomynacyon of the bloud of hales could not be taken a great whyle out of hys mynde You that be of the courte and especially ye sworne chaplaynes beware of a lesson that a greate man taught me at my fyrst commynge to the court he tolde me for good wyll he thoughte it well He sayed vnto me You must beware howe so euer ye do that ye contrary not the Kynge lette hym haue hys sayinges folowe hym go wyth hym Mary out vpon thys coūsayle shall I saye as he sayes Say youre conscience or elce what a worme shal ye fele gnawynge what a remorse of conscience shall ye haue when ye remembre howe ye haue slacked your duty It is as a good wise verse Gutta cauat lapidē non ui sed sepe cadendo The drop of raine maketh a hole in the stone not by violence but by ofte fallynge Lyke wyse a Prynce muste be turned not violentelye but he must be wonne by a lytel a lytle He muste haue hys dutye tolde hym but it muste be done wyth humblenes wyth requeste of pardon or els it were a daungerous thyng Unpreachynge Prelates haue bene the cause that the bloud of Hales did so lōg blind the Kynge Wo worthe that suche an abhomynable thynge should be in a Christen realme but thankes be to God it was partly redressed in the Kynges dayes that dead is and muche more nowe God graunte good wyl and power to go forwarde yf ther be any such abhomynacion behynd that it may vtterlye be rooted vp O how happy are we that it hath pleased almyghty God to vouchsafe that hys sonne shuld sweate bloude for the redemyng of oure synnes and agayne howe vnhappye are we yf we wyll not take it thanckefullye that was redemed so paynefullye Alas what harde hartes haue we Oure Sauioure Christe neuer synned and yet sweat he bloud for oure sinnes we wyll not once watter oure eyes wyth a fewe teares What an horrible thyng is sinne that no other thynge would remedy and paye the ransome for it but only the bloud of our Sauioure Christe There was nothynge to pacify the fathers wrath agaynste man but suche an Agony as he suffered All the passion of all the martyrs that euer were all the sacrifyces of Patriarkes that euer were al the good workes that euer were done were not able to remedye our synne to make satisfaction for oure synnes nor anye thynge besydes but thys extreme passion and bloud sheddyng of our most merciful Sauiour Christ. But to drawe towarde an ende what became of thys thre fold prayer at the lēgth it pleased God to here his sonnes prayer and sent hym an aungell to corroborate to strengthen to comforth him Christ nede no aungels helpe if he had lysted to ease him selfe wyth hys deitye He was the sonne of God what then for so muche as he was man he receyued comforth at the Aungels hande as it accordes to oure infirmitie Hys obedyence hys contynaunce and sufferynge so pleased the father of heauen that for hys sonnes sake be he neuer so greate a synner leauynge hys synne and repente ynge for the same he wyll owe hym suche fauoure as though he had neuer commyted anye synne The father of heauen wyll not suffer him to be tēpted with thys greate horroure of death and hell to the vttermoste and aboue that he is able to beare Loke for it my friendes by him and through him he shal be able to ouercome it let vs do as our Sauioure Christe dyd and we shal haue helpe from a boue we shall haue angels helpe yf we trust in hym heauen and earth shall geue vp rather then we shal lacke helpe He sayth he is Adiutor in necessitatibus an helper in tyme of nede When the angell had comforted hym and when thys horroure of deathe was gone he was so stronge that he offered himselfe to Iudas and sayed I am he To make an ende I praye you take paynes it is a daye