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A04510	An homilie of Saint John Chrysostome vpon that saying of Saint Paul, Brethern, I wold not haue you ignorant, what is becom of those that slepe, to the end ye lament not. &c. With also a discourse vpon Job, and Abraham, newely made out of Greke into latin by master Cheke, and englished by Tho. Chaloner.; De dormientibus nolo vos ignorare fratres. English	John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407.; Cheke, John, Sir, 1514-1557. aut; Chaloner, Thomas, Sir, 1521-1565. aut	1544 (1544)	STC 14637; ESTC S103722	12,341	54

AN HOMILIE of saint Ioh̄ Chrysostome vpon that saying of saint Paul Brethern I wold not haue you ignorant what is becom of those that slepe to the end ye lament not c. with also a discourse vpon Iob and Abraham newely made out of Greke into latin by master Cheke and englished by Tho. Cha loner ANNO. 1544. TO THE RIGHT VVORshypfull maister Antony Deny one of the chief gentilmen of the kynges maiesties pryuey chambre A SMALE gifte agreth with my smal habilitie but not with the greatnesse of your desertes whiche iustely to sette furth I leaue to suche as maye wyth greater vessels wade more aptly in so large a sea Nat that wantyng power I doo want of good wil also wherin I dare compare with the formest It may like you therfore of your singuler goodnes whiche so many haue proued yf you like nat my dede herin at leste to allowe my entente whiche in great thynges thought it a second prayse to wyll well Fare ye no wourse then your vertue requireth the fauour of men wisheth and your own dexterite promiseth Your most bounden Tho. Chaloner AN HOMILIE OF Chrysostome FOVR daies haue I spent in expounding vnto you the parable of Lazarus lading furth such treasour as in that botched body we found hydden whiche was neither gold nor siluer nor iewels but rather religion constant courage suffrance much patience Forlike as these slydyng transitory treasures are outwardly couerid with brambles thistles and rugged heth and natheles in digging deaper great richesse is discouered So fynde we in Lazarus botches outwardely but withinwarde substance beyonde estimation a body diseased but a noble and liuely spirite in whom that saieng of the apostle is fulfilled howe well the vtter man is corrupted so well the inner man is renewid And truly I might this day also wade in the same parable cōfutyng suche heretikes as reproue the olde Testament with the Patriarches yea and spare not to whette theyr tounges against god the maker of al thinges But for I wolde not my wordes all of one thyng shulde to muche glutte you these disputations refer I to an other season and now let vs see what we can saye in a newe matter Parde ye knowe that euer one kynde of meate soone squaymysheth the stomak wheras chāge quickeneth a continual apetite To the ende therfore we vse the like in our sermon let vs after a longe space loke backe agayne vpon saynt Paule For as this present day is red vnto vs very apoyntedly a place of y e apostle and handesomely agreeth that that now we intend to say with that we haue afore sayde Ye haue herd then Paul declaring and sayeng Brethren I wolde not haue you vnwyttyng what is become of those that sleape least ye-make dole and mourne as others do that want hope That of Lazarus was a strong sinew of the gospel and this nowe is the voice of thapostle but in effect their tunes accorde For as in that parable I treated much of the resurrection of the iudgemente to come so hathe this text brought me backe now into the self same argument because if we digge out well this place of the apostle we shall not misse of the very same treasure For then my hole oration tendid to this effect that y e hearers might be taught how nothing in thys worlde was to be reputed for goodly but y t rather in our hope we shuld marche on further hauynge dayly before our eyes the dome of our iudge howe redoutable his iudgement is of what sterne grauenes we shuld fynde him And doth not Paule with these wordes counseill vs the like But herkē ye Of those that slepe I wolde not haue you ignorant to thend ye mourne not as other do who haue no hope For and if we beleue that Iesꝰ is dead vprisē so those that in Iesꝰ do slepe god shal lead with hym But in chiefe this is worth the serche to be knowen why when he speketh of Christ his departing out of life he calleth death and where he speaketh of oure deathe he doth name it a slepe and not deathe For he said nat of the deade what then of those that slepe a litle after so those that in Iesus do slepe nat those that in Iesus are deade god shal lead with him And then agayn We that liue that are left til the commynge of Christe shall nat preuent them that ar on sleape Nat somuch as here said he that ar dead but thrise making mention therof thrise death he called a slepe But nat so of Christ as for and if we beleue that Iesus is dead he sayde nat is on slepe but deade and wherfore calleth he it Christꝭ deth and our slepe For nat rashely at all auentures but rather vpon some great and depe respecte hathe he vsed this obseruation of wordes So speakyng of Christe he called it his deathe to the ende the same myght be thought a passion in him and as to vs he qualifieth it with the name of slepe that therby he myght comeforte our sorow For the cause wherof procedeth the resurrection boldely he called death but where all is grounded on hope that nameth he a slepe seming with the veray worde to comforte vs and geue vs good hope Inasmuch as he that slepith shal ryse againe and death is naught els but a longe slepe For do nat obiect me with this that the deade heare nat speake nat see nat nor fele nat seing that a slepyng man hathe no parte of all these But if algates I must reherce some wondre howe say you to this That the soule of hym that sleapeth dothe after a maner slepe also the deade do wake But a dead man saiest thou putrifieth and rottith chaungid into duste and asshes what therof my freind that makith the more for vs. For incase a lādlord purposing to reedifie an olde and ruinous house shuld as he must fyrst of all transport the tenauntes some where els then plucke down the olde buyldyng raysyng it more stately thē euer it was this dede trowe I in nothing offendith the tenauntes but muche more cheareth them bycause they regard nat somuch the present defacing as with theyr mynd they comprehēd the plat of the house that shal be but nat as yet to be vewed at eye Euyn so doth god after lyke rate dissolue our bodyes deductyng our soules the tenauntes as out of an house to thend the same beyng ones new repayred he may with greatter glory repossesse thē again therin Lette vs nat therfore somuche counte vpon this present in maner defasyng as on the gorgeousnes that our house shal be of For admitte one hadde a copper ymage fordone with longe age and rustynes parde he breaketh it and in the fornace newe meltith it to make it semelier then euer it was And as that dissoluing in the fornace is nat thutter distruction of thimage but rather a renewyng to the same So is the dissolution of our bodies

nat an vndoing but rather a new refresshing When thou seest therfore this fleshe of ours as in a fornace melting and putrifieng stay nat thy selfe at that sight but rather haue an eye to the mouldwerkes proporcion ▪ Neither suffice thy self herwith but wade on yet further Inasmuche as an ymage 〈◊〉 whē he castith a bodie of brasse he doth nat new make it of gold or euerlastyng but brasē as before it was Wheras god on thother side casting this our mortal and earthly bodie restorith it goldē and immortall For the earthe that receiuith our bodies fraile and vnpure rendrith the same agayn immortal and right pure Why shuld we then somuch behold on the corps lieng specheles and with eies closed as whē it riseth againe partaker of the glorie passing mans vttrance to be astonnied and wondred at For thus must we from the present face of thynges reduce our vnderstādyng to that hope that is cōmyng Yet some wyll saye they longe and desyre after the deades felowshyp and therfore mourne and lament they But what is that to purpose For if thou shuldest ioyne thy daughter in mariage to some one who leadyng her awaye with hym shulde goo into a farre cuntrey lyuyng there in greate wealth plentie of al thynges this shuld not I trowe muche greue the in asmuche as that sorow which of the length of her absence thou conceiuest through the comine reporte of her welfar thou shalt easely passeouer And now wheras no man nor seruant is the taker but god himselfe requiring that is hys owne thou sobbest criest out But seyng I am sayest y u I can nat 〈…〉 And as for that I 〈…〉 sticke with ye. For nat thy mourning but the great excesse therof wold I take from the. Inasmuche as to mourne it is a kyndely thyng for vs beyng men but to doo the same outrageously is a veray madnes a signe of doting and an womannishe tendrenes I admit therfore thou wayle I admit thou weape but nat that thou do stomake at it or beare it heauily nay rather geue thanckes vnto god the taker that so thou maiste worshipefully sette furthe thy frende goyng out of this life and yeld vnto him these honest funerals For and if thou takest it greuousely thou bothe violatest the dead ꝓuokest god the taker yea and hindrest thine own selfe But in geuing thankes therfore so hast thou set him furthe glorified the taker and done thy self a great good turne Weape therfore but as the lord did for Lazarus who therby prescribed vnto vs the rule ordre and verie termes of bewailing whiche in no case we must passe And so sayeth Paule Of those that slepe I wolde nat haue you ignorant least ye shulde bewayle as others do that wante hope Bewayle sayeth he but nat as the Grekes do who denie the resurrection whoo despayre of the lyfe to come I am ashamed I promes you and nat meanely I am troubled in my sprite when I see in the mercatestede theise flockes of women without shame pluckinge theyr heares styfing their armes scraching their chekis yea and doyng al this afore the Grekes eies What wil nat they say what will nat they blaste of vs Theise be they that so constantly affirme there shal be a resurrection of the deade gaye wordes but theyr deedes drawe nat after that lyne with their wordes they maintayn the resurrection but theyr doinges smelle of the desperate If they firmely trusted on the resurrection they wolde nat do thus if they were perswaded the deade went to a better state they wold nat make this dole These tauntes and worse then these do the vnfaithfull cast on vs whē they heare vs crye out so Let vs be ashamed therfore and vse more modestie nor sclander we not so muche therby bothe our selues and those that loke vpō vs. For I pray the tell me why bewaylest thou so sore the passer out of this lyfe Because he was an yll man In that poynt me thinkꝭ thou oughtest to rendre thanckes that all iniquitie is nowe lopped from him But put case he was good and vertuous so muche the more then shuldest thou reioise at his taking away before any wyckednes had peruerted his good thoughtes and that he is remoued to that place where for euer he shall floryshe without so much as neuer so litle suspition of any tourne in thinges But he was a yonge man glorifie thou god therfore that toke him and so sone hathe called hym to a better state Then set case he was olde and for that also yeld thou thankes in glorifieng god his caller Be ashamed therefore of thy dolemakynge sithens that the pompe of burieng psalmes singyng prayers assemble of hed citisens gatheringe togither of the brethern al these thinges ar ordeined nat that thou shuldest lament or be repynyng but to th end thou geue thankes to god the taker For like as euery man contendith to set fourth speke well by suche as are called to some great office or dignitie so of the sainctes that deceas as who sayeth called to a greater promotion we all shuld speake honorably sithens that deathe is restfulnes the dispache of all thoughtꝭ and cares perteinyng to this lyfe When thou seest therfore any of thy nere frendes shaking hādes with this world do not take it grudgingly but rather when the sorowe stingith the call thy wittes togither serche thyne owne conscience considre how within short space after the same end abideth the also Attempre thy selfe and by the others death take warning Cutte away all differring of amendement call thy dedis to accompt and make the best chang thou canst The Ethnike and vnfaythfull beholdeth the heauyn worshippith the heauyn takynge the same for god He seeth the earth and worshippeth it gapith after thingꝭ mortal But we on thother part behold the heauē and prayse the maker of the heauen inasmuche as we take the same nat as god but for the worke of god I see y e worke of this whole world wherby as by the hande I am led vnto the creatour therof The vnfaithful seeth ryches fixeth his mynde theron is rauished therwith I like wise see riches and dispise it He feelith pouerty and whyneth therat I fele the lyke and reioyce therat For otherwise be hold I thinges thē he doth And euē so on death He seith a corps and taketh it for a corps I see a corps and repute this parte of death none other but for a slepe And as in writyng it comes to passe that where as with eies aswell the conninge as vnconning do pore on the letters Yet nat for that with lyke vnderstanding For thunconning do take those for bare letters only whyche they loke on whereas the conning with great subtilty pyke oute the meanynge vnder hidden So in the thinges self with the selfe same eies beholde we all on mortall thynges but nat with the lyke vnderstanding Shal we therfore in this opinion of death agre with the

Ethnikes we I saye who in all other thynges do disagree from them Thinke we ones to whom the deade is goone and receiue we consolation king he is with Petre Paule and the hole company of sainctes Thinke how he shal rise again and that with farre more glory and reputation Thinke howe that to mourne and lament other els thy teares may naught auayle the but in fine make rebound to thine owne disaduantage Thinke if thou doest thus whose example thou folowist and in any waies eschonne the company of synne For here in whome folowiste thou or whom doest thou countrefaite but the infidels and those that haue no hope Lyke as Paule saieth lest ye mourne as the reste do that haue no hope And marke ye well how warely the apostle speaketh for he said nat hope of the resurrection but platly those that haue no hope For who so loketh nat after the iudgement day hath no maner hope nat onely of gods forsight in thinges but nat so muche as of gods ryght wisenes accordyng as he ouerue with all the same He that hathe no syght in this nor iugith nat this is so is bruter then any beaste and puttith all lawes iudgementes good constitucions and for shorte al goodnes out of his own mind For who so loketh nat to rendre any counte of his doynges slieth from all vertue and cleuith to all naughtynes We then considering all this and countinge the Grekes custome whiche we folowe in makyng dole to be a very madnes amasing of y e mind Eschonne we I say this vsage with thē For to none other intent dothe Paul so often make mention of them but that remēbring what disworship we incurre therby we shulde refraine customynge with them and rather make retourne to our owne noblesse And that nat here onely but often and continually doth Paul so For when he wold haue vs leaue our synnes then makith he demonstration what maner men through our synnes we are coupled with to th end we shuld mislike and be offendid with the maners of the person shon his company Further writing to the Thessaloniēs thus saith he Let eche of you possesse his owne bodie in all holines and honour nat in susteining of disworship as the Gentiles who know nat god And agayn nat as thother Gentiles who walke in the vanitie of theyr hertes So also in this place Brethern I wold nat haue you ignorant what is become of them that slepe lest ye mourne as others do who want hope For nat the nature of the thyng but the purpose of our mynde nat the death of the passer hence but the weake sprite of the bewailer is that that troublith vs. For as for the beleuing man no present displeasures can displease him but rather before that 〈…〉 prepared for him is 〈…〉 in this present 〈…〉 oddes betwix him and the vnfaithefull No small vantage then receiue we through christian religion onles we repute nat continuall quietnes of mynde and euer a lyke gladnes to be the greatest fruite we may here gather Therfore saieth Paule Ioy ye euer in the lord agayn I say reioyce ye For asmuche as before the resurrection daye we ar priuileged in the mean space in that we fall nat into theise dayly troubles of our lyfe but rather through hope of the lyfe to come euyn here receyue we great comfort and consolation Moreouer as we make game on bothe sydes so on both sides is the vnfaithfull at after deale 〈…〉 throughthe punishment remaynyng hym for nat trusting in the resurrection the other because euery small mishappe here discouragith hym whoo looketh after noo maner wealth in that other worlde to come And therfore nat only for the resurrectiōs sake ought god to be thanked but also for that hope of the resurrection hable to comforte our soules in perplexitie and encourage vs aswell in other thinges as it dothe in this that we shall rise agayne and be with god For and if we nedes must lament and mourne those that lyue in syn nat those that deceas with vertue shulde we 〈…〉 weape for And so did 〈…〉 For writing to the Cori 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thus saieth he Least at my commyng to you god humble me soo much that I must be faine to bewaile many of you nat as deade but that haue synned and repent nat of the excesse and vnclennes they haue committed Bewayle the dead for he wantith his sences bewaile a foole for he wantith wyt Meanly bewayle the deade for he is but at rest but a foles life is worse thē his death That and if algates we must be mone hym that is depriued of life then muche more him that is voide of ryghtwisenes and hath missed of this gifte of hope sent to vs from aboue Suche men therfore let vs bemone for this mourning we do 〈…〉 inasmuche as in bemoning them ofte times we do refourme theim Where as to bemone the deade is bothe fond and improfitable And so let vs nat abrogat this custom of dole makyng but then let our dole be for synnes sake onely For afore pouerty sikenes vntimely death begylyng or slaunder all these with like discōmodities appertaining to vs we ought to bear out with a right good hart because these euilles incase we be patient maye be occasion of a greter croune glory But how may it be saiest thou that a man mourne not To this I are the contrary Howe may it be that a man endewed with reason contemplation hope of thinges to come shulde m 〈…〉 But who is he saiest thou that in this confusion and chaunge of thynges may nat somewhat be moued Many I say both in ours and in our elders dayes For Iob when the hole nombre of his children perished herken ye what he sayeth God gaue me them God hath bereuid me them as pleaseth god so is it done These wordes armeruailous to be rehersed onely but if thou serchest them narolier thā wilt thou more meruayle For thus muste thou make thy discourse How the dyuel his persecutour toke awaye nat haulfe his chyldren and lefte the other haulfe nother that he toke the more numbre spared the lesse but that he sweped away al the fruite and yet the tree he ouerturned nat he raysed all the surges of the sea and yet the shyp he drowned nat he gaue the assault to the vttremoste and yet the strong towre wanne he nat So Iob abode all his bruntes and remained in one vnstyrred Many dartes were launced at him whiche he shruncke nat for nay rather they were launced he was nat wounded Imagine we I pray you what a thynge it was for Iob to see so many of his childrē al at ones perishing Yea and trowe ye nat it was a sufficient corrosiue to his herte to haue thē all taken from him al I say togither at one tyme in one day of like floure of age of muche hope and towardness in suche sort to finishe their yearis after so many wrekes and scourges

this laste to make vp his mouthe specially he beyng so louing a father and his children suche as deserued no lesse For wher as one leseth by death his vnthrifty children well may it cause him to regrete a litle nat that the anguishe so hotely scaldith him chiefly because the vngratiousenes of such as deceas may well be in cause why that sorowe settithe nat her tethe so sharpely in vs. But if theyr goodnes he commendable then thrilleth the that deape wounde with continuall remembraunce and the incurable euyll breadeth two maner thornes in thy hert That one is the remorse of nature and kynde whiche we that liue haue the other is the vertue the deceased persone was of Then that Iobs chyldren were of much towardnes may be gathered by this in that their father toke much care about their bringing vp and made ofte sacrifice for them hauing doubte at leaste vpon their hidden sinnes For nothinge was dearer to him neither more tendid on then his childrens bryngynge vp an euidente argument nat onely of their good demeanour but also of his fatherly affectiō Inasmuche therfore as Iob was a father yea and so tendre a father as nat onely expressed his naturall loue but also the feare he toke for them besydes that they that died were of such an aproued honesty trebly were those panges of sorowes leuelid at him Whiche in case they had ben put to one by one so might the pecemealeshype haue geuin place to som maner cōsolation as when the presence of the surviuours couerith the sorowe conceiued for the deade But where as the hole flocke decayeth whome canne he susteyne to loke vpon that before was father to so many children and nowe hath nat so muche as one left him And here now I might bring in his fifte sworde of sorowe in that they all at ones so sodainely were bereuid of their life For and if their death had vetid within space of .iiii. or .v. daies so might his wifes and at his neighbours haue borne him feleship in lamenting with him that in so short space and so vnlokid for so goodly a meiny was quite fordone But muche more cause of sorowe had Iob who nat in thre in two or in one day but in a moment was euenly depriued of them al. For a mishap long loked for albeit it touchith a man to the quicke Yet for that the euill cōming is forseen it is wont to be more tollerable but when y e same chancith bothe at ones and at vnwares then is it intollerable When so euer then a thynge is greuous of it selfe and therto doth opresse one beyonde his expectation that is surely a greate enforcement of his sorowe Nowe therfore repute with thy selfe howe intollerable Iobs sorowe was and how it passed the common grief felte in like passions But wilt thou hear now the sixte throwe of Iob he lost al his children in the floure of theyr youthe and pardie ye wote howe sore mens deathes afore their time of ripenes are wont not onely to trouble theyr frendes but also in sundry meanes to trouble them then this of Iobs children was nat onely an vnripe death but therto a violent deathe whiche violentnes may be takē for his seuenth calamitie for he sawe them nat yeldyng their gostes and laste breathes in their bodies but they were al oppressed with the ruine of the house wher they banketted Nowe put case some one as he digged amonges those ruines shuld plucke out now a stone then a limme of some one of them perchaunce one hande holdynge the cuppe on other in the platter with all the shape of the bodye quashed asūder the nose frushed downe the head crased the eyes quisted oute the braine dispercled and the hole proportion of the body with the diuersnes of the bruses so disfygured that the poore father myghte vnnethes discerne the desyred sight of one of his children from an other At the rehersall onely of this tragedie yeare moued to compassion and teares What thincke you then by him that sawe this gere For seing we now so long time sins can not so muche as heare with out teares so miserable a chance as this was yea and that nothing ꝑtaining vnto vs What maner a man and of how stony an hert was Iob trow ye who seyng all this with his eyes nat in an other mans aduersitie but in his owne coulde so refraine and mortifie his courage For he neither repined therat no nat somuche as ones openid he his mouth in grudge As what meanith this is this the recompēce of my mekenes to this therfore hath my house stood open to all straunge gestes that I shuld se the graue of my children haue I therfore vpon those extendid all gentilnes that these shulde suffre this death None of all these muttringis vttred he no nat somuche as ones thought them but after a longe debatynge with him selfe toke he all in good wourth For like as a cunnyng founder whē he castith an image of gold doth proportion and make fete the moulde with all diligence soo he with proportioninge and feting brought his courage to a good poynte And as a painful husbandman watrith byndith and hedgith in the graffes of palme and Oliuertrees likewise Iob ceased nat with all his studie to bring vp eche of their soules as a fruiteful Olyue tree to a greater encreace of vertue And hauyng all done when the storminge of the wicked sprite had disturbed and beaten them to the ground with a miserable ende of theyr liues lotted vnto thē yet vsed he no kinde of blasphemie but thanking god of al gaue so the dyuell a clap at the auauntage But now if thou wilt say that his sorowe for losse of many chyldren is nat to be compared to his that had and lost his onely childe thou speakist well and I wyl wel so be it For nat euen but muche greater was Iobs sorowe For who can gesse the benefite risinge to the father of many chyldren and perconsequent the wound receiued in many bodies must nedes engender a more manifest calamite and sharper heuynes But now if thou desyrest an example of him who hauing but one only sonne shewed neuertheles as great as Iob or rather greater cōstance Then loke thou on the Patriarch Abrahā who in dede sawe nat his sōne Isaac die but was cōmaunded whiche thyng was far more piteous and miserable was commaunded I saye with his owne handes to kylle him yet this bidding he withstode nat neither toke it heuily nor vsed none of al these wordis To this thē hast thou made me a father that I shulde be myne owne childes queller better had it ben nat to haue geuen him vn to me then in this wise to redemaund him But if thou wilt nedes haue him to what purpose I besech the wilt thou haue him slayne of me and my hand to be his bludsheder was it nat thy promes howe in this boye my sede shulde store all the worlde and