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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…
The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in the former part of homilies. Set out by the authority of the Queens Majesty: and to be read in every parish church agreeably.The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in the former part of homilees. Set out by the aucthoritie of the Queenes Maiestie: and to be read in euery parishe church agreeably.
Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richard Jugge, and John Cawood, printers to the Queens Majesty, 1571Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richarde Iugge, and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Queenes Maiestie, 1571
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When the angel came to warn Joseph, that he should not fear to take Mary to his wife: Did he not therefore will the child's name to he called Jesus, because, he should save his people ⟨p. 372⟩from their sins? When John the Baptist preached Christ, and she wed him to the people with 1his finger: Did he not plainly say unto them, Behold the lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world? When the woman of Canaan besought Christ to help her daughter 2which was possest with a devil: did he not openly confess that he was sent to save the lost sheep of the house of Israel, by giving his life for their sins? It was sin then, O man, even thy sin that caused Christ the only Son of God to be crucified in the flesh, and to suffer the most vile & slanderous death of the cross. If thou haddest kept thy self upright, if thou haddest observed the commandments, if thou haddest not 3presumed to transgress the will of God in thy first father Adam: then Christ being in form of God, needed not to have taken upon him the shape of a servant: being immortal in heaven, he needed not to become mortal on earth: being the true bread of the soul, he needed not to hunger: being the healthful water of life, he needed not to thirst: being life it self, he needed not to have suffered death. But to these and many other such extremities, was he driven by thy sin, which was so manifold & great, that god could be only pleased in him, and none other. Canst thou think of this; O sinful man, and not tremble within thy self? Canst thou hear it quietly without remorse of conscience, and sorrow of heart? Did Christ suffer his passion for thee, and 4wilt thou show no compassion towards him? While Christ was yet hanging on the Cross, ⟨p. 373⟩and yielding up the ghost, the Scripture witnesseth that the vale of the temple did rent in twain, and the earth did quake, that the stones clave asunder, that the graves did open, & the dead bodies rise. And shall the heart of man be nothing moved to remember how grievously and cruelly he was handled of the Jews for our sins? Shall man show himself to be more hard hearted then stones, to have less compassion than dead bodies? Call to mind, O sinful creature, and set before thine eyes Christ crucified.