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cause_n	good_a	law_n	work_n	2,920	5	6.2264	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19143	The sermo[n] of doctor Colete, made to the conuocacion at Paulis; Oratio habita a D. Ioanne Colet ad clerum in convocatione. English	Colet, John, 1467?-1519.; Lupset, Thomas, 1495?-1530.	1530 (1530)	STC 5550; ESTC S111695	9,978	44

lawes be rehersed of the residence of bysshops in theyr diocesis that commaunde that they loke diligently and take hede to the helthe of soules That they sowe the worde of god That they shewe them selfe in their churches at the leest on greatte holye dayes That they do sacrifice for their people That they here the causes and matters of poure men That they susteine fatherles children and widowes That they exercise them selfe in workes of vertue Let the lawes be rehersed of the good bestowyng of the patrimony of Christe The lawes that commande that the goodes of the churche be spent nat in costly byldyng nat in sumptuous apparell and pompis nat in feastyng and bankettynge nat in excesse and wantonnes nat in enrichinge of kyns folke nat in kepynge of dogges but in thinges profitable and necessary to the churche For whan saynt Augustine some tyme bysshoppe of Englande dyd aske the pope Gregorie howe that the bysshops and prelates of Englande shulde spende theyr goodes that were the offringes of faithfull people The said pope answered and his answere is put in the decrees in the .xij. chap. seconde question that the goodes of byshops ought to be deuyded in to .iiij. partes wherof one parte oughte to be to the bysshoppe and his householde An other to his clerkes The third to repayre and vp holde his tenementes The fourth to the poure people Let the lawes be rehersed ye and that often tymes that take away the filthes and vnclenlines of courtes that take awaye those daylye newe founde craftes for lucre that besy them to pulle away this foule couetousnes the whiche is the spryng and cause of all euils The whiche is the well of all iniquitie At the laste let be renewed those lawes and cōstitutions of fathers of the celebration of councels that commaunde prouinciall councels to be oftener vsed for the reformation of the churche For there neuer hapneth nothyng more hurtefull to the churche of Christe than the lacke both of councell generall and prouinciall whan these lawes and suche other ar rehersed that be for vs and that concerne the correction of maners there lacketh nothynge but that the same be put in execution with all auctoritie and power That ones seing we haue a lawe we liue after the lawe For the whiche thinges with al due reuerence I calle chiefly vpon you fathers For this execution of the lawes and obseruyng of the constitutiōs muste nedes begynne of you that ye may teache vs pristes to folowe you by lyuely examples or elles trewely hit wyll be sayde of you They lay greuous burdens vpon other mens backes and they them selfe wyll nat as moche as touche hit with theyr lytell fynger For sothe if you kepe the lawes and if you reforme fyrste your lyfe to the rules of the Canon lawes than shall ye gyue vs lyght in the whiche we maye se what is to be done of our parte That is to say the lyghte of your good example And we seynge our fathers so keping the lawes wyl gladly folowe the steppes of our fathers The clergies and spirituals part ones reformed in the churche than may we with a iuste order procede to the reformatiō of the lays part The whiche trewely wyll be verye easy to do if we fyrst be reformed For the bodye foloweth the soule And suche rulers as are in the cite lyke dwellers be in it wherfore if pristes that haue y e charge of soules be good streyghte the people wyll be good Our goodnes shall teche them more clerely to be good than al other teachynges and prechynges Our goodnes shall compell them in to the right way truly more effectuously thā all your suspendynges and cursynges wherfore if ye wyll haue the lay people to lyue after your wysshe and wyll fyrst lyue you your selfe after the wyl of god And so trust me ye shall gette in them what so euer ye wyll ye wyll be obeyed of them and right it is For in the epistell to the Hebrewes these are the wordes of saynt Paule to the laye people Obey saith he to your rulers and be you vnder them But if ye wyll haue this obedience first performe in you the reason and cause of obedience the whiche the sayd Paule dothe teache and hit foloweth in the texte that is Take you hede also diligently as though ye shuld gyue a recknynge for theyr soules and they wyll obey you you wyll be honored of the people hit is reason For saint Paule wryteth vnto Timothe Pristes that rule well are worthy double honours chiefly those that labour in worde and teachynge Therfore if ye desyre to be honoured fyrste loke that ye rule well and that ye laboure in worde and teachynge and than shall the people haue you in all honour you wyll repe theyr carnall thinges and gether tithes and offrynges without any stryuynge right it is For saynt Paule writing vnto the Romanes sayth They are dettours ought to ministre vnto you in carnall thinges Fyrst sowe you your spirituall thynges and than ye shall repe plentifully theyr carnall thynges For truely that mā is very harde and vniust that wyl repe where he neuer dyd sowe and that wyll gether where he neuer skatered ye wyl haue the churches liberte and nat to be drawen afore secular iuges and that also is ryght For hit is in the psalmis Touche ye nat myne anoynted But if ye desire this liberte fyrst vnlouse your selfe frome the worldlye bondage and from the seruices of men and lyfte vp your selfe in to the trewe lybertye the spirituall lybertye of Christe in to grace frome synnes and serue you god and raygne in hym And than beleue me the people wyll nat touche the anoynted of theyr lorde god ye wolde be out of busines in rest and peace and that is conuenient But if ye wyll haue peace come agayne to the god of peace loue Come agayne to Christe in whom is the very true peace of the goste the whiche passeth al wytte Come agayne to your selfe and to your pristly lyuynge And to make an ende as saynt Paule saythe Be you reformed in y e newnes of your vnderstandynge that you sauoure those thynges that are of god and the peace of god shall be with you These are they reuerent fathers and ryghte famous men that I thought to be said for the reformation of the churches estate I trust ye wyll take them of your gentylnes to the best And if parauēture it be thought that I haue past my boundes in this sermon or haue sayd any thyng out of tempre forgyue hit me and ye shall forgyue a man speakynge of very zele to a man sorowynge the decaye of the churche and consyder the thynge hit selfe nat regardynge any foolysshenes Consyder the miserable fourme and state of the churche and endeuour your selfes with all your myndes to reforme it Suffre nat fathers this your so greatte a getherynge to departe in vayne Suffre nat this your congregation to slyppe for naughte Truly ye are gethered often tymes to gether but by your fauour to speke the trouth yet I se nat what frute cometh of your assemblyng namely to the churche Go ye nowe in the spirite that ye haue called on that by the helpe of hit ye maye in this your councell fynde out decerne ordeyne those thynges that may be profitable to the churche prayse vnto you and honour vnto god Unto whom he all honoure and glorye for euer more Amen Thomas Berthelet regius impressor excudebat Cum priuilegio