The preaching bishop reproving unpreaching prelates Being a brief, but faithful collection of observeable passages, in several sermons preached by the reverend father in God, Mr Hugh Latimer, Bish. of Worcester, (one of our first reformers, and a glorious martyr of Jesus Christ) before K. Edw. the sixth; before the convocation of the clergy, and before the citizens of London, at Pauls. Wherein, many things, relating to the honour and happiness of the king (our most gracious soveraign) the honourable lords, the reverend judges, the citizens of London, and commons of all sorts, but especially, the bishops and clergy are most plainly, piously and pithily represented.
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             The preaching bishop reproving unpreaching prelates Being a brief, but faithful collection of observeable passages, in several sermons preached by the reverend father in God, Mr Hugh Latimer, Bish. of Worcester, (one of our first reformers, and a glorious martyr of Jesus Christ) before K. Edw. the sixth; before the convocation of the clergy, and before the citizens of London, at Pauls. Wherein, many things, relating to the honour and happiness of the king (our most gracious soveraign) the honourable lords, the reverend judges, the citizens of London, and commons of all sorts, but especially, the bishops and clergy are most plainly, piously and pithily represented.
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           THE
           Preaching
           BISHOP
           Reproving
           Unpreaching
           PRELATES
           .
           Being
           A
           Brief
           ,
           but
           Faithful
           Collection
           or
           Observeable
           Passages
           ,
           in
           several
           Sermons
           Preached
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           Mr
           
             Hugh
             Latimer
          
           ,
           Bish.
           of
           Worcester
           ,
           (
           One
           of
           our
           first
           Reformers
           ,
           and
           a
           Glorious
           Martyr
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           )
           before
           K.
           Edw.
           the
           Sixth
           ;
           before
           the
           Convocation
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           before
           the
           Citizens
           of
           London
           ,
           at
           Pauls
           .
           Wherein
           ,
           Many
           things
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Happiness
           of
           the
           King
           (
           Our
           Most
           Gracious
           Soveraign
           )
           the
           Honourable
           Lords
           ,
           the
           Reverend
           Judges
           ,
           the
           Citizens
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           Commons
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           but
           especially
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           and
           the
           Clergy
           are
           most
           Plainly
           ,
           Piously
           and
           Pithily
           represented
           .
        
         
           
             He
             that
             hateth
             Reproof
             ,
             is
             brutish
             ,
          
           
             Pro.
             12.
             1.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           Book-Sellers
           ,
           1661.
           
        
      
       
         
           
           
             QUem
             dabis
             mihi
             de
             numero
             Praelatorum
             ,
             qui
             non
             plus
             invigilat
             Subditorum
             vacuandis
             Marsupiis
             ,
             quam
             Vitiis
             exterpandis
             ?
             O
             Utinam
             tam
             vigiles
             reperirentur
             ad
             curam
             ,
             quam
             alacres
             currunt
             ad
             Cathedram
             ,
          
           
             
               Barn.
               Serm.
            
             77.
             in
             Cant.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Reverend
           FATHERS
           ,
           the
           BISHOPS
           OF
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Name
           of
           Bishop
           Latimer
           is
           of
           all
           good
           men
           had
           in
           great
           Veneration
           ,
           
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           but
           your
           Lordships
           will
           afford
           him
           a
           Favourable
           Reception
           :
           Where
           should
           the
           Labours
           of
           a
           Reformed
           Bishop
           and
           Martyr
           ,
           find
           a
           
           safer
           Patronage
           ,
           then
           under
           the
           wings
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ?
           You
           succeed
           him
           in
           Place
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           tread
           also
           in
           the
           steps
           of
           his
           Zeal
           and
           Diligence
           .
           The
           Tongues
           and
           Pens
           of
           men
           are
           very
           busie
           with
           you
           ;
           but
           be
           confident
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           clad
           with
           the
           Zeal
           of
           your
           Quondam
           Brother
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           as
           loath
           to
           part
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           now
           willing
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           you
           :
           For
           who
           is
           he
           that
           will
           harm
           you
           ,
           if
           ye
           be
           Followers
           of
           that
           which
           is
           good
           ?
           
        
         
           Your
           Reverend
           Brother
           tels
           you
           in
           these
           Following
           Pages
           ,
           that
           ,
           though
           in
           the
           time
           of
           King
           Edward
           the
           Sixth
           much
           was
           done
           in
           the
           work
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           yet
           all
           was
           not
           done
           that
           was
           necessary
           :
           The
           greater
           rubbish
           of
           Popery
           was
           thrown
           out
           ,
           but
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           the
           House
           is
           not
           clean
           swept
           yet
           :
           The
           Broom
           is
           once
           more
           in
           your
           Lordships
           hands
           ,
           sweep
           clean
           ,
           we
           beseech
           you
           ,
           out
           with
           the
           dust
           of
           
           Ceremonies
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           with
           the
           Garbidge
           and
           Filth
           of
           Idolatry
           .
           Take
           not
           from
           a
           Thred
           to
           a
           Shoe-latchet
           ,
           lest
           Rome
           should
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           made
           England
           rich
           ,
           If
           Ornaments
           and
           Ceremonies
           (
           though
           judged
           indifferent
           )
           be
           so
           necessary
           ,
           can
           no
           other
           be
           pitcht
           upon
           ,
           then
           such
           as
           are
           found
           in
           the
           Idols
           Temple
           ?
           Why
           should
           the
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           be
           arrayed
           in
           the
           Attire
           of
           an
           Harlot
           ?
           
        
         
           Your
           pious
           Brother
           pleads
           very
           heartily
           for
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           Preaching
           ,
           lifting
           it
           up
           above
           all
           other
           parts
           of
           Worship
           ,
           and
           tels
           you
           more
           then
           once
           ,
           Take
           away
           Preaching
           ,
           take
           away
           Salvation
           ;
           a
           Sentence
           most
           worthy
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           engraven
           on
           the
           doors
           of
           your
           Palaces
           ,
           and
           Porches
           of
           your
           Churches
           .
        
         
           And
           your
           Lordships
           know
           what
           that
           Jewel
           of
           Bishops
           said
           ,
           
             Oportet
             
             Episcopum
             concionātem
             mori
          
           :
           Oh
           imitate
           the
           zeal
           and
           Forwardness
           of
           your
           Famous
           Predecessors
           ,
           both
           in
           your
           Persons
           and
           Clergical
           Charge
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           by
           a
           Series
           of
           merciful
           Providences
           ,
           we
           are
           brought
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           best
           King
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           whom
           one
           of
           your
           Brethren
           not
           undeservedly
           stileth
           ,
           
           
             A
             Prince
             of
             the
             greatest
             suavity
             :
          
           His
           Majesties
           Gracious
           Declaration
           for
           the
           ease
           of
           tender
           Consciences
           ,
           (
           like
           a
           silken
           Thread
           )
           hath
           tied
           a
           faster
           and
           closer
           knot
           of
           Love
           and
           Loyalty
           upon
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           Cords
           and
           Cables
           of
           your
           severest
           Canons
           ;
           had
           your
           Lordships
           seconded
           his
           Majesties
           Clemeney
           ,
           with
           a
           Profession
           of
           your
           future
           Moderation
           and
           Gentleness
           towards
           Ministers
           and
           People
           ,
           how
           well
           had
           it
           savoured
           ?
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           Barnard
           gives
           you
           
           good
           Counsel
           ,
           in
           
             Serm.
             23.
             super
             Cantica
          
           .
        
         
           Audiant
           hoc
           Prelati
           ,
           qui
           sibi
           commissis
           semper
           volunt
           esse
           formidini
           ,
           utilitati
           raro
           .
           Discite
           subditorum
           vos
           esse
           matres
           debere
           ,
           non
           dominos
           ,
           studete
           magis
           amari
           ,
           quam
           metui
           ;
           &
           si
           severitate
           interdum
           opus
           sit
           ,
           paterna
           sit
           ,
           non
           tyrannica
           ,
           Matres
           fovendo
           ,
           Patres
           vos
           corripiendo
           exhibeatis
           :
           Mansuescite
           ,
           ponite
           feritatem
           ,
           suspendite
           verbera
           ,
           producite
           Ubera
           ,
           pectora
           lacte
           pinguescant
           ,
           non
           Typho
           turgeant
           .
           Quid
           jugum
           vestrum
           super
           eos
           aggravatis
           ,
           quorum
           potius
           onera
           portare
           debeatis
           !
           —
           .
        
         
           You
           live
           ,
           my
           Lords
           ,
           in
           a
           discerning
           and
           jealous
           age
           ;
           
           you
           are
           like
           to
           find
           the
           good
           old
           Asse
           more
           skittish
           now
           ,
           then
           in
           former
           times
           .
           Your
           Fathers
           made
           our
           yoke
           grievous
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           your
           Glory
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           heavy
           
           yoke
           they
           put
           upon
           us
           ,
           lighter
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           serve
           you
           .
        
         
           Let
           not
           all
           the
           trouble
           seem
           little
           before
           your
           eyes
           ,
           that
           hath
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           on
           our
           Kings
           ,
           on
           our
           Princes
           ,
           on
           our
           Parliaments
           ,
           on
           our
           Ministers
           ,
           on
           this
           Famous
           City
           ,
           and
           on
           all
           this
           People
           .
        
         
           We
           cannot
           be
           deaf
           to
           those
           sad
           Complaints
           (
           His
           Late
           Majesty
           ,
           our
           dear
           Sovereign
           hath
           left
           behind
           him
           )
           of
           the
           Vulgars
           violence
           and
           tumults
           in
           the
           dawning
           of
           our
           late
           unhappy
           Differences
           :
           Whence
           blew
           the
           wind
           that
           raised
           the
           noise
           and
           madness
           of
           those
           raging
           waves
           ?
           Came
           it
           not
           out
           of
           your
           Quarter
           ?
        
         
           Remember
           ,
           and
           forget
           not
           your
           &
           caetera
           Oath
           ,
           
           Innovations
           in
           Worship
           ,
           corruption
           of
           your
           Courts
           Discipline
           ,
           the
           decay
           of
           the
           Soul-saving
           Ordinance
           of
           Preaching
           ,
           the
           swarming
           of
           scandalous
           and
           idle
           Clergy
           ,
           the
           steighting
           and
           silencing
           of
           pious
           and
           painful
           Ministers
           .
           These
           (
           my
           
           Lords
           )
           with
           much
           more
           ,
           were
           those
           Vapours
           (
           which
           being
           not
           purged
           out
           ,
           but
           )
           by
           your
           countenance
           pent
           up
           in
           the
           Bowels
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           caused
           that
           hate
           overturning
           Earthquake
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           Earthquake
           (
           through
           the
           working
           of
           our
           good
           God
           )
           
           a
           still
           small
           voice
           is
           heard
           ,
           a
           voice
           of
           peace
           from
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           speaking
           peace
           to
           all
           his
           people
           .
        
         
           A
           Voice
           of
           Praise
           from
           his
           People
           ,
           rejoycing
           and
           blessing
           God
           for
           such
           a
           King.
           
        
         
           Beware
           my
           Lords
           ,
           you
           step
           not
           back
           into
           your
           old
           Circle
           ,
           and
           conjure
           up
           again
           the
           dangerous
           spirit
           of
           this
           
             mobile
             Vulgus
          
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           bin
           twice
           crowned
           since
           his
           Happy
           Arrival
           ,
           once
           ,
           by
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           with
           a
           Crown
           of
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           lately
           ,
           by
           the
           Nobles
           of
           England
           ,
           with
           a
           Crown
           of
           Gold.
           It
           is
           much
           
           in
           your
           hands
           ,
           to
           continue
           and
           encrease
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           first
           and
           best
           Crown
           .
        
         
           The
           Management
           of
           that
           Indulgence
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           in
           His
           pious
           Declaration
           ,
           offers
           to
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           is
           like
           to
           be
           committed
           to
           your
           Care
           :
           Be
           tender
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Honour
           ,
           
           before
           the
           People
           (
           of
           which
           His
           Majesty
           is
           very
           tender
           )
           Clip
           not
           His
           Royal
           Bounty
           .
           Let
           Ministers
           and
           People
           under
           your
           Charge
           ,
           tast
           the
           Fruit
           of
           it
           in
           its
           greatest
           Latitude
           .
           What
           if
           you
           decrease
           in
           some
           irregular
           excesse
           ?
           If
           His
           Majesty
           encrease
           His
           Dominion
           over
           the
           best
           part
           of
           His
           Subjects
           Possessions
           ,
           their
           hearts
           ,
           
           let
           it
           be
           no
           Grief
           of
           heart
           to
           you
           .
        
         
         
           This
           you
           may
           observe
           (
           in
           that
           which
           is
           here
           dedicated
           to
           your
           Honours
           )
           was
           the
           genuine
           Temper
           and
           Bent
           of
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Labours
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Reverend
             Brother
             ,
             Hugh
             Worcester
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Postscript
           .
        
         
           LEst
           this
           Reverend
           Bishop
           should
           lie
           under
           the
           suspition
           of
           singularity
           and
           Phanaticisme
           ,
           your
           Lordships
           may
           observe
           the
           same
           spirit
           breathing
           in
           one
           whom
           you
           will
           judge
           far
           enough
           from
           such
           an
           Imputation
           ;
           it
           is
           
             Cornelius
             a
             Lapide
          
           ;
           whose
           Zeal
           for
           Englands
           return
           to
           Rome
           ,
           stands
           a
           tipto
           :
           Yow
           shall
           find
           him
           upon
           his
           knees
           at
           Prayer
           ,
           in
           his
           Commentary
           on
           Zechar.
           c.
           1.
           v.
           12.
           
        
         
           Moraliter
           id
           ipsum
           dicamus
           ,
           id
           ipsum
           oremus
           &
           obsecremus
           pro
           Anglia
           ,
           Scotia
           ,
           Dania
           ,
           Suetia
           ,
           
           Germania
           ,
           in
           quibus
           stetit
           ,
           statque
           
           Haeresis
           —
           usquequo
           Domine
           non
           misereris
           Angliae
           ?
        
         
           Yet
           this
           devout
           Orator
           speaks
           the
           same
           sense
           ,
           though
           in
           another
           Language
           ,
           in
           his
           Commentary
           on
           Ezekiel
           ,
           c.
           24.
           v.
           4.
           with
           this
           Reverend
           Father
           .
           Take
           his
           own
           words
           ,
           as
           followeth
           ;
        
         
           Audiant
           has
           Prophetae
           minas
           Ecclesiastici
           ,
           Pastores
           &
           Praelati
           illi
           ,
           qui
           ex
           beneficiorum
           proventibus
           lucris
           in
           hiantes
           ,
           ,
           arcarum
           opes
           quaerunt
           ,
           non
           Animarum
           ;
           qui
           Beneficia
           Beneficiis
           ,
           pensiones
           pensionibus
           accumulantes
           ,
           quaestuarii
           potius
           sunt
           quam
           beneficiarii
           .
           Nonne
           hi
           detondent
           oves
           ,
           tonsasq
           ,
           &
           nudas
           aliis
           misellis
           pascendas
           relinquunt
           ,
           qui
           pastoratus
           ,
           Canonicatus
           ,
           Episcopatus
           resignant
           in
           alios
           ,
           ac
           fructus
           pene
           omnes
           sibi
           reservant
           ;
           ut
           si
           aureos
           mille
           annue
           det
           Beneficium
           ,
           ipsi
           ducentos
           
           vel
           trecentos
           cum
           eo
           resignent
           ,
           sed
           oct●ngentos
           caeteros
           sibi
           praetextu
           pensionis
           reservent
           .
           Nonne
           hos
           directe
           jaculo
           suo
           ferit
           &
           configit
           hic
           Deus
           ?
           dicens
           ,
           Vae
           pastoribus
           Israelis
           ,
           qui
           pascebant
           semetipsos
           :
           Lac
           comedebatis
           ,
           &
           Lanis
           operiebamini
           ,
           &
           quod
           crassum
           erat
           occidebatis
           ,
           Gregem
           autem
           meum
           non
           pascebatis
           .
        
         
           Nonne
           in
           hos
           detonat
           Jeremias
           ?
           c.
           6.
           v.
           13.
           
           A
           minore
           usque
           ad
           majorem
           ,
           omnes
           avaritiae
           student
           ,
           &
           a
           Propheta
           usque
           ad
           Sacerdotem
           ,
           cuncti
           faciunt
           dolum
           .
           &
           Isaias
           ,
           c.
           56.
           v.
           11.
           
           Ipri
           pastores
           ignorarunt
           intelligentiam
           ,
           omnes
           in
           viam
           suam
           declinaverunt
           ,
           unusquisque
           ad
           avaritiam
           suam
           .
        
         
           Sanctio
           prisca
           Ecclesiae
           est
           ,
           beneficium
           dari
           propter
           Officium
           .
           Quomodo
           ergo
           hi
           beneficii
           commoda
           &
           lucra
           captant
           ,
           qui
           officium
           
           non
           praestant
           ,
           sed
           illud
           in
           alium
           transferunt
           ?
           Haeccine
           ,
           fuit
           mens
           Fundatorum
           Ecclesiae
           ,
           alere
           homines
           in
           ea
           nihil
           agentes
           &
           otiosos
           ?
        
         
           Nonne
           si
           ad
           nos
           redirent
           ,
           
           protestarentur
           (
           imo
           jam
           in
           Coelo
           aut
           in
           Purgatorio
           degentes
           protestantur
           )
           sua
           Legata
           &
           Testamenta
           everti
           ,
           se
           sua
           bona
           legasse
           Ecclesiae
           ad
           alendos
           Pastores
           &
           Ministros
           ,
           qui
           reipsa
           per
           se
           fideles
           Christi
           docerent
           ,
           pascerent
           ,
           regerent
           ,
           non
           ut
           iis
           alii
           ,
           
           qui
           nihil
           Ecclesiae
           suae
           conferunt
           ,
           fruerentur
           &
           ditescerent
           ?
           ●onne
           Dei
           Hominumque
           fidem
           implorarent
           ,
           ut
           haec
           iis
           quibus
           ipsi
           ea
           legarunt
           restituerentur
           ?
        
         
           Ingens
           sane
           est
           haec
           Iniquitas
           ?
           Primo
           ,
           In
           Deum
           &
           Christum
           .
           Christi
           enim
           patrimonium
           Christi
           Ecclesiae
           ministrantibus
           deputatum
           ,
           ab
           iis
           evertitur
           ,
           &
           in
           extraneos
           
           non
           ministrantes
           transfertur
           .
        
         
           Secundo
           ,
           In
           Ecclesiam
           quamque
           particularem
           ,
           quae
           hisce
           suis
           proventibus
           spoliatur
           ;
           ac
           proinde
           doctos
           &
           insignes
           pastores
           &
           Ministros
           nancisci
           nequit
           ,
           sed
           pauperes
           ,
           misellos
           ,
           quin
           &
           ignorantes
           &
           inidoneos
           qui
           quodvis
           stipendium
           acceptant
           ,
           ut
           vivant
           .
           Quod
           si
           quando
           dignos
           nanciscatur
           illi
           pro
           dignitate
           officium
           administrare
           ,
           imo
           vivere
           nequeunt
           .
        
         
           Tertio
           ,
           In
           populum
           &
           fideles
           ,
           qui
           ab
           hisce
           Misellis
           ita
           erudiri
           ,
           corrigi
           ,
           formari
           ,
           &
           dirigi
           in
           vita
           Christiana
           nequeunt
           ,
           
           uti
           a
           doctis
           &
           cordatis
           erudirentur
           &
           dirigirentur
           ;
           quare
           multorum
           salus
           periclitatur
           ,
           imo
           de
           facto
           multi
           pereunt
           ,
           &
           damnantur
           Ministrorum
           Ecclesiae
           ignorantia
           ,
           inexperientia
           ,
           incuria
           ,
           qui
           salvati
           fuissent
           ,
           si
           Ministros
           dignos
           ,
           quales
           poscebant
           
           opes
           Ecclesiae
           ,
           nacti
           fuissent
           .
           Annon
           hasce
           animas
           ,
           Christus
           in
           die
           judicii
           requiret
           ab
           hisce
           lucrionibus
           ?
        
         
           Quarto
           ,
           In
           ipsos
           Fundatores
           ,
           quorum
           ultima
           voluntas
           ,
           ipsaque
           Legata
           &
           donationes
           evertuntur
           ,
           ut
           dixi
           ;
           ipsi
           enim
           rogati
           dicerent
           ,
           aliam
           prorsus
           fuisse
           suam
           mentem
           ,
           
           nunquam
           se
           in
           hasce
           pensiones
           ,
           imo
           ,
           lacerationes
           &
           distractiones
           suarum
           oblationum
           consensisse
           ,
           nunquam
           consensuros
           .
        
         
           Quinto
           ,
           In
           Canones
           omnes
           antiquos
           ,
           qui
           hasce
           pensiones
           vetant
           ,
           statuuntque
           ut
           non
           nisi
           justa
           &
           gravi
           de
           causa
           ,
           praesertim
           bene
           de
           Ecclesia
           meritis
           ,
           &
           emeritis
           assignentur
           ,
           idque
           ut
           habet
           communis
           mos
           ,
           ea
           proportione
           ,
           ut
           tertiam
           fructuum
           beneficii
           partem
           non
           superent
           .
        
         
           Sexto
           ,
           In
           Ecclesiam
           Universalem
           ,
           cui
           ingens
           datur
           Scandalum
           .
           
           Rident
           &
           subsannant
           Haeretici
           ,
           sicubi
           vident
           hasce
           avaritiae
           in
           Praelatis
           Ecclesiae
           nundinationes
           .
           Gemunt
           fideles
           .
           Clerici
           imitantur
           ,
           ut
           Pastorum
           &
           Praelatorum
           exempla
           sectentur
           ,
           ac
           pensionibus
           similibus
           inhient
           .
        
         
           Septimo
           ,
           In
           Episcopos
           &
           Patres
           omnes
           priscos
           &
           sanctos
           ,
           quorum
           Sanctiones
           ,
           vita
           &
           exempla
           violantur
           .
           Haec
           lucra
           ,
           has
           pensiones
           ,
           non
           sectatus
           est
           ,
           imo
           in
           nullo
           suorum
           admisit
           S.
           August
           .
           qui
           teste
           Possid
           .
           in
           Episcopatu
           non
           opes
           ,
           sed
           animas
           quaesivit
           ;
           ideoque
           opes
           suas
           in
           pauperes
           erogavit
           :
           non
           S.
           Gregor
           .
           cujus
           liberalitatem
           &
           Eleemosinas
           depraedicat
           Ecclesia
           Romana
           :
           non
           S.
           Ambrosius
           ,
           non
           Chrysostomus
           ,
           non
           Basilius
           ,
           non
           Nazianzenus
           ,
           non
           Athanasius
           .
           Patres
           in
           ea
           invehuntur
           ,
           
           quasi
           in
           Crimina
           ,
           imo
           ,
           Sacrilegia
           ,
           eisque
           inhiantes
           ,
           Sacrilegii
           accusant
           :
           
           Tum
           quia
           patrimonium
           Christi
           diripiunt
           ;
           tum
           quia
           indignos
           &
           inidoneos
           se
           faciunt
           suo
           gradu
           ,
           dignitate
           &
           officio
           :
           Officium
           enim
           eorum
           est
           verbo
           ,
           &
           magis
           vita
           docere
           .
        
         
           Dominus
           pars
           haereditatis
           meae
           &
           calicis
           mei
           ,
           ille
           est
           ,
           qui
           restituet
           haereditatem
           meam
           .
        
         
           Clericus
           enim
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           id
           est
           ,
           sors
           ,
           dicitur
           ,
           quod
           scilicet
           sortem
           non
           ambiat
           in
           terra
           ,
           sed
           quod
           instar
           Levitarum
           &
           Sacerdotum
           veteris
           Testamenti
           ;
           sors
           ejus
           sit
           dominus
           ,
           a
           quo
           haereditatem
           expectat
           in
           coelo
           .
        
         
           Clericus
           ergo
           profitetur
           se
           non
           quaerere
           opes
           in
           terra
           ,
           sed
           in
           caelo
           se
           cor
           habere
           fixum
           in
           Deo.
           Jam
           si
           quis
           lucris
           terrenis
           studeat
           ,
           contrarium
           profitetur
           ,
           clamat
           enim
           re
           ipsa
           cor
           suum
           non
           esse
           in
           aethere
           ,
           sed
           in
           aere
           ,
           sortem
           suam
           non
           esse
           Deum
           ,
           sed
           Mammonam
           .
        
         
         
           Rursum
           ,
           officium
           eorum
           est
           ,
           praedicare
           Regnum
           Coelorum
           ,
           
           quod
           Christus
           &
           Apostoli
           praedicarunt
           ,
           ut
           scilicet
           homines
           a
           carne
           &
           terra
           ad
           spiritum
           &
           coelum
           avocent
           ;
           ut
           a
           superbia
           ,
           gula
           ,
           avaritia
           ,
           homines
           ad
           humilitatem
           ,
           temperantiam
           ,
           opum
           contemptum
           traducant
           .
           Jam
           quomodo
           praedicabunt
           opes
           coelestes
           ,
           qui
           toti
           terrestribus
           inhiant
           ?
           Quomodo
           oppugnabunt
           avaritiam
           ,
           qui
           non
           nisi
           pensionibus
           accumulandis
           student
           ?
           Quomodo
           aeternitatem
           &
           bona
           aeterna
           inculcabunt
           ,
           qui
           non
           nisi
           temporalia
           &
           caduca
           sectantur
           ?
        
         
           S.
           Hilarius
           Can.
           4.
           in
           Matth.
           explicans
           illud
           Christi
           ,
           Vos
           estis
           Sal
           terrae
           ,
           ait
           ,
           quod
           Apostoli
           &
           eorum
           Successores
           sint
           rerum
           coelestium
           praedicatores
           ,
           &
           aeternitatis
           velut
           Satores
           ,
           immortalitatem
           omnibus
           corporibus
           ,
           quibus
           
           eorum
           sermo
           aspersus
           fuerit
           ,
           conferentes
           .
           Merito
           igitur
           Sal
           terrae
           sunt
           nuncupati
           ,
           per
           doctrinae
           virtutem
           salientes
           ,
           aeternitati
           corpora
           reservantes
           .
           At
           quomodo
           aeternitatis
           erunt
           Satores
           ,
           qui
           toti
           temporalium
           sunt
           Messores
           ?
           Quomodo
           erunt
           Sal
           terrae
           ,
           qui
           quasi
           sal
           infatuatum
           in
           terram
           &
           terrena
           conversi
           sunt
           ?
           qui
           ut
           subdit
           S.
           Hilarius
           ,
           sensu
           accepti
           saporis
           amisso
           ,
           vivificare
           corrupta
           non
           possunt
           ,
           &
           projecti
           de
           Ecclesiae
           promptuariis
           ,
           cum
           iis
           quos
           salierint
           ,
           pedibus
           incedentium
           proteruntur
           .
        
         
           Denique
           in
           hos
           graviter
           invehitur
           S.
           Scriptura
           &
           Patres
           .
           Clamat
           Zachar.
           c.
           11.
           v.
           17.
           
           O
           Pastor
           &
           Idolum
           ,
           derelinquens
           Gregem
           ,
           q.
           d.
           Videris
           esse
           populi
           Pastor
           ,
           sed
           revera
           es
           Idolum
           &
           Larya
           pastoris
           ,
           es
           fictus
           &
           pictus
           ,
           non
           vivus
           &
           verus
           pastor
           ,
           qui
           gregem
           
           deseris
           ,
           &
           te
           pascis
           .
           Pascentes
           semetipsos
           culpat
           S.
           Judas
           .
           Lex
           Apostoli
           est
           ,
           qui
           in
           Sacrario
           operantur
           quae
           de
           Sacrario
           sunt
           ,
           edunt
           ;
           &
           qui
           Altari
           deserviunt
           ,
           cum
           Altari
           participant
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           9.
           13.
           
           Qui
           ergo
           Sacrario
           &
           Altari
           non
           deserviunt
           ,
           ex
           eo
           non
           edant
           ,
           ex
           eo
           non
           vivant
           ,
           nec
           deservientes
           stipendiis
           sibi
           constitutis
           defraudent
           ,
           eaque
           ad
           se
           transferant
           .
        
         
           Apostoli
           (
           quorum
           hi
           sunt
           posteri
           )
           fidenter
           dicunt
           Christo
           ,
           Matth.
           19.
           
           Ecce
           nos
           reliquimus
           omnia
           ,
           &
           secuti
           sumus
           te
           .
        
         
           Quomodo
           hi
           relinquunt
           non
           omnia
           ,
           sed
           sua
           ,
           qui
           inhiant
           alienis
           ?
           Act.
           3.
           6.
           
           S.
           Petrus
           ait
           claudo
           ,
           petenti
           Eleemosynam
           ;
           Argentum
           &
           Aurum
           non
           est
           mihi
           ,
           quod
           autem
           habeo
           ,
           hoc
           tibi
           do
           .
           Ac
           per
           hoc
           meritus
           est
           id
           ,
           quod
           ait
           S.
           Aug.
           in
           Psal.
           103.
           
           Dicens
           ,
           prorsus
           totum
           mundum
           dimisit
           Petrus
           ,
           &
           totum
           
           mundum
           Petrus
           accepit
           :
           quasi
           nihil
           habentes
           ,
           &
           omnia
           possidentes
           .
           Quomodo
           haec
           dicent
           S.
           Petri
           asseclae
           &
           Discipuli
           ,
           qui
           immodice
           aurum
           auro
           ,
           pensionem
           pensioni
           ,
           beneficium
           beneficio
           ,
           &
           quasi
           talpae
           terram
           terrae
           accumulant
           ?
        
         
           Merito
           de
           his
           quaestus
           est
           S.
           Bonifacius
           ,
           Germaniae
           apostolus
           ,
           &
           in
           Frisia
           Martyr
           ,
           Anno
           Christi
           ,
           755.
           atque
           ex
           eo
           Conc.
           Triburiense
           ,
           C.
           18.
           &
           habetur
           de
           Consecr
           .
           dist
           .
           1.
           c.
           Vasa
           quibus
           ,
           olim
           ,
           inquit
           ,
           sacerdotes
           aurei
           celebrabant
           in
           vasis
           ligneis
           ,
           nunc
           sacerdotes
           lignei
           celebrant
           in
           vasis
           aureis
           .
           Et
           S.
           Gregor
           ,
           Hom
           17.
           in
           Evangel
           .
           Pensate
           ,
           ait
           ,
           Fratres
           ,
           quantae
           damnationis
           est
           ,
           sine
           labore
           percipere
           mercedem
           laboris
           ;
           quanti
           criminis
           ,
           peccatorum
           pretia
           accipere
           ,
           &
           nihil
           contra
           peccatum
           praedicando
           dicere
           .
           —
        
         
           S.
           Bernard
           .
           Epist.
           2.
           
           Ubi
           de
           his
           
           inter
           alia
           dicit
           ,
           quicquid
           praeter
           necessarium
           victum
           ,
           
           ac
           simplicem
           vestitum
           de
           Altari
           retines
           ,
           tuum
           non
           est
           ,
           Rap
           ina
           est
           ,
           sacrilegium
           est
           .
        
         
           S.
           Nazianz.
           Apolog.
           1.
           
           Spiritualis
           omnis
           prefecturae
           ,
           ait
           ,
           finis
           est
           ,
           privata
           utilitate
           neglecta
           ,
           commodis
           aliorum
           inservire
           .
        
         
           Denique
           inter
           alia
           ,
           
           de
           pensionibus
           ita
           sancit
           Concil
           .
           Tridentinum
           ,
           Sess.
           24.
           c.
           13.
           
           Omnes
           Cathedrales
           Ecclesiae
           ,
           quarum
           redditus
           summā
           Ducatorum
           mille
           ;
           &
           Parochiales
           quae
           summam
           Ducatorum
           centum
           non
           excedunt
           nullis
           pensionibus
           aut
           reservationibus
           fructuum
           graventur
           .
           —
        
         
           O
           aeterna
           veritas
           ,
           vera
           sanctitas
           ,
           sancta
           foelicitas
           ,
           illumina
           tenebras
           nostras
           ,
           aperi
           oculos
           mentis
           nostrae
           ,
           ut
           nulla
           nos
           seducat
           ,
           nulla
           inquinet
           ,
           nulla
           condemnet
           phylargyriae
           vanitas
           .
           Eja
           ,
           aspiret
           
           dies
           ,
           &
           lux
           tua
           ,
           &
           inclinentur
           umbrae
           .
           Infunde
           cordi
           nostro
           Justitiam
           ,
           ut
           quae
           Ecclesiae
           sunt
           Ecclesiae
           ,
           quae
           Dei
           sunt
           ,
           Deo
           reddamus
           .
           Infunde
           continentiam
           ,
           ut
           modico
           (
           pro
           modicâ
           enim
           viâ
           hujus
           vitae
           modico
           opus
           est
           viatico
           )
           victu
           &
           amictu
           contenti
           ,
           sobrie
           ,
           juste
           ,
           &
           pie
           vivamus
           in
           hoc
           seculo
           ,
           beatam
           spem
           expectantes
           ,
           &
           adventum
           Gloriae
           magni
           Dei.
           Infunde
           Religionem
           &
           pietatem
           ,
           ut
           non
           Mammonae
           iniquo
           sed
           tibi
           domino
           nostro
           serviamus
           in
           sanctitate
           &
           justitiâ
           ,
           omnibus
           diebus
           nostris
           .
        
         
           Infunde
           Charitatem
           ,
           ut
           animam
           magis
           diligamus
           quam
           arcam
           ut
           pauperes
           &
           inopes
           magis
           amemus
           ,
           quam
           Aurum
           &
           Opes
           .
        
         
           Infunde
           sapientiam
           ,
           ut
           veras
           divitias
           ambiamus
           &
           coacervemus
           ,
           quae
           nobiscum
           perennent
           in
           coelis
           ,
           non
           vanas
           &
           mox
           perituras
           in
           terris
           .
        
         
         
           Da
           nobis
           sic
           transire
           per
           bona
           temporalia
           ,
           ut
           non
           amittamus
           aeterna
           .
           Da
           ,
           ut
           domos
           ,
           nomen
           &
           familiam
           construamus
           non
           apud
           homines
           brevi
           morituros
           ,
           sed
           apud
           te
           &
           S.
           Angelos
           ,
           beatos
           &
           gloriosos
           ,
           quae
           in
           omnia
           secula
           durent
           &
           aeternent
           .
           Da
           ut
           simus
           sal
           terrae
           ,
           &
           lux
           mundi
           ,
           ut
           tam
           exemplo
           ,
           quam
           verbo
           omnes
           trahamus
           ad
           te
           ,
           eosque
           doceamus
           reipsa
           contemnere
           terrena
           ,
           &
           amare
           coelestia
           ,
           ut
           in
           magno
           illo
           decretorio
           mundi
           die
           ,
           a
           te
           Judice
           audire
           mereamur
           ,
           Euge
           Serve
           bone
           ,
           quia
           in
           pauca
           fuisti
           fidelis
           ,
           super
           multa
           te
           constituam
           ,
           intra
           in
           gaudium
           Domini
           tui
           ,
           AMEN
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             Christian
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           HEre
           is
           presented
           to
           thee
           some
           Gleanings
           out
           of
           the
           Labours
           of
           that
           eminent
           Instrument
           of
           Gods
           Glory
           ,
           Bishop
           Latimer
           (
           who
           may
           worthily
           be
           stiled
           our
           
             English
             Luther
          
           .
           )
           The
           times
           wherein
           he
           liv'd
           and
           preach't
           ,
           and
           the
           enormities
           against
           which
           he
           strugled
           ,
           bear
           so
           great
           a
           conformity
           with
           ours
           ,
           that
           with
           a
           little
           variation
           ,
           he
           seems
           to
           speak
           to
           us
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           our
           Maladies
           and
           Remedy
           :
           Which
           as
           it
           was
           an
           Invitation
           to
           the
           transcribing
           of
           
           these
           Passages
           ;
           so
           if
           thou
           be
           one
           that
           longest
           after
           the
           Peace
           and
           Purity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           found
           worthy
           of
           all
           acceptation
           ;
           thou
           wilt
           here
           see
           a
           most
           Glorious
           Pattern
           of
           Zeal
           ,
           Piety
           and
           Godly
           Simplicity
           ,
           fit
           for
           the
           imitation
           of
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Ministers
           of
           this
           age
           .
        
         
           Thou
           wilt
           find
           also
           our
           first
           Reformation
           (
           how
           much
           soever
           gloried
           in
           )
           not
           brought
           to
           its
           desired
           perfection
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           Confession
           of
           one
           of
           the
           prime
           Reformers
           .
           That
           there
           are
           so
           many
           stops
           and
           pauses
           in
           the
           several
           pages
           ,
           is
           not
           ,
           because
           the
           rest
           that
           is
           omitted
           ,
           is
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           known
           ,
           but
           meerly
           to
           avoid
           the
           trouble
           of
           transcribing
           ,
           and
           prevent
           thy
           Charge
           ,
           It
           is
           desired
           that
           these
           few
           Rivulets
           may
           entice
           thee
           to
           visit
           the
           Fountain
           ,
           the
           Book
           it self
           ;
           wherein
           as
           thou
           wilt
           prove
           the
           sincerity
           of
           these
           Collections
           ,
           so
           thou
           wilt
           receive
           fuller
           satisfaction
           in
           any
           Obscurities
           ,
           
           occasioned
           by
           this
           Brevity
           .
           
           The
           Reformation
           and
           Edification
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           the
           only
           Project
           of
        
         
           
             Bishop
             Latimer
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Preaching
           Bishop
           Reproving
           Unpreaching
           Prelates
           .
        
         
           
             Part
             of
             a
             Sermon
             that
             the
             Reverend
             Father
             in
             Christ
             Mr
             Hugh
             Latimer
             Bishop
             of
             Worcester
             ,
             made
             to
             the
             Convocation
             of
             the
             CLERGY
             .
          
           
             
               Luk.
               16.
               8.
               
            
             
               Filii
               hujus
               seculi
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             CHrist
             in
             this
             saying
             ,
             touched
             the
             sloath
             and
             sluggishness
             of
             his
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             allow
             the
             fraud
             and
             subtilty
             of
             other
             :
             neither
             was
             glad
             that
             it
             was
             indeed
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             
             but
             complained
             rather
             that
             it
             should
             be
             so
             ;
             as
             many
             men
             speak
             many
             things
             ,
             not
             that
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             wont
             to
             be
             so
             .
             Nay
             this
             grieved
             Christ
             ,
             that
             the
             children
             of
             this
             world
             should
             be
             of
             more
             policy
             then
             the
             children
             of
             light
             ;
             which
             thing
             was
             true
             in
             Christs
             time
             ,
             and
             now
             in
             our
             time
             it
             is
             most
             true
             .
             Who
             is
             so
             blind
             but
             he
             seeth
             this
             cleerly
             ,
             except
             perchance
             there
             be
             any
             that
             cannot
             discern
             the
             children
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             from
             the
             children
             of
             light
             ?
             The
             children
             of
             the
             world
             conceive
             and
             bring
             forth
             more
             prudently
             ,
             and
             things
             conceived
             and
             brought
             forth
             ,
             they
             nourish
             and
             conserve
             with
             much
             more
             policy
             ,
             then
             do
             the
             children
             of
             light
             :
             Which
             thing
             is
             as
             sorrowfull
             to
             be
             said
             ,
             as
             it
             seems
             absurd
             to
             be
             heard
             .
             When
             ye
             hear
             the
             children
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             you
             understand
             the
             world
             as
             a
             father
             ;
             for
             the
             world
             is
             father
             to
             many
             children
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             first
             creation
             ,
             but
             by
             imitation
             and
             love
             .
             He
             is
             not
             only
             a
             father
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             son
             of
             another
             father
             .
             If
             you
             knew
             once
             his
             father
             ,
             by
             and
             by
             ye
             shall
             know
             his
             children
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             hath
             the
             devil
             
             to
             his
             father
             ,
             must
             needs
             have
             devillish
             children
             .
             The
             devil
             is
             not
             only
             taken
             for
             father
             ,
             but
             also
             for
             Prince
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             worldly
             folk
             .
             It
             is
             either
             all
             one
             thing
             ,
             or
             else
             not
             much
             different
             ,
             to
             say
             ,
             children
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             children
             of
             the
             devil
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             that
             Christ
             said
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             
               Ye
               are
               of
               your
               father
               the
               devil
            
             ;
             whereas
             undoubtedly
             he
             spake
             to
             the
             children
             of
             this
             world
             .
             —
          
           
             Then
             this
             devil
             being
             such
             a
             one
             as
             can
             never
             be
             unlike
             himself
             ;
             Loe
             ,
             of
             Envy
             ,
             his
             welbeloved
             Lemmon
             he
             begat
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             after
             left
             it
             with
             Discord
             at
             Nurse
             :
             Which
             world
             after
             it
             came
             to
             mans
             state
             ,
             had
             of
             many
             Concubines
             ,
             many
             sons
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             secund
             a
             father
             ,
             and
             had
             gotten
             so
             many
             children
             of
             Lady
             Pride
             ,
             Dame
             Gluttony
             ,
             Mistress
             Avarice
             ,
             Lady
             Lechery
             ,
             and
             of
             Dame
             Subtilty
             ,
             that
             now
             hard
             and
             scant
             ye
             may
             find
             any
             corner
             ,
             any
             kind
             of
             life
             ,
             where
             many
             of
             his
             children
             be
             not
             :
             In
             Court
             ,
             in
             Cowl's
             ,
             in
             Cloisters
             ,
             in
             Rochets
             ,
             be
             they
             never
             so
             white
             ,
             yea
             where
             shall
             ye
             not
             find
             them
             ?
             Howbeit
             ,
             they
             that
             be
             secular
             
             and
             lay
             men
             ,
             are
             not
             by
             and
             by
             children
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             not
             the
             children
             of
             light
             ,
             that
             are
             called
             spiritual
             ,
             are
             of
             the
             Clergy
             .
             No
             ,
             no
             ,
             as
             ye
             may
             find
             among
             the
             Laity
             many
             children
             of
             light
             ,
             so
             among
             the
             Clergy
             (
             how
             much
             soever
             we
             arrogate
             these
             holy
             titles
             unto
             us
             ,
             and
             think
             them
             only
             attributed
             to
             us
             ;
             
             
               Vos
               estis
               lux
               mundi
               ,
               peculium
               Christi
               ,
            
             &c.
             ye
             are
             the
             light
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             chosen
             people
             of
             Christ
             ,
             a
             Kingly
             Priesthood
             ;
             an
             holy
             Nation
             ,
             and
             such
             other
             )
             ye
             shall
             find
             many
             children
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             because
             in
             all
             places
             the
             world
             getteth
             many
             children
             .
             —
          
           
             These
             be
             our
             holy
             ,
             holy
             men
             ,
             that
             say
             they
             are
             dead
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             when
             no
             men
             be
             more
             lively
             in
             worldly
             things
             ,
             then
             some
             of
             them
             be
             .
             But
             let
             them
             be
             in
             profession
             and
             name
             farthest
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             most
             alienate
             from
             it
             ,
             yea
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             seem
             to
             have
             no
             occupying
             ,
             no
             kindred
             ,
             no
             affinity
             ,
             nothing
             to
             do
             with
             it
             ;
             yet
             in
             their
             life
             and
             deeds
             they
             shew
             themselves
             no
             bastards
             ,
             but
             right
             begotten
             children
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             those
             which
             the
             world
             long
             since
             had
             by
             his
             dear
             wife
             Dame
             
             Hypocrisie
             ;
             and
             since
             hath
             brought
             them
             up
             ,
             and
             multiplied
             to
             more
             than
             a
             good
             many
             ,
             encreasing
             them
             too
             much
             ,
             albeit
             they
             swear
             by
             all
             He-Saints
             and
             She-Saints
             too
             ,
             that
             they
             know
             not
             their
             Father
             nor
             Mother
             ,
             neither
             the
             world
             ,
             nor
             hypocrisie
             ;
             as
             indeed
             they
             can
             semble
             and
             dissemble
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             thing
             they
             might
             learn
             wonderful
             well
             of
             their
             Parents
             .
             I
             speak
             not
             of
             all
             religious
             men
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             the
             world
             hath
             fast
             knit
             at
             his
             Girdle
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
             —
          
           
             And
             I
             marvel
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             not
             a
             great
             sort
             of
             Bishops
             and
             Prelates
             ,
             that
             are
             Brethren
             German
             unto
             these
             ;
             and
             as
             a
             great
             sort
             ,
             so
             even
             as
             right-born
             ,
             and
             worlds
             Children
             ,
             by
             as
             good
             Title
             as
             they
             ?
             But
             because
             I
             cannot
             speak
             of
             all
             ,
             when
             I
             say
             Prelates
             ;
             I
             understand
             Bishops
             ,
             Abbots
             ,
             Priors
             ,
             Archdeacons
             ,
             Deans
             and
             other
             of
             such
             sort
             ,
             that
             are
             now
             called
             to
             this
             Convocation
             ,
             as
             I
             see
             to
             intreat
             here
             of
             nothing
             ,
             but
             of
             such
             matters
             as
             both
             appertain
             to
             the
             Glory
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             wealth
             of
             the
             people
             of
             England
             ;
             which
             thing
             I
             pray
             God
             they
             do
             as
             earnestly
             as
             they
             
             ought
             .
             But
             it
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             lest
             as
             Light
             hath
             many
             of
             her
             Children
             here
             ,
             so
             the
             world
             hath
             sent
             some
             of
             his
             whelps
             hither
             .
             I
             know
             there
             can
             be
             no
             agreement
             betwixt
             these
             too
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             they
             have
             minds
             so
             unlike
             ,
             and
             so
             contrary
             Affections
             ,
             and
             Judgments
             so
             utterly
             divers
             in
             all
             points
             :
             But
             if
             the
             children
             of
             this
             world
             be
             either
             moe
             in
             number
             ,
             or
             more
             prudent
             than
             the
             children
             of
             Light
             ,
             what
             then
             availeth
             us
             to
             have
             this
             Convocation
             ?
             Had
             it
             not
             been
             better
             ,
             we
             had
             not
             been
             called
             together
             at
             all
             ?
             For
             as
             the
             children
             of
             the
             world
             be
             evil
             ,
             so
             they
             breed
             and
             bring
             forth
             things
             evil
             ,
             and
             yet
             there
             be
             moe
             of
             them
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             .
             —
          
           
             And
             as
             now
             I
             much
             pass
             not
             how
             you
             were
             ingendred
             ,
             or
             by
             what
             means
             ye
             were
             promoted
             to
             those
             dignities
             that
             ye
             now
             occupy
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             honest
             ,
             good
             and
             profitable
             ,
             that
             ye
             in
             this
             your
             consultation
             shall
             do
             &
             ingender
             .
             The
             end
             of
             your
             Convocation
             shall
             shew
             what
             ye
             have
             done
             ;
             the
             fruit
             that
             shall
             come
             of
             your
             Consultation
             ,
             shall
             shew
             what
             generation
             ye
             be
             of
             .
             For
             what
             have
             ye
             
             done
             hitherto
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             ,
             these
             seven
             years
             and
             moe
             ?
             What
             have
             ye
             ingendred
             ?
             What
             have
             ye
             brought
             forth
             ?
             What
             fruit
             is
             come
             of
             your
             long
             and
             great
             Assembly
             ?
             What
             one
             thing
             that
             the
             people
             of
             England
             hath
             been
             the
             better
             of
             an
             hair
             ?
             or
             your selves
             either
             accepted
             before
             God
             ,
             or
             better
             discharged
             toward
             the
             people
             committed
             unto
             your
             cure
             ?
             For
             that
             the
             people
             is
             better
             learned
             and
             taught
             now
             ,
             than
             they
             were
             in
             time
             past
             ,
             to
             whether
             of
             these
             ,
             ought
             we
             to
             attribute
             it
             ,
             to
             your
             Industry
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Providence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             foreseeing
             of
             the
             Kings
             Grace
             ?
             Ought
             we
             to
             thank
             you
             ,
             or
             the
             Kings
             Highness
             ?
             Whether
             stirred
             other
             first
             ,
             
             you
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             ye
             might
             preach
             ,
             or
             He
             you
             by
             his
             Letters
             ,
             that
             ye
             should
             preach
             ofter
             ?
             Is
             it
             unknown
             ,
             think
             you
             ,
             how
             both
             ye
             and
             your
             Curates
             were
             in
             a
             manner
             by
             violence
             enforced
             to
             let
             Books
             be
             made
             by
             prophane
             and
             Lay
             Persons
             ,
             and
             sold
             abroad
             ,
             and
             read
             for
             the
             Instruction
             of
             the
             People
             ?
             I
             am
             bold
             with
             you
             ,
             but
             I
             speak
             Latine
             ,
             and
             not
             English
             ;
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             not
             to
             the
             Laity
             .
             I
             speak
             to
             you
             being
             present
             ,
             
             and
             not
             behind
             you
             backs
             .
             God
             is
             my
             witness
             ,
             I
             speak
             whatsoever
             is
             spoken
             ,
             of
             the
             good
             will
             that
             I
             bear
             you
             :
             God
             is
             my
             witness
             ,
             which
             knoweth
             my
             heart
             ,
             and
             compelleth
             me
             to
             say
             that
             I
             say
             .
          
           
             Now
             I
             pray
             you
             ,
             in
             Gods
             name
             ,
             what
             did
             you
             ,
             so
             great
             Fathers
             ,
             so
             many
             ,
             so
             long
             a
             season
             ,
             so
             oft
             assembled
             together
             ?
             What
             went
             you
             about
             ?
             What
             would
             you
             have
             brought
             to
             pass
             ;
             two
             things
             taken
             away
             ?
             The
             one
             ,
             That
             ye
             (
             which
             I
             heard
             )
             burned
             a
             dead
             man
             :
             The
             other
             ,
             that
             ye
             (
             which
             I
             felt
             )
             went
             about
             to
             burn
             one
             being
             alive
             :
             Him
             ,
             because
             he
             did
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             how
             ,
             in
             his
             Testament
             withstand
             your
             profit
             ;
             in
             other
             Points
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             heard
             ,
             a
             very
             good
             man
             ,
             reported
             to
             be
             of
             honest
             life
             ,
             while
             he
             lived
             ,
             full
             of
             good
             works
             ,
             good
             both
             to
             the
             Clergy
             &
             also
             to
             the
             Laity
             .
             This
             other
             ,
             which
             truly
             never
             hurt
             any
             of
             you
             ,
             ye
             would
             have
             raked
             in
             the
             coals
             ,
             because
             he
             would
             not
             subscribe
             to
             certain
             Articles
             ,
             that
             took
             away
             the
             Supremacy
             of
             the
             King
             :
             Take
             away
             these
             two
             noble
             Acts
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             nothing
             else
             left
             ,
             that
             ye
             went
             about
             ,
             that
             I
             know
             ,
             saving
             that
             I
             now
             remember
             ,
             
             that
             somwhat
             ye
             attempted
             against
             Erasmus
             ,
             albeit
             nothing
             as
             yet
             is
             come
             to
             light
             .
             Ye
             have
             oft
             sit
             in
             Consultation
             ,
             but
             what
             have
             ye
             done
             ?
             Ye
             have
             had
             many
             things
             in
             deliberation
             ,
             but
             what
             one
             is
             put
             forth
             ,
             whereby
             either
             Christ
             is
             more
             glorified
             ,
             or
             else
             Christs
             people
             made
             more
             holy
             ?
             I
             appeal
             to
             your
             own
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             How
             chanced
             this
             ?
             How
             came
             this
             thus
             ?
             Because
             there
             were
             no
             children
             of
             Light
             ,
             no
             children
             of
             God
             among
             you
             ,
             which
             setting
             the
             world
             at
             naught
             ,
             would
             study
             to
             illustrate
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             thereby
             shew
             themselves
             Children
             of
             Light
             ?
             I
             think
             not
             so
             :
             certainly
             ,
             I
             think
             not
             so
             .
             God
             forbid
             ,
             that
             all
             you
             which
             were
             gathered
             together
             under
             the
             pretence
             of
             Light
             ,
             should
             be
             children
             of
             the
             world
             .
             Then
             why
             hapned
             this
             ?
             why
             I
             pray
             you
             ?
             Perchance
             either
             because
             the
             children
             of
             the
             world
             were
             more
             in
             number
             ,
             in
             this
             your
             Congregation
             ,
             as
             it
             oft
             hapneth
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             least
             of
             more
             policy
             than
             the
             Children
             of
             Light
             in
             their
             Generation
             .
             VVhereby
             it
             might
             very
             soon
             be
             brought
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             those
             were
             much
             
             more
             stronger
             ,
             in
             gendring
             the
             evil
             ,
             than
             these
             ,
             in
             producing
             the
             good
             :
             The
             children
             of
             light
             have
             Policy
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             like
             the
             policy
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             is
             joyned
             with
             dovish
             simplicity
             ;
             they
             ingender
             nothing
             but
             simply
             ,
             faithfully
             ,
             and
             plainly
             ,
             even
             so
             doing
             all
             that
             they
             do
             .
             But
             the
             children
             of
             this
             world
             have
             worldly
             policy
             ,
             foxly
             craft
             ,
             lion-like
             cruelty
             ,
             power
             to
             do
             hurt
             ,
             more
             than
             either
             Aspis
             or
             Basiliscus
             ,
             ingendring
             and
             doing
             all
             things
             fraudulently
             ,
             deceitfully
             ,
             guilfully
             .
             —
             The
             children
             of
             this
             world
             be
             like
             crafty
             Hunters
             ,
             they
             be
             mis-named
             children
             of
             light
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             they
             so
             hate
             light
             ,
             and
             so
             study
             to
             do
             the
             works
             of
             darkness
             .
             If
             they
             were
             the
             children
             of
             light
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             love
             darkness
             .
             It
             is
             no
             marvel
             ,
             that
             they
             go
             about
             to
             keep
             others
             in
             darkness
             ,
             seeing
             they
             be
             in
             darkness
             ,
             from
             top
             to
             toe
             overwhelmed
             with
             darkness
             ,
             darker
             than
             the
             darkness
             of
             Hell.
             VVherefore
             it
             is
             well
             done
             ,
             in
             all
             Orders
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             especially
             in
             the
             Order
             of
             Prelares
             ,
             to
             put
             a
             difference
             between
             the
             children
             of
             Light
             ,
             and
             children
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             because
             
             great
             deceit
             ariseth
             in
             taking
             the
             one
             for
             the
             other
             .
             Great
             Imposture
             cometh
             ,
             when
             they
             ,
             that
             the
             common
             people
             take
             for
             the
             Light
             ,
             go
             about
             to
             take
             the
             Sun
             and
             Light
             out
             of
             the
             world
             .
             But
             these
             be
             easily
             known
             ,
             both
             by
             the
             diversity
             of
             minds
             ,
             and
             also
             their
             Armors
             ;
             for
             whereas
             the
             children
             of
             light
             are
             thus
             minded
             ,
             that
             they
             seek
             —
          
           
             These
             worldlings
             set
             little
             by
             such
             works
             as
             God
             hath
             prepared
             for
             our
             salvation
             ,
             
             but
             they
             extol
             Traditions
             and
             works
             of
             their
             own
             invention
             :
             The
             Children
             of
             Light
             contrary
             .
             
             The
             worldlings
             ,
             if
             they
             spy
             Profit
             ,
             Gains
             or
             Lucre
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             be
             it
             never
             such
             a
             trifle
             ,
             be
             it
             never
             so
             pernicious
             ,
             they
             preach
             it
             to
             the
             people
             (
             if
             they
             preach
             at
             any
             time
             )
             and
             these
             things
             they
             defend
             with
             tooth
             and
             nail
             ;
             they
             can
             scarce
             disallow
             the
             abuses
             of
             these
             ,
             albeit
             they
             be
             intollerable
             ,
             least
             in
             disallowing
             the
             abuse
             ,
             they
             lose
             part
             of
             their
             profit
             .
             The
             Children
             of
             light
             contrary
             ,
             put
             all
             things
             in
             their
             degree
             ,
             best
             highest
             ,
             the
             worst
             lowest
             .
             They
             extol
             things
             necessary
             ,
             Christian
             ,
             and
             commanded
             of
             God.
             They
             pull
             down
             will-works
             
             feigned
             by
             men
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             in
             their
             place
             .
             The
             abuse
             of
             all
             things
             they
             earnestly
             rebuke
             .
             —
          
           
             Now
             to
             make
             hast
             ,
             
             and
             to
             come
             somwhat
             nigher
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             go
             ye
             to
             (
             good
             Brethren
             and
             Fathers
             )
             for
             the
             love
             of
             God
             ,
             go
             ye
             to
             ,
             and
             seeing
             we
             are
             assembled
             ,
             let
             us
             do
             something
             whereby
             we
             may
             be
             known
             to
             be
             the
             children
             of
             light
             .
             Let
             us
             do
             somwhat
             ,
             lest
             we
             which
             hitherto
             have
             been
             judged
             children
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             seem
             even
             still
             to
             be
             so
             .
             All
             men
             call
             us
             Prelates
             ;
             then
             seeing
             we
             be
             in
             council
             ,
             
             let
             us
             so
             order
             our selves
             ,
             that
             as
             we
             be
             Prelates
             in
             honour
             and
             dignity
             ,
             so
             we
             may
             be
             Prelates
             in
             holiness
             ,
             benevolence
             ,
             diligence
             and
             sincerity
             .
             All
             men
             know
             ,
             that
             we
             be
             here
             gathered
             ,
             and
             with
             most
             fervent
             desire
             they
             can
             ,
             hale
             ,
             breath
             and
             gape
             for
             the
             fruit
             of
             our
             Convocation
             .
             As
             our
             Acts
             shall
             be
             ,
             so
             they
             shall
             name
             us
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             now
             lieth
             in
             us
             ,
             whether
             we
             will
             be
             called
             Children
             of
             the
             world
             or
             children
             of
             the
             light
             .
             Wherefore
             lift
             up
             your
             heads
             (
             Brethren
             )
             and
             look
             about
             with
             your
             eyes
             ,
             spy
             what
             things
             are
             to
             be
             reformed
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             —
          
           
           
             How
             think
             you
             by
             the
             Ceremonies
             ,
             
             that
             are
             in
             England
             ,
             oftentimes
             with
             no
             little
             offence
             of
             weak
             consciences
             continued
             ,
             more
             often
             with
             superstition
             so
             defiled
             ,
             and
             so
             depraved
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             doubt
             whether
             it
             were
             better
             for
             them
             to
             tarry
             still
             ,
             or
             utterly
             to
             take
             them
             away
             ?
             
             have
             not
             our
             fore-Fathers
             complained
             of
             the
             Ceremonies
             ,
             of
             the
             superstitions
             ,
             and
             estimation
             of
             them
             ?
             do
             ye
             see
             nothing
             in
             our
             Holy-dayes
             ?
             of
             the
             which
             very
             few
             were
             made
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             they
             to
             set
             forth
             goodness
             ,
             virtue
             ,
             and
             honesty
             .
             But
             sithence
             ,
             there
             is
             neither
             mean
             or
             measure
             in
             making
             new
             Holy-dayes
             :
             
             as
             who
             say
             this
             one
             thing
             in
             serving
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             make
             this
             Law
             that
             no
             man
             may
             work
             .
             But
             what
             do
             the
             people
             on
             these
             Holy-dayes
             ,
             do
             they
             give
             themselves
             to
             godliness
             ,
             or
             else
             ungodliness
             ?
             See
             you
             nothing
             Brethren
             ?
             if
             you
             see
             not
             ,
             God
             seeth
             :
             God
             seeth
             all
             the
             whole
             Holy-dayes
             to
             be
             spent
             miserably
             in
             drunkenness
             ,
             in
             glossing
             ,
             in
             strife
             ,
             in
             envie
             ,
             dansing
             ,
             dicing
             ,
             idleness
             ,
             and
             gluttony
             .
             Thus
             men
             serve
             the
             Devil
             ,
             for
             God
             is
             not
             thus
             served
             ,
             albeit
             ye
             say
             ye
             serve
             
             God
             ;
             no
             the
             Devil
             hath
             more
             service
             done
             unto
             him
             in
             one
             Holy-day
             then
             on
             many
             working
             dayes
             ;
             let
             all
             these
             abuses
             be
             counted
             as
             nothing
             ,
             who
             is
             he
             that
             is
             not
             sorry
             to
             see
             in
             so
             many
             Holy-dayes
             rich
             and
             wealthy
             Persons
             to
             flow
             in
             delicates
             ,
             and
             men
             that
             live
             by
             their
             travel
             ,
             poor
             men
             to
             lack
             necessary
             meat
             and
             drink
             for
             their
             Wives
             and
             Children
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             cannot
             labour
             upon
             the
             Holy-dayes
             ,
             except
             they
             will
             be
             cited
             ,
             and
             brought
             before
             our
             Officials
             .
             Were
             it
             not
             the
             office
             of
             good
             Prelates
             ,
             
             to
             consult
             upon
             these
             matters
             and
             to
             seek
             some
             remedy
             for
             them
             ?
             Ye
             shall
             see
             (
             my
             Brethren
             ,
             )
             ye
             shall
             see
             once
             what
             will
             come
             of
             this
             our
             winking
             .
          
           
             What
             think
             ye
             of
             these
             images
             .
             —
          
           
             If
             there
             be
             nothing
             to
             be
             amended
             abroad
             ,
             concerning
             the
             whole
             ,
             let
             every
             one
             of
             us
             make
             one
             better
             .
             If
             there
             be
             nothing
             at
             home
             or
             abroad
             to
             be
             amended
             and
             redressed
             ;
             My
             Lords
             ,
             be
             ye
             of
             good
             cheer
             ,
             be
             merry
             :
             and
             at
             the
             least
             because
             we
             have
             nothing
             else
             to
             do
             ,
             let
             us
             reason
             the
             matter
             how
             we
             may
             be
             richer
             ;
             let
             us
             fall
             to
             some
             pleasant
             communication
             ;
             after
             let
             us
             go
             
             Home
             ,
             even
             as
             good
             as
             we
             came
             hither
             ,
             that
             is
             right
             begotten
             Children
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             utterly
             Worldlings
             .
             And
             while
             we
             live
             here
             let
             us
             all
             make
             boon
             cheer
             .
             For
             after
             this
             life
             there
             is
             small
             pleasure
             ,
             little
             mirth
             for
             us
             to
             hope
             for
             ,
             if
             now
             there
             be
             nothing
             to
             be
             changed
             in
             our
             factions
             .
             
             Let
             us
             say
             ,
             not
             as
             St.
             Peter
             did
             :
             Our
             end
             approacheth
             nigh
             ,
             this
             is
             an
             heavy
             hearing
             ,
             but
             let
             us
             say
             as
             the
             evil
             Servant
             said
             :
             It
             will
             be
             long
             ere
             my
             Master
             come
             .
             This
             is
             pleasant
             ;
             let
             us
             beat
             our
             fellow
             Servants
             :
             let
             us
             eat
             and
             drink
             with
             Drunkards
             .
             Surely
             as
             oft
             as
             we
             do
             not
             take
             away
             the
             abuse
             of
             things
             ,
             so
             oft
             we
             beat
             our
             fellows
             .
             As
             oft
             as
             we
             give
             not
             the
             people
             their
             true
             food
             ,
             so
             oft
             we
             beat
             our
             fellow
             .
             As
             oft
             as
             we
             let
             them
             dye
             in
             superstition
             ,
             so
             oft
             we
             beat
             them
             .
             To
             be
             short
             ,
             as
             oft
             as
             we
             blind
             ,
             lead
             them
             blind
             ,
             so
             oft
             we
             beat
             ,
             and
             grievously
             beat
             our
             fellows
             .
             When
             we
             welter
             in
             pleasures
             and
             idleness
             ,
             then
             we
             eat
             and
             drink
             with
             Drunkards
             .
          
           
             But
             God
             will
             come
             ,
             God
             will
             come
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             tarry
             long
             away
             .
             He
             will
             come
             upon
             such
             a
             day
             as
             we
             nothing
             look
             for
             
             him
             ;
             and
             at
             such
             an
             hour
             as
             we
             know
             not
             .
             He
             will
             come
             and
             cut
             us
             in
             pieces
             .
             He
             will
             reward
             us
             as
             he
             doth
             the
             Hypocrites
             .
             He
             will
             set
             us
             where
             wailing
             shall
             be
             ,
             my
             Brethren
             ,
             where
             gnashing
             of
             Teeth
             shall
             be
             ,
             my
             Brethren
             .
             And
             let
             here
             be
             the
             end
             of
             our
             Tragedy
             ,
             if
             ye
             will.
             These
             be
             the
             delicate
             dishes
             ,
             prepared
             for
             the
             world
             's
             well-beloved
             Children
             .
             These
             be
             the
             wafers
             and
             junckets
             provided
             for
             worldly
             Prelates
             ,
             wailing
             and
             gnashing
             of
             Teeth
             :
             Can
             there
             be
             any
             mirth
             ,
             where
             these
             two
             courses
             last
             all
             the
             Feast
             ?
             Here
             we
             laugh
             ,
             there
             we
             shall
             weep
             ;
             our
             Teeth
             make
             merry
             here
             ,
             ever
             dashing
             in
             delicates
             ,
             there
             we
             shall
             be
             torne
             with
             Teeth
             ,
             and
             do
             nothing
             but
             gnash
             and
             grinde
             our
             owne
             :
             To
             what
             end
             have
             we
             excelled
             others
             in
             policy
             :
             what
             have
             we
             brought
             forth
             at
             last
             ?
             Ye
             see
             Brethren
             what
             sorrow
             ,
             what
             punishment
             is
             provided
             for
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             worldling
             ?
             if
             ye
             will
             not
             thus
             be
             vexed
             ,
             be
             ye
             not
             the
             Children
             of
             the
             world
             :
             if
             ye
             will
             not
             be
             the
             Children
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             be
             not
             stricken
             with
             the
             love
             of
             worldly
             things
             ,
             leane
             
             not
             upon
             them
             ,
             if
             ye
             will
             not
             dye
             eternally
             ,
             live
             not
             worldly
             .
             Come
             ,
             go
             to
             ;
             leave
             the
             love
             of
             your
             profit
             ,
             study
             for
             the
             glory
             and
             profit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             seek
             in
             your
             Consultations
             ,
             
             such
             things
             as
             pertain
             to
             Christ
             ,
             and
             bring
             forth
             something
             at
             last
             that
             may
             please
             Christ.
             Feed
             ye
             tenderly
             with
             all
             diligence
             the
             Flock
             of
             Christ.
             Preach
             truly
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             love
             the
             Light
             ,
             walk
             in
             the
             Light
             :
             and
             so
             be
             ye
             the
             Children
             of
             Light
             while
             ye
             are
             in
             this
             world
             ;
             that
             ye
             may
             shine
             in
             the
             world
             that
             is
             to
             come
             bright
             as
             the
             Sun
             ,
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Son
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
             To
             whom
             be
             all
             Honour
             ,
             praise
             and
             Glory
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Part
             of
             a
             Sermon
             preached
             by
             Mr.
             Hugh
             Latimer
             at
             Paul's
             Church
             in
             London
             ,
             the
             Title
             of
             which
             Sermon
             is
             The
             Plough
             .
          
           
             —
             I
             Told
             you
             in
             my
             first
             Sermon
             (
             honourable
             Audience
             )
             that
             I
             purposed
             to
             declare
             unto
             you
             two
             
             Things
             .
             The
             one
             ,
             what
             seed
             should
             be
             sowen
             in
             Gods
             Field
             ,
             in
             Gods
             Plough-Land
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             other
             who
             should
             be
             the
             Sowers
             .
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             what
             Doctrine
             is
             to
             be
             taught
             in
             Christ's
             Church
             and
             Congregation
             ,
             and
             what
             men
             should
             be
             the
             Teachers
             and
             Preachers
             of
             it
             .
             The
             first
             part
             I
             have
             told
             you
             in
             three
             Sermons
             past
             ,
             in
             which
             I
             have
             essayed
             to
             set
             forth
             my
             Plough
             ,
             to
             prove
             what
             I
             could
             do
             .
             And
             now
             I
             shall
             tell
             you
             who
             be
             the
             Plowers
             ;
             for
             Gods
             VVord
             is
             a
             Seed
             to
             be
             sowen
             in
             Gods
             Field
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             faithful
             Congregation
             ,
             and
             the
             Preacher
             is
             the
             Sower
             .
             As
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             
             
               Exivit
               qui
               seminat
               seminare
               semen
               suum
               .
            
             He
             that
             soweth
             ,
             the
             Husbandman
             ,
             the
             Ploughman
             went
             forth
             to
             sow
             his
             Seed
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             Preacher
             is
             resembled
             to
             a
             Plowman
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             another
             place
             ;
             no
             man
             that
             putteth
             his
             hand
             to
             the
             Plough
             and
             looketh
             back
             ,
             is
             apt
             for
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             let
             no
             Preacher
             be
             negligent
             in
             doing
             his
             office
             .
             Albeit
             this
             is
             one
             of
             the
             places
             that
             hath
             been
             racked
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             you
             of
             racking
             Scriptures
             .
             
             And
             I
             have
             been
             one
             of
             them
             myself
             ,
             that
             have
             racked
             it
             ,
             I
             cry
             God
             mercy
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             one
             of
             them
             that
             have
             believed
             and
             have
             expounded
             it
             against
             religious
             persons
             that
             would
             forsake
             their
             Order
             which
             they
             had
             professed
             ,
             and
             would
             go
             out
             of
             their
             Cloyster
             :
             Whereas
             indeed
             it
             toucheth
             not
             Monkery
             ,
             nor
             maketh
             any
             thing
             at
             all
             for
             any
             such
             matter
             .
             But
             it
             is
             directly
             spoken
             of
             diligent
             preaching
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             :
             For
             preaching
             of
             the
             Gospel
             is
             one
             of
             Gods
             Plough-works
             ;
             and
             the
             Preacher
             is
             one
             of
             Gods
             ploughmen
             :
             Ye
             may
             not
             be
             offended
             with
             my
             similitude
             ,
             in
             that
             I
             compare
             preaching
             to
             the
             labour
             and
             work
             of
             plowing
             ,
             and
             the
             Preacher
             to
             a
             plow-man
             .
             Ye
             may
             not
             be
             offended
             with
             this
             my
             similitude
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             been
             slandered
             of
             some
             persons
             for
             such
             things
             .
             It
             hath
             been
             said
             of
             me
             ,
             Oh
             Latimer
             !
             nay
             ,
             as
             for
             him
             ,
             I
             will
             never
             believe
             him
             while
             I
             live
             ,
             not
             trust
             him
             ,
             for
             he
             likened
             our
             ever
             blessed
             Lady
             to
             a
             
               Saffron
               .
               Bag
            
             ;
             where
             indeed
             I
             never
             used
             that
             similitude
             .
             —
          
           
             But
             in
             case
             I
             had
             used
             this
             similitude
             ,
             it
             had
             not
             been
             to
             be
             reproved
             ,
             but
             
             might
             have
             been
             without
             reproach
             :
             For
             I
             might
             have
             said
             thus
             ;
             as
             the
             Saffron-Bag
             that
             hath
             been
             full
             of
             Saffron
             ,
             or
             hath
             had
             Saffron
             in
             it
             ,
             doth
             ever
             after
             savour
             and
             smell
             of
             the
             sweet
             Saffron
             that
             it
             contained
             :
             So
             our
             Blessed
             Lady
             ,
             which
             conceived
             and
             bare
             Christ
             in
             her
             womb
             ,
             did
             ever
             after
             resemble
             the
             manners
             and
             vertues
             of
             that
             precious
             Babe
             which
             she
             bare
             .
             And
             what
             had
             our
             Blessed
             Lady
             been
             the
             worse
             for
             this
             ?
             —
          
           
             Ye
             may
             not
             then
             I
             say
             ,
             be
             offended
             with
             my
             similitude
             ,
             because
             I
             liken
             Preaching
             to
             a
             Plow-mans
             labour
             ,
             and
             a
             Prelate
             to
             a
             Plow-man
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             will
             now
             ask
             me
             ,
             whom
             I
             call
             a
             Prelate
             ?
             A
             Prelate
             is
             that
             man
             ,
             whosoever
             he
             be
             ,
             that
             hath
             a
             Flock
             to
             be
             taught
             of
             him
             ,
             whosoever
             hath
             any
             spiritual
             Charge
             in
             the
             faithful
             Congregation
             ,
             and
             whosoever
             he
             be
             that
             hath
             Cure
             of
             souls
             .
          
           
             And
             well
             may
             the
             Preacher
             and
             Plow-man
             be
             likened
             together
             ,
             First
             ,
             For
             their
             Labour
             in
             all
             seasons
             of
             the
             Year
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             no
             time
             in
             the
             year
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Plow-man
             hath
             not
             some
             
             special
             work
             to
             do
             ;
             as
             in
             my
             Country
             ,
             in
             Leicestershire
             ,
             the
             Plow-man
             hath
             a
             time
             to
             set
             forth
             his
             Plow
             ,
             and
             other
             times
             for
             other
             necessary
             works
             to
             be
             done
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             also
             they
             may
             be
             likened
             together
             ,
             for
             the
             diversity
             of
             works
             ,
             and
             variety
             of
             Offices
             that
             they
             have
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             For
             as
             the
             Plow-man
             first
             setteth
             forth
             his
             Plow
             ,
             and
             then
             tilleth
             his
             Land
             ,
             and
             breaketh
             it
             in
             Furrows
             ,
             and
             somtime
             ridgeth
             it
             up
             again
             ;
             and
             at
             another
             time
             harroweth
             it
             ,
             and
             clotteth
             it
             ,
             and
             somtime
             dangeth
             and
             hedgeth
             it
             ,
             diggeth
             it
             and
             weedeth
             it
             ,
             purgeth
             it
             ,
             and
             maketh
             it
             clean
             :
             So
             the
             Prelate
             ,
             the
             Preacher
             ,
             hath
             many
             ,
             divers
             Offices
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             He
             hath
             a
             busie
             work
             to
             bring
             Parishioners
             to
             a
             right
             Faith
             ,
             as
             Paul
             calleth
             it
             ;
             and
             not
             a
             swerving
             Faith
             ,
             but
             to
             a
             Faith
             that
             embraceth
             Christ
             ,
             and
             trusteth
             to
             his
             Merits
             ,
             a
             lively
             Faith
             ,
             a
             justifying
             Faith
             ,
             a
             Faith
             that
             maketh
             a
             man
             righteous
             without
             respect
             of
             works
             as
             ye
             have
             it
             very
             well
             declared
             in
             the
             Homily
             .
             
             He
             hath
             then
             a
             busie
             work
             ,
             I
             
             say
             ,
             to
             bring
             his
             Flock
             to
             a
             right
             Faith
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             confirm
             them
             in
             the
             same
             Faith
             ;
             now
             casting
             them
             down
             with
             the
             Law
             and
             threatnings
             of
             God
             for
             sin
             ;
             now
             ridging
             them
             up
             again
             with
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             the
             Promises
             of
             Gods
             Favour
             ;
             now
             weeding
             them
             ,
             by
             telling
             them
             their
             Faults
             ,
             and
             making
             them
             forsake
             sin
             ;
             now
             clotting
             them
             by
             breaking
             their
             stony
             hearts
             ,
             and
             by
             making
             them
             supple-hearted
             ,
             and
             making
             them
             to
             have
             hearts
             of
             flesh
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             soft
             hearts
             ,
             and
             apt
             for
             Doctrine
             to
             enter
             in
             ;
             now
             teaching
             to
             know
             God
             rightly
             ,
             and
             to
             know
             their
             duty
             to
             God
             and
             to
             their
             Neighbours
             ;
             now
             exhorting
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             know
             their
             duty
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             be
             diligent
             in
             it
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             have
             a
             continual
             work
             to
             do
             .
             Great
             is
             their
             Business
             ,
             and
             therefore
             great
             should
             be
             their
             Hire
             .
             They
             have
             great
             Labours
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             good
             Livings
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             commodiously
             feed
             their
             Flock
             :
             For
             the
             Preaching
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             unto
             the
             People
             ,
             
             is
             called
             Meat
             :
             Scripture
             calleth
             it
             Meat
             ,
             not
             Strawberries
             ,
             that
             come
             but
             once
             a
             year
             ,
             and
             tarry
             
             not
             long
             ,
             but
             are
             soon
             gone
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             Meat
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             Dainties
             .
             The
             people
             must
             have
             meat
             that
             must
             be
             familiar
             and
             continual
             ,
             and
             daily
             given
             unto
             them
             to
             feed
             upon
             .
             Many
             make
             a
             Strawberrie
             of
             it
             ,
             ministring
             it
             but
             once
             a
             year
             ;
             but
             such
             do
             not
             the
             Office
             of
             good
             Prelates
             :
             For
             Christ
             saith
             ,
             
               Quis
               (
               putas
               )
               est
               Servus
               prudeus
               &
               fidelis
               ?
               Qui
               dat
               cibum
               in
               tempore
               .
            
             Who
             ,
             think
             you
             ,
             is
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             a
             faithful
             servant
             ?
             He
             that
             giveth
             meat
             in
             due
             time
             :
             So
             that
             he
             must
             at
             all
             times
             convenient
             preach
             diligently
             :
             Therefore
             saith
             he
             ,
             Who
             ,
             trow
             you
             ,
             is
             a
             Faithful
             Servant
             ?
             He
             speaketh
             it
             ,
             as
             though
             it
             were
             a
             rare
             thing
             to
             find
             such
             a
             one
             ;
             and
             as
             though
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             there
             be
             but
             a
             few
             of
             them
             to
             find
             in
             the
             world
             :
             And
             how
             few
             of
             them
             there
             be
             throughout
             this
             Realm
             ,
             that
             give
             meat
             to
             their
             Flocks
             ,
             as
             they
             should
             do
             ,
             the
             Visitors
             can
             best
             tell
             :
             Too
             few
             ,
             too
             few
             ,
             the
             more
             is
             the
             pity
             ,
             and
             never
             so
             few
             as
             now
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             it
             appeareth
             ,
             that
             a
             Prelate
             ,
             or
             any
             that
             hath
             cure
             of
             souls
             ,
             must
             diligently
             and
             substantially
             work
             and
             labour
             :
             Therefore
             saith
             Paul
             to
             
               Timothy
               ,
               
               Qui
               Episcopatum
               de
               siderat
               ,
               hic
               bonum
               opus
               de
               siderut
               .
            
             
             He
             that
             desireth
             to
             have
             the
             Office
             of
             a
             Bishop
             or
             Prelate
             ,
             that
             man
             desireth
             a
             good
             work
             :
             Then
             if
             it
             be
             a
             good
             work
             ,
             it
             is
             work
             ;
             ye
             can
             make
             but
             a
             work
             of
             it
             .
             It
             is
             Gods
             work
             ,
             Gods
             Plow
             ,
             and
             that
             Plow
             God
             would
             have
             still
             going
             :
             Such
             then
             as
             loyter
             ,
             and
             live
             idly
             ,
             are
             not
             good
             Prelates
             or
             Ministers
             .
             And
             of
             such
             as
             do
             not
             preach
             and
             teach
             ,
             God
             saith
             by
             his
             Prophet
             
               Jeremy
               ,
               maledictus
               qui
               facit
               opus
               Dei
               fraudulenter
               ,
            
             guilfully
             or
             deceitfully
             ;
             some
             Books
             have
             negligenter
             ,
             negligently
             or
             slackly
             .
             How
             many
             such
             Bishops
             ,
             how
             many
             such
             Prelates
             (
             Lord
             for
             thy
             mercy
             )
             are
             there
             now
             in
             England
             ?
             And
             what
             shall
             we
             in
             this
             case
             do
             ?
             Shall
             we
             company
             with
             them
             ?
             O
             Lord
             ,
             for
             thy
             mercy
             shall
             we
             not
             company
             with
             them
             ?
             O
             Lord
             ,
             whither
             shall
             we
             flee
             rfom
             them
             ?
             But
             cursed
             be
             he
             that
             doth
             the
             work
             of
             God
             negligently
             ,
             or
             guilfully
             :
             A
             sore
             word
             for
             them
             that
             are
             negligent
             in
             discharging
             their
             Office
             ,
             
             or
             have
             done
             it
             fraudulently
             ;
             for
             that
             is
             the
             thing
             that
             maketh
             the
             people
             ill
             ,
             But
             true
             it
             must
             be
             that
             Christ
             
             saith
             :
             
               Multi
               sunt
               vocati
            
             ,
             
             
               pauci
               vero
               Electi
            
             ,
             many
             are
             called
             ,
             but
             few
             chosen
             .
             Here
             I
             have
             an
             occasion
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             somewhat
             to
             say
             unto
             you
             ;
             yea
             ,
             for
             the
             place
             that
             I
             alleadged
             unto
             you
             before
             out
             of
             Jeremy
             .
             
             And
             it
             was
             spoken
             of
             a
             spiritual
             work
             of
             God
             ,
             a
             work
             that
             was
             commanded
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             of
             shedding-blood
             ,
             and
             destroying
             the
             Cities
             of
             Moab
             .
             For
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             cursed
             be
             he
             that
             keepeth
             back
             his
             Sword
             from
             shedding
             of
             blood
             .
             As
             Saul
             when
             he
             kept
             back
             his
             Sword
             from
             shedding
             of
             blood
             (
             at
             what
             time
             he
             was
             sent
             against
             Amalek
             )
             was
             refused
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             being
             disobedient
             to
             Gods
             Commandments
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             spared
             Agag
             the
             King
             :
             so
             that
             ,
             that
             place
             of
             the
             Prophet
             was
             spoken
             of
             them
             that
             went
             to
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Cities
             of
             Moab
             ,
             among
             the
             which
             there
             was
             one
             called
             Nebo
             ,
             which
             was
             much
             reproved
             for
             Idolatry
             ,
             Superstition
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             avarice
             Cruelty
             ,
             Tyranny
             ,
             and
             for
             hardness
             of
             Heart
             ,
             and
             for
             these
             sins
             was
             plagued
             of
             God
             and
             destroyed
             .
          
           
             Now
             what
             shall
             I
             say
             of
             these
             rich
             Citizens
             of
             London
             ?
             what
             shall
             we
             say
             
             of
             them
             ?
             shall
             I
             call
             them
             proud
             men
             of
             London
             ,
             malicious
             men
             of
             London
             ,
             
             merciless
             men
             of
             London
             ?
             No
             ,
             no
             ,
             I
             may
             not
             say
             so
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             offended
             with
             me
             then
             ;
             yet
             must
             I
             speak
             ,
             for
             is
             there
             not
             reigning
             in
             London
             ,
             as
             much
             pride
             ,
             as
             much
             covetousness
             ,
             as
             much
             cruelty
             ,
             as
             much
             oppression
             ,
             as
             much
             superstition
             ,
             
             as
             was
             in
             Nebo
             ?
             Yes
             I
             think
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             too
             .
             Therefore
             I
             say
             repent
             O
             London
             ,
             repent
             ,
             repent
             .
             Thou
             hearest
             thy
             faults
             told
             thee
             ,
             amend
             them
             ,
             amend
             them
             .
             I
             think
             if
             Nebo
             had
             the
             preaching
             that
             thou
             hast
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             converted
             .
          
           
             And
             you
             Rulers
             and
             Officers
             ,
             be
             wise
             and
             circumspect
             ,
             look
             to
             your
             charge
             ,
             and
             see
             you
             do
             your
             duties
             ,
             and
             rather
             be
             glad
             to
             amend
             your
             ill
             living
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             angry
             when
             you
             are
             warned
             and
             told
             of
             your
             fault
             ;
             what
             a
             doe
             there
             was
             made
             in
             London
             at
             a
             certain
             man
             ,
             because
             he
             said
             (
             and
             indeed
             at
             that
             time
             on
             a
             just
             occasion
             )
             Burgesses
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             nay
             Butter-flies
             .
             Lord
             !
             what
             a
             doe
             there
             was
             for
             that
             word
             .
             And
             yet
             would
             God
             they
             were
             no
             worse
             then
             Butterflies
             .
             Butterflies
             do
             but
             
             their
             nature
             ,
             the
             Butterflie
             is
             not
             covetous
             ,
             is
             not
             greedy
             of
             other
             mens
             goods
             ,
             is
             not
             full
             of
             envy
             and
             hatred
             ,
             is
             not
             malicious
             ,
             is
             not
             cruel
             ,
             is
             not
             merciless
             .
             
             The
             Butterflie
             glorieth
             not
             in
             her
             own
             deeds
             ,
             nor
             preferreth
             the
             traditions
             of
             men
             before
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             it
             committeth
             not
             Idolatry
             ,
             nor
             worshippeth
             false
             Gods
             ;
             but
             London
             cannot
             abide
             to
             be
             rebuked
             ,
             such
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             men
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             pricked
             they
             will
             kick
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             rubbed
             on
             the
             gall
             ,
             they
             will
             winch
             :
             but
             yet
             they
             will
             not
             amend
             their
             faults
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             be
             ill
             spoken
             of
             .
             But
             how
             shall
             I
             speak
             well
             of
             them
             ?
             if
             you
             could
             be
             content
             to
             follow
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             
             and
             favour
             good
             Preachers
             ,
             if
             you
             could
             bear
             to
             be
             told
             of
             your
             faults
             ,
             if
             ye
             could
             amend
             them
             when
             ye
             hear
             of
             them
             ,
             if
             ye
             would
             be
             glad
             to
             reform
             what
             is
             amiss
             :
             If
             I
             might
             see
             any
             such
             inclination
             in
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             leave
             to
             be
             merciless
             ,
             and
             begin
             to
             be
             charitable
             ,
             I
             would
             then
             hope
             well
             of
             you
             ,
             I
             would
             then
             speak
             well
             of
             you
             .
             But
             London
             was
             never
             so
             ill
             as
             it
             is
             now
             .
             In
             times
             past
             ,
             men
             were
             full
             of
             pity
             
             and
             compassion
             ;
             but
             now
             there
             is
             no
             pitty
             ,
             
             for
             in
             London
             their
             Brother
             shall
             die
             in
             the
             streets
             for
             cold
             ,
             he
             shall
             lie
             sick
             at
             the
             door
             between
             stock
             and
             stock
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             what
             to
             call
             it
             ,
             and
             perish
             there
             for
             hunger
             ,
             was
             there
             any
             more
             unmercifulness
             in
             Nebo
             ?
             I
             think
             not
             .
          
           
             In
             times
             past
             ,
             
             when
             any
             rich
             men
             died
             in
             London
             ,
             they
             were
             wont
             to
             help
             the
             poor
             Scholers
             of
             the
             Universities
             with
             exhibition
             .
             When
             any
             man
             died
             ,
             they
             would
             bequeath
             great
             sums
             of
             money
             toward
             the
             relief
             of
             the
             poor
             .
             When
             I
             was
             a
             Scholer
             in
             Cambridge
             my self
             ,
             I
             heard
             very
             good
             report
             of
             London
             ,
             and
             knew
             many
             that
             had
             relief
             of
             the
             rich
             men
             of
             London
             ,
             but
             now
             I
             can
             hear
             no
             such
             good
             report
             ,
             and
             yet
             inquire
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             hearken
             for
             it
             ;
             but
             now
             charity
             is
             waxen
             cold
             ,
             none
             helpeth
             the
             Scholer
             ,
             nor
             yet
             the
             poor
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             those
             dayes
             ,
             what
             did
             they
             when
             they
             helped
             the
             Scholers
             :
             Marry
             ,
             they
             maintained
             and
             gave
             them
             livings
             that
             were
             very
             Papists
             and
             professed
             the
             Popes
             Doctrine
             :
             
             and
             now
             that
             the
             
             knowledge
             of
             Gods
             Word
             is
             brought
             to
             light
             ,
             and
             many
             earnestly
             study
             and
             labour
             to
             set
             it
             forth
             ,
             now
             almost
             no
             man
             helpeth
             to
             maintain
             them
             .
          
           
             O
             
               London
               ,
               London
            
             ,
             repent
             ,
             repent
             ,
             for
             I
             think
             God
             is
             more
             displeased
             with
             London
             ,
             then
             ever
             he
             was
             with
             the
             City
             of
             Nebo
             .
             Repent
             therefore
             ,
             repent
             London
             ,
             
             and
             remember
             that
             the
             same
             God
             liveth
             now
             that
             punished
             Nebo
             ,
             even
             the
             same
             God
             and
             none
             other
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             punish
             sin
             as
             well
             now
             as
             he
             did
             then
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             punish
             the
             iniquity
             of
             London
             as
             well
             as
             he
             did
             them
             of
             Nebo
             .
             Amend
             therefore
             .
          
           
             And
             ye
             that
             be
             Prelates
             look
             well
             to
             your
             Office
             ,
             for
             right
             prelating
             is
             buisy
             labouring
             ,
             and
             not
             lording
             .
             Therefore
             preach
             and
             teach
             ,
             and
             let
             your
             Plough
             be
             going
             .
             Ye
             Lords
             I
             say
             that
             live
             like
             Loiterers
             ,
             
             look
             well
             to
             your
             Office
             ,
             the
             Plough
             is
             your
             Office
             and
             Charge
             ,
             if
             you
             live
             idle
             and
             loiter
             ,
             you
             do
             not
             your
             duty
             ,
             you
             follow
             not
             your
             vocation
             ,
             let
             your
             Plough
             therefore
             be
             going
             and
             not
             cease
             ,
             that
             the
             ground
             may
             bring
             forth
             fruit
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             me
             thinketh
             I
             hear
             one
             say
             
             unto
             me
             ,
             wot
             you
             what
             you
             say
             ?
             is
             it
             a
             work
             ?
             is
             it
             a
             labour
             ?
             how
             then
             hath
             it
             hapned
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             had
             so
             many
             hundred
             years
             ,
             so
             many
             unpreaching
             Prelates
             ,
             lording
             Loiterers
             ,
             and
             idle
             Ministers
             ?
          
           
             Ye
             would
             have
             me
             here
             to
             make
             answer
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             the
             cause
             hereof
             ?
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             this
             Land
             is
             not
             for
             me
             to
             plough
             ,
             it
             is
             too
             stony
             ,
             too
             thorny
             too
             hard
             for
             me
             to
             plow.
             
             They
             have
             so
             many
             things
             that
             make
             for
             them
             ,
             so
             many
             things
             to
             say
             for
             themselves
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             for
             my
             weak
             team
             to
             plough
             them
             .
             They
             have
             to
             say
             for
             themselves
             long
             customes
             ,
             ceremonies
             ,
             &
             authority
             ,
             placing
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             many
             things
             more
             .
             And
             I
             fear
             me
             this
             Land
             is
             not
             yet
             ripe
             to
             be
             plowed
             .
          
           
             For
             as
             the
             saying
             is
             ,
             
             it
             lacketh
             withering
             :
             this
             Geare
             lacketh
             withering
             ,
             at
             leastwise
             it
             is
             not
             for
             me
             to
             plow.
             
          
           
             For
             what
             shall
             I
             look
             for
             among
             Thorns
             but
             pricking
             and
             scratching
             ?
             what
             among
             Stones
             but
             stumbling
             ?
             what
             (
             I
             had
             almost
             said
             )
             among
             Serpents
             but
             stinging
             ?
          
           
             But
             thus
             much
             I
             dare
             say
             ,
             that
             since
             
             lording
             and
             loitering
             hath
             come
             up
             ,
             
             preaching
             hath
             come
             down
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Apostles
             times
             ,
             for
             they
             preached
             and
             lorded
             not
             ;
             and
             now
             they
             lord
             and
             preach
             not
             .
          
           
             For
             they
             that
             be
             Lords
             will
             not
             go
             to
             plough
             ;
             it
             is
             no
             meet
             office
             for
             them
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             seeming
             for
             their
             Estate
             .
             Thus
             came
             up
             lording
             loiterers
             ,
             thus
             crept
             in
             un-preaching
             Prelates
             ;
             and
             so
             have
             they
             long
             continued
             ;
             for
             how
             many
             unlearned
             Prelates
             have
             we
             now
             at
             this
             day
             ?
          
           
             And
             no
             marvel
             ,
             for
             if
             the
             Ploughmen
             that
             now
             be
             ,
             were
             made
             Lords
             ,
             they
             would
             clean
             give
             over
             ploughing
             ,
             they
             would
             leave
             off
             their
             labour
             ,
             and
             fall
             to
             lording
             too
             outright
             ,
             and
             the
             Ploughstand
             .
             And
             then
             both
             Ploughs
             not
             walking
             ,
             nothing
             should
             be
             in
             the
             common-weal
             but
             hunger
             .
          
           
             For
             ever
             since
             the
             Prelates
             were
             made
             Lords
             and
             Nobles
             ,
             the
             Plough
             standeth
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             work
             done
             ,
             the
             people
             starve
             .
          
           
             They
             hawk
             ,
             they
             hunt
             ,
             they
             card
             ,
             they
             dice
             ,
             they
             pastime
             in
             their
             Prelacies
             with
             gallant
             Gentlemen
             ,
             with
             
             their
             dancing
             minions
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             fresh
             Companions
             .
             So
             that
             ploughing
             is
             set
             aside
             ;
             And
             by
             their
             lording
             and
             loitering
             preaching
             and
             ploughing
             is
             clean
             gone
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             if
             the
             Ploughmen
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             were
             as
             negligent
             in
             their
             Office
             as
             Prelates
             be
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             long
             live
             for
             lack
             of
             sustenance
             .
             —
          
           
             But
             they
             that
             will
             be
             true
             Ploughmen
             must
             work
             faithfully
             for
             Gods-sake
             ,
             for
             the
             edifying
             of
             their
             Brethren
             .
             And
             as
             diligently
             as
             the
             Husbandman
             ploweth
             for
             the
             sustentation
             of
             the
             body
             :
             so
             diligently
             must
             the
             Prelates
             and
             Ministers
             labour
             for
             the
             feeding
             of
             the
             Soul.
             
          
           
             Both
             the
             Ploughs
             must
             be
             still
             going
             as
             most
             necessary
             for
             man.
             
          
           
             And
             wherefore
             are
             Magistrates
             ordain'd
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             tranquility
             of
             the
             Common-weal
             may
             be
             confirm'd
             limiting
             both
             Ploughs
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             for
             the
             fault
             of
             unpreaching
             Prelates
             ,
             me-think
             I
             could
             guess
             what
             might
             be
             said
             for
             excusing
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             so
             troubled
             with
             Lordly
             living
             ,
             they
             be
             so
             placed
             in
             Palaces
             ,
             
             couched
             in
             Courts
             ,
             ruffling
             in
             their
             rents
             ,
             
             dancing
             in
             their
             Dominions
             ,
             burdened
             with
             Ambassages
             ,
             pampring
             of
             their
             panches
             ,
             like
             a
             Monk
             that
             maketh
             his
             Jubilee
             ,
             mounching
             in
             their
             mangers
             ,
             and
             moiling
             in
             their
             gay
             Mannors
             and
             mansions
             ,
             and
             so
             troubled
             with
             loitering
             in
             their
             Lordships
             that
             they
             cannot
             attend
             it
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             otherwise
             occupied
             ,
             some
             in
             Kings
             matters
             ,
             some
             are
             Ambassadours
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             privy
             Counsel
             ,
             some
             to
             furnish
             the
             Court
             ,
             some
             are
             Lords
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             some
             are
             Presidents
             and
             Comptrollers
             of
             Mintes
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             well
             ,
             Is
             this
             their
             duty
             ?
             Is
             this
             their
             Office
             ?
             Is
             this
             their
             calling
             ?
             should
             we
             have
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             to
             be
             Comptrollers
             of
             the
             Mintes
             ?
             Is
             this
             a
             meet
             Office
             for
             a
             Priest
             that
             hath
             cure
             of
             Souls
             ,
             is
             this
             his
             charge
             ?
          
           
             I
             would
             here
             ask
             one
             question
             :
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             who
             controlleth
             the
             Devil
             at
             home
             at
             his
             Parish
             ,
             while
             he
             comptrolleth
             the
             Mint
             ?
             If
             the
             Apostles
             might
             not
             leave
             the
             Office
             of
             preaching
             
             to
             be
             Deacons
             ,
             shall
             one
             leave
             it
             for
             minting
             ?
             —
          
           
             In
             this
             behalf
             ,
             I
             must
             speak
             to
             England
             ;
             Hear
             my
             Country
             England
             ,
             as
             Paul
             said
             in
             his
             first
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Corinthians
             chapt
             .
             6.
             
             For
             Paul
             was
             no
             sitting
             Bishop
             ,
             but
             a
             walking
             and
             a
             preaching
             Bishop
             :
             But
             when
             he
             went
             from
             them
             ,
             he
             left
             there
             behind
             him
             the
             Plough
             going
             still
             ,
             for
             he
             wrote
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             rebuked
             them
             for
             going
             to
             Law
             ,
             and
             pleading
             their
             causes
             before
             Heathen
             Judges
             .
             
               I
               speak
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               to
            
             your
             
               shame
               ,
               is
               there
               not
            
             a
             Wiseman
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             So
             England
             ,
             I
             speak
             it
             to
             thy
             shame
             ,
             is
             there
             never
             a
             Noble
             man
             to
             be
             a
             Lord
             President
             ,
             but
             it
             must
             be
             a
             Prelate
             ?
             is
             there
             never
             a
             Wiseman
             in
             the
             Realm
             to
             be
             a
             Comptroller
             of
             the
             Mint
             ?
             I
             speak
             it
             to
             your
             shame
             ,
             I
             speak
             to
             your
             shame
             :
             if
             there
             be
             never
             a
             Wiseman
             ,
             make
             a
             Water-bearer
             ,
             a
             Tinker
             ,
             a
             Cobler
             ,
             a
             Slave
             ,
             a
             Page
             Comptroller
             of
             the
             Mint
             .
             Make
             a
             mean
             Gentleman
             a
             Groom
             ,
             a
             Yeoman
             ,
             make
             a
             poor
             begger
             Lord
             President
             .
          
           
           
             Thus
             I
             speak
             ,
             not
             that
             I
             would
             have
             it
             so
             ,
             but
             to
             your
             shame
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             never
             a
             Gentleman
             meet
             nor
             able
             to
             be
             Lord
             President
             .
          
           
             For
             why
             are
             not
             the
             Noblemen
             and
             Young
             Gentlemen
             of
             England
             ,
             
             so
             brought
             up
             in
             knowledge
             of
             God
             and
             in
             learning
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             able
             to
             execute
             Offices
             in
             the
             Common-weal
             ?
          
           
             The
             King
             hath
             a
             great
             many
             of
             Wards
             ,
             and
             I
             trow
             there
             is
             a
             Court
             of
             Wards
             ,
             why
             is
             not
             there
             a
             School
             of
             Wards
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             there
             is
             a
             Court
             for
             their
             Lands
             ;
             why
             are
             they
             not
             set
             in
             Schools
             where
             they
             may
             learn
             ?
             or
             why
             are
             not
             they
             sent
             to
             the
             Universities
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             able
             to
             serve
             the
             King
             when
             they
             come
             to
             age
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Wards
             and
             Young
             Gentlemen
             were
             well
             brought
             up
             in
             learning
             and
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             when
             they
             come
             to
             age
             so
             much
             give
             themselves
             to
             other
             vanities
             .
             And
             if
             the
             Nobility
             were
             well
             trained
             in
             Godly
             learning
             ,
             
             the
             people
             would
             follow
             the
             same
             train
             .
             For
             truly
             ,
             such
             as
             the
             Noblemen
             be
             such
             will
             the
             
             people
             be
             ,
             and
             now
             the
             only
             cause
             why
             Noblemen
             be
             not
             made
             Lord
             Presidents
             ,
             is
             because
             they
             have
             not
             been
             brought
             up
             in
             learning
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             ,
             for
             the
             love
             of
             God
             ,
             appoint
             Teachers
             and
             School-masters
             ,
             you
             that
             have
             charge
             of
             Youth
             ,
             and
             give
             the
             Teachers
             Stipends
             worthy
             their
             pains
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             bring
             them
             up
             in
             Grammer
             ,
             in
             Logick
             ,
             in
             Rhetorick
             ,
             in
             Philosophy
             ,
             in
             the
             civil
             Law
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             which
             I
             cannot
             leave
             unspoken
             of
             ,
             the
             Word
             of
             God.
             —
          
           
             It
             is
             as
             unmeet
             a
             thing
             for
             Bishops
             to
             be
             Lord
             Presidents
             ,
             or
             Priests
             to
             be
             Minters
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             for
             the
             Corinthians
             to
             plead
             Matters
             of
             Variance
             before
             Heathen
             Judges
             .
             
             It
             is
             also
             a
             slander
             to
             the
             Noblemen
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             lacked
             wisdome
             and
             learning
             ,
             to
             be
             able
             for
             such
             Offices
             ,
             or
             else
             were
             no
             men
             of
             conscience
             ,
             and
             not
             meet
             to
             be
             trusted
             .
          
           
             A
             Prelate
             hath
             a
             charge
             and
             cure
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             cannot
             discharge
             his
             duty
             ,
             and
             be
             a
             Lord
             President
             too
             ;
             for
             a
             Presidentship
             requireth
             a
             whole
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             Bishop
             cannot
             be
             two
             men
             .
          
           
           
             A
             Bishop
             hath
             his
             Office
             ,
             a
             flock
             to
             teach
             ,
             to
             look
             unto
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             cannot
             meddle
             with
             another
             Office
             ,
             which
             alone
             requireth
             a
             whole
             man.
             He
             should
             therefore
             give
             it
             over
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             meet
             ,
             and
             labour
             in
             his
             own
             business
             ,
             as
             Paul
             writeth
             to
             the
             Thessalonians
             :
             Let
             every
             man
             do
             his
             own
             business
             ,
             and
             follow
             his
             calling
             .
             Let
             the
             Priest
             preach
             ,
             and
             the
             Nobleman
             handle
             the
             temporal
             matters
             .
             Moses
             a
             marvellous
             man
             ,
             a
             good
             man
             ,
             Moses
             was
             a
             wonderful
             fellow
             ,
             and
             did
             his
             duty
             ,
             being
             a
             married
             man
             ;
             we
             lack
             such
             as
             Moses
             was
             .
             VVell
             ,
             I
             would
             all
             men
             would
             look
             to
             their
             duty
             ,
             as
             God
             hath
             called
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             should
             have
             a
             flourishing
             Christian
             Common-weal
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             would
             ask
             a
             strange
             question
             ?
             who
             is
             the
             most
             diligent
             Bishop
             and
             Prelate
             in
             all
             England
             ,
             that
             passeth
             all
             the
             rest
             in
             doing
             his
             Office
             ?
          
           
             I
             can
             tell
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             him
             who
             it
             is
             ,
             I
             know
             him
             well
             .
             But
             now
             I
             think
             I
             see
             you
             listning
             ,
             hearkning
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             name
             him
             .
             There
             is
             one
             that
             passeth
             
             all
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             most
             diligent
             Prelate
             and
             Preacher
             in
             all
             England
             :
             
             And
             will
             ye
             know
             who
             it
             is
             ?
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Devil
             :
             He
             is
             the
             most
             diligent
             Preacher
             of
             all
             other
             ,
             he
             's
             never
             out
             of
             his
             Diocess
             ,
             he
             is
             never
             from
             his
             Cure
             ,
             you
             shall
             never
             find
             him
             unoccupied
             ,
             he
             is
             ever
             in
             his
             Parish
             ,
             he
             keepeth
             residence
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             ye
             shall
             never
             find
             him
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ;
             call
             for
             him
             when
             you
             will
             ,
             he
             is
             ever
             at
             home
             ,
             the
             diligentest
             Preacher
             in
             all
             the
             Realm
             ,
             he
             is
             ever
             at
             his
             Plow
             ,
             no
             Lording
             nor
             Loytering
             can
             hinder
             him
             ,
             he
             is
             ever
             applying
             his
             business
             ,
             you
             shall
             never
             find
             him
             idle
             ,
             I
             warrant
             you
             .
          
           
             And
             his
             Office
             is
             to
             hinder
             Religion
             ,
             
             to
             maintain
             Superstition
             ,
             to
             set
             up
             Idolatry
             ,
             to
             teach
             all
             kind
             of
             Popery
             .
             He
             is
             ready
             as
             can
             be
             wished
             for
             ,
             to
             set
             forth
             his
             Plow
             ,
             to
             devise
             as
             many
             ways
             as
             can
             be
             ,
             to
             deface
             and
             obscure
             Gods
             Glory
             .
          
           
             Where
             the
             Devil
             is
             resident
             ,
             and
             hath
             his
             Plow
             going
             ,
             there
             away
             with
             Books
             ,
             and
             up
             with
             Candles
             ,
             away
             with
             Bibles
             ,
             and
             up
             with
             Beads
             ,
             away
             with
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             
             and
             up
             with
             
             the
             Light
             of
             Candles
             ,
             yea
             ,
             at
             Noon-daies
             .
          
           
             Where
             the
             Devil
             is
             resident
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             prevail
             ,
             up
             with
             all
             Superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             ,
             Censing
             ,
             Painting
             of
             Images
             ,
             Candles
             ,
             Palms
             ,
             Ashes
             ,
             Holy
             water
             ,
             and
             new
             Service
             of
             mens
             devising
             ,
             as
             though
             men
             could
             invent
             a
             better
             way
             to
             honour
             God
             with
             ,
             
             than
             God
             himself
             hath
             appointed
             .
          
           
             Down
             with
             Christ's
             Cross
             ,
             up
             with
             Purgatory
             Pick-Purse
             ,
             up
             with
             him
             ,
             the
             Popish
             Purgatory
             ,
             I
             mean.
             
          
           
             Away
             with
             Cloathing
             the
             Naked
             ,
             the
             Poor
             and
             Impotent
             ;
             up
             with
             decking
             of
             Images
             ,
             and
             gay
             garnishing
             of
             stocks
             and
             stones
             .
          
           
             Up
             with
             mans
             Traditions
             and
             his
             Laws
             ,
             down
             with
             Gods
             Traditions
             ,
             and
             his
             most
             holy
             Word
             .
          
           
             Down
             with
             the
             old
             Honour
             due
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             up
             with
             the
             new
             gods
             honour
             .
             —
          
           
             But
             here
             some
             men
             will
             say
             to
             me
             ,
             What
             Sir
             ,
             are
             ye
             so
             privy
             of
             the
             Devils
             Counsel
             ,
             that
             ye
             know
             all
             this
             to
             be
             true
             ?
          
           
             Truly
             I
             know
             him
             too
             well
             ,
             and
             have
             
             obeyed
             him
             a
             little
             too
             much
             ,
             in
             condescending
             to
             some
             Follies
             .
             And
             I
             know
             that
             he
             is
             ever
             occupied
             ,
             and
             ever
             busie
             ,
             in
             following
             his
             Plow
             .
             I
             know
             by
             St
             Peter
             ,
             
             which
             saith
             of
             him
             ,
             
               Sicut
               Leo
               rugiens
               circuit
               ,
               quaerens
               qu●m
               devoret
               :
            
             He
             
               goeth
               about
               like
               a
               roaring
               Lion
               ,
               seeking
               whom
               he
               may
               devour
               .
            
             I
             would
             have
             this
             Text
             well
             viewed
             .
             —
          
           
             There
             was
             never
             such
             a
             Preacher
             in
             England
             as
             he
             is
             :
             Who
             is
             able
             to
             tell
             his
             diligent
             Preaching
             ?
             who
             every
             day
             and
             every
             hour
             laboureth
             to
             sow
             Cockle
             and
             Darnel
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             bring
             out
             of
             form
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             estimation
             ,
             and
             room
             ,
             the
             Institution
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             and
             Christ's
             Cross.
             —
          
           
             The
             Devil
             by
             the
             help
             of
             that
             Italian
             Bishop
             yonder
             ,
             his
             Chaplain
             ,
             
             hath
             laboured
             by
             all
             means
             that
             he
             might
             ,
             to
             frustrate
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Merits
             of
             his
             Passion
             .
             And
             they
             have
             devised
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             to
             make
             us
             believe
             in
             other
             vain
             things
             ;
             as
             to
             have
             Remission
             of
             sins
             for
             praying
             on
             Hallowed
             Beads
             ,
             for
             drinking
             of
             the
             Backhouse
             Bole
             ,
             as
             a
             Canon
             of
             Walton
             Abbey
             once
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             whensoever
             they
             
             put
             their
             Loave
             ;
             of
             Bread
             into
             the
             Oven
             ,
             as
             many
             as
             drank
             of
             the
             Pardon-Bole
             ,
             should
             have
             pardon
             for
             drinking
             of
             it
             .
             A
             mad
             thing
             ,
             to
             give
             pardon
             to
             a
             Bole
             !
             —
          
           
             Wo
             worth
             thee
             ,
             O
             Devil
             ,
             wo
             worth
             thee
             ,
             that
             hast
             prevail'd
             so
             far
             ,
             and
             so
             long
             ,
             that
             hast
             made
             England
             to
             worship
             false
             gods
             ,
             forsaking
             Christ
             their
             Lord
             ;
             wo
             worth
             thee
             Devil
             ,
             wo
             worth
             thee
             Devil
             ,
             and
             all
             thy
             Angels
             .
             —
          
           
             When
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             ,
             
             with
             the
             Advice
             of
             His
             Honourable
             Council
             ,
             goeth
             about
             to
             promote
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             to
             set
             an
             Order
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             there
             shall
             not
             lack
             Blanchers
             ,
             that
             will
             say
             ,
             as
             for
             Images
             ,
             whereas
             they
             have
             been
             used
             to
             be
             Censed
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             Candles
             offered
             unto
             them
             ,
             none
             be
             so
             foolish
             to
             do
             it
             to
             the
             Stock
             or
             Stone
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Image
             it self
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             done
             to
             God
             and
             his
             Honour
             before
             the
             Image
             .
             And
             though
             they
             should
             abuse
             it
             ,
             these
             Blanchers
             whould
             be
             ready
             to
             whisper
             the
             King
             in
             the
             ear
             ,
             and
             to
             tell
             him
             ,
             that
             this
             Abuse
             is
             but
             a
             small
             matter
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             same
             ,
             with
             all
             other
             Abuses
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             may
             be
             reformed
             
             easily
             ;
             it
             is
             but
             a
             little
             Abuse
             ,
             
             say
             they
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             easily
             amended
             .
             But
             it
             should
             not
             be
             taken
             in
             hand
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             trouble
             or
             further
             Inconveniences
             ;
             the
             People
             will
             not
             bear
             sudden
             Alterations
             ,
             and
             Insurrection
             may
             be
             made
             after
             sudden
             Mutations
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             to
             the
             great
             Harm
             and
             Lofs
             of
             the
             Realm
             :
             Therefore
             all
             shall
             be
             well
             ,
             but
             not
             out
             of
             hand
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             further
             business
             .
          
           
             These
             be
             the
             Blanchers
             that
             have
             hitherto
             stopped
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             hindred
             the
             true
             setting
             forth
             of
             the
             same
             .
             
             There
             be
             so
             many
             put
             offs
             ,
             so
             many
             put
             by
             's
             ,
             so
             many
             respects
             and
             considerations
             of
             worldly
             wisdom
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             there
             were
             Blanchers
             in
             the
             old
             time
             ,
             to
             whisper
             in
             the
             ear
             of
             good
             King
             Hezekiah
             ,
             
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             Idolatry
             done
             to
             the
             
               Brazen
               Serpent
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             there
             has
             been
             now
             of
             late
             ,
             and
             be
             now
             ,
             that
             can
             blanch
             the
             abuse
             of
             Images
             as
             other
             like
             things
             :
             But
             good
             King
             Hezekiah
             would
             not
             be
             so
             blinded
             ,
             he
             was
             like
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             fervent
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             he
             would
             give
             no
             ear
             to
             these
             Blanchers
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             moved
             
             with
             these
             worldly
             respects
             ,
             with
             these
             prudent
             Considerations
             ,
             with
             these
             Policies
             ,
             he
             feared
             not
             Insurrections
             of
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             He
             feared
             not
             ,
             
             lest
             his
             people
             would
             not
             bear
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ;
             but
             he
             (
             without
             any
             of
             these
             respects
             ,
             or
             Policies
             ,
             or
             Considerations
             )
             like
             a
             good
             King
             ,
             for
             Gods
             sake
             ,
             and
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             ,
             by
             and
             by
             plucked
             down
             the
             
               Brazen
               Serpent
            
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             it
             utterly
             ,
             and
             beat
             it
             to
             powder
             :
             He
             out
             of
             hand
             did
             cast
             out
             all
             Images
             ,
             he
             destroyed
             all
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             clearly
             did
             extirpate
             all
             Superstition
             .
          
           
             He
             would
             not
             hear
             these
             Blanchers
             ,
             and
             worldly
             wise
             men
             ,
             but
             without
             delay
             followeth
             Gods
             Cause
             ,
             and
             destroyeth
             all
             Idolatry
             out
             of
             hand
             .
          
           
             This
             did
             good
             King
             Hezekiah
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             like
             Apollo
             ,
             fervent
             in
             spirit
             ,
             and
             diligent
             to
             promote
             Gods
             Glory
             .
          
           
             And
             good
             hope
             there
             is
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             likewise
             here
             in
             England
             ;
             for
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             is
             so
             brought
             up
             in
             knowledge
             ,
             vertue
             and
             godliness
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             mistrusted
             ,
             but
             that
             we
             shall
             have
             all
             things
             well
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
             Glory
             of
             God
             shall
             be
             spread
             abroad
             through
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             
             if
             the
             Prelates
             will
             diligently
             apply
             their
             Plow
             ,
             and
             be
             Preachers
             rather
             than
             Lords
             .
          
           
             But
             our
             Blanchers
             which
             will
             be
             Lords
             ,
             and
             no
             Labourers
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             commanded
             to
             go
             and
             be
             resident
             upon
             their
             Cures
             ,
             and
             preach
             in
             their
             Benefices
             ,
             they
             will
             say
             ;
          
           
             What!
             I
             have
             set
             a
             Deputy
             there
             ,
             I
             have
             a
             Deputy
             that
             looketh
             well
             to
             my
             Flock
             ,
             who
             shall
             discharge
             my
             duty
             .
             A
             Deputy
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             I
             looked
             for
             that
             word
             all
             this
             while
             .
             And
             what
             a
             Deputy
             must
             he
             be
             ,
             trow
             ye
             ?
             Even
             one
             like
             himself
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             a
             Canonist
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             one
             that
             is
             brought
             up
             in
             the
             study
             of
             Popes
             Laws
             and
             Decrees
             ,
             one
             that
             will
             set
             forth
             Papistry
             as
             well
             as
             himself
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             will
             maintain
             all
             Idolatry
             and
             Superstition
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             will
             nothing
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             else
             very
             weakly
             ,
             resist
             the
             Devils
             Plow
             ;
             yea
             ,
             happy
             it
             is
             ,
             if
             he
             take
             no
             part
             with
             the
             Devil
             ;
             
             and
             where
             he
             should
             be
             an
             enemy
             to
             him
             ,
             it
             is
             well
             ,
             if
             he
             take
             not
             the
             Devils
             part
             against
             Christ.
             
          
           
           
             But
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             the
             Prelates
             take
             their
             pleasures
             ,
             they
             are
             Lords
             ,
             and
             no
             Labourers
             ;
             but
             the
             Devil
             is
             diligent
             at
             his
             Plow
             ,
             he
             is
             no
             unpreaching
             Prelate
             ,
             he
             is
             no
             Lordly
             Loyterer
             from
             his
             Cure
             ,
             but
             a
             busie
             Plow-man
             ;
             so
             that
             amongst
             all
             the
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             among
             all
             the
             pack
             of
             them
             that
             have
             Cure
             ,
             the
             Devil
             shall
             go
             for
             my
             money
             ;
             for
             he
             still
             applieth
             his
             Business
             .
             Therefore
             ye
             
               Unpreaching
               Prelates
            
             ,
             learn
             of
             the
             Devil
             to
             be
             diligent
             in
             doing
             your
             Office.
             Learn
             of
             the
             Devil
             :
             And
             if
             ye
             will
             not
             learn
             of
             God
             and
             good
             men
             ,
             for
             shame
             learn
             of
             the
             Devil
             ;
             
               ad
               erubescentiam
               vestram
               dico
            
             ,
             I
             speak
             it
             for
             your
             shame
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             not
             learn
             of
             God
             nor
             good
             men
             ,
             to
             be
             diligent
             in
             your
             Office
             ,
             learn
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
           
             Howbeit
             there
             is
             now
             very
             good
             hope
             ,
             that
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             being
             by
             the
             help
             of
             good
             governance
             of
             his
             most
             Honourable
             Counsellors
             ,
             trained
             and
             brought
             up
             in
             Learning
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             will
             shortly
             provide
             a
             remedy
             ,
             and
             set
             an
             order
             herein
             ;
             which
             thing
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             so
             be
             ,
             let
             us
             pray
             for
             him
             ;
             pray
             for
             him
             good
             people
             ,
             pray
             
             for
             him
             ,
             ye
             have
             great
             cause
             and
             need
             to
             pray
             for
             him
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Part
             of
             the
             First
             Sermon
             Preached
             by
             the
             Reverend
             Father
             ,
             Master
             Hugh
             Latimer
             ,
             before
             our
             Late
             Soveraign
             Lord
             ,
             of
             Famous
             memory
             ,
             King
             Edward
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             within
             the
             Preaching
             place
             in
             the
             Palace
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             1549.
             the
             Eight
             of
             March.
             
          
           
             
               Rom.
               15.
               
            
             
               Quaecunque
               scripta
               sunt
               ,
               ad
               nostram
               doctrinam
               scripta
               sunt
               .
               —
            
          
           
             IN
             Taking
             this
             Part
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             (
             most
             Noble
             Audience
             )
             I
             played
             as
             a
             Truant
             ,
             which
             when
             he
             is
             at
             School
             ,
             will
             chuse
             a
             Lesson
             wherein
             he
             is
             perfect
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             loath
             to
             take
             pain
             in
             studying
             a
             new
             Lesson
             ,
             or
             else
             feareth
             stripes
             for
             his
             sloathfulness
             .
             In
             like
             manner
             
             I
             might
             seem
             now
             in
             my
             old
             age
             ,
             to
             some
             men
             ,
             to
             take
             this
             part
             of
             Scripture
             ;
             because
             I
             would
             wade
             easily
             away
             therewith
             ,
             and
             drive
             my
             matter
             at
             my
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             bound
             to
             a
             certain
             Theam
             .
          
           
             But
             ye
             shall
             consider
             that
             the
             foresaid
             words
             of
             Paul
             are
             not
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             all
             Scriptures
             ,
             but
             only
             of
             those
             which
             are
             of
             God
             written
             in
             Gods
             Book
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             which
             are
             therein
             ,
             
             are
             written
             for
             our
             Learning
             .
             The
             Excellency
             of
             this
             word
             ,
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             and
             of
             so
             high
             dignity
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             earthly
             thing
             to
             be
             compared
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Author
             thereof
             is
             great
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             God
             himself
             ,
             Eternal
             ,
             Almighty
             ,
             everlasting
             .
             The
             Scripture
             because
             of
             him
             ,
             is
             also
             Great
             ,
             Eternal
             ,
             most
             Mighty
             ,
             and
             Holy.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             King
             ,
             Emperor
             ,
             Magistrate
             and
             Ruler
             of
             what
             state
             soever
             they
             be
             ,
             but
             are
             bound
             to
             obey
             this
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             credence
             unto
             his
             Holy
             Word
             ,
             in
             directing
             their
             steps
             ordinately
             according
             to
             the
             same
             Word
             :
             Yea
             truly
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             only
             bound
             to
             obey
             Gods
             Book
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             Ministry
             
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             he
             speaketh
             sitting
             in
             Moses
             Chair
             .
             —
          
           
             For
             in
             this
             world
             God
             hath
             two
             Svvords
             ,
             the
             one
             is
             a
             Temporal
             Svvord
             ,
             the
             other
             a
             Spiritual
             .
             —
          
           
             The
             King
             correcteth
             Transgresson
             vvith
             the
             Temporal
             Svvord
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             Preacher
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             an
             Offender
             .
             But
             the
             Preacher
             cannot
             correct
             the
             King
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             a
             Transgressor
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             vvith
             the
             Temporal
             Svvord
             :
             But
             he
             must
             correct
             and
             reprove
             him
             vvith
             the
             Spiritual
             Svvord
             ,
             fearing
             no
             man
             ,
             setting
             God
             only
             before
             his
             eyes
             ,
             under
             vvhom
             he
             is
             a
             Minister
             ,
             to
             supplant
             and
             root
             up
             all
             Vice
             and
             Mischief
             by
             Gods
             Word
             .
             —
          
           
             Therefore
             let
             the
             Preacher
             teach
             ,
             reprove
             ,
             amend
             and
             instruct
             in
             Righteousness
             ,
             vvith
             the
             Spiritual
             Svvord
             ,
             fearing
             no
             man
             ,
             
             though
             death
             should
             ensue
             .
          
           
             Thus
             Moses
             
             did
             reprove
             
               Pharaoh
               .
            
             —
          
           
             Thus
             Micheas
             did
             not
             spare
             to
             blame
             King
             Ahab
             ,
             
             for
             his
             vvickednes
             ,
             and
             to
             prophesie
             of
             his
             destruction
             ,
             contrary
             unto
             many
             False
             Prophets
             .
             —
          
           
             These
             foresaid
             Kings
             being
             admonished
             
             by
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             because
             they
             vvould
             not
             follovv
             their
             godly
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             correct
             their
             lives
             ,
             came
             unto
             utter
             destruction
             .
             —
          
           
             Let
             the
             Preacher
             therefore
             never
             fear
             to
             declare
             the
             Message
             of
             God
             unto
             all
             men
             :
             And
             if
             the
             King
             vvill
             not
             hear
             them
             ,
             then
             the
             Preachers
             may
             admonish
             and
             charge
             them
             vvith
             their
             duties
             ,
             
             and
             so
             leave
             them
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             the
             Preachers
             digress
             out
             of
             Christs
             Chair
             ,
             and
             shall
             speak
             their
             ovvn
             phantasies
             ,
             then
             in
             stead
             of
             vvhatsoever
             they
             bid
             you
             observe
             ,
             that
             observe
             and
             do
             .
          
           
             Change
             into
             these
             vvords
             follovving
             ,
             
               Beware
               of
               False
               Prophets
            
             ,
             change
             ,
             
               quaecunque
               jusserint
            
             ,
             
             into
             
               Cavete
               à
               Fermento
               Pharisaeorum
            
             .
             
             —
          
           
             All
             things
             written
             in
             Gods
             Book
             ,
             are
             most
             true
             ,
             and
             profitable
             for
             all
             men
             ;
             for
             in
             it
             is
             contained
             meet
             matter
             for
             Kings
             ,
             Princes
             ,
             Rulers
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             Estates
             :
             Wherefore
             it
             behoveth
             every
             Preacher
             ,
             
             somwhat
             to
             accomodate
             himself
             and
             his
             matter
             to
             the
             Comfort
             and
             Amendment
             of
             the
             Audience
             
             to
             which
             he
             declareth
             the
             Message
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             If
             he
             preach
             before
             a
             King
             ,
             let
             his
             matter
             be
             concerning
             the
             Office
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             if
             before
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             —
          
           
             I
             have
             thought
             it
             good
             to
             intreat
             upon
             these
             words
             following
             ,
             which
             are
             written
             in
             the
             seventeenth
             Chapter
             of
             Deuteronomy
             ,
             from
             Verse
             14.
             downwards
             .
             —
          
           
             As
             the
             Text
             doth
             rise
             ,
             I
             will
             touch
             and
             go
             a
             little
             in
             every
             place
             .
             —
          
           
             To
             have
             a
             King
             ,
             the
             Israelites
             did
             with
             much
             importunity
             call
             unto
             God
             ,
             and
             God
             long
             before
             promised
             them
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             fully
             certified
             thereof
             ,
             that
             God
             had
             promised
             that
             thing
             :
             For
             unto
             Abraham
             he
             said
             ,
             
               Gen.
               17.
               6.
               
               Kings
               shall
               come
               out
               of
               thee
               .
            
             These
             words
             were
             spoken
             long
             before
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             had
             any
             King
             ;
             notwithstanding
             here
             yet
             God
             prescribed
             unto
             them
             an
             Order
             ,
             how
             they
             should
             chuse
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             what
             manner
             of
             man
             he
             should
             be
             ,
             where
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               When
               thou
               shalt
               come
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             As
             who
             should
             say
             ,
             O
             ye
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             I
             know
             your
             nature
             right
             
             well
             ,
             —
             I
             know
             that
             thou
             wilt
             chuse
             a
             King
             to
             reign
             over
             thee
             ,
             and
             to
             appear
             glorious
             in
             the
             face
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             :
             But
             because
             thou
             art
             stiffe-necked
             ,
             wild
             ,
             and
             art
             given
             to
             walk
             without
             a
             Bridle
             or
             Line
             ,
             therefore
             now
             I
             will
             prevent
             thy
             evil
             and
             beastly
             Manners
             ,
             I
             will
             hedge
             strongly
             thy
             way
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             a
             durable
             Law
             which
             shall
             compell
             thee
             to
             walk
             ordinately
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             plain
             way
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             chuse
             thee
             a
             King
             after
             thy
             Will
             and
             phantasie
             ,
             but
             after
             me
             ,
             thy
             Lord
             and
             God.
             
          
           
             Thus
             God
             conditioned
             with
             the
             Jews
             ,
             that
             their
             King
             should
             be
             such
             a
             one
             as
             He
             himself
             would
             choose
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             not
             much
             unlike
             a
             bargain
             that
             I
             heard
             of
             late
             ,
             should
             be
             betwixt
             two
             friends
             for
             a
             Horse
             ,
             the
             Owner
             promised
             the
             other
             should
             have
             the
             Horse
             if
             he
             would
             ,
             the
             other
             asked
             the
             price
             ,
             he
             said
             20.
             
             Nobles
             ;
             The
             other
             would
             give
             him
             but
             four
             pounds
             ;
             the
             Owner
             said
             he
             should
             not
             have
             it
             then
             ,
             the
             other
             claimed
             the
             Horse
             ,
             because
             he
             said
             he
             should
             have
             him
             if
             he
             would
             .
          
           
           
             Thus
             this
             bargain
             became
             a
             Westminster
             matter
             ,
             the
             Lawyers
             got
             twice
             the
             value
             of
             the
             Horse
             ,
             and
             when
             all
             came
             to
             all
             ,
             two
             fools
             made
             an
             end
             of
             the
             matter
             .
          
           
             Howbeit
             the
             Israelites
             could
             not
             go
             to
             Law
             with
             God
             for
             choosing
             their
             King
             ,
             for
             ,
             will
             they
             ,
             nill
             they
             ,
             their
             King
             should
             be
             of
             his
             choosing
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             walk
             inordinately
             —
             for
             as
             they
             say
             commonly
             ,
             
               Qui
               vadit
               planè
               ,
               vadit
               sanè
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             He
             that
             walketh
             plainly
             ,
             walketh
             safely
             .
             And
             the
             Jews
             were
             stiff-necked
             ,
             and
             were
             ever
             ready
             to
             walk
             inordinately
             .
             No
             less
             are
             vve
             Englishmen
             given
             to
             untovvardness
             and
             inordinate
             vvalking
             .
             —
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             great
             error
             risen
             novv
             :
             dayes
             among
             many
             of
             us
             ,
             
             vvhich
             are
             vain
             and
             nevv
             fangled
             men
             climbing
             beyond
             the
             limits
             of
             our
             capacity
             and
             vvit
             ,
             in
             vvrenching
             this
             Text
             of
             Scripture
             hereafter
             follovving
             after
             their
             ovvn
             Phansie
             and
             Brain
             ,
             their
             errour
             is
             upon
             this
             Text
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             8.
             7.
             
             They
             wrench
             these
             words
             after
             their
             own
             fantasies
             ,
             and
             make
             much
             doubt
             as
             touching
             a
             King
             and
             his
             Godly
             name
             .
          
           
           
             They
             that
             so
             do
             ,
             walk
             inordinately
             ,
             they
             walk
             not
             directly
             and
             plainly
             ,
             but
             delight
             in
             balks
             and
             stubble
             way
             .
             It
             maketh
             no
             matter
             by
             what
             name
             the
             Rulers
             be
             named
             ,
             if
             so
             be
             they
             shall
             walk
             ordinately
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             direct
             their
             steps
             with
             God
             ,
             for
             both
             Patriarches
             Judges
             and
             Kings
             had
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             authority
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Godly
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             to
             be
             considered
             which
             God
             saith
             ,
             
             thou
             maist
             not
             set
             a
             stranger
             over
             thee
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             pleased
             God
             to
             grant
             us
             a
             natural
             liege
             King
             and
             Lord
             ,
             
             of
             our
             own
             Nation
             ,
             an
             Englishman
             one
             of
             our
             own
             Religion
             ,
             God
             hath
             given
             him
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             a
             most
             pretious
             Treasure
             ,
             and
             yet
             many
             of
             us
             do
             desire
             a
             stranger
             to
             be
             King
             over
             us
             ,
             
             —
             Let
             us
             follow
             Daniel
             ,
             let
             us
             not
             seek
             the
             death
             of
             our
             most
             Noble
             and
             rightful
             King
             ,
             our
             own
             Brother
             ,
             both
             by
             nativity
             and
             Godly
             Religion
             .
             Let
             us
             pray
             for
             his
             good
             estate
             that
             he
             live
             long
             among
             us
             :
             Oh
             what
             a
             plague
             were
             it
             ,
             that
             a
             strange
             King
             of
             a
             strange
             Land
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             strange
             Religion
             should
             raign
             over
             us
             :
             where
             
             now
             we
             be
             governed
             in
             the
             true
             Religion
             ,
             he
             should
             extirpe
             and
             pluck
             away
             all
             together
             ,
             aud
             then
             plant
             again
             all
             Abomination
             and
             Popery
             ,
             God
             keep
             such
             a
             King
             from
             us
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             the
             Kings
             grace
             hath
             two
             Sisters
             ,
             
             my
             Lady
             Mary
             ,
             and
             my
             Lady
             Elizabeth
             ,
             which
             by
             Succession
             and
             Course
             ,
             are
             Inheritors
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             who
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             marry
             with
             strangers
             ,
             what
             should
             ensue
             ?
             God
             knoweth
             .
             But
             God
             grant
             (
             if
             they
             so
             do
             ,
             whereby
             strange
             Religion
             cometh
             in
             )
             that
             they
             never
             come
             to
             coursing
             not
             succeeding
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             to
             avoid
             this
             Plague
             ,
             let
             us
             amend
             our
             Lives
             ,
             and
             put
             away
             all
             pride
             ,
             which
             doth
             drown
             men
             in
             this
             Realm
             ,
             at
             these
             daies
             ;
             all
             Covetousness
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Magistrates
             and
             rich
             men
             are
             overwhelmed
             ,
             all
             lechery
             ,
             and
             other
             excessive
             vices
             ,
             provoking
             Gods
             wrath
             (
             were
             he
             not
             merciful
             )
             even
             to
             take
             from
             us
             our
             natural
             King
             and
             Liege
             Lord
             ;
             
             yea
             to
             plague
             us
             with
             a
             strange
             King
             for
             our
             unrepentant
             hearts
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             if
             as
             ye
             say
             ,
             
             ye
             love
             the
             King
             amend
             your
             lives
             .
             —
          
           
           
             Now
             I
             hear
             all
             things
             shall
             be
             ended
             after
             a
             Godly
             manner
             shortly
             .
             Make
             hast
             ,
             make
             hast
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             learn
             to
             convert
             to
             repent
             and
             mend
             our
             lives
             :
             if
             we
             do
             not
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             lest
             for
             our
             sins
             and
             unthankfulness
             an
             hypocrite
             shall
             reign
             over
             us
             .
             —
          
           
             Let
             us
             pray
             ,
             that
             God
             maintain
             and
             continue
             our
             Most
             Excellent
             King
             here
             present
             .
             —
          
           
             He
             doth
             Rectifie
             us
             in
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             
             in
             that
             therefore
             let
             us
             stand
             .
             —
          
           
             He
             shall
             not
             prepare
             unto
             himself
             many
             Horses
             ,
             &c.
             
             In
             speaking
             of
             these
             Words
             ye
             shall
             understand
             ,
             that
             I
             do
             not
             intend
             to
             speak
             against
             the
             strength
             ,
             policy
             and
             provision
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             but
             against
             excess
             and
             vain
             trust
             that
             Kings
             have
             in
             themselves
             ,
             more
             then
             in
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             all
             goodness
             and
             Giver
             of
             all
             Victory
             .
             Many
             Horses
             are
             requisite
             for
             a
             King
             ,
             but
             he
             may
             not
             exceed
             in
             them
             ,
             nor
             triumph
             in
             them
             more
             then
             is
             needful
             ,
             for
             the
             necessary
             affairs
             and
             defence
             of
             the
             Realm
             .
          
           
             What
             meaneth
             it
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             to
             do
             with
             the
             Kings
             Stable
             ;
             but
             only
             he
             
             would
             be
             Master
             of
             his
             Horses
             ,
             The
             Scripture
             saith
             :
             
               In
               altis
               habitat
            
             ,
             he
             dwelleth
             on
             high
             ;
             it
             followeth
             ,
             
               Humilia
               respicit
            
             ,
             he
             looketh
             on
             the
             low
             things
             ,
             yea
             upon
             the
             Kings
             Stables
             ▪
             and
             upon
             all
             the
             Offices
             in
             his
             House
             .
          
           
             God
             is
             a
             great
             Grand
             Master
             of
             the
             Kings
             house
             ,
             
             and
             will
             take
             account
             of
             every
             one
             that
             beareth
             rule
             therein
             ;
             for
             the
             executing
             of
             their
             Offices
             ,
             whether
             they
             have
             justly
             and
             truly
             served
             the
             King
             in
             their
             Offices
             ,
             or
             no.
             
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             God
             looketh
             upon
             the
             King
             Himself
             ,
             if
             he
             work
             well
             or
             not
             .
             Every
             King
             is
             subject
             unto
             God
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             men
             are
             subjects
             unto
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             In
             a
             King
             God
             requireth
             faith
             ,
             not
             excess
             of
             Horses
             ,
             Horses
             for
             a
             King
             be
             good
             and
             necessary
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             well
             used
             ,
             but
             —
          
           
             Neither
             shall
             he
             multiply
             wives
             ,
             &c.
             —
          
           
             Let
             us
             not
             think
             that
             ,
             because
             we
             read
             that
             Kings
             among
             the
             Jews
             had
             liberty
             to
             take
             more
             wives
             than
             one
             ,
             
             that
             we
             may
             therefore
             attempt
             to
             walk
             inordinately
             .
             —
          
           
             For
             Christ
             hath
             forbidden
             this
             unto
             us
             Christians
             ,
             and
             limiteth
             unto
             us
             one
             wife
             only
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a
             great
             thing
             for
             a
             man
             to
             rule
             one
             wife
             rightly
             and
             ordinately
             ;
             for
             a
             Woman
             is
             frail
             ,
             and
             proclive
             unto
             all
             evils
             ;
             a
             Woman
             is
             a
             very
             weak
             Vessel
             ,
             and
             may
             soon
             deceive
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             bring
             him
             into
             evil
             .
             Many
             Examples
             we
             have
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             Adam
             by
             Eve.
             —
          
           
             How
             did
             wicked
             Jezebel
             ?
             —
          
           
             Therefore
             let
             our
             King
             ,
             what
             time
             his
             Grace
             shall
             be
             so
             minded
             to
             take
             a
             wife
             ,
             chuse
             him
             one
             which
             is
             of
             God
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             the
             Houshould
             of
             faith
             —
             And
             that
             shee
             be
             such
             a
             one
             as
             the
             King
             can
             find
             in
             his
             Heart
             to
             love
             ,
             and
             lead
             his
             life
             in
             pure
             and
             chast
             Espousage
             ;
             and
             then
             shall
             he
             be
             the
             more
             prone
             and
             ready
             to
             advance
             Gods
             Glory
             ,
             and
             to
             punish
             and
             extirpe
             the
             great
             lechery
             used
             in
             this
             Realm
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             we
             ought
             to
             make
             a
             continual
             Prayer
             unto
             God
             ,
             
             for
             to
             grant
             our
             Kings
             Grace
             such
             a
             Mate
             as
             may
             knit
             his
             heart
             and
             hers
             ,
             according
             to
             
             Gods
             Ordinance
             and
             Law
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             consider
             and
             cleave
             only
             to
             a
             politique
             matter
             or
             conjunction
             ,
             for
             the
             enlargeing
             of
             Dominions
             for
             surety
             and
             defence
             of
             Countries
             .
             —
          
           
             We
             have
             now
             a
             pretty
             little
             shilling
             ,
             indeed
             a
             very
             pretty
             one
             ,
             I
             have
             but
             one
             I
             think
             in
             my
             Purse
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             day
             I
             had
             put
             it
             away
             almost
             for
             an
             old
             Groat
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             trust
             some
             will
             take
             them
             ;
             the
             fineness
             of
             the
             Silver
             I
             cannot
             see
             :
             but
             therein
             is
             printed
             a
             fine
             sentence
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
             
               Timor
               Domini
               fons
               sapientiae
            
             .
             The
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             the
             Fountain
             of
             wisdom
             .
             I
             would
             to
             God
             this
             Sentence
             were
             printed
             in
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             King
             in
             choosing
             his
             Wife
             and
             all
             his
             Officers
             .
          
           
             For
             as
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             is
             
               fons
               sapientiae
            
             ,
             so
             the
             forgetting
             of
             God
             is
             
               〈◊〉
               stultitiae
            
             ,
             the
             fountain
             of
             foolishness
             ;
             though
             it
             be
             never
             so
             politique
             .
             —
          
           
             Let
             the
             King
             therefore
             chuse
             unto
             him
             a
             Godly
             wife
             ,
             whereby
             he
             shall
             the
             better
             live
             chast
             ,
             and
             in
             so
             living
             ▪
             all
             Godliness
             shall
             increase
             ,
             and
             righteousness
             be
             maintained
             .
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             I
             know
             hereafter
             ,
             
             some
             will
             come
             and
             move
             your
             Grace
             toward
             wantonness
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             inclination
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             vain
             Affections
             .
             But
             I
             would
             your
             Grace
             would
             bear
             in
             memory
             ,
             and
             History
             of
             a
             good
             King
             ,
             called
             Lewis
             (
             that
             travelled
             towards
             the
             Holy
             Land
             )
             which
             was
             a
             great
             matter
             in
             those
             dayes
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             way
             sickned
             ,
             being
             long
             absent
             from
             his
             Wife
             ,
             and
             upon
             this
             matter
             ,
             the
             Physitians
             did
             agree
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             for
             lack
             of
             a
             Woman
             ;
             and
             did
             consult
             with
             the
             Bishops
             therein
             ,
             who
             did
             conclude
             ,
             that
             because
             of
             the
             Distance
             from
             his
             Wife
             (
             being
             in
             another
             Country
             )
             he
             should
             take
             a
             Wench
             .
          
           
             This
             good
             King
             hearing
             their
             Conclusion
             ,
             would
             not
             assent
             thereunto
             ,
             but
             said
             ,
             he
             had
             rather
             be
             sick
             even
             unto
             death
             ,
             than
             he
             would
             break
             his
             Espousals
             .
             Wo
             worth
             such
             Counsellors
             ,
             Bishops
             !
             nay
             rather
             Buzzards
             .
          
           
             Nevertheless
             ,
             if
             the
             King
             should
             have
             consented
             to
             their
             Conclusion
             ,
             and
             accomplished
             the
             same
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             chanced
             well
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             excused
             the
             matter
             ;
             as
             I
             have
             heard
             ,
             one
             being
             reproacht
             for
             such
             Counsel
             given
             ,
             he
             excused
             
             the
             matter
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             he
             gave
             him
             none
             other
             Counsel
             ,
             but
             if
             it
             had
             been
             his
             case
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             done
             likewise
             ;
             so
             I
             think
             the
             Bishops
             would
             have
             excused
             the
             matter
             ,
             if
             the
             King
             should
             have
             reproved
             them
             for
             their
             Counsel
             :
             I
             do
             not
             read
             ,
             the
             King
             did
             so
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             had
             ,
             I
             know
             what
             would
             have
             been
             their
             Answer
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             said
             ,
             We
             give
             you
             no
             worse
             counsel
             ,
             than
             we
             would
             have
             followed
             our selves
             ,
             if
             we
             had
             been
             in
             like
             case
             .
          
           
             Well
             Sir
             ,
             this
             King
             did
             well
             ,
             and
             had
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             before
             his
             eyes
             .
             —
          
           
             Let
             the
             King
             therefore
             chuse
             a
             Wife
             which
             feareth
             God
             ,
             let
             him
             not
             seek
             a
             proud
             Wanton
             ,
             one
             full
             of
             rich
             Treasures
             and
             worldy
             Pomp.
             
          
           
             Neither
             shall
             he
             multiply
             to
             himself
             too
             much
             silver
             and
             Gold.
             &c.
             
          
           
             He
             shall
             not
             multiply
             unto
             himself
             too
             much
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             :
             Is
             there
             too
             much
             think
             you
             for
             a
             King
             ?
             God
             doth
             allow
             much
             unto
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             expedient
             that
             he
             should
             have
             much
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             great
             expences
             .
             —
          
           
             Necessary
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             have
             a
             Treasure
             alwaies
             in
             readiness
             for
             such
             
             affairs
             as
             be
             daily
             in
             his
             hands
             :
             The
             which
             Treasure
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             sufficient
             ,
             he
             may
             lawfully
             and
             with
             a
             safe
             Conscience
             ,
             take
             Taxes
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ;
             for
             it
             were
             not
             meet
             ,
             —
          
           
             But
             who
             shall
             see
             this
             too
             much
             ,
             or
             tell
             the
             King
             of
             this
             too
             much
             ?
             Think
             you
             any
             of
             the
             Kings
             Privy
             Chamber
             ?
             No.
             For
             fear
             of
             loss
             of
             Favour
             .
             Shall
             any
             of
             his
             Sworn
             Chaplains
             ?
             No.
             They
             be
             of
             his
             Closet
             ,
             and
             keep
             close
             such
             matters
             .
             But
             the
             King
             himself
             must
             see
             this
             too
             much
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             shall
             do
             by
             no
             means
             ,
             with
             Corporal
             eyes
             :
             Wherefore
             he
             must
             have
             a
             pair
             of
             Spectacles
             ,
             which
             shall
             have
             two
             clear
             Sights
             in
             them
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             one
             is
             Faith
             ,
             the
             other
             is
             Charity
             :
             By
             them
             two
             ,
             must
             the
             King
             ever
             see
             when
             he
             hath
             too
             much
             .
             —
          
           
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             my
             Lords
             and
             Masters
             ,
             this
             is
             not
             for
             the
             Kings
             Honour
             :
             Yet
             some
             will
             say
             ,
             Knowest
             thou
             what
             is
             for
             the
             Kings
             Honour
             better
             than
             we
             ?
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Honour
             is
             most
             perfectly
             painted
             forth
             in
             Scripture
             ;
             of
             which
             ,
             
             if
             ye
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             for
             lack
             of
             
             time
             ,
             that
             ye
             cannot
             read
             it
             ,
             though
             your
             Counsel
             be
             never
             so
             politick
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             for
             the
             Kings
             Honour
             .
             What
             his
             Honour
             meaneth
             ,
             ye
             cantot
             tell
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             Kings
             Honour
             ,
             that
             his
             Subjects
             be
             led
             in
             the
             true
             Religion
             :
             That
             all
             his
             Prelates
             and
             Clergy
             be
             set
             about
             their
             work
             ,
             in
             Preaching
             and
             Studying
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             interrupted
             from
             their
             Charge
             .
             Also
             it
             is
             the
             Kings
             Honour
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Part
             of
             the
             Second
             Sermon
             preached
             by
             Mr.
             Latymer
             before
             King
             Edward
             .
          
           
             
               And
               when
               the
               King
               is
               set
               in
               the
               Seat
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               he
               shall
               write
               him
               out
               a
               Book
               ,
            
             
               Deut.
               17.
               
            
          
           
             I
             Told
             you
             in
             my
             last
             Sermon
             ,
             of
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Kings
             people
             ,
             &
             had
             occasion
             to
             shew
             you
             ,
             how
             few
             Noblemen
             were
             good
             Preachers
             .
             I
             left
             out
             an
             History
             then
             ,
             which
             now
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             .
          
           
           
             There
             was
             a
             Bishop
             of
             Winchester
             in
             King
             Henry
             the
             Sixth's
             daies
             .
             —
          
           
             This
             Bishop
             was
             a
             Great
             man
             born
             ,
             and
             did
             bear
             such
             a
             stroak
             ,
             he
             was
             able
             to
             shoulder
             the
             Lord
             Protector
             ;
             it
             chanced
             the
             Lord
             Protector
             and
             he
             fell
             out
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             would
             bear
             nothing
             at
             all
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             played
             me
             the
             Satrapa
             ;
             so
             —
          
           
             Was
             not
             this
             a
             good
             Prelate
             ?
             He
             should
             have
             been
             at
             home
             preaching
             in
             his
             Diocess
             with
             a
             Wanniaunt
             .
             This
             Protector
             was
             so
             Noble
             a
             Godly
             man
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             called
             of
             every
             man
             the
             good
             Duke
             Humphrey
             :
             He
             kept
             such
             a
             House
             ,
             —
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Bishop
             for
             standing
             so
             stiffly
             by
             the
             matter
             ,
             and
             bearing
             up
             the
             Order
             of
             our
             Mother
             ,
             the
             Holy
             Church
             ,
             was
             made
             a
             Cardinal
             at
             Calice
             ,
             and
             thither
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             sent
             him
             a
             Cardinals
             Hat
             :
             He
             should
             have
             had
             a
             Tyburne-Tippet
             ,
             a
             half
             peny
             Halter
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             proud
             Prelates
             .
          
           
             When
             he
             sitteth
             upon
             the
             Throne
             ,
             what
             shall
             he
             do
             ?
             Shall
             he
             dance
             and
             dally
             ,
             banquet
             ,
             havvk
             and
             hunt
             ?
          
           
             No
             forsooth
             Sir.
             
          
           
           
             What
             must
             he
             do
             then
             ?
             He
             must
             be
             a
             Student
             ;
             not
             thinking
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             a
             King
             ,
             he
             hath
             License
             to
             do
             vvhat
             he
             vvill
             ,
             as
             these
             vvorldly
             Flatterers
             are
             vvont
             to
             say
             ,
             ye
             trouble
             not
             your self
             ,
             (
             Sir
             )
             ye
             may
             havvk
             and
             hunt
             ,
             and
             take
             your
             pleasure
             ;
             as
             for
             the
             guiding
             of
             your
             Kingdom
             and
             People
             ,
             let
             us
             alone
             vvith
             it
             .
          
           
             These
             flattering
             Clavv-backs
             are
             Original
             Roots
             of
             all
             Mischief
             ;
             and
             yet
             a
             King
             may
             take
             his
             Pastime
             in
             Havvking
             and
             Hunting
             ,
             or
             such
             like
             Pleasures
             ,
             but
             he
             must
             ,
             —
          
           
             It
             follovveth
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             
               Deut.
               17.
               19.
               
               He
               shall
               have
               it
               with
               him
               ,
            
             in
             his
             Progresse
             .
             —
          
           
             He
             shall
             read
             in
             it
             ,
             not
             once
             a
             year
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             his
             life
             .
             Where
             are
             these
             Worldlings
             novv
             ?
             these
             Bladder-puft-up
             vvily
             men
             ?
             
             Wo
             vvorth
             them
             ,
             that
             ever
             they
             vvere
             about
             any
             King.
             
          
           
             But
             hovv
             shall
             he
             read
             this
             Book
             ?
             As
             the
             Homilies
             are
             read
             ?
             Some
             call
             them
             Homilies
             ,
             and
             indeed
             so
             they
             may
             be
             vvell
             called
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             homely
             handled
             .
          
           
           
             For
             though
             the
             Priest
             read
             them
             never
             so
             vvell
             ,
             yet
             if
             the
             Parish
             like
             them
             not
             ,
             there
             is
             such
             talking
             and
             babling
             ,
             that
             nothing
             can
             be
             heard
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             the
             Parish
             be
             good
             ,
             and
             the
             Priest
             naught
             ,
             he
             vvill
             so
             hack
             and
             chop
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             vvere
             as
             good
             to
             be
             vvithout
             it
             ,
             for
             any
             vvord
             that
             shall
             be
             understood
             .
             And
             yet
             (
             the
             more
             pity
             )
             it
             is
             suffered
             of
             your
             Graces
             Bishops
             in
             their
             Diocess
             unpunished
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             vvill
             be
             a
             Suitor
             to
             your
             Grace
             ,
             that
             you
             vvill
             give
             your
             Bishops
             charge
             ere
             they
             go
             home
             ,
             
             upon
             their
             Allegiance
             ,
             to
             look
             better
             to
             their
             Flock
             ,
             and
             to
             see
             your
             Majesties
             Injunctions
             better
             kept
             ,
             and
             send
             your
             Visitors
             in
             their
             Tayls
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             be
             found
             negligent
             in
             their
             duties
             ,
             out
             vvith
             them
             ,
             I
             require
             it
             in
             Gods
             behalf
             ,
             make
             them
             Quondams
             ,
             all
             the
             Pack
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             ye
             vvill
             say
             ,
             Where
             shall
             vve
             have
             any
             to
             put
             in
             their
             rooms
             ?
             —
          
           
             Your
             Majesty
             hath
             divers
             of
             your
             Chaplains
             ,
             well
             learned
             men
             ,
             and
             of
             good
             knowlede
             ,
             and
             yet
             ye
             have
             some
             bad
             enough
             ,
             hangers
             on
             the
             Court
             ,
             I
             mean
             not
             these
             ,
             —
          
           
           
             What
             an
             Enormity
             is
             this
             in
             a
             Christian
             Realm
             to
             serve
             in
             a
             Civility
             ,
             
             having
             the
             profit
             of
             a
             Provostship
             ,
             and
             a
             Deanry
             ,
             and
             a
             Parsonage
             ?
             But
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             what
             is
             like
             to
             come
             of
             it
             :
             It
             will
             bring
             the
             Clergy
             shortly
             into
             a
             very
             Slavery
             .
             I
             may
             not
             forget
             here
             my
             
               Scala
               Caeli
            
             ,
             that
             I
             spake
             of
             in
             my
             last
             Sermon
             ;
             I
             will
             repeat
             it
             now
             again
             ,
             desiring
             your
             Grace
             in
             Gods
             behalf
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             remember
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             had
             a
             
               Scala
               coeli
            
             ,
             
             but
             his
             was
             a
             Masse-matter
             :
             But
             this
             
               Scala
               Coeli
            
             that
             I
             now
             speak
             of
             ,
             is
             the
             true
             Ladder
             that
             bringeth
             a
             man
             to
             heaven
             :
             The
             top
             of
             the
             Ladder
             ,
             or
             first
             Greese
             is
             this
             ;
             
               Whosoever
               calleth
               on
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord
               shall
               be
               saved
               .
            
             
             The
             second
             step
             ,
             
               How
               shall
               they
               call
               upon
               him
               ,
               in
               whom
               they
               have
               not
               believed
               ?
            
             The
             Third
             Stair
             is
             this
             ,
             
               How
               shall
               they
               believe
               in
               him
               ,
               of
               whom
               they
               never
               heard
               ?
            
             The
             Fourth
             Step
             ,
             
               How
               shall
               they
               hear
               without
               a
               Preacher
               ?
            
             Now
             the
             nether
             end
             of
             the
             Ladder
             is
             ,
             
               How
               shall
               they
               preach
               except
               they
               be
               sent
               ?
            
             This
             is
             the
             Foot
             of
             the
             Ladder
             .
             So
             that
             we
             may
             go
             backward
             now
             ,
             and
             use
             the
             School-Argument
             ,
             
               a
               
               primo
               ad
               ultimum
            
             .
             Take
             away
             Preaching
             ,
             
             take
             away
             Salvation
             .
             But
             I
             fear
             one
             thing
             .
             —
          
           
             Ever
             since
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             was
             first
             in
             authority
             ,
             
             they
             have
             gone
             about
             to
             destroy
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             but
             God
             worketh
             wonderfully
             ,
             he
             hath
             preserved
             it
             ,
             maugre
             all
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             yet
             we
             are
             unthankful
             ,
             that
             we
             cannot
             consider
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             what
             a
             Bishop
             of
             this
             Realm
             said
             once
             to
             me
             ,
             he
             sent
             for
             me
             ,
             and
             marvelled
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             not
             consent
             to
             such
             Traditions
             as
             were
             then
             set
             out
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             answered
             him
             ,
             
             that
             I
             would
             be
             ruled
             by
             Gods
             Book
             ,
             and
             rather
             than
             I
             would
             dissent
             one
             jot
             from
             it
             ,
             I
             would
             be
             torn
             with
             wild
             horses
             .
             And
             I
             chanced
             in
             our
             Communication
             ,
             to
             name
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             :
             Tush
             ,
             saith
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             What
             do
             you
             call
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ?
             What
             new
             Term
             is
             that
             ?
             There
             stood
             by
             him
             a
             Dubber
             ,
             one
             Doctor
             Dubber
             ,
             he
             dubbed
             him
             by
             and
             by
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             this
             Term
             was
             seldom
             read
             in
             the
             Doctors
             .
             And
             I
             made
             Answer
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             rather
             follow
             Paul
             ,
             in
             using
             his
             Terms
             ,
             than
             them
             ,
             though
             they
             had
             all
             the
             Doctors
             on
             their
             side
             .
          
           
           
             Why
             ,
             (
             said
             the
             Bishop
             )
             cannot
             we
             without
             the
             Scriptures
             order
             the
             people
             ?
             How
             did
             they
             before
             the
             Scripture
             was
             first
             written
             ?
          
           
             But
             God
             knoweth
             ,
             full
             ill
             yet
             would
             they
             have
             ordered
             them
             .
             
             For
             seeing
             ,
             that
             having
             it
             ,
             they
             have
             deceived
             us
             ,
             in
             what
             case
             should
             we
             have
             been
             novv
             vvithout
             it
             ?
             But
             thanks
             be
             unto
             God
             ,
             that
             by
             so
             vvonderful
             a
             Miracle
             he
             hath
             preserved
             the
             Book
             still
             .
             —
          
           
             It
             is
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             that
             a
             King
             ought
             to
             fear
             God
             ,
             he
             shall
             have
             the
             dread
             of
             God
             before
             his
             eyes
             .
             Work
             not
             by
             vvorldly
             Policy
             ,
             for
             vvorldly
             Policy
             feareth
             not
             God.
             Take
             heed
             of
             these
             Clavv-backs
             ,
             these
             venomous
             people
             ,
             that
             vvill
             come
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             vvill
             follovv
             you
             like
             Gnato's
             &
             Parasites
             ,
             
             if
             you
             follovv
             them
             ,
             you
             are
             out
             of
             your
             Book
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             according
             to
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             that
             they
             counsel
             you
             ;
             do
             it
             not
             fo●
             any
             vvorldly
             Policy
             ,
             for
             then
             you
             fear
             not
             God.
             —
          
           
             But
             vvherefore
             shall
             a
             King
             fear
             God
             ?
             It
             follovveth
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             prolong
             his
             daies
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             .
             —
          
           
           
             Remember
             this
             ,
             I
             beseech
             your
             Grace
             ;
             and
             when
             these
             Flatterers
             and
             Flebergibs
             ,
             another
             day
             shall
             come
             and
             claw
             you
             by
             the
             back
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             trouble
             not
             your self
             :
             What
             ,
             shall
             you
             study
             ?
             Why
             should
             you
             do
             this
             or
             that
             ?
          
           
             Your
             Grace
             may
             answer
             them
             thus
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             What
             Sirra
             !
             I
             perceive
             you
             are
             a
             weary
             of
             Us
             ,
             and
             our
             Posterity
             :
             Doth
             not
             God
             say
             in
             such
             a
             place
             ,
             that
             a
             King
             shall
             write
             out
             a
             Book
             of
             Gods
             Law
             ,
             and
             read
             it
             ?
             Learn
             to
             fear
             God.
             And
             why
             ?
             That
             he
             ,
             and
             his
             might
             reign
             long
             .
             I
             perceive
             now
             ,
             thou
             art
             a
             Traytor
             .
          
           
             Tell
             him
             this
             Tale
             once
             ,
             and
             I
             warrant
             you
             ,
             he
             will
             come
             no
             more
             to
             you
             ,
             neither
             he
             ,
             nor
             any
             ,
             after
             such
             a
             sort
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             shall
             your
             Grace
             drive
             such
             Flatterers
             and
             Claw-backs
             away
             .
             —
          
           
             You
             have
             heard
             how
             a
             King
             ought
             to
             pass
             the
             time
             .
             —
          
           
             He
             may
             learn
             at
             
               Solomon
               .
               —
            
             :
          
           
             What
             was
             Solomons
             Petition
             ?
             Lord
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             
               Da
               mihi
               cor
               docile
            
             :
             he
             asked
             a
             docible
             heart
             ,
             a
             wise
             heart
             ,
             and
             wisdom
             
             to
             go
             in
             and
             to
             go
             out
             .
             —
          
           
             So
             your
             Grace
             must
             learn
             how
             to
             do
             of
             Solomon
             .
             
             You
             must
             make
             your
             Petition
             ,
             now
             study
             ,
             now
             pray
             .
             —
          
           
             Now
             when
             God
             had
             given
             Solomon
             wisdom
             ,
             he
             sent
             him
             by
             and
             by
             occasion
             to
             occupy
             his
             Wit.
             For
             God
             never
             gave
             a
             Gift
             ,
             but
             he
             sent
             occasion
             at
             one
             time
             or
             other
             ,
             to
             shew
             it
             to
             Gods
             Glory
             :
             As
             if
             he
             send
             Riches
             ,
             he
             sendeth
             poor
             men
             to
             be
             helped
             with
             them
             .
             —
          
           
             One
             Word
             note
             here
             for
             Gods
             sake
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             trouble
             you
             no
             longer
             .
          
           
             Would
             Solomon
             ,
             being
             so
             Noble
             a
             King
             ,
             hear
             two
             poor
             women
             ?
             They
             were
             poor
             ,
             for
             as
             the
             Scripture
             saith
             ,
             they
             were
             together
             alone
             in
             a
             House
             ,
             they
             had
             not
             so
             much
             as
             one
             servant
             betwixt
             them
             both
             .
             Would
             King
             Solomon
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             hear
             them
             in
             his
             own
             person
             ?
             Yea
             forsooth
             .
             And
             yet
             I
             hear
             of
             many
             matters
             before
             my
             Lord
             Protector
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             Chancellor
             ,
             
             that
             cannot
             be
             heard
             .
             I
             must
             desire
             my
             Lord
             Protectors
             Grace
             to
             hear
             me
             in
             this
             matter
             ;
             That
             your
             Grace
             would
             hear
             poor
             mens
             Suites
             your self
             :
             Put
             them
             to
             none
             other
             to
             hear
             :
             let
             them
             not
             be
             delayed
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Saying
             is
             now
             ,
             that
             Money
             is
             heard
             every
             where
             ;
             if
             he
             be
             rich
             ,
             he
             shall
             soon
             have
             an
             end
             of
             his
             Matter
             .
             —
          
           
             Hear
             mens
             Suites
             your self
             ,
             I
             require
             you
             in
             Gods
             behalf
             ;
             put
             it
             not
             to
             the
             hearing
             of
             these
             Velvet-Coats
             ,
             these
             Up-skips
             .
             —
          
           
             I
             cannot
             go
             to
             my
             Book
             ,
             for
             poor
             Folkes
             come
             to
             me
             ,
             desiring
             me
             ,
             —
          
           
             I
             walk
             somtimes
             in
             my
             Lord
             of
             Canterburies
             Garden
             ,
             looking
             in
             my
             Book
             ,
             as
             I
             can
             do
             but
             little
             good
             at
             it
             ;
             but
             somthing
             I
             must
             do
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             this
             place
             :
             
             I
             am
             no
             sooner
             in
             the
             Garden
             ,
             anon
             my
             man
             cometh
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             there
             is
             one
             at
             the
             Gate
             would
             speak
             with
             you
             :
             When
             I
             come
             there
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             some
             one
             or
             other
             ,
             that
             desireth
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             speak
             his
             matter
             may
             be
             heard
             ;
             that
             he
             hath
             lien
             thus
             long
             ,
             —
          
           
             A
             Gentlewoman
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             —
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             poor
             VVoman
             that
             lyeth
             in
             the
             Fleet.
             —
          
           
             I
             beseech
             your
             Grace
             that
             you
             will
             look
             to
             these
             Matters
             ,
             hear
             them
             your self
             ,
             view
             your
             Judges
             ,
             and
             hear
             poor
             mens
             Causes
             .
          
           
           
             And
             you
             proud
             Iudges
             hearken
             what
             God
             saith
             in
             his
             Holy
             Book
             .
             
               Audite
               illos
               ,
               ita
               parvum
               ut
               magnum
               :
            
             Hear
             them
             saith
             He
             ,
             the
             small
             aswell
             as
             the
             great
             ,
             the
             poor
             aswell
             as
             the
             rich
             .
             Regard
             no
             person
             ,
             fear
             no
             man
             ,
             why
             ?
             
               Quia
               Domini
               judicium
               est
            
             ,
             the
             judgment
             is
             Gods.
             
          
           
             Mark
             this
             saying
             thou
             proud
             Iudge
             .
             The
             Devil
             will
             bring
             this
             Sentence
             at
             the
             day
             of
             doom
             :
             Hell
             will
             be
             full
             of
             these
             Iudges
             :
             If
             they
             repent
             not
             and
             amend
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             worse
             then
             the
             wicked
             Iudge
             that
             Christ
             speaketh
             of
             ,
             
             that
             neither
             feared
             God
             nor
             the
             world
             .
             —
          
           
             Our
             Iudges
             are
             worse
             then
             this
             Iudge
             was
             :
             for
             they
             will
             neither
             hear
             Men
             for
             Gods
             sake
             ,
             nor
             fear
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             nor
             importunateness
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             else
             .
             Yea
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             will
             command
             them
             to
             ward
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             importunate
             .
             I
             heard
             say
             ,
             that
             when
             a
             Suitour
             came
             to
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             what
             fellow
             is
             this
             that
             giveth
             these
             folk
             counsel
             to
             be
             so
             importunate
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             punished
             and
             committed
             to
             ward
             .
             Marry
             Sir
             ,
             punish
             me
             then
             ,
             it
             
             is
             even
             I
             that
             gave
             them
             counsel
             ,
             I
             would
             gladly
             be
             punisht
             in
             such
             a
             cause
             .
             And
             if
             ye
             amend
             not
             ,
             I
             will
             cause
             them
             to
             cry
             out
             upon
             you
             still
             :
             
             even
             as
             long
             as
             I
             live
             .
             I
             will
             do
             it
             indeed
             .
             But
             I
             have
             troubled
             you
             long
             :
             
               Beati
               qui
               audiunt
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Part
             of
             the
             Third
             Sermon
             of
             Mr.
             Hugh
             Latimer
             ,
             preached
             before
             King
             Edward
             .
          
           
             A
             Preacher
             hath
             two
             Offices
             .
             1
             To
             Teach
             true
             Doctrine
             ;
             2
             To
             confute
             Gainsayers
             .
             —
          
           
             VVhy
             you
             will
             say
             ,
             will
             any
             body
             gainsay
             true
             Doctrine
             ?
             —
          
           
             VVas
             there
             ever
             yet
             Preachers
             ,
             but
             there
             were
             Gainsayers
             .
             —
          
           
             Ieremy
             was
             the
             Minister
             of
             the
             true
             VVord
             of
             God.
             —
          
           
             Elias
             had
             Baals
             Priests
             supported
             by
             Iezebel
             ,
             to
             speak
             against
             him
             .
             —
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             ,
             and
             our
             Saviour
             Christ.
             —
          
           
             The
             Apostles
             had
             Gainsayers
             ,
             Acts
             
             28.
             22.
             
             This
             Sect
             is
             every
             where
             spoken
             against
             .
             —
          
           
             In
             the
             Popish
             Masse
             time
             there
             was
             no
             gainsaying
             .
             —
          
           
             So
             long
             as
             we
             had
             in
             adoration
             ,
             the
             Popish
             Masse
             we
             were
             then
             without
             gainsaying
             .
             —
          
           
             VVhen
             Sathan
             the
             Devil
             hath
             the
             guiding
             of
             the
             House
             he
             keepeth
             all
             in
             peace
             .
             —
          
           
             VVhen
             he
             hath
             the
             Religion
             in
             possession
             ,
             he
             stirreth
             up
             no
             sedition
             ,
             I
             warrant
             you
             .
          
           
             How
             many
             dissentions
             have
             we
             heard
             of
             in
             Turky
             ,
             —
             look
             whether
             ye
             hear
             of
             any
             Heresies
             among
             the
             Jews
             .
             —
          
           
             And
             if
             ever
             concord
             should
             have
             been
             in
             Religion
             ,
             when
             should
             it
             have
             been
             ,
             but
             when
             Christ
             was
             here
             ?
             Ye
             find
             fault
             with
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             they
             cause
             sedition
             :
             
             VVe
             are
             noted
             to
             be
             rash
             ,
             and
             indiscreet
             in
             our
             preaching
             :
             yet
             as
             discreet
             as
             Christ
             was
             ,
             there
             was
             diversity
             .
             —
          
           
             There
             was
             never
             Prophet
             to
             be
             compared
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             yet
             there
             was
             never
             more
             dissention
             ,
             then
             when
             he
             was
             ,
             
             and
             preached
             himself
             .
             —
          
           
             This
             day
             I
             must
             do
             somewhat
             in
             the
             second
             Office.
             —
          
           
             But
             first
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             a
             short
             rehearsall
             to
             put
             you
             in
             memory
             .
             —
          
           
             The
             peevish
             people
             in
             this
             Realm
             ,
             have
             nothing
             but
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             King
             in
             their
             mouths
             ,
             when
             it
             maketh
             for
             their
             purpose
             .
             As
             there
             was
             a
             Doctor
             that
             preached
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             hath
             his
             Holy
             water
             ,
             he
             creepeth
             to
             the
             Cross
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             have
             nothing
             but
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             King
             in
             their
             mouths
             .
             These
             be
             they
             my
             good
             people
             that
             must
             have
             their
             mouths
             stopt
             :
             but
             if
             a
             man
             tell
             them
             of
             the
             Kings
             proceedings
             ,
             now
             they
             have
             their
             shifts
             and
             their
             put
             ofts
             ,
             saying
             we
             may
             not
             go
             before
             a
             Law
             :
             we
             may
             break
             no
             order
             .
             These
             be
             the
             wicked
             Preachers
             ,
             their
             mouths
             must
             be
             stopt
             ,
             these
             be
             the
             gainsayers
             .
             —
          
           
             Now
             to
             my
             confutation
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             certain
             man
             that
             shortly
             after
             my
             first
             Sermon
             ,
             being
             ask't
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             been
             at
             the
             Sermon
             that
             day
             ?
             Answered
             ,
             yea
             .
             I
             pray
             you
             said
             he
             ,
             how
             liked
             you
             him
             ?
             Marry
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             as
             I
             liked
             
             him
             alwayes
             ,
             a
             seditious
             Fellow
             Oh
             Lord
             ,
             he
             pinched
             me
             there
             indeed
             nay
             ,
             
             he
             rather
             had
             a
             full
             bit
             at
             me
             Yet
             I
             comfort
             my self
             with
             that
             ,
             that
             Christ
             was
             noted
             to
             be
             a
             Stirrer
             up
             of
             the
             People
             .
             —
          
           
             It
             becometh
             me
             to
             take
             it
             in
             good
             part
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             better
             then
             He
             was
             .
             In
             the
             Kings
             dayes
             that
             dead
             is
             ,
             a
             many
             of
             us
             were
             called
             together
             before
             him
             ,
             to
             say
             our
             minds
             in
             certain
             matters
             .
             In
             the
             end
             ,
             one
             kneeled
             me
             down
             ,
             and
             accused
             me
             of
             sedition
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             preached
             seditious
             Doctrine
             .
             A
             heavy
             salutation
             ,
             and
             a
             hard
             point
             of
             such
             a
             mans
             doing
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             should
             name
             him
             ,
             ye
             would
             not
             think
             it
             .
             The
             King
             turned
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             what
             say
             you
             to
             that
             Sir
             ?
             Then
             I
             kneeled
             down
             ,
             and
             turned
             me
             first
             to
             mine
             accuser
             ,
             and
             required
             him
             ;
             Sir
             ,
             what
             form
             of
             preaching
             would
             you
             appoint
             me
             to
             preach
             before
             a
             King
             ;
             would
             you
             have
             me
             to
             preach
             nothing
             ,
             
             as
             concerning
             a
             King
             in
             the
             Kings
             Sermon
             ?
             have
             you
             any
             Commission
             to
             appoint
             me
             what
             I
             shall
             preach
             ?
             Besides
             this
             ,
             I
             asked
             him
             divers
             other
             questions
             ,
             and
             he
             
             would
             make
             no
             answer
             .
             Then
             I
             turned
             me
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             submitted
             my self
             to
             his
             Grace
             ,
             and
             said
             I
             never
             thought
             my self
             worthy
             ,
             nor
             ever
             sued
             to
             be
             a
             Preacher
             before
             your
             Grace
             ,
             but
             I
             was
             called
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             would
             be
             willing
             (
             if
             you
             mislike
             me
             )
             to
             give
             place
             to
             my
             betters
             .
             For
             I
             grant
             there
             be
             a
             great
             many
             more
             worthy
             of
             the
             Room
             then
             I
             am
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             be
             your
             Graces
             pleasure
             so
             to
             allow
             them
             for
             Preachers
             ,
             I
             could
             be
             content
             to
             bear
             their
             books
             after
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             your
             Grace
             allow
             me
             for
             a
             Preacher
             ,
             I
             would
             desire
             your
             Grace
             to
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             discharge
             my
             conscience
             .
             
             Give
             me
             leave
             to
             frame
             my
             Doctrine
             according
             to
             my
             Audience
             ,
             I
             had
             been
             a
             very
             dolt
             to
             have
             preached
             so
             at
             the
             borders
             of
             your
             Realm
             ,
             as
             I
             preached
             before
             your
             Grace
             .
             And
             I
             thank
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             which
             hath
             alwayes
             been
             my
             Remedy
             ,
             that
             my
             sayings
             were
             well
             accepted
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             like
             a
             gracious
             Lord
             he
             turned
             into
             another
             communication
             :
             it
             is
             even
             as
             the
             Scripture
             saith
             :
             
               Cor
               Regis
               in
               manu
               Domini
            
             ,
             the
             Lord
             directeth
             the
             Kings
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
           
             Certain
             of
             my
             Friends
             came
             to
             me
             with
             tears
             in
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             they
             looked
             I
             should
             have
             been
             in
             the
             Tower
             the
             same
             night
             .
          
           
             Thus
             I
             have
             been
             ever
             more
             burdened
             with
             the
             word
             of
             sedition
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             offended
             God
             grievously
             ,
             
             transgressing
             his
             Law
             ,
             and
             but
             for
             this
             remedy
             and
             his
             mercy
             ,
             
             I
             would
             not
             look
             to
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             sedition
             ,
             for
             ought
             that
             I
             know
             ,
             methinks
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             need
             Christ
             ,
             if
             I
             might
             say
             so
             .
             But
             if
             I
             be
             clear
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             I
             am
             clear
             in
             this
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             I
             know
             mine
             own
             heart
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             man
             farther
             from
             sedition
             then
             I
             ;
             which
             I
             have
             declared
             in
             all
             my
             doings
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             hath
             been
             ever
             laid
             to
             me
             .
             
          
           
             Another
             ,
             when
             I
             gave
             over
             mine
             Office
             ,
             I
             should
             have
             received
             a
             pentecostal
             ,
             it
             came
             to
             the
             summe
             of
             fifty
             and
             five
             pound
             ,
             I
             set
             my
             Commissary
             to
             gather
             it
             ,
             but
             he
             could
             not
             be
             suffer'd
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             said
             a
             sedition
             would
             rise
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             Thus
             they
             burdened
             me
             ever
             with
             sedition
             .
          
           
             So
             this
             Gentleman
             ,
             cometh
             up
             now
             
             with
             sedition
             :
             and
             wot
             ye
             what
             ?
             I
             chanced
             in
             my
             last
             Sermon
             to
             speak
             a
             merry
             word
             of
             the
             new
             shilling
             (
             to
             refresh
             my
             Auditory
             )
             how
             I
             was
             like
             to
             put
             away
             my
             new
             shilling
             for
             an
             old
             groat
             ,
             I
             was
             herein
             noted
             to
             speak
             seditiously
             —
             When
             I
             was
             in
             trouble
             ,
             it
             was
             objected
             to
             me
             that
             I
             was
             singular
             ,
             that
             I
             took
             a
             way
             contrary
             to
             all
             .
             Marry
             Sir
             ,
             this
             was
             sore
             thunderbolts
             ,
             I
             thought
             it
             was
             possible
             it
             might
             not
             be
             true
             he
             told
             me
             .
             —
          
           
             I
             have
             gotten
             one
             Fellow
             a
             Companion
             of
             sedition
             ;
             and
             wot
             you
             who
             is
             my
             Fellow
             ?
             Esai
             the
             Prophet
             .
             I
             spake
             but
             of
             a
             little
             pretty
             shilling
             ,
             but
             he
             speaketh
             to
             Ierusalem
             after
             another
             sort
             ,
             Esai
             .
             1.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             and
             was
             so
             bold
             to
             meddle
             with
             their
             coin
             .
             —
          
           
             Ah
             seditious
             wretch
             ,
             what
             had
             he
             to
             do
             with
             the
             mint
             .
             —
          
           
             Was
             not
             this
             a
             seditious
             Harlot
             ,
             to
             tell
             them
             this
             to
             their
             beards
             ?
             to
             their
             face
             .
             —
          
           
             I
             am
             content
             to
             bear
             the
             title
             of
             sedition
             with
             Esai
             .
             Thanks
             be
             to
             God
             I
             am
             not
             alone
             .
             —
          
           
             In
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             my
             Sermon
             ,
             
             I
             rehearsed
             a
             parable
             of
             a
             wicked
             Judge
             .
          
           
             Belike
             good
             Judges
             were
             rare
             at
             that
             time
             ;
             and
             trow
             ye
             ,
             the
             Devil
             hath
             been
             asleep
             ever
             since
             ?
             No
             ,
             no
             ,
             —
          
           
             The
             common
             manner
             of
             wicked
             Judge
             ,
             is
             neither
             to
             fear
             God
             or
             Man.
             He
             considereth
             what
             a
             man
             he
             is
             ,
             and
             therefore
             careth
             not
             for
             man
             ;
             He
             seemeth
             to
             be
             in
             a
             protection
             t
             well
             shall
             he
             escape
             ?
             Ho
             ,
             ho
             ,
             
               Est
               Deus
               in
               coelo
            
             .
             There
             is
             a
             God
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             He
             accepteth
             no
             persons
             ,
             He
             will
             punish
             them
             .
             —
          
           
             Cambises
             was
             a
             great
             Emperour
             ,
             such
             another
             as
             our
             Master
             is
             —
          
           
             It
             chanced
             ,
             he
             had
             under
             him
             in
             one
             of
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             a
             Briber
             ,
             a
             Gift-taker
             ,
             a
             Gratifier
             of
             rich
             men
             ,
             a
             Handmaker
             in
             his
             Office
             ,
             to
             make
             his
             Son
             a
             great
             man
             (
             as
             the
             old
             saying
             is
             ,
             Happy
             is
             the
             Child
             whose
             Father
             goeth
             to
             the
             Devil
             )
             the
             cry
             of
             the
             poor
             Widdow
             came
             to
             the
             Emperours
             ear
             ,
             which
             caused
             him
             to
             slay
             the
             Iudge
             quick
             ,
             and
             laid
             his
             skin
             in
             the
             Chair
             of
             judgment
             ,
             that
             all
             Iudges
             that
             should
             give
             judgment
             afterwards
             should
             sit
             in
             the
             same
             skin
             .
          
           
           
             Surely
             it
             was
             a
             goodly
             Sign
             ,
             a
             goodly
             Monument
             ,
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             Judges
             Skin
             ;
             I
             pray
             God
             we
             may
             once
             see
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             Skin
             in
             England
             .
             —
             I
             do
             it
             charitably
             ,
             for
             the
             love
             I
             bear
             to
             my
             Country
             .
             God
             saith
             ,
             
               Ego
               visitabo
            
             .
             I
             will
             visit
             .
             God
             hath
             two
             Visitations
             :
             the
             first
             is
             ,
             when
             he
             revealed
             his
             Word
             by
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             where
             the
             first
             is
             accepted
             ,
             the
             second
             cometh
             not
             ;
             the
             second
             Visitation
             is
             Vengeance
             .
             He
             went
             to
             Visitation
             ,
             when
             he
             brought
             the
             Judges
             skin
             over
             his
             ears
             .
             —
          
           
             Germany
             was
             visited
             twenty
             years
             with
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             but
             they
             did
             not
             earnestly
             embrace
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             life
             follow
             it
             ,
             but
             made
             a
             mingle
             mangle
             and
             a
             hotch
             potch
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             tell
             what
             ,
             partly
             Popery
             ,
             partly
             true
             Religion
             mingled
             together
             .
          
           
             They
             say
             in
             my
             Country
             when
             they
             call
             their
             Hogs
             to
             the
             Swine-trough
             ,
             come
             to
             thy
             mingle
             mangle
             ,
             compyr
             ,
             compyr
             ;
             even
             so
             they
             made
             mingle
             mangle
             of
             it
             ;
             they
             could
             clatter
             and
             prate
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             but
             when
             all
             cometh
             to
             all
             ,
             
             they
             joyned
             Popery
             so
             with
             
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             marred
             all
             together
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             now
             a
             first
             Visitation
             in
             England
             ;
             let
             us
             beware
             of
             a
             second
             .
             We
             have
             the
             Ministration
             of
             his
             word
             ,
             we
             are
             yet
             well
             ;
             but
             the
             House
             is
             not
             clean
             swept
             yet
             .
             
             God
             hath
             sent
             us
             a
             Noble
             King
             in
             this
             his
             Visitation
             ,
             let
             us
             beware
             ,
             let
             us
             not
             be
             unthankful
             and
             unkind
             ,
             let
             us
             beware
             of
             by-walking
             and
             contemning
             of
             Gods
             Word
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Part
             of
             the
             fourth
             Sermon
             preached
             by
             Mr.
             Hugh
             Latimer
             before
             King
             Edward
             .
          
           
             I
             Remember
             well
             what
             St.
             Paul
             saith
             to
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             though
             he
             spake
             it
             to
             Timothy
             being
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             yet
             I
             may
             say
             it
             now
             to
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             
             for
             all
             is
             one
             case
             ,
             all
             is
             one
             matter
             ;
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               be
               partaker
               of
               other
               mens
               faults
               ,
            
             be
             not
             hasty
             in
             making
             of
             Curates
             ,
             in
             receiving
             men
             to
             have
             Cure
             of
             Souls
             ,
             that
             either
             cannot
             ,
             or
             will
             not
             do
             their
             duty
             ;
             do
             it
             not
             .
             Now
             me
             thinks
             it
             needs
             not
             
             to
             be
             partakers
             of
             other
             mens
             sins
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             enough
             of
             our
             own
             .
             And
             what
             is
             it
             to
             be
             partaker
             of
             other
             mens
             sins
             ,
             if
             this
             be
             not
             ,
             to
             make
             unpreaching
             Prelacy
             ,
             and
             to
             suffer
             them
             in
             their
             unpreaching
             Prelacy
             ?
          
           
             If
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Council
             should
             suffer
             evil
             Judges
             to
             take
             Bribes
             ,
             and
             suffer
             the
             great
             to
             overgo
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             should
             look
             through
             his
             fingers
             ,
             to
             wink
             at
             it
             ,
             should
             not
             the
             King
             be
             partaker
             of
             their
             naughtiness
             ?
             And
             Why
             ,
             is
             be
             not
             Supreme
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             ?
             What
             !
             Is
             the
             Supreme
             a
             Dignity
             ,
             and
             nothing
             else
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             countable
             ?
             I
             think
             it
             will
             be
             a
             chargeable
             Dignity
             ,
             when
             account
             shall
             be
             askt
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Oh!
             what
             advantage
             hath
             the
             Devil
             ?
             VVhat
             entry
             hath
             the
             VVolf
             ,
             when
             the
             Shepherd
             tendeth
             not
             his
             Flock
             ?
             St.
             Paul
             doth
             say
             ,
             
               Qui
               bene
               praesunt
               Presbyteri
               ,
               honore
               digni
               sunt
               .
            
             VVhat
             is
             this
             praeesse
             ?
             It
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             is
             to
             take
             charge
             and
             cure
             of
             Souls
             ,
             We
             say
             ,
             
               ille
               praeest
            
             ,
             he
             is
             set
             over
             the
             Flock
             ,
             he
             hath
             taken
             charge
             upon
             him
             ;
             And
             what
             is
             
               benè
               praeesse
            
             ?
             to
             discharge
             the
             Cure
             well
             ,
             to
             rule
             well
             ,
             to
             feed
             the
             
             Flock
             with
             pure
             food
             ,
             and
             good
             example
             of
             living
             .
             —
          
           
             There
             was
             a
             merry
             Monk
             in
             Cambride
             ,
             in
             the
             Colledge
             that
             I
             was
             in
             ,
             and
             it
             chanced
             ,
             a
             great
             company
             of
             us
             to
             be
             together
             ,
             intending
             to
             make
             good
             cheer
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             merry
             ,
             (
             as
             Schollers
             will
             be
             merry
             when
             they
             are
             disposed
             )
             one
             of
             the
             Company
             brought
             this
             Sentence
             ,
             
               Nil
               melius
               quam
               laetari
               &
               facere
               bene
               .
            
             There
             is
             nothing
             better
             than
             to
             be
             merry
             and
             to
             do
             well
             :
             A
             vengeance
             of
             bene
             ,
             quoth
             the
             Monk
             ,
             I
             would
             that
             bene
             had
             been
             banished
             beyond
             the
             Sea
             ;
             and
             that
             bene
             were
             out
             ,
             it
             were
             well
             ;
             for
             I
             could
             be
             merry
             ,
             and
             I
             could
             do
             ,
             but
             I
             love
             not
             to
             do
             well
             ,
             that
             bene
             marres
             all
             ,
             I
             would
             bene
             were
             out
             ,
             quoth
             the
             merry
             Monk
             ,
             for
             it
             importeth
             many
             things
             to
             live
             well
             ,
             to
             discharge
             the
             Cure.
             
          
           
             Indeed
             it
             were
             better
             for
             them
             if
             it
             were
             out
             ;
             and
             it
             were
             as
             good
             to
             be
             out
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             ordered
             as
             it
             is
             :
             it
             will
             be
             a
             heavy
             bene
             for
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             come
             to
             their
             Account
             .
          
           
             But
             peradventure
             you
             will
             say
             ,
             
             what
             and
             they
             preach
             not
             at
             all
             ?
             yet
             praesunt
             .
             
             Are
             not
             they
             worthy
             double
             honour
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             an
             honourable
             Order
             they
             be
             in
             ?
          
           
             Nay
             an
             horrible
             misorder
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             horrour
             ,
             rather
             than
             an
             honour
             ,
             and
             horrible
             ,
             rather
             than
             honourable
             ,
             if
             the
             Preacher
             be
             naught
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             his
             duty
             .
             And
             thus
             go
             these
             Prelates
             about
             to
             wrestle
             for
             honour
             ,
             that
             the
             Devil
             may
             take
             his
             Pleasure
             .
             —
          
           
             Are
             they
             not
             worthy
             double
             honour
             ?
             Nay
             rather
             ,
             double
             dishonour
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             regarded
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             esteemed
             among
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             no
             Living
             at
             their
             hands
             ?
          
           
             For
             〈◊〉
             good
             Preachers
             be
             worthy
             double
             honour
             ,
             so
             unpreaching
             Prelates
             be
             worthy
             double
             dishonour
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             at
             their
             Doublets
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             these
             two
             dishonours
             what
             be
             they
             ?
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             doth
             shew
             ;
             
               Si
               Sal
            
             ,
             —
          
           
             If
             the
             salt
             be
             unsavoury
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             for
             nothing
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             cast
             our
             ,
             and
             troden
             of
             men
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             S●lt
             is
             understood
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             have
             Cure
             of
             Souls
             ,
             What
             be
             they
             worthy
             then
             ?
             Wherefore
             serve
             
             they
             ?
             For
             nothing
             else
             but
             to
             be
             cast
             out
             .
          
           
             Make
             them
             Quondams
             ,
             out
             with
             them
             ,
             cast
             them
             out
             of
             their
             Office
             :
             VVhat
             should
             they
             do
             with
             Cure
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             look
             to
             it
             ?
          
           
             Another
             dishonour
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             troden
             under
             mens
             Feet
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             esteemed
             or
             regarded
             .
          
           
             St.
             Paul
             in
             his
             Epistle
             qualifieth
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             
             and
             saith
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             apt
             to
             teach
             ?
             VVhat
             shall
             a
             man
             do
             with
             Aptness
             ,
             
             if
             he
             do
             not
             use
             it
             ;
             It
             were
             as
             good
             to
             be
             without
             it
             .
          
           
             A
             Bishop
             came
             to
             me
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             and
             was
             angry
             with
             me
             for
             a
             Sermon
             that
             I
             made
             in
             this
             place
             .
             His
             Chaplain
             ,
             he
             complained
             against
             me
             ,
             because
             I
             had
             spoken
             against
             unpreaching
             Prelates
             .
             Nay
             ,
             quoth
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             he
             made
             so
             indifferent
             a
             Sermon
             the
             first
             day
             ,
             that
             I
             thought
             he
             would
             marre
             all
             the
             second
             day
             ;
             he
             will
             have
             every
             man
             a
             Quondam
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             my
             Quondamship
             ,
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             gave
             me
             the
             Grace
             to
             come
             by
             it
             by
             so
             honest
             means
             as
             I
             did
             ,
             I
             thank
             him
             for
             mine
             own
             Quondamship
             ;
             
             and
             as
             for
             them
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             have
             them
             made
             Quondams
             ,
             if
             they
             discharge
             their
             Office
             ;
             I
             would
             have
             them
             do
             their
             duty
             ,
             
             I
             would
             have
             no
             more
             quondams
             as
             God
             help
             me
             .
             I
             owe
             them
             no
             more
             malice
             than
             this
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             none
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             This
             Bishop
             answered
             his
             Chaplain
             ,
             VVell
             saies
             he
             ,
             well
             ,
             did
             I
             wisely
             to
             day
             ,
             for
             as
             I
             was
             going
             to
             the
             Sermon
             ,
             I
             remembred
             that
             I
             had
             neither
             said
             Mass
             nor
             Mattins
             ,
             and
             homeward
             I
             gat
             as
             fast
             as
             I
             could
             ,
             and
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             I
             have
             said
             both
             ,
             and
             let
             his
             unfruitful
             Sermon
             alone
             .
          
           
             Unfruitful
             ,
             saith
             one
             ,
             another
             saith
             seditious
             :
             VVell
             ,
             Unfruitful
             is
             the
             best
             ,
             and
             whether
             it
             be
             unfruitful
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ,
             it
             lieth
             not
             in
             me
             to
             make
             it
             fruitful
             ;
             and
             God
             work
             not
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             
             my
             preaching
             can
             do
             you
             but
             little
             good
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             Gods
             instrument
             but
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             it
             is
             he
             must
             give
             increase
             ,
             and
             yet
             preaching
             is
             necessary
             :
             For
             ,
             take
             away
             Preaching
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             Salvation
             .
             —
          
           
             Christ
             is
             the
             Preacher
             of
             all
             Preachers
             .
             —
          
           
           
             As
             wisely
             ,
             as
             circumspectly
             ,
             as
             he
             preached
             ,
             yet
             the
             Fourth
             Ground
             only
             was
             fruitful
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             had
             no
             better
             Luck
             ,
             that
             was
             Preacher
             of
             all
             Preachers
             ;
             what
             shall
             we
             look
             for
             ?
             yet
             there
             was
             no
             lack
             in
             him
             ,
             but
             the
             Ground
             .
             And
             so
             now
             there
             is
             no
             fault
             in
             Preaching
             ,
             the
             lack
             is
             in
             the
             People
             ,
             who
             have
             stony
             and
             thorny
             hearts
             .
             I
             beseech
             God
             to
             amend
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             these
             Folk
             that
             speak
             against
             me
             ,
             I
             never
             look
             to
             have
             their
             good
             word
             so
             long
             as
             I
             live
             :
             yet
             I
             will
             speak
             of
             their
             wickedness
             as
             long
             as
             I
             shall
             be
             permitted
             to
             speak
             ,
             
             as
             long
             as
             I
             live
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             an
             enemy
             to
             it
             ,
             no
             Preachers
             can
             pass
             it
             over
             with
             silence
             .
             It
             is
             the
             Original
             root
             of
             all
             mischief
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             me
             ,
             I
             owe
             them
             no
             other
             ill
             will
             ,
             but
             I
             pray
             God
             amend
             when
             it
             pleaseth
             him
             .
             —
          
           
             Oh
             that
             a
             man
             might
             have
             the
             contemplation
             of
             Hell
             ,
             that
             the
             Devil
             would
             allow
             a
             man
             to
             look
             into
             Hell
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             estate
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             he
             shewed
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             when
             he
             tempted
             Christ.
             —
          
           
             If
             one
             were
             admitted
             to
             view
             Hell
             ,
             and
             behold
             it
             throughly
             ,
             the
             Devil
             would
             say
             ,
          
           
           
             On
             yonder
             side
             are
             punished
             Unpreaching
             Prelates
             ,
             I
             think
             a
             man
             should
             see
             as
             far
             as
             a
             Kenning
             ,
             and
             see
             nothing
             but
             Unpreaching
             Prelates
             ,
             he
             might
             look
             as
             far
             as
             Calice
             ,
             I
             warrant
             you
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             if
             he
             would
             go
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             and
             shew
             where
             Bribing
             Judges
             are
             ,
             I
             think
             he
             should
             see
             so
             many
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             scant
             room
             for
             any
             other
             :
             Our
             Lord
             God
             amend
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Part
             of
             the
             Fifth
             Sermon
             of
             Master
             Latimer
             ,
             Preached
             before
             King
             Edward
             .
          
           
             
               1
               Sam.
               8.
               1.
               
               &c.
               
            
             
               It
               came
               to
               passe
               when
               Samuel
               was
               old
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             FAther
             Samuel
             ,
             a
             good
             man
             ,
             a
             singular
             Example
             ,
             and
             a
             singular
             pattern
             ,
             a
             man
             alone
             ,
             few
             such
             men
             as
             Father
             Samuel
             was
             .
             —
          
           
             He
             thought
             his
             Sons
             would
             have
             proved
             
             well
             .
             
             But
             Samuels
             Sons
             walked
             not
             in
             his
             wayes
             .
             —
          
           
             VVhy
             is
             the
             Son
             alwayes
             bound
             to
             walk
             in
             the
             Fathers
             way
             ?
             no
             ,
             ye
             must
             not
             take
             it
             for
             a
             general
             rule
             ;
             all
             Sons
             are
             not
             to
             blamed
             for
             not
             walking
             in
             their
             Fathers
             wayes
             .
             Hezekiah
             did
             not
             follow
             the
             steps
             of
             Ahaz
             ,
             and
             was
             well
             allowed
             .
             —
          
           
             Samuel
             would
             never
             have
             thought
             his
             Sons
             would
             have
             been
             so
             corrupted
             ,
             they
             felt
             the
             smack
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             
             A
             perillous
             thing
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             perillous
             thing
             ,
             a
             dangerous
             state
             to
             be
             a
             Judge
             —
             I
             have
             told
             you
             of
             scala
             coeli
             :
             This
             I
             am
             sure
             is
             
               scald
               inferni
            
             ,
             
             the
             right
             way
             to
             Hell
             ,
             to
             be
             covetous
             and
             take
             bribes
             ,
             and
             pervert
             justice
             .
          
           
             If
             a
             Judge
             would
             ask
             me
             the
             way
             to
             Hell
             ,
             I
             would
             shew
             him
             this
             way
             .
             First
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             a
             covetous
             man
             ,
             let
             his
             heart
             be
             poisoned
             with
             covetousness
             ;
             then
             let
             him
             go
             a
             little
             farther
             ,
             and
             take
             bribes
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             last
             pervert
             judgment
             .
             Lo
             ,
             here
             is
             the
             Mother
             ,
             and
             the
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             the
             Daughters
             Daughter
             :
             Avarice
             is
             the
             Mother
             ,
             she
             
             brings
             forth
             bribe
             taking
             ,
             and
             bribe
             taking
             perverting
             of
             judgment
             .
             There
             lacks
             a
             fourth
             thing
             to
             make
             up
             the
             Messe
             ;
             which
             (
             so
             God
             help
             me
             )
             if
             I
             were
             Judge
             should
             be
             
               Hangum
               Tunum
            
             ,
             a
             Tiburn
             Tippet
             to
             take
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             it
             were
             the
             Judge
             of
             the
             Kings
             Bench
             ,
             my
             Lord
             chief
             Judge
             of
             England
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             it
             were
             my
             Lord
             Chancellor
             himself
             ,
             to
             Tiburn
             with
             him
             .
             —
          
           
             One
             will
             say
             you
             speak
             unseemly
             ,
             so
             to
             be
             against
             the
             Officers
             ,
             for
             taking
             of
             rewards
             in
             doing
             pleasures
             .
             
             You
             consider
             not
             the
             matter
             to
             the
             bottom
             ;
             their
             Offices
             be
             bought
             for
             great
             sums
             ,
             how
             should
             they
             receive
             their
             money
             again
             ?
             —
          
           
             And
             is
             it
             so
             ,
             trow
             ye
             ?
             are
             civil
             Offices
             bought
             for
             money
             ?
             Lord
             God!
             who
             should
             have
             thought
             that
             ?
             —
          
           
             God
             fore-fend
             that
             ever
             any
             such
             enormity
             should
             be
             in
             England
             ,
             that
             civil
             Offices
             should
             be
             bought
             .
             —
          
           
             And
             if
             ye
             be
             a
             selling
             civil
             Offices
             ,
             ye
             are
             as
             they
             which
             fell
             their
             benefices
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             shall
             have
             
               omnia
               venalia
            
             .
          
           
             I
             marvel
             the
             ground
             gapes
             not
             ,
             and
             devours
             us
             .
             Surely
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             great
             lemity
             
             of
             God
             that
             suffers
             it
             .
             O
             Lord
             ,
             in
             what
             case
             are
             we
             .
             —
          
           
             There
             was
             a
             Patron
             in
             England
             ,
             that
             had
             a
             benefice
             faln
             into
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             Brother
             of
             mine
             came
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             brought
             him
             thirty
             Apples
             in
             a
             dish
             ,
             and
             gave
             them
             to
             his
             man
             to
             carry
             them
             to
             his
             Master
             ;
             it
             is
             like
             he
             gave
             one
             to
             his
             Man
             for
             his
             labour
             ,
             to
             make
             up
             the
             game
             ,
             and
             so
             there
             was
             thirty
             one
             .
             This
             Man
             cometh
             to
             his
             Master
             ,
             and
             presented
             him
             with
             the
             dish
             of
             Apples
             ,
             saying
             ;
             Sir
             such
             a
             man
             hath
             sent
             you
             a
             dish
             of
             fruit
             ,
             and
             desireth
             you
             to
             be
             good
             unto
             him
             for
             such
             a
             benefice
             .
             Tush
             ,
             tush
             ,
             quoth
             he
             ,
             this
             is
             no
             Apple
             matter
             ,
             I
             will
             none
             of
             his
             Apples
             .
             I
             have
             as
             good
             as
             these
             (
             or
             as
             he
             hath
             any
             )
             in
             my
             own
             Orchard
             .
          
           
             The
             Man
             came
             to
             the
             Priest
             again
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             what
             his
             Master
             said
             :
             Then
             quoth
             the
             Priest
             ,
             desire
             him
             yet
             to
             prove
             one
             of
             them
             for
             my
             sake
             ,
             he
             shall
             find
             them
             much
             better
             then
             they
             look
             for
             .
             He
             cut
             one
             of
             them
             and
             found
             ten
             pieces
             of
             gold
             in
             it
             .
             Marry
             ,
             quo●h
             he
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             good
             Apple
             .
             The
             Priest
             standing
             not
             far
             of
             ,
             hearing
             what
             
             the
             Gentleman
             said
             ;
             cryed
             out
             and
             said
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             one
             Apples
             I
             warrant
             you
             Sir
             ,
             they
             grew
             all
             on
             one
             Tree
             ,
             and
             have
             all
             one
             tast
             .
             Well
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             good
             Fellow
             ,
             let
             him
             have
             it
             ,
             quoth
             the
             Patron
             .
             Get
             you
             a
             Graft
             of
             this
             Tree
             ,
             and
             I
             warrant
             you
             it
             shall
             stand
             you
             in
             more
             stead
             then
             all
             St.
             Pauls
             learning
             .
             Well
             ,
             let
             Patrons
             take
             heed
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Part
             of
             the
             sixt
             Sermon
             of
             Mr.
             Latimer
             ,
             preached
             before
             King
             Edward
             .
          
           
             I
             Intend
             this
             day
             to
             intreat
             of
             a
             piece
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             first
             Chapter
             of
             
               Luke
               v.
            
             1.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             occasioned
             to
             take
             this
             place
             by
             a
             Book
             sent
             to
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             that
             dead
             is
             ,
             by
             Master
             Pool
             .
             It
             is
             a
             Text
             that
             he
             doth
             greatly
             abuse
             for
             the
             Supremacy
             ,
             he
             racks
             it
             ,
             and
             violents
             it
             to
             serve
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             .
             —
          
           
             The
             Text
             saith
             ,
             the
             people
             pressed
             upon
             him
             ;
             so
             that
             Christ
             was
             in
             peril
             
             to
             be
             thrust
             into
             the
             Pond
             .
             A
             wonderous
             thing
             ,
             what
             a
             desire
             the
             people
             had
             to
             hear
             our
             Saviour
             preach
             .
             —
          
           
             VVhere
             read
             you
             that
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             and
             Bishops
             followed
             him
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Doctor
             that
             writeth
             of
             this
             place
             ,
             his
             name
             is
             Dr.
             
               Gorrham
               ,
               Nicholas
               Gorrham
            
             :
             I
             knew
             him
             to
             be
             a
             School
             Doctor
             a
             great
             while
             ago
             :
             but
             I
             never
             knew
             him
             to
             be
             an
             interpreter
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             till
             of
             late
             ;
             he
             saith
             thus
             :
          
           
             
               Major
               devotio
               in
               laicis
               &
               vetulis
               quam
               in
               clericis
               .
            
             There
             is
             more
             devotion
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             in
             lay
             folk
             and
             old
             wives
             ,
             and
             in
             these
             simple
             and
             vulgar
             people
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             Clarks
             :
             they
             be
             better
             affected
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             then
             the
             Clergie
             .
             I
             marvel
             not
             at
             the
             Sentence
             ;
             but
             I
             marvel
             at
             such
             a
             Sentence
             in
             such
             a
             Doctor
             .
             If
             I
             should
             say
             so
             much
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             said
             to
             me
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             evil
             Bird
             that
             defiles
             his
             own
             nest
             .
             —
          
           
             Our
             Saviour
             had
             said
             ,
             Luke
             4.
             43.
             
             That
             he
             must
             preach
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             to
             other
             Cities
             also
             ;
             For
             therefore
             am
             I
             sent
             ,
             —
          
           
           
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             marvellous
             thing
             that
             our
             unpreaching
             Prelates
             can
             read
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             yet
             preach
             no
             more
             then
             they
             do
             ?
             I
             marvel
             that
             they
             can
             go
             quietly
             to
             bed
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             he
             allureth
             them
             by
             his
             example
             ,
             to
             be
             diligent
             in
             their
             Office.
             —
          
           
             The
             preaching
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             is
             the
             power
             of
             God
             to
             salvation
             ,
             to
             every
             one
             that
             Believeth
             ,
             Rom.
             1.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             Beware
             ,
             
             beware
             ye
             diminish
             not
             this
             Office
             ,
             for
             if
             ye
             do
             ,
             ye
             decay
             Gods
             Power
             .
          
           
             Christ
             saith
             ,
             Jo.
             3.
             3.
             
             Except
             a
             man
             be
             born
             again
             .
             —
          
           
             What
             is
             this
             Regeneration
             ?
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             Christned
             in
             water
             (
             as
             these
             fire
             brands
             expound
             it
             )
             and
             nothing
             else
             .
          
           
             How
             is
             it
             to
             be
             expounded
             then
             ?
             Saint
             Peter
             sheweth
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             23
             ,
             24
             ,
             25.
             
             It
             is
             the
             circumstance
             ,
             and
             collation
             of
             places
             that
             make
             Scriptures
             plain
             .
             We
             are
             born
             saith
             he
             ,
             not
             of
             corruptible
             Seed
             ,
             but
             of
             incorruptible
             ,
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             God.
             —
          
           
             By
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             preached
             and
             opened
             .
          
           
           
             Thus
             cometh
             in
             our
             new
             birth
             .
          
           
             Here
             you
             may
             see
             how
             necessary
             this
             Office
             is
             to
             our
             Salvation
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             thing
             that
             the
             Devil
             wrastleth
             most
             against
             :
             It
             hath
             been
             all
             his
             study
             to
             decay
             this
             Office
             ;
             he
             worketh
             against
             it
             as
             much
             as
             he
             can
             ,
             he
             hath
             prevail'd
             too
             much
             ,
             too
             much
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             He
             hath
             set
             up
             a
             state
             of
             unpreaching
             Prelacy
             in
             this
             Realm
             this
             seven
             hundred
             years
             ,
             a
             stately
             unpreaching
             Prelacy
             ,
             he
             hath
             made
             unpreaching
             Prelates
             .
          
           
             He
             hath
             stirred
             up
             heaps
             to
             persecute
             this
             Office
             in
             the
             title
             of
             Heresie
             :
             he
             hath
             stirred
             up
             the
             Magistrates
             to
             persecute
             it
             in
             the
             title
             of
             sedition
             .
             
             And
             he
             hath
             stirred
             up
             the
             people
             to
             persecute
             it
             ,
             with
             exprobrations
             and
             slanderous
             words
             —
          
           
             And
             with
             Impropriations
             he
             hath
             turned
             preaching
             into
             
               private
               Masses
            
             ;
             if
             a
             Priest
             should
             have
             left
             Masse
             undone
             on
             a
             Sunday
             within
             this
             ten
             years
             ,
             
             all
             England
             would
             have
             wondred
             at
             it
             ;
             but
             they
             might
             have
             left
             off
             the
             Sermon
             twenty
             Sundaies
             and
             never
             have
             been
             
             blamed
             .
             And
             thus
             by
             these
             Impropriations
             private
             Masses
             were
             set
             up
             ,
             and
             preaching
             of
             Gods
             word
             trodden
             under
             foot
             .
             But
             what
             doth
             he
             now
             ?
             he
             stirs
             men
             up
             to
             outragious
             rearing
             of
             rents
             ,
             that
             poor
             men
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             find
             their
             children
             at
             the
             School
             to
             be
             Divines
             .
             What
             an
             unreasonable
             devil
             is
             this
             ?
             he
             provides
             a
             great
             while
             before
             hand
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             that
             is
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             He
             hath
             brought
             up
             now
             a
             most
             monstrous
             kind
             of
             covetousness
             that
             ever
             was
             heard
             of
             ;
             he
             hath
             invented
             a
             Fee-farming
             of
             Benefices
             ,
             
             and
             all
             to
             decay
             this
             Office
             of
             Preaching
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             when
             a
             man
             shall
             hereafter
             have
             a
             Benefice
             ,
             he
             may
             go
             where
             he
             will
             ,
             for
             any
             house
             he
             shall
             have
             to
             dwell
             upon
             ,
             or
             any
             Glebe-land
             to
             keep
             hospitality
             withall
             ;
             but
             he
             must
             take
             up
             a
             chamber
             in
             an
             Ale-house
             ,
             and
             there
             sit
             and
             play
             at
             Tables
             all
             day
             .
             A
             goodly
             Curate
             .
             He
             hath
             caused
             also
             Patrons
             to
             sell
             their
             Benefices
             .
             Yea
             ,
             what
             doth
             he
             more
             ?
             He
             gets
             him
             to
             the
             University
             and
             causeth
             great
             men
             to
             send
             their
             sons
             thither
             ,
             and
             put
             out
             poor
             Schollers
             that
             should
             be
             Divines
             :
             for
             their
             parents
             
             intend
             not
             they
             shall
             be
             Preachers
             :
             but
             that
             they
             may
             have
             a
             shew
             of
             learning
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             were
             too
             long
             to
             declare
             unto
             you
             ,
             what
             deceit
             and
             means
             the
             Devil
             hath
             found
             to
             decay
             the
             office
             of
             salvation
             .
             —
          
           
             It
             is
             in
             the
             Text
             he
             taught
             sitting
             ;
             Preachers
             be-like
             were
             sitters
             in
             those
             dayes
             ,
             
             as
             it
             is
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             they
             sit
             in
             Moses
             Chair
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             our
             Preachers
             would
             Preach
             sitting
             or
             standing
             one
             way
             or
             other
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             goodly
             Pulpit
             that
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             had
             gotten
             him
             here
             ,
             an
             old
             rotten
             Boat.
             And
             yet
             he
             preached
             his
             Fathers
             will
             ,
             his
             Fathers
             message
             out
             of
             this
             Pulpit
             .
             He
             cared
             not
             for
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             so
             he
             might
             do
             the
             people
             good
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             it
             is
             to
             be
             commended
             ;
             
             for
             the
             Preacher
             to
             stand
             or
             sit
             as
             the
             place
             is
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             not
             have
             it
             so
             superstitiously
             esteemed
             ,
             but
             that
             a
             good
             Preacher
             may
             declare
             the
             VVord
             of
             God
             sitting
             on
             a
             Horse
             ,
             or
             preaching
             in
             a
             Tree
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             and
             this
             should
             be
             done
             ,
             the
             
             unpreaching
             Prelates
             would
             laugh
             it
             to
             scorn
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             it
             be
             good
             to
             have
             a
             Pulpit
             set
             up
             in
             the
             Churches
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             may
             resort
             thither
             ,
             yet
             I
             would
             not
             have
             it
             so
             superstitiously
             used
             ,
             but
             that
             in
             a
             prophane
             place
             the
             VVord
             of
             God
             may
             be
             preached
             sometimes
             .
             —
          
           
             To
             have
             Pulpits
             in
             Churches
             it
             is
             very
             well
             done
             to
             have
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             would
             be
             occupied
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             a
             vain
             thing
             to
             have
             them
             as
             they
             stand
             in
             many
             Churches
             .
          
           
             I
             heard
             of
             a
             Bishop
             of
             England
             that
             went
             on
             visitation
             (
             and
             as
             it
             was
             the
             custome
             )
             when
             the
             Bishop
             should
             come
             and
             be
             rung
             into
             the
             Town
             ,
             the
             great
             Bells
             clapper
             was
             faln
             down
             ,
             the
             ty-all
             was
             broken
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Bishop
             could
             not
             be
             rung
             into
             the
             Town
             .
             There
             was
             a
             great
             matter
             made
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             of
             the
             Parrish
             were
             much
             blamed
             for
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             visitation
             .
             The
             Bishop
             was
             somewhat
             quick
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             signified
             that
             he
             was
             much
             offended
             .
             They
             made
             their
             answers
             ,
             and
             excused
             themselves
             as
             well
             as
             they
             could
             ,
             
             it
             was
             a
             chance
             said
             they
             ,
             that
             the
             clapper
             brake
             ,
             and
             we
             could
             not
             get
             it
             mended
             by
             and
             by
             ,
             we
             must
             tarry
             till
             we
             can
             have
             it
             done
             it
             shall
             be
             mended
             as
             shortly
             as
             may
             be
             .
          
           
             Among
             the
             other
             there
             was
             one
             wiser
             then
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             he
             comes
             to
             the
             Bishop
             .
             Why
             (
             my
             Lord
             )
             saith
             he
             ,
             doth
             your
             Lordship
             make
             so
             great
             a
             matter
             of
             the
             Bell
             that
             lacketh
             his
             clapper
             ;
             here
             is
             a
             Bell
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             pointing
             to
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             that
             hath
             lacked
             a
             clapper
             this
             twenty
             years
             .
             We
             have
             a
             Parson
             that
             fetcheth
             out
             of
             this
             benefice
             fifty
             pound
             every
             year
             ,
             but
             we
             never
             see
             him
             .
          
           
             I
             warrant
             you
             the
             Bishop
             was
             an
             unpreaching
             Prelate
             ,
             he
             could
             find
             fault
             with
             a
             Bell
             that
             wanted
             a
             clapper
             to
             ring
             him
             into
             the
             Town
             ;
             but
             he
             could
             not
             find
             any
             fault
             with
             the
             Parson
             that
             preached
             not
             at
             his
             Benefice
             .
          
           
             Ever
             this
             Office
             of
             preaching
             hath
             been
             least
             regarded
             ,
             it
             hath
             scant
             had
             the
             name
             of
             Gods
             service
             .
             They
             must
             sing
             
               Salve
               festa
               dies
            
             about
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             was
             the
             better
             for
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             shew
             their
             gay
             coats
             and
             garments
             .
          
           
           
             I
             came
             once
             my self
             to
             a
             place
             ,
             
             riding
             on
             a
             journey
             homeward
             from
             London
             ,
             and
             I
             sent
             word
             overnight
             into
             the
             Town
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             preach
             there
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             Holy-day
             ;
             and
             me
             thought
             it
             was
             a
             Holy-dayes
             worke
             ,
             the
             Church
             stood
             in
             my
             way
             .
             And
             I
             took
             my
             Horse
             and
             my
             Company
             and
             went
             thither
             ,
             (
             I
             thought
             I
             should
             have
             found
             a
             great
             Company
             in
             the
             Church
             )
             and
             when
             I
             came
             there
             ,
             the
             Church
             door
             was
             fast
             locked
             ,
             I
             tarried
             there
             half
             an
             hour
             and
             more
             ;
             at
             the
             last
             the
             Key
             was
             found
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             Parish
             comes
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             sayes
             ;
             Sir
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             busie
             day
             with
             us
             ,
             we
             cannot
             hear
             you
             ,
             it
             is
             Robin-hoods
             day
             .
             The
             Parish
             are
             gone
             abroad
             to
             gather
             for
             Robin-hood
             .
             I
             pray
             you
             let
             them
             not
             .
             I
             was
             fain
             there
             to
             give
             place
             to
             Robin-hood
             .
             I
             thought
             my
             Rochet
             should
             have
             been
             regarded
             ,
             though
             I
             were
             not
             ,
             but
             it
             would
             not
             serve
             ,
             it
             was
             fain
             to
             give
             place
             to
             Robin-hoods
             men
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             no
             laughing
             matter
             ,
             
             my
             friends
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             weeping
             matter
             ,
             a
             heavy
             matter
             ,
             a
             heavy
             matter
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             gathering
             for
             
               Robin
               Hood
            
             ,
             a
             Traytor
             and
             a
             
             Thief
             ,
             to
             put
             out
             a
             Preacher
             ,
             to
             have
             his
             Office
             less
             esteemed
             ,
             to
             prefer
             
               Robin
               Hood
            
             before
             the
             Ministration
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             hath
             come
             of
             Unpreaching
             Prelates
             .
             This
             Realm
             hath
             been
             ill
             provided
             for
             ,
             rhat
             it
             hath
             had
             such
             corrupt
             Judgments
             in
             it
             ,
             to
             
               prefer
               Robin
               Hood
            
             to
             Gods
             Word
             :
             If
             the
             Bishops
             had
             been
             Preachers
             ,
             there
             should
             never
             have
             been
             any
             such
             thing
             ;
             but
             we
             have
             a
             good
             hope
             of
             better
             .
             We
             have
             had
             a
             good
             beginning
             ,
             I
             beseech
             God
             to
             continue
             it
             .
             But
             I
             tell
             you
             ,
             it
             is
             far
             wide
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             have
             such
             judgments
             :
             The
             Bishops
             they
             could
             laugh
             at
             it
             ,
             what
             was
             that
             to
             them
             ;
             they
             would
             have
             them
             to
             continue
             in
             ignorance
             still
             ,
             and
             themselves
             in
             unpreaching
             Prelacy
             .
          
        
         
           
             Part
             of
             the
             Seventh
             Sermon
             preached
             by
             Mr.
             Latimer
             before
             King
             Edward
             .
          
           
             MAny
             speak
             of
             Faith
             ,
             but
             few
             there
             be
             that
             have
             it
             .
             This
             Faith
             is
             a
             great
             State
             ,
             a
             Lady
             ,
             a
             Duchess
             ,
             a
             
             great
             woman
             ,
             and
             she
             hath
             ever
             a
             great
             Company
             and
             Train
             about
             her
             (
             as
             a
             Noble
             State
             ought
             to
             have
             .
             )
             First
             ,
             She
             hath
             a
             Gentleman
             Usher
             ,
             that
             goeth
             before
             her
             ,
             and
             where
             he
             is
             not
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             Lady
             Faith.
             
          
           
             This
             Gentleman-Usher
             is
             called
             
               Agnitio
               Peccatorum
            
             ,
             knowledge
             of
             sin
             ,
             when
             we
             enter
             into
             our
             hearts
             ,
             knowledge
             our
             faults
             ,
             and
             stand
             not
             about
             to
             defend
             them
             .
             He
             is
             none
             of
             these
             Winkers
             ,
             he
             kicks
             not
             ,
             when
             he
             hears
             his
             Fault
             .
             Now
             as
             the
             Gentleman-Usher
             goeth
             before
             her
             ,
             so
             she
             hath
             a
             great
             Train
             behind
             her
             ,
             following
             after
             her
             ;
             the
             Fruits
             of
             good
             works
             ,
             the
             walking
             in
             the
             Commandments
             of
             God.
             He
             that
             believeth
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             idle
             ,
             he
             will
             walk
             ,
             he
             will
             do
             his
             business
             .
             Have
             ever
             the
             Gentleman-Usher
             with
             you
             :
             So
             if
             you
             will
             try
             your
             Faith
             ,
             
             remember
             this
             Rule
             .
             Consider
             whether
             the
             Train
             be
             waiting
             upon
             her
             :
             If
             you
             have
             another
             Faith
             than
             this
             ,
             you
             are
             like
             to
             go
             to
             the
             scalding
             House
             ,
             and
             there
             you
             shall
             have
             two
             Dishes
             ,
             weeping
             and
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             ,
             much
             good
             do
             it
             you
             ,
             you
             see
             your
             Fare
             .
             —
          
           
           
             Not
             long
             ago
             ,
             a
             great
             man
             said
             in
             an
             Audience
             ,
             they
             babble
             much
             of
             Faith
             ,
             I
             will
             go
             and
             lie
             with
             my
             Whore
             all
             night
             ,
             and
             have
             as
             good
             a
             Faith
             as
             the
             best
             of
             them
             all
             :
             I
             think
             he
             never
             knew
             other
             ,
             but
             the
             Whoremongers
             Faith
             ;
             it
             is
             no
             such
             Faith
             that
             will
             serve
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             no
             Bribing
             Judges
             nor
             Justices
             Faith
             ,
             no
             Whoremongers
             Faith
             ,
             nor
             no
             Sellers
             of
             Benefices
             Faith.
             —
          
           
             If
             you
             will
             believe
             and
             acknowledge
             your
             sins
             ,
             so
             you
             shall
             attain
             to
             everlasting
             Life
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Father
             of
             Heaven
             bring
             you
             and
             me
             ,
             AMEN
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A49701-e200
           
             See
             his
             sweet
             memorial
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Martyrs
             .
          
           
             ●
             Pe.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             17.
             5
             
          
           
             Bish
             ,
             Reinolds
             .
          
           
             England
             so
             called
             formerly
             by
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             Then
             sadly
             complained
             of
             .
          
           
             1
             Kings
             19.
             12.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               Harbottle
               Grimston's
            
             first
             Speech
             in
             the
             Banquetting
             house
             at
             Whitehal
             .
          
           
             See
             His
             Majesties
             Speech
             to
             the
             Lords
             House
             .
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Declaration
             mentions
             some
             that
             censure
             His
             Majesty
             for
             want
             of
             Zeal
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             because
             he
             presseth
             not
             a
             general
             Conformity
             to
             Lyturgies
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A49701-e710
           
             Stabitque
             
          
           
             Here
             Latimer
             leaves
             him
             .
          
           
             Nota.
             
          
           
             Nota.
             
          
           
             Nota.
             
          
           
             Idle
             Clergy
             guilty
             of
             Sacriledge
             .
          
           
             Nota.
             
          
           
             Note
             ,
          
           
             Fas
             est
             &
             ab
             hoste
             doceri
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A49701-e1480
           
             Brevis
             esse
             laboro
             ,
             obscurus
             fio
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A49701-e1620
           
             Mat.
             5.
             1
             
             Pet.
             2.
             
          
           
             Note
             ,
             Doth
             not
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Declaration
             do
             so
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             O
             Glorious
             zeal
             !
          
           
             Excellent
             Counsel
             fit
             to
             be
             taken
             by
             this
             Convocation
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Was
             it
             not
             so
             of
             late
             .
          
           
             This
             winking
             caused
             God
             to
             open
             his
             eyes
             ,
             and
             so
             sorely
             to
             visit
             us
             as
             of
             late
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             4
             
          
           
             Let
             the
             Bishops
             learn
             their
             duty
             from
             this
             blessed
             Saint
             .
          
           
             Math.
             13.
             3.
             
          
           
             Prelates
             have
             a
             busie
             work
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             Strawberry
             Preachers
             once
             or
             twice
             a
             year
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.1
             
          
           
             Idle
             Ministers
             make
             evil
             people
             .
          
           
             Math.
             11.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             c.
             48.
             
          
           
             
               O
               London
            
             see
             thy self
             in
             this
             glass
             .
          
           
             What
             would
             he
             have
             said
             if
             he
             had
             seen
             so
             many
             eminent
             Ministers
             as
             are
             now
             in
             London
             ?
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Look
             to
             it
             Citizens
             .
          
           
             Is
             this
             amended
             at
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             Iniquity
             aboundeth
             and
             love
             waxeth
             cold
             .
          
           
             Oh
             shame
             .
          
           
             Hearken
             London
             .
          
           
             Hear
             ye
             Bishops
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Prelacy
             hath
             lain
             a
             withering
             this
             20
             years
             .
             It
             is
             hoped
             it
             will
             not
             be
             so
             churlish
             as
             formerly
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             this
             ye
             Nobles
             .
          
           
             The
             Devil
             a
             busie
             Preacher
             .
          
           
             Satan
             the
             great
             hinderer
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             
          
           
             Pope
             the
             Devils
             Chaplain
             
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Why
             our
             reformation
             is
             so
             imperfect
             
          
           
             Note
             this
             wel
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             ,
             Who
             hindred
             a
             more
             perfect
             reformation
             .
          
           
             Little
             hope
             of
             good
             by
             Curates
             .
          
           
             Excellency
             of
             Gods
             Word
             .
          
           
             Hear
             ye
             Preachers
             
          
           
             Ex.
             5.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             1
             Kin.
             22.
             
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             23.
             3.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             12.
             1
             
          
           
             Let
             court
             preachers
             note
             this
             
          
           
             Let
             our
             wild
             Phanatiques
             observe
             this
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             17.
             15.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             our
             mercy
             .
          
           
             Note
             this
             ye
             King-killers
             .
          
           
             Latimer
             proved
             a
             true
             Prophet
             ▪
             
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             The
             true
             Roaylist
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             mercy
             at
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             Let
             Courtiers
             observe
             this
             .
          
           
             Our
             present
             duty
             
          
           
             A
             good
             wish
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             ,
          
           
             A
             good
             motion
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             now
             upon
             the
             matter
             a
             common
             Prayer
             matter
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             10
             
          
           
             Note
             ,
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Latimer
             desired
             Gods
             Word
             to
             be
             the
             Rule
             of
             reformation
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Latimer
             a
             faithful
             Bishop
             .
          
           
             Note
             this
             court
             Preachers
             
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Luke
             18.
             
          
           
             O
             zeal
             !
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Confession
             of
             sin
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             2.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             3.
             
          
           
             Note
             ,
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Math.
             23.
             
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Note
             .