A05143:398
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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Here S. Paul requireth a great thing of us, namely that we should awake from sleep: he argueth of the […] of the time. but that sleep of which he speaketh is specially1 a spiritual […], the sleep of the soul: yet we may learn by this text that to much sluggishness of the body is naught and wicked, to sped yt good time which god hath given us to do good in, to spend it I say in sleeping: for we ought to keep a measure as well in sleeping as in eating & drinking: and we please God as well in sleeping our natural sleep as in eating and drinking: but we must see that we keep a measure, that […] 2give our selves not […] much sluggishness. For like as we may not abuse meat & drink, so we may not abuse sleeping, to turn our natural sleep into […]. But S. Paul speaketh here specially of the sleep of the soul, that is of […] & wickedness, which are called in scripture sleep or darkness: from which sleep S. Paul would have us to rise. For our saluati on is come nearer, how […] it that S. Paul saith that our salvation is come nearer? do we not believe now as the […] and […] did? and how is then our salvation come nearer?3 you must understand that there be two times […] yt beginning yt first time was from the beginning of the world, till Christ, till to his coming. The other time is sense he came: for when he came he wrought the work of our […], & taught us the way to heaven, suffered that pain for us which we should have […] in hell world without […], & rose again from the death, […] his […] unto his […], ⟨image 115⟩and so ascended into heaven, where he sitteth at the right hand of god his Father: where he with his intercession apply eth unto us, which believe in him, his passion, and all his merits: so that all that believe in him shall be quite from their sins. For his passion is profitable only unto them that […]: notwithstanding that his death might be sufficient for all the whole world: yet for all that no man shall enjoy that […] benefit, but only they that believe in him, that put their hope, trust, and […] in him. Now therefore S. Paul4 saith, Our salvation is come nearer: because Christ is come already, & maketh intercession for us. All they that were before his coming, as the patriarchs and […]. and all other faithful, they believed that he should come, but so do not […]: we believe that he is come already, and […] fulfilled all things.