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A14014	A sermon of Cuthbert Bysshop of Duresme made vpon Palme sondaye laste past, before the maiestie of our souerayne lorde kyng Henry the. VIII. kynge of England [and] of France, defensor of the fayth, lorde of Ireland, and in erth next vnder Christ supreme heed of the Churche of Englande.; Sermon made upon Palm Sunday	Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474-1559.	1539 (1539)	STC 24322A; ESTC S118679	34,494	96

faith before he be iustified for elles yf he repent not he remayneth styl in synne and so he is not yet iustified and all the preachyng of Christe and his apostelles begynneth at repentance and penance so that faithe without that can not helpe Wherfore it is neuer true that faith alone iustifyeth for grace of god muste goo before faithe and on our behalfe repentance and charitie muste be ioyned with faythe And as faith is the gyfte of god so is penaunce and so is charitie so is hope but the grace of god who granteth all goth before all ¶ Truth it is that out good dedes done before faithe doo not iustifie for lacke of faith but ioyned vnto faythe they doo helpe or cōmyng after faith they helpe to make vs more iustified as it is writen in the .xxi. of the apocalipse Let hym that is ryghtwyse be yet more iustified ¶ And that almyghtye god requireth of vs good workes it appeareth in the .xxi. chapiter of Mathewe the .xi. of Marc. where Christe commynge to a figge tree full of leaues hauyng no fruite whyche he sought in it by his curse dyd make it sere so if we being the tre bring not forth fruite of good workes hauynge tyme therto neyther the roote of faythe nor the leaues of wordes can alone helpe vs. An other parable in the .xiii. of Luc proueth the same Where a man hauynge a vyneyarde and in the same a fygge tree that bare no fruite badde cutte it downe And at the request of his gardyner suffred it yet longer to se if donge layde to the roote wolde helpe it As oft almyghty god being the lorde of the vyneyarde suffreth vs beinge bareyne to haue space to repent and bringe forth fruite of good workes For it is written in the thirde of Matthewe that euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruite shalbe cut downe and caste into the fyre ¶ After as our deedes be so shall oure iudgement be as Christe sayth in the .xvi. of Mathew the sonne of man shal come in the glorye of his father with his aungels and shall rewarde euery man after his workes Saynt Paul in the .ii. chaptre to the Romaynes sayth also lykewise that god wyll rewarde euerye man after his dedes good or euyll And in the .iiii. chaptre of the fyrste epystle to the Corinthians he sayth that euery man shall receyue his hyre after as his labour is soo that for good dedes done with faythe he shall receyue rewarde and for euel dedes done after fayth or out of fayth he shall receyue punishement ¶ Therfore those that say that god regardeth not our workes done with faythe do say agaynst Chryst and his doctrine gyuen to vs by hym and by his apostelles For sens our workes done with fayth be the measure of our rewarde to be greater or smaller as they shall be founde to be greatter or smaller who soo saythe that god regargeth not them saythe he regardeth not the measure of our rewarde and yet he sayth it shall be measured after our dedes done with faythe and soo he saythe agaynst Christe Saint Paule saythe also in the .ii. chapytre to the Ephesians that by fayth whiche is the gyfte of god we be of newe create in Chryste and in good workes that we may walke forwardes in theym and sens he hath create vs in good workes to walk in them he must nedes regarde theym or els he cared not what he create which is blasphemie and denyall of his highe prouidence ¶ Nowe this holye weke we be bydden and called to come to the great supper of our blessed lorde Chryste Iesus and to eate of the heuenly meate and of the bred of lyfe that came from heauen the blessed body of our sauyour Iesu Christe in the sacrament of the aulter Unto whiche we may not go in our fylthy and spotted cote leste we commynge thyther not hauynge the cleane garmente of our soule that we receyued at our baptisme be expelled out of the feaste And therfore we muste make cleane our garmente before we be bolde to goo thyther But I feare me sore lest many shall make such worldly excuses as be written in a parable in the .xiiii. chapiter of Luke some sayeng they be newe maryed and therfore they may not come Whyche do sygnifie men gyuen so to carnall pleasure of the body that they care not to come to heuen some sayinge they haue boughte fyue yoke of oxen whiche doo sygnyfye those that folowe the sensualitie of theyr fyue senses and worldly busynes some sayenge that they haue bought a vyllage Whiche sygnifie those that purchase landes here in erthe and care not by faithe and good liuynge to purchase heuen All whiche sort of men shall not taste of that supper as it is there written But god forbyd that any of vs shuld be of that sorte And therfore lette vs euery man prepare our selfe and make cleane our spotted and fylthye garment Lette vs purge and purifie the tabernacle of our sowle and make it a lodgynge worthy to receyue Christe into our house and not to dysdayn vs for the fylthynesse of our vncleane lyuynge ¶ But howe maye this be done and by what meanes surely surely by no meane but by penaunce and repentaunce and callynge for mercye to all myghtye god with a sorowfull harte that we hauynge receyued soo innumerable benefytes of god so lytel haue regarded our obedience to his cōmandementes proudly and vnkyndly despysyng hym and more regarding our own wretched cōcupiscence and pleasure in all worldly delytes then god Let vs folowe the exhortation of almightye god spoken to vs by the mouthe of Iohell in the .ii. chaptre sayinge Turne ye synners againe to me by fastynge by wepynge by myche lamentynge your myserable estate and teare sunder your hartes and not your clothes Almyghty god wyll rather regarde a sorowfull and contryte harte to dwell in it than all the temples that we can bylde for hym As it is written in the laste chapiter of Esai Let vs knowlege and confesse our owne fautes fyrst before we be accused of them at iudgement Lette vs wepe for our vngracious lyfe and sure it is god wyll regarde our teares Dauid sayth in the .lv. psalme Almyghtye god I haue shewed my lyfe to the and thou haste putte my teares in thy syghte We that haue vsed our eyes all the yere in regardyng worldly pleasures so that through vehemente ioye somtymes the teares haue braste out with myche lawghynge nowe latte vs wepe as Dauid techeth vs in the Cxviii psalme sayenge to almyghtye god The teares haue braste oute of my eyes bycause they haue not regarded and kepte thy lawe Let vs folowe the counselle of saynt Paule in the .vi. chapiter to the Romaynes sayenge to vs. As ye haue gyuen your members to serue to iniustyce to do wronge soo lykewyse gyue youre members to serue iustice to your sanctifienge Dauid sayth also in the .vi. psalme I haue trauayled in my waylyng I shal washe euerye nyghte

my bedde with wepynge teares And after that he saythe God hathe herde the voyce of my wepynge for god dothe regarde teares cōmynge forthe out of a sorowfull and contrite harte If thou saye thou canste not wepe thou doeste confesse thy folye For yf thou lese by example any substance of worldely goodes as yf thy house be robbed thy shyppe laden with marchandyse perysshed in the see thy wyfe that thou dyd loue departed thy sonne deade than thou canste weepe myche more thanne ynough and where thy sowle is by synne departed from almyghty god whiche departynge from hym is the very deathe of the sowle and lyeth stynkynge in synne not foure dayes as the body of Lazarus dyd in his graue but myche more than foure monthes ye thrise foure monethes canst thou not wepe Surely thou haste great cause to lament thy selfe For what exchaunge canst thou deuyse to make so dere to the as thy sowle is ¶ Wherfore lette vs with the sworde of the spirite whiche as saynt Paule sayth is the worde of god make a quycke sacrifice of our selfes with a sorowful hart bycause we haue broken goddis comman●●mentes applienge the sharpe worde of go●●o our synfull lyfe that we may therwith kyll our concupiscēces and al fleshly and worldly lustes and so makyng of our sorowfull hart a sacrifice to almyghty god obteyne his mercy thereby as he hath promised to vs by Dauid in the fyfty psalme sayeng The sacrifyce to god is a spirite troubled with sorowe and thou God wylte not despyse a harte contryte and mekened ¶ We must brynge forthe fruites of our penance and repentance by the amendemente of oure synfulle lyues as sayncte Iohn̄ Baptyste sayde to the Iewes in the thyrde of Mathewe For God canne not be deluded with the fayre wordes only of a synner sayinge I am a synner and yet wyll not amend For God loketh whether those wordes come fro the harte being contrite Whyche if they dydde amendement of the euyll lyfe shuld ensue good workes shuld springe out where the euyll dyd growe before whiche newe sprynge of good workes is the fruyte of penaunce ¶ We must also go forwarde in the way of our lorde and not stande styll for elles we can not come to our iourneys ende Dauid saythe in the Cxviii psalme The immaculate and vnspotted men be blessed that do go forwarde in the way of our lorde He that saithe that he dwelleth in Chryste muste walke after Christe in his way whiche is his commandementes as he hym selfe dyd As saynte Iohn̄ saythe in the .ii. chapiter of his fyrste epistle and therfore we maye not stand styll but go on in doinge good to our iorneys ende as he dydde Saynte Paule saythe to the Galathians in the .vi. chapiter Se that ye erre not god can not be mocked suche as a man dothe sowe suche shall he reape he that soweth in the flesshe shall reape therof corruption and he that soweth in the spirite shal of the spirite repe lyfe euerlastynge Lette vs not ceasse in good doing for we shall reape it not failynge whan the tyme commeth Therfore whiles we haue tyme let vs do good to all men and chiefly to the domestykes of our fayth And as we shulde study to be ryche in faythe for Christe dyd chose suche to be of his flocke thoughe they were poore in worldly goodes As saynt Iames saythe in the .ii. chapyter of his epistle so muste we studye to be ryche in good workes As saynt Paule saythe in the .vi. chapiter of the fyrst epistle to Timothe where he byddeth hym teache the ryche men of the worlde to be redye with their abundaunce of goodes to helpe the poore and to make therby a treasure in heuen and to studye to be ryche in good workes so for these .ii. rychesses the one the rychesse of faythe the other the rychesse of good workes we shoulde chiefly studye ¶ Also Chryste in the .vi. of Mathewe doth teache vs thre chiefe exercises whiche wyll conferre greatly to the amendement of our lyfe that is to saye fastynge to tame therby the inordynate lustes of the fleshe Almesse dede to refrayne couetousnesse and to helpe to redeme our synnes therwith as Daniel saithe in the .iiii. chapiter And prayer to almyghtye god therby to abate our pryde and outrequydaunce and arrogance that we not trustynge of our selfes but of his helpe may aske of hym thynges necessarye for vs from tyme to tyme. And that we shoulde ofte praye Christe teacheth vs by the parable of the wydowe whiche by her importunitie and ofte cryenge to the wicked Iudge that feared neither god nor man obteyned at the laste Iustyce of hym As it is written in the .xviii. chapiter of Luc. ¶ We rede also of Christe that he some tyme prayed all night to god as it is writen in the .vi. chapter of Luke And saint Paule sayth to the Colossians in the ii●i chapiter Gyue you to prayer beinge vigilant in it And to Timothe he wryteth in the .v. chapiter She that trewely is a wydowe lette her giue her selfe to prayer nyght and daye And to the Thessalonicense he writeth in the .v. chapyter of the fyrste epistell sayenge Pray without any day leauynge of not that we shoulde doo nothynge elles but that we shoulde ofte amongest other thynges that we do pray to almighty god lauyng him callynge hym to remembraunce that he may helpe vs puttynge in all our dedes our confidence in hym Whiche we myghte easely do briefely sayinge diuerse tymes on the daye thoughe it were but one Pater noster at one tyme. soo that Christe thereby shuld be not far from our remembrance nor we shulde not by worldely pleasures or busines straye abrode farre from hym nor the deuyll shoulde not so boldely approche vs seinge vs alwayes vnder the wynge and protection of our heauenlye father And surely if we coulde thus dyspose our selfe our affaires shuld prosper th● more in this worlde and we shulde also thereby please almyghty god and come to the glorye euer lastynge Whervnto our sauyour Iesu Christ who hath redemed vs bryng vs all Qui viuit regnat cum deo patre in vnitate sancti spiritus per omnia secula seculorum Amen LONDINI in aedibus Thomae Bertheleti typis impress Cum priuilegio Ad imprimendum solum ANNO. 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