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A05141	The fyrste sermon of Mayster Hughe Latimer, whiche he preached before the Kinges Maiestie wythin his graces palayce at Westminster. M.D.XLIX. the. viii. of March Cu[m] gratia et priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.; Fyrste sermon of Mayster Hughe Latimer, whiche he preached before the Kynges Grace	Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555.; Some, Thomas, b. ca. 1510.	1549 (1549)	STC 15272.5; ESTC S108296	17,126	62

for that and suche other affaires as be dayly in hys handes The which treasure if it be not sufficiente he maye lawfully and wyth a salue conscience take taxes of hys subiectes For it were not mete the treasure shoulde be in the subiectes purses whan the money shoulde be occupied nor it were not best for them selues for the lacke thereof it myghte cause both it and al the rest that they haue should not long be theirs And so for a necessarye and expediente occasion it is warranted by goddes worde to take of the subiectes But if there be sufficiente treasures and the burdennynge of subiectes be for a vayne thyng so y t he wyl require thus much or so much of his subiects whiche perchaunce are in greate necessitye and penurye Then this couetous intēt and the requeste thereof is to muche which God forbiddeth the king here in this place of scripture to haue But who shall se this to much or tell y e king of this to much Thinke you anye of the Kynges prieuie chāber No. For feare of losse of fauer Shal anye of his sworne Chapelins No. Thei be of the clausset and kepe close such matters But the Kynge hym selfe must se this to much and y t shal he do by no meanes with the corporall eyes Wherfore he must haue a payer of spectacles whiche shall haue to cleare syghtes in thē that is that one is faith not a seasonable fayeth whych shall laste but a whyle but a fayeth whyche is continuynge in GOD. The seconde cleare syght is charitye whyche is feruente towardes hys Chrysten brother By them two must the Kynge se euer whan he hath to muche But fewe there be that vseth these spectacles the more is theyr damnacion Not wyth out cause Chrisostome wyth admiracion sayeth Miror si aliquis rectorum potest saluari I maruaile if anye ruler can be saued Whyche wordes he speaketh not of an impossibilitye but of a great difficultie For that their charge is maruelous greate that none aboute them dare shew thē the truth of the thing how it goth well thē if God wyl not alowe a king to much Whether wyl he alowe a subiect to much no y t he wil not Whether hath anye man here in Englande to much I doubt most ryche men haue to muche for wythout to muche we can get nothynge As for example The Phisician If the pore mā be diseased he can haue no helpe w tout to muche of the lawier the pore man can get no coūcel expediciō nor helpe in hys matter except he geue him to much At marchantes hands no kind of wares can be had except we geue for it to muche You landelordes you rentreisers I maye saye you steplordes you vnnatural lordes you haue for your possessions yerely to much For that herebefore wēt for xx or .xl poūd by yere which is an honst porcion to be had gratis in one Lordeshyp of a nother mannes sweat and laboure now is it let for .l. or a C. pound by yere Of thys to muche commeth thys monsterous and portentuous dearthes made by man notwithstandyng GOD doeth send vs plentifullye the fruites of the earth mercyfullye contrarye vnto oure desertes Not wythstandynge to muche whyche these ryche menne haue causeth suche dearth that poore men ne whyche lyue of their laboure can not wyth the sweate of their face haue a liuynge al kynde of vittales is so dere pigges gese capons chickens egges c. These thinges with other are so vnresonably enhansed And I thinke verely that if yet this cōtinewe we shal al length be cōstrayned to paye for a pygge a pounde I wyll tel you my lordes maysters thys is not for the kynges honoure Yet some wyl saye knowest thou what belōgeth vnto the kinges honour better then we I answere that the true honoure of a Kynge is moost perfectly mencioned and painted furth in the scriptures of which if ye be ignoraunt for lacke of tyme y t ye cannot reade it albeit that your counsayle be neuer so politicke yet is it not for the kynges honoure What hys honour meaneth ye cannot tell It is the kynges honour y t his subiectes be led in the true religion That all hys prelates and Cleargie be set about their worcke in preching studiyng and not to be interrupted from their charge Also it is y e kinges honour that the commē wealth be auaunsed that the dearth of these forsaied thinges be prouided for and the commodities of thys Realme so emploied as it maye be to the settyng hys subiectes on worke and keping thē from ydlenes And herin resteth the kynges honour and hys offyce So doynge hys accompte before God shalbe alowed and rewarded Further more if the kinges honour as sum mē say standeth in the great multitude of people Then these grasiers inclosers and renterearers are hinderers of the kings honour For wheras haue bene a great meany of householders and inhabitauntes ther is nowe but a knowe his intent in it For if ye bring it to passe that the yomanry be not able to put their sōnes to schole as in dede vniuersities do wonderously decaye all redy and that they be not able to mary theyr daughters to the auoidyng of whoredome I say ye plucke saluacion frō the people vtterly distroie the realm For by yomans sōnes the faith of Christe is hath bene maintayned chiefely Is this realme taught by rich mens sōnes No no reade the Cronicles ye shall fynde sumtyme noble mennes sonnes which haue bene vnprechyng byshoppes and prelates but ye shal fynd none of theym learned men But verelye they that shoulde loke to the redresse of these thinges be the greatest agaynst thē In this realme are a great many of folkes amongest many I knowe but one of tender zeale at the mocion of his poore tenauntes hathe let downe hys landes to the olde rentes for their reliefe For goddes loue let not him be a Phenix let him not be alone Let hym not be an Hermite closed in a wall sum good man follow him and do as he geueth example Surueiers ther be y t gredylye gorge vp their couetouse guttes hand makers I meane honest men I touch not but all suche as suruei thei make vp their mouthes but the commens be vtterly vndone by thē Whose bytter crye ascending vp to the eares of the god of Sabaoth the gredy pyt of hel burnyng fyre w tout great repētaunce to tary and loke for thē A redresse God graunt For suerly suerlye but y t .ii. thynges do cōfort me I wold dispaire of the redres in these maters One is that the kinges maiestie whā he commeth to age wyll se a redres of these thynges so oute of frame Geuynge example by letting doune his own hādes first then enioyne hys subiectes to folowe him The second hope I haue is I