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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72490	A funerall sermon that was prepared to haue b[i]ne preached, by Robert King doctour in diuinit[y] for a cert[e]in honourable lady then almoste deade, but afterward recouered, to who[m] in writing this sermon was giuen, that she being[e] alyue, mighte read[e] what should haue b[i]ne preached at her death: howbeit now[e] God hath done his will vpon her and hath called her (I doubt not) to himselfe. But now it is here set forth[e] as it was deliuered to her then be[i]nge al[i]ue	King, Robert, d. 1557.	1552 (1552)	STC 14992.5; ESTC S124552	38,054	108

be in dede Whiche thynges nowe I am not onely compelled to beleue but with myne owne hurte I fele thē to be to trewe and to be suche paines as nomans tong can expresse Therfore nowe they that wyll not beleue suche thynges as the scriptures teacheth to be with ther owne mischeue and euerlastynge destruccion shall lerne by ouermuch experience as this riche man did suche thynges to be Here ye haue harde this wicked mans peticion for his bretherne with his wicked opinion that one owt of a nother worlde shoulde be sent to teache them but his peticion was not harde because his opinion was wicked and also he praied owt of tyme. To this wicked opinion whether it be of this wicked man in hell as the parable teacheth or of such like wicked men in earth our saluiour Christe with the doctrine of his father spoken by Abraham do make answere in this wise sayng They haue moses and the prophetes let them heare them What is vnderstande by Moses and the prophetes By Moses is vnderstande Moses doctrine and by the prophetes is vnderstande the prophetes doctrine both those doctrines taught that Christe shulde come promised of god to do all thinges that belonge to our whole saluacion iustificacion redempcion And that we by him onely shoulde haue remission of our sinnes and lyfe euerlasting Al these thynges we may and owght to learne by Moses and the prophetes that is the holie scriptures Is there nothing elles to be learned but holie scriptures No truelie Nothyng that shall make any thinge for owr saluacion iustificacion redempcion remission of sinnes and obteining of euerlasting lyfe Therfor we be taught here with these wordes They haue Moyses and the prophetes let them heare them that is let them geue eare to them let thē regarde them herken to thē He saith not they haue with thē reason witte and wordly prudence let them heart and hearken to them let them folowe them He saith not here they haue Scribes and phariseis Fathers Customes long vsages Many hundrede yeares Mans tradicions decrees and inuencions Mens good intentes and meaninges Multitudes of people Aboundāce of Doctours Councelles and such lyke heare them but he saith that they haue Moyses and the prophetes that is holie scriptures let them heare them For all these afore named thinges with such lyke put on one heape without scriptures be of none authorite but holie Scripture without all these is of full and perfect authorite Therfore if we will be saued let vs heare Moses and the prophetes that is holie Scriptures Our saluiour Christe sayed vnto the Iues in Iohns gospel the .v. chapiter Searche scriptures for in them ye thinke ye haue eternall lyfe and they are they whiche testifie of me Also in Mathews gospel the .xxij. chapitre our saluiour sayed vnto the Saduceis Ye do erre not knowing the scriptures Here ye se all knowlege cometh by the knowing of the scriptures all ignoraunce also cometh for lacke of knowyng the scriptures For they that knowe not the Scriptures that they are the worde of God care for no godly thynge thei take their pleasure in al thing Now the lorde that wolde haue al thyng done after a right order that is by his owne rule which is the holie scripture sendeth these mē also vs vnto the same scriptures saieng They haue Moses the prophetes let them heare them obey them kepe and obserue thē How shal we vnderstande this saieng of this place They haue Moses the prophetes meaning this riche mās fiue bretherne whiche know nothing lesse then the scriptures By this is signified nothing else but that ther is none other lernyng to be saued by then by the scriptures Therfore let euery man learne that intendeth to be saued by this doctrine of Christe to knowe the scriptures to teache the scriptures to credite the scriptures to leade a lyfe according to the same And if this riche man had done this he had not bene nowe in hell but because he wolde neither heare it nor haue it neither read it nor yet regard it neither credit it nor yet leade hys life after it to conclude he sought nothing but refused al thynges that made for hys saltration therfore muste he nedes be dampned so shall all that soo doeth Now after that this dampned riche man had harde the sentence of god spokē by Abrahā infallibly true to be receiued of al men They haue Moses the prophetes Yet he was not contented with the answere but he replied against this manifest and open true doctrine and sayed Nay father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they will repent He sayth vnto hym if they heare not Moyses and the prophetes neither wil they beleue though one rose from death againe Here ye may marke by this damned riche mans replication the wicked opinion of them that folow ther owne sensual iudgemētes and not goddes iudgement expressedly sette furthe by scriptures For they say Nay when God saieth yea God saieth they haue Moses and the prophetes to teache them and them only must they heare obey and folowe for in theym onely is conteined enoughe and abūoauntly al maner of doctrine that can or maie helpe vs vnto saluacion Nay say they as this dampned man said Nay father Abraham quod he not so but if any man come vnto thē of the dead they wil repent Meaning as his damnable opiniō was that if such one as Lazarus was that shuld come out of an other worlde raised vp againe from death to life should haue more credite geuen vnto hym and men shoulde soner repent at his preachyng then of either readyng or preachyng of the scripture But vnto that vaine and wicked opinion Abraham in goddes persone aunswereth saiyng If they heare not Moses and the prophetes neither wil thei beleue thoughe one rose from deathe againe As though Christ might say If there bee anye man that wil not heare the doctrine of Moses the prophetes to repente and amende his life at theim surely that manne will sone cauil and finde a fault if any man woulde saye that hee ware raised vp from among the dedde to bring any other new rules preceptes out of another worlde to learne men to repent amende by Therfore let al men come onlie to the holy scripture For there is more credicte to be geuen to that onelye scripture then to al mens doctrines to all mennes rules inuentions tradicions customes miracles all other imaginacions of men This is a plaine and infallible rule that the holie scriptur is the only rule to iudge and liue rightly by Whiche doeth comprehende all that belongeth to godlinesse and oure Saluation And is onelie of hymselfe autenticke of aucthoritie and so is nothyng elles in the whole worlde among men but it onely For to haue blessed sowles sent vnto vs from heauen to admonish and preache vnto vs this ware but vaine and false We be sent here of

that other men may bestow them for vs or rather striue for them after our deathe Here we may lerne of this doctrine that although this riche man begged a pace beyng in hell in tormentes to haue bene relesed of some of his paine yeat he founde no relief at gods hādes at al for he asked it to late Nomore shall we finde at gods handes if we come to late as he did which died ī infidelitie And as many as dieth in infidelitie shall neuer obteine mercy pray they neuer somoche for thē selues as this man is made mencion to do And moreouer and if all the whole worlde together wolde pray for one of them yet shulde he neuer obteine any relief of his paine Now by the sentēce of god ther is nothing behind then but this that both this riche man and his lyke companions must content them selues with ther state paine that thei be in neuer to loke for better Now here we may see lerne by this doctrine of this place that ther be nomore but ij places prepared for thē that be departed out of this world One for thē that are blessed that is a place of refreshyng Another for them that are dampned that is a place of tormēting We finde not one worde in scriptures of that forged purgatory wherin sowles be not purged but fooles purses be emptied Here endeth the fowerth parte of this Sermon BUt whē this afore named riche mā saw that he could not preuaile any thing at al for himselfe thā he began to make his peticiō for other saieng I pray the therfor father sende him to my fathers howse for I haue fyue bretherne for to warne thē leste they also come to this place of tormentes Here is also to be marked in this parte of the parable a nother damnable opinion spoken by this man being in hell to teache them that are yet here in the earth to be ware of it and suche lyke This mans opinion was as Christe teacheth here in the parable that men wolde geue more credence to Spirites that come from a nother worlde thā to the holie scriptures beyng taught thē here in thys world This opinion is confuted here by the heuēlie Fathers doctrine taught by Christe in the person of Abraham as ye shall heare hereafter This opinion is confuted here of Christe not for this riche mans sake nor for to teache hym and to conuerte hym but it is set here to teache vs to conuerte vs whiche be yet here where we may be taught where we may be conuerted Why be there any nowe a lyue thinke ye that be of that opinion that this riche dampned man was of Ye trulie I fere me to many There be that be not ashamed to vtter ther dampnable opinion with these and suche lyke wordes We knowe say they what we haue here but we know not what we shall haue ther. Who dothe know whether there be any other life after this life Who wil chaunge that wise is the certentie of thinges that we be suer of here in this worlde for the vncertentie of thynges that be to come in a nother to vs vnkowen worlde Ther is none say they that will do thus except a few of momishe mopers whiche can do none other thyng else but mope vppon ther bookes to make vs afraied of shadowes and buggeberes Therfore say these wicked mē we wyll abyde in this our opinion vntill we haue some messenger sent from heuen or hell to shew vs what newes be ther and take our pleasure here in the meane season let thē teche what they wyll Of this opinion the parable teacheth vs that this riche man was and he doth here represent all those that be now of that opinion and that answere that was made vnto hym than is to warne them that be of suche opinion now That the parable doeth teach this mā to be careful for his bretherne that wer yet of the opinion that he was of is not set here to teche that the sowles in hell dothe care for them that are in earthe but it is set here to teache vs to be carefull for our owne selues and for our fryndes also here while care wil help For lyke as this mans care that the parable speaketh of preuailed not nomore shall no mans care preuaile nether for himselfe nor yet for other that is not taken in tyme. What was this mans care in hell that his bretherne all together vntawght of the will of god that is that they that lyue here in this world godly folowing the wil and the pleasure of god shulde haue with god euerlasting glorie as he saw Lazarus had And the contrarie wise as many as toke ther owne pleasure regarding not the will of god shulde be in paine euerlasting as he himselfe was This was his care but to late He saide Vt testificetur illis for to warne them quod he leste thei also come in to this place of torment This mans opinion thus farre was good that he wolde haue his bretherne warned to be ware here ī this presēt lyfe furth But in this his opinion was nought that he wolde haue one to come owe of a nother worlde to teache them for that is a false opinion confuted here by our saluiour Christ let vs be warned here in tyme while lyfe is in vs. But let vs loke neither for Angell sowle nor deuel to teach vs but onely Scripture as ye be here taught by Abraham speaking in gods person to this riche man and not onely to hym but rather vnto vs that we heringe this his doctrine beleuing working after the same may be saufe wher doing the cōtrarie we shulde be dāned For to warne thē saieth the texte To warne them of that as though he might say that I now finde by experiēce that is that vertue shal be of god rewarded vice punished Of this let thē be warned lest perchaunce they differre the amendement of ther liues til they be dead as I dyd and then it wil be to late for thē to be warned as it is now to late for me Vt testificetur illis for to warne them c. By these wordes here he bewraieth his owne wicked opinion that he had here whan he lyued May not a man gather owt of these his wordes this to be his opinion I as though he might say whē I was yet a lyue I iudged all thynges to be put vaine whatsoeuer was spoken of the fire of hell and of the punishmentes of malefactours in a nother worlde I supposed suche thynges to haue bene but preachers dreames to terrifie the simple people and selie sowles to kepe them in awe Therfore I pray the good father Abraham to send Lazarus to warne my fiue bretherne and to testifie vnto thē suerly not onely those thynges to be most true whiche holie scripture doth teache of the euerlastyng damnacion whiche nether they nor I dyd beleue ones to be true or any suche thyng to