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A02242	A sermon, at the funeral solemnitie of the most high and mighty Prince Ferdinandus, the late Emperour of most famous memorye holden in the Cathedrall Churche of saint Paule in London, the third of October. 1564. Made by the reuerend father in God, Edmund Grindall, bishop of London.	Grindal, Edmund, 1519?-1583.	1564 (1564)	STC 12377; ESTC S103449	21,147	38

in thys Prince in my iudgement was his peaceable gouernment after he attained the Imperiall crowne And although to some it may seme straunge to commend in one man twoo contrary thinges warre and peace yet in deede the varieties of times and other circumstances considered it is no straunge thing at al. His warres were against Gods enemies his peace was with gods people Euer sithens he was created Emperour his wars with the Turks once cōpounded he hath only studied to maintain publike peace he hath not attempted as other men haue to enlarge his dominion with theffusion of Christiā bloud he hath not stirred vp any ciuil warres vnder coulour and pretence of religion or for any other titles but rather peaceably gouerned nourishing concord and amitie among al the states of the Empire so that by meanes therof Germanie before afflicted bothe by ciuil and foreine warres is at this present by manye mens iudgement more floorishing both for men and wealth then it was anye one time this hundreth yeares that this man might wel haue vsed like wordes with Augustus the Emperour when he died Germaniam lateritiam accepi marmoream relinquo I receiued a Germanie of bricke I leaue it of Marble Therfore as in his warres I compared him to valiaunt king Dauid so in this latter time for his peacefull gouernment he may be verye well compared to Salomon who is termed by the interpretacion of his name pacificus peaceable or a Prince of peace And so he alone hath matched .2 most worthy Princes in two seuerall and moste princelye qualities The third thing that I commend specially in this Prince whiche I must speake not of knowledge but of moste credible reporte is his chastitie he was a chaste Prince a Prince that did truly and as they say preciselye keepe his wedlocke A notable vertue in anye man but more notable in a Prince and moste notable in so great a Prince specially in this loose and licentious age For in these daies it is to be feared that not onelye Princes but others of farre meaner estate think vnchaste life and the breache of Matrimonie a thing not onelye in them selues worthy of no reprehēsion but also accompt others of like state in power and authoritie very fooles and dastardes if they of conscience forbeare to do the same Like in that to the Ethnickes of whom S. Peter writeth these wordes Atque hoc absurdum illis videtur quod non accuratis vnae cum illis in eādem luxus refusionem And it seemeth to them a straunge or fonde thing that ye runne not with them in to the same excesse of riot or loosnesse But let these men assure them selues of that which foloweth in the same place These men saith saint Peter shal geue accompt to him that is prepared to iudge the quicke and the dead God hath not geuen a particular but a general law neither hath he geuen his commaundementes to poore men onelye or to men of meane estate but to all men and to al estates high and low Emperours kynges Quenes Lordes Ladies riche poore Yea the greatest Prince of the world shal as wel tremble at the iudgement seate of Iesus Christ and passe as hard an account as the poorest man of the earth an harder to for that he hath a greater charge cōmited vnto him according as it is writen Cui multū creditum multū requiretur ab eo et potentes potenter tormenta patientur To whom much is cōmitted of him much shalbe required and the mightye shall suffer mighty tormentes Let no man thinke therfore that high estate in this world geueth him a licence to liue wickedlye and vnchastely but rather follow this prince who vertuously godly and Christianly liued in honorable matrimonie And may therefore herein iustlye be compared to the vertuous Emperour Gratianus one of his predecessours To whom saint Ambrose geueth this laudable testimonie Fuit Gratianus castus corpore vt praeter coniugium nescierit alterius foeminae consuetudinem Gratianus was a chaste man of his body who out of wedlocke or besides his wife knew not the companie of any other woman And behold I beseche you how wonderfully God blessed him for his chaste obseruacion of Matrimonie For wher other Princes liuing heretofore incontinently haue bene plaged of God with sterilitie want of roial issue of their bodies and so the direct line of succession hath bene cut of after them God hath not onelye geuen vnto this Prince plentie of honourable children both Sonnes and Daughters but also according to the verse of the Psalme caused him see Filios filiorum his childers children to a very great number The honourable mariages of hys daughters in sundrie places of Christendome I omitte but one thing I cannot but note vnto you that hee receyued at Gods hande the same blessing which God graunted vnto Dauid whereof he hym selfe maketh mencion in the thirde booke of the Kinges the first chapiter in these woordes Benedictus dominus deus Israel qui dedit hodie sedentem in solio meo videntibus oculis meis Praised be God saith Dauid when Salomon his sonne was proclaimed king before his death which hath geuen me one of mine own to sit this day on my seate myne eyes looking on Like occasion to praise God had Ferdinandus the Emperour of whom wee speake for he afore he died sawe the most excellent and noble Prince Maximilian his eldest sonne now Emperour crowned king of Romanes and therby in most sure certentie if he liued to succeede him A great blessing to a Prince and a great blessing to a countrey where the case standeth so God for his mercies sake at his good appoynted tyme send such a blessing to England Amen Amen Thus much I haue thought good to speake in the cōmendacion of this noble Emperour both to continue an honorable memorie of the vertues that were in him as the occasion of this time and place iustly requireth and also to styr vp those that be present of all estates to followe these good thinges that were commendable in him And here I might cease to speake any more of him were it not y t there remaineth yet one scruple to be remoued For it will be obiected peraduenture that this Prince thus commended dissented from vs in religion and an answer therein required I answer that the matter of religiō is a matter of great weight in dede and such a matter as we must commend vnto God onely Let vs whom God in his mercy hath lightened with the bright beames of his Gospel render vnto him most harty thankes for the same Let vs thankfully embrace it and Christianly vse it to the glory of God and our own health And let vs pray instantly to god the geuer of al good gifts that he wyl in his good appointed time so lighten the eyes and directe the hartes of all Christian Princes that they may see the light of the truth and walke thereafter in the