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A14014	A sermon of Cuthbert Bysshop of Duresme made vpon Palme sondaye laste past, before the maiestie of our souerayne lorde kyng Henry the. VIII. kynge of England [and] of France, defensor of the fayth, lorde of Ireland, and in erth next vnder Christ supreme heed of the Churche of Englande.; Sermon made upon Palm Sunday	Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474-1559.	1539 (1539)	STC 24322A; ESTC S118679	34,494	96

intollerable to the fleshe of man than deth of the crosse And there is nowe nothyng more glorious sette forth in the forheade of a christen man than the sygne of the crosse Here we maye note what hye rewarde in heauen is reserued to a chrysten man whan Christe hath gyuen suche an honour to the forme of the crosse representynge to vs his passion for nowe the forme of the crosse is so honoured amongest christen men that if a man worthye to dye shoulde be crucified it shoulde be thought amongest christen men that he shulde thereby rather be honoured than punished The crosse is now euery where amongest Christen men erected and sette vp as an arche triumphal ageinst the deuyll declaryng vnto vs the vyctorie and triumphe that Christ vpon the crosse obteyned agaynst the deuyll in cancellyng the bonde of our synne wherin we were bounde to the dyuell and fastenynge it cancellyd to his crosse as sayncte Paule saythe in the seconde chapiter to the Colossians ¶ It foloweth in the text Therfore god hath exalted him and hath gyuen to him a name that is aboue all names Here it is to be noted that God gaue to Christe his exaltation as to man and not as to god For there was neuer no tyme before he was made man that he in the fourme of god was not exalted nor no tyme that all thinges dyd not bowe downe to hym that be in heuen erthe and hell And for that cause he saythe Therfore that is to say for his manhode forme of a seruant taken vpon hym and vnited to his godheed and for his obedience vnto deathe of the crosse For in the same fourme of man in whiche he was crucified in the same he was exalted And a name was gyuen to hym aboue all names That he beinge in the forme of a seruant rysynge from deathe of the flesshe to lyfe and ascendynge vp into heuen shulde be called the onely begotten sonne of god whiche name he as the worde and sonne of god eternally begotten of god and equall to god hadde before Wherof the aungell sent to the blessed vyrgine Marye before his byrthe prophecied sayeng in the first chapiter of Luke That holy byrthe that shall be borne of the shall be called the sonne of god This hyghe exaltation of Christe gyuen to hym for his manhoode and sufferaunce of deathe for mankynde is lyke to that that Chryste hym selfe spake in the laste chapiter of Mathewe sayinge All power is gyuen to me in heuen and in erthe whiche he spake of his manhode and not of his godheed for by his godheed he had it before he was mā ¶ It foloweth in the texte That in the name of Iesu euery knee shal bow down of all thynges that be in heauen or that be in erthe or that be in helle That is to say of aungels of men and of dyuelles For the aungelles of heuen at his ascention gloryfied in hym the nature of man and bowed downe to hym exalted aboue all angels And men in erth do glorifie in hym and do knéle down to hym and adore hym as their redemer and god and man The deuylles do stowpe downe to hym for feare and one of them whom he expelled from a bodye possessed by hym sayde to hym I do knowe that thou arte the holy man of god And all the deuyls shall knowe his power whan he shall sit in iugement rewardyng good men and punyshynge the euyll And the bowynge down of euery knee is ment the submyssyon of all creatures to theyr maker not that eyther aungels or deuylles haue bodily knees but bicause we men that haue bodies in our submyssion doo bowe oure knees And therefore submyssyon of all creatures to theyr maker is ment therby The deuyls alsoo feared his power and bowed downe to hym whanne his sowle with his godheade descended into helle there to delyuer the sowles of all ryghtuous men which were deed before Christ and descended thyther bycause heauen gates were not yet by hym opened His godheed ones knytte by his incarnation to his body and his sowle neuer departed after from either of theym bothe but styl abode with them that is to saye with his bodye in the sepulchre and with his soule descendyng into hell neuer departyng from neither of theym after his incarnation ¶ It foloweth in the texte And euerye tonge shall confesse and knowledge that Iesu Christe is our lorde to the glorie of god his father That is to say to the hye preferrement therof for the glorye of the father is to haue such a sonne lord of all maker of all and god of all To whome all be subiectes and do obey To whome all creatures do bowe downe and whom all tonges do exalte and glorifie ¶ The glorye of god the father is that the sonne euery where be gloryfyed lyke as where god the sonne is despised there god the father is despised and blasphemy spoken ageinst god the sonne is spoken also ageynste god the father Lyke as amongest men dishonour done to the sonne soundeth to the dyshonour of the father For betwyxte god the father and god the sonne there is no difference but that that ryseth and commeth by dyuersitie of theyr persones And therfore the honour or dyshonoure of god the sonne stretcheth to the honour or dyshonour of god the father Where the sonne is perfit in all thynges it is the honour of the father that so begat hym of whome he had it And where he needeth nothynge it is the honor of his father of whom he hath all plentie And where he by his godheed is not inferiour to his father it is the honoure of his father of whome he hathe the same substance and the same essence and where he is wyse it is the honour of the father whose wysedome he is and where he is good it is the honour of the father of whom he hath it And where he is almyghty It is the honour of the father whose arme he is In all these thynges it is the hyghe honour of god the father that he eternally begatte a sonne of so moche glorye ¶ And it is a great demonstration ▪ that Chris● the sonne of god is god by nature bycause he humbled hym selfe takynge mans na●●●e vppon hym For he knewe that by his humilytie he coulde suffer no damage in the highnes of his godly nature For his godly nature coulde not be hydde nor ●●pte vnder nor oppressed by any humilitie His humilitie therfore is an euident argument of his natural god heed And therfore if any man do desyre to be greate in vertue lette hym humble hym self for humilitie sheweth the greatnes of vertue Let hym folowe Christe in humilitie and he shall gayne great thynges therby He that is pore in vertue feareth to humble hym selfe leste he shoulde fall from hs feyned dissembled height And he that is ryche in vertue doth humble hym selfe knowynge that he hathe in hym vertue whereby he shall be exalted whyche vertue can

❧ A SERMON OF CVTHBERT BYSshop of Duresme made vpon Palme sondaye laste past before the maiestie of our souerayne lorde kyng HENRY the VIII kynge of England of France defensor of the fayth lorde of Ireland and in erth next vnder Christ supreme heed of the Churche of Englande Hoc sentite in uobis quod et in Christo Iesu. c. Ad Philippen 2. SE THE SAME mind be in you that was in Iesu Christe who beinge alredye in the forme of god thought it no rauyne to be equalle with god but he dyd abase hym selfe takynge vpon hym the fourme of a seruant borne in similitude of men and in shape founde as a man He dyd humble hym selfe and became obedient vnto deth ye vnto deth of the crosse Therfore god hath exalted him and hath gyuen hym a name aboue all names soo that in the name of Iesu euery knee shall bowe downe of thinges that be in heauen of thynges that be in earthe of thynges that be in helle and that euery tonge maye confesse that Iesu Christe is our lorde to the glory of god the father ¶ THIS IS IN Englyshe the sentence of the epystle of this daye And fyrst I do entende by your pacience to declare particularly the lytteral sence therof conteynyng the infinite and inestimable humilytie and obedience of our sauyour Iesu Christ. Secondly I do entende to speake of disobedience of men by pryde done to man ageinst goddis lawe And how that may be eschewed Thirdely I entende to speake of disobedience of al men by pride done to almighty god ageynste goddis lawe And howe that may be amended And so to make an ende And to returne to the fyrste ¶ Saynte Paule in the seconde chapyter to the Phylyppiens nexte before the wordes of the pistle of this daye commaundyng humylitie with charitie to be vsed sayth Ye muste thynke by humilytie euery man to be your superyour not consyderynge euery one of you his owne furtherance but the furtherāce of other And therfore he exhorteth all men by the example of Christe not to regarde nor to take heede to their owne aduancemente but the aduancement of other sayenge See the same mynde be in you that is in Iesu Christ that is to say Shewe humilitie pacience for the welth of other as Christe dyd Whose hye degre the apostle Paule here first speaketh of From whyche he was contente to comme downe for our sake For he beinge in the fourme of god thought it noo rauyn to be equalle with god what is this to say in the form of god The sense therof is this He was in ful substance in full essence in ful glorie in eternitie equal with his father As for to put for our better erudition of thinges incomprehensyble farre aboue oure capacitie an example of thinges that we maye vnderstande to dyrecte vs in some parte to the attaynynge of hygher thynges As the bryghtnes is in the fyre and as the image or print is in a seale and as a worde is in the mynde so the sonne of god is in the father For the brightnes is as soone as the fyre is and the prynte is within the seale as soone as the seale is And the worde that man wyll expresse is in the mynde as soone as the minde hath conceyued it Saynt Paule in the beginnyng of his epistle to the Hebrues sayth that the sonne of god is the shynynge of the glory of the father As in the foresayd example the brightnes is of the fyre and fygure of his substance as the prynte is of the feale supportynge all thynges by the wrde of his strength and vertue as the mynde bryngeth forthe the worde And where saynt Paule saith that Christ thoughte it no rauyn to be equalle with god He meaneth that he made not hym selfe equal to god by vsurpation but god the father begatte hym in the begynning equall to hym selfe For if he shulde haue made hym selfe equall to god nat beinge so by nature he shulde haue fallen by rauyn as Lucyfer dyd For he bycause he wolde make hym selfe equall to god beinge but a creature dyd falle and of an aungell was made the deuyll And this his pryde he perswaded to man by whiche he was ouerthrowē hym selfe saying to Eue before the fall of Adam Taste of the fruite that is forbidden you and ye shall be as goddis That is to saye in effect Take vpon you by vsurpation that thing that ye haue not by creation for so was I ouerthrowen But Chryste was borne in the begynnynge equal to his father not made after equall and borne of the substance of the father Wherfore he dyd not vsurpe equalitie vnto god but was in that equalitie in whyche he was borne in the begynnyng ¶ It foloweth in the text But he dydde abase hym selfe takynge vppon hym the forme of a seruaunt whyche he dyd not lesyng the forme of god in which he was before but takynge the fourme of man whiche he was not before And therby he was made inferior to his father And yet he abode stylle equall with hym bothe in one persone that is to say by reason that he was the worde of god equalle to his father and by reason he was man inferiour to hym one sonne of god and the same sonne of man One the sonne of mā and the same the sonne of god Not two sonnes of god god man but one sonne of god and manne god without begynnynge man from a certayne begynninge our lorde Iesu Christe For as god dothe graunte to his creatures beinge temporall and subiecte to sufferynge that they maye begette the same thynge that they are howe moche more god the father beinge eternall and impassible dyd begette his sonne not of an other substance than he hym selfe is but of the same Whyche is yet to our great admiration bycause he begattte hym without any alteration and in suche equalitie with hym self that neither in power nor in aege the father gothe before the sonne ¶ But the sonne dothe attrybute vnto the father and not to hym selfe all that he hath and maye bycause he is not of hym selfe but of the father He is equall to the father but he had that same of his father Nor he toke not of hym selfe to be equall but he is equall by nature As he was euer borne he was euer equalle Wherfore the father bygatte hym not inequalle to hym selfe And after he was borne gaue to hym equalitie but in bygettynge hym gaue it vnto him bycause he begat hym equal not inferiour to him selfe But yet he saythe his father is superiour to hym bicause he toke the forme of a seruant not lesyng the forme of god by whyche fourme of a seruaunt he was made inferiour not onely to his father but alsoo to hym selfe as to the sonne of god and to the holy gooste Nor only he was inferyoure to the Trynytie in his forme of manhod but also he was made inferiour vnder angels And he was also