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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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Yet if we ⟨p. 527⟩will with a sorrowful and contrite heart make an unfeigned confession of them unto God, 1he will freely and frankly forgive them, & so put all our wickedness out of remembrance before the sight of his majesty, that they shall no more be thought upon. Hereunto doth pertain the golden saying of the holy prophet David, where he saith on this manner: Then I acknowledged 2my sin unto thee, neither did I hide mine iniquity: I said, I will confess against my self my wickedness unto the Lord, & thou forgavest the ungodliness of my sin. These are also the words of John the Evangelist: If we confess 3our sins, God is faithful & righteous to forgive us our sins, & to make us clean from all our wickedness. Which ought to be understanded of the confession that is made unto God. For these are saint Augustine's words: That confession 4which is made unto God, is required by Gods law, whereof John the apostle speaketh, saying: If we confess our sins, God is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to make us clean from all our wickedness. For without this confession, sin is not forgiven. This is then the chiefest & most principal confession that in the scriptures & word of God we are bidden to make, and without the which we shall never obtain pardon and forgiveness of our sins. In deed, besides this there is another kind of confession, which is needful and necessary. And of the same doth Saint James speak after this manner, saying: Acknowledge your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ⟨p. 528⟩ye may be saved. As if he should say: Open that which grieveth you, that a remedy may be found. And this is commanded both for him that complaineth, & for him that heareth, that the one should show his grief to the other. The true meaning of it is, that the faithful ought to acknowledge their offences, whereby some hatred, rancour, grudge, or malice, having risen or grown among them one to another, that a brotherly reconciliation may be had, without the which nothing that we do can be acceptable unto God, as our saviour Jesus Christ doth witness