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mercy_n	father_n	holy_a	jesus_n	5,197	5	5.7599	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22722	Certaine sermons of Sainte Augustines translated out of Latyn, into Englishe, by Thomas Paynell.; Sermons. English. Selections	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; Paynell, Thomas.	1557 (1557)	STC 923.5; ESTC S647	69,671	284

people the glorye of the preyste the myrthe and gladnes of the countrye and the feare of enemyes whether they be visyble or inuysyble Peace my brethren is to be kepte wyth al force and myght for continually he continueth in God that doth ab●de and continu in holy peace and hathe fociete and felowshippe with the saints of god Yt is the pryestes parte and deuty in peace to monyshe and warne the people what they oughte to doo And it is the peoples dewtye in humilitie to heare that the preyst doth monyshe them The preist whatsoeuer is vnlawfull muste forbyd that it be not done and the people muste herken and beware they do it not and all prelates and lyke wyse al sub iectes must at all tymes and euerye where obserue and kepe the bonde of vnytye in faythe and dilectyo● For why without peace the prayer of the preiste is not receyued nor the oblation of the people Yf we wil then that god shall quyckely heare vs and that thankefully he may receaue our gyftes we must be conuersaunt and lyue in peace of the which the truth it selfe hath vouchsaued to in structe vs For he sayethe yf thou offreste thy gyfte at the altare and ther remembreste that thy brother hath oughte agaynst thee leaue there thyne offerynge before the aulter and goo thy waye fyrste and be reconcyled to to thy brother and thē come and offer thy gyfte Forasmuche then as god desireth our vnitie and concord our sauyour hym self doth shew it in the gospel speking thus vnto his father O holye father kepe thē in thine own name which thou hast geuē me that they may be one as we are And the Apostle exhorteth the faythfull sayeng I beseche you brethren that ye all speake one thing And agayne he sayeth let ther be no enui nor no dissention among you let all bitternes āger indingnation roring blasphemi be put away from you withall malitiousnes And in a nother place he say eth For bearynge one a nother throughe loue and diligent to kepe the vnite of the spirite in the bond of peace beyng one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your callyng Thys vnanimitie was in tymes past vnder and amōg the apostles Thus the new peple of our belife obseruing the commaundementes of god kepte theyr charitie the scripture dothe proue it saying All they that beleued were of one wyl and mynde And agayne they all contynued with one accord in pra er with the women and marye the mother of Jesu and with his brethren And therfore they prayed with effectuous prayers with hope obteyned whatsoeuer they demaunded of the mercy of god But vnanimitie is in vs so diminishyd that the libera litie of workes is clene brokē In those daies they sold their howsys and laid vp their tre sures in heuyn and gaue the price of them to the apostles for to be dystrybutyd to the vse of the poore But now we geue nothynge of our patrymonye nor yet oure tythes And when god ddthe commaund vs to sell we bye rather and encreace Thys the vigur and force of our fay the in vs doth waxe drye thus the strength of the faythefull waxith feable And therefore our lorde consyderynge oure tyme dothe saye in the gospel whan the sonne of man shall come thynkste thou that he shal fynde faythe vpon the earth we see it done that he fore tolde Fayth is and consisteth in the feare of god in the lawe of iustice in bilectyon and in workes No man doth thinke vpon the feare of the thynges that be to come No man considereth the day and wrath of oure lorde nor the paynes that shall come vpon the vnfaithful nor the eternal tormentes apointed for mysbeleuers the whyche thynges our conscience wold feare yf it beleuyd them but because yt beleueth not it feareth not at al. But yf it beleuyd I wolde take hede and beware yf it woulde beware it shuld auoyd skape them let vs asmuche as we may styrre vp our selues wel beloued brethren brekyng the slepe of our olde slothfulnes watch to obserue fulfyl gods commaundemēts And lette vs be suche as he hath commaunded vs to be saying Let your loynes be gyrte aboute and your lyghtes brennyng and ye youre selues lyke vnto menne that wayte for theyr mayster when he wyll returne from a weddynge that assone as he commeth and knocketh they maye open vnto hym happy are those seruauntes whyche our lorde when he cometh shalfynd watchyng we muste be redy therefore leste that when the daye of expedition shal come he find vs intricate and vuredye Let our lyght gyue lyghte and shyne in good workes that the light it selfe may bring vs from the obscuritie and darkenes of thys worlde to the lyght of eternal clerenes that we may haue the fruition of the eternall peace and perpetual felicitie with christ whiche is the auctor of the true peace and with his holy angels our Lorde Jesu Chryste grauntyng the same whiche with the father and the holy ghoste doth lyue and reigne worlde without ende Amen ¶ Of exchuynge and anoydyng of ebrietie and dronkennes Ser. xiiii ALthongh dere brethren I do beleue y● thorough y● mercy of GOD y● doo feare the vyce of drunkennes euen as ye do feare the de pe pytte of hell and that ye youre selues wyll not drinke intemperatly nor ouermuch nor compel no nother mā to drynk more than nedeth yet it can not be but that there be some neglygent persons whych wil not be sober But yet I pray yo● that do lyue soberly not to be miscontent nor yet to blame vs for nedes we must blame and accuse al suche drunkardes For notwythstandinge my welbeloued brethren that drunkennes be a greauous vyce and muche odious before God yet among manye it is throughout al the world so customably and commēly vsed that they which wil not know gods commaundemētes thinke and beleue it to be no synne Insomuch that at all theyr bankettes they doe laugh them to scorne that cā not drynke and quafe al out And thorowe an enuyous loue and amitie they are not ashamed to adiure inforce men to drinke more then suffiseth Truelye it were a lesse faute for hym that maketh a man drunken to wound him and to cut hys fleshe wyth a sword than to kyll and murder his soule with superflutie of drynke And forasmuch as oure bodyes are made of earth and that the earthe by longe and to much continuannce of raygne is made moyste and so resolued into myre and durte that it cannot be tylde nor so wen so in lyke wyse whan our fleshe is to muche moysted with drynke it cannot receaue spyrytuall culture nor tyllage nor bring forth the necessarye frutes of the soule And therefore as al men do desire sufficient raine for theyr feildes to execeyse tyllage withal and to reioice in the aboundaunce of fruit● and corne so in