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B00958	Homelies sette forth by the righte reuerende father in God, Edmunde Byshop of London, not onely promised before in his booke, intituled, A necessary doctrine, but also now of late adioyned, and added thereunto, to be read within his diocesse of London, of all persons, vycars, and curates, vnto theyr parishioners, vpon sondayes, & holydayes.	Bonner, Edmund, 1500?-1569.	1555 (1555)	STC 3285.2; ESTC S103088	74,513	149

to al mē Thus haue you hard fyrste the louynge kyndnes of God to man in that he created hym in so worthye a maner nexte ye haue harde the myschyfe that commeth to mankynd by synne and thirdly what an extreme enemy also the deuyll is vnto vs. In an other homily hereafter ye shal heare of the exceding great mercy of god in deliuering mākind by a meruelous maner out of the estate of this dampnatiō Wherfore to conclude for thys presente tyme this shal be to exhort you that you fayle not daylye and howrelye to geue most harty thankes to almyghty God for that he of his mere goodnes created you created you not without sense as the stones not without reason as the brute beastes but hathe gyuen you all notable qualities and powers that other corporall creatures haue and besydes hathe perticularlye planted in you reason and vnderstāding and sondry goodly qualities of body and soule seuerall to the nature of man only and not commō to man and other erthly creatures This is furthermore also to exhorte you that remembryng what miserye came to mankynde by synne and by such a synne as in some mēs iudgement might seme to be but very smale it is to wytte by eatynge of an appel you wyl be circumspecte in auoiding of al kinde of synne and disobedience be the thinge in hys owne nature neuer so smale a thynge whyche is by God hym selfe or by suche as we owe obedience vnto commaunded Fynallye and laste of al this is to exhorte you to consyder dilygently that we haue a deadly ennemy which is the deuil who desyreth oure destruction and doth moost craftely and busely trauayle by all meanes wyth vs to worke the same of whose mooste subtyll and wilye traynes we muste principally take hede of whiche graunt vnto vs all the blessed trinitie the father the Sonne and the holye ghoste to whome be all honoure and glorye worlde withoute ende Amen Io. Harpesfeld sacrae theologiae professor Arch. London ¶ An homely of the misery of all mankinde and of hys condempnation to euerlastynge deathe by hys owne synne THe holye ghoste in wryting the holy scripture is in nothyng more diligēt then to pull downe mannes vayne glory and pryde which of all vices is moost vniuersallye graffed in mankynde euen from the fyrste infection of our fyrste father Adam And therefore we reade in many places of scripture many notable lessons agaynst this olde rooted vyce to teache vs the moost cōmēdable vertue of humilitie howe to know our selues to remēber what we be of our selues In the booke of Genesis almyghty God geueth vs all a tytle name in oure great graunde father Adam which ought to admonishe vs al to consyder what we be whereof we be from whence we came whyther we shall sayenge thus In sudore vultus tui vesceris pane tuo Gene 3. donec reuertaris in terram de qua sūptus es quia puluis es et in puluerem reuerteris That is to saye In the sweate of thy face thou shalt eate thy breade vntyll thou retournest into the earth oute of whyche thou waste taken for dust thou art into dust thou shalt retourne Here as it were in a glasse we may learne to know ourselues that we be but grounde earthe and dust and that to grounde earthe and duste we shall returne agayne whyche name and title of earthe and duste appoynted and assigned by God to all mankynde the holye Patriarche Abraham dyd well remember and therefore he calleth hym selfe by that name when he maketh his earnest prayer for Sodome and Gomorre saying in the .xviii. of Genesis Cum sim puluis et cuius Gene. 18 that is to saye seyng I am dust and ashes Iudith 3. and. 9. Iob. 13. Hiere 6. and .25 And we reade that Iudith Hester Iob Hieremye with other holy men and women in the olde testament did vse sacke clothe and did caste duste and asshes vpon theyr heades when they bewayled theyr synnefull lyuynge They called and cryed to God for helpe and mercy with suche a ceremony of sacke clothe duste and asshes that thereby they might declare to the hole world what an humble and lowlye estimation they had of theim selues and howe well they remembred theyr name tytle aforesayde theyr vyle corrupte frayle nature duste earth and asshes The booke of wysedome also willynge to pull downe oure proude stomakes Sapience 7. moueth vs diligently to remember our mortall and earthely generation which we haue al of him that was first made and that all men aswell kynges as subiectes doo come into this worlde and doo goo oute of the same in lyke sorte that is as of oure selues full myserable as we maye daylye see And almyghtye God commaūded his Prophet Esay to make a proclamation Esai 11. and to crye to the hole worlde that all flesshe is grasse and that all the glorye of man is as the flower of the feilde the grasse is wythered and the flower doth fall away for the winde of our Lord bloweth vpon it The people surely is grasse whiche dryeth vp and the flower fadeth away but the woorde of our Lord abydeth for euer Accordynge wherevnto the holye prophet Iob hauynge in hym selfe great experience of miserable and synnefull estate of man dothe open the same to the worlde in these wordes Homo natus de muliere Iob. 14. breui viuens tempore repletur multis miserijs qui quasi flos egreditur et conteritur et fugit velut vmbra et nūque in eodem statu permanet et dignum ducis super huiuscemodi aperire oculos tuos et adducere eum tecum in iudicium quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine That is to say Man beynge borne of a woman lyuynge a shorte tyme is full of manyfolde miseries he spryngeth vp lyke a flower fadeth againe vanyshynge away as it were a shadow and neuer contineweth in one state And doest thou iudge it mete O Lorde to open thyne eyes vpon suche a one and to brynge hym to iudgement with thee who can make hym cleane that is cōceyued of an vncleane seede In dede all men of theyr euylnes and naturall prones were so vniuersallye gyuen to synne that God as the scripture testifyeth repented that euer he made man And by synne Gene. 5. and. 7. his indignation was so muche prouoked agaynste the worlde that he drowned all the worlde wyth Noes fludde except Noe him selfe and hys lytle householde It is not withoute greate cause that the scripture of God dothe so many times call all menne here in this worlde earthe sayenge O thou earth thou earth thou earthe heare the woorde of oure Lorde Hiere 22. Hiere xxij This oure ryght name vocation and tytle earthe earthe earth pronounced by the prophet sheweth what we be in dede by what soeuer other style tytle or dignitye mē doo call vs. Thus he plainly nameth vs who knoweth best bothe what

forasmuche as the holye ghoste is the gouernour and ruler of the catholyke churche we ought there onely and in no other corner to serche the true vnderstandynge and dyscernynge of the scryptures And for this cause the aucient fathers were they neuer so godly and so wel learned yet woulde they neuer presume vpon theyr owne iudgementes but euer referred them selues to the vnderstandyng and interpretacion of the catholyke churche before them Therfore the godly lerned and ancient father Ireneus Ireneus li. 3 capi 4 wryting agaynste schismaticall heresyes sayeth thus Quid enim si qui de aliqua modica questione disceptatio esset nonne oporteret in antiquissimas recurrere Ecclesias c. that is to saye but what and yf there were contencion concerning some smal question were it not necessarye to returne to the mooste auncient churches and immediatly after he sayeth Quid autem si neque apostoli quidem scripturas reliquissent nobis nonne oportebat ordinem sequi traditionis quam tradiderunt hijs quibus committebant Ecclesias What sayeth this holye father yf the Apostles had lefte to vs no scripture at all had it not bene necessarye to folowe the order of that tradition whyche they delyuered to those to whome they dyd bequethe the churche Alas good people howe farre are manye in these dayes gone from this olde and aunciēt rule this blessed martir here exhorteth or rather commaundeth that yf any small dyscorde thoughe it be in a matter of lytle importaunce doo chaunce that we woulde not accordyng to our fantasy iudge therein but though we haue no scripture for the same yet sayeth he we ought to folowe kepe and obserue the tradition of the aunciente churches Where as in these late dayes the impudente procedars haue taughte the zely people that euery man shoulde and may be a iudge of controuersyes and that we oughte to obserue no tradition nor ceremonye other than we fynde in the holy scrypture Of suche the same holy Ireneus dooeth speake thus after many other notable lessons to the same purpose Omnes autem hij decidunt a veritate Ireneus li. 4 Cap. 43. et heritici quidem alienum ignem afferentes ad altare dei id est alienas doctrinas a celesti igne conburentur c. All these sayeth he doo fal from the trueth and the heretykes truely bryngynge straunge fyre to the aulter of God that is to saye straunge doctrine shal be brent with the heuenly fyre With suche lyke threatnynges in the same place to those that disobey the authoritie of the churche Lykewyse sainct Augustyne speakynge of the baptysme of chyldren and howe that sacrament can profyte them seynge many die before they know the effecte of the same affyrmeth that the faythe of those that brynge the chylde to christenynge shall profyte the childe that is broughte but for his probacion August de li. arb lib. 3. Cap. 23. he bryngeth thys Hoc commendat ecclesie saluberrima authoritas This thynge the mooste holsome aucthoritye of the churche doethe commende And euen wyth lyke reuerence the same saincte Augustyne dooth many tymes submytte all hys iudgementes Epist 7. In proemio Li. 3. De. Tri. and woorkes to the catholyke churche And fynally to declare hys iudgemente concernynge the aucthoritye of the catholyke churche He saieth thus Ego vero Euāgelio nō crederem nisi me catholicae Ecclesiae commoueret authoritas that is to say Truely August contra epist Manich. Capi. 3 I would not beleue the Gospell onles that the aucthoritye of the catholyke churche dyd moue me thereto And we ought here to consyder that after the ascension of our sauioure Christe for the space of certayne yeares there was no gospell at all wrytten but all thynges concernynge the faythfull christians were ruled and gouerned by the dyscyples of Christ beyng than the heades of the church Afterwarde we rede that dyuers of the dyscyples of Christe dyd wryte Gospelles as sainct Bartylmew Nicodemus and an other Gospel was called Euangelium Nazareorum But the authorite of the churche dyd onely admitte those fower euangelistes which nowe the whole churche dooth retayne Whyche thing might well seme maruelous seynge that bothe saincte Bartylmew and Nicodemus were present and dyd see the woorkes of Christ and also dyd here hys doctryne where as sainct Luke dyd learne hys gospell of saincte Paule and other and so lykewyse dyd S. marke but hereby it dooeth moost playnly appere that the catholike churche onely hathe this hye aucthorite to dyscerne scriptures and that scriptures allowed by the church shoulde not be refused of anye particulare persons Nowe therefore seynge that the catholyke churche bothe hathe delyuered to vs the scripture and in all ages and tymes hath bene taken of all Godly lerned men for the true iudge thereof I exhort and beseche all you good christen people that in all doutes opinions and controuersies ye would resort to the holy churche and there learne what the same catholyke church hath beleued and taught from time to time concernynge doutes or controuersies and yf wyth lowly and meke hartes ye wyll so doo surely the holy ghoste wyll instructe you he wyll comforte you and he wyl leade you into al trueth But yf in suche case ye wil fly from the catholike church aske coūsell of your selues or of any that dooth swarue from the sayd churche than for so muche as the holy ghost is not your guyde you shall fall from ignoraunce to errour and from doutyng and dysputyng to playne heresy and so from one to another to the vtter confusion An other aucthoriti of the churche of bothe body and soule Yet beside this great authoritie of the churche whereof you haue hearde there is an other gyuen by God of mooste hye excellencye that is power to forgyue and pardon the penitent synner and to punishe and correcte the obstinate or frowarde synner which power and aucthorite Leuit. 13. as it was fygured in the preesthood of the olde lawe as in Iudgynge of leprose persons and in punyshynge to death those that did not obey the priest euē so is it giuen by our sauiour Christ in very dede Deut. 17. in the gospel to his Apostles and to all theyr successours For after that our sauioure hadde rysen from deathe he came amonges hys Apostles and brethed vpon them and sayde Accipite spiritum sanctum quorum dimiseritis peccata Iohn 20. dimittuntur eis et quorum retinueritis retenta sunt That is take you the holy ghost whose sinnes you shall forgyue they are forgyuen to them and whose synnes you doo retayne they are retayned Whyche aucthorite by playne woordes gyuen by Christ though some hath or doo contemne and set at noughte Ciril in Iohn Lib. 12. capi 20. yet saincte Cyrill byddeth them cease to merueyle that Christ should giue suche power for he sayeth Certe absurdum non est peccata remitti posse ab illis qui spiritum sanctum in seipsis habeant

why he prouided not for that case he aunswered that he veryly thought and beleued that no one beynge broughte vp in Athens vnder hys lawes wolde at anye tyme attempte suche an heynous synne Euen so may we say of our sauiour that he speaketh but of those foresayd three degrees of vncharitablenes for that it is not lykely christen men being traded in Chrystes most parfyt religion woulde at anye tyme procede in the violatyng of charitie fardar then so But here may be moued a question whether our sauiour hath so forbydden vs to be angry to saye Racha or thou foole one to an other that in no wise any man may so doo but thereby he falleth in daunger of iudgement of councell or of hel fyre For aunswer to thys question it is to be noted that our sauiour in thys place forbiddeth vs all kynde of vncharitablenes and nothyng els Forasmuch then as in the third of Mathewe Math. 3 S. Ihon Baptist calleth the scrybes and pharisies adders brode and S. Paule calleth the Galathians fooles Gala. 2. and men without vnderstāding in the second chapiter of his epistle wrytten to them Luc 24 yea Chryst himselfe in the .xxiiii. of Luke calleth his dere beloued apostles fooles and sloo of belefe and the thyng which they dyd cannot be iudged vncharitable therefore we must saye that when such as haue aucthoritie vpon a good and Godlye zeale rebuke trespassours and offenders thereby to make them ashamed of there euyl doynges and the rather to leaue the same that thys kynd of rebuking is laweful and in no wise ment in the foresaid talke of Chryst But the onely thing that is there forbydden is the breache of charitie when one man meaneth no good at all to an other but for the onelye satisfyeng of his vncharitable harte wysheth hym hurte in his harte or vtteryng his secret vncharitable mynde doth thou hym or tushe at hym or finally speaketh contumelious wordes expresly vnto hym callyng him foole idiot or by other lyke opprobrious names Wherefore to conclude seinge you nowe know what parfytte loue and charitie our sauiour Chryst doth requyre to be in vs lette all accustomed rancor and malyce from henceforthe be vtterlye banyshed from emongest vs that we dwellyng in charitie may dwel in God and haue here in this lyfe GOD dwell in vs and in the worlde to come dwell in heauen with hym for euer which graunte vnto vs the blessed trinitie the father the sonne and the holye Ghost to whome be all honor and glory world without ende Amen Io. Harpesfelde sacrae theologiae professor Arch. London ¶ An Homelie of the church what it is and of the commoditie thereof WHosoeuer good people wyll call to hys remembraūce the inestimable goodnes of almightye God and his inestimable mercye towardes vs nothing deseruing the same yf ther be any spotte of heuenly grace in that person he shall be ashamed of hys owne vnthankefulnes and disobediens and be compelled to fal downe in body and soule before our Lorde to aske pardon for his transgression Of the which goodnes and mercy of God you haue a sufficiente and moost euident declaration in these godly and deuoute homelies that are set fourth to you of the creation and redemption of mā Neuerthelesse for your further instruction ghostlye comforte in this behalfe I haue thought good to lette you vnderstande an other hye benefyte geuen to vs by our sauioure and redemer Iesus Chryste that we hauynge perfyt knowledge of God maye euermore prayse and magnifye hym accordynge to our moost bounden duetye And this hye and heauenlye benefyte is the holye catholyke churche whiche our deare and dreadfull Sauyour both before and after his paynefull death dyd ordeyne and appoynt to be for euer to vs a moost louynge tender mother a perpetual preseruation for our soule helth and a pyllar of truth in al oure doubtfull daungers Whiche churche forsomuche as it hath bene latelye assaulted by sundry sectes and heresies and so sore shaken that many more is the pytie hath separate them selues from the same and wylfully haue runne a straye beynge ledde and caried with euery waue and wynde of newe lernynge I purpose by Gods grace to open shortely to you what this churche is ☜ what maner of churche it is and what commoditie we haue by it Fyrst the churche is a conuocation of all people throughout the whole worlde professynge one fayth of God and one vse of all the holy sacramentes whiche churche because it is purchased and sanctified by the death of oure Sauyoure Iesus Christe it is moost derely beloued to God the father and is called in holy Scripture by most hie and excellent names as Corpus Christi Sponsa Christi Regnum coelorum c. that is to saye The bodye misticall of Christe the spouse of Christe the kyngedome of heauen For S. Paule speakynge of Chryste fayth Ephes 4. That he hath appoynted sundry officers to maintayne the holy ones into the worke of ministration to the edifieng of the body of Christ And kynge Salomon taught by the holy ghost did forsee the dignitie and beutye of this holye churche and sayde in the name of GOD therebye Vna est columba mea perfecta mea That is to saye One is my dooue Cantic 4. and my perfyt one With many other such louyng wordes as my syster my spouse c. And saynt Paule byddeth husbandes to loue there wyues Ephes 5 euen as Chryst loued the churche Lykewyse in the holy Gospell our sauiour Chryste doth compare the churche to sondry thynges vnder the name of the kyngdome of heauē Math. 20 as vnto a king which made a maryage for his sonne sometymes to tenne Vyrgynes Math. 25 and many such other by al which names and callyngs we may lerne that the churche is a high and excellent thing and dearely beloued to almyghty God who for hys churche sake dyd giue hys onely sonne to most vyle death and for the which also he hath prepared the kyngdome of heauen Nowe forasmuche as we rede of an other churche in the holy scrypture which is called Ecclesia malignantium Psalm 25 The churche of the malingnant noughtye people And yet of late a great number of scismaticall persones being in verye dede members of thys malygnant churche haue vsurped to thē selues the name of the true churche I intende to gyue you sufficient instruction to dyscerne and know the true churche of Chryst from all hereticall and scysmaticall congregations Fyrst this holye and true churche of Chryst is called in our Crede as it is in dede the catholyke churche That is to saye the vniuersal church bycause it is not lurkyng in anye corner or any one country but is in all countryes dyspersed neyther is thys catholyke churche hid from vs or inuisible or vnknowen but we may easely dyscerne and know the same For christ doth call it Ciuitatem supra montem A citie vpon an hyll Math. 5.

Christe yet one of them he calleth a deuyll Doth not Christe also saye Math 23. that Scribes and Phariseis doo syt in Moyses chayre neuerthelesse he woulde the people should obey theyr lessons Euen so thoughe some members of Christes catholyke churche doo not lyue accordynge to theyr vocatyon yet oughte no man therefore the lesse to regarde the fayth and doctryne of the same churche These thynges good people thoughe they are sufficiente to declare the holye Churche what it is and howe it may be knowen yet I besech you most diligently to note and carye awaye one rule which shall neuer deceaue you but is a sure tryall of the catholyke churche and the fayth thereof This rule is not myne but taken out of a learned auncient and ryghte godlye father in Christes Churche He sayth There are thre meanes to trye a churche Vincentius Lirenensis or doctryne the fyrst is antiquitie the second is vniuersalitie the thyrde is vnitie By the fyrst we are taught that a true doctrine must be knowē by that it is not lately spronge vp or rysen but commeth from Christ and his apostles and hath contynued styll in the churche By the seconde we maye vnderstande that a true fayth or doctryne of the churche is that onelye whiche vnyuersallye in all countreys hath ben taught beleued By the thirde we ought to learne that a true doctryne or fayth of the church doth alwayes agre and is alwayes one Nowe those three thinges well noted may instruct and teache any Christen man to knowe the catholyke churche whiche euer synce the Apostles tyme and in all countreys with one consent in al thinges concernyng our fayth hath shewed her self the worthy spouse of Chryst Contrary wyse false doctryne and heresye euer hath doone and shall doo to the worldes ende lately arise lurke in priuat corners neuer agre with itselfe Which thyngs I myght easelye at large proue and open to you by playne and manifest demonstration But because in the nexte homelie I intende to speake of the aucthoritie of the churche and also of the commoditie and profite that we haue by the same here I wyll make an ende Roma 12 besechyng all you good and godly people to geue your bodyes and soules an humble and holy sacryfyce to almyghtye God prayinge euermore that we may be altogether lyuelye membres of oure sauyoure Iesus Chryst and of his catholyke churche here vpon earth and after this lyfe partakers of the ioyfull kyngedome of heauen through the same our Lorde Iesus Christ to whom with the father and the holy ghoste be all honoure and glorye worlde without ende Amen H. Pendilton sacrae theologiae professoris ¶ An Homely of the aucthoritie of the churche declarynge what commoditie and profit we haue thereby LYkewyse as in the laste homelye it was declared to you good chrysten people what the churche is and how it maye be knowen soo nowe ye shall learne the aucthoritie of the same catholyke church and the commoditie or profyt that ensueth to vs all beynge members of the same churche Fyrste whan oure sauioure Iesus Christ dyd send forth the twelue apostles to preach who were and are the cheife and pryncipall pyllers of this catholyke churche he dyd geue to them great power and aucthoritie as saynt Mathewe beareth wytnes Math. 10 sayinge Iesus dyd call together the twelue disciples and gaue to them power ouer vncleane spirites that they shoulde cast them out and shoulde heale all maner of diseases and infirmities And sondrye tymes we do rede in the holy Gospell that our Sauiour Chryste doth speake to his Apostles after this maner Qui uos audit me audit qui uos spernit me spernit That is to saye He that heareth you Mathe. 10. heareth me and he that dispiseth you doth dispise me Meanynge Iohn 13. and wyllynge thereby that all the worlde shoulde know and confesse the aucthoritie of the catholyke church whiche Christ him selfe dyd buyld in and vpon these hys holye Apostles And to the same purpose he sayd to them Iam non dicam uos seruos sed amicos c That is to say Nowe I wyll no more call you seruauntes Iohn 15 but frendes for al thinges that I haue herde of my father I haue declared to you Iohn 20 And agayne he sayth As my father sente me euen so I sende you By these and many such other places we maye see that our louynge sauiour dyd giue greate aucthoritie to his Apostles But nowe it is expediente and nedefull to declare in what specyall poyntes this aucthorytie doth consyste and that the same aucthorytie was not onely geuen to the Apostles of Christe but also to theyr successours in the catholyke churche euer to endure Whiche aucthoritie thoughe it be greate and manyfolde yet these are the chefest partes thereof that hereafter doo folowe Fyrste almyghtye God hath geuen power The churche hath the true sence of the scripture and is iudge therof and aucthoritie to the catholike churche to haue the true sense and vnderstandynge of the holye Scripture yea and to approue also or reproue al wryting as Scripture or no Scripture Whiche thynge good christen people you may well vnderstande to be moost true yf ye cal to remembraunce who is the guyde and gouernour of the churche that is to wit the holy Ghost as Christe dyd promyse sayinge Ego rogabo patrem et alium paracletum dabit vobis vt maneat vobiscum ineternum Iohn 14. that is to saye I wyll aske my father and he wyll giue to you an other comforter that he maye abyde wyth you for euer And after that our Lord and sauiour had rysen frō death he dyd breathe vpon hys Apostles and sayde Accipite spiritum sanctum Take you the holy ghost and also Iohn 20. after hys ascension into heauen accordynge to his merciful promise he did sende downe the holy Ghost vpon his Apostles Act. ii as saincte Luke writeth Nowe that the holy ghoste was not gyuen to the Apostles onely but also to the catholyke churche to the worldes ende it is manyfest forasmuche as Chryste dyd promyse the conforter vt maneat vobiscum inaeternum That he should abyde sayeth he wyth you for euer Nowe we are mooste certayne Iohn 14 that the Apostles of Christe dyd suffer deathe for the faythe of Chryste and that within fewe yeres after they thus had receyued the holy ghoste Neuertheles Christ sending furthe hys Apostles to preache and baptyze sayd to thē Math. 28. Ecce ego vobiscū sum omnibus diebus vsque ad consūmationê seculi That is Behold I am with you at al tymes euen to the ende of the worlde Wherefore we maye playnly see that the holy ghoste beynge promised to the Apostles to abyde for euer and to the very ende of the world was promised and giuen to them and to their successours in the churche where he doth and shall abide for euer Now

uirtutis alterius nisi charitatis exigitur That is to saye when the hyghest authoritie or feedinge of christes sheepe was committed vnto Peter and the churche was builded vpon hym as vpon a sure grounde there was requyred or exacted of hym the profession of none other vertue saue onely of charitie Ciprianus The blessed martyr sainct Cipriane in many places affyrmeth the same and amongest other in hys Epistle written Ad Iubatanum sayeth Manifestum est vbi et per quos remissio peccatorum dari possit Nam dominus primum Petro super quem edificauit ecclesia suam et vnde vnitatis originem instituit et ostendit potestatem istam dedit That is to saye It is manyfest where and by whome remission of synnes maye be gyuen for oure Lorde fyrste vnto Peter vpon whome he buylded hys churche and from whome he dyd ordeyne and shewe the begynnynge of the vnitye to procede dyd gyue that power or authoritie And in the same Epistle within a whyle after he sayeth Ecclesiam que vna est fundauit super vnum that is to saye He dyd founde his churche which is but one vpon one Sainct Basyll Basilius in hys booke against Tauonius writeth thus Per hanc vocem intelligimus Ionae filium qui fuit ex Bethsaida Andreae fratrem qui ex piscatore in Apostolatus ministerium vocatus est Qui quoniam fide praestabat ecclesiae in se aedificationem suscepit That is to saye by this voice we vnderstāde the sonne of Ionas which was of Bethsaida the brother of Andrewe which sonne of Ionas was called from a fysher to the ministerye of the Apostleshyp and bycause he excelled in faith he had the churche buylded vpon hym Sainct Ambrose in hys fourthe sermon sayeth Ambrosius Petrus denique pro soliditate deuotionis ecclesiarum petra dicitur sicut ait dominus Tu es petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam Petra enim dicitur quod primus in nationibus fidei fundamenta posuerit et tanquam saxum immobile totius operis Christiani compagem molemque contineat That is to saye Fynally or for a conclusion Peter for the soundenes or substancialnes of his deuotion is called the rocke of the churches as oure Lorde sayeth Thou arte Peter or of a rocke and vpon this rocke wil I buylde my churche In dede he is called a rocke bicause he was the fyrste that did laye the foundation of faythe amongest the gentiles as a stone or a rocke that cannot be moued he doeth conteine or kepe the frame and weight of the hole christen woorke Augustinus S. Augustine hath the lyke in his syxe and twenty sermon de sanctis and in his .xvi. sermon de tempore but moost notably in hys .124 sermon de tempore where he maketh a large processe of sainct Peter and emōgest other thinges speakyng of Peters denial of his maister he wryteth thus of hym Totius corporis morbum in ipso capite curat ecclesie et in ipso vertice componit membrorum omnium sanitatem That is to saye He meanyng Christ doeth cure in the very heade of the churche meaning Peter the dysease of the hole body and in the very crowne or toppe of the head he frameth the healthe of all the members Here ommyttynge infynite other authorities of the aunciente fathers touchynge the primacye or hyghest authoritie ecclesiasticall to haue bene gyuen vnto sainct Peter of our sauiour Christ hym selfe I exhorte you in consideration partely of these testimonyes some wherof are taken out of the very scripture somme out of the aunciente and famous doctours of the churche and partly and mooste especially in consyderation of the cōsent of the hole catholike church herein nothing to doute in this matter but that the holy Apostle S. Peter was Christes vicar on earthe and had hygher and more authoritye generall then anye one of the Apostles els and that the speciall purpose why that Christ woulde haue suche authoritie to be in one mā was is for the preseruation of vnitie in his church whyche churche is but one and thus muche for thys tyme shall nowe suffice you In the nexte homely you shall heare further of this matter Io. Harpesfelde sacrae theologiae professoris et Archidiaconi London ¶ An other Homelye of the Prymacye Act. 8. IT is wrytten in the .viii. chapiter of the actes how Simon Magus dyd offer vnto Saynte Petermony to giue him power that on whome soeuer he shoulde laye hys handes the same parson might therby receiue the holy Ghost But being for this his most wicked request greuously reproued and fearyng withal to contynue any lōger in those parties that is to say in Samaria so nighe thappostles he the sayde Symon Magus fled to Rome and there by his enchauntementes Iustinus Martir dyd greately delude the people as Iustynus the Martyr a very auncient writer in his seconde Apologie directed or sent to the Emperoure Antonius doth playnelye testifie Ireneus Ireneus also in his first boke Contra hereses doth recorde the same And the said Simon Magus dyd so delude blind the people that they dyd esteme him for a God and dyd set vp his image in the Citye with this inscription Simoni deo sancto That is to say To Simon the holye God But it was not longe after those prankes played by Simon Magus thus seducyng the inhabitātes ther but God sent his great Apostle saynct Peter thyther that is to saye to Rome who bothe did confounde the sayde Simon Magus and dyd also conuert a great number of the people there vnto the faythe of Chryste as is at large set fourthe in the .xiiii. chapiter and seconde booke of Eusebius Historia Ecclesiastica Eusebij Ecclesiasticall historye Nowe this Apostle sayncte Peter by the wyll and prouidence of God beynge brought to Rome dyd there continue byshop of that Sea .xxv. yeares and there also dyd suffer a glorious martyrdome in the last yeare of the reygne of cruell Nero Themperoure whyche thynges Sayncte Hierom in the verye begynnynge of hys woorke Hieronimus De Ecclesiasticis scriptoribus dothe wytnes in this maner Simon Peter the sonne of Ioannes of the prouince of Galile and of the towne of Bethsaida the brother of Andrewe the Apostle after his byshopricke in Antioche and after his preaching in Pōtus Galatia Cappadotia Asia and Bithinia to the Iewes whiche were dyspersed abrode in sondrye contries came to Rome to ouer throwe Simon Magus and there dyd kepe his sea fyue and twenty yeres vntyl the last yere it is to wyt the .xiiij. yere of the reigne of Nero by whome he was crucifyed and so crowned with a crowne of martyrdome his heade beynge turned downe to the grounde and his feete vpwarde bycause he sayde or accompted hym selfe vnworthy to be crucyfyed in suche forme and maner as hys mayster Christ was Ambrosius S. Ambrose in hys .lxx. sermō speakyng of the martyrdome of sainct Peter

folowe in all poyntes hath no suche custome Other lyke autorities of the auncient fathers for the primacye and supremacy of the Sea of Rome there are and that infinite But what nede many autorities eyther of scripture or of the fathers in this behalfe seyng very experience hath this thousande yeres proued that suche as dysobeyed the sea of Rome did fal sone after into abhomynable heresy and therevpon into deuision amongest them selues and consequently to destructiō or els in processe of time were gladde and faine to returne to their dewe obedience againe Yf you be desyrouse to haue exāple in this matter looke but on those countryes and those parsons that now be in captiuitie vnder the great Turke who in tyme paste agreeing with the sea of Rome did floryshe in christen religion all welthe looke also vpon Germany and take example therby how they prospered amonges theym selues synce they declyned frō the obedyence of the sea of Rome And it is a worlde to see howe those whome they tooke for theyr greatest doctours haue abused seduced and mocked theym euen in this matter of the primacye for where as Luther especiallye and aboue all other Lutherus was theyr ryngleader in this matter yet when he was emongest lerned men and shoulde talke of this matter wyth theim he was so driuen to the wal that openlye in wrytynge to be shewed at this daye he dyd in a booke of hys intituled Resolutio Lutheriana super propositione sua 13. de potestate Papae confesse and saye playnlye as hereafter doeth folowe Primum quod me mouet Ro. pontificem esse alijs omnibus quos saltem nouerimus se pontifices gerere superiorem est ipsa voluntas dei quam in ipso facto uidemus Neque enim sine voluntate dei in hanc monarchiam unquā venire potuisset Ro. pontifex At voluntas dei quo quo modo rota fuerit cū reuerentia suscipienda est Ideoque non licet temere Ro. pontifici in suo pris matu resistere Hec autem ratio tanta est vt si etiam nulla scriptura nulla alla causa esset haec tamen satis esset ad compescendam temeritatem resistentium et hac sola ratione gloriosissimus martir Ciprianus per multas epistolas cōfidentissime gloriatur contra omnes episcoporū quorū cumque aduersarios sicut 3. Re legimus quod decē tribus Israel discesserūt a Roboā filio Salomonis et tamen quia voluntate dei sine autoritate factum est ratum apud deum fuit Nam et apud theologos omnes voluntas signi quam vocant operationem dei non minus quam alia figna voluntatis dei vt praecepta prohibit c. metuenda est Ideo non uideo quomodo sint excusati ascismatis reatu qui huic voluntati contrauenientes sese a Ro. pontificis autoritate subtrahunt Ecce hec est una prima mihi insuperabilis ratio quae me subijcit Ro. pontifici et primatū eius cōfiteri cogit That is to say The first thing which moueth me to think or beleue the Romayne Bysshoppe to be superior to all other whom at the leaste wyse we doo know to accompte them selues for Bysshoppes is the very wyll of God which we doo see euen in the very facte or matter For in dede without the wyll of God the Romayne Bysshoppe coulde not at any tyme haue commen to this monarchy or supreme rule and the wyll of God by what meane so euer it be knowen is to be receyued or taken with reuerence and therefore it is not lawefull folyshly or hedely to make resistence vnto the sayd Romayne Bysshope in his Bysshoppryke And this reason is soo great or of suche force that althoughe noo scrypture nor no other cause were yet thys were sufficient ynoughe to brydle or kepe vnder the temeritie or madnes of them that make resistance And by this reason alone the most glorious Martyr Cyprian in many Epystles doth most boldely glory or reioyse agaynst all the aduersaries of anye of the Bysshoppes accordyng as we do reade in the third boke of the kynges Where allthough the x. tribes of Israell dyd departe from Roboam the sonne of Salomon yet bycause it was done by the wyll of God it was without other authoritie firme stable For also emongest all the deuynes the wyll of the signe whiche they doo call the workyng of God is to be feared no lesse thē other signes of the will of God as precepts and thinges forbydden c. And therefore I doo not se howe they be excused from the offence or synne of scysme who doing or cōminge agaynst this will doo withdrawe or pull them selues from the Authoritie of the Romaine Bysshoppe Thus much sayth Luther himselfe and soo shall you fynd it if ye reade his sayde worke in the place aforesayd and the thing so being you may se what a holy father that marchant was to deceyue the people as he dyd and to bryng them to that wonderfull calamitie that the thirde or fourth generation if the world so longe doo contynue shall feele and smarte for it as other also shall that be in the same case And now to retourne to our owne country of Englande this may be truly spoken that of all realmes christen there is none that hath besides the general dutie so special cause to fauour that see of Rome as England hath For from that see came the fayth into this Iland Beda Eccles hist. Angl li. i in the daies of kyng Lucius about an hundreth and fyftye yeares after Chryste And vi C. yere after Christ whan the Saxons wer spred ouer the hole realme and were infidells there were sent most notable and godly preachers hither into England who conuerted and tourned many thousandes to the fayth And what benefites we haue in our dayes receyued of that see of Rome all men doo perceyue and feale in them selues do thanke god therefore or ells the deuyll hath wonderfullye blynded and seduced them Nowe on the other side what miseries haue be faine emongest vs synce our disobedience agaynst the see of Rome and synce the tyme that temporall princes dyd take vpon them that offyce which is spirituall and not belongyng to the regall power but greatly distant and different from the same I nede not in words to declare forasmuch as you haue felt the smart therof in dede and to this day are not quyte of Gods plage for the same Wherfore to conclude in this matter this shal be to exhort you and in Gods name to requyre you to esteme the primacy and supremitie of the sea of Rome as an authoritie instituted by Chryst for the quyetnes of the christen people and for the preseruation of chrystendome in one catholyke true fayth for the defence of it agaynst all heresie and wherby quyeting your selues to serue God in the catholike truth you shall sonest appease his wrath and purchase his fauour and grace in this lyfe and hereafter