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On Saynt Andrewes day the Gospels with brief sermo[n]s vpon them for al the holy dayes in y[e] yere.; Bible. N.T. Gospels. English. Taverner.
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Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.
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princes and kinges for my sake for a witnes to them and to the Gentils And in an other place he sayeth The tyme is coÌ„minge that who soeuer kylleth you woll thynke he hath done hygh seruice to God Truly this that Christ speaketh to his Apostels he speaketh to al right christen men women For they also muste entre into the kyngdom of god by many afflictions Let vs goe then eueryone in his calling armed with the only protection of Christ. The euyll disposed personnes wol fume and chafe against the pure doctrine of Christ but with these doth Chryste couple vs vnarmed and naked He sendeth vs not to hurt any man but like simple and harmeles personnes to helpe al men He commaundeth his preachers and disciples not to seke succours of men to defende them against the violence of wicked persoÌ„s nor yet to be carefull for their lyuynge He byddeth them goe light and vncombred to the office of preaching bearing with them neither wallet nor scrippe that is nothynge that perteyneth to the necessitie of nature for al thinges shal be caste vnto them Neyther to care for theire harbroughe for there shall be euer some to receyue them into their howses only let them do their duties and shewe themselfes true preachers of his worde And into what citie or place so euer they entre he byddeth them first desire peace to the hole familie And if the child of peace be there that is to say a meke man and desirouse of the heauenly doctrine then shal their prayer do him good if not it shall returne to them agayne But here ye wil aske why Christ coÌ„maunded his disciples to salute noman in the way Ye shall vnderstand that in the fourthe boke of kynges the prophete Elizeus gaue lyke commaundement to his seruaunte Giezi sending hym on an hasty message Christe therfore meaneth by thys that he wolde not that hys preachers shuld vnder pretence of greting and interteining of their carnal freendes be by any meanes hindered from the executing of their office But what were these seuentie disciples coÌ„maunded to preache that the kingdoÌ„ of god drew nigh Why ye wil say is it inough for to know this No verily for the deuyl also knew this yet is damned What then This is necessary to be preched that we might be warned to repent so atteyne to the kingdom of Christ. Wherfore go we to let vs imbrase this gospel by feith let vs repent that when Christ shal com in Maiestie we may reigne w t him whiche with the father holy gost is to be glorifyed for euer Amen ¶ On saynt Simon and Iudes day The Gospel Ihon. xv IEsus sayd to his disciples This coÌ„mauÌ„d I you that ye loue togyther If the worlde hateth you knowe ye y t it hated me afore you If ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue hys owne Howbeit bycause ye be not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the world therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre the word that I told you The seruant is not greater then hys maister If they haue persecuted me they will also persecute you If they haue kept my sayng they wol also kepe yours But al these thinges woll they do to you for my names sake for they know not him that sent me If I had not com and spake to them they shuld haue had no synne But now haue they no clooke for their sinne He that hateth me hateth also my father If I had not done the workes among them which none other man did they shuld haue had no syn But now haue they seen also hated both me and my father But this coÌ„meth that the word might be fulfylled which is writen in theire law They hated me w tout cause The sermon vpon this Gospel OUr Sauiour Christ deare frendes giueth vs here a speciall coÌ„maundement that we shulde loue one an other First bicause he by so many ways hath declared his loue towardes vs. SecoÌ„d bicause in the worlde if we be true folowers and louers of him we shal haue none that wil hartely loue vs but rather the world woll surely hate vs. And why woll the world hate vs bicause the veritie of the gospell is brought vnto vs out of an other world into thys world by Christe and Christ as a straunger cam into this world Wherfore it is no meruayle thoughe he hath many haters and despicers For a strauÌ„ger amonges straungers can not easely fynd freendes Besydes thys whatsoeuer is in thys worlde it is nawght elles but luste of the fleshe luste of the eyen and pryde of lyfe as saynte Ihon wryteth Yea the chief renownes of this world as carnal iustice carnall wisdom carnall power be starke nawght For the Iues were rightuouse in flesh but seking to stablish their own ryghtuousnes they were not subiect to the rightuousnes of god The Grekes were estemed the wisest men of the worlde but the wisdom of this worlde was foly before god Christ by his gospel repreueth the worlde of synne vtterly reiecteth the wisdom iustice power of this worlde teaching them to be falshode and no trouthes and he setteth vp an other kynde of iustice that muste be obteyned by feythe an other kynde of wysdom to be lerned of gods worde and an other kinde of power to be gotten by trouble crosse affliction and suffraunce The worldly men therfore not abydyng their thinges to be eyther repreued or reiected do hate Christe they persecutel his gospel and stampe against his word And loke how moch the worlde hateth Christ hys gospel euen so moch they hate so many as purely and syncerely do eyther preache or set forth by any meanes the same They persecute them they kyll them And for this cause Christe armeth al his true preachers and disciples by hys owne exemple that they shrynke not when they be persecuted troubled or vexed sayng If the world hateth you knowe ye that it hated me first ere it hated you as who shulde say Let it not seme straunge that ye be hated of the world for the seruant is not in better ease than hys maister they hated me first wherfor how shuld they not but hate you also Uerely al that be the true folowers of Christe be not of the worlde first bycause Christe hath plucked them aweye by feyth from the maâ—ers of this worlde and hath clothed them wyth the newe heauenly man and secondly bycause they allowe not the thynges of the worlde but counte all worldly thinges mere folies and vanities and as Paule saith the world is crucified to them and they to the worlde The worlde therfore can not but hate them but persecute them but exclude them out of theire companyes yea and if they can put them to death And al these thynges sayth Christe shal they do vnto you for my names sake But what is thys to say for my names sake Surely sayth
entre into the kingdom of heauen Wherfore my frendes by Christes owne wordes here we may be right wel assured that onles we cease froÌ„ all malice and rancour towardes our ChristeÌ„ brothern and susters and become Christen meÌ„ not in name only but also in dede worke beyng made as it were new men and newly regenerate not fleshly but spiritually vtterly casting awey as muche as maye be al carnal and worldly affections and be traÌ„sformed into the hauour and simplicitie of yong chyldern we shall neuer be receyued in to the kyngdom of heauen Let vs huÌ„ble and abase our selues make vs like to these litle babes whom we se cleane voide of malice and of ambitioÌ„ For he that thus woll humble and lowly hym selfe shal be doubtles auauÌ„ced shal be called great in the kingdome of heauen Who so euer verily is by modestie and buksomnes the lest the same person is through vertue the greatest Trouth it is that worldly Emperours kyngê and princes do for most partes loue such as be lyke to theÌ„selfes and amoÌ„ges them such be in most price and reputation which can shyft out other and set forth themselfes Christe in semblable wyse delyteth in such persons as resemble him who what tyme he was here conuersant amonges vs in earth humbled hymselfe and became obedient vnto the death euen the death of the crosse Whan he was reuiled he reuiled not agayn he suffred to be bouÌ„de to be bobbed to be spitted at to be strikeÌ„ to be scourged finally to be crucâ—fied being himselfe without spotte of sinne to thinteÌ„t to purge vs of our synnes Wherfore for his humilitie he hath receiued auaunment and most high exaltation for his obedience he hath receiued most highe honour to haue a name aboue al names for his pacience sufferinge he hath receyued power ouer all for hys infinite charitie he hath receiued praise glorie and thaÌ„kes of al. Let vs lerne therfore of Christ to be meke humble in hart Let vs remeÌ„bre what y â— prophete Dauid sayth The lorde is nere to theÌ„ y â— be of coÌ„trite hart he wol saue such as be huÌ„ble in spirite which fear his wordes Truly good people those that be lowly meke in spirite be most highly auauÌ„ced protected tendred of almighty god He throweth down the mighty froÌ„ their prowd seates exalteth the huÌ„ble he filleth the hungry w t good thinges letteth the rych departe emptye He resisteth the prowd giueth his graces to the lowly persons Let vs then be huÌ„bled vnder the mighty hand of the lord For as saynte Iames sayth hath not god chosen the pore Certaynly the pore in spirite lowly persons be they whom God hath in his special fauour grace For like as in the great mens courtes of this worlde y â— prince or great man taketh the vyllanye or displeasure as done to himselfe when one doth a displeasure to one of hys great lordes or special seruauÌ„tes againe taketh a good turne benefite as done to himself when it is bestowed vpon them euen so the great king of kinges lord of lordes god almyghty doth so tendre loue his huÌ„ble and meke seruauntes though in the face of the world they seme as persons despised and not regarded that who so euer receyueth one of theÌ„ in Christes name he couÌ„teth the thing done to himself as though the partie had receiued Christ himself And on the other side he that offendeth any one of these simple and base persons which truste vpon the lord which depend hole vpon him shal be more greuously punished then if a mylstone were hanged about his necke he cast into the depe see For what a more shameful wicked parte can be shewed than to greue and hurt them which wil noman no hurte which enuye noman which preferre themselfes before noman whiche loue al persones indifferently Wo be to the worlde therfore for greuynge of suche ones Howbeit the malice of men is so greate that these greues must nedes be Wherfore who soeuer coueteth to come to heauen let him beware howe he hurte them yea let hym take hede he hurte not hym selfe Let no affection be so deare to vs but let it be forthwyth karued and cut awey yf it shulde hindre vs in our iourney to heauenwarde Our hande our fote our eye be necessarye membres yet rather then they shulde hindre vs Christe byddeth vs cast them awey For were it not better sayth he to go to heuen maymed or lame or wyth one eye thaÌ„ with hole meÌ„bres to be cast into hel fyer But sayng this he ment not that any membre of the body shuld be cut awey but he wolde haue the affections cut of whiche calle vs awey from the studie of eternal saluation For a frende which a maÌ„ can skant want is as it were hys one hande Thy father whom thou dost truste on is thy fote Thy wyfe or sonne whom thou tenderly louest is thyne eye And as there is nothynge so preciouse that ought to plucke vs from heauen so nomaÌ„ be he neuer so lowe pore ought to be despised but rather holpen Let vs then offend none of those litle ones namely sith there angelles which haue charge ouer theÌ„ do coÌ„tinually beholde the face of almighty god in heuen so y t by this we may know in what reputatioÌ„ they be w t god seing he hath giuen theÌ„ such kepers coÌ„ductours Let vs thaÌ„ endeuour our selfâ— to be suche lowly huÌ„ble persons as our Sauiour Christ here speaketh of y t we may haue such auÌ„gels to coÌ„ducte leade defend kepe vs in al our weyes by Christ our lord who be praised glorified AmeÌ„ â–ª ¶ On saint Lukes day the Euangeliste The Gospell Luke .x. THe Lord appoynted also other seueÌ„tye and he sent them two two before hys face in to euerie citie and place whether he hymself wolde come and he sayd vnto them Uerely the haruest is moch but the laborers are fewe Pray therfor the lorde of the haruest that he wol thurst out laborers into his haruest Go your weyes Lo I send you as lambes amonges wolues Beare ye no wallet nor scrippe nor shoes and salute noman by the wey In what house ye enter fyrst say peace be to this house And verely if the son of peace be there youre peace shall reste vppon hym â–ª if not it shall returne to you But se ye abyde in the same house eating and drinkinge suche as they haue For worthy is the laborer of his rewarde The sermon vpon this Gospell SAint Luke god people whose memory y â— church doth this day solemnize though he was none of the .xii. Aposteles of Christ nor of the couÌ„trey of the Iues but a Grecian borne at Antioche and at the beginninge of Christes preaching in Iurye not beinge with Christ as he himself witnesseth in the preface of hys Gospell yet