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A06520	A ryght notable sermon, made by Doctor Martyn Luther, vppon the twenteth chapter of Iohan, of absolution and the true vse of the keyes full of great co[m]forte. In the which also it is intreated of the mynysters of the Church, and of scolemaisters, what is dewe vnto them. Ande of the hardnes and softenes of the harte of manne.; Predigt am Sonntage nach Ostern. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Argentine, Richard, d. 1568.	1548 (1548)	STC 16992; ESTC S108931	20,840	50

same / they can not esteme as it is worthy / the grace of the gospel / or the benefite of Christ / or with glad harte to embrace the same / or to desire it from the botome of their harte Wherfore thou shalt in vaine teach amonge those moche of the grace that is gotten by Christ / for where the lawe is not taught / ande well beaten into them / there do meÌ„ knowe nothing of synne / what thing it is / howe great the crudelitie and abhomination of it is / and which are the true ande mooste greuous sinnes / as S. Paule doth witnesse / sayinge Wherfore the lawe was geueÌ„ Without lawe / synne is dead Also where the lawe is not / there is no transgression For howe great a thynge synne is / and also / howe great the wrath of God is against synne / it can not be knowen but by the lawe Wherfore / where the lawe is not pricked forth / nor diligeÌ„tly and instauntly beaten in to them / there plainely men are Ethnikes and Prophane parsoÌ„s / thinking theÌ„ selues to do well / yea / and excellently to do the thing / whan they do abhominably synne agaynst the preceptes of God The wordly power doth restrayne aÌ„d punish / those manyfest and grosse mischeuous actes ande synnes / but what synne is before God / it can neither declare nor teach / although she shuld take to counsell all the heapes of the bookes parteininge to the lawe Therfore was the lawe geueÌ„ vnto vs / that we therby myght learne to knowe what synne is / for where synne is not knowen there is no remyssion / ande grace can not be vnderstand / moche lesse desyred and coueted / and more ouer than is there no vse of grace / for grace ought to fyght againste sinne and to vanquish it in vs that we despayre not Wherfore lyke as it is necessarie for a physician that wyll with praise professe his arte / and be like vnto his name aÌ„d callinge to haue the vse of longe experience / and to be exercised moch aÌ„d longe time in that science that he maie knowe and searche oute / fyrst what / and what kynde of desease it is and also what are the causes therof For if he shall endeuoure to remedie the sicknes the dysease not beyng knowen / nor the causes of the same fouÌ„de oute he shall rather gyue a poyson / then the remedie or helpe of the same Euen so is it necessarie fyrst synne to be knowen before that grace be preached And for the know leadge of siÌ„ne / the lawe is nedefull Wherfore the fyrst instruction of a christen maÌ„ is diligently to be taught / ande the tenne commaundementes are to be interpreted well / and beaten into the people and that is necessarie to be done in sermons in the temples For reason as I haue saide is a great deale to weake / aÌ„d to full of imbecilitie / with all her wysdome / ande wyth all â—â€¦e â—awes and preceptes of all the learnâ—â€¦ men of the lawe / to parfourme that And albeit that we graunt / that chefelie in reason is pâ—aÌ„ced and graffed a certeine knowleadge of the thiÌ„ge chat is honest aÌ„d dishonest / yet is that so small and thinâ—e / that it can not sufficiently knowe the malice aÌ„d noughtines of her nature and the greatnes of sinne And therfore god hath instituted by Moses / this doctrine ande preachyng of the lawe / the which he had ceyued before of the fathers The other kyngdome is that which the resurrection of our lorde Iesus christ hath made For by his resurrectioÌ„ he wolde beginne ande erecte a newe kyngdome the which shuld resiste synne when by the lawe they are knowen death and hell / aÌ„d doth restrayne theÌ„ / take them a waye and abolish theÌ„ / neither doth this kiÌ„gdoÌ„ teach vs howe matrimonies maie be coÌ„tracted / howe the prouisyon of the house at home and of the publike weale / ande Empyres are to be gouuerned ande ministred Howe peace ande concorde vppon the earth and the societÃ© of men is to be preserued Howe we muste buylde / sowe / plante / aÌ„d tyll our landes etc. Of this I saye this other kyngdome teacheth nothing But it is therfore erected / that we maye knowe where we must dwell / or whether we must go from hence / that we maye lyue perpetuallye / when this corruptible aÌ„d bodely kingdome will fayle / and the condicion of thys life shall haue an ende / wheÌ„ oure goodes aÌ„d all our faculties / honoures / promocions / houses and landes / the woorlde and what so euer is in it / and coÌ„meth oute of the earth / ande fynallye the lyfe it selfe is to be forsakeÌ„ And trulie death hangeth ouer vs / aÌ„d is to be loked for euery momente Yf adam had not synned / than neyther death nor any other calamytie shulde haue bene fearfull vnto vs / neyther shulde any daunger haue bene vnto vs / by any kynde of euell But nowe / throughe synne / death is brought into the worlde / and vppon all mankinde From the which no man is sure / no not for one momente of tyme / for as moche as euery moment she hangeth ouer maÌ„ But to what place wilt thou flie Whether wilt thou turne the What minde shalt thou be in than Whether doest thou suppose to go / when present death shall take the from hence For this contention and for this agony is the kyngdome of Christe bought / the which for that purpose was appointed to be an euerlasting kinge / that he might be lorde of synne and of iustice / of death ande life Wyth these / the kingdom of Christ hathe to do Vppon these he ruleth He hathe these in his hande Thus the lorde meaneth in this place where he saith Take you the holighoost / whose synnes so euer you shall remitte / they are retayned to delyuer men from synne / or to declare vnto them that those that dwell in sinne / are to be daÌ„pned eternally Here truly it can not be sayde that a woorldly kingdome is instituted of him as the Pope doth glory wyth a loudelye of the keyes of power and right to lowse and binde all thinges / aÌ„d by that meanes / to make that siÌ„ne whyche is no synne / aÌ„d also that Christ him selfe doth not binde or lowse / and so playnely he hath made by that meanes a worldy kingdome But Christe doth here clerely ynough teach what hys keyes are The keyes of Christes kyngdom / ande what they be that is to saye / not to fasten ande to lowse agayne lawes / as the Pope / but to remytte or retayne synnes The sentence therfore / and the somme of the wordes of Christe is In this shall my kingdome consist / this shal be the maner of my kingdom Fâ—rst that men maye knowe them selves to be siÌ„ners And trulie that busines is geven in commissioÌ„ vnto my servaunt Moses / that by his lawe / he

maye bringe meÌ„ne into the knowledge of sinne / not because I wolde binde them for why they were bounde before / ande miserably chayned neyther shall I nowe do first that men may sinne or geve an occasioÌ„ to sinne / neither wil I have any thiÌ„ge to do with sinne as the Pope doth by his lawe and by his keies of bindyng / sayinge / there â—o be synne where none is but I shall have to doo wyth them that naturally are siÌ„ners / or have synned agaiÌ„st the commauÌ„dementes of God / that is to say / soche as contempâ—â€¦e God soche as beleve not in God / soch as despise the woorde of God / soche as gyue not vnto God his due obedience et cetera These sinnes that is to saye the contempâ—e of God / crudelite / blasphemie / inobedience and other lyke / are not made by the law of the Pope / but are very sinnes / cleauing and fasted in flesh and bloude / aÌ„d borne even wyth man / the which can not be absolued aÌ„d takeÌ„ awaie by the Pope / by the keye as he calleth it of remissyon aÌ„d absolucioÌ„ / after the sorte as he vseth it / but they cleave styll aÌ„d remayne in maÌ„ as loÌ„g as he leadeth this life / aÌ„d he caÌ„ not depose or laie theÌ„ a parte vtterly but with the life Wherfore that we maie escape froÌ„ these synnes / for the which eternall dampnacioÌ„ remained vnto vs / and be deliuered from the payne of everlastyng death Wath the kingdom of Chrâ—â€¦ For that is the kingdome of Christ appointed and erected / aÌ„d therfor every where he calleth that his kingdome / not an earthely kingdom or worldly or pollytike / but the kiÌ„gdome of heauen because even than it shall take the begiÌ„ning wheÌ„ this earthely kiÌ„gdom through death shall cease to be / that men may knowe howe after this life / leauing thys earthely kyngdome / they maye come into the heaueÌ„ly kiÌ„gdome Of thys my kiÌ„gdom sayth he thys shal be the maner / after this sort shal this my kiÌ„gdom be erected / stablisshed / delated aÌ„d gouuerned As my Father hath sent me / so do I also sende you et cetera That is to saie The office of the Apostles You Apostles aÌ„d your successours vntill the worldes ende shal be my messangers or Ambassadours / by whome I haue purposed to reigne in all the worlde / so that you must take vppon you the same office the which I haue done / vnto the which also I was seÌ„te That is to saie / that those maye be deliuered froÌ„ sinne and death / whiche do feale their sinne aÌ„d death / and desire to be deliuered froÌ„ them Ande contrary / that soche as desire not the helpe wherby they maie be redeamed from them / but do put it awaie / that those beying bound in sinnes to death aÌ„d detained / may so remaine This shal be your kingdome / this shal be your ministerie or seruice / ande this shal be your office that you shall take vppon you Vnto this kingdome it behoueth all soche to submitte them selues that are pressed downe and vexed with sinne / yf they wil be deliuered and lifted vp from them / and be partakers of the euerlasting lyfe Vnto those that lygh vnder the heauy waight of theyr synnes / lygh groning / aÌ„d are miserablie troubled / Christe biddeth vs to saye / that they shulde be of good coÌ„forte / aÌ„d not despayre because of theyr sinnes / but lett them knowe that Chryst by his death and resurrectyon / hath brought fourth vnto vs / the remissioÌ„ of all sinnes Yf they heare this ande beleve it / they are saintes and they are saved For yf their siÌ„nes be remitted / than hath death no ryght vppon them But these that feale not nor knowe theyr synnes / nor are feared wyth the feare of death / ande do not penaunce / but procede constauntely / geving them selues vnto bodely lustes / as the pleasure of the flesh requireth / and liuiÌ„g after the arbitremeÌ„t of the olde man / Vnto these we saye by the commaundement of Chryst / you shall remaine in sinne / in indignation ande eternall death For you aske no remission of sinnes and mercy / ande you do frowardely put from you and treade vnder fote everlastyng lyfe Who I praye the can expresse with wordes howe infinite / howe substanciall ande full of health this coÌ„forte is / that one maie opeÌ„ vnto an other with one worde the kingdom of heaueÌ„ / and close vp the gates of hell For as moche as in this kiÌ„gdom of grace the which Chryste hath instituted by his resurrectioÌ„ we do no other thiÌ„g thaÌ„ that we speake with opeÌ„ mouth I remitte vnto the thy synnes / not of my self / or by my propre power or vertue / but in the name and steade of Iesus Christ For why he saith not that you shall remitte synnes in your name for no man liuing can remytte or retaine synnes but he saith thus Like as my father hath sent me euen so I sende you I haue not done this by my counsell or arbitrement / but for this I was sent from my father And this commaundement I giue also vnto you / that you do the same vntyll the ende of this worlde / that you and all the world maie knowe this remission or retaining of synne / not to be done by the vertue or power of man / but by the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of him that hath sent you This is not onely spoken of those that are ministers and preachers of the woorde of God / but of all faythfull Christianes Here maye euery vertuous man / coÌ„forte and absoile his neighboure in the agonie of death / ande other necessities ande temptacions When thou hearest of me thys woorde / then doest thou heare that god will haue mercy on the / aÌ„d deliuer the froÌ„ death aÌ„d synne / iustifie the aÌ„d saue the. But thou sayest I haue in dede harde the absolution of the / but who knoweth / whether it be certaine that my synnes also are forgeuen before God I answere Yf I had said and done that / as man or of mine owne or of any other maÌ„nes auctothoryte alonely / thaÌ„ so to saye aÌ„d to doubte / thou mightest not without cause / whether the absolutioÌ„ geuen / shuld be hereafter effectuall and auailable before God or no. And verely I haue hearde many / eueÌ„ in the extreme agony of death / doubtiÌ„g of this thiÌ„ge / sayinge / Oh woulde to god I knewe certaiÌ„ly that my siÌ„nes are forgeueÌ„ vnto me I wold buy the certitude therof with all my possiblities and goodes For albeit he be aparauÌ„tly neuer so good a maÌ„ne that pronouÌ„ceth the absolutioÌ„ / and as coÌ„cerning his oune parson / neuer so true / yet he that is grudged in conscience aÌ„d the minde that is careful / is not coÌ„teÌ„ted with him / yea if thou thinkest hiÌ„ to be a maÌ„ / and seest in hiÌ„ nothiÌ„g elles than maÌ„ /

than must thou nedes doubte aÌ„d canst nothiÌ„g sticke or trust vnto his absolutioÌ„ / nor any thing confyrme or erecte thy mynde by it But if thou be certaine / aÌ„d caÌ„ste strengthen thy miÌ„de agaiÌ„st this doubte / thaÌ„ is it necessary that thy miÌ„de beiÌ„g taught aÌ„d instituted by the worde of God saye after this sorte Neither the minister of the worde / nor yet any manne absolueth me from my synnes / neyther hath my curate taught me so to beleue / but god by this minister or faithfull ChristiaÌ„ / shewwiÌ„g or declariÌ„g the remission of sinnes hath done it This is more certeine thaÌ„ that / that is assured / for why my lorde Chryst hath commauÌ„ded the same / where he sayd Like as my Father hath sent me / so do I sende you et cet Here doth he make equall and matche those whome he seÌ„deth / vnto him selfe / in every thinge / as moche as coÌ„cerneth theyr Ambassage or message / that they being sente of hiÌ„ maie do aÌ„d with expedicyon perfourme that thynge for the which he was sent from his Father / that they maye both remitte aÌ„d retaine sinnes This is the thing that maketh that absolution to be effectuall Vithout this commaundement / Absolution shulde be frustrate and vayne Yf therfore thou being laden with the burden of sinnes arte vexed and troubled in mynd Yf thou quake for fear of death / by whome God shal punish siÌ„nes everlastiÌ„gly / aÌ„d if thou beiÌ„ge in thys peÌ„syuenes doest heare of the minyster of the church / the curate of thy soule aÌ„d thy bishop / or els where necessitÃ© coÌ„pelleth / that thou caÌ„st not have the minister of the Churche of thy neighbour that proffesseth christ aÌ„d coÌ„meth to coÌ„forte the / thou hearest these or suche like wordes / Dere beloued brother or sister iÌ„ Christ / I see you careful aÌ„d vexed iÌ„ miÌ„d / ready to fall iÌ„to desperatioÌ„ / to fear the wrath aÌ„d iudgemeÌ„t of God / because of the siÌ„nes that thou perceiuest / aÌ„d for the which nowe thou arte so moche vexed aÌ„d troubled / but heare aÌ„d strayght waies coÌ„ceiue in miÌ„de / aÌ„d coÌ„mit the thiÌ„gs iÌ„to the botom of thy harte that I shall nowe say vnto the. Ther is no cause why thou shuldest despaire / be of good coÌ„fort For christ thy lord aÌ„d sauiour / the whych for siÌ„ners came iÌ„to the world / that he might save theÌ„ hathe geveÌ„ in coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t / both vnto the ministers of the church which for the publick ministratioÌ„ shal be called for that purpose aÌ„d also where necessitÃ© compelleth vnto every priuate faithful christian / that by his wordes / every maÌ„ shuld coÌ„fort his neybor / aÌ„d iÌ„ his name absoil hiÌ„ froÌ„ siÌ„nes When thou hearest this coÌ„forte / see that thou receiue it with so great ioy of minde / wyth so moch gladnes aÌ„d kindnes / as though thou hardest it of Christ hiÌ„ self Christ doth commaunde sinnes to be remitted and also to be retained So trulie he hath coÌ„maunded / saying / As my Father hath seÌ„t me / so do I sende you / Also / vnto who soever you remitt etc. That is to saye / ye shall take vppoÌ„ you the same office that I do You shall execute the same mynistratyon that I do If therfore thou coÌ„ceyve these wordes of Chryst / thaÌ„ is thy harte pacified / and coÌ„ceyueth a substantial or sure comforte / and than maiste thou saye wythe a mery harte I haue hearde a man that hath talked with me / aÌ„d hath coÌ„forted me In as moche as coÌ„cerneth his owne propre parson / I wold not credite the least word of his saying / but I beleue my lorde Chryst the which hath instituted this kiÌ„gdom of grace aÌ„d of remission of synnes / aÌ„d hath geueÌ„ vnto meÌ„ this power aÌ„d this coÌ„maundemeÌ„t / that in his name they shuld remytt aÌ„d retain sinnes Wherfor / when any vtuous man is assaulted by the deuell and with the suggestions of Sathan / that he is a great sinner aÌ„d therfor lost aÌ„d condeÌ„pned / than ought he not to desceÌ„d iÌ„to the place of fight with Sathan / nor to reason or to loue to be solitary / or to hide hiÌ„self in som secrete place without arbytrement / but let hiÌ„ come vnto some mynister of the church / with whome he is accustomed to couÌ„sell in the busines apperteiniÌ„g vnto his soules health / or lett hiÌ„ send for hiÌ„ / or call hiÌ„ vnto him Or if peraduenture no minister of the church be present / let hiÌ„ call vnto him / or let hiÌ„ resorte vnto his freÌ„de / whome he hathe knoweÌ„ to be a louer of the worde of God and vertuous / and let him complaine vnto hiÌ„ of his sinnes / aÌ„d of what soeuer difficultÃ© doth oppresse him / and let him poure into his bosome / all thiÌ„gs wher with he is tormented and troubled in mynde / requyriÌ„g him of his counsell / and let him trust vppon the wordes of Christ Vnto who soeuer you shall remytte theyr synnes etc. And where two or thre shal be gathered together in my name / I shal be iÌ„ the middest of them Trusting vppon these wordes / let hym assuredly beleue these things that the same brother or mynister of the churche or yf he be a vertuous freÌ„de / shall saie iÌ„ the name of the Lorde / oute of the scryptures EueÌ„ as he shall beleue / so shal be done vnto him Yf he geue credyt vnto the absolution / by the which he hath absoyled hym in the name of Chryst / then is he absoiled / and hath remissioÌ„ of his siÌ„nes etc. What it is two or thre to be gathered together in the name of Chryste Than trulye are two or three gathered to gether in the name of christ / whan they entreate amoÌ„gest them selues / not of corporall ande earthely busynes / howe they may haue great gaines / howe thy may gather together great riches / by what wais aÌ„d reasoÌ„ that may be done / or of other corporall thyngs / of the whych this teÌ„porall lyfe hath nede / but wheÌ„ they eÌ„treate amoÌ„g them selues of those things which do apparteine vnto the edifying ande health of the congregation / that when in confessioÌ„ or elles where thou doest open thy vyces and temptacions / and whan he with whome thou doest vnlade the secretes of thy mynde and thy cares / doth vnderstand aÌ„d se the to be feared and stonied with the lawe of Moses / by thy synnes to be bitten / oppressed aÌ„d vexed and greuouslye troubled aÌ„d tormeÌ„ted with the feare of death And when with syghes and vnfained sorrowes thou doest lameÌ„t and abhorre thy life / with these aÌ„d soch like wordes / which procede from those that are afearde in dede O wold to God I had not bene borne Also / O wold god / wold proloÌ„ge my life / I wolde passe it ouer farre other wise and more holely / thaÌ„ I haue don hitherto Like as that seruauÌ„t doth in the

gospel / that did owe vnto his lord x. m. taleÌ„tes sayiÌ„g Lord or maister / be patieÌ„t towordes me / and I shall restore vnto the all thinges Whan therfore the minister of the churche / or who soeuer elles shal be / begynne to comforte the / not after a wordly sorte / nor for the desyre of lucre / as the Pope doth / who sayth / that he hath power ande facultÃ© to lowse and binde / but at no tyme but when thou shalt nuÌ„bre vnto him / and will redeme his bulles / pardons and Indulgences / but because he seeth thy carefull and to be oute of all coÌ„forte / through the feares of sinne and death And therfore saith vnto the. Forsake and despise all / thinges that are vppon earth / as money / riches / all mennes doinges / and the life Loke not vnto those thinges / turne thine eyes / aÌ„d all thy sences from them / but giue eare vnto these thinges that I nowe saye / fasten those in thy minde Thy harte is vexed / and thou desirest nothing more than to be deliuered oute of sorrowes and care / ande thy conscience to be cleared / aÌ„d to escape those sharpe hornes of Moses that stryketh so sore Here I saye / heare what thy brother saith / whome thou takest to thy counsell / when he speaketh vnto the / this sentence In the name of our lorde Christ / who suffred death for the. I declare and saie vnto the / that thou be of good comforte / aÌ„d beleue / aÌ„d be of a good and quiet minde / aÌ„d doubte nothing / that thy synnes are forgeuen vnto the / aÌ„d that death hath no ryght vppon the. But thou sayest Howe wilt thou proue vnto me that it is so in dede I answere / Chryst oure lorde saide vnto his disciples and vnto all the catholike congregation I commaund and bidde that youre mytte synnes / or retayne them / If you shall do any soche thynge / you do it not of your selues / but wheÌ„ ye do the same by my byddyng and coÌ„maundement / I my selfe do yt For truly / the minister of the churche that is to saye / the curate of thy soule and Bysshoppe / or any other who soeuer he be so that he be vertuous in this necessitÃ© / is called ande sent therfore vnto the / to comforte the. Therfore thou must as moche beleue him seyng he seketh onely the health of thy soule as though Chryst hiÌ„ selfe beyng present / shuld stande by the / aÌ„d laying his haÌ„des on the / shulde absoile the from synne So truly he saith I do sende you that is to saye I do coÌ„municate aÌ„d geue vnto you full power aÌ„d coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t / to do that thing / for which I was seÌ„t froÌ„ my father / aÌ„d that I dyd Wherfor yf any maÌ„ layiÌ„g his haÌ„des vppoÌ„ the / doth by this coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t of Christ declare vnto the / thy remission of synnes / it is as moche as though Christ hiÌ„ selfe had done it / wheÌ„ I saye he shall do it by the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of Christ For yf that coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t of Christ were not / thaÌ„ nothiÌ„g shuld be done lesse And the moost mercifull lord forbid that I or any maÌ„ shuld be bold to atteÌ„â— any soch thiÌ„g without his coÌ„maundemeÌ„t Beholde / this is the forme ande maner to remitte aÌ„d absoile sinnes That thiÌ„ge can be done by no other reason / nor by any other meanes / no other couÌ„sell / no other helpe is any where in any thing For that doctrine of the Pope / is both erronious aÌ„d blasphemous by the which meÌ„ do professe / that by their works aÌ„d propre merites they can obteine remissioÌ„ of their siÌ„nes / aÌ„d therfore doth it bind meÌ„ to satisfactions and coÌ„maundeth theÌ„ / to take vppoÌ„ theÌ„ a solitary life / or to make a pilgrimage vnto S. Iames / or to builde teÌ„ples / or to edifie great Cathedrall churches and monasteries to singe Masses aÌ„d to buy Pardons and soche like These be not the wayes or meanes / wherby the remyssyon of synne maye happen vnto the. These thy pilgrimages aÌ„d these thy workes aÌ„d goodes thou maiste coÌ„uerte iÌ„to aÌ„ other aÌ„d better vse In this busines as moche as apparteineth vnto the meanes of health they shall proffit the nothiÌ„g at all For here it commeth to passe as it is said / when muses taketh vppoÌ„ hym his hornes ande doth strike the / that is to witte / when by the lawe / he doth declare vnto the thy sinnes aÌ„d the greatnes and multitude of theÌ„ ande so doth cast the into quaking feares and desperation Than arte thou no longer in that greate nombre of men that are full of securitÃ© / and haue forgotten to sorrowe / and can not repent / aÌ„d are obdurate / but in that litle nombre of these that do acknowledge theyr miserie and sinnes / aÌ„d do fele them / aÌ„d therfore they wepe / waile and tremble at the russhyng af a leafe / and at the shadowe of a rede that is moued Vnto those a helpe is prepared Vnto those Christ saith I / I saye / haue instituted and establysshed that kingdom of grace / which shal coÌ„sume / abolish swallow vp and destroye synnes and death / aÌ„d shall bringe vnto the iustice / and lyfe Saye not therfore Where shall I fynde it where shall I seke it Muste I take any Iornate towardes Roome or towardes Ierusalem Not so For if thou shuldest ascend into heauen with golden ladders / if it might be brought to passe / yet shuldest thou not obteyne that thinge / by this meanes / that thou desirest But this thou must do Beholde aÌ„d fasteÌ„ in thy minde these wordes ande coÌ„maundement of Christ Who sayth / I sende you etc. As who shulde saye It was nedefull that I shulde come fyrst vnto you / that I shuld declare vnto you by the Gospell or glad tidinges / the will of my father / aÌ„d that I shuld institute sacramentes aÌ„d absolutioÌ„ / or elles you could not haue come vnto me Truly because / I can not be corporally in all places of the woorlde vnder a visyble forme / neyther shall I be alwaies present in this propre parson / therfore do I that that my father hath done He hath seÌ„t me into this litle aÌ„gle of the worlde / iÌ„to Iury / that I shuld teach in it But what taught he He taught the glad tidiÌ„ges for the coÌ„forte of miserable synners / that were in Iury / he healed the sycke and dyd resuscitate the dead This was the worke and ministerie geuen vnto hym in commaundement For this was he sent from his father There aÌ„d to this was he wholy geuen In those places was he coÌ„uersaunt / and dyd his offyce with faythfull intent and sedulitÃ© / not in the Courtes of noble men / amoÌ„gest glotons / smelkitcheÌ„s these raueners more lyke swyne than meÌ„ / not with Annas and Caiphas and other Iusticers / ryche aÌ„d wise before the world / aÌ„d soche

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