A05143:788
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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One of her neighbours met her in the street, and said mistress, whether go ye: Mary said she, I am going to s. Thomas of Acres to the Sermon, I could not sleep all this last night & I am going now thither, I never failed of a good nap there. And so I had rather ye should go a napping to the sermons, than not to go at all. For with what mind soever ye come, though ye come for an ill purpose, yet peradventure ye may chance to be caught or ye go, the preacher may chance to catch you on his hook. Rather then ye should not come at all. I would have you come of curiosity, as S. Augustine came to hear S. Ambrose. When S. Augustine came to Milan, (he tells the story himself, in the end of his book of confessions) he was very desirous to hear S. Ambrose, not for any love he had to the doctrine ye he taught but to here his eloquence, whether it was so great, as it […] was, and as the brute went. Well, before he departed S. Am brose caught him on his hook, and converted him so, that he became of a Manichee, and of a Platonist a good christen, a defender of Christs religion, and of the faith afterward. So I would have you to come to sermons: it is declared in many ⟨image 229⟩mo places of scripture, how necessary preaching is, as this: […], […] est […], ad […] omni […] The1 […] of the […], is the power of God to every man […] doth […]. He […] gods word […], it is the […], and the thing […] by we are […]. […] ware, beware, ye […] not this office: for if ye do, […] power to […] that do believe. Christ saith […] to the same, Nisi quis […] è […], nō potest videre […] de, Except a man be borne again from above, he cannot […] the kingdom of God. He must have a […]: & what2 is this regeneration? It is not to be christened in […] (as these […] brands expound it) and nothing else. How is it to be expounded then? Saint Peter showeth, That one place of Scripture declareth an other. It is the circumstance, and collation of places, that make scripture plain. Regeneremur autem,3 (saith S. Peter) and we be borne again. How? Non ex semine […], sed immortal Not by a mortal seed, but by an immortal. What is this immortal seed? […] sermonē […] viventis, By the word of the living God, by the word of god4