The second [seventh] sermon of Master Hugh Latimer which he preached before the Kings…The seconde [seventh] sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer which he preached before the Kynges…

First of all as touching my first sermon, I will run it over cursory. ¹ripping a little the matter. I brought in an history of the Bible, exciting my audience to beware of by walkings, to walk ordinately, plainly, the kings high way, and a gre to that, which standeth with the order of a Realm. I showed you how we were under the blessing of God, for our king is Nobilis, I showed you we have a noble King. True ⟨image 43⟩in heritor to the crown with out doubt. I showed furthermore of his godly education. He hath such school Masters as can not be gotten in all the Realm again. Wherefore we may be sure that God blessed this realm,² all though he cursed the realm, whose ruler is a child, under whom the officers be climbing, and gleaning, flouring, scratching, and scraping, and voluptuously set on banqueting and for the maintenance of their voluptuousness, go by walks. And although he be young he hath as good, and as sage a counsel, as ever was in England,³ which we may well know by their godly proceedings, and setting forth of the word of God: Therefore let us not ⟨image 43⟩be worse? then the stiff necked Jews. In king Josiah time, (who being young did alter,⁴ change and correct wonderfully the religion) it was never heard in Jewry that the people repined or said, The King is a child. This gear will not last long. It is but one or two mens doings. It will not but for a time. The king knoweth it not. Woe worth that ever such men were borne. Take heed lest for our rebellion God take his blessing a way from us. I entered into the place of the kings pastime. I told you how he must pass his time in reading the book of God (for that is the kings pastime by God's appointment) in the which book he shall learn to fear god,⁵

Fyrst of all as touchinge my fyrst sermon, I wyll runne it ouer cursorie.