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A14014	A sermon of Cuthbert Bysshop of Duresme made vpon Palme sondaye laste past, before the maiestie of our souerayne lorde kyng Henry the. VIII. kynge of England [and] of France, defensor of the fayth, lorde of Ireland, and in erth next vnder Christ supreme heed of the Churche of Englande.; Sermon made upon Palm Sunday	Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474-1559.	1539 (1539)	STC 24322A; ESTC S118679	34,494	96

parable saith The good sede be the chyldern and inheritours of the kyngedome so the kyngedome that Christe seeketh here in erthe is a spirituall and heauenly kyngedome And Christe sayde to Pylate in the .xviii. chapiter of Iohn̄ My kyngdome is not of this worlde And therfore those that go about to make of Christis spyrytuall kyngdome a worldly kyngdome do falle into errour of some heretykes that loke that Christe after the daye of iudgement shall reygne with all his sayntes here in erthe carnally in Hierusalem as the Iewes doo beleue that Messias is yet to come and whan he shall come he shall reigne worldly in Ierusalem ¶ So we doo see that Chryste lefte the worldely kyngedomes to prynces of the world as is before expressed But he commytted the preachynge of this heauenlye kyngedome to his apostels gyuynge to them lyke commission and equall auctoritie to preache teche the same through all the worlde sayeng in the last chapyter of Mathewe after the wordes before declared that all power was gyuen to hym in heuen and in erthe Go ye forthe and teache all nations baptysynge theym in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goste teachynge them to kepe all those thynges whyche I haue commaunded you Christe also in the .xx. chapter of Iohn sayde the euenynge after his resurrection whan he appered to his disciples the dores beinge shutte As my father hath sente me I do sende you and after he had so sayde he brethed vppon them sayinge Whose synnes so euer ye shall forgyue be forgyuen and whose synnes ye shall reteyne be reteyned And lykewyse had saide to them all before his death in the .xviii. chapter of Mathewe what thynges so euer ye shall bynde vppon erthe shal be bounde in heauen and what thynges so euer ye shall lose vppon erthe shal be leused in heauen whiche power he gaue to them all equally and like as well to all the resydewe as to Peter whiche auctoritie Christe declareth in the x. chapter of Luke to be hyghe and to be regarded of all men and not to be contemned in any wyse sayinge He that herith you herith me and he that herith me hereth my father of heuen that hath sent me And he that despiseth you despyseth me and he that despyseth me despyseth my father of heuen that hath sent me At the day of iugemente Sodoma and Gomorra whiche harde not of Christ shal be in better case than such despysers shalbe ¶ But here the byshoppe of Rome steppeth in and saith Peter hadde auctorite gyuen to him aboue all the resydue of the apostels for Christe sayde to hym in the xvi chapiter of Matthewe Thou arte Peter and vpon this rocke I shall bylde my churche and I shall giue the the keis of the kyngedome of heuen and what so euer thou shalt bynde vpon erthe shalbe bound in the heuens This sayde Christ. And sayncte Peter is buryed at Rome whose successor I am ▪ and oughte to rule the churche as Peter dyd and to be porter at heauen gates as Peter was And Christe sayde also to Peter after his resurrection Fede my shepe whiche wordes he spake to hym onely so that therby he had auctoritie ouer all that be of Christis flocke and I as his successour haue the same and therfore who soo wyl not obey me kynge or prince I wyl curse him and depriue hym his kyngedome or seignorie for all power is gyuen to me that Christe had and I am his vicar general as Peter was here in erthe ouer all and none but I as Christe is in heuen This ambitious and pompouse obiection is made by him and his adherentes and hath of late yeres moch troubled the worlde and made discention debate and open warre in all partes of Chrystendome and nourysshed the same But yf the bysshoppe of Rome wolde take those places after the right sense of thē ▪ as both the apostels them selfes taughte vs and all the auncient beste lerned and mooste holy interpretours do expound them the worlde shulde be more at quietnesse than it is where nowe by wronge interpretation the scripture is peruerted and an other gospell in that poynt preached vnto vs than euer the apostels preached soo that thoughe an aungell came fro heuen and wolde tell vs suche newe expositions of those places as is now made to turne the wordes which were spoken for spirituall auctoritie of preachynge the worde of god and ministringe of the sacramentes to a worldly auctoritie we oughte to reiecte hym as saynt Paule saythe in the fyrst chapiter to the Galathiens ¶ But to open the true sense of the scripture in the places aforesayd it is to be obserued that Christe in the sayd .xvi. chapiter of Mathewe asked his dyscyples whom men dyd say y t he was whervnto after answere giuen by thē diuersly some sayinge that he was Iohn̄ Baptist some saying y t he was Ely some saying that he was Ieremie or oone of the prophetes Christe asked them whom do ye say that I am whervnto Peter answered for thē al for of al them the question was asked as he was always redy to make answer Thou arte Chryste the sonne of god that lyueth Iesus answered Blessed be thou Symon the sonne of Iona. for flesh and bloud hath not reueled this vnto the but my father whiche is in heuen And I say to the Thou arte Peter and vpon this rocke I shall bylde my churche and the gates of hell shall not preuayle agaynste it that is to saye vpon this rocke of thy confessyon of me to be the sonne of god I shall bylde my churche For this confession conteyneth the hole summarye of our faythe and saluation Which confessyon fyrste was spoken by the mouthe of Peter Who of all the .xii. apostelles that Christe chose to sende into the worlde to preache his word was the fyrst that with his mouthe vttered that confessyon and knowlegynge by which all Christen men must be saued and without whyche noo man can be saued as it is written in the x. chapter to the Romains by Paul The worde of faythe that we do preache is at hande in thy mouthe and in thyne harte for if thou confesse with thy mouthe oure lorde Iesus and with thy hart do beleue that god raysed hym frome death to lyfe thou shalt be saued Upon this fyrst confession of Peter and not vpon the person of Peter the church is bylded As Chrysostom expoūdeth that place in the .xxvi. sermon of the feast of Pentecost saying Not vpon the person of Peter but vpon the fayth Chryst hath bylded his churche And what is the faithe This. Thou art Christ the sonne of god that liueth what is to say Upon this rocke that is vpon this confession of Peter And with this sayenge of Chrisostome all auncient exposytours treatynge that place do agree For if we shulde expound that place that the Churche is bylded vppon the persone of Peter we shuld put an other foundation

he maye destroye therby his natyue countrey of England being in that behalf incomparably worse than any pagan And besydes his pestylent treason his vnkyndnesse against the kynges maiestie who broughte hym vp of a chylde and promoted both hym and restored his bloude beinge attaynted to be of the peres of this realme and gaue hym money yerely oute of his coffers to fynde hym honourably at study maketh his treason myche more detestable to all the worlde and hym to be reputed more wylde and cruell than any tygre ¶ But for all this thou englyshe manne take courage vnto the and be nothynge affrayd Thou hast god on thy syde who hath gyuen this realme to the generation of englyshemen to euery man in his degre after the lawes of the same thou hast a noble victorious and vertuous kynge hardy as a lyon who wyll not suffre the to be soo deuoured by suche wylde beastes only take an englyshe hart vnto the and mystruste not god but trust firmely in hym And surely the ruine intended ageynst the shall fall in their owne neckes that intende it And feare not though the dyuell and his disciples be agaynste the. for god thy protectoure is stronger than he and they and shall by his grace gyue hym and them a fall ¶ And to shewe vnto the that god is on thy syde consyder that it is written in the vi chapter of the prouerbes that amongest many crimes there rehersed that god hateth chiefly he dothe deteste those persones that sowe dyscorde amonge theyr bretherne As all we christen men be brethern vnder our heauenly father Also it is written in the .viii. chapter of Iohn y t those that do stire men to murder be childern of the dyuell whiche was frome the begynnynge of mankynde a murderer and brought Adam to synne and therby to deathe As the Iewes his childer stirred the people to put Christ to deth saynt Paule also in the last chapiter to the Romaynes warneth thē to be ware of those that do make dissention debate among them ageynste the doctrine that he hadde taught them and byddeth them eschewe their company Wherin the holy gooste wrought in Paule for these many yeres paste lyttell warre hath ben in these partes of Christendome but the bysshop of Rome eyther hath ben a styrrer of it or a nouryssher of it and seldome any compounder of it onlesse it were for his ambition or profite ¶ Wherfore sens as saynte Paule saithe in the .xiiii. chapter of the fyrste epystel to the Corinthians that god is not god of dissension but of peace who commaundeth by his worde peace alwayes to be kepte we are sure that all those that goo about to breake peace betwene realmes and to brynge them to warre ar the chylder of the deuyll What holy names soo euer they pretende to cloke their pestilent malyce withall whiche clokynge vnder hypocrisy is double dyuellisshenes and of Christe moste detested bycause vnder his blessed name they do plaie the deuyls parte And therfore sens Christ is on our syde agaynst them let vs not feare them at all But putting our confidence in almyghtye god and cleauinge faste to the kinges maiestie our supreme hed in erth next vnder Christ of this church of Englande as faithfull subiectes by goddis lawe ought to do Though they go about to stire Gog and Magog all the rauenors of the worlde ageynst vs. we trust in god verily and doubte not but they shal haue such a ruine ouerthrow as is prophecied by Ezechiel in the .xxxix. chapiter ▪ agaynst Gog and Magog going about to distroye the people of god whome the people of god shall so vanquish and ouer throw on the mountaynes of Israel that none of them shal escape but their carkases there to lye to be deuoured by kytes crowes byrdes of the ayre And if they shal ꝑsyst in their pestilēt malice to make inuasyon into this realme than lette vs wyshe that their great capteyne Gog I meane the bysshop of Rome maye come with theym to drynke with theym of the same cuppe that he maliciously gothe about to prepare for vs. that the people of god myght after surely lyue in peace ¶ And nowe that we haue spoken of disobedience done to man agaynste goddis lawe let vs somewhat speake of disobedience dayly done to god by vs al against goddis law which our disobedience is so greate that the tonge of man can not expresse it for Christe saith in the .xix. chapiter of Matthewe to hym that asked what he shulde do to come to euerlastyng lyfe If thou wylt enter into euerlasting lyfe kepe the commandementes whiche he there rehersed vnto hym whan he asked whyche they were they be written in the .xx. chapiter of Exodi tenne in nomber And bycause I doubte not but ye knowe them for brefenes of tyme I shal omytte to reherse them ¶ In the olde lawe whiche expresseth rewardes temporall for the capacitie of the grosse carnall people of Israell manye worldly pleasures and rewardes be promysed to the kepers of those commandementes and meruaylous great troubles and peynes be threttened to the breakers and transgressours of them All whiche be conteyned in the .xxviii. chapiter of the Deuteronomye in soo myche that in the viii chapyter of that boke the people of Israell is thretned by almyghtye god to be expellyd out of the lande promysed vnto them if they shuld not kepe those commandementes and lawes by hym gyuen vnto them The prophete Dauid saythe also in the .lxxxviii. psalme If the chylder of Dauid leaue my lawes and kepe not my commandementes I shall with a rodde vysite their iniquities and theyr synnes with beatynges But our sauior Christe regardynge the forgetfulnes of mannes memorye leste he shulde not remember the hole nomber of tenne hathe brought them all into two cōmandementes comprysynge in effect the hole tenne of the which two expressed in the .xxii. chapiter of Matthewe the fyrste is Thou shalt loue thy lorde god with al thy hart with all thy sowle with all thy mynde This is the fyrst and greattest commandement conteynyng in it .iiii. commaundementes of the fyrste table whyche be these Thou shalte haue no other goddes in my syght Thou shalte graue noo ymage of thinges that be in heuen aboue or in erthe benethe or in the water vnder the erthe nor with adoration worshyppe them Thou shalte not take the name of god in vayne Thou shalte sanctifie thy sabbotte daye No man wylle breake any of these .iiii. commaundementes that loueth god aboue all thynge ¶ The seconde commaundement gyuen there by Christe is lyke vnto the fyrste that thou shalte loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe Whyche comprehendeth all the vi commandementes of the seconde table whiche be these Thou shalt honoure thy father and thy mother Thou shalte not commytte auoutrie Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt not beare fals witnes Thou shalte not luste to haue thy neyghbours hous nor his wyfe nor his seruāt nor his mayde