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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22722	Certaine sermons of Sainte Augustines translated out of Latyn, into Englishe, by Thomas Paynell.; Sermons. English. Selections	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; Paynell, Thomas.	1557 (1557)	STC 923.5; ESTC S647	69,671	284

¶ Certaine Sermons of sainte Augustines translated out of latyn into Englishe by Thomas Paynell Anno domini 1 5 5 7. The Table 1 WHy the ●estes of Saintes are celebrated and wyth what priueleges the Sōday aboue al other is honoured 2 Of a christen nam● what 〈◊〉 aught to do and ●●se●ue that bereth a christen name 3 Of a christen name and that a christian shu●d o●ten t●nes ●h●●ke why ●e is named a christen man and why ●e bereth the ●rosse of Christ in his forethe●● 4 Of the m●sterit f●ute and ●a●er of ●asting in lent 5 Of fasting in lent and al●es ▪ dtdes 6 Of con●ession and penaunce 7 Of faur●en●er ronfession 8 Of Penaunce 9 Of afmose dedes 10 Of the chastitie that oug●● and shulde be betwene man and wyfe 11 Of the fyer of purg●tory ▪ and howe it purgyth not m●rtall but he●●ll synn●● 12 Of chastite and clene 〈◊〉 13 Of peace and vnitie 14 Of archuinge and auoydinge of 〈◊〉 and dronkennes 15 Of sorte●ye and wytch●ra●e 19 Of the true p●yui●n ●of 〈◊〉 17 〈◊〉 su●●●nd of ●●ynt ●erna●●e o● the s●pper of our ●o●he ¶ To the most vertuous Ladye and moste gratyous Quene Marie doughter vn to the most victorious most noble prince kinge Henry the .viii. kyng of England fraunce and Ireland Thomas Paynyll wysheth most prosperous helthe and felicitie ALthoughe our sauiour christe Ihesus doth affirme his yoke and cōmaunde mēts to be swete easye to be obserued borne yet how many most excellente Lady do at this present alow or admit y● saying ye howe many do admyt affirme y● contrary For say they not that it is for anye man or woman impossible to lyue chast to loue theyr enemyes to lyue soberlye or Christianlye O God how is Usury and Symony cloked how is intemperate lyuynge vsed and estemed Howe do men kepe the chastitie of Matrimonye How do men paye vnto God and his mynisters theyr tythes what charitable dedes what frutefull penaunce yea what murder adulterie and fornicacion what bybbynge and bancketynge clene contrary to Gods commaundements is there vsed For nowe to drynke sunder snoeuen is a vertue to kepe a concubyne is not muche blamed to seke vpon caulkers and diuiners is comenly vsed to be proud is accepted for clenlynes to be auaricious for prouldēee to be crafty and deceytful for polycie to spende and waste for good felowshyp to skoffe and ieste for a poynt of ciuilitie to flatter is taken for intier loue and amitie O Lord shall these men come to thee euerlastynge be atitude shal they se the Kyng in his estate and maieste no verely Who then He that lyueth iustlye and speaketh thee trueth he that abhorreth to do iniuries couetously and remoueth awaye his handes frome gyftes he y● stoppeth his eares leaste he here the deceytefull oppressyon of the innocents bloude and that shutteth his eyes lest he se euyll this man shall inhabite places se the kynge in his gloryous estate Why do not men folowe the sayinges and wordes of the prophete Whye do they not ensue the doctrine of famous doctours and preachers There was neuer more sincere and trewe preachynge than is nowe of late nor the worde of God more spoken of then is in these our dayes But so muche preachynge so lytle folowynge so muche exhortacion to charite and so feable weake loue so much perswasion to souccoure and ayde the poore and so greate pouettie so much good counsel gyuen to ense we vertue so lytell apprehended vsed was neuer sene Why so For euery man as now y● worlde is fashioned be he neuer so rude and vnlearned wyll be his owne doctour his owne interpreter of scriprure and folow his owne sense and opinion his owne maner of liuing and pleasure cleane cōtrary to al wysdome reason and good learnyng The old auncient fathers and trewe interpreters of Gods holye worde the masters of vertuous and godly conuersacion are amonge many lytle or no thing regarded What were they say thei but men as we be Truth it is but yet farre more excellente both in learnynge and vertuous operations thā we be blyssed martyrs holy confessours the chosen seruauntes and vessels of God the ensuers of his steps and statutes the reprouers of vyce men of moste perfecte life and the sincere preachers and expounders of the word of God For who is he liuing that as for an ensample in subtilite of wyt in profounde learnyng in clere declaration of scripture or in godly example that may becompared vnto S. Augustine Whose warkes are incomparable singuler in all kindes of good iearnynge and to reduce mā from vyce to vertue from the actiue to the contemplatyue lyfe moste excellent Oute of whose sermons to admonish and reuoke the people frome theyr dyssolute and vitious lyuinge and to put theym in remembraunce of theyr duetye and vnthankefulnes towardes god I haue selected and translated these certaine sermones the which in mine opinion and minde are most worthy and most necessarye to be knowen and had in memorye but to be folowed much more necessary Desyrynge your hyghnes thankfully to accepte this my rude translation Rude it is I cōfesse and barbarous because I woulde be playne vnto the playne and simple people the which thing as I coniecture is not far amis nor yet gretly to be blamyd ¶ Why the feastes of saintes are celebrated with what priueleges the Sondaye aboue all other is honored 〈◊〉 Ser. YE muste vnderstand and knowe my dereli belouid brethren that for this cause our holye fathers appointed and commaūded all christen men vpon the solempe festes of Sayntes and specyallye vpon the Sonnedayes to be at reste and voyde from all earthly besynesses to thintēt they myght be the redier and more prompte to serue and honour God hauing no impedimēt or let to withdrawe them frō the same and that for that tyme they shoulde leue and auoide al earthly solicitude and care that that more easely they might intēd to do the wyl of god And therfore our Lorde saythe by his prophete be at rest and beholde for I am the lorde But they which are let tid with diuers cares and businesses do dyspyse thys sentence nor wyll not gyue them selues to godlye contemplacyon and I feare me that at domes day whē they shall knocke at our Lordes dore and desyre it to be openyd vnto them he shal answere Uerely I saye vnto you I knowe you not anoid from me ye workers of Iniquitie And they that nowe neglecte to seke for god ▪ shall then be refus●d And therfore my brethren let it not be molestyus nor greue you vpon the sondayes and the natyuities of Saintes to honour God For the Apostyles and men Apostolicall dyd therefore apoynte the Sondaye to be religiouslye obseruyd because our redemer as vpon that daye dyd ryse from deathe to lyfe the whiche is therefore called the Sonday or the daye of our lorde that absteining as vpon