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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05158	A sermon of Master Latimer, preached at Stamford the. ix. day of October. Anno. M.ccccc. and fyftie	Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555.	1550 (1550)	STC 15293; ESTC S108280	20,703	88

dylygence to thys offyce of saluacion then men ar wonte to bestowe vpon these worldlye pleasures and lu●er or commodityes Naye wolde they bestowe but the halfe labour and paynes and some litell parte of the expences it were well To consider what hath bene pluckte from Abbayes colledges chantryes it is meruel no more too be bestowed vpon thys holye offyce of saluation It maye well be sayde by vs that the Lorde complayneth by hys prophet domus mea deserta uos fegtinatis unus quisque in domum suâ What is Christes house but Christen soules but who maketh anye prouision for them euerye mā scrapeth and getteth together for thys bodelye house but the soule healthe is neglected scooles are not maynteyned scolers haue not exhybicion the preachynge offyce decayeth men prouide landes and ryches for theyr chyldren but thys mooste necessarye offyce they for the moste parte neglecte Uerye fewe there be that helpeth poore scolers that setteth theyr chyldren to scole to learne the woorde of God and to make a prouisiō for the age to come This notwithstādinge is the onlye waye to saluacion God wyll not deuyse anye newe way as farre as I perceiue but woulde haue vs to vse thys waye ordeyned all readye Thys preachyng way we oughte to vse and not too loke for anye newe waye thys offyce of saluacion we oughte to maynteine and not loke for anye other My requeste is y t he wold bestow as much to y e mayntenaunce of thys necessarie office of saluation as ye were wonte to bestow in times paste vppon Romishe trifels and thinges of mannes tradicions Nether do I now speke for my selfe and my couente as the beggynge Friers wer wonte to do I haue enough I thyncke God and I neade not to begge I wolde euerye preacher were as well prouided as my selfe thorowe thys realme as in dede I thyncke thē as wel worthy as my self I wishe I saye ye would bestowe as muche vpon this necessarye office of saluation as in times paste ye bestowed in pilgrimage in images in gildynge paynetinge in Masses Diriges Trentals chaūtryes and suche vayne thynges of the Romyshe Pharises and Papistes inuentinge Ye woulde do that withoute callynge and to thys wil you not be readye when ye be called If it bee no better in tyme too come hitherto loked vnto thē Englande wyll at the laste bewayle it Christe knewe what a charge hangeth vpon thys necessary office of preaching the office of saluation therfore mooste earnestlye applyed it hym selfe And when hee chose hys twelue Apostles to sende them foorthe vnto thys office he fyrste prayed all the nyghte Hee beynge God almyghty with the father might haue geuen al giftes fitte for thys office but to teache vs he wolde fyrste praye all nyghte Here is good matter for Byshoppes and patrons to loke vpon and not to regard so lytel whome they giue theyr benefice vnto or whome they admit to cure the souls thei haue charge of A notable example Christ prayed al nyghte or hee woulde sende theym forthe or he wold put them in thys preachynge offyce thys mooste necessary office of saluacion For he sawe that they had neade of greate zeale to God and to soule health that shoulde take vppon theym to kepe soules and a bolde courage and spirite that shoulde rebuke the world of theyr sin wickednesse ▪ Many wyl chose nowe suche a curate for theyr soules as they maye cal foole rather then one that shall rebuke theyr couetyse ambytyon vnmercifulnesse vncharytablenes That shal be sober dyscrite apte to reproue resyste the agayne sayers wyth the woorde of God These be the propertyes of euery good preacher to be a true manne to teach not dreames nor inuencyons of menne but uiam dei in ueritate the waye of God trulye And not to regarde the personage of manne Not to creape into hys bosome to clawe hys backe to saye to the wycked hee doothe well for fylthye lukers sake Ah theese flatterers no greater mischife in the commune wealthe then theese flatterers But who woulde haue discerned thys but oure sauyoure Iesus Christe he spred them oute and knewe al theyr maliciouse hartes theyr vncharitable hearts theyr dissimulynge heartes and sayd Quid me tentatis hipocrita Hipocrites hipocrites hipocrites one in hearte a nother in mouthe farre in pretence but full of mischeife and malycious harted wythin Hee saw what was within Then haue at ye ye hipocrites they put forthe theyr question Licet censum dare Cesari an non A perilous question to answere to ▪ Thys was the fruite of theyr counsel and this was the snare layed for hym what shulde he do nowe holde hys peace That had bene a slaūder too hys doctrine They woulde haue sayde loo howe ignoraunte hee is in the lawe that hathe no aunswer to this symple and playne questyon If hee affyrme and dyd paye the tribute hee shall incurre the hatred of the people and seme to speake in the fauor of the Romaines If he woulde haue a denied it Then hadde they that they soughte The Herodians were readye too laye hands vpon him to haue him to Bourdo to prison with him a traitoure that speaketh againste Ceaser awaye wyth this sedicious felow O Lord what perell is it to haue to do with these Hipocrites Who could haue scaped thys snare but Christ onely whych is the wysedome of the father and knewe al theyr maliciousenes and craftye sleyghtes And as he then by hys wysdome ouercame them so nowe doutles he geueth wysedome to al hys to spye oute and beware of theyr sutle craftes For such traines traps snares and sutleties as these pharises laied for Christ such haue our Pharisaical papystes layed for Christes preachers But he mercyfully euer fulfylled hys promyse dabo os sapientiam cui non possunt pesistere omnes aduersarii uestri I wyll saythe Christe geue mouthe and wysedome whych all your aduersaryes shall not be able too resyste They shall not be tounge tyed they haue theyr aunswere yea so wyse ▪ that theyr aduersaryes shall not be hable to resyste They maye well oppresse it here in thys worlde wyth power but they canne not bee hable to ouercome it with argumētes of truthe no al the pack of aduersaryes with al their subtelties snares and gynnes They maye rayle vppon it as in manye places leude felowes doo agaynste priestes mariages That dame hys wyfe hys whore c. But they canne not denye it by anye scripture but that the mariage of priestes is as good and godly as the mariage of anye other manne For wedlocke is honourable amonge all menne And the wedded bedde vndefyled And to auoide fornicacion let euery mā haue his owne wife well let them raile lette them do what they canne agaynste truthe ▪ Respice finem marke the end Loke vpon the end The ende is all aduersaries of the truthe muste be counfounded and come to noughte neither shall they be able to resiste it And thoughe the pore Disciples be troubled