A05143:949
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But and if it please your highness? I hear say that in Eng land, we have land Lords (nay steppe Lords I might say) are become graziers, and burgesses are become regra ters, and some Farmers, will regrate and buy up all the corn1 that cometh to markets, and lay it up in store, and sell it again at an higher price, when they see their time: I heard a merchant man say that he had travailed all the days of his life, in the trade of merchandise, and had gotten iii. or iiii. thousand pounds by buying and selling, but in case he might be licensed or suffered so to do, he would get a thousand pound a year by only buying and selling of grain heave within this realm. Yea and (as I hear say) Aldermen are now a days become Colliers. They he2 both Woodmongers and makers of coals. I would ⟨image 280⟩wish he might eat nothing but coals for a while, till […] had amended it. There cannot a poor body bye a sack of coals, but it must come through their hands. But this rich man that the Gospel […] of, was a covetous man. God had given him plenty, but that made him not a good man. It is another thing that maketh a good man. God sayeth: Si non […] vocem […]. If thou obey not my voice &c. […] therefore worldly riches do not declare yt favour or disfavour of God. The scripture saith: Nemo scit an sit amore dignus, an odio. God hath ordained all things to be good. And the devil laboureth to turn all things to mans evil. God giveth men plenty of richesse to exercise their3 faith and charity, to confirm them that be good, to draw them that be nought, and to bring them to repentance: and the devil worketh all together to the contrary. And it is an old proverb, the more wicked the more fortunate. But yt […] of this covetous rich man, declareth thunqui etnes of the mind, that richesse bringeth with it. First they4 are all in care how to get richesse, & then are they in more […] how to keep it still. Therefore the […] saith. Qui volunt ditescere incidunt in tentations varias. They that study to get great richesse, do fall into many divers temptations. But the rote of all evil is covetousness. What shall I do saith this rich man.) He asked his own brainless head what he should do, he did not ask of the scripture. For if he had asked of the scripture, it would have told him, it would have said unto him: Frange esurienti panem tuum. &c. Break thy bread unto the hungry.