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A06510	A frutfull sermon of the moost euangelicall wryter M. Luther, made of the angelles vpo[n] the. xviii. chapi. of Mathew translated out of laten in to Englyshe; Predigt von den Engeln. English.	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.	1548 (1548)	STC 16983; ESTC S108954	15,577	56

they see any house brenne or a mans oxe dye For theyr nature and harte is nothynge elles but peace and therfore all their wysshe and prayer is to haue peace quyetnes health goodnes to all men the deuylles nature is this and this is all hys endeuer to plucke men from god Contrarywise the good Angelles do euer seeke and couitte that we shuld honoure god and loue hym The deuyll is our aduersary and therfore nothyng doth greue hym more then whan he seyth vs be in peace Agayn the āgelles doo wishe and reioyse in nothyng more then whan they see the worlde bent to peace concord other els yf there be no concord yt is our owne faut we cā blame none but our selues For god can no otherwise debate and restrayne oure wantonnesse hedynes our malicious nature The thyrde thynge that the Angelles wyshe for amonge men is good wyll that is to say that they wyll take well in worth what soeuer God sendeth other good or badde And that they wyll humbly submit them selues to the wyll of God and euery man be content with his state and fortune taking his crosse paciently what soeuer God sendeth Here in these scriptures you se the Angelles descrybed vnto you of an other forte thā the sophisters and scoole men haue taught you in tymes past As where I haue shewed you howe S. Peter hath descrybed the deuyll where as he fyrst calleth hym our aduersarie and afterward paynteth him in his colours notefieng hym to walke about lyke a roring Lyon sekynge whom he maye deuoure By these wordes of S. Peter you maye se hym moche more playnly and lyuely paynted vnto you than yf I shulde dyspute and muse with my selfe neuer so long what an head or nose he hathe or whether he hathe suche clawes or not as we paynt him to haue And yf thou wylt se the trewe playne fygure of the deuyll Imagyne with thy selfe suche a maner of a man that is all wycked all gyuen to noughtines malicious and full of rākore of a mischeuous mynde and stomacke craftie sottyll deceytefull all set to hurte and noye men And so shalt thou se the true proporcion and fisnamie of the deuyll On the cōtrary syde the good angels is nothīge els but a mynd or an hart which is perfytly good and louyng As yf thou couldyst fynd or woldyst imagine with thy selfe such a person which were all nothyng els but swetenes goodnes cumlynes and fryndlynes whose mynde and stomake were most meeke most gentyll most hertie and kynd symple with out all fraude or gyle of moste supreme wisdom knowlege And so shalt thou haue the very shape and image of a good Angell Wherfore haue they their name gyuen to them for this worde angell in greke is that whiche we call in englyshe a messenger or an embassadore bycause they be sent of God The scripture dothe not gyue them theyr name of their nature or substance wherof they be made saue only that it callyth them spirites but it gyuyth them theyr names of theire office and ministery And therfore we cal them angelles not as concernyng theyr substance or nature wherof they be created but as concernyng theyr office which they be appoynted to Wherfore we ought to loue thys name Angell and to make much of it Truly I am greatly delyted with it I can not tell what other mē be and do embrace it with all my hart Nowe yf they be the messyngers and embassadours of oure lorde god then what thyng do they or wherfore doth god send them answer thou agayn They do gouerne vs they kepe vs and preserue vs for that cause be they sent and that is theyr office to do to accōplesse the commaundement of god that is gyuen them to do that is to stoppe the workes of the deuyll to turne away euyll chanses that houses or streetes be sett on fyre that our catell be not deuoured of wyld bestes that mē eschape drownynge with such lyke thynges Also the euyll spiritt hath his name and is called the deuyll that is acousar or a damner for that is the nature and all the study of him to accuse to blame to damne or peruert to make the worste of euery thyng that we doo He is called also an Angell that is a messynger but an yll messynger a wycked And well the grecyans haue gyuē hym this name Calumniator that is to say in oure engleshe tonge a deprauer of euery thynge for a deprauer properly is he which dothe slaunderusly accuse drepraue and fautye that thyng that is faucles wherin this wycked spirit passeth and excellyth all such thynges as god dothe teach commaund vs thoo thynges he corruptyth deprauyth expoundyth them other wise thē they bee And this feyt he fyrst practised in paradise in the fyrst creation when god cōmaunded we shuld not touche nor taste of the tree that grewe in the myddest of paradise How craftly peruersly he expounded the worde of god Do you thynke sayd he that god dyd forbyd you to eat thys No you shall not dye thus he turned the trueth in to a lye made god a deuyll the same thyng also he practiseth dayly in oure consciences when he crepeth in and hardenyth oure hartes he maketh them so secure with out all remorse and feare as though they had neuer synned in all theyr lyfe the same he practised also at the generall counsell in the cytie Angusta in hys bysshoppes and prynces But then most chefly he playeth the part of a deuyll and a deprauer when he recyteth vp to good men all theyr sinnes and makyth them much more greuous than they be In thys poynt he can so depraue and fauty all thy doctrine and all thy lyuyng that he wyll make the aborre thy selfe and bewayle that euer thou couldyst letter in the boke This is the very poynt and practise of the deuyll thys is the worke and the only studdy of that wycked spirit to peruerte and corrupt thynges though they be neuer so good Cōtrary wise agayne the good Angelles do take all thynges to the best expoundyng euery thynge in the honest parte do comfort vs do prouyde for vs do ayde vs do defende vs teach vs. These thynges ought we to consider and to gyue god thankes therfore with all diligence and euery daye that we ryse to make some suche prayer vnto god as thys O father of heauē I beseche the that thy good angell may be with me thys day to kepe me to gyde me to gouerne me to preserue me and teach me et c. Of the great diligence and mynd of the angelles toward vs oure helth we haue a goodly example in the boke of kynges where as Elezeus the prophet dyd shewe to hys minister great fyery hylles whiche were set full of charettes and horsemē by the which syght he perceiued that his enemis were not to be fered whan there were many moo Angelles and muche stronger than hys enemies were

Truth it is that the good Angels be moch more redy and glad to helpe and further vs thē the wicked spyrites be to hurt and hyndre vs. Besyds that there be many moo good Angelles than there be yll the good Angelles be euer suer diligent to do that which is commaunded them that is they kepe defende vs both truly carefully wherfore though the deuyll be neuer so sert to hurt or to destroy vs though he rore neuer so sore agaynst vs yet be the good angelles muche more diligent to assiste and defende vs breuely be euer more tender and carefull ouer vs with theyr redy seruice to do vs good Thys we ought to lerne and know / for that shall cause vs that we shall not be so secure and so slogyshe in oure selues but be more circumspect and better loke about vs and that we shall lerne the better to beleue and trust in god whan we knowe that we haue many moo good Angelles of our syde thē deuylles agaynst vs and be always of good chere and comfort in all our affayers in all oure afflictions trobles and aduersytes sayng with the prophet Elezeus we haue many mo warryers on our part than enemyes agaynst vs. And so shall we ouercome the deuyll as Elezeus dyd ouercome his enemies beyng blided in the darknes of theyr mynd and we hauyng oure eys seyght shall bryng in oure sowdiers in to the citie of theyr aduersaris / as we rede that Elezeus dyd in the same chapiter These examples be written for vs that we shuld prayse god and gyue hym thankes for that that he hath so appoynted for vs suche an host and an armie of hys holly angelles for oure defēce and saffete so that yf one angell be not ynoughe there shulde thowsands be redy by and by so as we se here in Elizeus for whose only cause so many thousands of holy angelles dyd shew themselfes dyd mustre before hym redy at all tymes to succour him whan nede shuld be The very same thīg wese in Luke where fyrste one angell came and shewed the byrthe of Christe but sone after there was a multitude of the armye of angelles syngyng with that one angell et c. Suche a multitude and a whole armie of good Angells there be that God hathe apoynted for oure soccoure and sauegarde Wherfore yf we vse to thanke god for temporall peace for good magistrates officers and for suche other worldly comodites Than how muche more ought we to gyue god prayse and thankes for his good angelles whyche he sendyth to helpe vs not only in bodely external thiges but also in al our spirituall affayres For why they do both cōfirme our fayth in god and also kepe vs in the feare of god so theyr kepyng and goodnesse it is that where we see one man dysstroyed by the craft and tēptation of the deuyll we see a thousand and a thousande sayued agayne Truly moo men there be always that lyue then that dye Therfore where thou seest any Cytie any towne any house sayffe or stādig there mayst thou perceiue the good angelles be there to stoppe the euyl spirites that they distroy them not Thus allways we see and proue by experience more goodnes thā euylls to be sent vnto vs As we see in a bryghte daye / the sonne to shynne much more cleare and lyghtsome thā the blackenes of the nyght tyme is darke Thus doth god make vs to see his benefytes and good turnes which he bestowyth vpon vs through hys holly angelles for to comforte vs and confyrme vs with all that we may vnderstand by that meanes the wonderous deceyts subteltes and damages of the deuyll to the entent that we all ways shuld stād in feare and awe and neuer to be secure and negligēt in our selues Therfore lett vs lerne thys well and bett in also to oure children that they may lerne thus to cōfort and strenghthen them selues with the ayde of theyr good āgelles so that they may lerne to feare the deuyll And in thys maner they owght to be brought vp with lyke information as this or such other lyke My child thou must not take the name af thy lord in vayn thou must not backbytte thy neyg boure thou must not name the deuyll nor muche haue hym in thy mouthe for he is att hand in euery place and is hard by about the wher soeuer thou goest vnles thou take hede and feare god and employ thy selfe to goodnesse and vertue he wyll other cast the in the water to drowne the or els he wyl be suer to do the sum great myscheffe or other And agayn lest they shulde be brought in to to much feare of him or to weakharted in them selues thereby These wycked spirites My sonne as I tolde the be allways about the greattly desyrous to noy the some way or other but oure lorde god hath ordened good angels agayn an infinite nūbre and they be euer redy at hande yf thou be a good and an obidient child to kepe the and preserue the. what so euer the deuyll goyth about other to caste the in the water to drounde the or to fray the in thy slepe or to breke thy necke et c. Moreouer in so much as we must feyght and warre with the deuyll it is requisyt that we shuld know fyrst what he is and how myghty he is No man can campe well with the emnye whom he knowyth not Now what maner and sorte he is of I haue shewed you before Also I haue shewed you howe he is a spiritt whiche neuer restyth nor ceasyth whose labore and study is nothīg els but to disturbe the peace of the world to brīg in bataylles to styre vp insurrections stryf and seditions to make tumultes and confusion amongste men he can not rest nether can he wyll well to no man It greuyth hym I dare say that I make this sermō nowe and sore it goeth to hys hart nothyng more yea it greuyth hym that my lyfe induryth a quarter of an ower he hath conspired and leyed wayte for my death and at lēghth wyll dyspatche me But what shuld I doo Truly nothyng els but stycke only to the word of god and pray O father of heauē thou seyst and perceiuyste what the deuyll goeth about send downe thy good Angell to stoppe hys wycked purpose that he haue no power in any thīg to hurt any body but to the health and euerlastyng saluation to my soule Amen Thas ought we in lyke maner to cōmēd our selues to god euery day thus we ought also to informe our childrē that they may lykwise lerne to cōmend them selues to god after the same maner And so whan we do instruct our children thus styll accustomyng them to the same they may turne to good men and lerne to feare god Lykwise as children do hange of theyr parentes subtectes of their magistrates hauīg all theyr succoure and prouydyng by them so do we hange of the angelles to whom god hath apoynted all the promision and costody ouer vs. And so by that reason that god hathe so apoynted his angelles to see to vs and succoure vs we may well vnderstand that we haue a perilous enemie about vs euer redy and laboryng to distroy vs. For els what nede we the ayde and costodie of so many Angelles vnlesse we were in great daunger of strong myghtie aduersaries wherfore it is our ꝑtes euermore to gyue thākes to god and to say O heauēly father the father of all gentylnes thankes prayse and glory be to the for that that through the strēght and succour of thy Angelles I am able to withstand all the wicked spirites whiche notwithstanding of myne owne power am not able to withstande the weykest one of them no though I had an hūdreth thousād mē mo to helpe me Also that notwythstandynge myne enemy is so passyng crafty subtile that I haue not one drope of craft where that he hathe a whole seefull yet through the protection and custody of thy holy angelles he hathe no power to do me any wrong or vilany My poore wisedome thoughe it yet but very smalle and symple dothe confound the hye and great wisedome of his and all through thy mere grace the help of thy holy Angelles my Lord God Amen And so thys is the glory of oure Lord God that he declaryth and settyth forth his glory his wisdome his power in our vnablenes in oure foolyshnes and infirmite This honor is only dewe to him that he is a god of might power of heygh wisedome and infinite goodnesse And that thing he well declaryth in that that he sendyth vs hys helpe and defence by hys holy Angelles so that we be able to stand agynst al the mayne host armye all the proude garde of the wycked Angelles aboue to ouercome them to ouerthrowe them and gloriously to triumphe vpon them Christe Iesus voutch saue euermore to be with vs al with his helpe and powre Amen Prayse be to God for euer Amen