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THE FIFTH SERMON.

THE FIFT SERMON.

Luk. 10. vers. 23. 24. 23. And he turned him to his Disciples, and said: Blessed are the eyes which see that ye see. 24. For I say unto you, many Prophets & kings would have seen the things that ye see, and have not seen them, and have heard the things that ye hear, and have not heard them.

Luk. 10. vers. 23. 24. 23. And he turned him to his Disciples, and said: Blessed are the eyes which see that ye see. 24. For I saie vnto you, many Prophets & kings would haue seen the things that ye see, and haue not seene them, and haue heard the things that yee heare, and haue not heard them.

OUR Saviour Christ, before he began to declare and set forth the will of his Father, before he began to preach abroad the high mysteries of our redemption, the glad tidings of mans ⟨image 67⟩salvation, sent abroad into the world a many of Disciples to the number of three score and ten, to the end that they should espy out and see the stay of the people, how they would accept his Doctrine, and first to give them this warning, and say; Paenitentiam agite, appropinquat enim regnum caelorum, Repent your selves, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. These Disciples of Christ, after they had in all points accomplished their masters commission, and fulfilled his commandment, returned again unto Christ, and showed him the marvels that they had wrought in his name, rejoicing much thereat, and especially for that Devils departed from men possessed, and were driven out by them; The very Devils (said they) are subdued unto us in thy name. But when Christ heard them thus say, and perceived that they rejoiced there at, he turned to his Disciples, he pulled them from this vain fancy, and said; I saw Satan fall down from heaven as lightning. Behold I have given you power to tread upon Serpents, to go over Scorpions, over all