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[SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM).] Latimer (BisHop HuGH). Certayn Godly Sermons, made uppon the lords Prayer, preached by the right reuerende father, and constant martyr of Christ, Master Hughe Latymer, before the — ryght honorable and vertuous Lady Katherine, Duches of Suffolke, in the yeare of our Lorde, 1555. . . BLAcK LETTER. Title within woodcut border. Small 4to, old half calf and mottled boards (worn, small tear in title repaired, last leaf of text supplied in old manuscript on vellum). Imprinted at London by John Day, 1562

THIS VERY INTERESTING Copy BELONGED TO JAMES BOSWELL, JR., THE SHAKES- PEAREAN EDITOR. His signature, “‘ James Boswell 1803,’’ appears on the inside cover, and he has noted on the fly-leaf that he purchased it in ‘‘ Martin Bru’s Sale.”

Latimer’s ‘‘Sermons”’ are referred to by Dr. Furness in his edition of ‘‘As You Like It,”’ and also in ‘‘Shakespeare’s England,”’ Vol. I, pages 55, 59-61, 71, 363, and 507; Vol. II, pages 186 and 475. ©

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’ ahs 1 ——— ¶To the right honorable, the Lady Ra⸗ i therine Duches of Suffelbe, Auguſtiue WBernher, wiſheth the grace of Ged with the increaſe of Ail heauenly vertues, to her graces eternall comfoꝛt in Felis Chrꝛiſt. 4 gat pꝛrincely pꝛophet Dauid deſcribing the ° peruerfe nature and wicked propertics of the vngodlie and reprobates, among other crises wherot he doch S accule them, be laith alfo to thept charae that they paue STol faye nat catled bpon God, Wp the whiche wordes he doth } was KD SS manikeſtly teache, that thep whiche too not geue them⸗ = = felues to trew and faythfull pzapcr end imuccatinge of the naine of os, are in cthe number of thole Wiytche Doo faye in thepe bartes there igns God. For asthe Godly by thep2 carneft and continu= allpzaping and prapling of the name of od, doo dccisre ther teucrend fcare thep beare totwardes his divine maie ſtye, and thep2 vnfapned lou the whicheis grafted in thetr harts bp the gratious and diume ſprrit, to⸗ Soardes their heaveulp and molt louing father, by rhe whiche thep ar in⸗ cozaged Wwillinglp and chcarfullp to waike in the wayc Of Godipnes,and to frame their ipucs tothe wul and pleafurcofhim whom they feare and loue:So on the contrarpe (poe, the bugodly,in that thep 900 not call vp⸗ pon their God, neither prayſe him, moſt cuidentlp declarcthatthep LandBé notin awe of him,noz louc him, but rather defpile him as one that is net= - ther able ta hurte o2 pleafure chem, ‘ By thps no that J hauciaped it doth manifeftlp appeare, that as fapthfull and trew prayer ts the occafton of all goodnes and qodipnes, fo thomitting € neglecting of fhe fame, to the rote € canfe of allfinnc miſ⸗ chief And that wilbe moze euident vnto them that doo confidcr With the felues thefc tivo princtpall partes whcrin trem prayer dort, confit, Whe fp2& part of true pꝛaier ts calied in } hebꝛe w tHg, Thephilah the which fig nifpeth judicij vel cOdénationis deprecationé, aharty € erneſt requeſt & fuplica tiõ made vnto god theternal iudge⸗ fo2 the remiſtion, x pardon offpnnes, the which requeſt procedeth frd the harte $ is anguiſhed bp the ougfome fight of bis sicsdnes ree bp the brightnes of chelaw of God. Che | other part of pzaper ta called in p fare tOg, rhchillah.Laus,a pꝛayſe of gods mercies, thewhich doth folow the toꝛmer requelt. 402 whe the hart foan guiſhed hath poured out his griehe ts bp the ſpirit of God certifpcd that bys ſynnes be fozgeuen,bis prayer hearde for Chꝛiſtes fake : bp and by it burſteth out into a ioyful pꝛayſing of the name of the Lord who fo gras ciouflp hath themed hymſelfe in geuing comfort batobps foro wful! cons {cicnce, In thefe two partes ofpzaper,the Childzen of Goo doo exercife thenifciues,that is, in lamenting of their panes, and in reiepling in the korgeueneſſe of the fame,the whicheronfifteth inthe deatie of Chutes Wherupron thethird parte folowerh, the which is tacrayeat theie _ . fathers hands ſuche thynges as be nederull foz them inthis weorlde, " {Mowe he that beholdeth digently che (rate of the fozrloc, Hail eafelpe

— that the moſt partofinenare geuẽ vp tothep, owne batts ine — ecauſe thep be deſtitute of that moſt comtoꝛtable ſpixit of pꝛaper. he doth nor fee that the pzincipall occafion of this hoꝛtible vnthauck⸗ nes, the whiche ofall fates of ments ſhowed towardes the erernca ꝛ;

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Bes The Epiftle, — Gov, hapneth bp the reafd that men do not paſſe koꝛ theyr ſinnes do light cas lp regard them, g lo do not craue remiffpon of them at Gods handes,nep

. ther bethankiul, Ikmen oid exercife themfeiues ir fapthfull paper ã

did die te examine themfclacs by the rule of tt,. tat of Godcin the which

glaffe thep map fone fee thep2 one fpithines thep Would no Doute With Great diligence, confider the great and ineftimable benchites of tye Loꝛd

theps gov ſhewed bnto them, euen in thefe our dapes. Fyꝛſt how grati⸗

ouflp he gaue vs the light of the Gofpeilinkpng Edwards time, foz the

ſpace of ſeuen ycares. After the whiche tyme, bp the reafon of oure vn⸗ .thankefuines,he moſt tuftlp plaged vs, and toke the fame away agapne, and caufed by the deuils hangmen (the papifts ZF meane)darbnes, blind.

nes, and moft peftifcrons doctrine to be brought into the charche,bp rea=

fon isherof,a greate number that had befozc ne luſt to the truth euen by Gods iuſt iudgement were thé deceaued bree and ſo peryſhed eternat= lye. And pet notwithſtanding, the fapthfni Lozd, in al theſe tozmoplings

o2eferned bys feruauntes,geuing vnto a number of them ſuche a pꝛince⸗

ip {pirit that thep were able to deride ¢ laugh to ſcorꝛne the thztatnings

ofthe tpzauntes,to deſpyſe the terribtencs of prifons and tozments, and

in the ende, mofte topfuilpe to ouercome and conquer deathe to the praife of Ged and thepz owne endies comfozte.dinto other fome, thelelftfame

molt gratious dod gaue fuche a valcaunt {pirite,thatthep were able bp

bps grace to fozfake the pleafures and commodttpes of this worlde, and

being armed With pattence, wer content to trauell into far and vnknowẽ

countrepes with thep2 familpes and houlholdes, hauing ſmall wozldlpe

prouifion,e2 none at all,but trultpng to bps prouidence, who neuer fore

faketh them that truſte in hym. Beſydes this, 'the fame God preferued _ agreate number, euen in the middeſt of their enempes:, not onlpe from Thectongrega⸗ bodely daungers, but alſo krom being infected with that poploned and tion ot the faith blaſphemous doctrine, that then tn allopé pulpite,with ſhameles brags fullat London and oftentation was fet abode. Fl will not ſpeake now ofthat wonder⸗ tt Quene Apa fall Work of God, who cauled his word to be preached, andhis lacramẽts rpes tyme, — euen in the midlte of the enenpes, in ſpyt e ot the deuill and all

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Thelſe thinges the Lorde wzoughte moſt gratiouſly for hys peoples But whẽ the time came that the meafure of wickednes of the wicked

Sas full, thefelfefame dod, euen of his owne mercy, and by his owne power confounded his enempes,bp the meancs of our moſt gratious La ~ Dp the Nucenes mateltte for whole profperous ciate and pꝛeſeruation _the God of mercye graunte vnto all fapthfull Ch2iftians arace, mot ina ftantlp to pape ber moſt topfull comming to the mperiaũ croune of this Realm who ceufen that fithye dark antichriſtiã doctryne to vaniſh out of ſyght and tn ſteade therof that mot gtoztots Ipghte of the Goſpell to fhpne agapne, the whpch fozowfullp Was wiſhed foz of allfapthful Eng lifh arts: veftozing witball the preachers of the fame Golpel the which

befoze wer expulſed as cxiles, bp the tyranny of the popith prelates. - he whiche benefites,as they be bnmeafurable,fo ought thep continu⸗ allp With thanckful hartes.of ali them that beare the name of chzifitans to be confidered, 1 at as J ſayd befoze, the molt part of men doo not pags for thele thenges. The light of the Dofpell is not confoztable vnto them, becaule they feels not the darkncs that is in them + thepbe not. — $

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‘dp and openlype, pou bid deceaue the people of thepz ſaluation in Chapit

¥ The Epiftle, : 3 Sith their owne wickednes:ſiune lyeth iurking and Meppne Within the, and ther have fullpaas it wer e, ſolde themſelues to Snbalbipe — slpme vp to get honorsand dignities. and the pelfe of Wozialp thynges and thefe thpnges are the cauſ⸗ hp thep deo not pzay vnto the Lore their God. ut wo be vnto fuche ſlepers in their owne finnes, and foz= getters of Gods benetites. A vay will come when thep hall with them {clue neuer to haue ben boꝛne. Thus pou fee that Ps neglecting of prap er is the occafpomof that horrible buthankfulnes ¢ forgetfuincs of gods benefptes, What is tobe fayde vnto them that contrarpe to they: owne hartes and confciences ive tn {inne and wickednes, and pli not ainende thepꝛ Ipues,although thep heare their fpnnes acculed, condemned, and Gods vengeaunce pronounced vppon them? Chey bee fo dpouned With the deſyzes of thepz owne hartes,that thep doo not pas foz the Mapes of the Lorde, Ot fuche kinde of men the woild is fall, whpche haue ſhame⸗ les foꝛheades bepng not abaſhed of thep2 bplenes.

he caule oftheir miferies (as Dantd declareth ) 1s quia deum nonin nocanerunt,becaule thep have not calicd bppon dod, But what kpnde of praper doo thofe men fap(trow pon) whiche callthemfclucs fptrituall and

xAveocs the lot of the Lozder It isasmanifelt ay the none dape ,that the ;

molt parte of them,nepther prap noꝛ Know iwhat trewe praper is, Foꝛ it they did vſe to pꝛap as the trem chriſtiand doo they couloe not chofe but be compelled to amende theps Ipnes:thep2 confciences would be aba ſhed to come before the Loꝛde without ahartp purpofe to amende thep2 con= nerfation, Doth not the faping of D fe the Prophet take holde vpon the ———— of pou that be of the popiſh clergic, and bane ben maſſemon⸗ gers: Where as he ſaythe, as theucs wapte for a nian,fo the companpe

. of preefts murther in the wap byconfent,foz tise Worbe miſchict.

Did not por confpire together at the tntrp of Qucen Warpe to mur⸗ ther the people of Gov, incafling from pou moft trayteroudp the pzecy⸗

beat of Rome, and in receanpug the Rinckpng Idolatrous make, by the Sobiche pou haue deltroped an innumerable forte of people? Bre pou fozpe foz thefe pour doingesy Doo pou huinble pour felucs before the maieſtps

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ous Gotpeil of Jeſus Chꝛiſtet in {ubmuittpng pour feiues to that fpithpe .

ofthe terrible God, with hartp and faythtul praier achnowieaging pour —

Swickednes,and intending to eſchero the famey Ho fuche thynges can be perceaucd in pou, Foꝛ where asbefoze, tnthe tyme ofantichaph, boid

now in the lyght of the golpei,fecretip pou Gbifper in to the cares of the ſimple and vidwade them recepuing of the truth:fo that moſt tulip pou map be compared vnto thofefppesof Whom wereade Nume.xiii.

the Subpche With theyz falfe reportes, did hpnder the people of Ffraetk from entrpng into the lande of prompfe, $02 thep bepng fente bp Dop= fes to ſearche theland,and to bepng goon tpbings bitte the peoplesbp the

- hich thep mpght haue ben incouraged manfuilp to hane affaped their

enempes, and take poficifion of the iand,thep contrarpeto Moplſes ex⸗ pectation,tpke faptheles men, came and difcomfozecd the people,¢ canted

_ shen to miltruſt Gonos promiles, Bnd doo not pe thelpker Where as gob bathe appopnted pou to fearche the lande of pꝛomiſe in hys holy woꝛde.

and to bryng tidinges of the fame wnte his people, bp fapthfull and dilps

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4, - ‘TheEpiftle, kyngdome of Chꝛiſt, vou lpkefaile meflengers ,epther bp pour faife res

poztes and Wicked dDoctrpne,doo hinder the peoyle frow entring into tye promiled land,02 cls ipbe Dominecdogges, that are not able tv bazke, pow ipe in pout bennels, ked yng peur bellpes, and making good cheare With tielaboures and ſweate ofthe pooze people, not paſſyng wheather thep ſwoymme 02 fpnke,o2 What become of tiem,

Worthelyp therfore the Prophet Dauid numbzeth pou amongſt their that fay in thep2 bartes there is no Hod: Bnd this appeareth vnto alt o⸗ thers, becaufe pe doo not call bppon Gad. froz if pou did accuſtom to cal pourefelnes to an accompte before the maieſtie of God, in pour faythtull prapers,the remembzaunce- of pour hoꝛrible murt her of Gods people,of pour tienes, careleſnes, benychere, ignoraunce of Hoos will and wor d, ſecret fyichpnes, and ſuche other lyke ſtuffe, woulde cauſe pou to water pour cheekes, and compell pou to howe ſome token ot repyentaunce bate

the people of God:but nothyng is ſeen in pou but deſperatnes, wherfoꝛe

thefpirit of the Loꝛde ts departed from pan. Bnd this ig moze cuidente in pour manifold and manifed periurpes committed bp pou in king Ber ryes tyme,in king Ed wards time,in Mucne Marves tpme, Sud what map be fapd ofpou at thys time, but that pou be taiſe periured hipoctits, bearing two faces bnder one hood, beyng reabye lyke weather coches to turne at ali feafons as the wynde Doth carp pou? can pou looke fog anye thpng at goos hands, but to be panifhed with bis cerribie plages as Fu das was ( Whole compantons poube)that all the world map take enſam⸗ oe by pou ta beware of thele horrible crimes with the Which vou are ſo

efiled,that no water in the fea is able to make pou clean’Dne kpnde of Sater Soculbe hetpe poure difeafe ifthe Lorde of his mercp Would geue

pou grace to call bnto hym foz it. thatis rhe ſame water of ipfe the which the Lorde prompfeth to the fapthfuiland penttente finnerg,amonatt the number of whom as pet pe be not (fofar as man can tudge,) Bnd therfore it Laudeth poy in hande to locke aboute pou in tyme,befoze the haiter be caft about poure neckes,as it hapned to Judas, whole foote feppes pou

folow tn pour behauiours tn thys wozloe, that tt is to be feared, pou {hat

tet together in one place in the Mozide fo come, But of the pple behaut= our of thele miferabic men, tt grencth me to fpeabe anp farther not doub ting but that the mageftrates whom god hath charged With bis people, will euen With ſpeede confider thefe thpnges accozdingly,and not ſuffer thofe wauerpng and pertured Wweathercockes to hauc anp thynge to do within the houle of Gon, the Whichets bys Churche, purifyed with the

bind of Chryſt. F 02 the magiftrates know that thep themſelues cannot pray vnto the Lozdethep2 God, except thepz hartes be fapthfulip diſpo⸗

ed to bo the works of rhep2 vocatpontrewip and faithfallp.of the which the princtpall iste (ee the people inſtructed by fapthfnti minifters in the Spapes of the Lordethe which inffructions can not be geuen bp fuch as are not ontp defpicd with fuche kynde of bices, as 1s aboue reherſed, but aifoare beterlp deſtitute of all good gyfts,and Knowe not the principles Of theyz religion,

a bis matter is fa weyghty and of fuche impoztaunce, that the magi⸗ ſtrates, hauing the feare of god before their eyes, mult nedes confider it swith ſpede, fox it touchech the eternalilauegarde of them, for whom the fonneof god did ſhede his owns hartes bioud: they oughte to be put into

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! eh hands of fuch as do not paſſe for thep2 owne faluation,muche leſſe foro- thers therfore with great and {pedp dilpgence the magiftrats are bound {fepng god dothe put them in trul with bps chplozen) to prꝛouwe, that as thep be bought with the bious of C haptt. fo they map be nourifhen with the tracand finccre word of god,to the praife of his name,and thep2 eters nall comfort, further Who can not lament, cuen from the botom of his harte, tofeea great number tolpuc in ſuch careleſnes, and fatter them-= felues in theyp2 owne finnes,thinbinge thatthey be the chpldzen of God, Soben as in berp Dede the comfortable ſpirit of fapthfull prayer is depar⸗ ted from them.andthep worꝛthely numbed amongit them that haue no God noz Chryſt: As thole men be, whiche be fo greedy Hyon the wozid, and haue addicte and confecrats themſelues bnto it, after fuche a ſorte, as though thys Swozlde fhouid laft foz cucr: Bnd in thts takpne be the grea ter part of the gentelimen, which with fuche extremitics intreate thepie pooze tenantes, with rapfpngof rents,taking of fpnes,and otyer kyndes of extreme dealinges,that thep are compelled Dap and nighte to crie vnto God for bengcaunce again them:and can anp man thinke that thefe pi⸗ éiles and crueli men, can appeare before the maieſtie of god, and crane re⸗ miffion ofthep2 finnes „when as thep be purpoſed to goon forwarve ſtill in their extreme Dealinges againſt thepoozes J Wwillnot fpeake nowe oF them,that bepng not content with they2 landes and rentes,oo catche into thep2 hands (piritual liuyngs:as perfonages ¢ fuch lyke ant that bnder the pzetenfe to make pꝛouiſion for thep2 houſes. What hurt and domage thys realme of England doth ſuſtayne by that deuelyſhe konde of pꝛom⸗ fion for gentcimens houfes,knightes and Loꝛds houfeg, thep cantel belt that do trauellin the countrepes, and fee With theirepes, great parifhes and market townes, with innumerable others,to be btterlp deſtitute of Gods Wo7d; and that becaufe that thefe qreedp men haue fpopled the tp= nings and gotten them tnto thep2 hands:and tn (ead of a fapthfale pains fall teacher they hyze afir Zohn, Lhich hath better ſkill in playing at ta= dies, 02 in kepyng ofa garden, then in Gods wozd, ¢ he for a triefie doth ferue thecurc, and fo heip to bring the people of God tn daunger of they, foules. Bnd all choſe ferue to accomplifhe the abbominable p2pde of ſuche gentelmen, which cõſume the goods of the pooze(the which oughtte haue ben beftowed vpron alerned minifter in coftip apparel,bellp chere,oz tn building of gozgteus houſes.But let the be affured, that a dap will come Swen it Mill be layd to theyz charge: Rapina pauperũ in domibus ve ftris, Bnd then thep ſhall perceaue that thep2 fatre houfes ar built in the place called aceldama:thep haue a bloudp foundation and therfore can not tab jong. This matter alfo is fo wayghtye, and the {pirituall laughter of the pooze people fo miferable and wokull that except the magiſtrates ſpedely iooke thereunto,and redzes the fame,the Loꝛde of Sabaoth hpmicit wilt kynde oute fon remzdp to delyuer hts people from fuche cater pillers,and requp2e the biond of his people at thep2 hads,bp whofe couctoufnes thep Sere letter to come tothe knowledge of Chik. Bnd beſides thps fuche rauening wolues ac deuoure thelputngs oftcachers,¢ minthers of gods woꝛd, fhali not be hable to come inthe pzefence of the Loꝛd.to prap vnto hym oꝛ to prapfe hpm:foz ail chat euer thep doo( pea euen their prayers) és erecrable befoze the Loꝛd ſo iong ag they turne their eare fro the heac_ _ ving of the lawcofthe dLozde:that isto fape, fo'longe as thep boo not guen from the verve botome of thexz hartes, gooe aboute to redꝛeſſe

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wele hepnows kaultes with the Which they be intangled. Let hem repẽt therfoze euen {pedelp.befoze the Wrathinll indignation of the Loꝛd fau'e bppon them,and fopeftrop them in theyz ſinnes And thefe thpngs ought to be confidered of all thein that pretends chꝛiſtianytie, of mbar effate og - begree ſoeuer thep be, as Welllawpers (whole chuetouſnes hath almoſt peusurea England)as craftefmen, hufbandinen,feruauntes and others, Femembipng with them felues,that ik thepz hartes be inclined to Mice edness, the Lorde Will not heare thep2 papers. Wet them (and inawe of the Lozde thep2 Gov, and fo behaue themleines in they: conuerfation and life, that thep may have recourle vnto htin,and be incsꝛaged to make thep2 praters cOfibétlp before him in the nameol Fefus Chat, of whos thep ſhall receane comfort of foule and bodp, as Weilin this woꝛld as it the world to come eternally. Foꝛ this is mot certapne, that if thep pꝛo⸗ cede in their wickednes and bngobdipnes, not paflpng wheather thep be ruled, moued, and firred bp the grations {pirit of God to pꝛaiſe his name 02 not:then moſt afuredlp the Loꝛd wil power out his plages bpon the bole rcalme, accozding to che faping of the 2.0phet:the 202d Will powes Out bis wrath vpon the kingdoms that haue not called bppon his names Now tothe intent that thep Which are ignozaunt and vnle rned map the better be inſtructed howe to oꝛder themfelues when thep go about te prefent themſelues befoꝛe Che maieſtpe of ob, and talke With hym cons cernyng thole thinges whiche be nedefull foz thep2 fonles health, and prez feruatton of their bodyes: J thought tt qood(bp the inftant requeſt of the godly iearned to pnt fourth theſe fermons here folowing, inprint, which were preached tu King Edwards tyme, before the right honozable ladpe eatherpne Duches of Huffolke her grace/ by that famereuerend father and molt conftant martp2 of Chzpite, Doctor Hughe Latpmer, mp moſt Deere talker, Foꝛ whofe molt papnfull trauels fapthful preachingsstrev carefulnes foꝛ bis countrep.pacient imp2tfOment,’and conttant fuffering, all the whole rcaime of England, bathe areat caule to geue bnto the eters nali God moſt high lande and pzaple, Foꝛ Whois he that ts fo ignoxante that did not fee the wonderfall handiwozke of Godin that man? did not God appoint him euẽ inking Henries bapes,to be afingular inflrument to (ct forth bys truth, bp his pꝛeachyng to open the epexoffuch as Were Deluded by the ſubtyll and Deccatfull crattesof the popiſh prelates? How manpfolowapes was he troubled, tofe,and tozmopleo from poſte to piller,bp the popifh byſhops: Whole hanves he couly not haue efcaped #€ God had not moucd the kinges maieſties hart(that then Was)to allie hym. By whoſe abfolute power diucrfe times he was deliucred from the

D. Latimer cructi Lpons, Bnd although it did pleale God, in proces of tyme to ſuſffer

withſtode the

the kyngs mateltpe to be deiuded and circumuented by the ſubtyl perſwa

five articles ale fions df thofepopifh bpfhops,te eftablifh by lawe {prs vngodly articles:

though thep

Pet thys fapthfuilleruaant of Chryſte woulde rather put bps owne ipfe th daunger,then forfakeo2 Depart from that, the which afoze moft faiths

mere confirmed fullp he had taught ont of obs worde. Wherfore he was contented ta

plagues.

ther to be caſt into the Cower,and there to loke Dapip for death, thente be found a wauering reede,o2 to deceane hys Pꝛynce. Foz thep(fapd he) that Doo allow anp thyng Difagreing from Gods wozd, in relpecte to ful⸗ fillthe appetites of Pꝛinces ar betraters ¢ murtherers of their princes, becante thep pꝛouoke the wzathe of God to deſtroxſuche ——— wee |

The Epiftle,

| * fiatterers becoine gilty of the blood of their princes, and are the chiefe cauſes of thetr deftructions, Wherefore this fapthfull man of god, kno⸗ Song his prince to be deluded bp the falfe priefts, and beinge affured the thinges that were MloWed,to be coritrarp to gons Word, was redy thus to aduenture his Iyfe sat the fohich time gop mercifully deltucred him,to the great comfort of al godip harts,and finguicr cOmondity of bis church,

Now whe he was thus deliucred, did he giue himſelf pp to y pleafures ofthe woꝛld:to delicatenes 02 idlenes? #20 aſſuredlp, but euen then mot

ofal he began to {et fourth his plough, z to till the ground cf the lozd,and to fof the good cozncof gods wo2d,behautng him {elf as a fapthful meſ⸗ fenger of god, being afraped of no man,telling alldDegrees theire ducties faithfullp and truclp, without refpect of perfong.o2 anp kind of flatterp, Bn the whiche his papnefull travels he continued al hinge Edwardes time, preaching fo2 the mot part eucrp fondape twoo fermons.to the great fhame,confufion,and damnatiõ ofa great number of onr fatbellicd vnpzeaching p2elats, for he beinge a ſoꝛe bꝛuſed man and abou thzee {core € 7. peres ofage,took notwithftanding al thefe paines in preching, and befines this, euery mozring o2dinarilp , winter and fommer, aboute two of the clock in the morning, he was at his booke moft diligẽtly. Bnd befidcs this how carcfuli he was foz the preferuation of the churche of God, and for the good fucceffe of the gofpel,thep can beare recozd. Which at that time were in autozitpe, mhome continuallp bp his letters he ad⸗ monifhen of ther buctics, and aſſiſted With his godip counſel.

Wut when the time approched, the Which god had appopnted fo2 the punifhmet of the carnal gofpellers & hipocrites which moſt wickedlp a= bufed thefame,how fapthfullp he Did admoniſh both priuatip,and open ip al kinds of men, they that wer then about him can beare recoꝛd. But one thing amongct others is p:inctpalip to be noted, that god not onsipe gaue vnto him his ſprit molt plen iouſſp and comfoztabip,to preach bps $wo2d vnto his church:but alfo tp the fame ſpirite he did molt euidentlye prophecpof al thofe kindes of plages, which in berp dede afterwards en

fucd, fo plapnip / fap, as thoughe he had ſeene them before bys cpes:fo that,if Engiand ener had a Pophet, he Was one. And among other thingshecuer affirmed that the preaching ofthe gofpel would coft hym bislife, to f Which thing he did mort cherefullp arme € prepare him icif, being certenlp pcrfipaded, that wincheſt. was kept inthe tower for the fame purpofe. Cherfozenotiong aftcr Quene Mary was proclamed,a purfiuant was fent down into the country foz to call yym bp. L fwhofe

- cOming When he wag made ware about fir howers before, by a farthful man of god John Carclefle ama worthy of euerlatting memozp dhe pre Pais himlelftowards hps iorney before the fapd purftuant came to his Houle. &t b which ching, whe the purhuade marueled,feing him fo prepa _ ted towards his iorney he fapd vnto him, my frend: you be a welcõ mel fenger to mcjand be tt known onto pou s tothe whole world, that J go as willingly to Lõ don at this prefet,being called bp my prince to render

a reckning of mp doctrin⸗· as eucr J was to anp place in the wozld,and % do not dout,but that god,as be hath made me worthy to preach hys woꝛd before t wo exceilét princes, fo he Mil able me to witnefſe the fame Dnto che third, cpther to her comfozt,oz difcomfortecternallp ec. At the

» , Sobich time the purfinant, when he had delincred hys letters Departed, ive : : ad: ¢ alfirming

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affirming that he had commaundemét not to tarp foz hiitt by whofe ſodẽ Departure it was manifeſt, that thep would net haue had bien toapperes but rather to haue fied out of the realm, They hnes that his cOftantnes {hould cofound them in their popery,and cCafirm the gonlp in thetruth, Bs concerning the maner and forme how he wasinterterned When he ;

cainchefoze the counfell,how ftoutly he div behaue himfelfcin Chzittes caufe,and was content to beare moft pacientiy all the mocks and taũtes

geuen him by the ſcornlul, and pettitent papitts:allo howe pactentipe he

tooke bis impzifonment.and how boldly and willingly beinthe endan-=

uentured his like in the aefence of the glorious gofpel of Jeſus Chrifte,

becaule theife thinges be at large defcribed in the booke of the martpre

by that mott godip icrned and excellent infirument of God matter John

For, Jwil not ſpend the time now to reherle thefame:fauing one thing

the which J wouid withe all godip bihops and faythfull preachers to note, the which is this:that he being in prifon comfortles and deltitute ofall Worldly heip, moſt ofal Did reiopce in this, that god had geuen hine Grace,to aplp hig office of preching € aſſiſted him without fear oꝛ flattrp to tel vnto the wicked thep2 faultcs,¢ adinonifh thé of their wickeones, nepther alowing,noz confenting to any thing, that might be preiudicial 02 burtfull vnto the goſpell of Chꝛiſte although the refufall thereofdia cal him m daunger of his life, Gov qraunt that al thofe that be in that of fice may folow his footetteppes and that the refte that epther refufe to take papns,92 are giuen toflatter,may be turnedout,and be {et to the cart oz plough,and others put inte their romes that be willing, diligent and hable to Do their ocwties. The other thinge that JF would haue no ted, is his crnefines and diligence in praper, wherin oftentimes fo long he continued knecling, thathe was not able foꝛ to rife without helpe:ẽ amongtt other thinges thefe were thre principal matters he praped for, The kirſt, that as god had appoynted hin tobea pꝛecher and pꝛoteſſo⸗ Gf his Wwo2d,fo alfo he Would geue him grace to ſtand puto his doctrine ontil his death: Thother thing, the which moſt inftantip with great bi oléce of gods fprite he deſired was that god of his mercp wold reſtoꝛe the gofpellof his ſonne Chriſt vnto thys realm of England once aga, and thefe wordes once agayn, once agapn,he did fo inculcate and beat into the eares of the 102d god.as though he had {ene god before hin,€ ſpake vnto him face to face. Lhe thirde principall matter wherewith in his prayers he Was occupted: was to prape forthe preferuation of the quenes mateftp that no is, whomein his praper accuftomablpe he was Soont to name and cuen With teares deſired gon te make her a comfort to this comfortics realm of England, Theſe wer the matters he pꝛayed foz fo eatneftip . Wut Were thele things defiredin bapne? Did god dela pife the prayers of this his fapthfull ſouldier? No aſſuredly:toꝛ the loꝛd bid moſt gractoulip graunt all thefe hig requeſts. Firſt,concerning pꝛo⸗ keſſion, euen in the inoſt extremity ,the Loꝛd graciouſiy affided him. Foz whẽ he ſtode at the take, without Bocardo gatcat Drford,€ the toꝛmen ters about to fet the fire vpon him, and that moft reucrédfather D. Ria lexy.he lifted vp his eyes towardes heucn with a moſt amiableand com⸗ foztabie countenance, faping thefe words. Fidelis eft Deus, qui non fi- nit nos tenrarifupra id quod poflumus. dod ts fapthful, which doth not fuffer bs to be tempted abouc our ſtrengthrand ſo alterwarde bp ——

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thd his bloud in the cauie otchꝛiſt, the which bloud ranne out of his hare in uche aboundaunce that all thofe that wer prefente (beyng govlp) dyd meruell tofee the moſt part of the bloud in bis bodp fh tobe gathered to bis hatt,and With ſuce violence to guſhe out, his body being opened by the force of the kyze. By the which thinge God moſt grattonfip graunted his requeit, the which wag, to fhede his harts bloud tn the defence of the Gofpeil, How mercifullp the Lorde Heard hig fecond requeft.in reſtoꝛing bis gofpel once again to thts realm, theſe pꝛeſent pais can beare recozve, But alalle, what that ngland fap fo2 her defEce, how fhal fhe auopd the terrible plages of God foz the hozribidand deuchifh buthanckfulnes ,foz that treaſure: Che Lode be mercifull vnto bs.

Now concernpng his third requeft, it was alfo moſt effectuouflp graun= ted to the great prapfe of Gov, the furthcraunce of his Gofpel,and to the vnſpeakeable comfogt of this realme. Foꝛ when matterswere even dels perate and the enemies intahtelp flozifhed and triumphed, ddeds Wo2de banifhed, Spantards receaned,foocnip the Loꝛde called to remembꝛaũce his inercp, and made an end of ail theſe miferics, andappopnted her, foz whom that fame grap headed father JLatimer fo earneſtlp prayed tn bps captiuitpe,as the true € natural raier,¢ owner of this imperial croune to fhe her ſelle, and by the brtghtnes of Govs woꝛde to confounde the

Darke, deucliſh and vple kingdome of Antichziſt, and to reſtore the tem

pic of God agapne.the Whiche thpng not this faithful! prophet onip, but althe refit, whom God made worthy to be his wytneſſes, sid moſt ears neltlp requypze and Defprein ther fapthfull akg @ he felfe ſame God graunt onto euery fapthigii Chrittian his ipirit that they nap be diliget and watchful in prape 2 ber, bp Whom God hath beſtowed {uch vn⸗ fpeakcable giftes vpon bs, thatthe fae op will aſſyſte her with bps grace and holy {ptrite,to procede fapthfullpe in the buflopng of his houſe, and in plucking downe of all kyndes of {fpnne and wickednes, ſuperſtiti⸗ on, Podolatepe € al the monuments of the fame,to the glozp ofhps name, anu her cuectlafling and endics comfort, Co the whych fapthful prayers, that all they whiche feare God, may be the better incourgged: J hauc lee forth thefefermons, made bp this bolp man of God, and Dedicated them to pour gracespartip becauſe thep were preached tn pour graces houle at Grimlthorp, bp this reuerend father and fapthfull prophet of gov, whore pou did nozifh,and whofe doctrine pow did moſt faythfullpe embzace,te thepzapfe of god & vnſpeakable cõtoꝛt of al godly harts.the whych did & great admiration marucll at the excellent gifts ofgod beftowed bpd pour

grace, tn geving vnto pou fuch a pzincely {pirit, bp Whole power F ber=

tue pou were ableto ouercome the woꝛld to forfakepour poſſeſſiõs.landa

And goodes, pour Wozldlp frendes and natiue countrep,poure highe elkate

and eſtimation With the whiche pou were adozned,and to become an ers tle for Chaitte € his gofpels fake,te choſe rather to fuffer aduerfitic with the people of gob, then to inioye the pleafures of the wozlde Wwith a wic⸗ Kedconictence efteming therebubes of Chay greater rpches,then the treafures of Engtandeswhere as the wozloipnges are farre otycrwpfe nipnded:for thep haue thep2 pleafures amongſt the pottes of E atpt,thep eate and drꝛink and make inerp,not paffing What become of Chirp o2 his goſpelle thep bee fo dDzonken With the fwete delicates of thrs miferable fypzld,that they Mpl not talk of § bitter mozicls Which she lozd bath on poprte

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pornted and prepared for his chofen child2en, and efpecpall frendes:Ot the whiche he did make pou moſt gratioulipeto talke,geuyg vnto poure grace his {pirit, chat pou were able tn all the tozmoyles and greuaunfes the whiche pou did receaue, not onlp at the hander pf thofe whiche were pour pꝛofeſſed enemyes,bat alfo at the haxdes oftnem whych pretended

frendefhyp and good will, but fecretlp Wrought fozow and mpfchpef,to

be quyet ana pacpente, and in the end broughte poure grace home againe

{nto pour natiuc countrep,no Doubt to no other.end, but that pou ſhoulde

be a comfozt vnto the comfozties,and an inftrumente bp the whiche bys bolp name fhoulo be prapfed,and his gofpell propagated and ſpꝛedde a= bzod¢, to she glory of hys holy name, and pour eternall comfort in Chꝛiſt Fefus,vnto whole mererfuil hands JF commit pour grace, with all poures eternally, Amen.

From Southamt,the ſecond of October.

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right reuerende fatherin God — do⸗ tto2 Latymer, before the right — and hono⸗ rable lady, Katherine ducheſſe of Suffolke, in the pere of our Loꝛd. 1952,

cS at © than ofany other thing. For 9 thinke there ts nes 5* moꝛe neceſſarie to be fpoken of, nor more abuſed than pater was by the craft and ſuttletie of the deutll: fozimany thynges were taken fo2 peaper han thep were nothyng leffe. Wherefore at this fame tyme alfo 4 haue thoughte tt good toentreate of prayer, to thintent that it might bee Ranowen inhat a precious thyng ryghte paperis. Jtolde you firſt what pꝛayer is. Secondarily,to whom ine ought to pape. Thirdely, where and in what place we ought te pap. Andfourthelp Itolde you the diuerfitle of prayer, namely of the common paper andthe paiuate. Theſe and fuch lyke thynges J haue dilated and erpoimded vnto pou

of late in the open pulpet. owe at this preſent tyme Jentende as by the way of a lecture,at the requeſt of my moſt gracious Ladp,to expoũd vnto pou, (her houſholde feruantes,and other that be wil⸗ ling te heave) the right vnderſtandyng and meaning of this moll perfect paper, which sur fauio2 hymſelf taught vs, at the requett of bis difciples, which prayer tue call the Pacer nofter. This prayer of our lozde mape be calleda praver aboue all prayers, the principall and motte perfect prayers Whyche prayer ought to be regarded abou all others,conz fiderpug that cur Santor hym felfe-is the autho2 of tt, be twas the maker of this prayer, beepng berp God and very man. ibe taught vs this paper whiche ig a moſte prrfecte ſcholemaiſter, and commanded vs fo ſaie it, whiche prayer conteineth great and wonderfull thinges,tfa learned mart — the pandlzug of it. But as foz me, fiche thynges waa a. 45 aue

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have concefued by the readyng of learned mers bookes, fo: fart foozth as G O D will geuente bis geace and ſpirite, J Will ſhewe vnto you fouchpng the verye nteanpng of it, . and what is to bee vnderſtand by euery worde contetned in that prayer. Foꝛ there fs no worde pdle or ſpeken in vaine. Foꝛ it muſt nedes be perfect, good, and of great impoꝛtance beyng our ſauiors teachyng, which is the wyſc dom of God ttfelf, There be many other pſalmes ⁊ prayers tn ſcripture very good and godly, and itis geod to kuow theim. Wut it {s with this praper (the Lordes prayer 3 fap) lvke as With thelawe of loue. All thelawes of Moles, as concernynge what ts to be Done to pleafe God, bow fo walke befoꝛe bint. Thea. Bprightipandgodly: All fuchlawes are conteyned in this bridgemét lawe of Loue, Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto core ofth:lavy de tuo, & in toraanimatua, S&in tota mente tua, & proxi- ofsod. mum ficut teipfum. Thou Halt loue the lode thy God with Mat22. ai thy bart, with all thy foute,and with all thy mpnde,and thy neigibo2 as thy feif:) euen fo is it with thts praper. Foz like as theiaw of iLouets the ſũme and abridgemẽt of thos : ther lates, fo this prayer ts the fime and abꝛidgement of — _ bilgeme aii gether pravers: au the other peapers are conteined in this crs. Praper,pea whatſoeuer mankend hath nede of to foule and body, that ſame ts contepned inthis paper. | Wiis paper hath. tt.partes,(t bath a preface, which fome call a falutation 02 alouing entrance:ſecsndarily the pater it (elf. The entrancets this ;Cum oratis dicite Pater nofter quiesin colis, Our father which art in heauen. as who fap pou chriſten people, pou that beare the name of chꝛiſtians, pountull pray fo. Wefore ¥ goany further, 7 mull put pou in remembrance to confider boty. much we be bound fo our fauioz Chzitt,rhat be wold bouchfafe ta teache bs te pray: € in this peaper to ſignifie vnto bs the good wiil whiche oure Heauenlp father bearethtowardes bs. How tothe matter. me Our Father, Dhele wordes pertaine not fo the petitions, trance into theybe but an entving,a ſekyng fauor at Gods handes, pet praicr, ‘!f fyetuell way econfider them, thet admonthh vs of manp VVharitis things,and ſtrenghthen our faith wonders well. Fo2this to call God fyozde Father, figuifieth that toe be Chꝛiſtes brothers, and Father. that Godts oure Father, Weis thesloek ſonnc; — the onne

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Mat.c. Loui.

M.Do@orLatymer; ~ Fol.s: ſlonne ot GS DD by nature, toe be his fonnes by adoption thorough bis geopneifestherefoze be bindeth bs to call hym our Father, which (s to he had tn frefhe memo2y,and great reputation. 3¥o2 bere we are admoniſhed howe that tee bee reconctied vnto Gad: we which before tpmes were bis enes mies,are mabe notve the chilozenof G DD, and inberts toures of euerlaſting lyfe. Thus we be admoniſhed by this ingo2de Father. Se that itis a twoo2de of muche impoꝛtance andgreatreputation: Fo2(tconfpzmeth our fapth, whan {we call him father. Dherfore our Santour whanne be teas : cheth bs to call God father, teacheth os to vnderſtande the vy; ar fatherly affeccton which God beareth towardes bs, whiche Chriſt mẽt thing maketh b3 boloe and bearty to call bpon ban, know⸗ dy teching png that be beareth a geod wil towards vs, and that be til * — furelp heare our pꝛaier. WMhan we bee in trouble ee Donte 8°° 14° of a fraunger whether be wil belpe bs 02 not:but our ſaui⸗ our commaundyng bs to call Geo father, teacheth vs to be aſſured of the loue and good willof@ D D towarde vs. $0 by thfs woorde Father, we learne to ſtabliſh and to com⸗· foꝛte oure faythe:knowyng moſte aſſuredlye that he wel be good vnto vs. Foꝛ Chr was aperfecte ſchoolemaiſter, he lacked no wyſcdoame, he knewe bis Fathers wyll and pleaſure:he teacheth bs, pea and moſte certainely aſſureth bs, that G DD willbe no cruell iudge, but a louyng Fa⸗ ther. here we (ce what commodities we hauc in this word Father. Seyng nowe that tue fynde ſuche commodities by this one word, we ought to conſider the whole prater With Novvorde great diligence and earneſt mende. Foꝛ there fs no worde in this prai nozletter confeined in this paper, but it fs of great impor i lacketh fance and wai ghte,therfoze it ts neceftarpe fo2 bs to knotwe US vyaigket and fo vnderſtande it thozoughlye,and thanne to ſpeake tt | confideratelpe pth greate Denotion: elles it is to no pur ⸗ pole te ſpeake the waordes withoute vnderſtandyng/ itis what but lyplabour and vayne bablyng, and fo vn worthy to bee * — called pꝛayer(as it was in tymes paſte vſed in Englande. Theretoꝛe whenne pou ſaye thys pꝛayer, pou muſte well conſyder what you fave.. Foit is better once ſayde delibe⸗ rately With vnderltandyng, then a thouſand times without vnderſtanding, which fs in very dede but bain bablina:and » ey 9

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fo moꝛe a difpleature than pleafure vnto God. Fo2 the mat ter lyeth notin ntuche fapeng, butin wee faping. So tf tt be fapd to the hono2 of God, than hath bis effect, and we (hall haue our petitions, for Gad fs trewe tn His promiſes: - andour Saufoz knowing bist to be well aftected to wardes bs, commaundeth vs therefore to calle hym Fathers “Pere pou mull vnderſtande, that Ipke as our Sauioꝛ teas molſt earneſt and feruent in teachyng bs howe to pray and call vpon God fozapde and beipe, and for thynges neceflas Thedeuill rie hath to our foules and bodies: So the deutll that ola fers is dil'séto pont, with no lelle diligence endeuozeth himlelle to let and “FPF teappe our pꝛayers:ſo that we ſhall not cal vpon god, And as monget other bis lettes, be hath one efpectally, wrheremith be thpnkety to keeps bs from prayer, whiche is the rements braunce of our (pines, ben be percetucth vs ta be diſpo⸗ fev fo pꝛave, he commeth with bis crafte and futtle conuets aunces, ſaving: What, wyite thou pape vnto god fo2 aide and helpe: kno well thou not that thou art a wicked ſynner The flichts AND A tranfgreffour of the late of God? Wooke rather to bee ofthe deuil damned and tudged fo2 thy pli dopnges, than to tecetue any benefite at his bandes. Mylt thou call him father whiche is fo holye a god: and thou art fo wicked, and miferablea fpne — ner? This the deuill till fape, and trouble our myndes to ſtoppe and ict bs from our pꝛayer:and fo fo giue bs occafion not fo pape Dato god. Jn this temptatio we mull (ecke fog fonte rentedy and comfort, fo2 the deutl doth pat vs in remẽ⸗ braunce of our ſinnes to that ende, to keepe bs from paper and inuocation of G O D, Whe remedpe fo2 this temptation is to call our Sauiour to remembraunce, who bath taughte vs to fap this p2aper:he knew bis fathers pleaſure, he knew whathe did. Wi han be commaunded bs to call GO D oure Father, he knew we ſhould fynde fatherly affections tn gen toivardes bs. Call this (¥ faye) toremembaunce, andthan agapn remember that our Sautaur bathcteanfled,tho2cugh his paſſion, all our ſynnes, and taken away all our wicked⸗ nelle. So that as many as beleue in hym ſhalbe the children of God. Jn ſuche toile lette ds ſtriue and fyghte agaynſt the tenptactons of the deuill, which would not haue bs to calf vpon god:becauſe we be ſenners. Catche thou holde of our

fauions:

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fauto2, beleue in hym, he aſſured in thy bearte thathe with, <<. bis ſuſferyng tokeawap pall thy ſynnes. Coulider agapne, ia that our Sauiour calleth $s to prayer, and commaundeth , bstoprape: Dur (prunes lette vs, and withdꝛawe bs from paper, but our fautour maketh thentnethyng: whan wee beleeuc tn bpm, ttis ipkeastf ine hadde no ſynnes. For he chaungeth with os, be taketh cur fpnnes and wickedneſſe frome Ds, and geucth onto bs his holyneſſe, rightuouſnes, tuttice, fulfplipng of the lawe, and fo confequentelp euer⸗ laſtyng ipfe : So that we beelpke as if we hadde Doone ne ſynne at all: fo2 bis ryghtuouſneſſe fandeth bs info good ‘Heade, as thaugh we of ouroivne felues bad fulfplled the lawe tothe vttermoſte. Cherlore our ſynnes can not lette vs, noꝛ withdꝛaw bs “front prayer: for they be gone, they are no ſynnes, they cãn naot be burtfull vnto bs. Ch dyeng fo2 vs,as al the ſcrip⸗ “ture both of the new andold teftament witnelleth: Dolo- © res noftros ipfe portauit, Be bath taken alway our ſoꝛowes. Efa.s3 Vrke as when F ove Unto aman an hundreth pounde, the dare ts erpired, be wille bane his monepe , 3 bau tt not, - and fo: lathe of it, J amt lapde in pryſon. In fuche dpe. Aroelſe cometh a good frende, and fapth: Sp2, bee of goon ~ cheere, Jwill pape thp dettes , and foo2thwith papeth the Wholle ſumme, and ſetteth me at libertie. Quchea frende As our Qaufour, be bath papde our deftes, and fette vs at Abertie, els we fhsuldbaue ben damned worlde withoute end in euerlaſtyng paffon and darkneſſe. Therfore though “Bute ſynnes condemne vs,vet whanne we alledge Chriſte and beleue in bpm; sur ſinnes chall not hurt vs. Foꝛ faint ‘Bohn ſaythe: Si quis peccauerit aduocatum habemus apudt Ioh; 2e patrem , lefum Chriftum iuſtum, Gee baue an aduocate With Gon the Father, Jeſus Chttte the rightuous. Marke that be ſayth aduocatum non aduocatos, he ſpeaketh ſin⸗ gularly, not plurally. ae haue one aduocate, not MANS One adao⸗ neyther ſayntes nor any body els, but onely hym:and none care,noe other neyther by the waye of Mediation, nozby the waye many. of redemption: We oncly (s fufficiente, foz he onely fs all the Dooer , lette hym haue allthe wholle prapfe. Lette. - not withdrawe frome hym his matettie, and gene it fo 48.1 tf. . creas

| Certaine Sermons made by Pa i: creatures:foꝛ be onelp fatitticth fo2 the ftnnes of the fubole wold. So that al! that beleue in pee cleane front all

fohns. the fplthines of thefr fpnnes, Foꝛ int John Waptitt faith. Ecce agnus dei qui tollit peccata mundi. Seholde thelambe of God which taketh alwape the finnes of the worlde: Doth Pp deuil call thee frd prayer? Chat calleth the vnto tt agains Foꝛ ſo it ts weitter, in hoc aparuit hlius dei ve deftruat:ope- ta diaboli, To that ende the fonof god appeared ts deftro’ the wo2kes of the deuill. 1 > ° WGutmarke bere, Scriptureipeaketh not of impenitent Chrit ite ſynners, Chriſte ſuſtred not fo2 them, bts deathe remedieth ri not for not thetr ſynnes. Foꝛ they be the bondmen of the deutt and finnecs, his ſlaues, and therfore Chriſtes benefptes pertayne not bu to then. itis a wonderfull faying that Satnet John hathe. Beholde the lambe of © D D that taketh away the fynnes of the wo2lde. Lhe deuyll ſayth vnto me:thou arta finner, No, fapth Satuct John, the lambe of God.hath taken awap: Hebt.4 thy ſynnes. Item Habentes igitur pontificem maguil, qui pe: Chritis an netrauit coclos,lefum filium Dei, accedamus cum fiducia,ad: ee : thronum gratiz,veconfequamer mifericordiam. Oe thers Pe foze hauing a great bighe preiſte, whiche hathe palſed thas rough the beauens cuen Fetus the fonne of D D, let os With boldeneſſe gee bute the feate of his grace that we map: obtapne mercpe.. Ditisa comfortable thing that we haue Efas3 aan aceeffe bnto Gon:G lay faith, in huore eius-fanati fumus: Che paine of our punnifhinent was lade vppon hym, and ~ : With bis feipes ave we healed. Further inthe netve tetas A&.co ‘ment we reade, Huic omnes Prophetzreftimonium perhi- Allthe pro bent,remi(sionem peccatorum aceipere per nomen eius om phetesteiti nes quicredunt in eum. Gute the fame beare all Pꝛophetes Ate witneffe, thatall they do receaue foꝛgeueneſſe of ſynnes by wan: his name, which beleue on him. Now pon fee how ye be res medied from pour ſynnes, you heare holve you ſhall wyth⸗ ſtande the deupll when be well wythdrawe peu front prav⸗ er: Lette bs therfore not giue ouer paper, but fick onto it, lette vs rather beleue Chꝛiſte our Sautaur, then the deuill,: whiche wasalparat the beginning. Bou knoins now howe voumap pꝛeuent bpm, how pou map puthyat of,and auoid bis temptationnss.. 1

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M. Dodot Latymer. Fol. Chere is one other addicton afore we conte fo the peticts

‘ons, whiche doths muche contirme ourefaith, andincreafe Vvharthefe the fame, Quicsincoslis, which art in heauen. Theſe wor⸗ woordes

vyhich arte ja heaurno

bes puta diuerſitye bet mene the heauenlyp father, and sure

‘tentpozall fathers, here be ſome temporall fathers which each ys would fapue Gelpe their chtlozen, but thep can not,they bec

net able to beipe them. Agayne there bee forte fathers whts che are ryche and myght belpe their children, but they be fo

vnnaturall thep wyll net beipe thent. wut sure heauenlye

Father, in that we call hym Father, we learne that be wyl belpe,that be beareth a fatherlpe lone totvardes 3s. 'n hea- uen, bere tue learne that bets able to helpe bs, to geue bs al good thynges neceſſarye to foule and bodye:and is mightye to defende vs from all pllandperpll. Soitappeareth that he is a Father whiche will help, and that be beyng celeleſti⸗ all, whyche is able to helpe vs. Therfore we mave baue a

boldeneſſe and confidence, that be mape helpe vs, and that he tupll helpe bs, tohere and whenfoeuer we call. be fapth:

Colum & terram impleo, % fpll heauen and earthe. And as gapne Colum mihi fedes eft, & rerta fcabellum pedum me- vorum, Beauen ts my feate,and the earth is mp footeſtoole.

Hie 23. Ela.66,

Where tue fee that he ts a mighty 6 OD, that be ts in hea⸗

uen and earthe with bis power and might. gn heauen be fs apparantly, where face to face be ſheweth himlelfontobis Angels and Haines. In earth he isnot fo apparantly, but

darkelye and obfcurelpe be erhibiteth himfeife vnto vs: foz “gure coꝛrupte andfeble flefhe coulde notbeare bys mates vvhy oa

Hye: et be fplleth the earth, that isto fape,beruleth and je nor appa

gouerneth the ſame, ordering all things accoding Onto hts cancly vpõ $oill and pleaſure Therefoꝛe we mufteltearne to perſuade carthe.

our felues,and vndoutedlye beleue that be ts able to helpe: anid that he beareth a good and fatherly wpll toardes ts, that be will not forgette bs. Thertore the king and prophet Dauid fapth, Dominus'dé celo prefpexir, The Lorde bath feene doune from heauen. Ss farreas the earthe ts trom |

‘eaten, vet G DD Ioketh doune, he ſeeih all thpuges, be Peal ss.

is in euerve comer. We fapetherthe Wee hathe loo⸗ rites —

hed daune not the Saynttes. Ho, he ſayeth notte. Fo2 3... tall

the Sainttes haue not fo Marpe epes co fee doune fest cuen. $4. beauen

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God at

thecrye of Abels bloade.

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An other commodi* tie of this Worde Fa ther.

Certaine Sermons made by heauen: thep be fpurre! dlynde , and fande blpnd, they cart -

not (ce fo farre, noz haue not fo long eares to.beare. aAnd

therefore our petition and prayer fhoifioe bee vnto bpm, whyche wyll beare,and can beare. Foꝛ tt fs the Lowe that looketh Downe. Weis here in earth (as J toloe pou) berpe darkely, buthetsinheauen mofe manifellelp: where he theweth him felfe. bute ts angels and fapntes face to face. 4 Whe reade in Scripture that Abels bloode dydde crie vnto God: where tt appeareth that he canbeare, pea not onelp heare, but alfo fee and feele. for he feeth ouer all thpnges, io that the leaft thought of our beartes is not hydde frome bynt. Wherfore ponderand confpder thefe wordes well, for they fortifie oure fapthe.. Wie call hym Father, to put our felues tn remembraunce of bis good wylle to wardes bs. eauenly, we calle bps {tgnifping bis mpgbte and power that be maye bealpe anddoo all thpnges accordynge to bis wyll and pleafure. So ftappereth motte manifettely , that there lacketh neither good will nor power in hym. There was ones a prophete whiche whan be twas yll intreated of kpng Joas, ſayde: Dominus videat & requuat, The Lode. - look¢ bppon it, and require it. There bee many menne in Cnglande and other tobere els, whiche cave notfo2 Gods pea thep be cleane without God, whych ſaye im their hear⸗ ‘tes, Nubes latibulum cius nec — confidetat, & circa cat dines cœli ambulat, Tuſhe the cloudes cover bpm that be

tap notfe, and he dwelleth aboue in heuen. Butas Jtoid

pou before, Abels blood may certifie bs of bis preſent know ledge. Let bstherfoze take ede that we doo nothyng that:

myghtditpleate bis matettics netther openly nor ſecretely.

Fo2beis eucry there, and nothyng can be bya feom ‘ear, ;

Videt & requirer, He feeth it; and will puntfhett. -.

Further this worde Father.is notonely aptandconuent: ent fo2 bs to ftrengthen oure faith withali (as J tolde pou) but alfo it moueth Sod the fooner.te heare bs when we call him bp that nante Father. For be percetuing sur confidence.

in him, can not choſe but thew hym lyke a Father. So that this word Father is moſt mete to moue god to pitie, and to graunt oure requeſtes. Certaine it is, and pꝛoued by holx

Scripture, that God hath a fatherly ana lourng atfection telnars

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foivarbes vs, farre paſſyng the loue of bodilpe parentes ta their childzen.3ea as far as beauen and carthis a fonder, The loue fs far bys loue {8 wardg mankynd ercedeth the loue of nate of god to- ‘tal parentes to theys child2en, which loue is (ct sut by the —— Moutheof hys holpe Prophete Elay Wihere he ſaveth: vv vcacst ‘Num obliuioni tradet muliet infantem ſaum, quo minus mi- oue of pa. ſereatut filii vteri fui ? ſi eſto obliuiſcatut lle: ego tamen tui tentes to non obliuiſcar Wyila wyle forget the chyld of ber womb, therrown and the fonne whome the bathe boane 2 and though fhe dog children. fozgette bym,pet wyll not ¥ fezgette thee. ere are ſhew⸗ {a.49¢ ed the affections and balpeakcableloue, whiche © D D beareth to warde vs. Hhe ſaveth: Nunquid poteſt mulicr? Maye a woman:? be fpeaketh of the woman, meanpng ths man foo: but becaule women mole conmenlp are moze als fected towardes thep2 Childzen then menbee,therefoze be nameth the woman. Andit is a berpe vnnaturall woman that hateth ber chelde o2aeglecteth the fame. Wut D lore what craftesand conuctaunces vſeth the deupll aboade 5 - that be can bꝛyng bis matters fo to pale, that fone omen > fettea fpde not alonelp all motherly affections, but alfa all naturall humanitye,in ſe muche that they kpll thep2 owne children, their owne bloud, and fleſhe. Iwas a late credibly intfoꝛmed of a pꝛieſte whiche had ta- 4 ptieſte xKen in hande to be a middewyfe: O what anabbominable ? — thyng ts this: but what folo wed: he oꝛdered the matter fo, °'"**: thyhat the pooze innocente was loſte in the meane ſeaſon· Suche thynges the deuyll canne beynge to paſſe, but what then? God fapeth. Though a woman doe forgette her chyl⸗ deen, though theykyiltheym, pet wyll Inot forgette thee laveth the Lorde G DD alnightpe, Lruthettisthere bee - ſome women berpe Onnaturall and vnkynde, whiche hall . io recetue theit punifbements of G DD foztt. wsutforall. that we oughte to beware and not beleue puerpe tale tolde bnto-bs,and fo rafgelpe tudge, F knowe what JImeane. There bathe benc alate (uche tales (pzeade abzsade, and - moſt tutruly,fuch falle tatetellers thal hauca a greusous pu⸗ niſchement of the Lerde whan be hall come to retwarde. eue rpeane according bntobisnefertes. = Herc Jhaue occaſion to tell voua ſtoꝛpe b eche baype WEB. +

Ceraine Sermons wade by — acd at Cambridge. Papier Bylney (or rather Saint Wyle pep that fuffred death fo2 Gods mode fake) the fame Wile Zilcey eves Hep was theinkrumente wherby God caficd mete know⸗ gods anſted Ledge, for J — — hint, ee to che a that —* | meariocce Jonge that Jhaue in the woora ofẽ © OD. Foꝛ Ilpas as mer *Y oobũinate a papiſte as anye was in Cnglande , in fo muche -) tKat then 3 Thoulve bee made Wacheler of Diuinitie, mp whole oration went again Philip Selanchton, ¢agapnk his opinions. Wilnep heard me at that tyme, and perceinsd that J twas elous without knswlage, andbe cameto we ~ afterivarbe in my fubdie, and defired me for Gods fake ta Lacymer is heare bis confeltion, Jdyd fo. And to fay the truthe, bp bis conucrtec” confettion J learned moze than afoze in many peares. So Bilneys trom that tyme forwarde J began to ſmell the word of god, felsion, ~ and fo2foke the fehole doctoꝛs and {uch foolrfes. Pow after Bilncys ex: ¥ had ben acquainted with him, J tent with bym to difite erciſe the pꝛiſoners in the towee at Cambridge, fo2 be Mas ever vilityng priſoners and ſicke folke. So tue wente togither, and exhorted them as well as Wwe were able to Boo, montug them to pacfence,and to acknowlage their faultes, Among other pat(oners there was a woman iwhyche was accuſed that the had killed her owne chiloe, whiche acte the platnes lp and ſtedfaſtly denped, and coulde not be brꝛought to con⸗ leſſe the acte, whyche denveng gaue vs occaſion to ſearche fo2 the mattier, and ſo we dydde. And at the lengthe wee founde that her buf bande louct ber not, And therefore be foughte meanes to make Her out of thetivate. he matter Iwas thus, £ te 's Note this Acbyine of hers had ber ficke by the (pare of a vcare, and lutoric. fo Decaped, agit were ina conſumption: At the lengihe t dyed in harueſt tyine. She wente tober neyghboures an’ other frendes fo deſpre their healpe, to prepare the chpive fo the burpall, ’ut there was ne body at howe’; eucry man was in the ficlde. Whe woman ina heauyneſſe and trau⸗ bie of ſpirite, wente to beeyng ber ſelte alone prepared the chelae to the burpall : ber huſ bande compnge home, not hauynge greatelouc towardes ber, accufed ber of the murther, and fo the was taken and beoughtte Cambaidge: But as farretoorth as Jcoulde learne, thzough earneſt tns quifitior

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M. Doctor Latymer. Fol.4:

quifition Ithougbte in mrp confcfence the fvoman was not

gilty, all the circumſtances well confpdered. Jmmediatelp He mea- after thys J was talled fp pocache before the kpng, whyche ocrh bing was mp firlks fermon that ¥ made before bis mateftps ,and Heary the {tas done at Myndſore: where his matelkpe after the fers mon was Done Did ino familfarlp talke with me tna gals

lerpe. Nowe, when J ſawe mp tyme, J knecied Detwne

before hys Datellye openyng the whole matter, and afters

warde moſte humblye deſpred his Baiekkpe to pardone

that womanne. 302 J thoughtc tn mp conſcience fee

was net giltps: elles ¥ wouide not forall the woꝛlde (ewe fozamuriherer. The kyng moſte gractoufelp hearde mp

humble requeſte, tn fa muche that J hada pardon redye fo2

ber at mp retourne home warde. In the meane ſcaſon

that ſame woman was deltuered ofa chplde in the toure at Cambridge , whole Godfather J twas 5. and mpypftrefle Latymer tg Cheeke was godmother. Wut ail that tpme Jhidde my par godfather don, and tolde her nethyng of tf, onelp erboztpng ber ta # a childe tonfelle the trueth· At the lengthe the tyme came whan 7 fhe looked fo {uffre, J came as J was wonte to dove, foo” difiructe her, the made greate mone to ine, and moſte cars 0. one vellipe requyred me, that % would fynde the meanes that of the fuie: the myghte bee purifyed afore her fufferpnge . 302 thee ces ofigno⸗ thoughte fhe ſhoulde haue bene damned pf the thoulde sance fuffer without purification. Gibere mayſter Wilney anBo Itolde her that that that latwc fas made Onto the Jebbes, - andnot vnto $s, and that women lyeng in chplabende bee

not vncleane afore God, neither is purification dled to that.

end that it ſhould clenfe from (inne, but rather a ciuile and

politike law made fo2 natural honeflte fake: fignifieng that

a woman before the time of ber purification, that is to laps. aslongas the is agrene woman, is not mete to do fuck acts”

&$ other women,no2 to haue cõpanie with ber bulband, f92.

it is againſt natural honeſtie, and again thecimon wealth,

te that ende purification is kepte and bled, not to makea a fuperttition oꝛ holyneſſe of tt,as.fome doo, whyche thynke v0.6 zere that they maye not fetche nepther fpre neg any thynge (9 one otiier 2 that baufe where there is a greene woman: tobiche opini⸗ fruite ofige en is exxonious and wicked. Foꝛ women (as J lapse sozance. - ~

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Certa'ne Sermonsmede by.

Thus haib atoze, be ag well in the fanour ol god afoze they be purities | eos ght » #8 after, So ne trauatled wich this woman tpl tue baoughe double del, Her toa good trade, and at thelengte chewed ber the kyngs ucranceat pardon and let her go. onctyme. & Whis tale ¥ tolde pou by this occafion;that though forte . The purpos women bee berpe bDnnaturall,and forgette thety chplazen, al pet when we beare anp bodye forepoate, toe fhould notbe

* to battpe in beleuynge the tale, but rather fufpenide ours

' {udgementes till we know the truth.

And againe we ſhall marke bereby the great loue and los uyng kyndnes of G DD ourleutngfather. Cabo ſheweth bintlelfe fo loutng buto bs, that notwithſtandyng women . forget fometpmes thetr olone naturail childzen, vet he wyll not fo2rgettebs,be twill heare vs, wyan weeall bppon hym⸗

Mat.7.. #8 be fapeth by the Cuangeli Mathew. Alke and it halbe a.7- genenbnte pou: Seeke and pe thall fonde:knocke and it albe opened vnto pou. ec. Then he commeth and bringeth -Afimili- in a pety ſimilitude, ſaving: Is ther any md amongeſt pou; ade... fubtch if bts ſon atke becad, tpl offer bint a tones pf ve then — Cum fitis malt, bepng enpll; can geue pour Chyldren goon’ . The mea.. -gfftes ¢c. In thefe woordes where be fapeth: Cuimfitis mali® ame inbiche beeupll , he geueth bs oure atone proper name, be’ | des,Cam f Pavnteth bs out, be pincheth vs, he cntteth of our comes; be tismali, , plucketh doun our ſtomacks. And bere welerne to acknow ~ Jege our felues to be tuicked,€ to knotve him to be the tele {pring ¢ fountain of al goodnes,and pᷣ al qood things come «Of hint. Therfoze let euerve man thinke lowly of himſelfe, ‘Humble bimlelfe,and call vpon god, whichis redpe to geus vs, not onelp bead and drinke/ or other neceflartes;but the holpe ghoſte:to whome will be geue the bolpe ghoſte, to logs bes and ladies ? fo gentilmen o2 gentilwomen· No not fo, he ts not ruled by affections, be bath not refpecte vnto per⸗ ſonages. Poſcentibus (ſayeth be,) vnto thoſe whiche call vp⸗ “pon bynt,bepng viche 02 poo2e,lo2des' 62 kingbtes,beggers ? ‘depeche, be ts redy to geue vnto them whanne thep comets | Godse Witt,’ Aud thps is a greate comfoate vnts thote whycbe bee ) ——— pdoꝛe and myſerable tn this woꝛlde Foꝛ they maye be aſſu⸗ refpede of ted of the helpe of @ DD, vea arid as boldely goe vnto him⸗

— and deſyre his helpe, as the greateſt kyng in earthe. ut

M.Doctor Latymer. Foul.7.

But we ntutte afke, we mult inquyre lor it: he would haue

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03 to bee importuae, to be earneſt and dtligent in defiting,

than we fyallreceiue than we come with a good fapth and He thatwvil confidence. To whom (hall wecallsnot dito the Sapntes, recene at pofcentibus illum (fapeth he) thole that call vpon him thalbe sods bande Hearde therfore Wwe ought to conte to him onelp,and not vn⸗ 2°Y Tis

mufte afge

to bps Sapntes, vvith faith. Wut one worde (3 {che we muſt needes conſyder. vve mute Nofter,oure be fapeth not my, but our. wherfore ſayeth he, pray io god OUIFELHIS toe our teacherh bs to cantoder that the Fas 0"1y- ‘ ther of heauen is a common father, a3 tell nip neiabbourg M2tSv*

istobe lear

. Father as niyne, as wellthe poore mannes Father asthe aq by this

rpche,fo that he ts nota pecultar father, buta Father to the vyordeour. bole churche and congregation, to all the fapthfull, be thep neuer ſo poore, ſo Dele, fo foule,and defppled, pet he ts their father as wellas myne: and therfore Jſhoulde not delpple them, but cofpder that God ts their father as well as myne.

Were map we perceiue what communton is betwene bs, fo that when ¥ pape, J pap not fo2 my felfe alone, but fo2 all the reſte: Agayne, when they pape, thep prape not fo2 thentfelues onely, but fo2me:for Chik bath fo framed this praper, that Jmuſte needes include my neighbour in tt. Cherfore all thole which pray this prayer thep pay as wel Chriftvvold fo2 ute as fo2 them felues, whiche ts a great comfort toeues oe On: ry faithfull heart, whan be confidercth that all the churche : ;

mon to vs

peapeth fo2 hym. Foꝛ amongeſt ſuche a great numbꝛe there all.

be fanre which be good, and whole prayer God will heare.

As it appeared by Abꝛahams paper, whiche prayer was fo Gene.18.

effectusus, that God woulde Hane pardoned. Sodome and

Gomorre tf he night haue founde but tenne good perfons 4425,

therin. Uyke wyſe Satnct Paulein hhipwracke prefernen

his companie by his prater. Sa thatitisa greate comfo2te

ynto vs to kno we that all good and fapihfull perſons pray

fo2bs. There be ſome learned men whiche gather’ oute of

ſcripture that the paper of faincte Stephen was the occaz AQ? .

fisn of the conuerfion of Saint Paule. Saint Chrpfottom —

fapth, that that prayer that J make kor my felfets the bel, |.” o> be

and is of moze cfficacie than that whicheis made tn come liked inthis

mon. Which faping J lyke nef very well. Fo2 our faufour pointe. was

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Certaine Sermons made by fuas betfer learned than fainct Cheyſoſtome. Be tanght-be to p2ape in common fo2 all:therfoꝛe we ought to folo w him and fo be glad to pray one fo2 an oher. Foꝛ we baue a coms

Aprauerte mon ſayeng amongell bs: Mho fo euer loucth me, loueth

loueme my hounde. So who fo ever loucth God, willoue bis neigh - louemy 02, which{s made after the image of God.

hounde. — Qnd here fs to be noted that payer hath ene propzetic bes

fezeall other good tyorkes: fo2 with my almes J bealpe but

The Pro-.. One 02 tive at anes, hut with my faithful praver Jheip all.

praicr, 4 Defive God tocdfort al men lining, but {pecially domefti-

cos fidei,thofe inhich be of $ hauſhold of god. et we ought

fo p2ap With all our beartes fo2 the other inbich beleue not,

that dod wil turne ther heartes and renew them with bis

{pirite:pea our paper reacheth fo far, that our bery capitall

‘a nen ennemie oughte notte bee omitted. ere pou fee what

cae. atvercellent thyng prayer ts, whanne tt proceedeth frome

pcaiet a faithfull beart, it booth farr patie all the good wozkes that

men can Doo,

. Pow fo make an ende, we are moniſched here of charitie,

and taught, that God fs not onlp a patuate father, buta coz

mon Father onto the whole worlde, vnto all fatthfull, bee

thep neuer fo pooze and miferable in this worlde, vet he ts

their Father. Where we map learne humilitie and. lotys

lyneffe, {pectallp great and riche men hall learne bere, not

WV hatit js £9 be loftte,o2 to defpife the poaꝛe. £02 whan pe deſpiſe the

todefpife pooe mypferable manne, whome delpyie pes ye deſpyſe

hepoore. hym whyche called G DD bis father as tell as pou: and

peraduenture moꝛe acceptable and moꝛe regarded In bis

ſyghte than you bee. Whole pꝛoude perfones mape learne

bere toleauctheir ſtubborneſſe and loftyneſſe. Wut there

beagreat meyny tobych lyttle regarde this: they thynke

theim ſelues better than other men be, and fo defpife and

contemne the poore: info muche that thep wyll not heare

. pose mennes caules, 102 defende theym from Weng and

Aleffon for Oppreſſion of the rvche aud myghtie. Suche proude menne

hemthar deſppſe thelosdes prayer, they thouldebee as carefull fo3

{ ohe aloft. their beethzenas fo2 theymſelues. And ſuche humilitie,

ſuche leue and carefulneſſe towardes our neyghbours wee

learne bythis woorde Dur. Wherefore J delyze pou on gods

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Goddes bebalfe, lette bs caſt away all diſdainfulneſſe, all peoudenelic, peandall bybble bable. Lette bs pay this prayer with vndetſtandyng and gveate deliberation , not folowyng the trade of ntonkerpe, whiche was without all. deuotion and vnderſtandyng. Where be but felve whiche can faye frome the bottome of their heartes, Our Father, ; alpttle numbre · Petther the Lukes netther the Jetwes, ewe 102 pet the impenitent fpnners cant call God theps Fathers char may Therelore {tis but dayne babblynge what fo euer thep cail godFa pape: © DDheareth them not, he wyll notreceaue thepz theris bur papers, She prontple of hearynge is made bute theym ſwal. onely whyche bee fapthfall and belecue tn God, whych ens Beuour them ſelues to lxue accozdpng vnto bis conmiauns dementes. Fo2 Scripture fapthe ; Oculi Domini ſupet iu- ftos, Whe eyes of the Lorde are ouer therpghtuoufe, and pſal.ʒ3. bis eaves open Onto thepr pavers . Wut who are thole ; ryghtuous? euerp penptente fynner that ts fozpe from the bottome of bis bearte fo2 bis wyckedneſſe, and beleuceth that ODD wyl faageue hym his ſynnes, for hts fonne our faufor Jeſus Chriftes fake. This is called in Scripture a fut man, that indeuoreth hym felf te leaue all wickednes. In ſuche forte Peter and Paule were iuſte, becauſe they VVbat it is Dudrepente and beleued in Chriſte, and ſo endeuored thems to be ĩaſt. felues to liue accoꝛding vnto Gods lawes. Therfoze like as they were made tuft befoꝛe god, ſo may we foo, fo2 we haue even the felf fame pꝛomiſe. et bs therfore folow their ens ſample,/ let bs foꝛſake allfinnes and wickedneſſe: than god will beare cur praters.fo2 Scripture faithe, Dominus facie quicquid volunt timenteseum, & clamorem eorum exau- dit ac {cruat eos, The Lode fulfplieth the deſpre of theim that feare hym, be alfo wyll beare thep2 crpe , and-bealpe theym. In an other place be faptie s: Si manferitis in fer- mone meo, & verba mea cuftodiueritis quicquid volucritis petentes accipictis, $f peabpdein nie, and my woordes as byde in pou, athe that pe will, and (t hall be done fo2pou, -: $0 tue fee, that the pomites pertain only to the faithful,to yy)... thofe which endeuor themfelues to lpue accordyng-to GODS be yvho.ce will § plelure, which can berdtent to leus their wickednes Ges vvill Baa kecaxe.

Pſal.iaſ.

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and folo we godlyneſſe, thoſe God twill heave at all tymes, eS

whanſoeuer they thall call bpon hym.

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Remembꝛee now what J hane fago. Kemembre wat is

ment by this worde Dur, namely that it admonyſheth bs

of loue and charitie, it teacheth bs to be ware of ſtubbur ·⸗

nelle and proudneſſe,conſyderyng that God loued as well the begger as the rpche man:fo2 be regatdeth no perfones. | Agayne, that ts to bee vnderſtand by this woorde Father, —

namelp that be beareth a good wyll tolvardes bs, that he ts

redy and willyng to bealpe bs. Heauenly, that admoniſheth "

bs of His potencte and abilitte,that be fs ruler ouer al thine

ges. This J fap remembee and folowe if, then we thall res "

ceyue all thynges neceſſary fo2 this lpfe, and fynallp euer⸗

laſtyng top andfelicitic. Amen, Let bs pap. Dur father. —

¶ The ſecond ſermon vpon the Lozdes pꝛaver made by maifter Latymer. Vek JANCTIFICETVR nomentuum. dale Vier —* oe thy name. —— fewe words contain By WAY the firſte petition of the Loꝛdes pꝛayer, the os : (aN if )) Pp peaper, th

eH of thts petition, but rather an introduction vn to theſe petitions and they bec ithe apeface, o2learnedens trance to the matter,that the petitions mighte.bee the ſoo⸗ ner and With moze fauoure hearde. Foꝛ oure Sautour’ bees pugea perfecte fcholemapfter as a learned and an erperte orator, teacheth bs, howe we Moulde begynne our prayer,

ther wordes which go before this, be no parte —

that tue might be ſpedily hearve, and howe to gette fauour

— at gods hande. I haue a maner of teaching which is very tedious to them

arte more

fis proftable that bee learned. Jam wonte ener to repete thofe thynges

thea plece whiche Jhaue faped before, which repetitions are nothing fan. plealaunte to the learned, but it is no matter, J care not fo2 Fauication them, feke moze the pofite of thoſe whiche be tqnezant,

ise «bing than to pleafelearned men. Thertore J often times repete

‘chers’

ee. fuche thinges whiche bee nedefull fo2 them to knowe, for J

oxghtchief Would fpeake fo that they might be edifted wel.

lycofete. I (pake Come thinges this day in thecSmendation of thig

paper

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graper. And firſt ¥ told pou that tt was our Sauioꝛs otyne

making and handinozks, which is a perfecte (cholemaifter

putin authozttte be God the heuenly father himſelf, which

fatth: Hic eft flius meus dſſectus, in quo mihi bene cõplacuũ Ma 17. eſt ipſũ audite, This is my wel beloued ſonne, in whome J

haue pleaſure, heare hym. This prayerisa perfect prayer, The lordes An Abridgemente and compendisus Summe of all other praicris pꝛayers. Where fs nothing that we haue nede ot, neither to tke ſũmeof

“ur ſoules 02 bodies, but tt is conteined in Comeof theſe pes lorber tittds, no2 nothing that qed promiſeth in bis word to geug °*'S**

“bs, but (tis expreſſed tn one of thefe. vii. petitions. aie

Ichewed pou this dave why we call God Father, namely viv vve becaufe be beareth aloupng and fatherly hearte towardes call god fe bs. It is a ſweete wooꝛde Father, anda wooꝛde that pleas ther. i

-feth © DD muche, whan tt ts fpoken with a faithful beart,

‘Apbiche aboue all thpnges God requyzcth. This woorde To cat god Father, moueth Goddes affcctten in a mance tolwardes our father, bs, fo that be bearpnge the wooꝛde Father , canne mot is profica chooſe but ſhe we hymſelfe a Father in deede. So that it is ble fot v⸗ a wooꝛde profptabls to vs in goddes bebalfe, and agayne ‘V° vreis. foꝛ oure owne ſelues. Foꝛ tt moueth GDH to pitte, and alſo helpeth our faith: So that wee doubte not, but that we (hall fynde hein a Father, whpche wyll graunte oure — requeſtes and petitions made vnto hym in the name of Chritke. Powe what craftes and conueyaunces the dee upll bfeth to withdrawe andlette bs from paper, J tolde you fo daye afoze noone. Ff pou erercife pzapers pou fall fynde the temptations of the deupll, fo2 be ſſeapeth not ; be ener intendeth to withdrawe bs from paper. Wut Jtolde VVich faich

pou What remedpe pou hall vſe agapnite hynt, bolwe pow ve muſt thall firpue agapnite bym , namely with Fapthe, beles Sshres- urng that cure Sautour hath taken atvape our fpnnes,fe 52" °"* that thep can not burte bs. Foz thep bee ne finnes in the. chrit hath fight of @& DD:fo2 be hath taken alway botbe the giltineHe cascna- ef finnes,and the paines and puniſhemeutes which folet vray oure fpnnes. Chak bath veferucd that thofe whiche belecue in —— hym chall be quite from all thep2 (pnnes. Theſe beneſites .

af Chꝛiſte are ſette oute in Scripture in many places⸗ aes finacs. ’ — C theſe

ae dehy i Certaine Sermens ma att the - emul fighteagap: shetebe the ——— int holy > fo. gale. deuill, and bis illu frapde of helps water > It is deuiil ts not afray n, tt is he that vanqui⸗ Thedinel pou the teem the bictozte over bpm, urtber m epi apiene ecole tes head, andnotholy water. F tisns ar ofholy vra Heth the ſerpen Father. bis tuill and fatherly affec Cand ter. that we call ppm spit Heauenly Father, bis miqy : we call hym bs. So that icant Ab tencte ts erpounded vnto vs. des sluer, bis omnips upng and kynde toteardes” “ u per ercepue that bets! — is able to helpe, able * the beareth a goon well, ſpirituall and tems seer APA pacha 8 fronte all oure ennemies fyiri —— vvilling — fo defende efore lette bs put our truſte and ot aie Yet able to als porall. her ſpapre of his healpe, ſeyng Ys Vs. 1; lette bs not deſpar BS, and than fo migh⸗ ble kpnve, and gentill to “bibs — This affection VVehave | he, that be hath all thonges in motherly affections, acct: any SE pose ie pote a Wwomanne whrche sd difpeiro etn be Rep hie Gay — haue kyiled ber pila * ‘nitty as a sbie ed aAaC CUA good mapfter pa yd Fea fhe: and vail ee ‘ata we coulde brynge —— fe ftve before ee eons: stber felfe co ee vamaeD tf fhe that purifteation ts Zane Bil her purtfication . — eh foz-naturall — i UtCi panv F mee — 20 and wyle ſhoulde nat et if B08 (87 thes fake 5 tha and. net to that ende per traitail together afo3s that tpnte , 02 there isnothpnge that iM Fe ſhoulde cloanfe fronte — Fé in beauen no? te oar pours { krome ſpnune, n fy Chit ce. Ouely che ——— the bloede ef onre & le ep ster ber bilo — —— faupng cara woman La: ivi gf Cot mpanps coxbprige bn Cond cen So2Yaute ce e toorchẽ chyldren ac hea⸗ Chrift clen hande, and bryngyng anne fhe be made an fern as fo Goddes Jriunction: Petre buf that G DD bathe’ ws, kat then woman 5 — pote ody againie La feos 3 ao? theym comn commaunded Het fo aue, thynkyng ——— 30 opintons that women oan , ivenge in chylde⸗ ignot fiane felues onte of the fauoure c loe pou botke that it1s no ; % J ſpake fi Dave, and fo e manne and· vce * afore ODD: onelp 2 — :fo2 a man mave a may ilelcae — take heede and ble then i

ſpnne

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Un Beadly Lith bis oinn inife, fhe contrary to Gods ordre vvith/ his mypfote ber. Further you haue beard how f good Wil of god ovyne wife, towards vs is ſett aut byshis owe Father, and his po: wer and omutpatencte bp this woorde Heavenly. wut J Toral ged would haue you to confider well this woorde Ourc. Fo2 it heaipech vs is a great helpe buto vs, and ſtrengtheth mache our fatthe, muche. to that we may be aſſured, that euery good ima in the whole

woꝛld wil pray for bs and with vs, whiles we haut one fas

ther, and one maner of paper. And this woo de Our, put⸗

teth ve in remembrance that we bee bretherne in Chriſte:

where we be admoniſhed to deſpiſe no man, be be neuer fo rs) miſerable 03 pooze,fo2 we haue all one Father, which hath ee made bs all of one mettallof earth. So thatthe byghrile 2. ai made prince in the world is made as wel of earth, as the pooꝛeſt, cfene mas.

and fs fal turne into the fame again as well as the poozett cr. f fhepard. Wet thele proude perfons marke this well, which ‘be euer ready fo deſpiſe euery man. Suche proude perſons fay neuer the Lordes paper with good mynde: pea God ts wot their Father. Foꝛ be abhogreth all pꝛodnes, therfore .,. fuche fubbozne felotves whan they wril praye, they ould not fap, Dur father which art tn beauen, but rather, Dure is in hell, father whiche art in belle. Gon ts their Father, asconcers nyng their fubfaunce, for be geueth them ſoules and bes Bies ; but they make thetnt felues the membzes of the des * upll, contrarpe vnto goddes will and pleafurc. Therefore ſette alpde all arrogancte and pꝛoudeneſſe. Uvkewyſe all ſuperſtitious and hypocriticall babblpng , fp cakpng many in wordes tolittel purpoſe.As J heard fave of fomelalupers, Supcttie wiich babble and prate, and pꝛetende a great diligence and 55 J earnelte delyre to detende the peo mannes caufe, but in thepz heartes they bee falfe, chey (eeke monepe, and nde tothe pta⸗ thynge elles, fo that thepr hartes and mouthe difagree, tinge of a Lette 65-(3 fave) not folowe fuche Lawyers, lette bs * ilfe aduow wetmakeatheive of holpnede with muche babblynge: fog [°° * G DD hathe no pleature init, therefore awaye wttbit: O°" rea not alone with this, but {with all that mave lette bs in gute paper, fette tt afpde, and comme reucrentely to : talke with G DD, like as whan pou qo te the communion ' Cc. ff. pou :

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Aare com pou muff be prepared vnto ft, pou mall be in charitie with Teen ke ce Pout neigbboꝛ: fo lie wyſe than peu well talke With god, prayvre and prar fo bpm, pou mutte be pXpared, muthepre Pere poumay perceine, that all thofe perfons that wyil paced. not be cosrected fo2 their faultes, that can not beate godly admonitions, they talke neucr with God to bis pleafure, | What ma. thep be notrvled bp Gods fpirite,and fo not mete fez hym. nerofper il rebellis’ gerfoncg,all bloodthtritte perfons : all coues ite , tous perfor s all lecherous perfons, all lpars,dzonkarbs, wullooe andfuch lyke, be notin the cale to talke With Gov, GMD heare, wyll not beare thent, be can net abide them: they tipnke bes fore bis face,as long as they come before him with fuch abs hominabte (pnnes, not intending toleaue them. Remem⸗ One praicr ber no we what a doctrine is conteined in this preface, _yvith vader weigh tt, kor it ts better to fap it fententioully one time than fanding is fo runne it ouer an hundzeth tymes With humblynge and better ther mumbling. creat ose te * | ——— Nowe whan we haue began as we oughte te doo, what fhall we befp2e? San@ificeturnomen tuum, Palowed be thy namie, Shp name Father, be halotved,be fanctificd, be ma. qnified. Wai bat ts this? et bat ment our (autor than be cde mandeth bs that Wwe hall defire that Gods name bre halos Wwed? There is a great numbze of pcople which (prke theſe woordes With their mouthe, but not with thepr bea: tes, Mufculus contrarie to that fapeng: Quicquid petimus,aidenter petae | mus, tanquam cupientes haber, But they laye ft withoute knowledge, therfore ther faye it mot, ve oporter, as thep chemea dughte to doo. Why nante,we require net that his name nine ofthe Mave bee halowed in hym, fo; thisisallrcadp tone tithe fecoad peri Out oure prayer but toe Oclire that he twyll geue bs grac ‘gon, = andaffpfte bs, thit Weinall ourcdoopnges thozough out our Ipfe map Tanctifie Bis name. “ | And bere we are admonyſhed agapne of love and charfe tie: Foꝛ whan we faye, Palowedbe thp name, wee afke in all mennes names, tobere twee maye perceaue that Communton and felowfhpppe is betiveene the fapthe « full flocke of © DD. Fe} encrp fapthfull manne and woman requireth, that the whele Churche maye balowe — and

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and fanctifie Gods woꝛde. What is it to be halowed⸗ Wis

deſire that the name of God may be reueled, opened, mani⸗

- felted and credited thorobʒ out all the qwold.Wbhatisgods yy)...

name? mary all that ts fpoken of bpm in holye Scripture . owe of

- that ts bis name.be is called clemens, gracious, mifericors, god is.

. * gnercifull.iuftus, rightuous, puniens iniquitatem, apunts Exo.9. ſher of wickedneſſe, verax, trug, ompipotens, almpahtie, Zack.g. longanimis long (uffrpng,pattenf, fortis, hartie, ignis cons Rom.;. fumens, aconfumpngfpec, Rex omnis terre, the kyng o Hicre. 10. = gerp wholeerth, iadex, a fudge, faluator, a a Sautoꝛ. Theſe lofu.4. and fuche Ipke are the names of God. Now whan J make Deur 4. my petition vnto hym, faping: Balowedbee thy name: J Pfal.49. Delp2e that bis name may be reveled, that we map knolwe Ne,o. what Scripture fpeaketh of hym, and fo beleuc that fame, Exod. 2,

and liue after it. ¥ doo natdefp2e that bis nae be halowed Hie. 50.

~ pf bynt felfe;fo2it nedeth not: be isbholy alreadie. Wut J Gene.18,.'

deſyzre that be wyll geue bs bis Sptrite, that tye maye ex⸗ Exod. 15.

pꝛeſſe hym tn all our doings and conuerlations ; fo vᷣ tt may bial i8s.

~ appere by our dedes that god is euen ſuche one in dede as Pfal.7.

* fertpture doth repo2t hym. We are tried many tymes tobe- Pfal. 46.

* ther hts name be halowed amongeſt bs 02 no: he fendeth bs Eſa i⸗.

‘trouble and aduerfities to prone vs whether we will haloty VV harper

his name 02 ne, but be findeth bs cleane contrarie. Foꝛ font fon they

- of bs whan We bein trouble doo runne byther and thpther oh

to forcerers and wiſſardes to geat remedye: ſome agapne aodsname ſwoare and curſe, but ſuche felotves halow not the name of ~ God, Wut god ts Vindex feucrus, afharpe puniſher, be will 5,55. 5. - = punithe ſynne, and thoſe whiche blaſpheme bis holy name. — Jheard of late that there be ſomewicked perſons (deſpt⸗ “fers of God and his benefites) whiche fate, It is no matter what fo euer we do we be baptifed, tie can not be damned:

Foal thole that be baptiled,and be called chꝛaiſtians thaibe ‘faued. This is afalfe ¢ totchedopinton. And J allure pou, To bebap “that fuche which beare the name of chziffiang and be baptt: tifed and

fed, but folow not gods comandementes, that fuchfelowes Send

(Jape) be Worle then the Durkes and heathen · 3Forthe matdemeé Turkes and heathen haue made no promife vnto Chrifieta istobce , ſerue hint. hele felotwes haue made promiſe tn Waptifme vorfethen

Citi. to aTurhe, .

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to kepe Chriſtes rule, which thing they bes not · And thers fore thep be worſe than the Gurkes. Fo2 they breake their promife mabe before God and — Bgregation. And therfore ſuche chriſtians be moſte wicked perinred perſons, and not enely be perinred, but they go about to make Gon aiper ſo muche as lieth in theim. There be lome-agapne, Thefefel which whan they be in trouble chepcall vpon God, but he Jowvesbe cometh not bye by mpnding fo prone their pactence, They to haſty percetuing that be cõmeth notat p ſirſt call, geue cuer by € byothep will no moze call Spon hym. Do they beleue no we thinke pesto they ſanctifie gods hoĩr aame: God premiſech Mat.7. in his holy word, Omnis qui pet, Cuery one that calleth, ida that deſprech helpe of me, ſhall haue it. liem. Inuoca mein Pſal 45. die tribulationis, & exaudiam te,& glorifcabis me, Call v⸗ pon me in the Bap of trouble, and J will bere thee, and thon Cor io. Malt pꝛaiſe me. Like tiie faint Paul ſaith: Fidelis eft deus. J gui non patietur vos tentari, ſapra id quod poteftis, <5 OD is fatthefull, tobiche wille not (ufire ponte be tempted as ‘ bouc it that pe be able. Potne whan ine geue euce prayer, —* seve _, being introuble,do tee fanctifie the nameof Gonz Ho no, caer bie We flander and blafpheme bis holy name, we makebym a is to wate Lparasinuchas lieth in b3. 302 be. faith Eripiam te, J will _ gada lyar. Deltuerthe,¥ will belpe thee. Me wille calle no more: for Pial.49 {ye fap, he will nothelpe. So weniake him and his worde alpar. Wherfoze god faith to Boles anD Garon, Quandoe Nume.zo quidem non credidiftis mihi, vt ſanctificatetis me coram fie liis Lirzel,nonintroducetis ceetum iſtum in terrõ g dedveis. WBecauſe pe beleucd me not, to fanctifie me in the fighte of the childacnof Iſraell, therefo2e pou ſhall not bryng thts congregation into thelande whiche Jhaue geuen theim. Where it appereth what tt is to hale Gods nae, that ſs VVbksat it is to heleue his woꝛdes, to ſhew our ſelues that bets true in it halowy Hig goopuges and fapinges. We fapthe further, A cerrore. omni eius neformidetis neq; animo frangamini, quin potius Do-. ea minuw exercituum ipfum fandificate, Feare them not, nets: E(ig, ther beafratye of thent, but fanctifie the Lozne of hoeſtes. “ ageve pou (ee tubat is to fanctifie bis name, thatis, to bes le ue chatall thynges be true that be ſpoken of hym, thatis, ts bes

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o beleue that our ennemies be notable to go further thant

ft pleafeth god. Ayd ſo did the Apoſtles whan they ſuffered The Apo fo2 gods ſake, they beleuc that god wold do with them ac⸗ ſtles and cozdpng fa his woorde and pꝛomiſe. And fo they ſanctified aerate, god, that is,thep declared with their actes and dedes, that ods name @odisatrucandfatthfull goo. This bpd the martp2s of god. This did the.it. pong men which would not worſhip ‘the Idol fet bp by the king,z therfore were caſt into the bur Dar.ge hing ouen, to which pain thet wer willing to go. tue know (faid thep) that god is able fo belyc ¢ defend bs whan it plea feth bint, So mute we likewile offre oure felues vnto the

_ by what meanes: netther may we appopnt hpmanpytymes 5. aooiat vbut onely fanctéfie bis name, thatis,tocall vppon hym fo2 god the Deliverance, not doutpng but whan it is te bts honoꝛ our maner and profite to be delincred, that he wyll healpe. wut pf be belpe vvay hoxvx not, but let bs ſuttre deathe, happye ace we, 303 than we fe! Ball be delyuered fromall trouble. And fo theſe thze pong men Por fancitacd the nantes of god, thep beleued that god was a hel⸗ To ſuſfe per:and ſo according fo their belefe be holpe thent, mecuats death is ro loufip ſhewing bis power, and defending them from the pos be deliue wer of the fire. In (uch wiſe did Achto2 that goodman wha ‘<4 — Wolofernes that ſturdy capitain made great bragges what or? yy he ould doo, and bow be would handle the Jewes. This farcfe Achtoꝛ knowyng god, and beleupng hym to be the ruler o⸗ cods name uer heauen and earthe, ſtepte fortvarde, jand fapoe to Be⸗ lofernes: If this people haue done wickednes in the fight: Iuditb. 4, of their © DD, than let bs go bp againſt thenr, but if this: peopie haue not diſpleaſed their Ged, we thall not bee able: Dani. 4. to withſtand them, far Good ſhall defend them, Bere thisa⸗ pr... 1, chioꝛ Hewed himſelf ta beleue that which was {pokeof gad . 4, 9 fn ſcripture, namely p god wold be a deluerer Edcfenderof © thoſe which beleue in him. Wit torꝛal Phe ſuffreth, being be fore a gret mighty captain, hewas now hãdled like a bile beaſt, but what thãchappy ar thoſe that ſucfre for gods fake: The prophet fart; Comenda domino wid tua, & ipſe faciet. | C. tif. Commit

Certaine Sermons * by

Committe thy wayre vnto the lorde and he ſhall being ft ta.

paſſe, that ts to fape: whan thou art in trquble call vpon the

lo2d,belenc in him: and tf tt be goed fo3 thee he will deliuer

thee: ſs to ſanctifie gods name is to beleue in him.

Tndith did. aby Judith that yoos godly and bolp woman fanctifien “

fanaifie the nanre of the lord. Fo2 he and ber people beyng in great

gods name diſtreſſe and miſeries, fhe putte bec bope in God, the faſted

ludith 13 and prayed deuoutly, and afterward being moued o2 mont: ſhed bp a (ecrete admonition, was not afratde to put her (elf in great daunger. In fo much that ſhe toke fn hand, bepng a woman, to kpll the greate capitayne (of whom all men weer Indith g afrarde) Holofernes: (J fay) the was not afrayde of hym. Thekldery Itrowe fhe rebuketh the prieſtes which would appoint god

did wicked atpme,as who faye, be (halbe nowmozemp G DD, except

ly in apoin He come by that tyme, whiche was berpe wickedlye Done of ©

Hag goda them. JFo2 Wwe oughte to bee at bis pleafare , whanfoener , and whatſoeuer be wil Boz with bs, we ought to be content Wwithall, 39f we were earnell and zelouſe as toe thould be;

D howe hottie we woulde bee in promoting Gods honanr, -

and fanctifpeng bps name: ive woulde no2coulde not fufe fer that any bodye ſhaulde goe abouts to diſhoneſt the holve name of G D D. Wut we be verye colde, we care notforhis

honour: we oughtetobee pacientetn cure stone quarell, whan any bodye doth bs wꝛong, we ought to beare and fo22

In godsqua beare tt:but in gods bebalfe, we oughte to be hotte and ear⸗ rel * ey nett te defende bis honor as much as lyeth in bs to Doe. Wut re tto be it is cleane contrarpe with bs} for(noureowne quarell we.

out · ‘He as hotte as coalea: Wut in gods caule,fo2 bishenour,we

care not, we regarde it as notbyng, wheras (t oughte motte aboucalltobeeregarbed. Foꝛ G O D he is iuſte, righti⸗ oufe,fapthfullandkynde , and therfo2e we oughte to take

Tobe va his parte. Wut nothing maketh moze fo2 the fanctifieng of ©

fallto'G ſanci 4 hk — we receiuet at his handes.

And this halowing ſtandeth in all things $ map make fo?

the furtherance of goddes honor. To beare goddes worde,

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gods holye name, than to bee thankefull fo2 ſuche giltes,as

aud highlye to eſteeme the ſame, that is a halowyng ef god⸗

bes name. Bowe halowe nowe thoſe the name of G —* whic

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which refule to heare the woꝛd of God, 02 foꝛ lacke of pꝛea⸗

chers can not hegre it,and howe can they beleue when they heare tt not· Cherfore they that do ſomwhat for the furthe⸗ sucheas rance of learnyng,fo2matnteinpng of (choles and ſcholers, maiorayne thepfanctifp gods holy name: As fo2 thofe preachers which !sarning ka haue be in my time,thep go away. How thal now this office ov" S945 of preching,} office of faluation, bol thal tt be maintetned, e ercept there be made fome proutfionforthelame: Bere J

could fap mache agapnit thofe vehiche let that office, which withdraw the goodes tuber with (choles ſholde be mayntei⸗

med, t take tf to thefelues, but my audience ts nat therafter. This office of preaching 1s ᷣ office of faluation,fo2f. aul .Cor.x ſaveth: Viſum elt deo pezttultitiam predicationis taluos fa- The office cere credentes. It hath pleafed God to fauethe beleuers bp of faluatio. the koolyſhnes of pꝛeachyng: how can thep then beleue, but

by and thorough the office of pacachpngt preachers ar Chri⸗

ſees vicares, legarione fungentur pro Deo, they are Chꝛiſts autbafavours. Saint Paulefapth. Euangelium eft poten» Preachers tia dei ad falurem omnicredenti, The gofpell is the power ere Chrifts of god vnts faluation fo2 cuery beleuer,it isthe mighty ins icares and ſtrument of Go. - — WMhan Wwe laye, Halo wed bee thy name: we deſpre Gon that be thoꝛough bis goodneſſe wyll remoue and put awax all thyngs that may lette and ſtoppe the honor of his name. ‘Wut J feare me there be manye whiche woulde not that it

fhould be ſor Ae deſere bere that God wyll remoueall (ne

Fidelity, we require that all witchecraftes be remoued, that

art magike and foscerie be pulled sut,nigromancy taken a: - wayrs:and ſo nothing lefte but his bolye worde, wherewyth we may daily praiſe the name of God, Foꝛ Jſfeare me there sorcerers’, bea great meany in Englande tobich ble luche forcertes to dithonor the bifvono of God and they? oivne damnation. de rez the pame quire bere further thatall hereſy, all poperpe maybe abolt⸗ of god. qhedand ertinguifhed. Further we require here that al wie...

Hed liufng map be amended and refermed. Pert we requirs. —

that all magiitrates mape de their dueties. Finallye we ree - guirethat euerp ma in bis vocation may do the work tohers -.

unto god bathcallen bint. There be many bocations.:: -

dours, ©

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Themast The Bagiltrates vocation is to fee that the common rates ol gyeith be twel ordered/ to (ce that the {cholegbemainteined, "to fee that the vniuerſities be well farnithed, fo {ee that tas fice be erccnted, that the wicked be punted, and the good rewarded: In ſumma, to kepe cuerpe one tit good oder. his is their buetpe.. Further we pape that the prieſtes, For church the {pivitualtpe, 02 the churcheimen, (as thep call them) doe men, their Duties, fs preache goddes worde, to line godly andto gtue a geod enſample by their conucrfation: cls they doe as gaint the bonour of G DD, and thetr owne honeſty. Uyke⸗ For feruan Wile we pape that ſeruauntes map Doe thetr dueties. For ss. ss to bee aferuaunte is an honeſt efkate, and muche commens . Dedin Scriptuce,and Scripture fpeaketh much to the cons * foate of then, And trueclp thole that lpue tn the feare of god, (confpbering that they ſerue not only thetr carnal maiſters, Scruantes but God hymſelfe,)chey be tna good caſe:but thep map not thatferuc hee eye ſeruauntes. Saincte Paule noteth this fault, and not hf vaeh ‘ fapeth, that thep (al not be murmurers, no2 frowarde an⸗ ore a ſwerers. Saincte Paule woulde banc them to lyue fo, that ‘sale. thep mape o2nate and fanctifpe the nante of God. Fo2 that feruaunte that dothe the thping whereunto bets called, he dothe adorne his eftate: that ſeruaunte ts agood goſpeller {hat wyll not be an eye ſeruaunt. There be ſome ſeruaun⸗ tes whiche doc their dueties as longe as their maiſter is in _ fpabt:but as ſoone as thetr maiſter ts gone, they playe the lubbers. Unts fach felowes Jſay be ware;fo2rthbough peur -bodelp maiſter fee pou nat, pet pour great maiſter god ſeeth you,and wyll puntihe you. Quod agis,toro pe Aore agito, Colof; What thoutoek, doe tt fromthe bottome of thy bearte, The aon Wwith a geod inpll, coe not awaye intth the deutls Pater no Paterno -Mtev as ſome Doe, doe all thinges tuith agood mynde. Fo2 F fter, “fell pou, pou bec not forgotten tn Scripture, vou are muche ce ad ar commended in the ſame. &. Paule ſpeaketh very boneuras — — Llp of pou, faving, Domino Chriſto feruitis, pou ſerue the : {cripture. lord Chriſt:it becrommeth not you to put a Difference tohat Coloſ. 3, bulines powbe commanded to do. Fo2 whatſoeuer ithe, ds This is a it wa Food wil and it is gods ferutce. Therfore pou dughts be vndetſtã todo it in reſpect p god wold haue pou todo fo, for am no nig2¢

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) graze atfured in mp preaching, that Jſerue god, than the fer ed of a8

want is in doing (uch bufines as be ts commraunded to dee, pinay 4 | fkouring the cavklittcks,p2 whatſoeuer it be. Therfore fe2 lye, 8

gods fake confider the matter. Some of pou think, if Chriſtt

were here, vou would go with him and ſerue hint. gtelpou vo

whan pou folot pour feruice, and do fuch thinges as pour

matifer and maiſtreſſe (hail commande pou, pou ferue hym

as wel as tf be were bere bodily. be ts not here bedilp now;

but bis woe is here, Domino Chiifto ferurtis fapth Saint

Paule, vou ſerue the lode Chꝛiſte Therſore I velpre pou

tn goddes behalfe to walke vprightly, and godly. Conſpder

wat god fapeth Unto pou, Male dictus quifacit opus domi-

nineghigenter, Curico be he that toth the worke of the 1020 .3:., 482

negligently. Chis ſcripture pertepneib to pou as welas to 5

me. £02 wha pe da pour bifines negligently pou be curled

beefoe the face of ed. Therfore eenſider the goodneſſe of lise

God, that be woulde haue pou as well ſaued as poure mats.) pore

fiers. Qureive me thinkcthitis a great benefite ef God, to oc a fruit, -

be a ſeruant. Foꝛ thoſe that kepe boules, mul make a count ‘

afore god fo2 their fanilpe,thep mut watche and {ce , that

all thinges bee well. But a feruaunt when be can diſcerne

tobat Fandeth wtih qoddes conunaundeimentes,and what

ig again it, itis proughe fo2 hym:but he muſt knowe that

be ought not to obey his mailer o2 maſtreſſe wha thet wold

commaunde him to doe againſt god,in fuchacafehe mapre 49 5

fuſe ¢ withſtand them. Foꝛ it is wꝛiten, we muſt moze obey 4 feryane

nto ged, then man: ne ſhold not do againſt god 5 to pleaſe way vrith

pur ntatiers. Again matters ⁊ miſtreſſes,are boud to conſi⸗ ſtaad his

ber their ducties,to pap vnto thetr ſeruants their wages; € aly —

meat and drinke conuement. Fo? it is a greate ſinne to de⸗ 788

fraud 9 laborer of his wages: fo2 itis waite, pᷣ cryx of pᷣ labo⸗ ty bur nor

rers thal come befoze-) lord, it is a great faut afore god to de io refuting

feaud the: but ther be fom ſeruãts which be fo ticked p thet co futfer ag

wil cõplain wout a caufe, wha thep cannofbaue p that thep — it ‘Wold haue, nor beareal p rule théfelues. Wut Jſave, it is ap great thing fo2 a maifter to defraud bis ferudt:¢ agatn p [ev perch ofmage « vat which hath bis whole Mages, doth but half his woke ters and 9218 a Muggatd, that fame fellow I ſay is a thefe afoze eee —

Certaine Sormans. made by Fo2rlpke as the matter oughte to pay the whole wages, fe likelutfe the ſeruaunt ought to do his whole woꝛꝛe. Here Jmight haue occalion to ſpew hothe man and wyfe

ought to liue together, how thet oůght to be faithtul louinz

and friendly one fo the other:how the man ought not fo de⸗

ſpiſe the {ypfe,confpdering that fhe is partaker With bint of

euerlaſting lyfe. Dherfoze the ma ought cohabitur, to dinel

With ber, which ts a greate thing. Agayne, lee bow the wor

man oughte to bebauc ber (elfe towardes ber bulband, bot

faithfull (he oughte to be. pow whan they both pelde their VVhofo dueties the one to the other, then thep fanctifte the name ot doth vvalk godbut when they doe contrary to their callpng,then thep inhiscal flaunder the holy name of ged. Therfore leteucry man and ling, ſancti woman toalke in thetr bocations.

Fieth the Me multe havea good and earneſt mynde and wyll fe fanctifp the name of God, ſor that perſon that ppaaveth and.

Mname of

d. fie thac Defp2eth of God that bis name maye bee halowed, andpet

vvill fanGi path wo will no2 plefure to do tt tn Dede, this ts not the right fiegoddes fanctifieng of the name of god: &. Peter teacheth bs howe.

Bame, mult we ſhall fanctifie gods name faying, Conuerlationem inter:

haueanecar

nettdeaice gentes habenresbonam,bauea good holp conuerfatisus _therto, liue bprightlpe tn pour callpng, fo that pour lyghte maye fe -> {hpne befo2e men that thep map (ee pour good twozkes, and » fe glozifp god. | . 3 wyll trouble pou nelonger, it is better a littell tet -Afhort fe? percetued and boone atvape, then a greate deale bearde and fonvvell Lette bebpnde. Confider wherfore ovr ſauiour commaũdeth dearned. ~ 08 to call god our Father,tha afterward wap this,vs hich are ~ heauen. Than come to the petition, halovved bethy name, wavre andconfider this. Foꝛ nowe is the tyme Wherein the

-name of god {hold be halowed. F02 itis a pitiful! thing to fe.

what rule and dominion pf deutl beareth, howe ſhameleſſe Re men be: howthe name of god ts beoughtin derifion. Ther⸗ ‘vvord mutt fore let bs faye from the bottom of our bearte Sanctificerur, bevvegh halowed, that is to fape,lo20 God thorough thy qoodnes tes

ed. maoue all wickednes, gine bs grace tolfuebvprightipe. And.

ſo confider euerye worde/ for tt is better one woorde ſpoken Wwith good affection then an bund2ed withoute it. Aet Jdoe not

M. Doétor Latymer. Fol.13.

sot fay this to lette pou from faping the whole Pater noftcr, but % fap one woede well fapd,ts better thena great manp sis: Kede thozougheut a's the Scripture,and pe fhall fpnde caichfalme that all faithfull men haue made, but ſhoꝛte papers, Abꝛa⸗ make ſhort ham Iſaat, Jacob, Dauid, Ezechias, dur fantour himſelt in praiets. the garden ſayth, Pacer, fi pofsibile eff trã ſcat à me calix te, Mat.26, Father if it be poſſible let this cuppe paflefromme. Thys

Was but a ſhorte praper. So liketwife fainct Stephen fapth; Act. 7. Pater,ignotce illis quia neſciunt quid faciunt. The publicane

praping in the temple made but a ſhoꝛte prayer faping, pro- Lu.is. pitius efto mihi peccatori, i020 be merrifull vnto me a ſyn⸗

wer. So the theefe hanging bpon the croffe fapeth, Domi-

ne Memento mei cum veneris in regnam tuum, Loꝛd remem Lu. 23, ber me whan thou commeſt tn thy kinadome:bere was not ve much bablpng: But J fpeake not this to diſſuade pou from

fonge praper, whan the (pirtte and the affections doc ſerue:

fe2 our fautour himſelfe fpente a whole nighte fn paaper, Sancificetur, alowed be thp name, that ts to {ape lorde res —— moue alpape thp diſhonor, remoue alway fin, moue thé § be ° 7" CPO fn autho2itpe to Do their dueties:moue the man and wife to |) ;, peutid Nue rightly,moue feruantes to da well. And fo tt hould be

a great griefe vnto bs whan we ſhoulde ſee any body diſho⸗

no2 the name of Gad, in ſo muche that we ſhould crye cut,

our Father alowed be thy name. This onc thing beare as

{way with pou aboue all others:confpder that when we wil * *<° re come to god and talke with hint, we muſte be penitent fpne <1 cpece ners, we mutt abboore ſynne, purpoſe to leaue thent,and to i: may beit lyue vprightly, whiche graunte bs god the Father, Sonne ticken and bolp ghoſte. Amen. memon

The third Sermon vpon the Lordes pꝛarer made bp M.Latymer.

Docviat regnum tuum. Shp kingdom come. This ry. Wye, is the ſeconde petition of the loꝛdes pꝛaier. Jtruſte 2 Y. pou baue not fozgotten peur, 2. leflons befoe rez text Soe bearfed vnto pou. Fvatte the beginning of the lor⸗ -, Bes paper, what a treafure of Doctrine is contayned in ence i 2 4 J

- Certaine Sermonsmade by

Afhort re eye insti Out what ft figniticth, Father, tobatit meanethy herfallof any than this additiõ vvhich arcin heauen, Bow mang thi: thatis ges {sto be noted by eucry one of #ole wozdes:and truũ — alſo pou haue remembꝛed the contentes of the firſt petition ii, fermon ;, Sandtificetur nemen tuum, Halowed bee thy name, Bere J

folde pom wherein ſtandeth the bolines of his name/e what it utcaneth namely werequypze vᷣ his namemay be fanctifies fu bs, that is tofay, we requyꝛe that all oure connerfati ons’

_ mape be ta the bonour of Ged: which foloweth whan we tue deuodur out felues todoe bis pleafure, whan we beare bys worde with great diligence,and earnteſt reuerence, and ſo walke tn the wozkes of sur vocation euerr man whereun⸗ fo God hath appointed him. And becauſe the worde of God ts the inltrumente and fountapne ofall good tbhtnges, tue pape ts qod for the continuance of his worde, that be wyll fende godly and well learned mien amongeſt bs, which map be able to declare bs bis will and pleafare. So that ive may

glo2ifpe hym in the bonour of our bilitation, eben god thal

bifite bs, and rewarde enery one accozding vnto his deſert.

Vvemat Due thing wemel well confider and not forget it, name⸗

notforger lye that our (autour teacheth bs to pape and defire of Gow

chat vve arc that big name may bee halowed. Cai bere be papnteth bs tz

able todo dur owne colour,and would haue vs tesonfciic oure otuns

— imperloctions, that ive be not hable to doe any thyng accdr⸗

cording ro DENT to gods twill ercepte we rece tue it firſt at his handes.

godsvwll. Hberfoze he teacheth bs to prape, that gov twill make vs a⸗ ble fo do. alétbinges acceding to bis will and plea ſure.

VVe praye Aducniat regnum tuum. This is our requeſt. Thy kingtons

not for our come:ᷣ father tue befeche let thy Kingdom come to bs. Here

fclucsa (ye prape p the kingdom of god come not toone onelp, butte

fone. ‘gs al. 0p then F fap this prater, ¥ require gov thathe til

ict his kingdom come (3 pou,as tell as to ine. Again when

— p2ay,pon pap as well fo2 me as fo2 pour owne ſelues.

Let thy kingdome come. sou muſte vnderſtande that te

fpealie properly, theſe wordes are not to bee vnderſtande of

VVhat kiag goddes inkeriour kyngdome, of bis carthipe kbyngdome, as

domeitis thanah it did hange vpon our petitions, fe that be could not

that yw

praye ror, Bet AneEs and ruler ouerthecarthe , excepte we — fo3 put”

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M.DoorLatymer. Fol.ic.

Bynt. 0, ive prare not for his inferfour kingdom fo come, : fo2 it ts come alreadpesbe ruleth and gouerneth all thinges: Ezech,2¢ He ts called in (cttpture Rex regum/ Whe king abate al Rw't, Tim. 6, ges, Dominus dominantium, the lord aboue al lorꝛdes, thers

fo2e be reuleth and gouerneth all thinges, according ts bis

Will and pleature,as feripture faith, Voluntati eins quis refi _p oy 4,

ſtet who twill withſtand bis will.

So our ſauioꝛ repoꝛteth fateng Pater meus operatut vfq,mo b

do. Op Father worketh hitherto ¢ JIwoꝛke alfo, that wer °° is Ret} her he worketh the workes of gouernaunce. For at the

firk beginning be dtd create all thinges. But he lefte them

not ſs.He alitteth them, he ruleth the accordyng fo dts toil.

Therkore our ſauioꝛ doth not teach bs to pꝛay fo2 bts world

lp kingdome to conte. Fo2 be ruleth alreadpe as lowe kyng

peaandall thekpnges and rulers tule bp bint, (by bis per⸗

MiMi on)as Scripture witneſſeth: per me Reges 'regnant. Praueet: Toorough ute, that is, by mp permiſlion kynges vo reigtie? 8 J would wiſhe of god that all kynges and potentates in the e for - world would confider this weil, and fo endeusꝛ themſelues wioges and fo vſe their power fo the bore and glory of god, and not to ralers. ꝓꝛeſume in their ſtrength. Forthis is agood monitisn for

them, when god ſaith: per me tegesregnant , Thordugh me

kynges Ds reigne:pet thep bee ſo onder gods rule, that thep cannethynke nothing 192 d0anp thing tuithoute Goddes Prouscal permiſſion. Foz it is written: Cor regis in manu domini 8 —— ie quo vult vertirillud. The heart of the king fst the band of (55 for tub the lord, and be turneth the ame whether ſoeuer it pleaſeth acs. Hit, This is good to be conſidered, and ſpecially ſubiectes ſhoulde marke thts texte Well, whan the rulers bee harde, and oppreſſe the people, thinke euer: Cor regis in manu domint The kynges beartetgin the gonernaunce ef © D D.Bet whan thou art ledde ta prifen,confpper that the goucrnoures bearteisin the bande of the Uoꝛde. Ther fore pelde obedrence/ make thy mone vnto G D Dy and be | topll belpe, andcannebelpe. Surelpe Ithynke therebee no place in {cripture moze pleataunte than thps. be heart of the kynge is in the hande oẽ OD. Fozit maketh bs fare, that no man caune hurte bs wethoute the: canes ~ehil 3G! 0

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of god our heauenly father. Foz all thofe greate rulers that.

baue bene from the beginning of the wozlde till now, bane

| bene (et bp bp the appointments of god, and he palled thens

doune when it pleaſed him. ° at tees

—— There haue bene principallye foure monarchies in the

7 woꝛld, the fir were the Babilonians, which bad great and

satke many nations vnderneth them: which tras geds ozdinancs verid, andpleafure,fozbe ſuffred thent ſo to do.

After thofe came the Perfians, which were qreate rulers and mightpe kynges,as (t appeareth bp ſtoꝛies waitten oc learned men at that tyme.

hen came the Greekes and toke the dominion fren the Perltans,and ruled themlelucs fo a twbyle, tell they were

_ plucked donne.

er Atthelatke came the Komatnes with thetr empire, which

The ctuic thalbe the tatt:and therfoze tt is a token thatthe ende of the oar WOldig not farre of. wut therfore were thofe mighty pos chies vvere tentates plucked Dounezmary fos wickedness fake. Lhe Ba pulled bilonians, Perfians and @recians (and a good parte of the dounc, Romaines) tere cake doune fo2 wickedneſſe fake. what were thetr dainges: they would not erccute iuſtice: the mas giſtrates were wicked, loftp,and bigh mynded. Whe (ubtece

tes taking enfample of thetr magiftrates, were wicked tod,

and fe yozthy to be puniſhed together. Therfore the wyſe⸗

Eccle.3. dome of gad fapeth, Vidi tub folein loco iuditii impieraté & in locoiuftitiz iniquitatẽ, in p place where pooꝛe rien ought

to be herd, there Jhaue (ene impiety, Jhaue lene oppzefid

€ertorcts this Jhaue (enc. wea ¢ in p place of tuftice, there

Jhaue fene bearing and bolffrpng. So fo2 thefe caules fake thefe great emperours wer deſtroted:ſo thal ive tf we folote their wicked enfamples. Clap that beartpe Pꝛophet confire

seth thefame,fapingsE xpectaui ve facerẽt iuditium,& ecce iniquitas,ex pectaui vt faccrent infticiam & ecee clamor. J lee ked that thep fhoulde crecute (uftice, defende the good, and The cry of punith the pll:but there was nothing but crping. This isa the people Steate matter (Clamor populi,) the crye of the people:whan isagrear Cubtectes be oppreſſed fo that thep crpe vnto god fo deliue⸗ mater. fance,truelp god will beare them, be twill belpe and pitas - tent,

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them. But it is to be pitied, that the deuill beareth ſo muche rule, and fo muche preuaileth bothe tn maieſtrates and ſub⸗ fectes, tn fo much@that he heareth almoftc all the rule, not that be ought to do fo. Foꝛ Gorbe ts the laufull ruler of the worlde, brits hym tye ofve obedience: but the deuyll ts an ofurper, becommeth to bis dominien bp crafte and ſubtil⸗ tie, and fo maketh hymſelfe the great ruler oner the worlde.

- gpotwe, be beepige the greate ruler twoulde haue all the

other rulers to goe after bynr, and foloive bis enſaumple, Wwhyche commonly bappenethfo. Fo2pou knowe there is a common fapeng Siwilis ſimili gauder, UL pke to lvke: thers fore be vſeth all homely trickes to make all rulers te goe after bpm: pea be intendeth to inueigle euen berp kynges, andto make theim negligent in their buſyneſſe and office. Therefore fuche kynges and-potentates were pulled dolun, betaufe thep foloived the inftructions of the deupll. Wut oure Sauiour fpeaketh not of fuche worldley kyngdo⸗

ines, whan be teacheth bs to faye : Thy kyngdome come,

The dewild is not the right lorde otthe woilde.

Likerolike thatis viur- pers, delite tofolow . the great vfarper 38° thaa,

Foꝛ thele worldly kyn gdomes bꝛyng bs not to perfect feli⸗

citfe, thep be full of all maner of calantities and myferies, deathe, perditions, and diſtructions. Therefore the kings dom p be fpeaketh of, is a {pirituall kyngdome : a kingdom {where God only bearety the rule,€ not the deutl. This king: Dome is fpoken of euerx where in Scripture , and was res ueledlong agoe. and dayly God bathe bis pecachers, tubich bryng vs to knolwlesge of this kyngvom. Nowe twe pap bere that that keugdome of od may bee tncreafed, fo2 itis @odsfelotyhypppe, thepare Goddes fubiectes that dwelle in that kpngdome , whiche kyngedome doothe conſyſte in - cightuoulnede and tufkice, and it deixuereth from all cata: mities and nuferics, from death and all perill.

And in this petition we pap that God wyll ſende te

to bs bis [ptrite, whiche ts the leader onto this kyngdome, €al thofe which lacke ths {pirite , fhall neuer come to god, Fozlain-te Paulefapthe, .Quilpiritum Chnfi non ha- t, non cl ciusy Wiho ſo eucr hath not the ſpirite of Chak be pertapneth not vnto hym: Lykewpie oure Sauyeute fapih, Regnum dei iutia nos ef The kyngdome of God is | iD within

God atl beateth rule in his kinydome.

Gods king. dome dais,

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Bly all mi

fiery. Rom, 8.

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the Cuangelifte fayeth + Loquebatur lllis de regno Dei, Chit he talked with theint of the kyngdome of. DD, Marke taught not Here he taught them of the kyngrome of God: be tanghte see ere theint nothpnge of the kyngdome of this toglde . #02 be world. fapth, ſtandyng before Pylate, Regnum meum non eſt de loh.8, ho¢mundo, Mp kyngdome ts not of this worlde. Wereigs } neth bp faith thozough bts boly ghoſte, in all thofe which pertain vnto hym. Be ts not an earthly keng as the Jewes hope to haue their PeMas. Wherfo2re whan J fele ſuch mes —— tions within me than is it tyme to call vpon God : foz ſuche dye niged motions tore of the deutll, therfore J muſt t unne to Goo; forrefkue. fapeng > Thy kpngdont come molle leupng father : healpe . ive thou, fyght thou fo2 me agaynſt my eneintes, ſutkre me not to be taken priſoner: lette not my ennemies hane the victs⸗ rie ounce me, So we multe call vpon god without tterimfs | fier. F023 pou map be Cure, we chall neuer bee toithout bats > faile @frauatle, and we are not able to withllande our ad⸗ uwer larle bp oure ofone potver. Therlore it is mot nevefull bwꝛ vs te call and crpe vnto hym for helpe : Ge ben we doo fo, than we Chall haue grace to withitande the deuyll. * Prover 2: he can not, neither ts beable to ſtriue with Ged fo2 all bis Noné can trafte, Foz Scripture tapth 3 Non eft confiliam contra ‘dos preaaie a tinum, Ho wiſedome no craft can preuayle agapnife the gaint god. oꝛrde: ee will healpe anddelpuer vs whan be teeth bis na Foꝛ commonly the ature of Cod ts to healpe whan mans belpe ts paſt: whan the deupll thpnketh himſelfe cocklure, than D D commety and ſubuerteth his wyc⸗ Red intentes, as it appeared in our (autour bymfelfe . F093 he, when the denpll had brꝛought the Jeboes te ſuche a madnes ‘that they wente and crucified bpm What this’ was Doone, The deuits the deuyll triamtphed and made metry: he thought hymtelte tina phe i, tive mough of hym. Wut tohat was the ende of it? bis trl rurnedig MIMPHYHg-Lwas turned to his ofene deltruction Fo2 Chatke détrudion hangyng vppon the Croffe, dyd by bis deathe teftrope the ‘potver of the deuyll. So tee fee hole’ G DD futtereth “the detipll “fora indple, and then when he leeth his tyne, be ‘eonminéth tiyth bps atatious helppng Hande. Wut as tole ‘pou before, the diucll hath manp inuentions, many impedi⸗ mentes

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mentes and lettes wherewith be trappeth ba. Foꝛ twe fre there bee a great many gofpellers tubiche begunne very well and godipe, but Rowe thamolie parte of thepnt become am⸗ hiciaus and couctous perfonnes ; all the worlde ts full of fuche ſello wes.

But what than? Bo wyll preſerue hyvs kpngdome: he wil Wwraſtle wyth the deuylles kyngdome,; and fo ſhall preuayle and pull it downe to the bottome . Wherfore all thoſe whi⸗ che bee in the kpngdome of GDD mut wealſtle, firpue and figite with the dtuell:not as the carnall gofpellers toe, whi⸗ che commonly begyn wel at the fyatte, but note hauyng reſt and franquillitic,and al things goyng with them, thep leaue the Golpell , and fette thep2 myndes bpon thys naughtye worlde. Wherfore tt ts good and necdefull fo2 bs to hauc af: flictions and erercifes,fo2 as ſainct Auguſtine fayeth. San- guis Chriftianorum eft veluti femen fructuũ Euagelicorum. Foꝛ Wwhan one,ts hanged here, and another ponder, then God goeth a ſowyng of bisfeede . Foꝛ lyke as the come that fs

into the grounde,rpleth vppe agapne,and is multiplied; vouen ſo the bloude of one of thoſe whyche fuffre fo2 Goddes woordes fake, furreth vppe a greate manye: and bhappye ts be fo whome it is geuen to (uffre fo3 Goddes holpe woordes fake, For it ts the greateſt paomotton that a man canne haue in thys worlde, to dpe fo3 Goddes fake, 02 to be deſpyſed and contemned for bys fake. Foꝛ thep fhalbce well rewarded fo2 thep2 paynes and laboures. Merces veftra multa eft in ceelis. Poure relwarde,fapeth our Sauiour, thalbe great in heauen. Further whan we ſaye. Aducniatregnum tuum. Thy kyngdome come, we defp2e of GD D that there map come more AND more to the knowledge of Goddes worde. And les cundartlye we deſypre of G@ D D to bapnge thole whiche bee come alreadye , to the perfecte knotulcdge of bys woorde, andſo to kepe them in it Mill to the berpe ende,fo2 not he that beginneth, but be that endureth thalbe ſaued.

This kpngdome of © O Dts double, Regnum ‘gratiz, &regnumglorie . The kyngdome of: grace and the kyng⸗ dome of glo2pe,honour ioye and felicitpe. As lounge as we be in this ‘ouaipeaa be in the kingdome of grace: tuban we are >

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Carnal gof pellers.”

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gofpell,

To dye for Chriftis | the greateft promotid, Mat, Se

Hethat en dureth fhal be faued. Math; Xe The bing- domeof godis dow bie.

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gone, thar we thall come to the kyngdome of glorie. For as long as we ‘be here god ſheweth himſelfe gute bs by grace: beafcertainety hs thorough his fywite, of bis fanoure, and fo he reigneth within bs by grace. Mut whan we bee ones gone, than we tall fee hym face to face, which we cannet as longas we be heres Forhe ecibiteth hymſelf vnto ts not ſo painly as be Doth onto bis angels which be with hym tir The — the kyngdome of glorie. Wherfore whan we fay, Thy kings aii dome come, we defire of God that he will belpe bs to this Peed perfecte. kingdome, that he twill deliner bs out of this trows sus worlde⸗And geue bs euerlaſting reſt.

4 feare there be a great numbre in England which if thet knew what they ment in (peabing theſe ordes, Dip hinge dome conte, thep wold neuer fay them. For they ar fo geuen to the world, and fo fet their mynde vpon it, that they could be content that there hould neuer be any ende of it. Such worldlings whan they fap theſe words, Thy kyngdom com,

Vvorldlin they prare againſthem ſelues. Foꝛ they deſyre god to fake’ ge⸗prar a them out of this world ſpedily, € pet they bane ail their de⸗ Saw ng Lite util. Therlore fuche worlolyngs wran they’ fay, Thy bey fay SS come, either —* mocke —— 7 03: * es

be twill not ‘be Petite, Quicquid petimus'; -ardenter etd VVe mufte MUS,tanquam cupientes habere, L rite bs peaye hartily vnto bedeGrous int, defirous to haue the thing wherkore we prax· Vut the to haucthat enflomable impenitent ſynner, can not fay, from the bottowe vve pray oof bis beart, this paater. Foꝛ be would haue no snide of this. for. worldly Ipfe, be would haue bis heauen here. Such felowies are not mete to fap, hp kyngdom conte : fo2 when they do, _ they pray again thent {clues . Therlore none can fap-this petitionbut fuche as be a werie of this worlde. Buch faith⸗ Vvecano: Full folbe woulde haue hym to comme ſpedilp, and make an praye truly ende of their miſeries. It is with the Chriſtians Ipke as it va uae ne {gin a realme, where there is aconfulon , and 119 good o r⸗ vveryor Det, thole wyyche are “good, Wwouldetapne | haue a parlias this vvorld ment. ust orthan jan they thpnke it thalbe — With them fie t

M. Dodor Latymer: Fol.ao. tral all thynges chall be well anended. Sommetlmes fhe rountelles be geo Red, aiid fo thep begyn to wp out as faſt as thep dyd before.

SSOTELHTS the councels be taught, than the wooU gsood people ceteth ont, auth ie Shee bee ncuer at reſte. Wut there is cue parliament that till remedy all the matters,be thep neuer feighieop auto Sm this —— be fufficient forall realmes of the whelle woꝛlde, which ts the latte bay. GA bere our fauto2 hymſelſfe

uf the contlitutions lxke not. the Wic⸗

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yvilreme die all mat ters.

Iwill bears the rule, there fhall-be nothing Doone antifte J

warrant pou : but eueryp ene as he hath deſerued, ſo he thal haue, The wicked hall hauc helle, the good thail poſſeſſe heauen. Nowe this ts the thing that we pꝛay fo2, whan We fap, Dip kpngvonre come. And trulp the faithfull penitent finners,d00 deſpre that parliament, euen from the botome of theyz heartes. Foꝛ they know that therin reformations of all thynges ſhall be had, they knowe that tt ſhall be well with theym in that daye. And therefore thcp faye front the bottome of their heartes, Thy kyngdom come. Weep know that there fhall bea great difference betweene that parltas ment that Chak Hall keeps, andthe parliamentes of this worlde. For in this wold this ts the commonruig, Quo {celeratior,co fortunatior, the moe wicked, the better luck. WP hiche isa wenderfull thynge to conſyder howe it com⸗ meth to paſſe, that fo2 the molt part wicked bodies haue the betklucke they ave in wealth and health: in fo muche that a man maye ntuche meruayle at it, as Eſdras, Dawid, and other doo: {pecially confidering that God curſeth theim in his latwes, and theeatnety thent that they fhall haue none oi bis benefites. Sinon aud:eris vocem Domini, maledi- cus in agro, If thou toplte not beare the voyce of the Lose thy GMD, thou thalte be curfed in the fielde.?c. Theie bes the wordes of God whyche be ſpeaketh agapnd the wycked; and tt mul nedes be fo; but pet ine fee by experience daxety the contrary. WW herior toot) God ſuſtre the wicked io tithe uerte bis ordre: the o23eris, that thofe inbiche tone weite, tall receaue good thynges at woddes bande, they (yall us

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bleten, and all thynges thall goe welle with thet. Holpe, howe chaunceth it, that tue ſee dayly the wycked to be bleſ⸗ led of God, to haue and poſſeſſe ys benefites, and the good: to bee curfed 7 whyche ts a wonderfull thyng. | Onecare ODD the almpgbtic, whyche is moſte trewe, pea the: whygod teuthe tt felfe, doothe it not Without a cauſe. One caule ts, geucih che that tf is his pleafure to ſhewe bis benefites as welle vnto biefsinges the wycked as to the good. Foꝛ he letteth theim haue thep2 ofthis” paltyme bere, as ft is weitten: Solem faum oriti fini ſupet worldte _, iutos & iniuftos, e letteth bis Sunne thyneas well quer Mat thewreked as ouer the good. And Itelle you this ts for Another toe ererepleof thofe , whyche ferueG DD with godlye caufe. lpuyngithep are prompſed, that it tall go wel with them, and pet haue thep all the yll. This maketh thepnr to thinke that there is an other worlde, wherein they thall be retpats- ped: And fo geucth them occafion to hawke and hunte fo2 _ the other worlde, where as otherwyſe they woulde forgette:’ GOD, if they thoulve hauc all thynges accordyng to their: heartes deſpre, as the wycked haue, twhpche in verye deede Doo forgette God, theyp2 mynde beepag fo occupped {ith o- _ ther bufpnette, that they can haue no lepfure to inquire fo2 Athyrde God oꝛ his kyngdome. Agapne. be fuiireth them to turne caufe. his oder, to the utente that they may be bꝛou ghte to Kes pen tice when they fee his great goodneſſe ſhewed vnto them in that not withſtandyng all their tupckeanede be ſuffereth thein fo enioy the geod thynges of the worlde. And fo bp his benelites be wold geue then occaf-on to leaue firme and tutes keonele. ds &. Paul faith Ve dei boniras read peenitentia ' adducic, The goodnes of qodallurcth ba to amendment of our lpfe. but whan they ball not amende, then Cumulant ſi⸗ biipfisiram in dicire they heape op to thẽſelues the watt: of god in the dap of wrath. ay pou haue hearoe the caules, wheriore rod fuffereth the Wicked to tnispe bis apftes. ut ¥ would well and des Gods jue ſite pou moſte heartely fo2 goddes ſake, to conſyder that the meat Chali iudgement of G D HD at the latter daye ſhalbee ryghte, ac⸗ berighta cordyng brite iuſtice. Jt wyll then appeare who hathe bene ous. good oꝛ badde. And thys is the onelye comeforte of all chei⸗ ſtian

M.DeGorLatymer, Fol. ar. fian people, that they know that they thalbe delfuered front all thep3 tvoublegand berations, Lette bs therefoze haue a The com- Delpre that this dape mapgconte quicklpe : lette bs haſten *— of all @ DD fortwarde: Lette bs crye vnto hym dave and nyght: 4295 - Adueniat regnum tuum, moffe mercifull father, thy kyng⸗ dome come, Saincte Paule fapeth, Non veniatdamnifivee éa · niat defectio. The Lode wyll not come tpll the ſwaruyng ——— front fapthe commeth, whrche thyng ts alread ye done and, pat: Antich tf is kno wẽ thozoughout al the woꝛld. Mher⸗· fore the Bape fs not farre of. Lette bs beware, foꝛit wyell worlde. one dape fall bppon oure heades. Saincte Peter fapeth. Finis omnium appropinquagt, he ende ofall thinges dra⸗ weth very nere. Ff, peter ſayd fo at his tyme, bow muche moꝛe hall we (ape (or For it is alonge tyme fence Saincte ‘deter {pake theſe woordes. Whe worlde was ordeyned to endure(as all learned men affirme and prouc ft with ferips Thetyme ture) (pre thouſande peare, Howe of that number there bee 3 * pale fyue thouſande fyftie tina, fo that there ts no moꝛe left but foure hund2¢d and fo2tp efghte. And furthermore thole Daves ſhalbee fhostencd,it hall not bee full fre thoufande peare, Nam abbreuiabuntur-dies propter electos, te dayes Bi j ** chalbee chortened foz the electes fake. · Therkore all thoſe er ··8X cellent learned nen, which withoute doute God hath ſente ſor che cho into this world tn theſe latter dayes to giue the wold war ſens Gee. nyng: all thoſe men doe gather oute of Scripture that the Jaſte dape can not be farre of, And this fs moſte certapn and fare, that ipbanfoeucr be commeth, be cometh not to time⸗ dpe, fo2all thynges, whiche dughte to come beefore are paſt nowe. So that if he come this nyght, 02 to moꝛowe, be coz meth not to carly, Therfore good people let ts make ready | towardes his commyng. And though he commeth not at this tyme, pet let bo make ready. For we are not fure whan wwe ſhalbe called to wake acconr:t befoze the L020, All good and godly people fence the world began endeuored themiciues to make ready towardes this dap Wut D Lorde hobe Wweet⸗ hed and milerable, pea and howe caveleffe tue be. Therfore it wyll be lyke as be fapthe, Cum dixerint pax & tranquilli- _ tas, WMhan they fape, all thyng is Well and quiete, Tunc re⸗ = pentts

eho’ Certaine Sermons made by pentiaus fuperuenictillis interitus fhan they thalbe ſodenlye taken and perithe,lpke ag Diuesepulo, that rpche glutten bpd: Be cate and Danke, he builded a new Barne,fo2 the olde twas to little fo2 by. Dhan he fapde to hymſelfe. Howe mp ſoule, Nowe be mery and take thy pleaſure:ſor thou hatte ris J— ches moughe fo2 mary peares, But what ſayde God z what rable prt fapde berStulte, hac node. Thou foole, this. nighte thep topll fion for ple fetehe thy foule from thee: whoſe thall thofe riches bee. ther, fare in this Wwhichethou hake heaped bppes And ſo thall all thofe.bee taz life. “Ken and trapped lpke this epulo, whiche twill not make redy, which rifule the warnynges of God:they Mhalbe taken ſo ſo⸗ denlye to thei euerlaſteng woo. Foꝛ Scripture geveth war⸗ The latdai nyng vnto euery one, ſaveng: Sicutin diebus Noeh.&c· Aike fhalbe like ag tn the days of och, they will eate and dꝛvnke, and mary. i ‘le €¢. To cate and to dzinke, and marye fs godlye and lawfull: oa" hut to bo tt otherwiſe then god hath commaũded, tt is wicked and damnable. Ws eate without thankſgeuyng, or to cate ei⸗ Heeareth ther mans.flethe,o2to.plape the glutton, moze than fuftifeth othern ens Nature, this is wycked. Item to marpe bppon other reſpectes Ae(hehat ther gon hath appointed ¢ expreſſed indis mofle bolp latues,

oppreffe o- ther mento

Maintaine OMNES, Pariage ts honozable amongelt all men, but to mar⸗ his ovvne- pe fo2 wantonnes fake that ts wycked.Viderunt fli Dei fli delicious as hominu, Whe fonnes of God ſawe the daughters of men, — This did Hoeh rebuke in his time, but they laughed at tthe Bea ie pꝛepared the arke,and wente tnte-ttat the lengths the fonde thecood . fell vppon thep2 heades, Sicutin dicbus Loth. Qs in the daps men,and of Loti), Gat hat did they: logreſſus es aduena. Thou art tome the childré Hither a ſtranger,regardyng nothyng gots word which eas ofmen the ghetyed vnto them thazough that good man Loth, thee were wised. Wicked, Whosmongers,Drunkardes, couctoufe perfons, But Wwhat folotyeth: Tat hat folotueth (FJ faye?) confpder the ende.

| The fy2e from heauen fell vpon them fodenly and conſumed Wve are vot them al, Arnos non ſumꝰ in tenebris-Iwe be not in darkenes, indarknes. te haue te worde of God, we know tubat ts hts wll. Ther fozcleit bs watche, for be wil come like a thefe tn the night, happy are locif be thall fpnde bs watchyng. |

his is the effects of this petition, wherein tue defire that

gop

is wicked and damnable, Els Honorabile coniugium inter

M. Doctor Latymer. Fol.22 god wyll fende dolvne fapthe Front heauen, that he Will con ⸗ 5 hed tinue in me my fajth and eucrp mans, ſo that we map be rea ie is pets dpe ta goe With hin wharghis kyngdome thall come, ; Now as many.as pertayne fo this kyngdome of god thall ,

hate one pꝛopertye amongelt other thinges. They Mal bane | nercby an earneſt mynde and ſtedtalt purpofe to leaue ſynne, acco? ve maye deng fo S.paules ſayeng: Ne regnet igitur peccatuim in ve~ snovy oure firo mortali corpore, Wet not ſinne therfoze reign in pour ſelaes to ap. mo tal bodies. Goddeg kingdome thall refgne in bs and not a fie Deuilles. Therlore when the deurll tem pteth thee, wyth oo 8 ¶and bint, geue not ouer lette him not haue the victorye: as ; Foz att enfanple. tH ben thou feet a a faire woman, an pil de⸗ Gog wilt fire rpfeth bp tn thy barte towardes ber, this lute ts of (he rclpe whe deupll call therfore fo2 helpe, let him not occupy thy bearie, vee call. then farelp god wil belpe: Foꝛ be bath pꝛomiſed. Nulla con-

demnatio is qui ſunt in Chrifto. There ts no condemnation

fofuche as are (1 Chrilke Jeſu, Calhen wo doe not allowe ſynne 192 agree bute it. Therfore diſpoſe poure felues fo to

ue accordyng Dato his twill: whych can and totl pacferue bs

from the deuril, and brynge bs tuto his kyngdome. whyebe

gear Vs god the Father, god the Sonne aud god the holy

ghoſte. Amen.

| The fourth Sermon of M.Latymer made vpon fhe Lowes prayers

=m Tat voluntas tua,)thy topl be done, After thys fezme oure fautour a perfecte’ (cholematfer taugsbte Chattten people to prape. Dur fa⸗ Chritisa ther whrch arte tn heauen, thy wyll be done. perfede Gnd here he teatheth bs tive thynges as he. cholemai- drd afore in the other petitions, Fyelt he teas "4 a. chet vs fo vnderſtande what we bee of oure ſelues name⸗ eh, oe — Ipe nothyng at all’, notable to doe anve thyng pleaſaunte wee things: _ Duty god: and ſo he plucketh ts tetone, cutteth of oure com in this peti bes, bꝛyngeth bs lowe, whiche elles woulde be'proube , as ion, , Heugy we could do ſomewhat/ vᷣ toc cãnot bo tn sn te t “Ss — g ;

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Certaine Sermons madeby |

Merites theſe merites mongers doe, which eſteme themſelues after. wongets. they merites, thpnke themſelues perfecte: in ſo muche that thep2 workes ſhall not onelye helpe themſelues, but alſo os

thers: therlore thep take tn hande to (ell theym for money.

Theſe felowes knowe not themſelues, and therfore they doe

contrary vnto this petition. Mhere oure ſauiour teacheth os. that we can do nothyng of our {elues. hey (contrary to that

To knowe Petition) wyll doc all thynges alone, and with their merites oure felue: bꝛyng to paſſe all matters. 3 ut our fautour contrary to that is the firt. feacheth vs tluo thynges in thys petition. Fyrſte be panel And whet gojune our ſtomackes, and teacheth bs to knd we oure felucs,. wre fald) Beconoarely Ve ewe vs WHat Wwe Wall Boc, namtelpe,call sess“ Hyon god. oure heavenly father that he wyl belpe bs, that we may be able to doe his wyll. For of oure olone felues we are.

not able fo doe anything acceptable bnto hym. And thys is a

good doctrpne whyche admoniſheth ts to gene all parte vn⸗

to God, and not fo aſcribe it to our owne felucs. For fo dydde

Paulegaue faincte Paule when he fapde, omnia poflum in eo quicom- li the fortat me. Zain able to doe all thpnges that pertayne to Gong prae © des honour and glozpe;thozough bpm that firengthneth me;: i be fapde not, thorough myne owne felf:but thorough G Dep. whyche helpeth me, And here appeareth the ryght humiltas

tion, and lowlynes, whyche cure ſautour teacheth bs in thys

petition. Fo2 he woulde Hane bs to know our olune impoflte

bilitpe and vnableneſſe to Doe any thpng. And than agapn be

would haue vs to callfo2 apde and belpe to God, therefor he

teacheth bs fo fay, Aducniat regnumtuum, Thy kyngdome

rome. So that thoughe tue bee not able tho2zough oure otone

ſelues todo any thyng, pet toban we call bpon bpm, be wyll

belpe. For Chak knewe bis fathers wyll and louing: affectt:

ons folvardes bs:he knewe that be twoulde belpe bs. For he

was a perfecte ſcholemaiſter, els he would not haue comma

ded bs to pra ve: Fiat voluntas tua. Thy Wwyll bee done. Here

“oh Ae we mull vnderſtand that the wyll of qod ts to bee confpdered maitbe con tet tuo fortes. Firſt, as it ts omnipotent, vnſercheable, and fidered af. that can not be knolwen onto bs. Noboe we do not peape that tertvvo for hys wyll fo confpdered be done. For his wyll fo conſidered ts t.s, and cucr ſhalbe fulfplled, though tue would fay nap to vide vate Drisiden sed Pb 3 nothing

M. Doctor Latymer. Fol. a;

nothyng either in heauen or in carth is able to tyithttand bis Wille. Ta herforg it were but folpe for bs ‘to pꝛave to haue it fulfilled otherivife thew tr,thetv therebp that we gene suse content to bys wyll, whyche is to bs buifearchecbie. But there is an other ‘confpderation.of Gods wyll, and in Phat confids ration, we and all fatthfull chatkians deſire that it maye bre Done, And fe confpdered, it is called a reacted, man feftcd, and deelared Inillaii it (s Operted vnto bs in the Bible itt the neve and olde tellament. Where G OD hathe reueled a certapne twille , therefoze Ine prape that it maye bee Dose, and falfplicd of 08. This wyll was opened by Gods wilj Holes, and-the holye pꝛophetes:and afterivarde'bp our Har was ope four hinilelfe and bis apoſtles, twhich be lefte behynde hym "4 by Mo to that ende, that thep ould inftructe the worlde and teache | — = them bis wyil:which Apottles have done accordvng to they? — maſſters commaundement. Foꝛ they not onelye ſpake tt, but che Apo- alfo weote it, to that ende that it old remayn to the worldes tes. ende. And truelpe we are muche bounde to god, that he hathe fet out this his wyll in our naturall mother tongue, In Eng uche (J fap) Sothat pou may not onelp beare st, but alſo reds bleſing tt pour ſelues which thyng is a great comforte to enerp-chet: of cod. ſtian hearte. Foꝛ notoe pou can no moze bee decetued, as por - haue bene in tymes palte. whan ive did beare vou in hande that poperye was the worde of God: which falſhode we could not haue broughte to pate, pf the wooꝛde of Gad, the Bible, had bene abzoad in the conmon tongue. Fᷣor then pou might hae. haue percetued pour ſelues, our fal(hede and blyndnes. This ceive i rhas ¥ (peake to that ende, to moue pou to thankfulnes totwardes have Bible Hynt, whiche fo touinglp prouideth all thynges necellarye to iheit mo vure faluation, - thertégues Powe to the matter, almlghtye Gon faye) fettesutebys twill by Poles and his Prophetes,and thys will ts conteined ‘ in certayne lawes, whiche laiocs god commaundeth that we Mould kepe euer befoze our eyes, and looke vpon them, asin ⸗ he law of ‘aglaffe, and fo learne to order oure lyues atcordyng vnto the zod mutt be A Ve . Arid ti caſe that a man ſbharue from the ſame, and fo — | fall into the daunger of damnation, Godreucled further bys wyu Help to reme dy the matter; namelx by — — it the

Miya din’ Certame Sermens-madeby

tapthe. wo that wholoeuer from the bottour of hys heart is

goddes wll. So that wemaye be able to beare-all tribulatts

‘ONS ANd afflictions willyngly and paciétly fe2 bis fake. This

fs the fomple meanyng of this petition, when tue faye, Thy

vvill be done 3 vill goe alittle further, and hewe pou fome

_ what moꝛe of tt, pet F entende not to tarplong, fo2 J ant not

berp wel at eaſe this mornvng, therlore J yl make it ſhort.

J baue fapde nowe manp times, andz {ay it pet agayne,

VVe mufte Quod petimus atdenter petamus tanquam cupienres habere, eee corte, Woattocuer. tne delxre of god, let bs defire it from: the botonte RENNES oF dux hearts:but J feare me, there be many tobich faye thys +; apaater and pet cannot tel what they ſaye or at the leak. their hearts ar contrary diſpoſed vnto (t. Such people exhort om

gods behalfto conſider their ducties to conſider that gad wol

WNho theymot bemocked withal, he toil not be derided. Me laughe gov erin |, to ſeorne when awe fay one thing with cnr monthe, ¢ thynke an other thing with our herts. Take this for an enfaple. Dur xcbels which refeabsut ti.vere ago tit Noꝛthlolke x Deuon⸗ A¶yiere they conlidered not this —————— — Uppes

M. Door Latymer. 3 Fol.a4

lippes onelp, but riot with their heartes. Almighty god hath The rebels reneled oe willas —— magiſtrates, how be til haue — thent to be honouted and oheped. hey were vtterly bent ay)... eck gaint (t,he reueled this toil in many places of the feripturesicd God to but fpectally by ſ. Peter wher he fatthsSubdite eſtote niwis ſhoxne. hutanz creature that is thus muche to fap in effect, Bee ye:

ſubiect fo all the common lawes made by men of authority,

by the kinges maieſtie and bis moſt honorable councel, o2 by

a tommon parlfament,be fubiecte bute them, obey them fate

eth god. And bere is but one erception,thatis, againſte god.

eather lawes ave made againtt min and his woorde⸗ twen There isno

ee be content tn fuer whatſoeuer

god chall laye vppon me, yet Jmayve not obey their wickd

lawes toda them· Onely tt ſuche a caſe,men mare refuſe ta

ober els tn all the other matters we oughte to obey. What

lawes Caeucr they make as concernyng outewarde thinges

ius ought to obey, and in no wiſe to rebeil although thep be

neuer ſo hard,noiſome and hurtfull:our duetpe is to obey, *

commit all the maters bute god, not douting but pᷣ god wilt God vyyll

puniſh them when they do contrary te thetr office ¢.calipngspunif he

SU berfore tary till gop correct thent, we may nottakebpobs princes.

to reforne them. 03 it is no partof our duety.t᷑ the rebels

(4 fav) bad confidered this, thike pou thep wold haue prefer⸗

re their swt wil afore gods {ile a2 doing as thep did hep

praied againk thefelues, But J thinke pᷣ tgnoraunce was a Jonoranse’

great canfe of tt,tealy ¥ thinke fthishad bene opened vnto isthecante

thé they boold neuer bane take fuch an enterpate inbadsand of rebelho

here tue bane occaſiõ to cõſider ho much we be boũdẽ vnto

god phe openeth vnts vs his woꝛrd ſo plainip,s¢techeth vs ſo

truly, boty boe huld behaue our ſelues towards pᷣ magiſtra⸗

tes ¢ their lawes:but foꝛ al vᷣ Jſear there be fom of bs which

litle regard their lawes ¢ ſtatutes, ſuch deſpiſers of magiſtra

tes when they prav, they paape agaynſte themfelnes, There

bec laives made of dyete, howe we ſhall feede cure badies,

what meate all tymes, and thys laine: ts Mavs

~ Certa'ne Sermons’ made by

‘mane tw — Iſuppoſe)foꝛ vitailes fake, that fish might Abttinen: { he vttered as wel as other meate. Mowe as long as it goeth from Aclh. ty in poilicre, we oughte fokcepe tt. IWhécfoze all, ercepte thofe that-be diſpenſed with al, as ficke, impotent perfong, — women with chplde,o2 olde folkes,o2 licenfed perfons,all the. reſte oughte to: hue in an ordinary obedience to thoſe lawes. and not doe agaynſte the fame in any wyſe. Where bee lawes Alaw for made of apparell how tue ſhall couer our nature. Is there not appatell. many which goe otherwyſe then god and the magiſtrates com maunde them to goz There ts made a latve fo2 ganung, bole we thall recreate onre bodies: ( Foꝛ we muſt haue fome recre/ Alawfor ation becauſe of the tucakenes of oure nature.) In that laine. gamiog. “ fye be inhibited cardyng, dicyng, tablyng, and boulpng, and Fach manner of games, which are erpreffed in toe fame acter, | POU Map reade tt,and pou ought to reade it, and to know the acts. Foꝛ how can pou kepe them iwben pou know thent not, “All febic@s Cuerpe fapthfull ſubiecte tuill wot diſdayne to reade the artes ought ro - aura the kpnges matetttes peccedpnges, fo that be map kno readeor = {uhatts allotucd 03 forbidden in the fameactes. And F my. {elf heare their pepe the actes, for tis mete fo forbs todo. ow agapne this - ety {8 a greatematter that God is fo kynde toardes bs, that be Lawes, _ Difoapneth not to reuele bis twill, that oder tue chall bepe in our Dpet,'n ourrefrefying and garments. Therfore ft is moſt mete fo2 vs fo live in fublection,and not to prefer oure obvne aes: wypll before gons wyll. Foꝛ when J doe ſtubburnely againk biG n> thofe acts {ct out bp.ournatural kyng and bis mot honorable garnit poli’ ‘counfellers, than % pacfer mp boyll afore Coddes will, and fo ticallivves ſinne pamnably. ahete thynges oughte well to be noted: faz istodoea {fis wot a trifling matter, there hangeth damnation 02 falua: ike gods fron “pon it. Therfore (as Jſayde befoze)it 1s good to knobo “the laiges, and J call bun a good man, and her a a good womã that are contente to be ruled by the latues,and fo declare thei ſubiection and obcorence tuto G DD andthe magiſtrates. There be ſome men that ape, when the kynges maielty him ſelfe commaundeth me to do ſo, then J wyll do it, not afore, Sacteas 7,115 is a wycked ſapeng, and damnable. For ioe maye not ſo mauhon be ercuſed. Scripture ts playne in it and Heweih ts that we tie vader dughte ta obey his officers hauyng authozittefrom tie king, . as

M. Door Lary mer. Fo! ag.

x8 jel as vnto the kyng binfelfe. Therfore this excuſe wyll not nascar not ſerue afore © OD.et lette the magiſtrates tabe heede to theiPoffice and dueties. Foꝛ the magiſtrates, “maps not doe all thynges ãccordyng to theirpleaftires and myndes, thep haue authozitve of GOD to do well, and wot harme:ts ebdifie and net to deſtroy:to panith the wicked € ob: tinate, and to comfort thoſe wh ch liue wel and godly, to de⸗ fende theſame from weong and inturies of the wycked. So it appeareth that euery one in his order in bis degree and cal⸗ Ayng oagit to do the toll of god, and not our obbne wyll and pleaſure. Thys ts oure duetye, happy are we tf we Deo it in deede. D that men in authortpe woulde conſider whereunto God, hath ordeined them. Sainct Paule ſayeth, Whe magi⸗ Arate is Vicor ad itam, He ts Gods oꝛrdinarie miniſter to pus niſche malefactors and vll doers, ged fapeth, Mibi vindictam ego retribuam, J {will auenge my ſeike ſayeth God, ant fo be Rothe by hs magiſtrates. Foꝛ that ts his ogdinarp wap wher _ by be puniſheth nalefactezs . Wut magiffrates muffle take heede thep goe no further then god allotucth thentto bor: ef 3 . they do, they themſclucs ſhalbe punithed. As there be many enſamples in Scripture whereby appearcth how greuoufipe gor hath puniſhed wicked magiftrates. In ſumma. f. Peter giueth a rule not onelye bute the magiſtrates, but alſo bute the Cublectes, faping: Hæc eſt voluntas Dei, vt obturetis os ad uctfariorum bene agendo, it is the {upll of god (fapth peter) that pou with pour good godlp and honeſt ronuerfation fhall Aoppe the mouthe of pour aduerfarics. What called ſ. Peter well doyng· Well daing is to liue accoding to goddes lawes and commaundementes. Gods commaundement is that we ſhall obey magiſtrates:therfsꝛe thoſe which diſcbey and traf greſſe the lawes of the magiſtrates they doe not accordyng to gods wil and pleaſure:they doo but mocke god, they ſtop not the mouthe of the aducrfaries(as S. peter would haue them fodo2)but they geue rather occafion vnto the wicked to fans der and blaſpheme the bolye worde of God. S. Peter woulde haue bs to flop their mouthe with well dooinges. Many wen whan thep bauc bene reproued of preachers becaule of thers

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Wicked liuyng, they haue gaat about to oe thep2 eer

princes mult bee a= beyed as welas pri® ces,

The ofices of maielra tes,

LetteMa- . ontrates marie this

The men. thes of the aduerfaries mute bee ftopt.

Vvickeddo. ers wane flop pr pre chers mou. thes.

Certaine Sermons made by

wich flaunderous viordes, this ſtepping is an pll Roppine.f | Peter woulde haue bs to Koppe with wel domg. Pole will magiftrates not be fpoken pil of and repKued of preachers? et then do well. Likewiſe fapto S. Paule of the ſubiectes Vis non timere poteftatem benefac & habebis laudem.@ault thaw not fear the higher polver-d0 welt thou ſhalt be rommẽ bed. How euẽ as (tis With the tempoꝛal ſword, fo ts it with

the ſpirituall. There be ſome men which cannot away with⸗

ail pf they bee rebuked + they cannot beare when the peas

oacher fpcaketh againſt their wickednes, vnto them J fay: Vis

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Mankynde is aeds lie tenacini Vp- pon eatthe.

non timere predicatore benefac, wil! pou not bee rebuked of the pacacher-the ds wel, leaue of pour couctoufnes, pour ant

vition, pour prefulnes, bengeaunce,and nialice, pour techerp “dud fylthmes, pour bloudheading and ſuch hike ſinnes, leaue them, amend pour lpfe,o2 elles the pꝛeacher accoꝛdyng to bis

mouthe. “>

office will rebuke and repꝛoue pou,be pou neuer fogreat lor⸗ des 02 Ladies: He typll rubbe pou on tl Ile. #02 a good and godly preacher can do ng lefie ſeing goo Dithonoured, per ceiuing bint to be blafphemed bis wil to be neglected and not executed of them that ought withall their ſtudy and indeuent « to appipe them ſelues that bis twill mighte be done. Forhe is Wel wostbhp, he ts the lod, he created heauen andearthe,and is therfoze tie right natural lode ouer it. But fo2 al thatthe Deutl is lord more thar he is, not hy righto2 inheritance, but by conquett, bp vſurpation.he ts an viurper. God(as IJ ſayde befoge)is the natural ¢ laufull love duer the carths, becauſe be made itspet tt pleated bis diuine matettpe to make nate — “Hynde, a5 pe would fap lieletenant over it, ſo that mankynde Mould beare the rule ouer the whole earth. Therfore G ID fatd vnto bint: Dominaris.be ruler quer it. Item replete terra & {ubticite illam. Alforeplenithe the earth and ſubdue ſit. ere Adam and his wife and ſo alhis poſteritie were by gon sade rulers ouer the erth, as gods high debitics o2 his liete tenantes. So as concerning gods oꝛenance mankpnde- as the lawkull inheritour of this kingdome. But now comtmeth in the deuyll with bis crafty conueiaunces and with bis falfe futtelties:he inueigled (ya. the woman,andattermarte the — man perſnadyn them te tranſgreſſe gods holy commaunde mentes

M. Doae or Latymer. Fol, 24,

mentes:with which fe doyng they loft the kaudur of god, and

thep2 diguities:and fo the deuyll thorꝛough bis felfelpes ſub⸗ The deuill

fitnten temicife as an Ufisper 62 ronquerouriand ſo He is a baa vlor ·

poſſeſſoꝛ, non perfas, fed nefas not lanfuily, but wrongfully. °*

hough be did fay ts our ſauioar ſhewyng him all the king

domes of the woꝛld, Cuicung; volo do illa,¥ may give then

fo whom ſoeuer J twill. We Ipetlyfalfelp,god toill Deftrop bint The dealt

at the length fo2 al bis futteltics and Ipes, they ſhall not ſaue Bink

him. Yet fo2 all that,be ts a great ruler, Foꝛ this ts moſt cerze,) | deuil

fain and true, a great manp moze do the Will of the Denil, thã ereatte’ -

_ of god, whatſoeuer they babble with their mouthes, loke bp ruler, and ¢

pon their workes, and pou ſhall fynde it ſo. Foꝛ all proude baik many

perſons all ambitious perfons, (which be euer tlymyng bp, {tue bym.

and pet neuer bee ivell)all fuche doe not the wyll of god, and

therfoze pertayne not to bis kingdome:all p2efull rebelitous

perfons,albquareliers and wꝛanglers, all bloudſheders, Dee VV ho fo're

the twill sf the deuul, and not goddes wyll. Goo fayeth: Mihi ocgeth bis

vindictam egoretribuam: | Jwill auenge my ſelle, whiche be oe Pye oa

bothe thorough the magilkrate; and whan the magiftrate ts vil of the

' facke, he doth it hintelfe. Nowe thofe prefull malitious per-‘diuell.

fons that bate their neighbors, they do net the iil of gods but

«Gf the deuril.aAlſo thefe ſuttell, deceitful perfons, which haue

no conſcience te detraude and beguile their neighboures that

cave not for breaking their pꝛomiſes, noꝛ are not afbanted te

vtter falfe ware, they pertaine al ta the deuil. Item thefe that

fupli not make reftitution of gooddes pil gotten, they ſerue Heth

the deupll: Scripture ſayth: Qui peccat ex diabolo elt. Who —

foewer ſinneth is of the Deupll, whicke fs a very harde toe ferwethe

fo be ſpoken of the bolp ghoſte, and afeatefull woꝛde. able to diue li mutt ©

Withdraw bs from fprine, tf ive had anye feare of god in oure ceſtore thin

heartes. Amongetl thofe mape be noumbred all dlouthtull —

xerlons, whlche wyll not trauavle fo2 they2 Ipupnges,thep sturdy beg * the wyll of the deuyll. O D byddeth bs to gette ars doe

oure lyuyng with labour:they wyll not labour 5 but goe raz fers thedi | y ther absute a beggyng, and ſpoyle the verye poore ana vel

nedye. Wherefore fuche valiauut beggers are theues befoꝛe

| G OD. Some of thefe valiaunt lubbars, when they came to

mr boule J wmmenen wyth them, burthenyng them wyth

S.li. the

Certaine —— made by

The beg- due franfaretion of goddes lawes. Is this not a great labour

gers ſe ye that fess la

bour,

(fay thep)to runne front one toune to an other to getie oure meate: thynke fue labour as barre as other men do. In fuch tutfe thep goe aboute te ercuſe thetr bnlatufull beggerye and titeferpe but fuche pale lubbars are much decerued. For thep

_ confider not that {uch labour is not allotved of god. We mutt

Theues fay thatchey Is bour.

Drunkards Lecherous perſons.

God hathe fewe {cr wantes.

A Symili tude caken of the Re- : belles.

Math. x. Howe Chritt fen- dech not peace buta fwworde.

abour ſo as map ſtande with godlynes, accordyng te vys aps

| piontment: cls theues, which rob in the night tyme, do they x

not labour:ye ſometimes they labour with great cave,perpll, . and daunger of their liues. Is it therfore godlp, becauſe tt isa. labour Nono, we muſt labour as god hath apointed bs cue⸗ rpe man in bys eſtate. Further thefedunkardes whiche az bufe the giftes of you. Item theſe lecherers and whooremon⸗ gers, that fue in adulterp: hele violators of holy matrimo™- nye which live not accozayng vnts goddes lawes· Item thele ſweartrs, forſwearers, lyars, all thofe do net the twill ofgod. Therkoꝛre it ts to be lamented of eucrp chatter bearte, when thep (ee howe manye ſeruauntes the seul bathe, and god ſo

tewerWut all thole which ſerue tye deuill are rebels agapne

Eod.God twas their loꝛde, they ſwarue from him: thorough — wicked lyuing, and fo become ſeruantes ofthe deuyll here’ faze thoſe chriſtian people that haue a deſyre to liue after god⸗ des will and commaundementes, they line amongell thẽ wie ked cucn as it were amongeſt the rebels. They that dwelled int Moathfolke o2 Deuonchiere at the tyme of rebellion, they... wich were Faithfull to their king and papnce, he we thinks — pou they were intreated full miſerably gov kno weth: either they were conſtrayned fo helpe their Wicked purpoſes, oꝛ els thep muſte ſucfre all calamities which coulde be deuiſed. E⸗ nen fo ſhall all thoſe be intreated which intende to liue tell, aecordyng fo gods commaundementes. Foꝛthe rebells that is, the wicked which haue forſaken their loꝛde god, and tab en the deuill to be ruler over them, they ſhall cempell trent to fo⸗ low/, oꝛ els to ſucfer al calamittes and miſeries. And fo ſhalbe verified the ſaping of aur ſauiour Chriſte. Non ve ni vt mitta pacem fed gladiũ. Jam not come (fapth he)to ſend peacevut the: ſword. which is in Dede a ſtrange ſaying, but tt hathe his: vnderſtandyng: god is a god of peace and concoꝛd be * Tits |

M.Dodor Larymer.

their wickednes then to agree bute them. And therfore thys Doctrine is called a {editions doctrine: but wo are thoſe r⸗·

Fol.a7.

Orifice and concorde + but when be cannot have peace, by fhe reaſon of ths Deuyll,than be will bane the ſworde: that is ta *) fay, god loueth bhitpe,be ould haue bs all agree together: “but becauſe of the tuicked toe cannot. Wherfoze be wyl rather haue bs to chufe the ſworde, that 19, to frpus and wſthſtande

Heiles? enen they them felues which call this Doctrine feditis pell fediti- ous:they themfelucs(¥ fape) are traitours again @ DD. ous ac trai OU herfoze our ſauiour ſeeyng be can haue no peace with the os.

wicked, be wyll baue bs rather to withſtande thep2 wicked⸗

Ged wilhis flock fecre-

nefle, and fo bung them te reformation: and this is the cauſe ated from wherlore be will haue his locke feqregated from the wicked. che wicked . Cyerfore let os pꝛaye vnto god sure heauenly father, Frac 3* voluncas tua, Thy wyll bee Boone. This is the prayer of all

chriſtian people, whiche haue a wyll to Boe goddes wyll:but

thoſe impenitent ſinners whiche are not pet wery oftheir fins

nes, do neuer praye, foꝛ though they fap the wordes, pet it ts

to no purpole, they fape them without vnderſtandyng, theres :

« fozert is but lpplabo2, tt is no paper, itis but the devils fers hs devil

erued by

nice, Foꝛ a man tape ferue the deuill with fapeng the Pater (isthe noiter, wher be fapety if adefpled mynde. Let vs therftore pater ne feck ‘Hyver our ſelues fo that we maye ſaye it worthely as it ought — to be. iLet bs lape away al wickednes and yll liuyng, fo that we may fap from thebottome of sur heart, Our father vvhich

arte in heauen, Thy vvill be done. And fo 310 Sufanna that godlp woman: So didladp Judith: Sodio Nucene Eſther. 1. a. So d10 all good fainetes of gad. And though this paafer twas —

mot nade at that tyme, by thereafon thep were a great while

as

afore Chruffes commyng:) pet thep badthis prayer in effecte. of Chrift v Foꝛ they belencd inalnightye god:they beleucd in Abyabas fed this pe- mies (edz, which was promiſed:which faith fteodetheominas *CO%

good ſtede, ard they were as tell ſaued thoꝛough that ſame delief as we no w thoꝛough cur beliefe. For it ts no deſterence betweene their beliefe and oures, but this: hep beleued in

he diffe. rence be- twene the

Chiilſt whith twas to come, and we beleuc in Chik, Wie 's fkers comt already. Hol their belefeferucd then as tucll-agours fichand - ired nofurther at theit o.cx

dothe bs, Fo; at that time Codrequ

te *

E. ni.

hands

Certaine Sermons made by

handes, than was opened vnto them: we bane fn sar tyme a furcher and moze perfect kn ↄ w ledge of Chriſt then they had. Pow Suſanna ta che iudges(he fame twicked men) came Brito Jer, and moned ber with fearefull theratninges to doe their willes, that is, to finne aga:ntt godin doyng that filthy acte oflecherye: (fa: the fame tucked Judges bare a wicked damnable love towardes her: )thinke pou net the reſorted bit to. gode Pes pes, without doute, Ke ſaid thele wordes in effect, | Pater noſter, Fiac voluntas tua. Dur father, thy wyll be done, Su(anna de and not the willotths wicked men. Therfore the putting her fired Ss hope and tru in god, bauing arefpecte that bis will mighte pods will Be Done and not the deuils Will, god, whiche is euer true, dyd Gediscacn Not fapleher,fo2r pou know how the twas deliucred thozough ing ponge Danicll. his ts tuzittento our inffraction: Foꝛ he is now the felfe ſame god that be was at tyme:he ts as mightye aa he twas, he is as ready as be twas, the twas fn anguithe anv great diltreſſe, ſhe fought to halow bis hely narnte: therfore be ‘Din helpe ber, be fuffered her notte perifhe. So certainlye be til do Ditto bs too. Therfore whã tue bein trouble iet bs har low bis name, and then We thall fynde bis helpe lxke as Su⸗ ſanne DID. — ST BAe

Judith 4 In ſuch wile did Judith whan the twas pꝛouoked of Bolas cage ™” fernestodo wickedly. She fought rather to ſanctitye goddes name of AME, fo doc his till, then the wil of he deuill, therfore God oiandto gaue her fuch a tciũphaat victoꝛy. So did queene Weller, wha iswoll. Daman that witkedfcilow had power ouer her: fhe commits Pererfor fen all the mtatter vnto god, with faſtyng and praier. But &, —— *Peter what did be Parp be forgate his Pater noſter, lorꝛ whe "» there cane buta fooltthe wenche aſkyng him: arte not thou a Gallilean:art not thou ene of this new lerningzart not thoa agofpeller: what did Petershe was gone quite:he denied it, be forgate bis Pater nofter. 402 tf be had had grace te conſi⸗ per that he ought rather to ſuffer death than te forſake biama ſter Chef, then be tpould baue faid, Patcr nofter. Fiat volun | tas rua:Our father, Thy vvill be done. 3 ant redy to fufter fo2 Chtiſt loo· Op fake wohatſoeuer thou thait dap vpon me. but be did net fo ked on Pe- he foꝛgotte himiclfe. Mt hat did our ſauisur: he tarned backe ter. . andlooked vpon hint. Pappp twas eter that our fauieur los | ked

| M-Do der Larymer. o Fol.a%. | berd vpon him againe, idr it was agracoustoker. . Tuts for

Judas that fallg man that traitour, toꝛgotte this fame pett —— _ fien,and remained fc inbiserrour ſtill to che ende. Suretys sion. de twas a ſorowfull and a heauy man in fo much thathe made ladas vvas relitution. ie was much better thana great many of bs be, becer thea which whan they haue iniuried and weenged pooze men, wil fons aa -amake no refitution. tell pou truth, Judas was much bets “ON ter than fuchs feilotves be. Poenitentia duclus ſayth the terts 11.4 6. ) but he lacked faith. And fo betweene Peter and bint, whiche pe wer both tive foz0{vfull mé,this was h Difference, Peter bad wwen: Pe~ | faith, Judas lacked it:vet be was ercedpng (oz0lvfull fo2 His cerandig.. wickednes, in ſomuch that be went and hanged bimfclf, thers das. | fase he foꝛgate this petition. So likewiſe all voluntarie ſyn⸗ ners,all vnrepentant ſynners, none of them all faith this pes titiomas thep.ought to do:they fay it not worthily noz pofis tably. 402 they baue no wyll tadoo.bis twill, thep2 twill ts fs d0 their ofon fill and pleafure. Hut aboue al things thele queſtmongers had nede to take bene: fo2 there all thynges ge~ Queftmos eth bpathe. They had necde te faye: Dur father, thy topll be cers mutt "Boone. $03 thep fhalbe moued fo doo this end that whiche is marke esis. againſte God. They muſte iudge by their othe, accozdpng to confcience, giltic oꝛ not giltie. Mhan bets giltic, in what cafe are thofe which fay not giltie 7 Scripture Boothe ſhewe What a thing it ts, whan a man fs anralefacto2,and the queſt mongers iuſtifie hym, and prenounce him not guitic,fapings Ec quiiuftificatimpium,& qui condemnat iuftum,ambo ab- hominabiles coram domino, $e that iufiifieth the wicked, and be that condentety the tuff man, thep are both abbomt- nable befaze the loꝛd. Cat ho is abjountnable-be that doth not the will of god, the toil of god fs that the wicked Mold be pus

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niſhed. Imp felfdid ones know where there asa ma att piroric.

_ ofan other man inan anger, it tas done openly, the mans queller was tak? ¢ putin patton, Sute was made to § queſt⸗ ~mtongers(fo2 tf was a riche man that had dene p act.) Atthe

length cucrp man had a croune fo2 His good till: and ſo this a gonten - . Open mankiller was pronounced not giltic. Le, they folBe foutes for ’ - theit foules vnto the dent! ſfor· v.chillings. For iwbich faules v, Lhulings - Chis ſuftred deth. And J dars — except hep amide *picce. | } ẽ. liti. be Fat

os

—

Certaine Sermons mide by

be loꝛrve fo? their fauttes;thep Mhalbe damned (11 Bell: ‘wosl8e Without ende. They had cleane forgotten this petition, Thy - wvill be done’ Foꝛ thep did the wyl of the deuyll. It had bens a good dede te cut oftheir craunes by their neckesto the ene ſample of all other, Lherfore(S fape)thefe quellmongers bad neede to fape: Our father which artin heauen;Thy vvillbee done $02 truely it is maruel p this realme fpnketh not doun to Hell hedlong, what periuries, ſwearing, curſyng is euerye where in cucryp comer? Therfore J fave) we had nede to prar Tolofelife earneſtly, that gods will maye be done And we Mould be con isto findit. tent to lofe dure lpues for rightuouſnes ſake. 02 hep p lofeth his lpfe fo2 becauſe be wil not agree to the Dif’snoz nf god, be ſeketh that qovs twill map be done. Happy is that man, for he loab loked Fpndeth bis lyfe, he lofeth tt not. Foꝛ Chalk wylbe his keper. thorovrhis Joab that greateand baliaunte capitaine;be kneiy tell ps fogers. nough when Dautd fent vnto hym geod Girias, with letters: he knew J fave) that the kpnges toll teas agamntt gods twill, — pet he looked thorough his kyngers, he wynked at it, he wold ch aplaines Yather do the wicked wyll of thekyng, than the tortkof Cod. abourthe ~~ OF fuche fellotwes there be a great number, tebiche care woe | OS fo2 the honour and wyll of ged. hele charlapnes aboutthe ~ king and great men, had neete to fap: Fiat volunras tua,Our — father. Thy vvill be done, but they are terre Noy ant —— thep winke commonly at all matters be they neuer fo babte. Wyep be Capellaniad manus. Whey wyll not arpucte mene dum de peecato.tiep Bare not rebuke tte world of ſinne:trtex pare tot doe as the prophete contmaund ty onto then to doe, whan be faith: Audiane montes iuditia dow ini, let the hilles heare the tud gementes of the lode. though the ‘fmoke, ashe faith: Tage montes & fumigabũt.Tauche the billes and they {will fmake. Pea and though thep ſmoke £, pet iirpke thf; (pare | thimot tel th? thep2 faults. ut great mẽ tãndt ſuccer that, to be forebuked, their chapleins muſte be taught a difcretion, if orale they wiell go fo to wurke· They fape commonly magiftrates gilt hess fhould bebrought sut ofeftimation. pfthep Houlte be bande maykepe Ledfo; 28,7 wll tel pou tbat pou thal bo fo kepe pour e⸗ themfelues | ſtimation andxredite:do Well, handle bprightlp and. mndiſte⸗ sin eftimatiO rentlx al matters, defend the peasle from opp efids,do-pour

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4 M.Dogtor Latymer. J Fol.a9

| Betice'as trod hathapottited you todo, twhart pon bo fo(3 tvar

rant pou) pou fhgll keepe pour eſtimation and credite. And gy warrant pou againe,the yreacher will not trike nor cat pou {mith his ſworde, but rather poaiſe von and commende pour weldoings. Cls whan vou do nought and wickedlp, oppreſſe the pooze,and gene falſe iudgements:ohan pou do fo;thatts : nogodlp preacher that will holo his peace, and net frikepon ‘7 * good With his (wo2de,that pou ſmoke againe. Wut it is commens ‘lp as the feripture fapth, Laodatarimpius in defideriis'animz ſu e AThe wicked is praiſed in the defpres of his wickednes. Chaplaines topll not doe their dueties, they twill not draive their finowes, vut rather flatter,thep toil vſe diſcretion: But what hall folow⸗·Mary they thal haue gods curſe bpon their

{hall get by their flatterings, ~~

heades fo2 thep2 labaursthis chalbe al their gaines that ther

preacher mult {trike with bis {vvorde. - Chaphaimes vvil.not ig theit due t:es,

An odther (cetpture faith: Qui po ‘eftatem exércenthi benef | ‘cia vocantur. The greateand mighty men be called benetac⸗ fours, weldoers, but of wyom be they called for Bary of flat

‘pleafures of men.

terers, of thoſe which ſeke not to do the wyll of God, but the

.John Waptiſt that hardy knight, and ercelttent preacher ot god, be Maid this petitio right tnith a goon faftl. Our father ‘Thy vvill be done: Therfore be tucnt to the king; faying: No licet tibi. Sprit is not lanful foꝛ thee todo fo. Sec what bold nes He hade how hoate a fomacke in gods quarcil to defende gods honoꝛ ¢ gloꝛy? But our chapicins what de thep nowe a dais:Mary they winke attt,thep wyl not diſpleaſe: fo2 they

ſeeke lrumges they ſeke benefices, therfore they be not

Wor⸗

lithp to be gods officers. Eſaias that faithful mitniſter of qod, hois a good plain flow betelleth them the matter.in plain; ſaying: Argentum tuum verfum ef in ſcornam, principes tui

infide'es focii furum) Thy filuer is turned to dzoſſe,thy

prin⸗

ces are vnfaithfull, and felowes ofthenes.be is no flatterer, hetelleth them truth. Thr princes (aid besare bribetakers e¢,, peteei ſubuerters of iuſſice. This Eſay did:foz he had reſpecteto ued chinoes gods word/he perceiued things amiſſe, he kne w that it was aod. |, bis parte to admoniſh,to cut them Ww bis ſwo:d. WMould god

our preachers would be ſo ſeruent to ppomote the Hons

2 and glozp

Flatterers call men of mighr bene faCtours, | lohn Bap tift {aid this Pctitiona” right.

Chaplains vvinke,

E fay is 2 a .

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ea tae Certaine Sermonsmadeby Glory of god, to admonich the great andthe ſmalto de the tort ofche lo2D.% pray gadthep map be as ferucpt as our fautonr {was whan be (ard to his diſciples Meus cibuseitivefaciam vo luntatem pattis mei qui ein colo. Sy meat is to to the {wil Thehunger af my father which is in beaut (thatis to fap) pou are 110 moꝛe shatreea. Sefiraus to eate pour meate when pou be a bongry,then Zant chersChold fo do my fathers wil which is in heauen. Wy what occaſiõ our have, = (aston ſaith theft words pou thal percetne whã vou conſider the circumſtances, 7 pap vou reade the chapter (tts the.:¢ 0f pha John. The Kozy ts this. te fendeth his diftiples to a toune to ‘Chrifthad Dpe meate(where ftappearcth that our fautour bad: menep:) meny. after theindeparture be ſetteth Gin doune, which was a token * that he was a weary, and J warrant pou be bad neuer a cuſ⸗ ſhyne to lay vnder bint. Now as he was ſyttyng ſo, there com meth a womã out of the toune to fetch water:he deſyzed her to geue him drinke· She made anſwer: wil you drink vᷣ me whi che am a Samaritain: So they tet foꝛward in their talk:at vᷣ degth be bad her go cal her bul bad, ſhe made anſoer, J haus 110 hu(bid,p ſaieſt wel ſaid nur ſauior, for} hak had 5. ¢ this p Pp batt now, {8 not thy huſbãd:⁊ fo hereucled himſelf vnts her. Some nen peradnenture wyll fap: what meaneth thisthat Thecaufe our ſauiour talketh alone with this woman. Anſwer, his bur why Chrid militx and gentilnes is ſhewed herein. For he was contents talked· vich to talk with ber, beyng alone, and to teach ber the way to bea thevvoman uen Agayne ſome men may [carne here not to be fo haſtye in alone, their iudgementes: that when they fee tivo perfens talke tes ss other to fufpect then. Foꝛ in fo Dopng thep mighte ſuſpecte 2), Surfaute2 bimfelf.Ztis not geod, it is again the toil of gos Rafhiadze tg iudge ratgely,% know What Janeane. Iknow tubat onbap went yy tales beab30a9,batIcan do no more butte geue pou war ning. Pots vᷣ woman went her wapinto p city making much ‘adse how fhe had found the Betiah,h ſauior of the twopldsirs fomuch pa great many of the Camaritaines caine oute vnto a hint. Now as pᷣ woman Wwas gone, ph difciples deſired bint te -Ghrite; Ale he made th? anſwer. Ego aliũ cibum habeo, J haue other meat: thã they thought ſome body had bꝛought him fom meat dohisfa atplength he breaketh ont ¢ faith. Hic eſt cibas meus ve facia theis vvsll. voluntatẽpatri: mei quod miſit me, Fant as deſirous to do my i fathers

* M.Dodor Latymers’ Fol. e

fathers wil, as you be of meate £2 rinke. let vs nolo for gods ſake be ſo def: roug to do the wil of god, as we be to meat and drinke, leths indeuor our ſglues to kepe his latves ¢ commaũ annent,then wohatſoeuer tue Hall defpre of hin be pl gene it vnto bs, we hal haus it. Me rede ofter tines in ſcripturt that our fanioz was preaching according Onto his Yocation,F would eutrp mã Wold go fo diligẽtly about his huſines: The i ’ prieltes fo gots their bookes, not tofpen their times fothante Ale Cos ſo. fully in hauking, hũting, ãkeping of alehouſcs, il they would — go to their bookes, in fo doing they ſhuld do the will oef God ꝛ: | but the molſt part of thẽ do thetreton wil thep take their ples ſure, Sut god wil Lid thẽ out at leat; he wil mete with them

when he ſeeth bis time Mira tile whe eur ſauidur was vee ching, his mother cam vnto Hin, very deſitrous to ſpeake with Ourlady bint, in fo much that He made meanes to ſpeake with him, in vas terrapting bis fermion, whithe was not good mancr, Ther⸗ coat pric faze after f, Augultine andl Hieromes mynde, ſhe was pric⸗ —— hed a litle with bain glory, he wold haue ben kne wen to be i ge his mother, els fhe wold not haue ben fo hatp.to ſpeake with him. And here pou map percefue p we gaue her to much thin King ber to be without any fparklect ſinnes, which was. to much forme mã boone inte this told is without ſinne, ſaue Cont oily. Theſche ledoctors fave Me was arrogant. Due came t told our fauto2 as be Iwas teaching: Swithy mother is Here, wold (peak w thee, he made anſwer ike ashe did wha be was butsz. pere oldsoporter me eſſe fo he fafeth wow free ching out his habs who ts mp matijersg facit volũtatẽ patris 7 sisi! mei g eft in colts. hey doth p iwil of mp father p ts in beaut, 8 Lucas faith, qui audieverba dei & facit iſtud, be vᷣ heareth 9 ftes moiker

word of gon t doth it. Wark this wel be fatth ÿᷣ doth it:let vß doriet vs not onlpbe hearers, but doers, then Wwe ſhalbe aecoz Ding to bis pꝛomiſe bis brethern, ¢ hittern, we mult heare his Wwo20 Do it. Forteuly if Pary his mether had not beard his ,,. — $579 € beleucdté, {he aula neuer haue bene ſaued. For che V {nag not faued becauſe ſhe was his naturall mother but be⸗ caufe rhe rauſe ſhe belcued in hi, becaute Heivas his ſpirttual mother. beleued in Remembre therfore pull vᷣ do bis wil. are bis kinſtolke· Wut Chriſt. remebert in an — be faith. Nõ om̃es qui ip mihi

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— domine introibant, pot all that ſaie, Loꝛd, xord⸗ fyall entre into the kingtome of heauen:hexe pou ſee thatthe: matter ſtandeth not in faping but in Doing, vo bis tell, and than reſorte bute him and then thalt be we icome. We rede in Luke: wher aur; fanies ſaid, feruus qui nofcit, voluntatem domini; & non facit,vapulabit multis,that ſeruant that ina vvemute wetbthe lnplhof higmaifler and doth it not thall be beater, “frtknow Withntanye Mrypts: He that xᷣnoweth net chalbee beaten, sndtben fo DUt net fo murh.Gae mut firl know € than to it is a goon the viliog thing to know; butt is a heindus thyng to-knoly and not to ged, do:it ts a great (presto faunter gods word with ticked lf upyng, as itis cammenly ſene amongelt men. Wot this fault . fit benet amended fhall bauc greuous puniſh ment. “Sow fome men will fale, ſceing it is ſo, that thele iobich Brot godes worde and donot thefame,thalbe beten with ma VVilfull ig np ſtrypes,then JIwyll keepe me frem it,and fo when. J ans notance ex damned FZ hall haucthe ealyer punifhinent. No no mp friend cafeth nor ignorantia noo excufatprefertim yoluntaria,& affectata, wil ful ignorance ercuſeth not. To faye,z twill net beare ft,fo3 J entend to do as it ſhall pleafe me, this ſs not ignozancpe bꝛo⸗⸗ ther, but rather contumtacy,o2 deſpiſing of gods woꝛd. Theſe whiche would fapne-knotve,but cannot fo2 that they bane ne teacher;they thalbe excuſed ſome what.foꝛthey thall baue eae fier payne thautheather haue, as. he ſaith: Væ tubs Chorazia guia fi imSodoma,meanpng-that the Sodomites fhall hang eafier iudgement tha the other. But as fo2 thole which refute to beare whan thep might beare,thep are in an vll cafe, + thal The very i _ bepunithed with vnſpeakable pens, Gnd J tel pou the berp gant ny ©. tgnoaunt man ts not all erculed,foz ſo fatth god by bys pres ao-excufed Phet, Sinonannunciaueris vt conuertatur-a viz fua mala,im- piusin iniquitate {ua morietur: the ticked ſaith he,morieturs be thall dfe, though be bath bad neuer warning bcfo2e, 0 ing {ce that ignorancy ercufeth not:but the ignoꝛant are the leſſe puniſhed:becauſe of their iqnozancye,as there bec degrees in bel, one fhalbe puniſhed moze greuouſly then the other acco2 Ding to thep2 delertes. here be fome men in Cngland whi ccho ſav, ro; (fap thep)z toil net heare none of them all, tpll ~ they agreeamongefte theym (clues. Suche ſellowes mt Ni — tha

M. Doctor Latymetr. Fal .

qhall neuer come tothe gofpell. Foꝛ there wilbe contentions as long as the deuyll fs alyue:he cannot fuffer gods tuo we to Defpifers be (predabjoade. Therſforehe dothe and wyll no tyl the worl⸗ of goddes des ende, what he can fo lette the woꝛde of god:then it ts lpke . ° otdes that thofe fellotues fhall neuer come to heare gods worde, and therfoze worthely be damned as delpifers of Gods mole ho⸗ Spe worde.

Further this petition hath an addition Quemadmodum in colo, as it ts in heauen, the toziters make tive maner of hea⸗ yo me uens,a ſpirituall heauen, a tempozall heauen.The ſpiritu⸗ ner of hea all heauen is where gods {willis fullp done, where the aun⸗ vens. gels be, which do the twill and pleature of god without dilati⸗ an. Polw whan we fay, As it ts in heauen, we prꝛaye god that The mea we inap do bts wil as perfectlyp.as the angels do. Cufamples..ning ofthis fn Scripture we haue many whieh teache bs the diligent fers. peution. nice which the angels do vnto the Hozbe,-

* Bahan kpng Dauid fell in a pzeluimption; fe that he conts maunded His capitaine Joab to noumber bis people; whyche Toab dydde thing was agaynt the Lord, and Joab did naughtily in obei⸗ naughte ia png the kyng in fuch things, but be went and numbed eight obeying 10 hundred thoufande,and fyue hund2cd thoufande men,ableto |, yoge com ſyght, beſyde women and children. Foꝛ this act God was ans maunded, | gry with Dautd, and lent his Prophete which told him that God woulde plage hym, and bad him to chufe whether he Wold hauc. bit. peres hunger, o2 that his enemies fhonld pes uayle agapnt bint th2e monthes leng,o2 to haue. tif. bats pe⸗ Rilence. He made anfwer,faping. It is better to fall inte the . handes of god, then of men:and fo chofe peſtilence. After that within thace dapes there died thee {core and ten thoufand.

This fovets a greate declaration howe angrye GDH is - Iyith finne. Howe Daud that good king ſeyng the plague-of od oucr the people, fapd bute god: Hod, it ts not they that’ haue finned, it is F my ielf,pumifh ine elet them alone: This . exiple- was a good mynde in Dauld:there be but fetwe kyages noW tobe folo that weld ds ſo. Now at the length god was moued with pi⸗ wed of ꝛu tpe,and fapde vnto the angel, Suffiicir, contine manum, tt is mene indugh, leaue of:by and by the plague come, Wa kere pow fee » pow redpe the aungels of © DD bee to doe the Lozdes coms

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mãdemẽt. After that Dauid was minded to bethankfull vn

fo god, offer a great facrifice vnto bin, ¢ fo remone pᷣ wrath

of god. And therfore be made {ute to one of his fublects foꝛcer

fain groũds to.butld an altar bpo:y fame ma twas willing ta An exiple geuett vnto f king freely, But Dawid wold not take it at his

forkingsto andes. there kings mat learne p,tt is not lauful fo2 thenrto tolovr. take a Way other mennes landes,to their owne ble; This good kig Dautd wold not take it whe it was ofired nto bint

He did notas Achab o wicked mã, which did Naboth weõgin

faking away bis binpard againt bis wil. an ether enſãple

wherin apereth how diligétly. p angels do gods cõmãdemeẽts Senacherib king of b Alizias bauig a capitan called Rhap⸗

fac’ which capitaine afters be bad beſieged Hieruſalẽ, ſpake blafphento? woꝛds againt god p almighty, ſayẽg to p Jewes

Think pou p.pour god is able to help you⸗ oꝛ to defed pou frõ

-Anetherex my hãd? Pow ECsechias p good kyng bering {uch blaſphemo⸗ ample fcr words fo be (poke agaift god, fel to praier, deſired god fo2aide Kiegs to.fo fent kor the prophet Clat,e at ken himtcou (el, Theñd was gen. BR! fent bis angels which killed ans Clrerv.¢, B.thoulad of § aſ⸗ Yo ae firlas (none night: p king bim felf (cat efcaped, ¢ with great The corpo PASC § feare gat him home. Were pou ſee tohat a god our ged rallheauca whole wil we ought todo Therfore let bs endeusr our ſel⸗ doth gods ues fo Do his full ¢ pleafure:¢ whan we ar not able to do it cas commande we be not in dede)let vs call onto him fo2belpeand apde, peat The other heaué ts called a coꝛpoꝛal heut, where p fon € the moone € the farrs ar, which heauẽ doth gods cõmandemẽt to. As it appereth in bokes of Joſue, p kings:bow f fon ſtode

at ᷣ cõmandemẽt of god, Itẽ, how p hadow went back ward lixke as Job faith, Precepifti ſoli & no oritur, Thou gaueſt cõ mãdement to ᷣ ſun, € it aroſe not: therloꝛe at cõ mandement of god thei kepe their ordinaric courſe, as god hath cõmanded

them in p lirſt beginning. Itẽ, the raine,p ſnowe, come at his

——— tõmandemẽts:in ſũma, nothing rebelleth in his eſtate wherin it was ſet at vᷣ fir but Ban: vᷣ man will not be ruled by him,

3all other things be obedieut: rain cometh tuba god wil haue it

pat efnoiwat bis tine. Me rede in Achabs time that Clias p pre - phete font pᷣ raine fo2.tit.pere,¢. vi.monthes,foꝛ to punts,

‘the people, wherot ſolowed a great dearth. Afterward at — —

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.Dodor Latymer. Fol quelt of the ſame Elias, god ſent raine, whiche tempered the groũd to bring frutes. Ithink there be ſome Elias abꝛoade at If vve doo

cthis time, which ſtoppeth the raine, we haue not had rayne a gods vrille

good tubple. Therlore lette bs pape to God that we maye *'< aa po his wil, and than we thal haue al things neceffary to foule hinges ne € bodp. #02 what vas this Cliaszobnoxi? affeAib’, afinfull cefatie, - mã bone € cocefued in ſin: pet god ſeing his confidẽte graũted aa his requeſts. Fo2 he was ama p feared pᷣ loꝛd.e truſted in hin therfore god loued him ¢ heard is paler. Therfore ( J fap) let

bs do as he did, tha god wil heare our praters:but we are fleth

ly; {ue are carnal, we do ca nothig perfeetlp as ive ought to do {wbherfore we haue nede to fay Wf Augulline, Dike facy preci cae mufte pis.& precipe quod uis. Loꝛd do thou win me what ᷓ cOntatt oho: he cd. deft; e then cõmaũd what p wilt. Foꝛ we of our ovon firegth€ mandechys pꝓower are not able to bo his commaũdemẽts:but lack ourfa to doo. uio? wil fupply Ww bis Fulfillig, ¢ wo bis perfectnes be wil take

away our imperkectnes. Now fince we haue ſpokẽ muche of

pater Z wil defire pou let bs prap togethers ¢ fo make an end but pou muſt pray Ww a penitent heart. · Foꝛ god til notheare Gog he ⸗ pᷣ praler p procedeth frsm an (mpenitent heartsitts abomina⸗ seth not in ble in bis ſight. Jdeſire pou to fap after me, Dur father.gc, penite nie

fynnerss

ARE , ue . ‘ The.y.fermon vpon the Lordes praier made bp maiſter Hugh Latymer,..

Anẽ noſtrũ quotidianũ da nobis hodie, Bite vs this dap Pair Daily bead. This is a very good pater it a boopthole fay no moꝛe at one tinte but y:fo2 as we ſee our nese, {5 vve fhold Ine yall pray, whan toe fee qoddes name to be diſhonoured, prayefor blafpbented and yl ſpokẽ of then a mã, a fatthfull ind Mould ‘bof thyn fap. Dur father which art in heaucn, halotued be thy name. 33par bs Mahan wee (ee the deuill reigne, and all. the worlde folowe . bis kingdonte,then ive mape faye: Our father vvhiche art in hee beauen,thy kingdome coms, aa han tue {ee that the worlde folotocth ber ewne de{poes and luftes, aud not goddes twpll and bis commanrtdementes,ano tt grecucth vs to fee thys, Wwe beforpe fo2 tt, toe (hall make oure mone buts god fozit, Aaplirg: Dure father whiche art ta heauen Fiat voluntas kb: ny

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Why Wyl be done, when ine lacie neceſſaries Co2 the mainte/

nance of this lyle, euery things Sere, then tue may fay, Dae

One of the Father which art in heauen, gine bs this day.our dayly bread. feChorepra Mherfereas we lee caufe,fo we fyould pray. And itis bettee | — to fap one of theſe ſhoꝛt pꝛavers with a good fapthe, then the coe tha the Whole plalter withont fapth, whole pfal -. 2Bv this nowe that ¥ baue cerwith- tbe conunon opinion and eltimatton tubiche the people haue out. Had of this paper (the lordes pater J faye) is farre from that hat (t is in deede. Foꝛ it was eſtemed fo2 nothing , fo2 wha

we bes difpofed to deſpiſe a man, and call hint an igno:aunte

This sraier: foole, we fapshe can not fay hfs Pater nofter, and fo tue made ig be fo ittalighte matter,as though euery man knew tt. ut J tell ig 7* you it is a great matter, tt conteineth waightie thynyges, ifit ~~ “be waped to-the very bottame, as a learned man coulde dees

de, ) mess but as foz nte, thatthat Jhaue learned out of the holy ſcrip⸗ ture and learned mens bookes, which expounde the ſame. J Wyil ſhewe vnto pou, but Jentende to be ſhort: Jhaue bene _ Berplong befeze in the other petitions which ſome thyng crs pounde thofe that foloiv, therfore Jwill net tarpefolong fa.

them ag J haue tone inthe other. Ae EGSeue bs this day our daplp bꝛead: Euery {yso2deis te be Bread doch Confidered: fo2 they haue theic tmpsztance. This word bread © fignific all ‘fignifieth all maner of faftinance fo2 the pꝛcſeruation of this maacr fait Iife:all thinges tebereby man fhouldelpue, ave tontaxned it

Rance. this word Breade. — We

Pou mulrememb2¢ what J fapd by that petition Gales

toed be thp ame. here we praye bnto govthat he toil gtue ‘05 grace to lpne fo, that ine map with allour conucrfations, and doinges halow and fanctifp him, according as bis worde telleth bs. owe foraſmuche as the pꝛeachynge ef goddes woꝛde fs motte mecedary to bꝛing bs into this balolwing, tue pꝛay in fe fame petition fe2 the office af preaching. Forꝛthe Godename fanctityeng of the name of god can not be,ercept the office of fanGifes PrAchpig be mayntepned, and his woorde be preached anv exrept prea knowen, therfore in the fame petttion whan J fap Sanctifice- chinybe tur, Halowed be thy name, J pave that bis worde may bee maintained ſpꝛeade abgaade, and knowen, thozough whiche gp ary i ’ . ; 3 > anckt⸗

fapde, pou maye perceiue that

M.Do Gor Latymer. pi Fol.33. fanetify ing. g. So —* in this petition, Geue vs this daye oar dailye ‘The mex ‘bread, we praye fo2 all thofgthyn ges which be neceflarp ana ting of this

* requiffite to the fultinarice of our foules.and bodics. Pow the Peuttens firt and principall thing that we haue nede of tn this lpfe,ts |

the magiſtrates, without a magifrate we orld never live. fell and quietly. Than it ts necefarp and motte nedefull to prape vnto god fo2 thent, that the people map haue reſt, and applp their bufines,enerp man in bis callyng, the huſband⸗ man in tilleng and plotuing, the artificer in bis bufines. Foꝛ

_ pou mull euer confider, that tubere warre ts, there be all diſ⸗

commodities, no man can doe bis duetie atcoꝛdeng vnto His callyng, as ttappeareth now in Germany, the Cinperour €

the Frenche king being at controuerfp:¥ warrant pou there _ ts litle refie,o2 quictnes. Therſore inthis petition we pzaye

Onto god fo2 our magiſtrates that thep nrap rule and gouern

this realnre well and godly , and kepe bs from tnuaficns of

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alicautes and fraungers and to execute tuftice, end punifh malefacteurs:¢ this ts forequifite that Wwe cannot line with⸗

out it. Therfoꝛe whan we fap, Geue bs this dape our tayes fa this peti ipe Beane: we prave fer the Binge bis cotmnfellours and ail 13 bis oficers:but nat every man that ſateth theſe wordes, braid ali bis - derſtãdeth ſo much. Foꝛ itis obfcurelp included, ſo that none officers, percefucit but thofe indich varnedlp and diligently cenſyder

the fame. But S. Paule he cxpreſſeth it with moze wordes playnelye, ſaring: Jexhorte pou te make {uppltcations end papers foy all men, but fpectalip pro regibus & quiin fublis

mitate couſtituti fun: fo2 the Kings and fo2 thefe i bich be ae |

' loft, bbheretor vt placidam & quieram vitam agamos,that ive +. pray for

“map line gedly and guietipe, in all Ponefpe and goelpines. ois is co And whan J pay fos them ZF pap formy ſelte. For J pave. prarfor our fez thei thatthep map rule, ſo that Zand all men may tyre flues alſo. quietly and at rei. Amd to this ende tue deſore 4 quiste tpfe, si we tuay the better {crue god, beare his woꝛde, anb lxus

er it. For in the rebelles tyne J prape you tehat gablines was Mewed amongel them; thex went lo farre (az 1¢ was telte) = teat thep defilca other mennes wyues: what govkines sh | * . this

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Geod men canac lacke no fo ravv anog sebelles,

God refpe @ecth no perfons. The educa - tion of chil aren,

Cettaihe Sermons made Jig ;

fhisz In h wyat eſllate thinke pou were thoſe fatthfall lubiectes

Ww dich at the ſame tyme were amengell thentzthep had ſorow inough Jwarraunte pou. So it af geareth, that where warre eye is righte godlineſſe banifhed and gene. Therlore to pay fo2 a quict tpfc, that 1s as muche as to pay fora godlye lyfe, that we map ferne god in our calling, and get our iputie ges vprightly. So tt appeareth that praying fo3 bia ac is as much as to pape fo2 our felucs,

They that be childzen,and lyue vnder fhe rule of they? pa⸗ rentes, oꝛ haue tutoꝛs, they prare in this petition for thep2 pa

rentes, and tutors. Foꝛ they be necedary fo2 thep2 bꝛynging

bp. And god will accept their peaver as well as thepes which be of age. fo2 god bath no refpecte of perfons:he is as redye to heare the pongelt as the olde. Therfore let them be baanght bp in godlives, let them know god. Let parentes and tutes do their Ducties to bayng theym by fo, that as foone as thep2 age ſ crueth, thep nap talk and fauour god:let them feare gon in the beginning, and fo they thall do alfo tuban they be gle,

- sBecaule J (pease hercof Daphans,F ſhall exhorte pou tabe

ZL Religious /™ hoetes are

netpalled, done.

pitiful bute them, kor itis a thyng that pleated 903,08 S · Ja⸗ mes witneſſeth, faping: Relizio pura.& ce’,

It is a connnon {peache amongeé the: cople and muche bs fen, that they faye,all religious houſes ate pulled doune, wht che is a bere penifh Caping, and iret true,fo2 thei are not pul led doune. That wan and Hat woman that live together goo ly and quietlyp, doin g the woorkes of thei vocation, and feare

God, heare his woorde, and keepe tt: that faite tg à religious houſe, that is that houſe that plcaſeth god. Fa; religien,purs

True Reli- ‘gion. | :

religion (% fay) faveth not in wearing of a menke⸗ coule, but in rightuo uſneſſe tuftice and weld oings, and as fainct Fares faith in viſiting tye Orphans and widowes, that lacke thep3 hafbandes, Orphaus that lacke thep2 paventes to helpe tyent wobeu they bee paoze,to ſpeake for the 1 whan thep be oppret fed, herein andeth true religron, ods religion ( JI fap:) The ather whiche was vſed was an vnreligious lyfe, vea rather ay hypocriſye. Shere ts a texte in Scripture Jneuer reade it but J. remember theſe religious houles. Eitque rect a homini

vie,

M Dodor Latywmer. Fol. 34.

wia, cuius tamen poſtrewum iter eſt ad morter, Therets a Ptoa. way » Wwhiche wate ſeemed to men to bee geod, iwhete ende is eternal perditionavban the ende is naught, all is naught. So were thele monkes bens, thefe religious houſes. here were many people, {pecially topdelves, which would geuc o⸗ 91 uct houſekepyng, and goe to ſuche bouſes, whan thet might oper. haue doone muche good in mainteynvng of fernauntes, 213 che 2s dyd releupng of pooze people, but they tuent their wayes. Ahat bj ether li - madneſſe was that: Agapne , bolve muche caufe tote vinges in haue to thanke G DD, that we knowe what is tretwe res abbeys· ligion, that G DD hath reucled vnto bs the deceiptfulneile ef thofe Monkes, whyche hadde a goodly ſhewe before the worlde of great holyneſſe, but thep were naughte within. Therefore Scripture fapeth , Quod excelſum eft homini- bus , abhominabile eft coram Deo, That whiche ts brably - efferned befoze tien, is abhominable before GID. heres Pep

fore that mart and woman that Ipue in the feave of God, ate io lyuein suche better thantheir houles tuere, the feareof

¥ redde ones a ttorie of a holy man, fonte fap it was ſalntt God tha to -

Gnthonie twhiche had been a long (cafon inthe twylternetic, ¢ + Merk eatyng no2 drynkyng notbyng, but breadde and Iwater 3 at the length be thoughte hym felfe fo holpe, that there chhould beens bodye Ipke tuto hym · Thercfore be deſyred of Cod fo knowe whoe choulde bec his fellowe in heauen. G D H made hym aunlwerc, and commaunded hym to goe to A⸗ A Cobbler lerandzia, there he oulde fynde a Cobbler whyche ould thalbefainr -bee bys fellotve in beauen . Nowe he fuente thyther, arid *athovies _ foug st hym out, and felle in acquatntannce toith hrin, ana {eve in tarved with hym ty2¢ 02 foure daxes to (ee bis conuerſation. In the mornyug bis topfe and he peaped together, than they. piers mare weute tothep2 buſynelle, bs in bis Mhoppe , and ſhe about teas. ~ _ ber houſwylerxe. At dynner tyme thep hadde breadde and cheeſe, bberewyth they were welle contente, and tecke it thankelully. Thepr chplozen were well taugbt to feare @DD, and to lage theya Pater nofler , and the Crede, and the tenne Commaundementes , and fo be frente hys