hym shoulde be made the sonnes of adoption of the heuenly father and the heyres of god the coinherytours of Iesus Christe too the Romayns y e .viij. Chapter which is soo greate a well sprynge of eloquence that as it is euermore worthe worthy it can not be expownded god the father shewynge to vs and towardes vs hys mercy in Christ Iesu what tong is able to declare or expres y e commodites whiche Christ Iesu the sonne of god and of Mary the vyrgyn hath brought vnto vs by his holynatiuite But what shuld we do When god for y â— his vnspeakeable goodnes doth desyre nothingels but that we should be thankefull vnto him and gyue dayly thankes both vnto god the father and vnto our Christ euen vnto hym for that that for oure saakes he dydde vouchesafe hys onely Sonne the cause of our helth to be borne of the virgin Mary to this end that he obeying the will of his father did not refuse to take our fleshe on him and to make vs free from the curse of the lawe from synne from the tyrany of the deuyl Let vs therfore gyue thankes vnto god the holy ghoste for that he did make by his holy power both the body and soule of Christe in the wombe of the holy Vyrgyn that CHRIST beynge verye man should get vs our saluatioÌ„ shulde bryng vs to euerlastinge lyfe prayse be vnto god the father and his sonne Iesus Christe and to the holye gost now euermore so be it The fyfte Sermon domestical vnto their Children of the passyon of Christ IT foloweth as ve knowe welbeloued chyldreÌ„ in our belief which suffered vnder pontius Pylate y t is I beleue in Iesus Christe bothe the sonne of god of the Virgin which suffered vnder Pontius Pylat for as there may be no doubt of the natiuitie of christ therfore is it added into the belief borne of mary the Vyrgyn where the name of the Virgyn is plainelye expressed euen also as I myght vse the wordes of saincte Cypriane least the passione of Christ shoulde wauer as a vaine and phaÌ„tasticall thinge the tyme where in christ did suffer verely wheÌ„ Poncius Pylate was lieutenante of the Romain Impire it is expressed very wel What is it to beleue that christ suffered vnder pontius pilate this thinge is meante in it that he shoulde make a mendes for my synnes and therfore to go vnto so vyle a death for Peter in his first Epistle the second chapiter saith Christ did beare in his body our synnes vpon the crosse where by we beinge dead to sinne should lyue vnto iustice with whose strypes wee are made hole addeth vnto this thynge y e saying of Esaye In the .liij. Chapter Truelye he did beare our infirmities and he did suffer our paines It is trulye by cause I wold expound y e thyng more at large The passion of Christ after y e mind of sainct Augustine is two waies to be taken first as an holy sacrament theÌ„ as an example as a sacrament trewly for that it signifieth kylleth synne in vs. As an example that we should frely and â—…lilyngely heare all maner of euyls w t a good herte whiche be sente to vs by Christ perswadynge with our selues y t all thoose afflyctions in the passyon of Christ are made acceptable in the syght of god that also if nede shall require we offer our selues to Christ eueÌ„ as a sacrifice willyngly for oure neyghboures euen as Christe did offer him selfe a sacrifyce for vs to god the father as a smelle of a good and swete sauer Ephesyans the v. chapter For whi Christ dyd suffer for vs leauynge to vs an example that we shoulde folow his foote steppes and here Christ sayth Mathew the .x Chapter Who so euer doch not take his cros and folowe me is not worthy of me Iesus Christe graunte that we maye take his passion with a trewe faythe and we being once entred into his fote stepes may come thyther where he is come syttynge on the ryghte hande of god almighty To whom be prayse glory worlde w t oute ende Soo be it The sixte domesty call Sec mon to their children of the crosse of Christ â–ª WE haue not as yet expouÌ„ded well beloued Chyldren all those thyn ges by y e which Christ was made our lorde for now we must intreate of this thinge which we do professe in our belief I beleue in Iesus Christe whiche was crucified which without doubt I do protesse that I do beleue that Christ the sonne both of god and the Virgyn was my priest in the very crosse and y â— he hath offered a liuely sacrifice to god â—uen hym self for my sinnes And y â— there is none other satisfaction for my sinnes which god the father doth receyue but onely this one oblation of Christ vpon the crosse which offeryng was once of fered in the crosse But euen so that all which beleue truely in Christ he dooeth helpe theÌ„ alway make theÌ„ clene froÌ„ al their sins y â— remeÌ„braunce of which oblation Christ hath left in hys supper vnto vs for Cristes words be these â—u .xxij. This is my body whiche shall be betrayed for you do this in my remembraunce And Paul y â— â—ieste Epistle to the CorinthiaÌ„s the xi Chap. setteth fourth y â— Christe after the same maner dyd take the eup and sayde this eup is the newe testamet in my bloude do ye thys so often as ye shall drynke of it in the remembraunce of me Sainct Chrisostome in his commentaries vpon the Epistles of Saynte Paul to y â— Hebrews sayth That thyng that we do it is done in his remeÌ„brance the which is done c. Furthermore for the oblation made done vpon the crosse for our syns Paul dothe testifye in many places for to the Ephesy ans the .v. Chapiter he sayeth Christ deliuered hym selfe for vs an offeryng sacrifice to god in a swete sauour of a swete smell Where Paul welbe loued children withe fewe wordes doth declare y â— the sacrifices of y â— old testament were figurs of y â— sacrifice of Christ made on the crosse to the Hebrues the .ix. Chapter Christ was once offered for vs for to take awaie the synnes of manye men And vnto y â— Hebrues the .x. Chapter Here truely Christe once beyng offered a sacrifice for our synnes doth syâ— at the ryght hande of god for with one oblation he made perfecte for euer all those whiche be sainctified To the Collossians the ij Chapter He forgyuyng vs al our synnes hath put out the hand writinge that was against vs conteined in the law writen and that hath he takeÌ„ oute of the waye and hath fastined it to hys crosse and hathe spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of them openly hath tryumphed ouer them in his own person w t which words Paul writeth y â— christ did triumph on y e crosse For euen in lyke case as those
✚ The Seconde parte of the Domesticall or housholde Sermons for a godly housholder to his childreÌ„ and familie Compyled by the godly learned man Christopher Hegendorffine doctor most necessarye for all faythefull housholders now first translated out of laten in to English by Henry Reiginalde Anuo M. D. xlix Deut .vi. These wordes which I coÌ„maunde the this day shal bee in thy herte and thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children and shalte talke of theym when thou arte at home in thy house and as thou walkeste by the waye c. The first and second sermon of the belief be prynted in the first parte ✚ The third Sermon domesticall vnto their children of the conception of Christe TO the first sentence of our belief well beloued childrâ—… this clause is wont to bean nexed I beleue in Iesus Christ our lord Anbic can not be declared what strength is in this worde our lorde for heere we witnes y t we doo beleue that Iesus Christe hathe brought and delyuered vs from the captiuitie of synne death hell and the deuil vndernethe his domynion And nowe doth rule all these enemyes and that we through Christ be higher then these enemyes for Christ hath gotten vnto vs. and not vnto him selfe a tryumphaunte victorie of suche tyranycall enemyes By what meanes Christe hath brought vs vnderneth his power the sequell folowynge sentences of our belief doo more playnely testifye And fyrste it foloweth which was conceyued by y e holy ghost that is I beleue Iesus Christe our lorde to be conceyued in the womb of the holye Virgyn Mary but not coÌ„ceiued by the meane of the seede of maÌ„ but of the holy ghost which in y e womb of the Vyrgyn Mary dyd make the ve ry body of Chryste And that is it that Damel saith the seconde Chapter that Chryste is the stone cut oute with oute handes that is as some men thynke withoute the seede of man to be conceyued in the wombe of the Vyrgin Marye And the Aungell Gabriel luke the fyrst chapter the Vyrgyn demaundyng how she should conceyue a sonne seyng that she neuer knewe man he answered The holy ghoste shall come vpon the the power of the highest shall ouer shadowe the. For this cause Christ wold be conceiued by the holy ghost that our vnpure conception gylty of dampnatioÌ„ for in synne we are conceyued the I. psalme should be purged by hym lest for the syn of our conception we shulde be caste into eternall death he therefore whiche doth beleue that Christe was coÌ„ceyued by the holy ghoste in the womb of the virgyn his mother for hys cause may trewly get and vendicate vnto him selfe purely the conception of Christe eueÌ„ in lyke case as al other thyngs whiche Christe didde for Christe is all ours and all thynges which Christ dyd they be to be accompted in the self same place as if we had done them our selues the which thynges when we haue certifyed oure selues in wee can neuer be trow beled in anye other thynge anye more Christe Iesus whiche is oure lord hath alwaye rule in vs and euen the same which was conceyued by the holy ghoste clense throughly our vnpure conceptyon and gyue vs his grace to beleue that vndoubtedly it is all made cleane bye him So be it The fourth sermon domesticall to their chyldren of Christes byrthe A Few dayes a go welbeloued children ye haue hearde that the churche of Christe doth beleue y t he is y e son of god y t euerlastyng god w t the eternall god the father in lyke power as the father Row when Christe the sonne of god also is very man it foloweth in the belief I beleue in Iesus Christe which was borne of Mary the Virgyn And here is great occasion gyuen vnto me to speake largely of the byrthe of Chryste But when y t he is dyligentely written of by one of the Euangelystes and fyrst of Sainct luke .ij. Chapter Thyther will I sende you And at this tyme we will fyrste intreate what it is to beleue Christ to be borne of Mary the Virgin It is to declare brieflye nothynge else then to beleue that Christe is the sonne of God takyng very humaine flesh of the Virgin he was borne trew man and y t euen of the holy Virgin whose flower of chastitie was not taken awaye no chaunged neither before the byrthe neither in the byrthe neyther after y e byrth And for this cause I do beleue that this thynge was done that he should cleane pourge as well my vnpure natiuitie as al other mens and that he shouldbe that promised seede vnto AbrahaÌ„ our father in the which as well I as all other men be blessed that is that we should folow the remyssion of oure synnes and an eternall lyfe and that we shoulde be deliuered from the power of the denyll And fyrste we muste heere marke y t euery man must veâ—dycate and chalenge vnto hym the natiuitie of Chryst and y t Chryste was borne of the Virgyn Mary for his cause and he muste make hys soule to beleue that his natiuytie is truely pourged and made clene by Christes natyuitte and for to folowe the eternall saluation And that this was no hyndrance vnto him for this syngeth dayly the church onles our lyttell sonne Christ had byne born vnto vs we should haue perysued for euermore for this cause for that we were conceyued in synne and borâ—â— iâ— synne And as Paul to the Ephesians y â— ij chap. saith We are borne y e childreÌ„ of wrathe that is wee of oure owne strength do performe this one thyng for the which thinge god is angry with vs and doth condempne vs. Christ therfore is borne that we beyng the chyldren of wrathe shoulde be made well beloued chyldren of god by hys holy natyuytie and that he shoulde wasshe awaye the fylthynes of oure synnes of our vnpure natiuytie throughe hys holy natiuytie Paul to the Galathyaus y e iiij Cha. de clareth briefly wherfor crist was borne when he sayethe But when the fulnes of tyme was come God sent his sonne made of a womaÌ„ that those which were gyltie vnder the law he shoulde redeme that we should be taken for hys sonnes by adoption Saynt Paul meaneth here in hys saying when the tyme was fulfil led that Christe shoulde be sente here in to this worlde god the father not being requested nor prouoked through our de seruynges but through his vnspeakeable mercy towardes man kynde sente not aungeâ— nor Prophete but his son not that the sonne shoulde here loke after his own coÌ„modities profites but y t he shoulde vendycate and chalenge vs from condemnation of the lawe which could not make amendes for our owne selues by our owne deseruynges for y e which he dyd abundantly make amâ—nds for vs and he beyng the trew lambe of God should take awaye oure synnes Ihon the fyrste Chapter y t so by Christ the onely naturall sonne of god we the whiche shoulde beleue in
that the holy ghost is god as heauen all thyng whiche is in heauen was made by hym Psalme Cxxxviii Whyther shall I god from the spirite And whyther shal I flie froÌ„ thy face It is in no creatures power for to be in all places or to fulfyll all the world but that pertayneth only to God the creator Furthermore that the holie ghost is very god these places may satisfy you for this tyme of the Godhed of y â— holy gost Now I come to the belief in y â— whiche we say I beleue in the holy gost with the whiche woordes I saye that I professe to beleue not onely that the holy ghoste is god with true god y â— father and very god the sonne and for to come forth of them bothe but also maketh in me that thyng that his name doth sygnifye truely that he doth sanctifye me with what meanes that is done y â— nexte sentences of the belefe do declare But truely to beleue in the holy ghoste is to beleue that our hartes are led by hym are styrred by him are moued to beleue the ghospell of Iesu Christ and that by hym we are broughte to the knowledge of the father and Christ and by hym â—e folow Christ our lord and our defender from all kynde of bondage For no man â—â—â— beleue at any time eyther the gospel or can by any meanes beleue christ to be his lord onles it be geueÌ„ him by y â— holye gost Therfore y â— congregatioÌ„ sâ—â—geth in a song Now we beseche the holy ghost y â— first he wil geue vs a true faithe that he wil kepe vs before we come to an end wheÌ„ we coÌ„ehome out of this life full of misery Lordhaue mercy on vs where yâ— here deere childreÌ„ y â— right faith both in y â— gospel to be asked of the holy ghost and Christ Corint .xij. No man can say Lord Iesus but by the holy gost To be short the holy ghost is the same spirite by whoÌ„ our heauenly father bothe woorketh all thyng in vs and doth quicken theÌ„ in vs. And here the congregation doth syngagayne of the holy ghost Withoute the holy ghoste there is nothyng in manne and nothyng is without synne Wherefore welbeloued chyldren when eyther ye wil heare the word of god or doo any thing pray ye to Christ y â— he would send vnto you y â— holy ghost y â— whatsoeuer ye shal here or do y â— ye may both heare it â— do it luckely and happily And first we must desire christ y â— the holy gost may not leaue vs so long as â—e be in this worlde â–ª but at all tymes he maye be chiefly present with vs that he may defend us from the manyfold snares of the deuell preserue our hertes that they beyng alway intente and beeholdyng onely Iesus Christ our sauiour may not bee troubled with any thing contrarye to his commaundement So be it The thirtenth domesticall sermon to their chyldren of Christes Churche IN the last sermon welbeloued childreÌ„ ye haue herd that to beleue in the holye ghost is nothyng els then to beleue that the holy gost is very god with verye God the father and very god the sonne and that he doth make us verily holye euen as his holye name doeth signifie and nowe ye shall heare how by the holy gost we ar made holy and what thynges appertayn vnto him from the first beginning of y â— world and what appertaineth to hym euen to the end of the world This foloweth in the belefe I beleue the holy churche the communion of samtes Here ye oughte to bee admony shed wherefore we saye here I beleue the holy church and not in the holy churche Saint Cyprian doth make aunswere here for this cause it is done that the creator ought to be separated from the creatures and holy thinges may be separated from humayne thynges Furthermore wheÌ„ we professe that we do beleue holy churche we shew and set forth the holynes of the church whiche can not be set forth before our corporall eyes for those thynges which we beleue are not seene with our eyes and so is the holynesse of the churche hydden for god hath wrapped his churche with many kyndes of infirmities with sinne with errours and with a thousande maner of crosses he doeth oppresse it that it seemeth to be nothyng lesse then holye Therfore whosoeuer doeth not obserue and marke the maner of god biligâ—tly seeth or beholdeth y â— errours sinnes and daily falles in those meÌ„ which be born again w t the water of regeneration haue both y â— word of god do kepe it in faith cannot but greatly be offeÌ„ded thinke that those are not to be taken of the holy churche But here perchaunce thou wilt saye But what is the Churche Heare welbeloued children this word Ecelesia is Greke word and in â—aten it signifieth Societatem or Concionem or Coetuns populi in Englishe it signifieth a felowshyp an asseâ—â—ble or a congregatyon of people And this is this holy churche called a certayne feloweshyppe of holye â—â—enne uppon yearthe warrynge vnder Chryste by the holy ghost â—o beholde the offyce of the holy ghoste congregatâ—d in one fayth mynde and vnderstandyng and mdewed with manye gyftes Briefly the holy church is al those whiche beleue in Christ this thing signifieth these wordes I beleue the coÌ„munioÌ„ of samtes Whiche wordes as the holy fathers testifie with one voyce the holy churche is expouÌ„ded to be a communioÌ„ or a felowship or congregatioÌ„ of saintes And this is the thâ—g y â— â— August writeth in a sermon of al saintes Our holy mother y â— faithful churche being sured in all the world taught chafflictions of Christ in the hed Iesu Christ c. But here perchauÌ„ce also you thinke with your selues Behold how is it y â— holy church of christ which as I haue said a little before soÌ„time falleth hedlong into sinne I make answere The holy church is by faith â—â— Iesu Christ whilest truly it doth beleue that by Christes bloud it is washed clene froÌ„ all sinne .i. Iohn n. chap. And y â— holy church of Christ is those that do abstain from the sinnes of the flesh and do exercise theÌ„selfs with spiritual exercises Furthermore it is not so holy that vtterly it lacketh al euill desires may be oppressed with no wicked opinions For y â— church of god must confesse her sinne therfore she praieth y â— her sinnes may be forgeueÌ„ Wherfore she beeleueth to haue remission of her synnes So that now we perceiue that saintes do sinne do â—alle and are disceiued but unawares for they wil not willyngely forsweare Iesu Christ â–ª and renounce his gospell wherfore they do optayne the remission of their sinnes and if they do at any tyme erre from the doctrine of Christ so that neglygentely they be oute of the waye there is made ready for them forgeuenesse for why soÌ„tyme and specially
partly for that in fewe of vs there is true faith that there shalbe a resurrection of y â— dead for if this faithe were strong in vs truly it could not be but y â— we shuld willingly dye but that this sentence of y â— resurrection which shalbe of the dead may bee made to you more familyer and y â— it once well vnderstand myght make you the willynglyer to departe this presente lyfe we shall speake a fewe wordes at this present time of it We saye therfore in our belief I beleue the resurrection oâ— the flesh where by this flesh vnderstand you this our body as you myghte saye I beleue that this my very body shall at lengthe ryse agayne or I beeleue the resurrection of this bodye Wherefore exercise your mynde to beleue this that our body which now here we see shalbe raised again but the condition qualitie â—hanged as I may vse the wordes of S. Cyprian For why this our bydy y â— shal rise shalbe incorruptible and immortall not only the iuste as S. Cyprian saieth but the sinners also The iuste truely for because they shal euer tarry with christ and y â— sinners without any remedy shal euer tarry in euerlasting payn .i. Corint .xv. chap. For this corruptible body must put on incorruption and this mortall bodye must put on immortalitie Iob xix chapter I know that my redemer liueth and in the latter daye I shall ryse from the earth and againe I shalbe couered with my skynne and in my fleshe I shall see God whom euen I my selfe shall see and myne eyes shall loke vpon Furthermore of the resurrection y â— shall be of the dead there be many goodly testimonies in holy scripture Ezech .xxxv. chap. saith Behold I shal open your sepulchres and shal bring you out of your sepulchres Daniel .xii. cha And many of those whiche slepe shall come out of the dust of the earth some to euerlasting life some to their rebuke that they maye alway see Christ saith Iohn .i. The houre shall come in the whiche all that be in y â— graues shall heare his voyce and those which haue done good shal go to the resurrectioÌ„ of life and those that haue done cuyll to the resurrection of condeÌ„nation Matt .xxii. Christ saith also of the resurrection of the dead haue ye not red that it hath bene said vnto you of god which saith I am the god of Abraham the god of Isaac and the god of Iacob God is not the god of the dead but of y â— liuyng And vnto those apply y â— saiyng of Paul .i. Corint .xv .i. Thessa .iiii. and Philip .iij. Chapter In the whiche places there be goodlye testimonyes of the resurrection y â— shalbe of the dead But here perchauÌ„ce ye would saye and how and after what sort shall the resurrection of the dead be To these words doth Paul make vs answere and say .i. Corint .xv. chap .i. Thess .iiii. chap. We tell you verily this thyng as the word of the Lorde that we which liue and shalbe least to the commyng of the lord shall not preuente and come before those whiche doo slepe For y â— same lord with a commaundemeÌ„t the voyce of the Archaungell and the trumpette of god should descend from heauen those that be dead in Christ shal rise first then we which do liue which shalbe left shalbe taken together with them in y â— cloudes in the ayre to the meatyng of y â— lord and so shal we be alway with the Lorde these be the wordes of S. Paul when he addeth at the latter ende so shall we be alwai with the lord â–ª he declareth how much ioye remaineth to those which die in Christ that at length thei shall ryse to euerlastyng life Furthermore he declareth what we shall doo after that we are relieued we shall come out of y â— earth to immortalitie euerlasting life or we being yet aliue shalbe changed to immortalitie with y â— which thoughtes if our hert shal soÌ„times be occupied we shal easily etolerate beare this death whiche maie be a meane vnto vs to an immortalitie euerlastyng lyfe The cause y â— we do ryse christ through his holy resurrectioÌ„ hath beserued for us y â— no man should think y â— it coÌ„meth of his own workes Of y â— whiche Paul doth speake .i. Cor .xv. Chap. in other places of his epistles of y â— which I haue made meÌ„tioÌ„ a litle before now 〈…〉 shall 〈…〉 in a 〈…〉 yâ—e â—or 〈…〉 gloriouse 〈…〉 chap. Whiâ—◠〈…〉 scarce half holy and 〈…〉 y â—â—â—y â—ost doâ—h daily 〈…〉 his protection doth 〈…〉 stes churche the â—org 〈…〉 s vntyll suche tyme as we 〈…〉 o an oâ—her lyfe in the whiche 〈…〉 made 〈…〉 anâ— and holye and â—hâ—â— we shalâ—â— deliuered froÌ„ sinne deatâ— and from aâ— euils in our body whiche shalbe immortall and incorrupryble God that is our mercifull father graâ—â—â—e that we may see one another â—oyfully and gladly in that day and that wâ— may perpetually remayn with our head Christ to whoÌ„ be prayse 〈…〉 the holy 〈…〉 The sixtenth Sermon Domesticall to their children of the life euerlastyng THere both remayn nowe the last article of our belief as ye knowe wel beloued chyldren of y â— which although we did sum what sprake in the last sermon yet for all that we will common wich a few wordes of it at this present tyme. I therfore in the belief saye I befour the life euerlastyng with y â— which wordes I confesse that I beleue that after that I shall ryse from deathe to lyfe that I shall neuer dye but that I shall haue euerlastyng lyfe with Christe our head whiche is declared openlye in the holy scriptures Daniel .xii. chap. sayeth And many of those whiche slepe shall amake from out of the doust of the earth some to life euerlastynge some to theyr rebuke or punishment that they myght alway see Oseas .xiii. chap. I shall delyuer them out of the handes of death and shall redeme them from death Ezechiel xxxiii Chapter I liue saith the Lorde I wyll not the death of a synner but that he should be conuerted and line .i. Thess iiii chap sayeth that we shall be alwaye with the lord from the resurrection and death therfore we shall liue perpetually with hym But here some men woulde say But what shall this eternall life be Esai .lxvi. chapter sayeth In this place where he maketh mention of the last resurrection of the dead then shalbe a Saboth day of a saboth day and a moneth of a moneth c That is to say then shal it perpetually be holy day and saynctes shal perpetually worship the lord that is they shall knowe the Lord and shal lyue without any spot of synne and shall dye no more And the same thyng doth Iob be are witnesse of sayeth in the sixteâ—ch cha I know that my redemer liueth c Whiche place I brought out in