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On Saynt Andrewes day the Gospels with brief sermo[n]s vpon them for al the holy dayes in y[e] yere.; Bible. N.T. Gospels. English. Taverner.
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Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.
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of Malachie other some say y u art Hierimie bycause he bare the figure of Christ and bycause vpon him it was said Lo I haue coÌ„stituted the this day ouer peoples kynges that thou shuldest plucke vp disseuer build and plante which thingê in very dede were to be accoÌ„plished in Christ. Iesus hearing this to thintent he wold wrynge out yet a more certaine and hygher coÌ„fession of his disci ples who ought best to haue knowne him asked theÌ„ saynge But who saye you that I am Then saynte Peter made answere for him his felowes for of al them was the question asked and sayd Thou arte Christ the son of the lyuinge god Iesus answered Blessed art thou Simon the son of Iona for flesh bloud hath not opened this vnto the but my heueÌ„ly father And I saye agayne to the thou art Peter or Cephas in the Hebrue that is to say a rocke vpon this rocke shall I buyld my churche that is to saye vpon this rocke of thy confession I shall buylde my church For this coÌ„fession conteineth the suÌ„me of the christeÌ„ feith accordyng to the Apostle Paule sayng If thou confesse wyth thy mouth our lorde Iesus with thy hart beleue that god raysed hâ—â— froÌ„ death to life thou shalt be saued So the christeÌ„ church is buylt not vpoÌ„ the person of Peter but vpoÌ„ the feith as Chrysostome sayth And this is the confession of feith Thou art Christ the sonne of the lyuyng god Wherfore Peter as saint Augustine affirmeth doth here represeÌ„t the hole church to whoÌ„ the keyes were deliuered For yf we wold say the church were buylt vpoÌ„ the person of Peter we shuld put an other fouÌ„dation of the church then Christ whiche is agaynst Paul For he sayth none may put any other fundation but that which is put alredy Christe Iesu. For men wylling to be buylt vpon men sayde I hold of Paule I holde of Apollo another sayde I holde of Cephas which is Peter But other which wold not be built vpoÌ„ Peter but vpoÌ„ the rocke said I hold of Christ. Wherfore sayth Erasmus I do muche meruaile of some which do wrest this text to the byshop of Rome sith it is ment not vpon hym but vpon all Christen persons which thynge Origen the auncient Doctour doth excellently declare saing If therfore we in lyke wyse by the reuelynge of the father which is in heuen for in heuen is our conuersation woll coÌ„fesse that Iesus Christ is the sonne of the lyuyng god it shal be also said vnto vs. Thou art Pe ter c. For euery one that is a folower of Christ is a Peter that is to say a rocke But there be some men which can be contented with nothing onles it be vn measurable Christe therfore did cal him Peter that is to saye a sure stone or rocke whiche wauereth not hither thither wyth â—ondry opinions vpon thys rock of thy coÌ„fession saith Christ woll I buylde my church y t is to wit my house palace whiche I wyl so establishe vpoÌ„ a sure immouable fundatioÌ„ y e no force nor power of the Helly kingdoÌ„ shal be hable to coÌ„quere it The deuyl layth sege to vs w t many engyns he laboureth to brynge agaynste vs the hole rowte of wycked spirites but by Christes helpe his church shall stand let vs only take hede this coÌ„fession remayne wyth vs. The heuenly kingdom is the church the kingdom of the deuil is the world which noman nedeth to be aferde of so he be a Peter And for this thy confession saith Christ I wyl giue the the keyes of the kingdom of heueÌ„ Behold saith Origen how great power the rocke hath vpoÌ„ which Christes churche is buylt that also her iugementes shall remayne sure euen as God him selfe iugynge by the same Let him therfore be faultles which shal bynde or lose an other that he maye be founde worthy to bynde and to louse in heuen And that Christ gaue this authoritie aswel to other as to the person of Peter it is very playne by other places of scripture and namely in the. xx chapter of Ihon where the euening after his resurrection he sayd to all his disciples As my father hath sent me so I send you And after he had so said he breathed vpoÌ„ theÌ„ sayng Whose synnes so euer ye shall forgiue be forgiuen and whose synnes ye shal retayne be reteyned And in like maner before his death he sayde to them all What so euer ye shal bynd vpon erth shal be bound in heauen and what so euer ye shal louse vpon erth shal be loosed in heueÌ„ Let vs not thaÌ„ attribute that to one which was spokeÌ„ to many Let vs not buyld Christes church vpon the person of any mortall maÌ„ which is to buyld it vpoÌ„ the sande but let vs build it vpon the sure rocke that is to witte vpon the coÌ„fession of feith that these holy Apostles saynt Peter and Paule made preached whose memorie we solemnize this day Let vs confesse with our mouth beleue with our harte that God raised Christe from death to life y â— he is the true Messias Sauiour And no doubt we shall enioy the heueÌ„ly enheritauÌ„ce prepared for vs before the making of the worlde by Christ our lord to whoÌ„ be praise euerlastingly AmeÌ„ ¶ On Mary Magdalens day The Gospell Luc. vij ONe of the pharisees desired Iesus that he wold eate w t hym And being entred into y e pharisees house he sate downe And beholde a womaÌ„ in the citie which was a synner knowing that Iesus sate in y â— pharisees house brought an Alabaster box of ointment standing at his feete behinde weping began to water hys feete w t the teares wyth the heare of her hed she wiped kyssed his feete with the oyntmeÌ„t anoynted them The pharisee seyng this which had called him spake w tin himselfe saynge If thys were a prophete he shulde haue known who what maner person is thys woman which towcheth him for she is a synner Iesus answered said vnto him Simon I haue sumwhat to tel the. He said maister say on A certayne lender had two dettours the one ought fyue huÌ„dreth pens the other fyfty They not hauyng wherw t to make payment he forgaue them both Which of them now tel me wil loue him more Simon answered said I suppose y t he whoÌ„ he forgaue the more suÌ„me He sayd vnto hym Thou haste rightly iuged and turning himself to the womaÌ„ he said to Simon Seest y u thys womaÌ„ I entred into thy house water to my feete y u gaueste me none but this womaÌ„ hath watered my feete w t teares wyth the heares of her hed she hath wiped theÌ„ Kysse y u gauest me none but this womaÌ„ froÌ„ the tyme I entred hath not lefte kyssing of my feete Thou anoyntedst not my hed
propre power and vertue as appeareth by that she putteth to but now also I know that whatsoeuer thou askest of god he woll gyue it the. So that she toke Christ but for a prophete and a very vertuouse and holy man Christ therfore answereth her Thy brother shal rise agayne I wote ê™ Martha that he shall rise againe in the resurrection at the last day Here we se that Martha was a good woman and beleued the general resurrection Wherfore our sauiour Christ to thintent he myght yet augment the womans feith opinion in him that he might declare that he coulde not only as an holy man prophet obteyne of god life to the dead but also that he himself is the fountaigne and giuer of life to al men and that no death is to be feared of them which put their trust and hope in him bicause that although death coÌ„meth yet it can not hurt him that beleueth on him which is fountaigne of al life he answered Martha in thys wyse I am the resurrection and the lyfe Ueryly my freendes this is the gospel â–ª this is the Euangel this is the glad ioyful tydinges most pleasaunt coÌ„fortable to al Christen men and women In this word Christ openeth himselfe vnto vs giueth vs resurrection life which be the greatest best gyftes that caÌ„ be giuen to maÌ„kynd But wherby is Christe made vnto vs our resurrectioÌ„ and our lyfe Uerily by feith And therfore he goeth further and sayth He that beleueth in me althoughe he be deade yet shall he lyue By feith doubtles the deade man liueth by feith the quicke maÌ„ neuer dyeth For ye may not thinke that Christ spake this only of Lazarus But who so euer he be that beleueth and hath the lyuely vnfeyned feith in Christ which in the begynnyng of this sermon â–ª I spake of he shall neuer dye albeit that the bodye for a tyme shall slepe This I say is the Gospell wherwith in the straightes of deth ours coÌ„sciencies must be fensed and made stronge agaynst al the gates of hell and of death For agaynst this sure feith thys rocke wherupon Christes church is buylt not al the gates of hell as Christ himselfe promiseth can preuaile And to thintent we shulde beleue this the better that Christe is oure resurrection he confirmed it with the raisyng of Lazarus froÌ„ death to life he coÌ„firmed it also with hys owne resurrection Why do we then mourne the deth of oure freendes Harken what Christ sayth I am the resurrection What do we fear thingê we wote not what in an other world Let vs beleue in Christ which saith I am the lyfe Truly he giueth himselfe hole vnto vs by this gospell only let vs take hede lest by our vnfeithfulnes we put froÌ„ vs so highe excellent a gyfte If Christ had neuer been made man we could haue hoped of no risyng agayne By our first father AdaÌ„ we were al made thral vnto death accordyng to gods worde in Genesis vnto AdaÌ„ What day so euer thou shalt eate of the tree of knowlege of good and euill thou shalt surely dye a death By Adam verily as witnesseth saynt Paule death entred first and agayne by Christe cam resurrection and lyfe Wherfore truly these wordes of our Sauiour Christe haue a ryght great comforte in them vnto all christen men forasmuch as they declare moost high vertue and power to be in Christe â–ª that is to witte that by hym chaunceth to maÌ„kind the vertue and power to rise againe into euerlastyng lyfe Both the good and bad shall ryse againe but not a like for the good shal rise vnto life â–ª and the badde shal rise vnto iugement and euerlasting death and therfore Christe to them is no resurrection For whiche they be that shal be made pertakers of euerlastynge lyfe he sheweth when he goeth on and sayeth in thys wyse He that beleueth in me shal lyue that is to say he shall not dye the second death We haue therfore good people two maners of risynge agayne for first we rise agayne here by grace out of the doungeon of synne when we â—e renewed into a new life and be regenerate by Christ as it is declared in the thyrde chapter of Ihon. And who soeuer after thys sorte doth ryse agayne out of synne here in thys lyfe â–ª shall neuer tast of the second death which is euerlastyng damnation but shal be pertaker of the seconde resurrection through Christ at the day of iugemeÌ„t which shal be lyfe euerlasting and endles ioye Thys in effecte were Christes wordes to Martha and after he had thus opened hymself vnto her he asked her whether she beleued this Wherunto she answered and said Yea Lorde I beleue that thou art Christe the sonne of God whiche hast come into the worlde Uerily thys confession of feith that this blessed woman Martha maketh here of Christe semeth to be lyke vnto that whiche saynt Peter and the rest of thapostles made when Christ asked them whom they said that he was and saynt Peter in al their names answered Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuyng god that is to say thou arte the Messias or Sauiour of the worlde whiche was so long before promised by the prophetes and loked for of the fathers And lyke as fleshe and bloud disclosed not thys feith to saynt Peter but the heuenly father so thys lyke confession that Martha made ê“ceded not of any carnal loue but of the holy ghost But what do these wordes betokeÌ„ thou art Christ Uerily to be Christ is to be the lorde and coÌ„querour ouer synne afflictions death and helle And for this cause was he promised euen to vanquish al the aduerse powers in heueÌ„ly thyngê I say he is that sede of the woman which shulde breake the serpeÌ„tes hed that is to wit the power of the deuill For the deuill ruleth in the worlde through Gods permission and sufferaunce by synne afflictions death and helle But all these thynges in the feithfull persons be ouercome and vanquished through Christ. Christ is our mediatour our peace He is the hed foundatioÌ„ of the church he is our prest our byshop to make sute to his father for vâ— and to saue vs hys people from our synnes Yea there is none other lucy to heuen but by him for he is the doore He is our lucy he is the trouth he is the lyfe for lyke as all were dead by Adam so by Christ must they he reuiuâ—â— This haue I spoken concerning the declaration of thys present Gospell Now deare freÌ„des accordyng to the instruction whiche we haue rehersed here out of holy scripture let vs not feare nor lameÌ„t this bodily death but rather the spiritual deth of the soule both in this worlde and in the next And on the contrary as often as we fall into synne let vs by due repentaunce rise againe here in thys lyfe let vs beleue stedfastly