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…

But you must be importune and not weary, nor caste away prayer.¹ Nay you must caste away sin. GOD will hear your prayer, albeit, you be sinners, I send you a judge that will be glad to hear you. You that are oppressed, I speak to you▪ Christ in this parable doth paint the good will of god toward you, o miserable people,² he that is not received, let him not despair, nor think that god had forsaken him, For god tarrieth till he seeth a time, & better can do all thin ges for us, than we our selves can wish.

But you must be importune and not werye, nor caste awaye prayer.¹ Naye you muste caste awaye synne. GOD wyll heare your prayer, albeit, you be synners, I send you a iudge yt wyll be glad to heare you. You that are oppressed, I speake to you▪ Christ in this parable doth painte the good wyl of god towarde you, o miserable people,² he that is not receyued, let hym not dyspayre, nor thinke yt god had forsakē him, For god tarieth tyl he seith a time, & better cā do al thī ges for vs, thē we our selues cā wish.

1. 1Caste away sin & then pray.Caste awaye synne & then praye.
2. 2A notable lesson for him which prayeth.A notable lesson for hym whych prayeth.

There was a wicked Judge, &c. What meaneth it that God borroweth this parable rather of a wicked Judge, then of a good? Belike good judges were rare at that time, and trow ye the devil hath been a sleep ever sense? No, no. He is as busy as ever he was. The commune manner of a wicked Judge is,