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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05156	A moste faithfull sermo[n] preached before the Kynges most excelle[n]te Maiestye, and hys most honorable Councel, in his court at Westminster, by the reuerende Father Master. Hughe Latymer	Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555.	1553 (1553)	STC 15290; ESTC S108277	36,053	114

time and nowe he speaketh them by hys preacher whome ye oughte to beleue and so it is al one But vpon what occasion dyd he speake it there wer ii brethren at stryfe together for landes welthy men as it appeareth and the ritch felow wold not tary till Christe had ended his sermon but interrupted it and wold nedes haue his matter dispatched by and by He was at Christes Sermon but yet he would not differ his worldlycause tyl Christ had made an end of his godly exhortacion Thys was a thornie brother he was a gospeller he was a carnall gospeller as manye be nowe adaies for a piece of an abbey or for a porcyon or chaūtry lands to get somwhat by it and to serue hys comodytye He was a gospeller one of y e new brethrē somewhat worsse then a rancke papiste How be it a rancke papyst now a dayes shall soner haue promocyon then a true Gospeller shall haue the more pity But this was a thorni gospeller he heard Christes preachynge and followed hym for company and heard his words But he was neuer the better for it but the care of the world so choked the worde of God in hym that he could not heare the sermon to y e end but interrupted the sermō for hys worldly matter yer it wer al done And what was Christe then doinge forsoo the he was sowing of good seede but it fell vppon stonye ground so that it could not take any rote in thys fellowe to bringe forthe good fruit in him And let me tel you of the sede that Christ was then sowing Beare with me a whyle and seinge that I come nowe to take myne Vltimū uale of this place heare me pacientlye and gyue me leaue a lytell whyle and let me take my leaue honestly At the time when this fellowe interrupted Christes sermō he was preachynge a longe Sermon to hys Dyscyples and to the people beynge gathered together in a wounderfull great multitude as appeareth in the xii Chapter of Saynte Lukes Gospel and ther he first of al taught hys disciples a good lesson saying Cauete uobis a farmento Phariseorum Beware in any wise sayth he from the leuen of the Pharises What is thys leuen of the Pharises Leauē is somtimes taken for corrupt lyuyng whyche infectethe others by the euyll example therof and agaynst such corrupte lyuing Gods preachers must cry oute earnestlye and neuer cease tyll it be rooted vp In the Cytye of Corinthe one had maryed his stepmother hys fathers wyfe And he was a iolye fellow a great riche man an alderman of the Cyty and therfore they wyncked at it they wold not medle in the matter they had nothyng to do with it and he was one of the head mē of such rule authority that they durste not manye of them But. S. Paule hearing of y t matter writ vnto them and in Gods behalfe charged them to do away suche abhomynacyon frō among them Saint Paule woulde not leaue them till he had excommunicated the wycked doer of suche abhominacion If we should nowe excōmunicate all suche wycked doers ther wold be much a do in England Ye that are Magestrates she we fauour for affeccion to such wyll not suffer they may be rooted oute or put to shame Oh he is such a mans seruāt we may not do hym anie shame Oh he is a gentlemā c. And so the thing is not now any thynge looked vnto Lecherye is vsed thoroweoute England and such lecherye as is vsed in none other place of the world And yet it is made a matter of sport a matter of nothynge a lawghyng matter and a tryste not to be passed on nor not to be refourmed But beware ye that are magestrates theyr synne dothe leauen you all Therefore for gods loue beware of thys leuē Wel I trust it wil be one daye amēded I loke not to liue lōg yet I trust as old as I am to liue so lōg as to se lechery punyshed I wold wysh y t Moyses law were restored for punyshment of lechery that the offēders therin myghte be punyshed according to y ● prescripcion of Moyses lawe And here I will make a sute to your hyghenesse to restore vnto the churche y ● discipline of Christ. In excommunicatinge such as be notable offenders nor neuer deuyse anye other waye For no man is able to deuyse a better waye then God hathe done which is excommunicacyon to put them from the congregacyon tyl they be confounded Therefore restore Christes discyplyne for excommunicaciō And that shall be a mean both to pacifi gods wrath and indygnacion against vs and also that les habominacion shall be vsed then in tymes paste hath bene and is at thys daye I speake thys of a conscyence and I meane and moue it of a good wyl to your grace and youre realme Bring into the churche of Englande open discipline of excommunicacion that open synners maye be strycken wyth Somtime leauen is taken for corrupt doctryne and so it is here taken in this place when he sayeth Be ware of the leauen of the Pharise is For Christ intended to make his discyples teachers of all the world and therefore to beware of corrupte doctryne And that that he saied to them he sayeth also to vs. Receyue no corrupte doctryne no myngle mangle yet there be leaueners yet styll and mingle manglers that haue sowred Christes doctryne wyth the leauen of the Pharysyes Yea and where there is anye peace of leauen they will maintaine that one piece more then all the doctrine of Christ and about that purpose they occupy and bestowe all their wittes This was the firste seede The seconde seede was Nihil occultum quod non reuelabitur There is nothynge pryuye or hydden that shall not be reuealed and opened It parteyne the all to one purpose for there he taughte his disciples too beware of the leauen whyche was hypocrysye declarynge vnto them that hypocrisye woulde not be all wayes hydden but such as wer not syncere shoulde be knowen at the laste daye and all that was taughte shoulde at length be knowen It hathe also an other meanynge for it is Gods prouerbe There is nothynge so pryuye but it shall be opened at leaste wyse in the greate daye of reconnynge In the dreadefull daye of the generall accompte in the daye of reuelacion Then shall it be openlye know en what so euer is doone be it neuer so pryuelye doone Theese fellowes that haue their fetches and theyr far compasses too brynge thynges too their purposes worcke they neuer so preuely neuer so couertlye yet at the laste daye their doynges shall be openlye reuealed Vsque ad sacietatem uisionis saythe the Prophet Esay that is tyll all the worlde shall see it to their shame and confusyon that are the doers of it As the Prophete Jeremy sayth Sicut confunditur fur qui deprehenditur c. Euen as a theife that is taken with the manner when he stealethe So shall