A05143:547
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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While they thus preached to the people, the redemption that cometh by Christs death to serve only them that died before his coming, that were in the time of the old testament, and that now since redemption, and forgiveness of since purchased by money, and devised of men, is of efficacy, and not redemption purchased by Christ. They have a wonderful pretty […], to persuade1 this thing, of a certain married woman, which when her husband was in purgatory, in that […] furnace, that hath bur ned away so many of our pens, paid her husbands ransom, and so of duty claimed him to be set at liberty: […] they thus preached to the people, that dead images (which at the2 first, as I think, were set up only to, represent things absent) not only ought to be covered with gold, but also ought of all faithful and christen people, yea in this scarceness and penury of all things, to be clad with silk garments, and ⟨p. 4⟩those also laden with precious gems and […]. And that beside all this, they are to be lighted with ware candles, both within the church and without the church, yea at none days, as who should say, here no cost can be to great, where as in the mean time, we Christs faithful & lively images, bought with no less price, than with his most precious blood, alas alas, to be an hungered, a thirst, a cold, and to lye in darkness, wrapped in all wretchedness, yea to lye there, until death take away […] miseries: While they preached, these will works,3 that come but of our own devotion, although they be not so necessary, as the works of mercy, and the precepts of God, yet they said, & in the pulpit, that will works were more principal, more excellent, & (plainly to utter what they mean) more acceptable to God, then works of mercy: as though now mans inventions & fancies, could please God better then gods precepts, or strange things better than his own: while they thus preached, that more fruit, more devotion cometh of the beholding of an image, though it be but a Pater noster while, then is gotten by reading & contemplation in scripture, though ye read and contemplate therein […] years space.
While they thus preached to the people, the redemptiō that cometh by Christes death to serue onely them that died before his comming, that were in the time of the olde testament, and that now since redemptiō, and forgyuenesse of synnes purchased by money, and deuysed of men, is of efficacy, and not redemption purchased by Christ. They haue a wonderful prety , to perswade