prouoked Goddes wrath toward them Godly aduertisementes Let vs learne here our allegyance and duty toward the Kyngethe lawes and ordinaunces of the Realme Psalm l. How Antychryst is knowen what he sawe and harde once at Oxforde Why Chryst vsed rather the example of a wycked Iudge then of a good A brefe rehersal of thinges toched and spoken of in hys thyrde sermon He meaneth y e Annabaptystes for thys is one of their detestable pernicyouse errores How busye y e Deuyll is to hinder y e word sclaunder y e Gospel The deuyl is busi sturring is an euidente argument that this doctryne is true i. Timoth. v Kynges and rulars muste wake and not wyâ—ke and leaue lokynge thorow theyr fyngers A dygnity wyth a charge â— Timothe v To rule wel â–ª what that is â–ª What is double honoure The merye monke of Cambryge Where the preacher doth not hys duty ther the order is not honorable but horryble The entent of vnpreachyng prelates An argument of coÌ„gruans Math. v. A Ayshop angrie with M. L. why because he wold haue y e Kyng make of vnprechyng prelates quondaÌ„mes dominus regnauit The byshops answere to his chaplayn A wyse answer of mayster byshop to his chaplayn Preachers ar Gods instrumenâ—es Though Christe preachyd yet hys sede fel into thre partes He returneth to the Parable Iustice muste be ministered w tout delays What moued the wycked iudge to heare the coÌ„playnte of the wydowe All iudges haue not done theyr dutye at all tymes The lacke of minystracyon of Iustice what Salomon dyd se in hys tyme in Iudges Iudges sat in the gates of the cyty in the hie way Thys was done for the ease of y e people for maiestrates muste be indued w t affabilitie There was bribes and bribers as wel theÌ„ as nowe The teares of the pore whose cause is not accordynge to equity iustice herd cry for veÌ„geauÌ„ce to God An aduertisemente to oure Iudges Dauid was deceyued in puttyng trust in hys iudges when he waxed olde hym selfe AbsaloÌ„ was a bywalker Iudges are honorable necessarye and Gods ordinaunces concernyng their offices The crafte of the deuyll Lest the deuil be behind theÌ„ to make them peruerte Iustice A notable bolde sayinge of Chrisostome If the deuyll wold allowe a man to loke into hel what he shoulde se. Math â–ª iiii â–ª vnpreachinge prelates are wyth the deuyll in hell god saue vs but they be not there a loue for brybyng Iudges are wyth them for companye He returneth to hys fâ—â—mer matter Whi the iudge was forsed then to coÌ„fesse hys faultes Ezechiel described the herte of man Iere. xvii Paule durst not iustyfye hym selfe The truth gettes hatred The argument of suche men as thoughe the Lord admirals cause to be good becausâ— he toke hys death so boldli is coÌ„futed The Anabaptistes howe thei toke their death The Donatistes howe they dyed Iudge not them in authoritye rashlye Charyte is y e cognysauÌ„ce badge of a christen man M.L. sayde not al that he knew coÌ„cerninge the lorde admiralles cause The .ii. lyttle papers which the Lorde admirall wrote in the tower The wordes he spake to the leuetenauntes seruaunt The penne of the aglet of a poynt There is but two states The state of saluacioÌ„ and y e state of daÌ„nacion The seruauÌ„t whyche vttered the secretes of y e two letters is coÌ„mendid of M Latymer The lorde admirall had coÌ„mendations to the kynge before hys death What the Lorde Darsie sayed to maister Latimer in the tower The coÌ„mune cast of al traytours The office duty of subiectes A thing y t happened at Oxforde A pryest robbed of a greate summe of money It is hard to iudge a maÌ„s herte ☞ The byshoppes be stirred them so then that some of them wer neuer so dilygence synce The whore y t coÌ„mitted robbery M. Latimer exhorteth the kynges grace that learned men might be appoynted to such as shall suffer are coÌ„uict persons The whores wordes as she went to execucion Lottes wyfe is our example to content our selues w t our state God spared not hys aungellys The whole worlde was drowned Sodome and Gomor was burned and all for our example Gene. xviii An exhortatioÌ„ to al subiectes not to murmur misiudge nor repyâ—e agaynste the kinges procedynges To what end y e parable of the wycked iudge teÌ„deth To whom in distresse oppression we shall resorte An argumeÌ„t from the lesse to the more we haue a coÌ„maundement to resorte to God why GOD wold haue vs to be diligent earnest in prayer why our praier is acceptable to God Fayth is agreat stat a Dutches. Knowledge of synne is gentell man vsher to Lady fayeth Fayeth is no ankers she 〈◊〉 hath manye a ateÌ„dante vpoÌ„ hyr parson The sodeyne comynge of y e Lorde in the time of Noe and Loth what eatyng drinking is allowed and what is discoÌ„mended What kynde of marying is reproued worthely Stealynge of wardes naye rather of landes Another kind of mariage allâ—â—egth The inueglers of mens doughters are notyd The parentes whyche forse their chyldren to marry whoÌ„ they loue not are worthelye reprehendyd â–ª A daye wyll come shall paye for all I feare it be so litle wyth some meÌ„ that a man can neither fele it not yet se it Oure blessednes commeth of the kepeynge Thys I feare me is soner wyshed then often sene but yet let vs praye Some caÌ„ spell and spi out land and put together faste inoughe but wheÌ„ they read or heare a good lesson that commeth in at one eare and goeth out at the other Marke many caueatis and beware byes The argumeÌ„t of the wycked iudges should induce vs to prayer What maye be wroughte by prayer What maketh oure prayer acceptable to God Oure prayer pleaseth God for Christes sake when we dystruste oure owne merites and trust in hys deseruinges In all oure prayes we muste brynge a present with vs to god and marke wel who it is Coniectures why the ende of the worlde is supposed to be nere at hand As much wickednes vsed in our time as euer was in the time of Noe. M. Latimer returneth to hys former question and to the dissolucion of the same Wether gods people may be gouerned by a Kyng or no. The kynges of the Iewes were elected and choseÌ„ of God i. Regu viii Oure preachynge must be framed accordynge to the persoÌ„s before whom we preache C. Pole the kynges traytor a traytor agaynst kynd and nature M. Latimer lamentes the defection of C. Pole the breche of hys allegiaunce to his liege and Roiale kyng They nede as greately at thys daye as euer they dyd Cardinal Pole vsyth they saye to rede much Saynct Ieromes worckes Rome is called of Ierome the purple hoore of Babylon He meaneth of the boke that C. Pole dyd send to the kynge The scope or state of the boke tendes to disuade the king from his supremicye Well Spoken and lyke a Cardinall â–ª who
of with expedycyon Well I saye neyther thys lawe nor the woorde and commaundemente of God moued thys wycked Iudge nor the myserye of thys wyddowe nor the vpryghteousnes of hyr cause nor the wronge whyche shetoke moued hym but to auoyde importunytye and clamoure and exclamatyon he gaue hyr the hearynge he gaue hyr fynal sentence and so she hadde hyr requeste Thys place of Iudgemente it hathe bene euer vnperfecte it was neuer sene that all Iudges dyd theyr dutye that they woulde heare the small as well as the greate I wyll not proue thys by the wytnes of anye priuate magistrate but by the wyseste Kynges sayinge that euer was Vibi subsole sayth Salomō In loco iusticie impietatem et in loco equitatis iniquitatem I haue sene vnder the sunne that is to saye ouer all in euerye place where ryght iudgement shoulde haue bene wickednes as who would saye brybes takinge defeatinge of iustice oppressyng of y e poore Men sente away with wepynge teares wythout anye hearynge of their causes and in the place of equitye sayth he I haue sene iniquitie No equitie No iustice a sore worde for Salomon to pronounce vniuersallye gene rallye And if Salomon said it ther is a matter in it I wene he sayed it not onelye for hys owne tyme but he sawe it both in those that were before hym and also that were to come after hym Nowe comes Esay and he affyrmeth y e same speaking of the iudgementes done in hys tyme in the commune place as it myghte be Westminster hall the gylde hall the Iudges hall the pretpro house Call it what you wyll In the opē place For iudgs at that tyme accordynge to the maner sate in the gates of che citye in the hye way A goodly and Godlye order for to sitte so that the poore people maye easelye come to them But what sayeth Esaye that seditiouse fellowe He sayeth of hys countrey this Expectaui ut facere tiuditium et fecit iniquitatem I loked the iudges should do theyr dutye and I sawe them worcke iniquitye Ther was brybes walkynge money makynge makynge of handes quod the Prophete or rather almyghtye God by the Prophete suche is theyr parcialitye affeccion and brybes They be suche money makers inhauncers and promoters of them selues Esay knewe thys by the cryynge of the people Ecce clamor populi sayeth he And thoughe some a monge theym be vnreasonable people as manye be nowe adayes yet no doubte of it some cryeth not wythout a cause And why Theyr matters are not hearde they are fayne to go home wyth weping teares that fall downe by theyr chekes and ascende vp to heauen and crye for vengeaunce Let Iudges loke a boute them for surely God wyl reuenge his elect one day And suerlye me thynke yf a Iudge woulde followe but a worldelye reason and wey the matter politickelye wythoute these examples of scripture he should feare more the hurt that maye be done hym by a poore wyddowe or a myserable man then by the greateste Gentyll man of them all God hath pulled y e iudges skinnes ouer their heades for the poore mās sake yea the pore wyddowe maye do hym more hurt wyth hyr poore pater noster in hyr mouth then any other weapon and with .ii. or thre wordes shall bryng him downe to the grounde and destroye hys iollitye cause hym to lose more in one day then he gate in seuē yeres For God wil reuenge these miserable folkes that can not helpe them selues He sayth Ego in diei visitationis etc. In the daye of visitatyon I wyll reuenge theym An non ulcisceturanima mea Shall not my soule be reuēged As who shuld saye I must nedes take theyr part Veniens ueniam et non tardabo Yes thoughe I tary and thoughe I seme to linger neuer so long yet I wyl come at the length that shortly And if god spake this he wil perfourme his promise He hath for their sakes as I tould you pulled thē skynne ouer the iudges eares or thys Kinge Dauid trusted some in hys olde age that dyd hym no very good seruece Now if in the people of God there were some folkes that fel to brybing thē what was their among the Heathen Absalon Dauids sonne was a by walker and made disturbaunce amonge the people in his fathers tyme. And thoughe he were a wycked man and a by walker yet some there were in that tyme that were good and walked vp ryghtlye I speake not thys agaynste the Iudges seate I speake not as though all iudges were naught and as thoughe I dyd not holde wyth the Iudges maiestrates and offycers as the Anabaptystes these faulse heretykes do But I Iudge them honorable necessarye and Goddes ordinaunce I speake it as scripture speaketh to geue a Caueat and a warnynge to all magistrates to cause theym to loke to theyr offices for the deuyll the greate magistrate is verye busy nowe he is euer doynge he neuer ceaseth to go about to make thē like hym selfe The prouerbe is Simele gaudet simili Lyke woulde haue lyke If the iudge be good and vpright he wil assaye to deceaue hym either by the subtyll suggestyon of crafty laywers or els by false wytnesse and subtyll vtterynge of a wrong matter He goeth about as much as he can to corrupt the men of lawe to make them fal to brybery to laye burdens on pore mennes backes and to make them fal to periurye and to bryng into the place of iudgement al corruptyon iniquytye and impietye I haue spoken thus much to occasyon al Iudges and magystrates to loke to theyr offyces They had nede to loke about them This geare moued saint Christome to speake thys sentence Miror sialiquis rectorū potest saluari I maruaile saied this doctour if anye of these rulers or greate magistrates can be saued He spake it not for the impossibilitie of the thinge God forbyd that all the magistrates iudges should be condempned but for the difficultye Oh that a man myght haue the contemplation of hell that the deuyl woulde a lowe a man to loke into hel to se the state of it as he shewed all the worlde whē he tēpted Christ in the wildernes Commonstrat illi omnia regna mundi He shewed hym al the kyngedomes of the worlde and al theyr iollytye and tolde hym that he woulde gyue hym all if he would knele downe and worshyp hym He lyed lyke a faulse harlot he could not gyue theym he was not able to giue so much as a gose wynge for they were none of hys to giue The other that he promysed them vnto had more ryghte to them then he But I saye if one were admytted to viewe hell thus and beholde it thorowelye the deuyll wolude saye On yonder syde are punyshed vnpreaching prelates I thynke a man shoulde se as far as a kenninge and se nothynge but vnpreachynge Prealates He myghte loke
wyfe For thoughe the scripture doeth say Non cognouit â—am He knewe her not he had no carnall copulation wyth her yet it sayeth not Non duxit eam vxorem He maryed her not And I canne not thynke that kynge Dauid woulde haue her to warme hys bosome in bedde excepte shee hadde bene hys wyfe hauynge a dispensatyon of God to haue as manye wyues as he woulde For God had dispensed wyth theym to haue manye wyues Wel what happened to kinge Dauid in his chyldhode by the chylde of the deuyll Ye shall heare Kynge Dauid hadde a proud sonne whose name was Adonias a man ful of ambition desyrouse of honoure alwayes clymbyng climbinge Nowe whylse the tyme was of his fathers childhode he wold depose hys father not knoweyng of hys fathers mynde saiing Ego regnabo I wil raigne I wyll be kyng he was a stoute stomacked chyld a biwalker of an ambitious mynde he wold not consente to hys fathers freÌ„des but gate him a charret and meÌ„ to runne before it and dyuerse other adherentes to helpe hym forthward worldely wise men such as had bene before of hys fathers counsayle great men in the world some no doute of it came of good wil thynkynge no harme for they woulde not thynke that he did it wythoute his fathers wyll hauynge suche greate men to set hym forth for euery man caÌ„ not haue accesse at al tymes to the kynge to knowe hys pleasure well algates he woulde be Kyng he makes a great feaste and thether he called Ioab the ryngleader of hys fathers armye a worldlye wyse man a bywalker that woulde not walke the Kynges hye way and one Abiathar the highe prieste For it is maruayle if any michyefe be inhand if a prieste be not at some ende of it they toke hym as Kynge and cried Viuat rex Adonias God saue kynge Adonias Dauid suffered all thys lette hym alone for he was in hys chyldhode a bedred man But se howe God ordered the matter Nathan the Prophete and Sadoc a priest and Banayah Crethytes and Phelethytes the Kynges gard they were not called to the feast These were good men and woulde not walke bywayes therefore it was foly to breake the matter to them they were not called to counsell Therefore Nathan when he harde of thys he commeth to Bethsabe Salomons mother and sayeth Heare ye not howe Adonias the sonne of Ageth raygneth kynge Dauid not knowyng And he bad her put the kynge in mynde of hys oth that he sware that her sonne SalomoÌ„ should be kynge after hym thys was wyse counsayle accordynge to the Prouerbe Qui vadit plane vadit sane He that walketh in the hye playne vaye walketh safelye UpoÌ„ thys the wente and brake the matter to Dauid and desyered hym to shewe wo should raygne after hym in Hierusalem addynge that yf Adonias were kynge she and her sonne after hys death shoulde be destroied saying Nos erimus peccatores We shal be syâ—â—â—ers we shal be takeÌ„ for traytors for though we ment no harme but walked vpryghtly yet because we went not the by way with hym he beynge in authoritie wyl destroye vs And by and by commeth in NathaÌ„ and taketh hyr tale by the ende sheweth him howe Adonias was saluted kynge that he hadde byd to dynner the Kynges seruantes al sauinge hym and Sadoc and Banaiah and al hys brethren the kynges sonnes saue Salomon Kynge Dauid remembryng hym selfe swore as sure as God lyueth SalomoÌ„ my son shall raygne after me and by and by commaunded Nathan and Sadoc and hys garde the Cerithes Phelites to take SalomoÌ„ hys sonne and set hym vpon hys mule and anâ—â—â—it hym Kynge â–ª and so they dyd criynge Viâ—at SalomoÌ„ Rex Thus was SalomoÌ„ throned by the aduyse and wyl of hys father and thoughe he were a childe yet was his wil to be obeyed fulfylled and they ought to haue knoweÌ„ hys pleasure Whylse this was a doyng there was suche a Ioye and outecrye of the people for theyr newe Kynge and blowynge of trompettes y e Ioab the other company beinge in theyr iolytye and kepynge good cheare heard it and sodaynlye asked what is thys ado And when thei perceiued y t SalomoÌ„ by y e aduyse of hys father was annoynted King by and by there was all whysht all theyr good chere was done and al y t were wyth Adonias wente awaye lette hym raygne alone yf he woulde and whye He walked a bywaye and God would not prospere it God wyll not worcke wyth pryuate authoritie nor wyth anye thynge done inordinatlye When Adonias sawe thys that he was left alone he toke sanctuarye and helde by the hornes of the aultare and sware that he woulde not departe thence tyll Salomon woulde sweare that he shoulde not lease hys lyfe Here is to be noted the notable sentence and greate mercye of Kynge Salomon Let hym sayeth he order hym self lyke a quyete man and there shall not one heare fal froÌ„ hys heade Sed si inuentum fuerit malum in eo But yf there shall be any euyll fouÌ„de in him yf he hath gone aboute anye myschyefe he shall dye for it Upon thys he was broughte in to Salomon and as the boke sayeth he dyd homage vnto hym and Salomon sayed to him Vade in domum tuam Get the into thy house bylyke he meante to warde there to se hys wearynge as yf he should saye shew thy self without gal of ambicion to be a quyet subiecte and I wyll pardone the for thys tyme. But I wyll se the wearynge of the. Here we maye se the wonderfull greate mercy of Salomon for thys notoryous treason y t Adonias had coÌ„mytted it was a plaine matter for he suffered hym selfe to be called kynge it huÌ„g not of vehemeÌ„t suspitioÌ„ or coÌ„iecture nor sequel or coÌ„sequeÌ„t yet notwythstandynge Salomon for that present forgaue hym sayinge I wyll not forget it vtterlye but I wyll kepe it in suspence I wyll take no aduauntage of the at thys tyme. Thys Adonias Absolon were brethren and came boeth of a straunge mother and Absolon lyke wyse was a traytoure and made an insurrection agaynste hys father Beware therefore these mothers and let kynges take hede howe they marye in what housses in what fayeth For strange bringyng vp bringeth straunge maners Nowe geueth Dauid an exhortacion to SalomoÌ„ and teacheth hym the dutye of a Kynge and geueth hym a lesson as it foloweth at large in the boke and he that lyste to reade it maye se it ther at full But what doeth Adonias all thys whyle He must yet clymbe agayne y t gal of ambition was not out of his hert He wil now mary Abisaas the yoÌ„ge quene that warmed kiÌ„g Dauids bosome as I told you commeth me to Bethsabe desyering hyr to be a meane to Salamon hyr sonne that he myght obtayne hys purpose And bryngeth me out a couple of lyes at a clappe and coÌ„mytteth me two vnlawfull
ordinaunce but as hauinge a truste in the numbre of hys men thys offended God Lykewyse the Iewes asked a kynge and there wyth they offended not God But they asked hym with suche cyrcumstaunces that God was offended wyth them It is no smale faute to putte a iuste man oute of hys office to depose hym vnworthelye To chose a Kynge contraryinge the ordinaunce of God is a castynge away of God and not of a kyng Therfore doubt not but the tytle of a kynge is a lawefull thynge is a lawefull tytle as of other maiestrates Onelye let y e kings take hede that they do as it becometh Kynges to do that they do their offyce wel It is a great thynge a chargeable thynge Let them beware that they do not Communicare peccatis alienis That they beare not wyth other mens faultes for they shal geue a strayte accounte for all that perisheth thorowe theyr necligence We perceyue nowe what thys texte meaneth It is wrytten in the laste of Iudicum Iu diebus illis noÌ„ erat rex in Israel In those dayes there was no kynge in Israel euerye manne dyd that whyche semed ryght in hys owne eyes Men were then allowed to do what they woulde When men maye be alowed to do what they wyl then is it as good to haue no king at al. Here is a woÌ„derfull matter y t vnprechinge prelates shuld be suffered so long They can alledge for them selues .vii C. yeares Thys whyle the Realme had bene as good to haue no kyng likewise these brybing iudges hathe bene suffered of a longe tyme then it was Quasi non fuisset rex in anglia To suffer this is asmuch to say There is no king in EnglaÌ„d Yt is the dutye of a kynge to haue al states set in order to do their office I haue troubled you to loÌ„g I wil make an end brefly Beati qui audi uÌ„t verbuÌ„ dei Blessed be thei y t here the word of god but so that thei folowe it kepe it in credite in memori not to depraue it slauÌ„der it bring the preachers out of credite but that folowe it in theyr life and liue after it He grauÌ„t you al that blessinge that made both you and me Amen ¶ The sixte Sermon of Mayster Hughe Latymer whych he preached before the Kinges Maiestie within his graces Palayce at Westminster the .xii. daye of Apryll QVecunque scripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt Al thinges that are wrytten they are writteÌ„ to be our doctrine What doctrine is written for vs in the .viii. Chapter of the fyrst boke of the Kynges I dyd partelye shewe vnto you most honorable audience thys day sennyght of that good man father Samuell y e good iudge howe good a man he was what helpers and coadiutours he toke vnto hym to haue hys offyce well discharged I toulde you also of the wyckednes of hys sonnes how they toke bribes and lyued wyckedlye and by that meanes brought bothe theyr father and them selues to deposition And howe the people dyd offende God in askyng a Kynge in father Samuelles tyme. And howe father Samuel was put from hys offyce who deserued it not I opened to you also howe father Samuel cleares hym selfe that he knewe not y e fautes of his soÌ„nes he was no bearer w t his sonnes he was sory for it wheÌ„ he herde it but he wold not beare w t theÌ„ in their wickednes Filii mei vobiscuÌ„ sunt my soÌ„s ar w t you saith he Do wyth theym accordynge to theyr desertes I wyll not maintayne them nor beare with theÌ„ After that he cleares him self at the kynges fete that the people had nothynge to burden hym with al neyther monye nor money worth In treatinge of that parte I chaunced to shewe you what I heard of a maÌ„ that was slayne and I heare saye it was not well taken For soth I entend not to empayre anye mannes estimacion or honestye and they that enforce it to that enforce it not to my meanynge I sayd I heard but of suche a thynge and toke occasion by that that I heard to speake agaynste the thynge that I knewe to be noughte that no man should beare wyth any maÌ„ to the mayntenaunce of voluntary and prepensed murder And I heare saye syns the man was other wyse an honeste man and they that spake for hym are honeste men I am inclinable inoughe to credite it I spoke not bycause I woulde haue anye mannes honestye impayred Onelye I dyd as Saynct Paule dyd who heerynge of the Corinthyans that there shoulde be contencyons and mysordre among them dyd wryte vnto theym that he harde and there vpon by occasion of heerynge he set furthe verye holsome doctryne of the supper of the Lord. We myght not haue lacked that doctryne I tel you Be it so the Corinthians had no suche contencyons among theÌ„ as Paule wrote of Be it so they had not misordred them selues it was neyther of nor on to that that Paule sayed The matter laye in that that vpon hearynge he woulde take occasioÌ„ to set out the good true doctryne So I dyd not affirm it to be true that I hard I spake it to aduertis you to be ware of bearinge wyth wylful and prepensed murder I wold haue nothyng enforsed against any man Thys was myne entent and meanynge I do not knowe what ye call chaunche medly in the lawe it is not for my studye I am a scholer in scripture in gods boke I study that I knowe what voluntary murder is before God If I shall fal out wyth a man He is angrye wyth me and I wyth hym and lackynge oportunitie and place we shall put it of for that tyme in the meane season I prepare my weapoÌ„ sharpe it agaynste a nother tyme I swell and boyle in thys passyon towardes hym I seke hym we medle together it is my chauÌ„ce by reason my weapon is better then his so fourth to kyl him I geue him his deathes stroke in my vengeaunce and anger Thys call I voluntarye murder in scripture what it is in the lawe I can not tell It is agreate synne and therefore I call it voluntarye I remembre what a greate Clarke wryteth of thys Omne peccatuÌ„ adeo est voluntarium vt nisi sit voluntarium non sit peccatum Euerye synne sayeth he is so voluntarye that if it be not voluntarye it can not be called synne Synne is no actuall synne if it be not voluntarye I would we woulde all knowe ouâ—e faultes and repent that that is done is done it can not be called backe agayne God is mercifull the Kynge is mercyfull heare we maye repente thys is the place of repentaunce When we are gone hence it is to late then to repente And let vs be content wyth suche order as the magystrates shall take But suer it is a perilous thing to beare wyth anye suche matter I toulde you what