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Twenty-seven Sermons
27 sermons preached by the right Reverend father in God and constant martyr [sic] of Jesus Christ, Master Hugh Latimer, as well such as in times past have been printed, as certain other coming to our hands of late, which were yet never set forth in print. Faithfully perused [and] allowed according to the order appointed in the Queens Majesties injunctions. 1. Hys sermon Ad clerum. 2. Hys fourth sermon upon the plough. 3. His. 7. sermons before king Edward. 4 His sermon at Stamford. 5. His last sermon before king Edward. 6. His. 7. sermons upon the Lords prayer. 7. His other. 9. sermons upon certain Gospels and Epistles27 sermons preached by the ryght Reuerende father in God and constant matir [sic] of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, as well such as in tymes past haue bene printed, as certayne other commyng to our handes of late, whych were yet neuer set forth in print. Faithfully perused [and] allowed accordying to the order appoynted in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. 1. Hys sermon Ad clerum. 2. Hys fourth sermon vpon the plough. 3. Hys. 7. sermons before kyng Edward. 4 Hys sermon at Stamforde. 5. Hys last sermon before kyng Edward. 6. Hys. 7. sermons vpon the Lordes prayer. 7. Hys other. 9. sermons vpon certayne Gospels and Epistles
London: printed by John Day, 1562London: printed by Iohn Day, 1562
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now peradventure some body might say that S. Paul had slandered these men in writing so sharply against them, and in calling them the enemies of the cross of Christ: but1 it is not so, he slandereth them not. In the Epistle to Timo the he named some by their names Philetum, and Hyneneū. You must consider that Saint Paul did well in reproving them openly: for a man may sometimes tell an other mans faults: for not every telling is slandering. When a man telleth an other mans faults with a good mind, and to a good purpose, this telling is well: but that is nought and very slandering when I rehearse before other men the faults of2 my neighbour with a malicious stomach: I hate him, & there fore I make him to be known, I paint him out in his colours, and sometimes I say more by him then I am able to prove, this is slandering: but when a man telleth an other mans faults with a good mind to his reformation, that is not slandering. As we read a story of S. Bernhard, whether it be true other not, it is no matter, take it for an example, and learn thereby what is […], and what is not. Saint Bernard was a goodly upright young man and well favoured, he came at a time with his company to an inn, where he tarried all night. And because he was a fair man,3 the woman in the house caste her eyes upon him: desiring in her heart to have carnal company with him, and therefore after supper she appointed a chamber for: him alone, to that end that she might come unto him afterward, and so she did it for when every body was at rest she came unto his bed intending to lye with him: Saint Bernard perceiving that, cried out with a loud voice, Fures, Fures, thieves, thieves: his fellows hearing him […], came unto ⟨image 98⟩him, asking what the matter was: he told them that there was a thief there: now they thought he had dreamed, went to bed again: As soon as they were gone, by and by the woman came again, then he cried again. So in the morning saint Bernard would not tarry long in that house, and as they were in the way, he told to his fellows how that the woman had come unto him, desiring them to take heed an other time of that woman, for she was a naughty woman, she would have stolen from him the holy ghost, the remission of his sins, and all goodness: