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The preaching bishop reproving unpreaching prelates Being a brief, but faithful collection of observable…The preaching bishop reproving unpreaching prelates Being a brief, but faithful collection of observeable…
The preaching bishop reproving unpreaching prelates Being a brief, but faithful collection of observable passages, in several sermons preached by the reverend father in God, Mr Hugh Latimer, Bish. of Worcester, (one of our first reformers, and a glorious martyr of Jesus Christ) before K. Edw. the sixth; before the convocation of the clergy, and before the citizens of London, at Pauls. Wherein, many things, relating to the honour and happiness of the king (our most gracious sovereign) the honourable lords, the reverend judges, the citizens of London, and commons of all sorts, but especially, the bishops and clergy are most plainly, piously and pithily represented.The preaching bishop reproving unpreaching prelates Being a brief, but faithful collection of observeable passages, in several sermons preached by the reverend father in God, Mr Hugh Latimer, Bish. of Worcester, (one of our first reformers, and a glorious martyr of Jesus Christ) before K. Edw. the sixth; before the convocation of the clergy, and before the citizens of London, at Pauls. Wherein, many things, relating to the honour and happiness of the king (our most gracious soveraign) the honourable lords, the reverend judges, the citizens of London, and commons of all sorts, but especially, the bishops and clergy are most plainly, piously and pithily represented.
London : printed, and are to be sold by booksellers, 1661
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Your Majesty hath divers of your Chaplains, well learned men, and of good knowledge, and yet ye have some bad enough, hangers on the Court, I mean not these,—
Your Majesty hath divers of your Chaplains, well learned men, and of good knowlede, and yet ye have some bad enough, hangers on the Court, I mean not these,—
What an Enormity is this in a Christian Realm to serve in a Civility,1 having the profit of a Provostship, and a Deanery, and a Parsonage? But I will tell you what is like to come of it: It will bring the Clergy shortly into a very Slavery. I may not forget here my Scala Caeli, that I spake of in my last Sermon; I will repeat it now again, desiring your Grace in Gods behalf, that you will remember it.
What an Enormity is this in a Christian Realm to serve in a Civility,1 having the profit of a Provostship, and a Deanry, and a Parsonage? But I will tell you what is like to come of it: It will bring the Clergy shortly into a very Slavery. I may not forget here my Scala Caeli, that I spake of in my last Sermon; I will repeat it now again, desiring your Grace in Gods behalf, that you will remember it.
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The Bishop of Rome had a Scala coeli, 1but his was a Mass-matter: But this Scala Coeli that I now speak of, is the true Ladder that bringeth a man to heaven: The top of the Ladder, or first Grief is this; Whosoever calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saved.