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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

my bedde with wepynge teares And after that he saythe God hathe herde the voyce of my wepynge for god dothe regarde teares cōmynge forthe out of a sorowfull and contrite harte If thou saye thou canste not wepe thou doeste confesse thy folye For yf thou lese by example any substance of worldely goodes as yf thy house be robbed thy shyppe laden with marchandyse perysshed in the see thy wyfe that thou dyd loue departed thy sonne deade than thou canste weepe myche more thanne ynough and where thy sowle is by synne departed from almyghty god whiche departynge from hym is the very deathe of the sowle and lyeth stynkynge in synne not foure dayes as the body of Lazarus dyd in his graue but myche more than foure monthes ye thrise foure monethes canst thou not wepe Surely thou haste great cause to lament thy selfe For what exchaunge canst thou deuyse to make so dere to the as thy sowle is ¶ Wherfore lette vs with the sworde of the spirite whiche as saynt Paule sayth is the worde of god make a quycke sacrifice of our selfes with a sorowful hart bycause we haue broken goddis comman●●mentes applienge the sharpe worde of go●●o our synfull lyfe that we may therwith kyll our concupiscēces and al fleshly and worldly lustes and so makyng of our sorowfull hart a sacrifice to almyghty god obteyne his mercy thereby as he hath promised to vs by Dauid in the fyfty psalme sayeng The sacrifyce to god is a spirite troubled with sorowe and thou God wylte not despyse a harte contryte and mekened ¶ We must brynge forthe fruites of our penance and repentance by the amendemente of oure synfulle lyues as sayncte Iohn̄ Baptyste sayde to the Iewes in the thyrde of Mathewe For God canne not be deluded with the fayre wordes only of a synner sayinge I am a synner and yet wyll not amend For God loketh whether those wordes come fro the harte being contrite Whyche if they dydde amendement of the euyll lyfe shuld ensue good workes shuld springe out where the euyll dyd growe before whiche newe sprynge of good workes is the fruyte of penaunce ¶ We must also go forwarde in the way of our lorde and not stande styll for elles we can not come to our iourneys ende Dauid saythe in the Cxviii psalme The immaculate and vnspotted men be blessed that do go forwarde in the way of our lorde He that saithe that he dwelleth in Chryste muste walke after Christe in his way whiche is his commandementes as he hym selfe dyd As saynte Iohn̄ saythe in the .ii. chapiter of his fyrste epistle and therfore we maye not stand styll but go on in doinge good to our iorneys ende as he dydde Saynte Paule saythe to the Galathians in the .vi. chapiter Se that ye erre not god can not be mocked suche as a man dothe sowe suche shall he reape he that soweth in the flesshe shall reape therof corruption and he that soweth in the spirite shal of the spirite repe lyfe euerlastynge Lette vs not ceasse in good doing for we shall reape it not failynge whan the tyme commeth Therfore whiles we haue tyme let vs do good to all men and chiefly to the domestykes of our fayth And as we shulde study to be ryche in faythe for Christe dyd chose suche to be of his flocke thoughe they were poore in worldly goodes As saynt Iames saythe in the .ii. chapyter of his epistle so muste we studye to be ryche in good workes As saynt Paule saythe in the .vi. chapiter of the fyrst epistle to Timothe where he byddeth hym teache the ryche men of the worlde to be redye with their abundaunce of goodes to helpe the poore and to make therby a treasure in heuen and to studye to be ryche in good workes so for these .ii. rychesses the one the rychesse of faythe the other the rychesse of good workes we shoulde chiefly studye ¶ Also Chryste in the .vi. of Mathewe doth teache vs thre chiefe exercises whiche wyll conferre greatly to the amendement of our lyfe that is to saye fastynge to tame therby the inordynate lustes of the fleshe Almesse dede to refrayne couetousnesse and to helpe to redeme our synnes therwith as Daniel saithe in the .iiii. chapiter And prayer to almyghtye god therby to abate our pryde and outrequydaunce and arrogance that we not trustynge of our selfes but of his helpe may aske of hym thynges necessarye for vs from tyme to tyme. And that we shoulde ofte praye Christe teacheth vs by the parable of the wydowe whiche by her importunitie and ofte cryenge to the wicked Iudge that feared neither god nor man obteyned at the laste Iustyce of hym As it is written in the .xviii. chapiter of Luc. ¶ We rede also of Christe that he some tyme prayed all night to god as it is writen in the .vi. chapter of Luke And saint Paule sayth to the Colossians in the ii●i chapiter Gyue you to prayer beinge vigilant in it And to Timothe he wryteth in the .v. chapiter She that trewely is a wydowe lette her giue her selfe to prayer nyght and daye And to the Thessalonicense he writeth in the .v. chapyter of the fyrste epistell sayenge Pray without any day leauynge of not that we shoulde doo nothynge elles but that we shoulde ofte amongest other thynges that we do pray to almighty god lauyng him callynge hym to remembraunce that he may helpe vs puttynge in all our dedes our confidence in hym Whiche we myghte easely do briefely sayinge diuerse tymes on the daye thoughe it were but one Pater noster at one tyme. soo that Christe thereby shuld be not far from our remembrance nor we shulde not by worldely pleasures or busines straye abrode farre from hym nor the deuyll shoulde not so boldely approche vs seinge vs alwayes vnder the wynge and protection of our heauenlye father And surely if we coulde thus dyspose our selfe our affaires shuld prosper th● more in this worlde and we shulde also thereby please almyghty god and come to the glorye euer lastynge Whervnto our sauyour Iesu Christ who hath redemed vs bryng vs all Qui viuit regnat cum deo patre in vnitate sancti spiritus per omnia secula seculorum Amen LONDINI in aedibus Thomae Bertheleti typis impress Cum priuilegio Ad imprimendum solum ANNO. 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