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A16091 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. Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575. 1542 (1542) STC 2970; ESTC S193 79,664 130

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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 cōminge 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 persōs 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 cōmaunded 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 cōmaunded to preache that the kingdō 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 cōmaūd 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 cōmeth 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 cōmaundement that we shulde loue one an other First bicause he by so many ways hath declared his loue towardes vs. Secōd 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 straūger 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 ma●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