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…

Now to draw towards an end. It followeth in the text. duc in altum. Here cometh in the supremacy of the Bishop of Rome. When our Saviour Christ had made an end of his sermon and had fed their souls,¹ he provided for their bodies. First he began with the soul. Christs word is the food of it. Now he goeth to the body, he hath charge of them bo•th: we must commit the feeding of the body and of the soul to him. Well, he sayeth to Peter. duc in altum. Launch into the depth, ⟨image 172⟩put forth thy boat farther into the deep of the water. Lose your nets, now fish. As who should say, your souls are now fed, I have taught you my doctrine, now I will confirm it with a miracle.² Lo sir here is duc in altum. Here Peter •as made a great man say •he Papists, and all his successors after him. And this is derived of these few words. Launch into the deep. And their argument is this: he spake to Peter only,³ and he spake to him in the singular number, ergo he gave him such a preeminence above the rest. A goodly argument, I ween it be a sillogismus in quem terra pontus. I will make a like argument, Our Saviour Christ said ⟨image 173⟩to Judas, when he was about to betraye hym quod fac citius. Now when he spake to Peter there were none of his disciples by, but James and John, but when he spake to Judas they were all present. Well, he said un. ot hym. quod sacis fac citius. Sped thy busyness, that thou hast in thy head, do it, He gave him here a secret monition, that he knew what he intended, if Judas had had grace to have taken it and repented. He spake in the singular number to him, ergo he gave him some preeminence.⁴ By like he made him a Cardinal, and it might full well be, for they have followed Judas ever since. Here is as good a ground for the College of Cardinals, as the other is for the supremacy of the Bishop