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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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These be our holy, holy men, that say they are dead to the world, when no men be more lively in worldly things, then some of them be. But let them be in profession and name farthest from the world, most alienate from it, yea so far, that they may seem to have no occupying, no kindred, no affinity, nothing to do with it; yet in their life and deeds they show themselves no bastards, but right begotten children of the world, as those which the world long since had by his dear wife Dame ⟨p. 5⟩Hypocrisy; and since hath brought them up, and multiplied to more than a good many, increasing them too much, albeit they swear by all He-Saints and She-Saints too, that they know not their Father nor Mother, neither the world, nor hypocrisy; as indeed they can semble and dissemble all things, which thing they might learn wonderful well of their Parents. I speak not of all religious men, but those that the world hath fast knit at his Girdle, even in the midst of their Religion.—
These be our holy, holy men, that say they are dead to the world, when no men be more lively in worldly things, then some of them be. But let them be in profession and name farthest from the world, most alienate from it, yea so far, that they may seem to have no occupying, no kindred, no affinity, nothing to do with it; yet in their life and deeds they shew themselves no bastards, but right begotten children of the world, as those which the world long since had by his dear wife Dame ⟨p. 5⟩Hypocrisie; and since hath brought them up, and multiplied to more than a good many, encreasing them too much, albeit they swear by all He-Saints and She-Saints too, that they know not their Father nor Mother, neither the world, nor hypocrisie; as indeed they can semble and dissemble all things, which thing they might learn wonderful well of their Parents. I speak not of all religious men, but those that the world hath fast knit at his Girdle, even in the midst of their Religion.—
And I marvel, if there be not a great sort of Bishops and Prelates, that are Brethren German unto these; and as a great sort, so even as right-born, and worlds Children, by as good Title as they? But because I cannot speak of all, when I say Prelates; I understand Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Archdeacons, Deans and other of such sort, that are now called to this Convocation, as I see to entreat here of nothing, but of such matters as both appertain to the Glory of Christ, and to the wealth of the people of England; which thing I pray God they do as earnestly as they