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…

I told you before of Scala celi the ladder of heaven, I would you should not forget it. The ⟨image 120⟩steppes thereof are set forth in the tenth to the Romans. The first is preaching, then hearing,¹ then believing, and last of all Salvation. Scala celi. is a preaching matter I tell you, and not a massing matter, God's instrument of salvation, is preaching.²

I tolde you before of Scala celi the ladder of heauen, I woulde you shoulde not forget it. The ⟨image 120⟩steppes thereof are set forthe in the tenth to the Romanes. The fyrste is preachynge, then hearynge,¹ then beleuynge, and last of all Saluacion. Scala celi. is a preachynge matter I tell you, and not a massyinge matter, goddes instrument of saluaciō, is preachyng.²

1. 1Preaching Hearing Believing and salvation.Preachynge Hearynge Beleuynge and saluaciō.
2. 2Well moved and Godly exhorted of M. Latimer but little minded & slowly followed for all that.Well moued and Godlye exhorted of M. Latimer but litle minded & slowlye followed for all that.

Here I move you my Lords, not to be greedy and outrageous in enhancing, and raising of your rents, to the minishing, of the office of salvation. It would pity a mans heart to hear that, that I hear of the state of Cambridge, what it is in Oxford I can not tell.