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Certain Sermons or Homilies (First Book of Homilies)
Certain sermons, or homilies appointed by the kings Majesty, to be declared and read, by all persons, vicars, or curates, every Sunday in their churches, where they have cure. Anno 1547.Certayne sermons, or homelies appoynted by the kynges Maiestie, to be declared and redde, by all persones, vicars, or curates, euery Sondaye in their churches, where they haue cure. Anno 1547.
London: printed by Richard Grafton printer to his most royal Majesty, 1547London: printed by Rychard Grafton printer to his moste royall Maiestie, 1547
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¶An Homily of the misery of all mankind, and of his condemnation to death everlasting, by his own sin.
¶An Homelie of the miserie of al mankynd, and of hys condempnacion to death euerlastyng, by hys awne synne.
The holy Ghost, in writing the holy scripture, is in nothing more diligent, then to pull down mans vainglory, and pride, which, of all vices, is most universally grafted in all mankind, even from the first infection of our first father Adam. And therefore, we read in many places of scripture, many notable lessons against this old rooted vice, to teach us the most commendable virtue of humility, how to know our selves, and to remember, what we be of our selves. In the book of Genesis,1 almighty God giveth us all, a title & name in our great grand father Adam, which ought to admonish us all, to consider what we be, whereof we be, from whence we came, & whether we shall, saying thus: in the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat thy bread, till thou be turned again into the ground: for out of it wast thou taken, inasmuch as thou art dust, & into dust shalt thou be turned again. Here (as it were in a glass) we may learn to know our selves, to be but ground, earth, & ashes, & that to earth and ashes, we shall return.
THe holy Ghost, in writing the holy scripture, is in nothinge more diligent, then to pulle doune mannes vainglory, and pride, whiche, of all vices, is most vniuersally grafted in al mankynd, euen from the first infection of our first father Adam. And therfore, we reade in many places of scripture, many notable lessons against this old rooted vice, to teache vs the moste commendable vertue of humilitie, how to knowe our selfes, and to remembre, what we be of our selfes. In the boke of Genesis,1 almighty God geueth vs al, a title & name in our great graūd father Adā, which ought to admonish vs al, to considre what we be, wherof we be, frō whence we came, & whether we shal, saiyng thus: in ye sweat of thy face, shalt thou eate thy bread, til thou be turned again into the groūd: for out of it wast thou taken, in asmuch as yu art dust, & into dust shalte thou be turned again. Here (as it wer in a glasse) we may learne to know our selfes, to be but groūde, earth, & asshes, & that to earth and asshes, we shall returne.