A05143:816
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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This he did of his goodness, partly to purge and1 cleanse our since, partly, because he would taste, and feel oure miseries, Quo posset […] nobis, That he should the rather help and relieve us: and partly he suffered to give us example to behave our selves as he did. He did not suffer, to discharge us clean from death, to keep us clean from it, not to taste of it. Nay, nay, you must not take it so. We shall have the beholding of this ugsome […] every one of us, we shall feel it our selves. Yet our Saviour Christ did suffer, to the entente, to signify to us, that death is overcomable. We shall in deed overcome it, if we repent, and acknowledge, that our Saviour Jesus Christ2 pacified with his pangs and pains, the wrath of the father, having a love to walk in the ways of God: if we believe in Jesus Christ, we shall overcome death. I say, it shall not prevail against us. Wherefore […] it chanceth thee my friend, to have the tasting of this death,3 that thou shalt be tempted with this horror of death, what is to be done then? when so ever thou feelest thy soul heavy to death, make haste, and resort to this garden, and with this faith thou shalt overcome this terror when it cometh. Oh it was a grievous thing, that Christ suffered4 here. Oh the greatness of his dolour that he suffered in the gar den partly to make […] for our fins, and partly to deliver us from death, not so, that we should not dye bodily, but that this death should be a way to a better life, and to destroy and overcome […]. Our Saviour Christ had a garden, but he had little pleasure in it. You have many goodly gardens, I would you would in the midst of them consider what agony our saviour Christ suffered in his garden. A goodly meditation5 to have in your gardens. It shall occasion you to delight no farther in vanities, but to remember what he suffered ⟨p. 83⟩for you. It may […] you from sin? It is a good monument, a good sign; a good […] to consider how he behaved him self in this garden.