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
of with expedycyon Well I saye neyther thys lawe nor the woorde and commaundemente of God moued thys wycked Iudge nor the myserye of thys wyddowe nor the vpryghteousnes of hyr cause nor the wronge whyche shetoke moued hym but to auoyde importunytye and clamoure and exclamatyon he gaue hyr the hearynge he gaue hyr fynal sentence and so she hadde hyr requeste Thys place of Iudgemente it hathe bene euer vnperfecte it was neuer sene that all Iudges dyd theyr dutye that they woulde heare the small as well as the greate I wyll not proue thys by the wytnes of anye priuate magistrate but by the wyseste Kynges sayinge that euer was Vibi subsole sayth Salomō In loco iusticie impietatem et in loco equitatis iniquitatem I haue sene vnder the sunne that is to saye ouer all in euerye place where ryght iudgement shoulde haue bene wickednes as who would saye brybes takinge defeatinge of iustice oppressyng of y e poore Men sente away with wepynge teares wythout anye hearynge of their causes and in the place of equitye sayth he I haue sene iniquitie No equitie No iustice a sore worde for Salomon to pronounce vniuersallye gene rallye And if Salomon said it ther is a matter in it I wene he sayed it not onelye for hys owne tyme but he sawe it both in those that were before hym and also that were to come after hym Nowe comes Esay and he affyrmeth y e same speaking of the iudgementes done in hys tyme in the commune place as it myghte be Westminster hall the gylde hall the Iudges hall the pretpro house Call it what you wyll In the opē place For iudgs at that tyme accordynge to the maner sate in the gates of che citye in the hye way A goodly and Godlye order for to sitte so that the poore people maye easelye come to them But what sayeth Esaye that seditiouse fellowe He sayeth of hys countrey this Expectaui ut facere tiuditium et fecit iniquitatem I loked the iudges should do theyr dutye and I sawe them worcke iniquitye Ther was brybes walkynge money makynge makynge of handes quod the Prophete or rather almyghtye God by the Prophete suche is theyr parcialitye affeccion and brybes They be suche money makers inhauncers and promoters of them selues Esay knewe thys by the cryynge of the people Ecce clamor populi sayeth he And thoughe some a monge theym be vnreasonable people as manye be nowe adayes yet no doubte of it some cryeth not wythout a cause And why Theyr matters are not hearde they are fayne to go home wyth weping teares that fall downe by theyr chekes and ascende vp to heauen and crye for vengeaunce Let Iudges loke a boute them for surely God wyl reuenge his elect one day And suerlye me thynke yf a Iudge woulde followe but a worldelye reason and wey the matter politickelye wythoute these examples of scripture he should feare more the hurt that maye be done hym by a poore wyddowe or a myserable man then by the greateste Gentyll man of them all God hath pulled y e iudges skinnes ouer their heades for the poore mās sake yea the pore wyddowe maye do hym more hurt wyth hyr poore pater noster in hyr mouth then any other weapon and with .ii. or thre wordes shall bryng him downe to the grounde and destroye hys iollitye cause hym to lose more in one day then he gate in seuē yeres For God wil reuenge these miserable folkes that can not helpe them selues He sayth Ego in diei visitationis etc. In the daye of visitatyon I wyll reuenge theym An non ulcisceturanima mea Shall not my soule be reuēged As who shuld saye I must nedes take theyr part Veniens ueniam et non tardabo Yes thoughe I tary and thoughe I seme to linger neuer so long yet I wyl come at the length that shortly And if god spake this he wil perfourme his promise He hath for their sakes as I tould you pulled thē skynne ouer the iudges eares or thys Kinge Dauid trusted some in hys olde age that dyd hym no very good seruece Now if in the people of God there were some folkes that fel to brybing thē what was their among the Heathen Absalon Dauids sonne was a by walker and made disturbaunce amonge the people in his fathers tyme. And thoughe he were a wycked man and a by walker yet some there were in that tyme that were good and walked vp ryghtlye I speake not thys agaynste the Iudges seate I speake not as though all iudges were naught and as thoughe I dyd not holde wyth the Iudges maiestrates and offycers as the Anabaptystes these faulse heretykes do But I Iudge them honorable necessarye and Goddes ordinaunce I speake it as scripture speaketh to geue a Caueat and a warnynge to all magistrates to cause theym to loke to theyr offices for the deuyll the greate magistrate is verye busy nowe he is euer doynge he neuer ceaseth to go about to make thē like hym selfe The prouerbe is Simele gaudet simili Lyke woulde haue lyke If the iudge be good and vpright he wil assaye to deceaue hym either by the subtyll suggestyon of crafty laywers or els by false wytnesse and subtyll vtterynge of a wrong matter He goeth about as much as he can to corrupt the men of lawe to make them fal to brybery to laye burdens on pore mennes backes and to make them fal to periurye and to bryng into the place of iudgement al corruptyon iniquytye and impietye I haue spoken thus much to occasyon al Iudges and magystrates to loke to theyr offyces They had nede to loke about them This geare moued saint Christome to speake thys sentence Miror sialiquis rectorū potest saluari I maruaile saied this doctour if anye of these rulers or greate magistrates can be saued He spake it not for the impossibilitie of the thinge God forbyd that all the magistrates iudges should be condempned but for the difficultye Oh that a man myght haue the contemplation of hell that the deuyl woulde a lowe a man to loke into hel to se the state of it as he shewed all the worlde whē he tēpted Christ in the wildernes Commonstrat illi omnia regna mundi He shewed hym al the kyngedomes of the worlde and al theyr iollytye and tolde hym that he woulde gyue hym all if he would knele downe and worshyp hym He lyed lyke a faulse harlot he could not gyue theym he was not able to giue so much as a gose wynge for they were none of hys to giue The other that he promysed them vnto had more ryghte to them then he But I saye if one were admytted to viewe hell thus and beholde it thorowelye the deuyll wolude saye On yonder syde are punyshed vnpreaching prelates I thynke a man shoulde se as far as a kenninge and se nothynge but vnpreachynge Prealates He myghte loke
wrought in hyr When she was brought to punishment she desyred to cōfesse hyr faulte she toke of hyr death that she was giltlesse in that thynge she suffered for and hyr neyghbours would haue borne hyr wytnes in the same She was alwayes an honeste ciuell woman hyr neyghbours woulde haue gone on hir purgacion a greate waye They would nedes haue hir confesse then saith she I am not gylty wold ye haue me to make me gyltye wher I am not Yet for al thys she was a trespasar she had done a greate offence But before I go forward with thys I must first tel you a tale I hearde a good whyle ago a tale of one I saw the mā that tolde me the tale not longe ago in thys auditorye He hath traueiled in mo countries thē one He toulde me that there was once a pretour in Rome Lorde mayre of Rome a ryche manne one of the richest marchauntes in all the cytye sodaynelye he was caste in the castle Aungell It was herde of euerye man whispered in an others eare What hath he done Hathe he kylled anye man No. Hath he medled wyth Alam oure holye fathers marchādice No Hath he coūterfaited our holy fathers Bulles No. For these were hye treasons ▪ One rowned an other in the ear and said Erat Diues He was a riche man A great fault Here was a goodlye pray for that holye father It was in Popes Iulius tyme he was a greate warrioure Thys praye would healpe hym to mayntayne hys warres a ioly praye for our holy father So thys woman was Diues She was a rych womā she had her lādes by the Shiriffes nose He was a gentil man of a long nose Such a cup such a couer She wold not depart from her own Thys Shyriffe was a couetnouse man a worldely man The Iudge at the enpanelyng of the queste hadde hys grauelookes and charged them wyth thys It was the Kynges matter loke well vpon it When it makes for their purpurpose they haue the Kynge the kynge in theyr mouthes Wel some what there was ther was walkynge of angelles betwene them I would wishe that of suche a Iudge in Englande nowe we might haue y e skin hāged vp It were a goodly signe the sygne of the iudges skynne It shoulde be Lotis wyfe to all Iudges that shoulde folow after By thys ye may perceiue it is possible for a manne to answere for hym self and be arrained at the barre neuertheles to haue wronge Yea ye shall haue it in fourme of lawe and yet haue wronge to So it is possible ▪ in a case for a manne that hath in his absence ataintement to haue right no wronge I wyl not saye naye but it is a good lawe for a man to answere for him selfe this is reasonable alowable good And yet suche an vrgente cause maye be suche a respect to a commune wealth that a man may rightlye be condemned in hys absence There be such causes that a man maye in hys absence be condemned but not ofte except they be such cases that the reason of the generall lawe maye be kepte I am prouoked of some to condēpne this lawe but I am not able so it be but for a time and vpon wayghty consideraciōs so that it be vsed rarely seldomly for auoyding distrubaunce in the cōmune wealth such an epiky and moderacion maye be vsed in it And neuertheles it is verye mete and requisite that a man should answere for hym selfe ▪ We must consider the groūd of the lawe for Ratio legis anima legis The reason of the lawe is the soule of the lawe Why what is the reason and ende of the lawe It is thys that no man shoulde be iniured A man may in hys attayntmente haue no more wronge done hym then if he aunswered for hym selfe Ah then I am not able to saye that in no wise and arrainemēt maye be tourned in to attaintement A mā maye haue wronge and that in open iudgemente and in forme of lawe and yet alowed to aunswere for him self and euen so is possible he maye haue ryghte thoughe he neuer aunswere for hym selfe I wyll not say but that the parliament houses both hye and lowe may erre and yet they may do wel christen subiectes must take all thynges to the beste and expounde theyr doynges well althoughe they can not yelde a reason for it except their proceadings be manifestli wicked For though they can not attayne to se for what purpose thynges be done it is no good reasone that they be called euell done therefore And is thys a good argumente he is not alowed to answer for hym selfe in thys place or that place where he wyll appoynte Ergo he is not alowed to answere for him selfe No. He myght haue aunswered the beste he coulde for hym selfe before a greate meanye and haue hadde moe to if he had requyred theym Yea and was commaunded vpon his allegiaunce to speake for hym selfe and to make aunswere but he woulde not nedes he woulde come oute to Iudgemente and appoynte the place hym selfe A manne that answeres for hym selfe at the barre is not allowed hys manne of lawe to answere for hym but he muste aunswere hym selfe Yet in the Parliament althoughe he were not there hym selfe anye frende he had had lyberty to aunswere for him franke and fre I know of the olde manner The tenour of the wryttes is thys Euerye man to speake the best he knoweth of hys conscience for the kynges magesties honour and the wealth of the realme There were in the Paliamente in both houses a great meanye learned men conscionable men wise mē When that man was attainted there and they hadde lybertye ther to say naye to his attayntmente yf they woulde Sure I am the mooste allowed it or else it coulde not haue gone forwarde These premisses considered I woulde haue you to beare such a hert as it be commeth christen subiectes I knowe what men say of me wel ynoughe I could pourge my selfe There is that prouokes me to speake againste thys lawe of attayntemente they saye I am not indyfferente Surelye I woulde haue it to be doone rarely vpon some greate respect to the commune wealth for a uoiding of greater tumulte and peryll Saynct Paule was allowed to answere for hym selfe if Lisias the tribune hadde not plucte hym awaye from shewynge of hys matter it hadde coste hym hys lyfe Where he was saued by the magystrate beynge but a pryuate manne Wyll ye not alowe that some thyng be done as wel for sauyng of the magistrates lyfe It be houes theym of the Parliament to looke wel vpon the matter And I for my parte thyncke not but they dyd well else I should not yelde the dutye of a subiecte Some liken me to doctour Shaw that preached at Pauls crosse that Kynge Edwardes sonnes were bastardes An easy matter for one of the counsell to doctour Shaw did
The feare is past for it is done all redy New byshoppes of olde Abbottes Wordly polycye feareth not God Smel feastes or flatterâ—rs Pharao Exod. vij viij ix.x. Ieroboam iij. Kyng xij Thogh his termes are homely yet are the good inogh for the persones that c. Suche an answer woulde cut his comb make hym to go away as he had a flea in hys eare â— charme to chase away claubackes â—â—j of kyng iij ij of Chrenicles i b Salomon is a president of prayer for kynges Salomon asketh wisdome Study and prayer muste be coupled to geather God minystres occasioÌ„ to vse his gyftes at one time or other How shoulde we haue mo vpskypped gentlemen were it not for theyr purchasyng iij. of kyng iij The coÌ„playnt of the two harlottes to Salomon Wysdome causeth a king to be feared M.L. request to my Lord Protectours grace M. Money wyl be herd she soundes so shyrle and speaketh so pleasantly y t euery man is glad to haue her take her in their handes Veluet cotes vpskyppes M.L. is troubled in solycytyng poore mennes suytes The gentylwomaÌ„nes coÌ„playnt to M. L. Lawyers are lyke Swytcheners that serue where they may haue most money Luke y e xviâ—â— Except before except that is to saye except yt be for money The poore womaÌ„ lyinge in the Flete A preacher hath two offices i. To teache true doctrine ij To confute gaynsayers spurners against y e troth Preachers haue euer had gaynsayers Exo. vij vist ix.x. iij. King xviij Math. xij xv.xvi Actes xxviij Eusebius de temporibus Hystoria ecclesiastica Antonius sabellicus We were theÌ„ at a peace w t the deuyl and at debate w t God The deuyll makes no dissention in Turkye No heresyes amongest the Iewes When y e deuil bestyrreth him plaieth hys parte Preachers are noted to be the cause of sedition The .xvi. of Mat. Mark viij Luk ix They was neuer so great dissention as when Chryst preached ij Tymo iij. A preacher offyce is to be a mouth stopper But not to haue hys one mouthe stopped wyth a benefice or a byshop rike The Epiloge or rehersal of the fyrste sermon The Kynges Scole masteres are praysed worthely The Counsayle of England haue their coÌ„dyng and worthye prayse The people dyd not repyne agaynst Kynge Iosyas in hys minorite What is a Prynce lyke pastme God is carefull for a kynges house and the order of y e same The kinge is in euery mannes mouth when it makes for their purpose Mayn for shyftes and put offes A kynge must not be proude iii. Kyndes of prid in a king Kinges haue clawe backes and docter pycke mote hys fellowe a boute hym Clawbackes counsel A King must praye as wel as rede Salomon praied for wysedome Salomon herd the causes coÌ„plaintes of his people in hys own person M Latimers request to the lordes for the abolishemeÌ„t of whordome Al the Corinthyans charged for one mans synne More whoredom in londoÌ„ theÌ„ euer there was on the banke Of one that reported M. Latimer to be a sedicioÌ„s fellowe Christ was noted for a sediciouse styrrer of the people How M Latimer was accused to oure sate Kyng of famous memory Kynge Henry the eyght and hys answere His aunswer to the kynge In preaching we must haue respecte to the place and to the personnes M. Latimer was euer voide of sedicion and yet styl charged and burdened ther with How M. Latimer hys peÌ„tecostal was deteined and vppon what skyll Of the newe shyllynge M. Latimer noted of a syngalaritie A paraphrastical exposition The byshoppes called the people ignoraunte they were y e cause of it theÌ„ selus M. Latimer hath gotten Esay the prophet to be his companion in sedicion Marke well hys termes Esay medled wyth the coyne of the mynte Two causes why moneye in Esayes tyme was more basor worse Esaye medeleth wyth vinteners M. L. was sumthynge scrupulous when he was a masse sayet in delayinge of his wyne wyth water Esaye spoke of one vyce but he mente yt of mo Cloth makers are become Poticaryes and yet professe them selues to be Gospellers A pretti kynd of mlutipliing Folcke powther These mixtures and multipliynges are theft Esaye was sumwhat homely when he calleth the magystrates vnfaythfull and fellowes of theues Ther are two kynde of theuynges a grosse kynde of theuyng a pryncely kynde of theuynge Brybery is a kynde of theauynge Brybes haue gotten a new name and vnder a coloure are called geÌ„til rewardes but that is not their christen name We are worsse then the styffe necked Iewes The good wyl not spurne nor kycke at the preacher So it faryth by a galled Horsse Gyffe Gaffe was a good fellowe A good fellow was biddeÌ„ to breakfast to a puddynge They follow brybes as fast as the fellow dyd the puddynge Of the stout â— horneful geÌ„tilman which sayed y t he hys mule had ful absolucioÌ„ at Paules crosse The preachers wordes in hys absolucion Mule The mysreporte of M· Latimar is worldly wise but in godlye matters as blynde as a beatael A charytable whyshe of M Latimar Howe tender and deyntey eared men of these dayes be that had rather commyt .xx. faultes then here tel of one Poore mens sonnes for the most part haue euer traueled about the settynge forth of Goddes worde Iohannes Alasco â–ª Yt is honorable for the Kynge to be munificial lyberal toward the learned Petrus martyr and Bernardine Ochiue The parable of the wicked Iudge Some as paynefull magystrates in England an euer was A good leasson for suche as are magistrates but none of the best How and by what meanes we should resorte to God in aduersitye The sweteâ—â— promysse of Chryste The order of our prayer and askynge What God woulde heare of vs wher in he delytes Moyses vsed prrayer as an instrument in aduersyte Exod. xiiij Iosue was in anguyshe and dystresse and prayed For Achans couetousnes many a thousande punyshed Iosue vij Iosue put Achanto death Iosue vij Paral. xx Many begâ—â— to praye but few perseuer and contynue in prayer Caste awaye synne then praye A notable lesson for hym whych prayeth The coÌ„mon maner of a wycked Iudge Whether Chrystyan people maye seke to be auenged Actes xxij Math. xxvi The maner of our Iudges nowe a dayes in hearyng the poore against the ryche How god teÌ„dreth and regardes the cause of the wyddow and the poore Cambises And old soth say but thoughe y â— sayinge be none of y e newist I fear me yet it is it one of the tâ—west The brybing Iudge was flayed quicke and hys skyn layed in hys chapre Amen or els I praye god we may haue such incorruptible Iudges which wil not deserue it â–ª God hath .ij. vysitations Noe preached goddes worde an C. yeares and was called a foole for hys labour Geue xix Exod. vij Germany made a myngle mangle of theyr relygyon couetousnes cloked vnder a couloure of relygyon amongest the Germaynes