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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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Thus I have been ever more burdened with the word of sedition.
As for sedition, for ought that I know, methinks, I should not need Christ, if I might say so. But if I be clear in any thing, I am clear in this, so far as I know mine own heart, there is no man farther from sedition then I; which I have declared in all my doings, and yet it hath been ever laid to me.1
Another, when I gave over mine Office, I should have received a pentecostal, it came to the sum of fifty and five pound, I set my Commissary to gather it, but he could not be suffered, for it was said a sedition would rise upon it.
Another, when I gave over mine Office, I should have received a pentecostal, it came to the summe of fifty and five pound, I set my Commissary to gather it, but he could not be suffer'd, for it was said a sedition would rise upon it.
Thus they burdened me ever with sedition.
So this Gentleman, cometh up now ⟨p. 79⟩with sedition: and wot ye what? I chanced in my last Sermon to speak a merry word of the new shilling (to refresh my Auditory) how I was like to put away my new shilling for an old groat, I was herein noted to speak seditiously—When I was in trouble, it was objected to me that I was singular, that I took a way contrary to all. Marry Sir, this was sore thunderbolts, I thought it was possible it might not be true he told me.—
I have gotten one Fellow a Companion of sedition; and wot you who is my Fellow? Isaiah the Prophet. I spake but of a little pretty shilling, but he speaketh to Jerusalem after another sort, Isaiah. 1. 21, 22, 23. and was so bold to meddle with their coin.—
I have gotten one Fellow a Companion of sedition; and wot you who is my Fellow? Esai the Prophet. I spake but of a little pretty shilling, but he speaketh to Ierusalem after another sort, Esai. 1. 21, 22, 23. and was so bold to meddle with their coin.—
Ah seditious wretch, what had he to do with the mint.—
Was not this a seditious Harlot, to tell them this to their beards? to their face.—
I am content to bear the title of sedition with Isaiah. Thanks be to God I am not alone.—
I am content to bear the title of sedition with Esai. Thanks be to God I am not alone.—
In the latter end of my Sermon, ⟨p. 90⟩I rehearsed a parable of a wicked Judge.
Belike good Judges were rare at that time; and trow ye, the Devil hath been asleep ever since? No, no,—
The common manner of wicked Judge, is neither to fear God or Man. He considereth what a man he is, and therefore careth not for man; He seemeth to be in a protection t well shall he escape? Ho, ho, Est Deus in coelo. There is a God in Heaven, He accepteth no persons, He will punish them.—
Cambises was a great Emperor, such another as our Master is—
Cambises was a great Emperour, such another as our Master is—
It chanced, he had under him in one of his Dominions, a Briber, a Gifttaker, a Gratifier of rich men, a Handmaker in his Office, to make his Son a great man (as the old saying is, Happy is the Child whose Father goeth to the Devil) the cry of the poor Widow came to the Emperors ear, which caused him to slay the Judge quick, and laid his skin in the Chair of judgment, that all Judges that should give judgment afterwards should sit in the same skin.
It chanced, he had under him in one of his Dominions, a Briber, a Gifttaker, a Gratifier of rich men, a Handmaker in his Office, to make his Son a great man (as the old saying is, Happy is the Child whose Father goeth to the Devil) the cry of the poor Widdow came to the Emperours ear, which caused him to slay the Iudge quick, and laid his skin in the Chair of judgment, that all Iudges that should give judgment afterwards should sit in the same skin.
Surely it was a goodly Sign, a goodly Monument, the Sign of the Judges Skin; I pray God we may once see the Sign of the Skin in England.—I do it charitably, for the love I bear to my Country. God saith, Ego visitabo. I will visit. God hath two Visitations: the first is, when he revealed his Word by Preachers, and where the first is accepted, the second cometh not; the second Visitation is Vengeance. He went to Visitation, when he brought the Judges skin over his ears.—
