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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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Now to sustain and suffer the dolours of death, is not to sin, but he came into this world, with his passion to purge our since. Now this that he suffered in the Garden is on,1 of the bitterest pieces of all his passion, this fear of death was the bitterest pain that ever he a bode, dew to sin which he never did, but became debtor for us. Al this he suffer for us, this he did to satisfy for our since. It is much like ⟨image 195⟩as if I ought another man .xx. M. pounds,2 and should pay it out of hand, or else go to the dungeon of ludgate, and when I am going to prison, one of my friends should come, & ask, whether goeth this man? And after he had hard the matter, should say, let me answer for him, I will be come surety for him. Yea, I will pay all for him Such a part played our saviour Christ with us. If he had not suffered this, I for my part should have suffered, according to the gravity and quantity of my since, damnation. For the greater the sin is,3 the greater is the punishment in hell. He suffered for you and me in such a degree, as is dew to all the sins of the whole world. ⟨image 195⟩It was as if you would imagine that one man had committed all the since since Adam, you may be sure he should be punished with the same horror of death in such a sort as all men in the world should have suffered. Feign & put case our saviour Christ, had committed all the sins of the world, all that I for my part have done, all that you for your part have done, and that any man else hath done, if he had done all this him self, his agony that he suffered should have been no greater nor grevouser, then it was. This that he suffered in the garden was a portion I say of his passion & one of the bitterest parts of it.4 And this he suffered for ⟨image 196⟩our since and not for any since that he had committed him self, for all we should have suffered every man according to his own deserts.