mē to be sworne to thē and so adicte as to take hande ouer hed whatsoeuer they say it were a great inconuenience so to do Well let vs go forwarde He toke Peter Iames and Iohn into this garden And why dyd he take them wyth hym rather then other marye those that he had taken before to whom he had reueled in the hil the transfiguracyon and declaracyon of hys deytye to se the reuelacyon of the maiestie of hys Godhede nowe in the garden he reueled to the same the infirmitye of his manhode because they had tasted of the swete he would they shoulde tast also of the sower He toke these wyth hym at both tymes for two or three is ynoughe to beare witnes And he began to be heauy in hys mind He was greatlye vexed wythin hym selfe he was sore aflycted it was a great heauines he had bene heauye manye tymes before and he had suffered greate afflictions in hys soule as for the blyndenes of the Iewes and he was lyke to suffer mo panges of payne in hys bodye But thys pange was greater then anye he euer suffered yea it was a greater tormente vnto hym I thynke a greater payne then when he was hanged on the crosse then when the stower nayles were knocked and dryuen throughe hys handes and fete then when the sharpe crowne of thornes was thruste on hys head Thys was the heauines and pensiuenes of hys hearte the agony of the spirite And as the soule is more precious then the bodye euen so is the paine of y e soule is more greuous then the paynes of the body Therfore ther is another whiche writeth horror mortis graui or ipsa morte The horrour vgsomnes of death is sorer then death it self This is y e most greuous payne that euer christ suffered euen this pange that he suffered in the gardē It is the most notable place one of thē in the whole storie of y e passiō whē he sayed Anima me a tristis est vsque ad mortem My soule is heauy to death And cum cepisset expauescere and when he began to quyuer to shake The greuousnes of it is declared by hys prayer that he made Pater sipossibile est etc. Father if it be possible a waye w t thys cup rid me of it He vnderstode by this cup his paynes of death For he knewe wel inough y t his passion was at hand that Iudas was come vpon hym wyth the Iewes to take him There was offered vnto hym nowe the Image of death the Image the sence the y e felynge of hell for death and hell go both to gether I wyll entreate of thys Image of hell whyche is death Truelye no manne can shewe it perfectlye yet I wyl do the best I can to make you vnderstād the greuouse panges that oure Sauyoure Chryste was in whē he was in the garden as mans power is not able to beare it so no mās tonge is able to expresse it Paynters painte death lyke a man w tout skin a body hauyng nothyng but bones And hel they painte w t horible flames brēning fier they bungell some what at it they come nothinge nere it But thys is no true payntynge No paynter can paynte hel vnlesse he coulde paynte the torment and condemnatyon both of body and soule y e possession hauyng of all in feliticie Thys is hel this is y e Image of death this is hell such an euyl fauoured face such an vgsome countenaunce suche an horrible vysage our sauiour Christ sawe of death and hell in the garden There is no pleasure in beholdynge of it but more payne thē any tounge can tell Death and hell toke vnto them thys euyll fauoured face of synne and thorough synne Thys synne is so hyghlye hated of Gode that he doth pronounce it worthy to be punished wyth lacke of alfelycitie wyth the fealyng of infelicitie Death and hell be not only the wages the reward y e stipēd of sin but they are brought into y e world by sinne per peccatū mors sayth S. Paule throughe synne deathe entered into the world Moses sheweth the fyrst cōminge in of it into the world Where as our fyrst father Adā was set at libertie to lyue for euer yet God inhibytynge hym from eatynge of the Apple told hym If thou meddle wyth this fruite thou all thy posteritye shall fal into necessitie of death from euer lyuynge morte morieris thou and all thy posteritye shal be subiecte to deathe here came in death and hell Synne was their mother Therefore they must haue suche an Image as their mother sinne woulde geue them An vgsome thinge and an horrible Image muste it nedes be that is broughte in by such a thing so hated of God yea this face of death and hell is so terryble that suche as hath bene wycked men hade rather be hāged than abyde it As Achytophell that trayroure to Dauid lyke an ambycyouse wretche thought to haue come to hygher promocyon and therefore cōspired with Absolon agaynst hys master Dauid He when he sawe hys counsayle toke no place goes and hanges hym selfe in contemplacion of thys euil fauoured face of death Iudas also when he came wyth pushementes to take hys maister Chryst in beholdynge thys horrible face hanged hym selfe Yea the electe people of God the faythfull hauinge the beholdynge of thys face though God hath alwayes preserued them suche a good God he is to them that beleue in hym that he wyll not suffer them to be tempted aboue that that they haue bene able to beare yet for all that there is nothynge that they complaine more sore then of thys horrour of death Go to Iob. What sayeth he Pereat dies in quo natus sum suspendiū elegit anima mea Wo worth y e day that I was borne in my soule wolde be hanged saying in his panges almooste he wyste not what Thys was when wyth the eye of hys conscience and the inwarde man he be helde the horrour of death and hel not for any bodylye payne that he suffered for when he hadde byles botches blaynes and scabbes he suffered them pacientlye he coulde saye then Si bona suscepi de manu Domini c. If we haue receyued good thynges of God why shoulde we not suffer likewyse euyll It was not for any suche thynge that he was so vexed but the syght of thys face of death and hel was offered to hym so lyuely that he wolde haue bene oute of thys worlde It was thys euyl fauored face of death that so troubled hym Kynge Dauid also sayed in contemplaciō of thys vgsome face Laboraui in gemitu meo I haue bene sore vexed with sighyng mourning Turbatus est a furore oculus meus Myne eye hath bene greatlye troubled in my rage A straun◠thynge when he had to fyghte wyth Goliath that monstrous giante who was able to haue eaten hym he coulde a byde hym was nothynge a frayed and now
what a worcke what exclamacions makes he at the syghte of death Ionas lykewyse was bold inoughe to byd the shypmen cast hym into the sea he had not yet sene that face and vysage but when he was in the Whales belly and had there the beholdynge of it what terror and distresse abode he Ezechias whē he sawe Senacherib beseigynge hys citye on euerye syde most violentlye was nothynge a frayde of the greate hoste and myghtye army that was lyke to destroye hym oute of hande yet he was a frayed of deathe When the Prophet came vnto hym and sayed Dispone domini tue morte morieris et non vines It stroke him so to the harte that he fel a wepynge O Lord what an horror was this Ther be some writers that sayes that Peter Iames and Ihon were in thys felynge at the same tyme and that Peter when he sayed Exi a me domine quia homo peccator sū Did tast some part of it he was so astonyshed he wist not what to saye It was not longe that they were in thys anguyshe some sayes longer some shorter but Chryst was readye to comforte them and sayed to Peter Ne timeas Be not afraied A frēd of myne tolde me of a certayne woman that was .xviii. yeares to gether in it I knewe a man my self Bilney litle Bilnei that blessed martyr of GOD what tyme he had borne hys fagott and was come agayne to Cambrydge hadde suche conflyctes wythin hym selfe beholdynge thys Image of death that hys frendes were a frayed to lette hym be alone they were fayne to be wyth hym daye and nyght and comforted hym as they coulde but no comfortes woulde serue As for the comfortable places of scripture to brynge theym vnto hym it was as though a man woulde runne hym throughe the herte wyth a sweard Yet afterwarde all thys he was reuiued toke his death pacientlye and dyed wel against the Tirannical sea of Rome Wo wil be to that byshoppe that had the examynacyon of hym if he repented not Here is a good lesson for you my fryendes If euer ye come indaunger induraunce in pryson for godes quarrell and hys sake as he dyd for purgatorye matters and put to beare a fagot for preachynge the true worde of God agaynste pilgremage and suche lyke matters I wyl aduyse you fyrst aboue al thing to abiure al your fryendes all your frindeshipe leaue not one vnabiured it is they that shall vndo you and not your ennemyes It was his very friendes that brought Bylnye to it By this it maye somewhat appere what oure sauyour Christe suffered he doeth not dissemble it hym selfe when he sayth my soule is heauye to death he was in sosore an Agony that there issued out of hym as I shal entreate anone droppes of bloud and vgsome thing suerly whiche his fact and dede sheweth vs what horrible paynes he was in for oure sakes But you wyll saye howe can thys be It were possible that I and suche other as be greate synners shoulde suffer suche afflictiō The sonne of God what oure Sauioure Christe neuer synned howe can thys stande that he shoulde be thys handeled he neuer deserued it Mary I wyl tell you how we must consider oure Sauiour Christe two wayes one way in hys mā hode a nother in his Godhed Some places of scripture must be referred to hys deitie and some to his humanitie In hys godhed he suffered nothynge but nowe he made hym selfe voide of hys deity as scripture sayth Cū esset in forma dei exinaniuit seipsum Where as he was in the forme of God he emptyed hym selfe of it he dyd hyde it and vsed him selfe as though he had not had it he woulde not helpe hym selfe wyth hys godhede he humbled him selfe with al obedience vnto death euen to the death of the crosse thys was in y ◠he was mā he toke vpon hym our synnes our synnes not the worcke of synnes I meane not so not to do it not to commyt it but to purge it to cleanse it to beare the stypende of it and that waye he was the great synner of the worlde he bare all the synne of the worlde on hys backe he woulde become detter for it Nowe to sustayne and suffer the doloures of death is not to synne but he came into thys worlde wyth hys passyon to purge our synnes Nowe thys that he suffered in the Gardaine is on of the bittrest peces of al hys passyon thys feare of death was the byttereste payne that euer he a bode dewe to syn which he neuer did but became detter for vs. Al this he suffer for vs thys he dyd to satissefye for our synnes It is much like as if I oughte another mā .xx. M. poūdes and shulde paye it out of hande or elles go to the dungen of ludgate and whē I am goynge to pryson one of my friēdes should come aske whether goeth thys mā And after he had harde the matter shulde saye let me aunswere for hym I wylbe come suertye for hym Yea I wyll paye all for hym Suche a parte played our sauiour Christe wyth vs. If he had not suffered thys I for my part shoulde haue suffered accordynge to the grauitie and quātitie of my synnes damnacion For the greater the synne is the greater is the punyshement in hell He suffered for you and me in suche a degre as is dewe to al y e sīnes of the whole world It was as if you woulde immagin that one man had commytted al the synnes since Adā you maye be sure he shoulde be punished wyth the same horrour of death in suche a sorte as al men in the worlde shoulde haue suffered Feyne put case our sauyour Christe had cōmitted al the sinnes of the world al that I for my parte haue done al that you for youre parte haue done and that anye manne elles hath done if he hade done all thys him self his agony that he suffered shoulde haue bene no greater nor greuouser then it was This that he suffered in the garden was a portion I say of hys passiō one of the bitterest partes of it And this he suffered for oure synnes and not for anye synnes that he had commytted hym selfe for al we should haue suffered euery man accordynge to his owne desertes This he dydde of his goodnes partelye to purge and cleanse our synnes partlye because he would tast fele our myseries Quo posset succurrere nobis that he should the rather helpe and relieue vs and partly he suffered to geue vs example to be haue our selues as he dyd He dyd not suffer to discharge vs clene frō death to kepe vs cleane frō it not to tast of it Nay nay you muste not take it so We shall haue the beholding of this vgsome face euery one of vs we shal fele it our selues Yet oure sauiour Christ dyd suffer to the entente to
ordinaunce but as hauinge a truste in the numbre of hys men thys offended God Lykewyse the Iewes asked a kynge and there wyth they offended not God But they asked hym with suche cyrcumstaunces that God was offended wyth them It is no smale faute to putte a iuste man oute of hys office to depose hym vnworthelye To chose a Kynge contraryinge the ordinaunce of God is a castynge away of God and not of a kyng Therfore doubt not but the tytle of a kynge is a lawefull thynge is a lawefull tytle as of other maiestrates Onelye let y e kings take hede that they do as it becometh Kynges to do that they do their offyce wel It is a great thynge a chargeable thynge Let them beware that they do not Communicare peccatis alienis That they beare not wyth other mens faultes for they shal geue a strayte accounte for all that perisheth thorowe theyr necligence We perceyue nowe what thys texte meaneth It is wrytten in the laste of Iudicum Iu diebus illis noÌ„ erat rex in Israel In those dayes there was no kynge in Israel euerye manne dyd that whyche semed ryght in hys owne eyes Men were then allowed to do what they woulde When men maye be alowed to do what they wyl then is it as good to haue no king at al. Here is a woÌ„derfull matter y t vnprechinge prelates shuld be suffered so long They can alledge for them selues .vii C. yeares Thys whyle the Realme had bene as good to haue no kyng likewise these brybing iudges hathe bene suffered of a longe tyme then it was Quasi non fuisset rex in anglia To suffer this is asmuch to say There is no king in EnglaÌ„d Yt is the dutye of a kynge to haue al states set in order to do their office I haue troubled you to loÌ„g I wil make an end brefly Beati qui audi uÌ„t verbuÌ„ dei Blessed be thei y t here the word of god but so that thei folowe it kepe it in credite in memori not to depraue it slauÌ„der it bring the preachers out of credite but that folowe it in theyr life and liue after it He grauÌ„t you al that blessinge that made both you and me Amen ¶ The sixte Sermon of Mayster Hughe Latymer whych he preached before the Kinges Maiestie within his graces Palayce at Westminster the .xii. daye of Apryll QVecunque scripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt Al thinges that are wrytten they are writteÌ„ to be our doctrine What doctrine is written for vs in the .viii. Chapter of the fyrst boke of the Kynges I dyd partelye shewe vnto you most honorable audience thys day sennyght of that good man father Samuell y e good iudge howe good a man he was what helpers and coadiutours he toke vnto hym to haue hys offyce well discharged I toulde you also of the wyckednes of hys sonnes how they toke bribes and lyued wyckedlye and by that meanes brought bothe theyr father and them selues to deposition And howe the people dyd offende God in askyng a Kynge in father Samuelles tyme. And howe father Samuel was put from hys offyce who deserued it not I opened to you also howe father Samuel cleares hym selfe that he knewe not y e fautes of his soÌ„nes he was no bearer w t his sonnes he was sory for it wheÌ„ he herde it but he wold not beare w t theÌ„ in their wickednes Filii mei vobiscuÌ„ sunt my soÌ„s ar w t you saith he Do wyth theym accordynge to theyr desertes I wyll not maintayne them nor beare with theÌ„ After that he cleares him self at the kynges fete that the people had nothynge to burden hym with al neyther monye nor money worth In treatinge of that parte I chaunced to shewe you what I heard of a maÌ„ that was slayne and I heare saye it was not well taken For soth I entend not to empayre anye mannes estimacion or honestye and they that enforce it to that enforce it not to my meanynge I sayd I heard but of suche a thynge and toke occasion by that that I heard to speake agaynste the thynge that I knewe to be noughte that no man should beare wyth any maÌ„ to the mayntenaunce of voluntary and prepensed murder And I heare saye syns the man was other wyse an honeste man and they that spake for hym are honeste men I am inclinable inoughe to credite it I spoke not bycause I woulde haue anye mannes honestye impayred Onelye I dyd as Saynct Paule dyd who heerynge of the Corinthyans that there shoulde be contencyons and mysordre among them dyd wryte vnto theym that he harde and there vpon by occasion of heerynge he set furthe verye holsome doctryne of the supper of the Lord. We myght not haue lacked that doctryne I tel you Be it so the Corinthians had no suche contencyons among theÌ„ as Paule wrote of Be it so they had not misordred them selues it was neyther of nor on to that that Paule sayed The matter laye in that that vpon hearynge he woulde take occasioÌ„ to set out the good true doctryne So I dyd not affirm it to be true that I hard I spake it to aduertis you to be ware of bearinge wyth wylful and prepensed murder I wold haue nothyng enforsed against any man Thys was myne entent and meanynge I do not knowe what ye call chaunche medly in the lawe it is not for my studye I am a scholer in scripture in gods boke I study that I knowe what voluntary murder is before God If I shall fal out wyth a man He is angrye wyth me and I wyth hym and lackynge oportunitie and place we shall put it of for that tyme in the meane season I prepare my weapoÌ„ sharpe it agaynste a nother tyme I swell and boyle in thys passyon towardes hym I seke hym we medle together it is my chauÌ„ce by reason my weapon is better then his so fourth to kyl him I geue him his deathes stroke in my vengeaunce and anger Thys call I voluntarye murder in scripture what it is in the lawe I can not tell It is agreate synne and therefore I call it voluntarye I remembre what a greate Clarke wryteth of thys Omne peccatuÌ„ adeo est voluntarium vt nisi sit voluntarium non sit peccatum Euerye synne sayeth he is so voluntarye that if it be not voluntarye it can not be called synne Synne is no actuall synne if it be not voluntarye I would we woulde all knowe ouâ—e faultes and repent that that is done is done it can not be called backe agayne God is mercifull the Kynge is mercyfull heare we maye repente thys is the place of repentaunce When we are gone hence it is to late then to repente And let vs be content wyth suche order as the magystrates shall take But suer it is a perilous thing to beare wyth anye suche matter I toulde you what
sygnifye to vs that death is ouercomable We shal in dede ouercome it yf we repente and acknowledge that our sauiour Iesu Christe pacifyed with his panges and paynes the wrath of the father hauynge a loue to walke in the wayes of God yf we beleue in Iesus Christ we shal ouercome death I say it shal not preuaile agaynst vs. Wherfor wherso euer it chaunseth the my frende to haue the tastynge of thys death that thou shalte be temted wyth thys horror of deathe what is to be done then when soeuer thou felest thy soule heauy to death make haste and resorte to this gardaine and with thys faith thou shalt ouercome thys terrour when it commeth Oh it was a greuous thynge that Chryste suffered here Oh the greatnes of his dolour that he suffered in the gardeÌ„ partlye to make ameÌ„des for our sinnes and partly to delyuer vs from deathe not so that we shoulde not dye bodylye but that thys death should be away to a better lyfe and to destroye and ouercome hell Oure Sauyoure Chryst had a gardayne but he had littel pleasure in it You haue many goodly gardaynes I wold you would in the myddes of theym coÌ„syder what agonye our sauyoure Chryst suffred in hys gardayne A goodly meditacion to haue in youre gardaines It shal occasyon you to delight no farther in vanities but to remeÌ„bre what he suffrâ—â— for you It maye drawe you from synne It is a good monumente a good sygne a good monycyon to consyder howe he be haued him selfe in this garden Well he sayeth to hys Discyples Sytte here and praye wyth me He wente a lytle way of as it were a stones cast from them and falles to hys prayer and saieth Pater si possible est transe at a me calix iste Father if it be possyble Awaye wyth thys bytter cuppe thys outragious payne Yet after he correctes him selfe and sayes Veruntamen uâ—u sicut ego volo sed sicut tu vis Not my wyll but thy wyll be done O father Here is a good medytacyon for Chrysten menne at all tymes and not onelye vpon good fryday lette good fryday be euerye day to a Christian manne to knowe to vse hys passyon to that ende and purpose not to reade the storye but to take the fruyte of it Some menne if they hadde bene in thys agonye woulde haue ruÌ„ne them selues through with theyr sweardes as Saule dyd some woulde haue hangged theym selues as Achitophell dyd Lette vs not folowe these menne they be no examples for vs but lette vs folowe Christe whyche in hys agonye resorted to hys father wyth hys praier This must be our patrone to worck by Here I might dilate the matter as touchynge prayinge to Saynctes here we maye learne not to praye to Saynctes Christe byddes vs Ora patrem qui est in celis Praye to thy father that is in heauen to the creator and not to any creature And therfore awaye wyth these auowryes Let god alone be oure auowry what haue we to do to runne hither or thither but onelye to the father of heauen I wyl not tarye to speake of thys matter Our Sauiour Chryste set hys disciples in an ordre and commaunded theym to watch and praye sayinge Vigilate et orate Whatch and praye Wherto shoulde they watche and pray he sayeth by and by Ne intretis in tentationem That ye enter not into temptacion He byddes them not praye that they be not tempted for that is as muche to say as to prai that we should be out of thys world Ther is no man in thys worlde wythout temptacion In the tyme of prosperyte we are tempted to wantonnes pleasures and all lyghtnes in tyme of aduersyte to dispayre in goddes goodnes TeÌ„ptacion neuer ceasses Ther is a difference betwene beynge tempted and entrynge into temptacion He byddes therfore not to praye that they be not tempted but that they enter not into temptacion To be tempted is no euyll thynge For what is it no more then when the fleshe the diuell and the worlde doeth solycyte and moue vs agaynst God To geue place to these suggestions and to yelde oure selues and suffer vs to be ouer comme of theym thys is to enter into temptacyon Our sauyoure Christe knewe that they shoulde be greuously tempted and therfore he gaue them warnynge that they shoulde not geue place to temptacyon nor dyspayre at hys death And yf they chaunched to forsake hym or to runne awaye in case they tripped or swarued yet to come agayne But oure Sauiour Chryste dyd not onely commaunde hys dyscyples to praye but fell downe vpon hys knees flat vppon the grounde prayed hym selfe sayinge Pater si fieri potest transeat a me calix iste Father delyuer me of this pange and paine that I am in thys outragyous payne â–ª This word father came euen from the bowels of hys harte when he made hys mone as who shoulde saye father ryd me I am in suche payne that I can be in no greater Thou art my father I am thy sonne Can the father forsake hys soÌ„ne in suche anguishe Thus he made hys mone Father take a waye this horrour of death froÌ„ me ryd me of thys payne suffer me not to be takeÌ„ whan Iudas comes suffer me not to be hanged on the crosse suffer not my haÌ„des to be perced wyth nayles nor my harte wyth the sharpe speare A wonderfull thynge that he shoulde so oft tel his discyples of it before and nowe when he commeth to the poynte to desyre to be rydde of it as thoughe he woulde haue bene disobedient to the wyl of his father Afore he sayede he came to suffer and nowe he sayes a way wyth thys cuppe Who woulde haue thoughte that euer thys geare should haue come oute of Chrystes mouthe What a case is this What shuld a man say You muste vnderstande that Christe tooke vpon hym our infyrmities of the whyche thys was one to be sorye at deathe Amonge the styppendes of synne thys was one to trymble at the crosse thys is a punyshement for oure synne It goeth otherwayes wyth vs theÌ„ wyth Christe yf we were in lyke case and in like agony almost we woulde curse God or rather wyshe that there were no God Thys that he sayed was not of that sorte it was referrynge the matter to the wyll of hys father but we seke by al meanes be it righte be it wrong of oure owne nature to be ryd out of payne he desyred it condicionally as it myghte stande wyth hys fathers wyll addyng a Veruntamen to it So his request was to shewe the infyrmytye of man here is now an example what we shal do when we are in lyke case He neuer deserued it we haue He had a Veruntamen a notwythstandynge let vs haue so to we muste haue a neuertheles thy wyll be done and not myne Geue me grace to be contente to submitte my wyl vnto
of penaunce as we vse to say geue me leue to make you werye thys daye The Iewes had hym to Cayphas and Annas and there they whypte hym and bethym they sette a crowne of sharpe thorne vpon hys head and nayled hym to a tree yet al thys was not so bytter as thys horroure of death and thys Agony that he suffered in the gradayne in suche a degree as is dewe to all the synnes of the world and not to one mannes synne Wel thys passion is our remedye it is the satisfaction for oure synnes Hys soule descended to hell for a tyme. Here is muche a do these newe vpstartynge spirites say Christ neuer descended into hell neyther body nor soule Inscorne they will aske was he ther what dyd he there what if we cannot telle what he dyd there The crede goeth no further but fayeth he descended thyther what is that to vs if we cannot tell seynge we were taughte no further Paule was taken vp into the third heauen aske lykewyse what he sawe when we was caryed thyther you shall not fynde in scripture what he sawe or what he dyd there shall we not therfore beleue that he was ther. ¶ These arrogant spirites spirites of vayne glorye bycause they knowe not by any expresse scripture the order of his doynges in hell they wyll not beleue that euer he descended into hel In dede thys article hathe not so full scripture so many places and testimonies of scriptures as other haue yet it hathe ynoughe it hath .ii. or .iii. textes if it had but one one texte of scripture is of as good and lawfull authoritye as a M. and of as certayne trueth It is not to be wayed by the multitude of textes I beleue as certaynelye and verelye that thys Realme of Englande hath as good authoritye to heare Goddes word as any nacion in al the worlde it maye be gathered by .ii. textes one of them is thys Ite in vniuersum mundum et predicate euangelium omni creature Go into the whole world and preache the Gospell to all creatures And agayn deus â—ult omnes homines saluos fieri God wyl haue all men to be saued he exceptes not the Englishemen here nor yet expresselye nameth theym and yet I am as sure that thys Realme of England by thys gatheryng is allowed to here Goddes word as though Christ hadde sayed a thousand tymes Go preach to Englysh men I wyl that Englyshemen be saued Because thys Article of hys descendyng into hell can not be gathered so directlye so necessarylye so formallye they do vtterlye deny it Thys article hath Scriptures two or thre ynoughe for quiete mynde as for curyouse braynes nothynge can content theym Thys the diuils sterryng vp of such spirites of sedicion is an euidente argumente that the light is come forth for his word is a brode when the deuyll russheth when he roreth when he styrreth vp suche busy spirites to sclaunder it My entente is not to entreate of thys matter at thys tyme. I trust the people wyll not be caryed awaye wyth these newe arrogant spirites I dout not but good preachers wyllabour agaynst them But now I wyll say a worde and herein I prottest fyrst of al not arrogantlye to determyne and defyne it I wyll contende wyth no man for it I wyll not haue it be preiudice to anye body but I offer it vnto you to consyder and weay it There be some greate clarkes that take my parte and I perceyue not what euyll can come of it in sayeng y t our Sauiour Christe dyd not onely in soule descende into hell but also that he suffered in hell suche paynes as the damned spirites dyd suffer there Suerly I beleue verelye for my parte that he suffered the paynes of hell proporcionably as it correspondes and aunsweres to the whole synne of the worlde He would not suffer onelye bodelye in the gardayne and vpon the crosse but also in hys soule when it was from the bodye whyche was a payne dew for our syn Some wryte so and I canne beleue it that he suffered in the very place I cannot tell what it is call it what ye wyll euen in the skaldinge howse in the vgsomnes of the place in the presence of the place suche payne as our capacitie can not attayne vnto it is somewhat declared vnto vs when we vtter it by these effectes by fyre by gnashynge of teth by the worme that gnaweth on the conscience What so euer the payne is it is a greate payne that he suffered for vs. I se no inconuenyence to saye that Chryste suffered in soule in hell I singularly commende the excedynge greate charytye of Christe that for our sakes wold suffer in hel in hys soule It settes oute the vnspeakable hatred that God hath to synne I perceyue not that it doth derogate any thing froÌ„ the dignitie of Chrystes death as in the gardayne when he suffered it derogates nothing froÌ„ y t he suffred on the crosse Scripture speaketh on this fashioÌ„ Qui credit in me habet vitam eternam He that beleueth in me hath lyfe euerlasting Here he settes furth faith as the cause of our iustifycatioÌ„ in other places as high commeÌ„dacion is geuen to workes and yet are the worckes anye derogation from that dignitye of fayth No. And agayn scripture sayeth Traditus est propter peccata nostra et exuscitatus propter iustificationem c. It attributeth here oure iustyfycation to his resurrectioÌ„ and doeth thys derogate anye thynge from hys death not a whit It is whole Christ. What wyth his natiuytye what wyth hys circumcysyon what wyth hys incarnation and the whole processe of hys lyfe wyth hys preachyng what wyth hys ascendynge descendynge what wyth hys death it is all Chryst that worketh oure saluacyon He sytteth on the ryghthande of the father and all for vs. All this is the worke of oure saluation I woulde be as lothe to derogate any thyng from Christes death as the best of you al. How vnestymably are we bouÌ„d to hym what thankes oughte we to geue him for it We must haue thys contynuallye in remembraunce Propter te morti tradimur tota die For the we are in dieyng continually The life of a Chrsten man is nothynge but a readines to dye and a remembrauce of death If thys that I haue spoken of Christes sufferynge in the gardayne and in hell derogate any thinge from Christes death and passyon awaye wyth it beleue me not in thys if it do not it commendes and settes furth very wel vnto vs the perfection of the satisfacion that Christ made for vs and the woorck of a redemption not onelye before wytnes in thys worlde but in hel in that vgsome place where whether he suffered or wrastled w t the spitites or coÌ„forted AbrahaÌ„ Isaac Iacob I wyl not desier to knowe Yf ye lyke not that which I haue spoken of hys sufferynge let it go I wyl not striue
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
they purpose of their coÌ„myng is not all of y e best S. Augustine came of curiositie to Millane to here Ambrose S Agustine be came of a Maniche a christian Beware of diminishing the office of preachyng What is regeneracion or to be borne from aboue One place of scripture declareth another How necessary the offyce of preachyng is to oure saluacion The deuyl is diligent to decai preaching If a priest hadde lefte masse vndon on a sondaye he woulde haue though hym selfe vndone on mondaye Note the propostorous iudgement of the priestes The deuil be sterres hym still he is neuer ydle thoughe he be neuer mell occupied A monstrous kind of couetousnes deuiâ—ed by the deuyl these ferming of benefyces The sellynge of benefices by patrons perceyued by the deuil The diuil goeth to thâ— vniuersitie to teacy but not to learne The misorder of walkers Ianglers Ideltalkers shouelyng of feete hussynge and bâ—ssyng in time of y e sermon is vsd in Manchester as well as at london To whut end the Kynges Grace orbeined the baÌ„â—etinge place Why Christe would rather go into the bote theÌ„ staÌ„d vpon the laÌ„d or the banke An aunswere to a preuei obiection the figure is called antipophora God must not be tempted so long as we maye worke by ordinary meanes We muste not tempte god Why Christ came into SimoÌ„s bote rather theÌ„ into any other A symple matter that standeth vpon so weake agruÌ„d A good lesson of humilitye How the byshop of Rom rule raigne ouer the people The precher vseht to syite Christ regardeth the people more theÌ„ the pulpyt The word of god maye be preached in any coÌ„uenient place where yt may be herde A mery tale a trew of a byshoppe goyng on visyacyon Mary syr I tâ—ow yt was a matter to be angry for yâ— wold haue made amad byshoppe to haue hursed awaye hys myter The pulpit y t lackyd hys clapper Thogh the byshop was no preacher yet peradueÌ„ture he colde baptyse a bel as well as y e best of them So do fooles in christynmas but these are no small fooles Robyn hode would not geue M. latemer leue to preache Some byshoppes wolde haue the people to contynue in ingnoraunce styll A good place of scripture for a papyst to buyld â—ogth vpon nothing Here is nogth vpoÌ„ nothing The state of chrystes first sermone A texte of one Dionisius Rikel a monk of the charter house The englysh of the lattine texte before Christ prouides for the body as well as for the soule Christ confiâ—red his doctryne wyth myracles A faynt and a feble argumente A good ground for the Colledge of Cardinalles Why christ spake in the plurall number whyrin the syngular Christ sends not food and lyuyng without laboure Kepars of seales hathe theyr sealyng tymes When chrystes doctryne was sufficintelye sealed Luter hadde sumwhat to do in hys tyme. They called vpon Luther to do myracles What kinde of miracles the papysh had What profet we haue of christes myracles Oure luker and gaynes must be imputed to god and not to our laboure Who gettes theyr liuynge by the dyuell Sum impute all theyr gaynes to there laboure We must worcke God geues not meate in our mouthes for gapyng ProuisioÌ„ both for the body the soule â–ª Al are sinners haue offeÌ„did he that is best may wel be amendyd The remedye of synne xx vi of Mat Luke xxii Marke xilii Iudas did not slepe nor forslowth his busines Christ left .viii of his Disciples wythout the garden appoyntynge them what to do the whiles he went to praye A solitarye â—lace is mete for prayer A notable place to remeÌ„bre christes doynges for vs. Christ dyd appoynt his thre Disciples to an order Howe doctours are to be estemed The example of Achitophel whych haÌ„ged hym selfe Iob cursed y e day of hys death wheÌ„ he did inwardly behold y e horrour of death Why Iob was vexed Dauid feared not Goliath the monstrous gyant but he feareth death Ionas feared not y e sea but he feared death Ezechias feared not the mighty Army of Senacherib but he feared death iiij of the kynges the .xx. Lyâ—le 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 had woâ—â—full coÌ„â—â—â—â— in his 〈◊〉 â–ª Byluey toke hys death paciently A god leasson for suche as are in pryson for y e wordes sake Chryst was in Agonye An answer to an obiectyon concernyng Chrystes affliction tormentyng Christ suffred nothyng in hys godhed How Chryst toke vpoÌ„ him our synnes Whych way Chryst was y e greate synner of the whole world Chrystes sufferyng in the garden was one of the bytterest peces of al his passion He declares what Chryst dyd for vs by a similitude The greatter the synne is the greater is the payne His suffering in the garden was bytter paynfull Why Chryst suffred suche paynes in the garden All men shall behold the vgsome face of death How we shal ouercome death What is to be done when the horrour of death comes Why Chryst suffred suche payn in the garden A meditation for vs in oure gardaynes Euery daye should be good fryday to a Chrysten man i. Samu. xxxi ij Samu. xvij We muste pray to God not to saynctes Why the discyples were commanded to pray A dyfference betwene being tempted entryng into temptacion To entre into temptacion The apostles were warned of theyr temptacion Chryste dyd praye in hys agonye Chryst toke vpon hym all our infirmyties except syn An example for vs when we arr teÌ„pted WheÌ„ we are in Agonye what phisyck we shuld vse Roma vij How y e fleshe resistis m. C. wisheth prayer to be vsed The admiral was a contempner of coÌ„mâ—â— praier He wylleth theÌ„ to praye New spirites lately start vp Chryst contynued in praier Housekepers great men must geue example of prayer God punyshes syn in not hearynge of our praiers People are wythout ordre or honesti The more we know the worsse we be In tyme of popery their was sum reuerence but now none at all Why Christ suffered so sore in the gardaine Christ prayed the third time and swettes bloude â–ª Our ingrattitude vnthaÌ„kfulnes to God whiche died for vs. blasphemy swering in al our pastimes The bloud of Hales was taken once for a religious relique M. L. lesson y t was taught him at hys first coÌ„myng to the courte A princes mind must be perswaded but not violeÌ„tly forced Amen Synne is horrible why What was thou remedy for our syn Whi Christe receiued comfort of the angell Note a coÌ„forttable promise a ioyful saiynge A lesson for vs in tyme of temptacion The harrer of death the agony whyche Christ sustened in the gardaine excedeth the other paynes Against such as denye that Christ descendid into hell Arrogant spirites of vaine glorye One texte of scripture is sufficieÌ„t authorite as a thousande Curiouse braynes are neuer coÌ„tent An argumente that goddes word is a broode Fyre gnasshing of teth the worme of coÌ„science are termes vtteryng to vs y e paynes of hel The peculiar phrase maner of speakyng of the scrypture ys to be noted christ wrogth our saluation in al his doinges Chryst was beneficiall to vs in all hys doynges The blessed communioÌ„ is a remeÌ„brance of Chrystes passyon The vsage of the primatiue church in the receyuyng of the coÌ„munion at the buryal of the death Massyng was the foulest abhomination that euer was The great man that neuer knowe other them the whore mongers fayth What fayth wyll serue Fayth ys a noble womaÌ„ she is at her gentleman vsher goyng before her her traine after her The true tryal of faith