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spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	john_n	17,081	5	6.2026	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09827	Fyve homiles of late, made by a ryght good and vertuous clerke, called master Leonarde Pollarde, prebendary of the Cathedrall Churche of Woster, directed and dedicated to the ryght reuerende Father in God Rychard by the permissyon of God bysshoppe of Woster his specyall good Lorde. Vewed, examined, and alowed by the right reuerende Father in God Edmonde byshop of London, within whose diocese they are imprinted. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum	Pollard, Leonard, d. 1556.	1556 (1556)	STC 20091; ESTC S105125	57,542	98

there before that they be placed and haue receaued of gods gyftes agreable vnto theyr places Euen so good people before the sacrament of orders receaued they that be to be ordered and the residue be as one But after the orders receaued lyke as they haue other places and romes thē they had before so haue they other vertues and gyftes gyuen to them by the holy ghost to worke and to do those thynges that do apperteyne vnto theyr duties For as Chryst our sauyoure saythe it is not the mynyster that speaketh but the sprite of our father that speaketh in the minister In so much that Cayphas beinge a wycked man yet bicause he was a byshop Math. 10. Iohn 11. the holy ghost spake in hym and he prophecyed that Chryst shulde dye for the people And Balaam though he was an euyl man Nu. 24. yet bycause he was a prophet appointed of God the holy ghost dyd not let to speke in hym This thynge good people is not easely sene but of vs that be faythfull Nisi credideritis nō intelligetis Ese 7 1. Cor. 12. and doth knowe that almyghty God who doth in the creation of all thynges deuyde the partes of the sede or matter wherof he wolde make any thynge in sortinge and in disposynge them into dyuers places geueth dyuers gyftes accordynge as the place requyreth gyueth mē placed in dyuers romes vertues and power that be requisite in such romes the which thynge bycause it is sene of vs that do beleue and not of suche as be faythlesse or Infidels therfore it is called a sacramente and a mystery And therefore no marueyle good people though our newe deuines and fleshely gospellers Petuertatur scripturas ad suā ipsorū peruiciē 2. Petri. 3 can not vnderstande the mystery of gods doyng in this holy sacramēt of orders for as they vse the scripture with no lesse vnreuerent talke gestyng yea with wreathyng of it accordyng vnto theyr fonde braynes and phansies then they wolde or myght do a tale of Robyn hood or such lyke bookes of vanitie so do they thynke no deale more to be done by god in this holy sacrament then yf they in playes set out by thē do to the persons whō they apoynt players And for this cause amongste them do euery man preache that lyst euery man minister that lysteth And yf they do admytte any they saye no more to hym but go be a preacher or a minister or such lyke as who shulde say all these were offyces of pollicie and not materiall to religion But to let this passe ye must knowe that this worde order sygnyfieth dystyncte plasynges and degrees of men in theyr roomes of the which some be hygher and some be lower and some the hyghest of al other And se I pray you howe this worke of god agreeth with al his other workes Fyrst is it not certeyne that in heauen there be many orders of Aungels and eche of them hygher then other and onely almyghty god the hygheste and aboue all other Do ye not se in the firmamente dyuers bryghtnes to be in the starres Collo 1. and yet the sonne to be the bryghtest of them al Are there not degrees amongst the fowles Collo 1. and yet the Eegle kynge of them all Do not the beastes one excell another and are not they all vnder the Lyon What shulde I speke of the Cranes when they flye haue they net theyr Capitayne and guyde Is there not alnongst the bees one master bee vnto whome all the residue be obedient In the bodyes both of man and beastes is there not one principal part commonly called the head And where haue ye sene any common wealth well gouerned where there hath not byn one heade Euen so good Christen men and wouren hath god done and styl dothe appoynte one to be heade and gouernoure in his Church As fyrst to begyn at Aron Exod. 28. dyd not God appoynt hym alone for his tyme to be the heade and chiefe of all the Leuytes and priestes when he was departed was not Eleazer appoynted the chiefe byshop ouer the rest Nume 20 what shulde I nede to speake muche of this matter Is it not euident euen vnto the commynge of oure sauyour Chryst that the principalitie or hygh degree of priest hodde dyd styll continue and that there was always one aboue the al residue Whē Chryst came dyd not he make lyke diuersitie of his disciples Luke 10. Luke 9. Dyd not he choose out of the whole number that folowed hym 72. that were called disciples and did he not vse his twelue Apostles more familierly then them Math. 17 And dyd he not chose forth from amongste the Apostles Peter Iohn and Iames to be more nere to him thē the other were for they onely were suffered to se his glorious transfiguration Math. 10. And may we not se that aboue them and all the residue Chryst to haue appoynted saynt Peter Marke 3. Luke 6. Fyrste consider howe all the Euangelistes when they number the Apostles they begin alway with Peter in so much that saynt Luke beinge a disciple to saynte Paule letteth not so to do for what other cause shulde all they and in euery place begyn with Peter but bycause that they toke hym to be the chiefest of the Apostles Math. 20 But ye wyll say that Christ rebuked the Aposties for that they stroue which of them shulde be the greatest Truth it is he blamed them in that they desyred superioritie But he denyed not to gyue it to such as desired it not for he sayth he that wyll be the greatest amongst you must be seruaunt to the residue by the which he sheweth both a superitorytie to be also teacheth what maner of one it shulde be sayinge that it shulde be a common seruice to all the other Math. 16. Ageyne when that Christ gaue authoritie to lose and to bynde to all the Apostles yet in that he nameth Peter and not the residue it is playne that as he gaue the offyce to all so dyd he in the offyce preferre Peter to them all Further when our sauyoure before his death taught to them the greate daunger that they shulde be in at his death sayinge that the deuyll desyced to syft them euen as wheate is syfted in the ryddle yet he sayde to Peter that he hadde desyred god his father that Peters fayth shulde not quayle Luke 22. and therfore bad hym that when he was conuerted that he shulde cōfirme and stay the residue whereby doth appere that Chryst dyd preferre Peter fyrst in that he had a speciciall promesse that he shulde not shrynke and faynt for feare and then that he commyted all the residue to be confirmed by hym Ageyne when Chryste was rysen from death dyd he not commyte the whole charge of his Churche more presently to Peter then to the other Why els shulde he say rather to Peter then to the other