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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…
The second [seventh] sermon of Master Hugh Latimer which he preached before the Kings Majesty [with?]in his graces palace at Westminster, the xv. day of March [-xix day of April], M.ccccc.xlix.The seconde [seventh] sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer which he preached before the Kynges Maiestie [with?]in his graces palayce at Westminster, ye xv. day of Marche [-xix daye of Apryll], M.ccccc.xlix.
printed by John Day, 1549printed by Jhon Day, 1549
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He spake it not for the impossibility of the thing (God forbid that all the magistrates & judges should be condemned) but for the difficulty.
He spake it not for the impossibilitie of the thinge (God forbyd that all the magistrates & iudges should be condempned) but for the difficultye.
1Oh that a man might have the contemplation of hell, that the devil would a low a man to look into hell, to see the state of it, as he showed all the world when he tempted Christ, in the wilderness. Commonstrat illi omnia regna mundi. He showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and all their jollity, and told him that he would give him all,2 if he would kneel down and worship ⟨image 87⟩him. He lied like a false harlot, he could not give them he was not able to give so much as a goose wing: for they were none of his to give.
1Oh that a man myght haue the contemplation of hell, that the deuyl woulde a lowe a man to loke into hel, to se the state of it, as he shewed all the worlde whē he tēpted Christ, in the wildernes. Commonstrat illi omnia regna mundi. He shewed hym al the kyngedomes of the worlde, and al theyr iollytye, and tolde hym that he woulde gyue hym all,2 if he would knele downe and worshyp ⟨image 87⟩hym. He lyed lyke a faulse harlot, he could not gyue theym he was not able to giue so much as a gose wynge: for they were none of hys to giue.
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