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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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How chanced this? How came this thus? Because there were no children of Light, no children of God among you, which setting the world at naught, would study to illustrate the Glory of God, and thereby show themselves Children of Light? I think not so: certainly, I think not so. God forbid, that all you which were gathered together under the pretence of Light, should be children of the world. Then why happened this? why I pray you? Perchance either because the children of the world were more in number, in this your Congregation, as it oft happeneth, or at the least of more policy than the Children of Light in their Generation. Whereby it might very soon be brought to pass, that those were much ⟨p. 10⟩more stronger, in gendering the evil, than these, in producing the good: The children of light have Policy, but it is like the policy of the Serpent, and is joined with dovish simplicity; they engender nothing but simply, faithfully, and plainly, even so doing all that they do. But the children of this world have worldly policy, foxly craft, lion-like cruelty, power to do hurt, more than either Aspis or Basiliscus, engendering and doing all things fraudulently, deceitfully, guilefully.— The children of this world be like crafty Hunters, they be mis-named children of light, forasmuch as they so hate light, and so study to do the works of darkness. If they were the children of light, they would not love darkness. It is no marvel, that they go about to keep others in darkness, seeing they be in darkness, from top to toe overwhelmed with darkness, darker than the darkness of Hell. Wherefore it is well done, in all Orders of men, but especially in the Order of Prelates, to put a difference between the children of Light, and children of the world, because ⟨p. 11⟩great deceit ariseth in taking the one for the other. Great Imposture cometh, when they, that the common people take for the Light, go about to take the Sun and Light out of the world. But these be easily known, both by the diversity of minds, and also their Armours; for whereas the children of light are thus minded, that they seek—
How chanced this? How came this thus? Because there were no children of Light, no children of God among you, which setting the world at naught, would study to illustrate the Glory of God, and thereby shew themselves Children of Light? I think not so: certainly, I think not so. God forbid, that all you which were gathered together under the pretence of Light, should be children of the world. Then why hapned this? why I pray you? Perchance either because the children of the world were more in number, in this your Congregation, as it oft hapneth, or at the least of more policy than the Children of Light in their Generation. VVhereby it might very soon be brought to pass, that those were much