The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…

In the person of this Pharisee, our Saviour Christ setteth out to the eye, and to the judgement of the world, a perfect, just, and righteous man, such one as is not spotted with those vices that men commonly are infected with, extortion, bribery, polling, and pilling their neighbour, robbers and spoilers of common weals, crafty, and subtle, in chopping & changing, using false weights, and detestable perjury in their buying and selling, fornicators, adulterers, & vicious livers. The Pharisee was no such man, neither faulty in any such like notorious crime. But where other transgressed by leaving things undone, which yet the law required: this man did more then was requisite by law. For he fasted twice in the week, and gave tithes of all that he had. What could the world then justly blame in this man? yea, what outward thing more could be desired to be in him, to make him a more perfect, and a more just man? Truly nothing by mans judgement: And yet our Saviour ⟨p. 181⟩Christ preferreth the poor Publican without fasting before him with his fast. The cause why he doth so, is manifest. For that Publican having no good works at all to trust unto, yielded up him self unto God, confessing his sins, and hoped certainly to be saved by Gods free mercy only. The Pharisee gloried, & trusted so much to his works, that he thought him self sure enough without mercy, and that he should come to heaven by his fasting and other deeds. To this end serveth that parable. For it is spoken to them that trusted in them selves, that they were righteous, and despised other. Now because the Pharisee directed his work to an evil end, seeking by them justification, which in deed is the proper work of God, without our merits, his fasting twice in the week, and all his other works, though they were never so many, and seemed to the world never so good and holy, yet in very deed before god, they are altogether evil and abominable. The mark also that the Hypocrites shoot at with their fast, is, to appear holy in the eye of the world, and so to win commendation and praise of men. But our Saviour ¹Christ saith of them, they have their reward, that is, they have praise and commendation of men, but of God they have none at all. For whatsoever tendeth to an evil end, is it self by that evil end, made evil also.

In the person of this Pharisee, our Sauiour Christ setteth out to the eye, and to the iudgement of the worlde, a perfect, iust, and righteous man, suche one as is not spotted with those vices that men commonlye are infected with, extortion, briberie, polling, and pilling their neighbour, robbers and spoylers of common weales, craftie, and subtile, in chopping & chaunging, vsing false waightes, and detestable periurie in their buying and selling, fornicatours, adulterers, & vicious liuers. The Pharisee was no such man, neyther faultie in any suche like notorious crime. But where other transgressed by leauing thinges vndone, whiche yet the lawe required: this man dyd more then was requisite by lawe. For he fasted twyse in the weeke, and gaue tythes of all that he had. What could the worlde then iustly blame in this man? yea, what outwarde thing more could be desired to be in him, to make him a more perfect, and a more iust man? Truelye nothyng by mans iudgement: And yet our Sauiour