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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

Pray you my most dearely and welbeloued brethren that with all our studye diligence we call to oure remembraunce whi and wher fore we be named and called Christians and whi we bere the crosse of Christ in our fore heades For truely we ought to know that it is not suffici ente to receaue the name of Christen men excepte we do the workes of Christians For what doth it auaile saith our lorde to call me lord lord yf ye fulfyll not my commaūdementes yf thou name thy selfe a Christen souldear and contynuallye doste blesse thy self with the crosse of Christ and after thyne habylitie and substannce doeste no almes dedes nor regardest not charitie iustice nor chastitie thy christen name shall nothyng auayle the. The sygne and crosse of Christe is a thynge moste excellent and therfore with this moste pretious signacle and seale that thynge whiche is mooste precious ought to be sealed For what doth it auayle or profyte the to make a seale of a rynge of golde yf thou close putrified and rotten strawe therein Or what doth it auauntage vs to weare or to haue the crosse of Chryste in our foreheades and mouthes and in wardly in our soules to haue and hyde synne he that thinketh euel speaketh euell and yf he that blesseth hym ●elfe wyll not amend hys synnes decreace not but rather augment and increace There be that when they goo aboute theft or adultery yf they stūble neuer soo lytle they doe blysse thē selues but yet they staye not them selues frome theyr euell workes and purposes Nor the wretches perceaue not that in so doinge they do rather include the deuyll then that they exclude hym But he whiche throughe the ayde of god doth reiecte and repell all vitious and synfull lyuinge and stryuethe bothe to thinke vpon that is good and to do good he doth well and iustlye blysse his mouthe with the sygne and token of the crosse and endeuer hym selfe to doo suche workes as shall deserue and meryte to haue and to receaue that sygne and token of the crosse For it is written The kyngedome of heauen is not in wordes but in power and good workes And agayne fayth with out good workes is dead in it selfe Therefore leaste that peraduenture we haue not this Chrysten name to oure ayde and amendment but to our vtter damnation and de struction let vs whiles that we haue remedy and help in our owne handes retourne vnto good workes And to the eutent ye may throughe the helpe of God accomplysh and doe those thynges loke that there be peace and concorde amonge you and that ye reduce and brynge those that are at stryfe and debate to peace and vnyti● Auoyde and flye allesyngs Excheue periury as perpetuall mortal death And aboue al thinges loke that after youre habilitie as is aforesayde ye ex hibite geue your charitie to the poore and nedy and that ye offer vp your oblations to be consecrated vpon the aulter Loke that ye canne saye poure beleife and the lordes prayer and that ye teache your chyldren the same For I maruell very muche howe they dare be so holde as once to name them selues christians that do dissimble to saye a fewe verses onelye of theyr crede or of the lordes praier Like wise ye shall vnderstād that for those children the whiche ye do Christen ye are as suerties vnto God and therefore be circumspecte to correcte and chasten aswell those whiche ye do Christen as your owne naturall chyldrē that they maye liue chastly soberly and iustly And beware that youre lyfe be such that youre chyldren yf they wyl folowe you burne not in the eternall fier but that they may approch and come with you to the perpetuall blysse of heauen Take you heede that do here and iudge mens causes that ye iudge ryghteously and that ye take no gif tes of the poore For gyftes doe blynde wyse mens hartes and doo● chaunge alter the wordes of the prudent wyse lest peraduenture whiles ye get and heape vp monye ye lese youre soules For no man can gette vnlawfull gaine without laweful paine and damage for where is luker there is losse luker in the cheste and damage in cōscience Let no man drinke to be dronken nor compell anye other at hys table to drinke more than nedeth lest that throughe ebrietie drōkennes he lese both his owne soule and theyrs also Loke that ye come together to the churche vpon the sonday for yf the wretched Jewes doe kepe and sanctifye theyr sabboth daye with such deuotiō as one that day they wyl do no earthly worke at all how muche more shulde we christen men on the sundaye geue applye our mindes to gods seruyce to come to that church for the salute saluatyon of our owne soules And when ye come together praye for the remission of your synnes Make no stryfe there nor no debate for who so commyng to the churche doth so he tho rowe debate doth wound hurte hym selfe there where he myght haue healed holpen him selfe by prayer And beyng in the churche beware and loke that ye braule not but that ye paciently do listē and take good hede to youre diuine seruyce For he that doth iangle or bable in the church shall geue an acountes and rekenyng aswel for other as for him selfe because he wold neyther here GODDES sworde nor yet suffer other men to here the same Loke that ye truly pay your tithes to the churche And let hym that was proude waxe humble that was lecherous wax chast that was wont to siele or to inuade other mens goodes gyue his charitie to the poore Lette hym that hathe bene enuious be beneuolent and gentle that hath done iniurye be ready and quicke to aske forgeuenes and that he to whō iniurye was done vnto be preste and readye to forgyue As ofte as any infit mitie or sickenes doth chaūce amonge you let him that is diseased receaue the holy cōmunion of the verye bodye and bloude of Chryst and afterwardes be aneled that scripture may be fulfylled in hymsayinge yf anye man be sycke let the preist be sente for to anointe hym to praye ouer hym and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sycke and God shall rayse hym vp and yf he be in synne they shal be forgeuen hym Take heede and marke nowe good brethren that he the whiche in his syckenes wyl resort vnto the churche may obtayn bodely health and receaue the forgeuenes of synnes Seynge then that double goodnes and benefite mai be foūd and obteyned in the churche whi do these wretches labor by inchaunters by fountaynes by trees by diuilysh philaters be caracters by dyuiners and sothesayres to induce much mischeife among the people But as I haue sayde vnto you before looke that ye do admonish warne your chyldren and all youre housholde to liue chastly and ryghteously prouokyng and sturringe them to good workes not onely by wordes but

with the abun dance of good holy conuersation and in time to com deserue merite through gods grace and fauor to be satisfyed with the rewarde of good workes For they as we doo read in the gosplel are blissed that hūger and thirst iustice for they shal be satisfyed In trueth we oughte to choose this cōpensation that is to geue to distribute such meates as we do absteyne fro to the poore neadye For it is written Blessed be they that are content to suffer that in another place they may be refresshed For that gyft is acceptable vnto God when the neadye is fed and refreshed when the bare is clothed when anger is not perfourmed nor finished whē that time of anger is not kept when euil is not done for euyl Our fastinges are then thankful and acceptable vnto GOD when we do refreshe and cōforte those that fast for veryenede necessitie for then we shal heare this sentence Uerely I say vnto you inasmuche as ye haue done it vnto on of the lest of these ye haue done it to me O the gret be nignitie and goodnes of god the which to represse and asswage the couetousnesse of man saith that whatsoeuer is geuen to the least poore man that is is geuen vnto hym selfe The goodnes of God graunte you my brethren that ye maye so serue and please him with youre abstinence almes dedes good workes that he the which doth lyue eternallye may brynge you to the eternall and true lyfe So be it ¶ Of fastynge in Lent and almes dedes v. Ser. I Praye you in like maner I admonish you my derely beloued brethren that none of you do presume to dyne in this lawfull and moste holye tyme of Lent except it be vpon the sundaye or that paraduenture ye be in such care and weakenesse that your in firmitie sickenes do the not suffer you to fast For why to fast vppon other dayes is either a remedye or elles a rewarde but not to absteine in lent is synne He that at anye other tyme dothe faste shall haue pardon and remission but he that doth not fast and abstayne in Lente shall fele payne And yet let hym that through feblenes cannot fast prepare somewhat as secretlye as maye be for hym selfe and other yf there be any modiseased than hym selfe that they maye eate it together But he shall inuyte nor call none such to hys repast dinner that mai fast Forif he do both god and man shal easely perceaue that hys infirmitie is not the cause that he fasteth not but that throughe glutteny he wil not fast Let him y● can not fast be content eate his meate withsorowfulnes that he when other men do absteyne and fast abstayneth not Let hym cause the thinge that shal be necessary for the sicke to be secretly prepared for him selfe and some other For it besemeth hym not to cal any whole mā vnto his table leste that he through other mēs gluttony encrease and augmente hys owne synne And yet forasmuche as he fasteth not hys charitie and almose oughe to be the more large to the pore so to redeme those synnes by almose dedes the whiche he coulde not cure nor heale by abstinence and fastynge It is my good brethren a verye good and a profitable thing to faste but yet much better to gyue almose Yf a man may or cando both they are two good thynges but yf he cannot better it is to gyue almose Yf thou be not able to fast almose dedes without fastyng shal be sufficient but to fast without doing of charitable and almose dedes is not sufficiente Therefore yf a man can not fast almose wythout fastinge is good but yf a manne may faste and also do hys almose they are two good thinges but to fast without doing of almes is nother good nor profitable excepte a man be so very nedy and poore that he haue nothynge at all to geue and then the good will of hym that hath nothing to gyue is sufficiente For it is wrytten Glorye to God an hyghe and peace be on the erth to those that be wel willinge But who can excuse hym when the lord hath promysed to gyue vs a rewarde for a cuppe of cold water And why doth he say of colde water leaste peraduenture some pore man would excuse him selfe by penury and lack of woode and saye that he hath nother potte nor panne to warme any water withal Finally my derelye beloued brethren the lord dothe so exhorte and so admonish vs by the holy prophet to do almes dedes that there is in a maner no man so pore and nedy that can excuse hym selfe He sayth thus This is the faste sayth the Lord that I haue chosen breake thy breade to hym that is an hungered He sayth not gyue hym a whole loafe for perchaunce the pore man hath it not to geue but he sayth breake it that is to saye yf thou be so nedye and pore that thou hast but one lofe of bread yet breake of a pece thereof geue it to the pore Also he sayth leade the poore mā that is without lodging home to thy house Nowe yf a man be so poore and neady that he haue not where withal to fede the poore yet at lest wise let hym prepare hym a bedde in some corner of hys house O my deare brethren what shal we sai to these thinges or what excuse shall we make that haue gret wyde houses and yet scarely vouchesafe at any time to receaue the poore pilgrime being ignoraunt yea not beleuyng that chryste as he doth saye is receaued in his pylgrymes I was a straunger and ye receaued me and inasmuch as ye haue done it vnto one of the lest of these ye haue done it vnto me It is tedious and laboriouse vnto vs to receaue Christ in pore and neadye menne into oure countreye but I feare me he wyll requite vs not receaue vs into this heuenly kingdom We dispise him here in thys worlde I feare me he wil despise vs in heauē As he hī selfe doth saye I was a hungred and ye gaue me no meate I was a straunger and ye did not receaue me Inasmuche then as ye did it not to one of the leste of these ye did it not to me But I beseche GOD my good brethrē that he may remoue from vs the thynge that doth ensue and folowe for afterwardes he saythe Gette ye from me ye wycked dāned persones into that eternall euerlasting fire y● whiche is prepared for sarā his angels Therfore my brethrē let vs not heare these things slightly or with our bodely ears onely but faithfully hering it let vs so teache it with word dede that other men maye vnderstande it accomplish the same Our Lorde Chryst Jesu grauntinge it the whiche liueth and reygneth with the father and the holy gost So be it ¶ Of confession and penaunce

vi Ser. HOly scripture doth often times exhorte vs to fiye to the remedye and medecin of confessiō not that because that God hath anye nede of our confession vnto whome all that we thinke speake or do is cleare and at hand but because we can not be otherwise saued except that we being penitente do penitently confesse that we negligentelye haue cōmitted Sathan shal not accuse him agayne at domes daye that dothe here of his sinful dedes and vngodly life accuse him selfe so that he be confest and penitently doth leaue and forsake them renueth them not agayne Confesse your sinnes say the S. James one to another and praye one for another y● ye may be saued And the Apostle Paule sayth Confession with the mouth is to oure saluation And Salomon sayeth thus of the confession of sinnes he that dothe hyde and cloke hys synnes shall so rowe but he that dothe confesse his faults and forsaketh them shall obteine mercy It is a ryght good medecyne of saluation not to renew our olde m●dedes nor to refresh the skarres of our old woundes For S. Ihon sayeth yf we confesse our synnes God is faithful and iust to forgeue vs and to clense vs from all iniquitie Dauid sayeth lyke wyse I sayd that I wold cōfesse mine iniquitie and vnrighte wisenesse agaynste myself and thou diddest remitte the wickednes of my synne Lette the synner confesse his sinnes whilest he lyueth for hereafter is no frutefull confession nor no penaunce that shal profyte to saluation Se nowe is the time of healthe nowe is the acceptable time nowe is the tyme of remission for those that are penytente For why after deathe shal be the tyme of punysshement for those that were negligente to confesse them of theyr iniquities All wickyd and sinneful personnes haue bitter penaunce in paine and torment but yet it doth profyte them nothinge vnto remission for theyr conscience doth wryng them to the encrease and augmentation of the paine that they do suffer They myghte by conīession haue escaped the bitternes of theyr tormentes and payne but they dyd not regarde it And therfore as they are outwardly troubled with fire so they are inwardly vexed with the remorse of consciēce How cāsurgion heale the would the which the paciēt is ashamed to shewe God dothe desyre our confession that there by he might haue a ful and a perfect knowledge of our misde des He that is ashamed to di close and to confesse hys sinnes shall haue God both his iudge and hys punysher A man shall do best to iudg him selfe in this worlde leste that God here after iudge him to perpetuall payne and tormēt Euerye sinfull man ought to haue double sorowe in penaunce fyrste that throughe his negligēce he did no good and agayne that throughe a certayne boldnes he committed that thing which was euyll That he shuld not haue done he did that he shuld haue done he did not Confession dothe iustifie confession doth geue remission of sinne Al hope of forgeuenes doth rest in confession confession is a worke of mercy the verye health of those that be sicke and wyth penaunce our onely help and comfort whose land praise the Lord doth declare in the gospel saying Do penaunce for why the kingdom of god doth drawe ●yghe And S. Ihon the ba●tiste dothe saye Do ye worthy workes of penaunce Worthye workes of penaunce are to be wayle the sinnes that are past and to renewe them no more As it is written l●ke thou adde nor heape not sinne to sinne And our Lorde by the Prophete Esaias doth saye Washe ye and be cleane He is wasshed cleane that doth bewail that is past approcheth no more vnto them He is wasshed not cleane that doth lament his misdedes and afterward renueth that he lamēted Of these menne S Peter doth speake most terribly sayinge A dogge returning to his vomite O my child sayth holy scripture hast thou cōmitted sinne do no more so but pray that the old maye be forgeuē thee True penaunce is not iudged by the nūber of yeres but by the bitternes and heuines of the mynd S Peter by and by obteyned of God the forgeuenes of his synnes because he lamented most bitterlye that he had thryse denied hym And notwithstanding a mans penaūce be but shorte yet if it be done with the inward bitternes of the mind God the righteous iudg cōsidering the secretnes of mās heart will not despise it For god doth not so much require the continuaunce of time as he doeth ponder the will and the sincere mind of him that repenteth doeth penaunce For he that with al his heart minde doth trust in Christ although he departe and dye with much sinne yet his faith shall lyue for euer as GOD in hys holye Gospell doethe saye I am the resurrectyon and lyfe whosoeuer beleueth on me thoughe he were deade yet shall he lyue and whosoeuer lyuethe and beleueth on me shall neuer dye He doth speake of y● death of the soule the which shal happen and chaunce vnto man through the infirmities and fraylnes of synne God of his nature is mercyful and ready to saue al those by mercye the whiche he can not fynde to saue by iustyce He woulde that euerye man shulde be saued and that no man shuld peryshe saying by the Prophere that whansoeuer a synner dothe conuerte hym selfe that he shall lyue not dye And notwithstandyng we are all wicked synners yet yf we turne to penaunce let vs not doute but that throughe the mercye of God we shall obtayne the remission of al out iniquities sinnes The mercy of GOD doth helpe and succour those that in this world be penitēt do penaunce For penaūce in the worlde that is to come where euery man shal geue an accoūts of his owne workes dothe not preuayle Penaunce must be done in this worlde for after our death is none amendemente ¶ Of auriculare confession vii Ser. MEn are wont to saye moste dearely beloued brethren that God knoweth al thinges and that with god there is nether time past nor tyme to come for he seeth al thyng and pondereth all thinge all thinges are bare open vnto God Why will God then say they that we shulde cōfesse our sinnes to man were it not better not to manifeste and disclose such euyl dedes then to open them abroade for who is he that wold glad lye saye I haue trespassed aboue al other And yf I shuld shewe all thing vnto manne I shuld be estemed the worst of all other many throughe mine example wuld do much euil Why should a man then cōfesse hymself to any other O thou man docite thou not know that we ar al sinuers for if we say that we be with oute synne we deceaue oure selues and the trueth is not in vs. We do al sinne we are all borne in synne we