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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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The father of heaven will not suffer him to be tempted with this great horror of death and hell to the uttermost, and above that he is able to bear. Look for it my friends, by him and through him, he shall be able to overcome it, let us do as our saviour Christ did, and we shall have help1 from above, we shall have angels help, if we trust in him, heaven and earth shall give up, rather then we shall lack help: he sayeth he is. Adiutor in necessitatibus, an helper in ⟨p. 92⟩time of need. When the angel had comforted him, and when this horror of death was gone, he was so strong, that he offered him self to Judas, and said, I am he. To make an end, I pray you take pains, it is a day of penance (as we use to say) give me leave to make you weary this day. The Jews had him to […] and Annas, and there they whipped him, & 2bet him, they set a crown of sharp thorn upon his head, and nailed him to a tree, yet all this was not so bitter, as this horror of death, and this agony, that he suffered in the garden, in such a degree as is due to all the since of the world, and not to one mans since. Well, this passion is our remedy, it is the satisfaction for our since. His soul descended to hell for a time. Here is much a do, these new upstarting spirits, say Christ never descended into hell, neither body nor soul. In […] they will ask, was he there, what did he there? what if we cannot tell what he did3 there? The Creed goeth no further, but saith, he descended thither, what is, that to us if we cannot tell seeing we were taught no further. Paul was taken up into the third heaven, ask likewise what he saw, when he was carried thither, you shall not find in scripture what he saw or what he did there, shall we not therefore believe that he was there. These arrogant spirits, spirits of vain glory, because they know not by any express scripture, the order of his4 doings in hell, they will not believe that ever he descended into hell. In deed this article hath not so full scripture, so many places and testimonies of scriptures as other have, yet it hath enough, it hath ii. or iii. texts, and if it had but one, one text of scripture, is of as good and lawful authority as a […]. and of as certain truth. It is not to be weighed by the multitude of texts.