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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

afterwardes In so muche that in the tyme of Constantius the Emperour it was layed to the charge of the Arryans who had made to them selues a councell at Antioche that they had broken the olde cannons and decrees of the Church Tripti● hist lib. 4 Capi. 9. which dyd forbydde that any councell shulde be gathered but by the aduyce of the byshop of Rome These decrees they sayde were then olde which gyue this authoritie to the see of Rome and it is sence this busines was nereby 1200. yeres must it not then be auncient now trowe ye Saynte Augustine also in his 162. epystle blamyng the dissimulation of one Secundus that had bin vnconstaunt in a matter that was before hym and pretedyng that he did it to meinteine peace saith that there was no cause for hym to feare the breache of peace in that matter hauynge the consent of the see of Rome on his parte in the which Church the chiefe of the Apostolyke see dyd floryshe Saynt Ierome also besydes that he sayth ad Damasum that he wyll alwayes folowe that fayth that is taught in the see of Rome and rebukynge the Luciferaunce for theyr scysme doth saye also that there must be a certeyne principalitie or chiefety amongst priestes or els there shal be as many scismes as there be priestes To these may we adde the article of our fayth which is that we beleue the holy Catholike Apostolyke Church the meaninge of the which article is First in that we say that we beleue the catholike church we say that we do beleue the Church that is vniuersall and generally spredde through the worlde wherby we refuse all heresy and pryuate doctrine and in that ▪ that we do name it Apostolyke we do professe our selues to be confirmable to that see that the Apostle dyd rule and bere offyce in But nowe is there none that hathe Apostles bysshoppes sauynge Rome and when there were lyke as Peter was the chiefest of the Apostles so was that see aboue all the other sees and therfore eyther we must cōfes it to be chiefe or els deny our beliefe Thus then may ye se good people howe necessary it is to haue a heade by whom we may be set in aray to fight ageinst the deuyll Ye se also that all powers and romes be of Godde and not of fortune ye se that as we haue twoo partes our bodyes and our sowles so God hath apointed to vs two gouernoures the one temporall and the other spiritual ye se that as God doth giue dyuers vertues and powers to euery member that he placeth in the felowshyppe of our bodyes so doth he to those whō he promoteth by the sacramēt of orders ye knowe why it is called a sacrament ye se what order God doth obserue in all his workes and that they haue theyr ende in one chiefe or ruler ye se that it was apoynted before Chryst to haue one heade it was so ordeyned by Christ and so ye se that it ought to continue And in this we knowynge oure capitaynes or romes let vs all kepe our aray and standynge and be obedient vnto our prynces appoynted to vs by God and when the greate and ioyfull tryumphe shal be in heauen vppon the deuyll and all his members then shall we be rewarded for oure faythfulnes of God the father of Chryst our chiefe Capitaine of the holy ghost to whō be honour and prayse nowe and euer Amen Of confession and purgation or clensynge from sinne WAsshe your selues and be ye cleane take away the euilnes of your thoughtes forth of my sight Esa●● sayth almyghty god in his prophet Esay by the whiche wordes good people we be taught that as suche must be very comely and honest in theyr apparell that shal be much conuersaunt in the houses of noble men and princes so ought we Christen men to be moste cleane and pure in our sowles that be dayely conuersaunte not in the house but openly in the syght of hym that is the prynce of all prynces and lorde of all Lordes neyther is he alone when he seeth vs but is accompanyed and wayted vpon with infinite numbers of blessed sprytes both of Angels and of men yea he dothe so se vs that we be neyther nyght nor day in the Church or at home yea in the fyelde or in the maket Quorum angeli videntur Math. 18. out of his syght More ouer he commeth so to vs that he dwelleth in vs Is it not then necessary for vs to wasshe oure selues and to make our selues honest that be thus continually waytynge vpon god and that hath also his blessed angels waytynge vppon vs Is there any of the kynges seruauntes that wyll apeare before hym in a ragged lyuerie or in a fowle spotted and greacy cote wyl they not hyde theyr sores and botches of theyr bodyes also yf they haue any that be euyll fauoured and that can not be healed and with what diligence then shulde we prepare our selues to apere before our master But ye wyl say this is the delicatenesse and nysenes of men in god there is no such nyse curtesy nor curious nisenesse yes verely For why doth he els washe vs when he receaueth vs fyrste into his grace and famuly but that he wolde haue vs to continue clenly Math. 5. And why saythe he Beati mundo corde quoniam ipsi deum videbunt Blessed be the cleane in harte for they shall se God but that they whose hartes be fowle shall not be suffered to come to goddes syght And howe greuous thynkeye wolde it be to one that had bin of the priuie chamber to be shutte out of the kynges syght And howe wolde it greue the chylde to be put forthe of his fathers presence Therfore good people as he that is clenly wyl neure be without water neyther wyll the courtyers want those ornamentes that maye commende them in the kynges syght so shulde we that be Chrysten men haue our hole studi labour to make our selues plesant to Gods syght But howe then may we that be altogether sinfull Iacobi 4. decke our selues to apere honest in the presence of god Truly saynt Iames sayth Emundate manus peccatores et purificate corda duplices animo that is Make cleane your handes O you sinners and purge your myndes ye that be double harted So that by his councell yf we do awaye the faultes whiche we haue wrought and make cleane our hartes from fylth and vnlawfull thoughtes then shall we be comely and honest Nowe then to the intent that ye maye the better make your selues to apere honest and cleane in the presence and syght of God three thynges are necessary to be considered of the which the fyrst is to consider what euyll and mischiefe there is in sinne from the which we must purge and dyght vs the seconde is Perditio tua ex te Israel tātūmodo in me aurilium tun̄ Ose 13. to know who must purge dyght vs for