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A07260	A sermon made in the cathedrall churche of Saynt Paule at London, the XXVII. day of June, Anno. 1535. by Symon Matthewe	Matthew, Simon, d. 1541.	1535 (1535)	STC 17656; ESTC S102306	16,458	60

A SERMON MADE IN THE CAthedrall churche of saynt Paule at London the XXVII day of Iune Anno. 1535. by Symon Matthewe SERMON MADE BY Symon Matthew HVMILIAMINI igitur sub potenti manu'dei ut uos exaltet in tempore uisitationis c. Priori epistola Petri Capit. ultimo It may ryght well be verified of saynte Peter that the famouse prynce Salomon wryteth in the .ix. chapytre of his Prouerbes Sciētia sanstorum prudentia that is to say The counnynge and knowledge of perfecte good men is Prudency not in gyuynge them selfe to knowledge onely of worldely matters remembringe thinges paste and prouidyng for thinges to come but also vsynge the same to the profit of other in spiritual thinges neither hyding their talentis ne precious treasure of their mayster cōmytted to them more superfluously or vndiscretely expendynge the same but as they se occasion and haue tyme diligētly labour fruitefully to bestow them For somtyme the wyse man must exhort and somtyme disswade somtyme prayse somtyme disprayse somtyme intrete and sometyme rebuke as his causes shall require sometyme he muste asswage the proude corage of an high stomacke and courage and comfort them that are weake and comfortles and these propreties shal ye se in this blessed apostoll if ye reuerently rede his epistoll and obserue euery parte of the same For he consyderinge in his tyme the great persecution that was done ageinst the christians and howe they were fledde into dyuers parties and scattered about for feare of the same sent lyke a good Pastor louynge letters to theym commendyng comfortyng exhortynge them Fyrste he mooste hyghly extolleth preyseth and blesseth god for his inestimable mercye shewed to regenerate and repare vs by the Resurrection of Iesus Christe from deathe to immortalitie and lyfe euerlastynge puttynge them in comfort to be part-takers and inheritours of the same glorie not by their merytes but by the operation of the holy goste whiche by feythe preserued them worthy such rewarde wylling them for this cause to reioyce in their persecutions and other tribulations whiche shall proue and declare their vnfeyned true feyth to their praise and glorye of god And for that he wyl not them to haue a countrefet fayth or a faith of their owne imagination inuēted by some sensuall diuise he wylleth and commaundeth theym to lyue accordyngly to their profession For it is not inough to be christened with outwarde dedes or countenances to professe Christ and so to haue the title of a Christian excepte they wyll declare theym to be suche in dede by innocencye of lyuynge whiche they muste especially regarde therby representynge Christ and also remembringe with howe greatte a treasure they are redemed And these perswaded to them in the fyrst chapitre and parte of the second he wylleth them that they shall not vnder the prerexte of Christianitie to thynke them selfe at liberte to disobey their superiours but rather euery one to do his duetie to them although they were infidels and tyrauntis for herin consysteth the perfection of a christen man if he wyllyngely suffre iniuries deserue them not For if a man suffre losse of goodes imprisonment outlawry ye deathe and deserue the same it shall nothyng be rewarded of god so that the punyshement maketh not a martyr but the cause as saynct Peter affyrmeth in the secōde chapitre Therfore he wyll all christians to suffre as innocentes takyng exāple of Christ ¶ In the thirde chapitre he techeth howe the woman shal vse her selfe to her husbande and what conuersation she oughte to be of the maner of her tyringe and of her apparell expressynge the chastitie of her mynde he also there teacheth howe the man shall vse hym selfe to his wyfe Then he generally exhorteth all to faythe to vnitie in the same and to compassion fraternal loue gētylnes mekenes pacience not hasty to be reuenged repayinge one iniurie for an other or one ylle worde for an nother but gentylle in worde and dede and thus lyuynge innocently to feare no persection for no manne can hurte them but moche blessed are they that suffre for vertue ¶ He wylleth also the Christianes to be perfectly instructe in feyth and hope that if any demande any thing of them they may be in a redynes to answere them and with wysedome example to allure theym to the Religion of Christe and lyke paciency if they shoulde suffre lyke persecution for their innocency For thus Christe moste innocent and voyde of all syn suffred for vs synners hauyng great care to saue vs as he also in the tyme of Noe wolde haue saued the people if they had conuerted and done penaunce in tyme. Wherfore for as moche as Christe by afflictions and many tribulations is nowe ascended into heuen it shall become his disciples to be of his cōdicions mynde and prepare them fyrst to be indewed with vertues and than to be in redynes to suffre for the same This no lesse thanne thryse he inculketh into them aduertysynge them to be in redynes to suffre but not as malefactours but to haue a good and a iuste cause to suffre for And for that he wyll not the flocke of Christe to be destytute lack knowlege instātly he desireth the senyours that ar assigned to haue the ouersyghte to fede them diligentely and that gladdely and wyllyngly lokynge for rewarde of god Also the iuniours to be obedient to their elders and generally all to shewe humilitie to eche other For god withdraweth his grace from the proude and gyueth the same to them that are meke Humble you submytte and meke your selfes therfore vnder the myghty hande of god Cōmytte your selfes that is to say fully and holly to his protection that he maye promote and exalte you in the tyme of his visitation Commytte to hym all your busynes for he hathe great care for you Be you sobre and circumspecte for your aduersary the dyuell lyke a rorynge lyon wandereth about sekyng whom he may deuoure hym resyste you stronge in feyth consyderynge lyke persecution to be done to al your christen brother heed The god of all grace whiche hathe called vs into his euerlastyng glory by Christ Iesus shal his owne selfe after you haue suffred a lyttell affliction make you perfecte shall settyll and strengthe you To hym be glorye and dominion for euer and while the worlde endureth Amen This is the englyshe of the Epistle that we rede this presēt sonday that I may haue grace to declare the same more largely to the glory and honor of god I shall desyre you to calle to god for the assistēce of his grace and in your prayer to commende to hym the catholike church of Christēdom in especial this churche of Englāde our soueraine lord the kyng supreme heed vnder god of this churche our most gratious queene queene Anne my lady Elisabeth princesse and laufull heire to them bothe c. And all though the laste sonday the preacher coude not fynde in his conscience

Rome shall neuer proue by scriptures suche preheminence to be due to hym as he challengeth but he defraudeth tēporal princis of the honor that god gaue them causeth theyr subiectis dampnably to disobeye the ordynaunce of god as of late you haue had experien ceof some whom neyther frendes nor kynsfolkes neither the iudgemente of bothe vniuersities Cambridge and Oxforde nor the vniuersall consente of all the clergie of this realme nor the lawes of the parlyament nor their mooste naturall and louinge prince coude by any gentylle wayes reuoke from their disobediency but wolde nedes persist therin giuing pernicious occasion to the multitude to murmour and grudge at the kinges lawes seinge that they were men of estimation and wolde be sene wyser then all the realme and of better conscience then other iustifienge theym selfes and condemnynge all the realme besyde whiche being condemned and the kinges prisoners yet ceassed not to conceyue yll of our souerayne refusynge his lawes but also in prison write to theyr mutualle comforte in their damnable opinions I meane doctour Fysshare and syre Thomas More whom I am as sory to name as any man here is to here them named Sory for that they being somtyme men of worshyppe and honour men of famous lernynge and many excellent gracis so tenderly sometyme beloued of their prince shulde thus vnkyndely vnnaturally and traiteroufly vse them selfes our lord gyue them grace to be repentaunt Let neyther their fame lernyng nor honour moue you louynge subiectes to your prince but regarde you the truthe as I haue here before to you rehersed and for that this is the wyll of god and he cōmandeth the same humble your hartis therevnto and commytte your selfes holly to god that whan he shall come to iudge the worlde he may exalte you into eternall glorie And if the bysshoppe of Rome wyll thrette you with interdictions or excommunications or any other person or persons with warris or other displeasures referre all to god for he hathe moche regarde of you For what nede you regarde the byshops curse at Rome when Christ blesseth you at whom sayeng Matthei .v. Beati estis cum maledixerint uohis homines et persequuti uos fuerint et dixerint omne malum aduersum uos mentientes propterme Blessed ar you when men wyl course you and persequute you and saye all that ylle is agaynste you for my sake lyenge vpon you As longe as you be cursed for sayinge truthe neuer feare for defendyng that you defende god whiche is Truthe But lette hym do his charitie and course I am sure that saynct Paule curseth him for oppugnyng the treuth not hym onely but also all other what sorte so euer they be of eyther apostols or aungelles in heuen that teacheth contrarie to the truthe of scriptures ye and Christe courseth hym in the gospelle of Matthew M 23 Ve uobis scribe et phariseihypocritae quiae clauditis regnum celorum ante homines uos enim non intratis nec introeuntes sinitis intrare Cutsed be you whiche professe truth and so haue the keyes to open heuen gatis yet ye neyther entre in to theym your selfes nor suffre other to entre ¶ It foloweth in the epistoll Sobrij estote et uigilate Be sobre in your diet and of a sobre conuersation bothe in worde and dede Here If I myght be harde I wolde exhorte suche as are of my sorte and vse preachinge so to tempre their wordes that they be not noted to speake of stomacke and rather to prate then to preache Nor I wold haue the defenders of the kynges matters to rage nor rayle nor to skolde as many are thought to doo callynge the byshoppe of Rome the harlotte of Babylon or the beaste of Rome with many suche other for a wise auditorie woll rather iudge suche prechers and I haue hard some say so to be meter to prech at Paulis wharfe then at Paulis crosse And suche maner of preachynge blemyssheth and defacethe good mattiers and causith them many times to lose theyr graces Lette preachers rede the seconde chapiter of the seconde epistolle to Timothe and they shall lerne an nother maner of fourme of preachynge thenne many haue vsed of late It is nat commended in westmynster halle that aduersaries shall stande rayllynge and brawlynge and skoldynge but there they wolde bydde theym shewe theyr euidences and they shal trye the matter betwyxte theym Soo we intrea●●●ge our princis cause lette vs see what euidence he hathe and if his euidence be better then the byshoppes of Rome thenne lette the ryghte be gyuen there as the ryghte is And as for the byshoppe of Rome god be with hym and make hym his seruaunte Therfore I saye to my bretherne with sayncte Peter Sobre your selfes in your wordes and be circumspecte for your aduersarye the dyuell raungethe aboute in euerye corner seekynge whome he may deuoure whome resyst you stronge in feyth remembryng that in Christe you maye doo all thynge and ouercome all youre spirituall ennemyes And thinke not that the dyuelle and his mynysters persecute you onelye for all good Christyanes are malygned and persecuted and shall be to the worldes ende The lorde of all grace whiche hathe called you to eternalle glorye by the meane of his sonne Iesu Christe for your lyttelle sufferaunce shall performe and stablysshe you in vertue by grace to hym be chefely glory and gouernāce imperiall for euer and secondarily nexte after hym to our prince be honour and quietnes to his subiectes here by grace in erth and afterward in eternalle glorye whiche graunte vnto vs that hath redemed vs with his precious bloudde our Sauyour Christ Iesus Amen FINIS ¶ Printed at London in Fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet nere to the Cundite at the signe of Lucrece the yere of our lorde M.D.XXXV the .xxx. day of Iuly CVM PRIVILEGIO