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Bishop Latimer.

Ryle, J. C. (John Charles), 1816-1900.

New York, Protestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, 1855.

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T M R .7

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T M B . 11

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T M R . 18

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h o mi l i es w a s pu t f o r t h i n

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n w hatmustha ebeenseen

f ignorance li e thispre

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o n th e s ub e c t o L a t im er s

sha llha ew eariedyoua lready

ta ilo f acts. B utI f irm ly

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standingo theEnglishE e

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T M R . 17

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designs ha e lentaf a lse

ngland andinducedmany

ormationreallyw asagain.

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etheories. Doubtnot

hestateo E nglishsociety

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t that" distance lends

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T M E . 19

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, a nd t he t en de r ye ar s o E d w ar d V I .

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mersdid. F ormyow npart so

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neo hissermonspreachedbe

t h at I m u st i n j u s ti c e gi e i t t o

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andso hisow n. H ehad

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ng sw ages. I canremember

n es s w h en h e we n t to B l a c -

p t me t o s ch o ol o r e ls e I h a d no t

c he d b e o r e th e k i n g s m a e s ty

tersw ithf i epoundsapiece

odlinessandthef earo God.

orhispoorne ighbors andsome

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ustasSt. Paulw asnot

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tor andin urious sotheo ld

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n a no t he r s er m on : " A l l t he P a pi s ts

be s a e d b y th e l aw a n d I m y

erous perilous anddamnable

yearso age. So longhad

ss a n d th e s ha d ow o d e at h . ( i .

l et t er - t o S i r E d wa r d B a y nt o n: " I

pa s t t h at i I h a d be e n a f r i a r

notha ebeendamned

a n d by r e as o n o t h e sa me I

ny timestoha ebeenaf riar

s o re s i c , o r d is e as e d. N o w I

oo lishness. ( i. p. 332.

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re inmanyyears. P romthat

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how goodisit .

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eceasedtobeazea lousPapist

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u i re a t e r th e w ay o s a l a t io n .

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t es t at i on o s i n a n d mo e d u nt o

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w armso f ria rsanddoc

whenhe carriedthecross

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e s h ar e B i l n ey s f a t e a n d su

e .

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m er t o d o a n d ra i se d u p f o r h i m

higherquarters. Hisdecided

H e n ry V I H t h s d i o rc e f r o m

on broughthim intocommunica

ek ing sphysician andulti

e fa orandpatronageo

n t h e ye a r 15 3 0 h e w as m ad e

ns andpreachedbe orethe

n t h e y e ar 1 5 31 t h e ro y al f a o r

ppo intmenttothe li ingo

hippenham inWiltshire : and

Dr. B utts remonstrances heat

w enttoresideuponhiscure .

a t im e r wa s j u s t th e s am e ma n

atC ambridge andf ound

a n a d e r sa r y in W i l t s hi r e a s

eUni ersity. I npastora l

npreachinghewasin

season bothw ithinhis

had f ullauthorityto

g e ne r al l i ce n se f r o m th e U n i e r si t y

he. morehedid themoreangry

ndWest- ingtonbecame

to stophisproceed

umannature isthe

generallyadog-in-the-

elessminister.H eneither

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me. Hew ascon enedbe ore

communicatedandimprisoned

otectingcareo Godseems

undhim. Hisenemies

ar e llously restra inedf rom

tremities. A tlengthin

uddenstoptothe irpersecution

po Worcester. Thatsucha

nappointmentis certainly

meha eattributeditto the

r o mw el l s o me t o t ha t o t h e

; s o me t o t ha t o D r . B u t ts ;

m er w h o - v a s a lw a ys L a t im e r s

peculationsare , tosay thebest

sheartisinthehando the

thesouthheturnethitw hith

h e n G od i n te n ds t o g i e a

ce hecana lw aysra iseupa

m.

r sepiscopateisshortand

stedf ouryears. Hew asthe

pa lace thathehadbeenin

raC ambridgepulpit. P ro

Themitredidnotpro e

ea lf ortheGospel. Hew as

lw ayssimple-minded a lw ays

usiness a lw ayslaboringtodo

t h e hi s to r ia n s p ea s h i gh l y

dy readiness andcontinua lcare

p r ea c hi n g e h o rt i ng v i s it i ng

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ming e itherashisabil ity could

w ou l d be a r. B u t h e a d ds : " T h e

usandv ariablethathe

w hathewould. Yet

theper ormedtotheutmost

at a lthoughhecouldnot

espar lingre licso o ld

roughtthat thoughthey

ay yettheyshouldbeused

asmuchpro itasmightbe.

B i s h o p L a t i me r a pp o in t ed b y

topreachbe orethecon oca

oubtthisappo intmentw as

merk new w ellthatL atimer

theoccasion. Thesermonshe

nt a n d f u l l y j u s t i y t h e A r c h

oref a ith ulandconscience-

robablyne erde li eredto

n.Theywillrepayanatten

brethrenandf athers " hesays

w earehereassembledf orthe

dosomethingw herebyw emay

dreno light. L etusdo

w hichhithertoha ebeenj udged

p r o e e e n s ti l l to b e s o.

thenseeingw ebein

ourse l esthatw ebepre lates

hatw emaybepre latesin

e dil igence andsincerity.

s b r e t hr e n a n d lo o a b ou t

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yw hatthingsaretobe

ch o - E n g la n d. I s i t s o ha r d

ryoutoseemanyabusesinthe

e laity ? " H ethenmentions

byname thestateo the

nd t h e B i s ho p s C o n s i st o ri e s t h e

sceremoniesandholidays

and" v isit ingo re licsand

clesandthesale-o masses

nsiderandamendthem.

emnw arningo theconse

glectingnotoriousabuses.

h e s ay s " G o d wi l l co m e ; h e w i l l

willcomeupon-such a

orhim^ andatsuchan

ew illcomeandcutusin

ashedoththehypocrites.

iingshallbe -mybrethren

th_sha llbe mybrethren.

spreparedf ortheworld s

Thesebethewa ersand

o r w or l dl y p re l at e s w a l i ng a n d

Y e s e e b r et h re n w ha t s or r ow

dedf oryoui yebew orld

t he n b e v e e d b e n ot t h e

f yew illnotbethechild

n ot s t ri c e n wi t h th e l o e o

uponthem. I f yew ill

notw orldly . C ome goto

o ur p r o i t s t u d y f o r - t h e gl o ry

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t s e e i n y ou r c on s ul t at i on s

hrist andbringf orthat

pleaseC hrist. F eedyeten

f loc o C hrist. P rea .ch

o e t h e li g ht w a l i n

thechildreno lightwhile

atyemayshine intheworld

sw iththeF ather S on

o r s v o l .i . p 5 0 S u c h

on ocationbyL atimer.

i s h o p L a t i me r p la c ed o n t he

n es f o r t he p u bl i c at i on o a b o o

re ligion theresulto w hich

nstitutiono aC hristian

wef indhimputtingforth

eprioro WorcesterC on ent

disso l ed andw hich

commandsthepriortoha e

shcha inedinthechurch.

mb e r o t h e co n e n t to g e t hi m

w Testament; hedirectsa lecture

e ad i n t he c o n e n t e e r y d a y

atdinnerandsupper.

hepublishedin unctionstothe

inw hiehhecommandse ery

dehimsel w ithaw holeB ible

Testament ande ery

udyonechapter atthe least.

tosetasidepreachingf orany

ce ceremonies orprocessions.

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structthechildreninthe ir

these litt le f actsare

yshow us-w hatanA ugsean

ce s e wa s i n H e n ry V I H t h s

usdi l icultiesare orming

.

a t im e r pl e ad i ng w i th L o r d

i t G r e at M a l e r n A b b ey m i gh t n ot b e

suggeststhatit shouldbe

r mo n e ry " w hi ch h es ay s " G od

mainta inteaching preaching study

eas sw hetheritw ouldnotbe

oortl^ reeo theo ldmonastic

setapartf orsuchpurposes.

sign andshowsgreatf ore

sw ants. H aditbeencarried

m S t . B e es L a mp et er a nd K i n g s

eenunnecessary . Therapa

s c o ur t ie r s w h o ha d a n am a i n g

tyo thesuppressedabbeys

ess.

atimer sepiscopatew asbrought

nto theS i A rticlesa l

w hichsomeo the leadingtenets

thorita ti e lymainta ined. He

passingo thisA ct inop

theParliament andthere

pelledtoresignhisbishopric.

thedayw henthishappened

r o m th e H o u s e o L o r ds t o h is

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f h i s ro b es a n d le a pi n g up d e

dabouthim thathefound

ehadbeenf orsometime.

L atimer sli eappearto

orcedsilence andinretirement.

hingthathedid. Wedonot

hespenthistime andw hether

ingatWest- ingtonornot.

hewasregardedasa dan

n andhadmuchdi f iculty

Theonlycertainf actw e

atlengthcommittedtoprison

t h e la s t ye a r o H e n r y V I H t h s

theTow er.

cametothethrone in1547

easedf romprison andtreat

respect. Hiso ldbishoprico

r ed t o h im a n d th e H o u s e o

addresstotheProtector

re uestingthathemightbere

increasingin irm itiesmade

f ereddignity andhespent

h is l i e w it ho ut a ny o f i ce b ut

an. H ischie residence

as-w ithhiso ldf riendand

nmer underthehospitableroo

h i l e he r e h e t oo a n a ct i e

doptedf orcarryingf orw ard

mation. HeassistedC ranmer

b oo o H o m i l ie s a n d wa s

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esappo intedtore ormtheEc

or w hichwasne ercompleted.

ypreachedtw icee erySun

a rt o E d w ar d V l t h s r e ig n

e orethek ing. I nthe lat

df ro inthemidlandcounties

hingw here erhisser icesseemed

despecia lly inL inco lnshire .

use ulperiodo hisli e.

ormersprobablysowedtheseeds

trinesowide lyande f ectual

sas L atimer.Thelate

mony tothis. H esays:

hananyotherman promotedthe

reaching.

dwardV I . andtheacces

otheEnglishthrone in1553

sacti ee ertionsonbehal

orw ardhew ascalledtoglori y

a n d no t b y do i ng . O n e o t h e

sgo ernmentw astheapprehension

h E e o r me r s " ; n d L a t i m er w a s

homaw arrantw asissued. The

oundhimdoinghisMaster s

in W a r w ic s h ir e b u t q u i t e pr e

adrece i ednoticeo w hat

be orethemessengerarri ed

edC are less andmighteasily

r e u s ed t o a a i l hi m se l o t h e

I goasw illingly toLondon

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calledbymyprincetorender

c tr i ne a s e e r I w e nt t o a ny

donotdoubtbutthat

mew orthy topreachhisw ord

sohew illenablemetowit

ird. I nthisspiritherode

on andsa id ashepassed

w herehereticsw eregenera lly

i e ld h a s lo n g gr o an e d f o r S i e .

ommittedtotheTow er in

E i d le y a n d B r a d o r d a n d

a l l th e f o u r w e re c o n i n ed i n o ne

urmarty rs touseo ldLati

d to g et h er r e ad o e r t he N e w T e s ta

ionandpain ulstudy " and

attransubstantiationwasnot

mtheTower thethreebishops

f o r d i n 1 55 4 a n d th e re i n 1 55 5

ereburnta li eatthesta eas

prisonwasanswerabletohis

w o lo n g ye a rs h e n e e r l o s t h is

andpatiencene erf a iledhim.

pentinreadingtheB ible . H e

e ad t h e N e w T es t am en t o e r s e e n

ison. Mucho hist imewas

tineB ernher hisf a ith ulser

eo tencontinuedk neelingso long

etupf romhisk neesw ith

sed especiallytomen-

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ime. O new as thatas

obeapreacherandpro es

ew ouldgi e-himgracetostand

eath. A notherw as that

rcy restoretheGospelo C hrist

heo tenrepeatedthesetw o

Thethirdw as thatGod

nc e ss E l i a b et h a n d ma e h e r

dI t i s a s tr i i n g f a c t t h at a l l

ullygranted.

hisv arioustria lsande ami

persecutorswasin somere

eterthanthato theothermar

oughthathisdeathw asde

asquiteright. Gardine , . the

nchester hadsa idopenly that

a e l a id a t t he r o ot o t h e tr e e :

er ulpreachersoughtcer

n e r t h e Po p is h B i s h op o L o n

osotoB onner andmorea lso

sescapeme. A ctingonthisim

dE idleybe orethetria l thathe

t a l " o a f r e e di s pu t at i on "

rgumentw illbeasitw asw ith

W e h a e a l a w a n d b y ou r l aw

ctingonthisimpression hedid

sbutma easimplepro es

re usedtobeledaw ay into

ttheopinionso theF athers

ley . He to ldhisj udgespla in-

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ersmightbedece i edinsome

only " be lie edthemwhenthey

cripturew iththem " A w iser

tth F athersw asprobably

merissobeauti ullydescribed

a n no t d o be t te r t ha n g i e y ou t h e

blein hiswords.I cer

litbyany additionso

o t imew illobligemeto

rthee ecuti n( says

no rt h si de o O x f o rd i n th e di tc h

o l l eg e . F o r f e a r o a n y tu m ul t

entthe irburning. L ord

o ldero thecity w ere

ueen slettertobeassistant

andw henallthingsw ere inreadi

ebroughtf orthtogetheron

1 5 55 . , ^

n a f u r re d b la c g o wn s u ch

abishop. A f terhim

r i s t ol f r i e e f r o c , a l l

dcapandahan erchie o er

w shroudhangingo erhis

et.

s a wL a t im er c o mi n g a t e r

h a re y et he re " " Y e a " s ai d

a s f a s t a s I c a n f o l l ow . A t l e ng t h

onea tertheother. Eidley

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andearnestlyho ldingup

dtow ardshea en. Shortly

me r h e r an t o h im e mb r ac e d an d

g: " B e o g o od c h ee r b r o t he r f o r

thef uryo thef lames or

i t.

sta e k nee leddow nby

ed andbehindhimLatimer

a ll inguponGod. A f terthey

ithanothera litt lew hile but

ecouldnotlearno anyman.

tolistento asermon

priest namedS mith upon

h I g i e m y bo d y to b e b ur n ed

I a m n ot h in g " T h ey a t

a lsestatementso thismis

erenota llowed. Eidley

commitourcausetoA lmighty

a lly j udgea ll. L atimer

Well there isnothinghid

est " andsa id: " H ecoul^

g h i h e m ig h t be s u f e r ed .

terthistoma eready

edw itha llmee ness. Eidley

chthingsashehadabout

y andhappyw ashethat

m. L atimerga enothing

ed h i s k e e pe r t o pu l l o h i s ho s e

w hichwasv erysimple . A nd

hisshroud heseemedas

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w hostoodby asonecould

ghinhisclothesheap

o edo ldman henow stood

aino ironandf astened

andL atimer smiddlestoone

a s k n o c i n g in a s t ap l e E i d le y t oo

andsa idtothesmith: " Good

in h ar d f o r f l e sh w il l ha e i ts

unpo-w derw astiedaboutthe

tsw erepiledroundthem and

werecompleted.

gotk indledwithf ire and

y s f e e t. T o wh o m L a t i me r

n er " B e o g o od c o m o r t

play theman; w esha llthisday

G od s g r ac e i n E n g l a nd a s I

out.

indled whenEidleysaw

ow ardshim hecriedw itha

d i n to t h y ha n ds I c o mm en d m y

e m y sp i ri t ' a n d re p ea t ed t h e

mer cry ingasv ehementlyon

ta e " F a th er o h ea e n

e ce i e d t he f l a me a s i e m br a c

sr o e d h is f a c e -W i t h h is

athedthemalittle inthe

asitappearedwithvery litt ie

s a ys F o e c o nc e rn i ng t h e

se r a n t o G o d B i s h o p

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e " la b or i ou s s er i c es f r u it u l l i e

ewholerealmhascauseto

lm ightyGod.

ormetoturnf romthe

r s l i e . I h a e g i e n y ou a b ri e

f romhisbirthtohisdeath.

t h at f o r w an t o t i me I h a e

.

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raddressedanEnglishcongrega

tthanhedid. Nodoubthis

uldnotsuitmoderntaste.

nt odd andcoarsethings.

r rambling anddiscursi e

o ss i pi n g st o ri e s. B u t a t e r al l

thesedayso w hatasermon

dernsermonistooo tenadull

giousessay f ullo measured

hnsonianEnglish ba ldplati

s andelaborate lyconcocted

leadensword w ithoute ither

yw eapon andlitt le li e ly to

ti acombinationo sound

nS a onlanguage bo ldness

a n d si m pl i ci t y c a n ma e a

s us pe ct h a e e e r e u a l le d ol d

y ou o t h e ma n y pr o o s h e g a e o

nessasaminister. Hedidnot

n g an y b od y s s i ns e e n i t h e y

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g . W h en H e n r y V I I L

s io n o t h e B i b l e L a t im e r wr o te

er longbe orehew asa

withhimonhis conduct.

dnothinge lsedid^ hef ear.

e r " h e e c l ai m ed a t t he b e gi n ni n g

s " t h ou a r t go i ng t o s pe a

gh t y K i n g H e n r y V I I L , w h o

i t t o ta e t hy l i e a w ay . B e

st . B u t L a t im e r L a t im e r

bouttospea be orethe

o r d o l o rd s . Ta e h e ed t h at

im.

h i s un w or l dl i ne s s. H e g a e u p

a n d re t ir e d in t o pr i a t e li e f o r

w i th o ut a m u rm u r. H e r e u s ed

becausehef e lttooo ldto

he n h e mi g ht h a e h a d it b y s ay

gh t s pe a o h i s ge n ui n e k i n d li n es s

ysthef riendo thepoorand

time w hilehesta idat

iedine aminingintothecases

tO himf orhe lp. I m ight

e . To t h e v e r y en d o h i s li e

cloc inthemorning and

llthis andmuchmore

t ti m e wo u ld f q , i l i I e n te r ed

I h a e g i e n y ou f a ct s en ou gh

aintideao w hattheman

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ady toagreewithme that

tbishopsthiscountryhase er

a ebeenw ellf o rtheC hurch

o re o h e r bi s ho p s ha d b ee n l i e B i s h

w e r li e A r c hb i sh o p L a u d .

ot h in o e r t he h i st o ry o h i s

ousinstanceo themiracles

canw or . TheS piritcan

y o u s ee a n d m a e h i m a f a i t h u l

ando theL ordis nothing

hin thatany f riend re lation

opposedtotheGospelto

n. A w ayw iththe idea1

sunder theGospel.E e

dne erdespair.

o t h in o e r L a t i m er s l a st

ousproo thatJ esuscansus

hef ire andw illbeapresent

mintheirt imeo need.

ntthatany thingistoohard

be w i th y o u. D o n ot g i e u p

iery tria lsinyourway be

a orable andcircumstances

mbero ldLatimeratthe

b e ca s t do wn .

astthingw hichI proposed

i eyouabrie accounto

o p in i on s .

tentiontothisportiono the

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ecircumstanceso thetimes

th e s ub e c t wi t h mo r e th a n or d i

erystrangestatements

ersastothe truedoctrineso

a n d. Y o u l i e i n d ay s , w h en

ttheruleo f a ith^ about

outregeneration aboutthesacra

g areurgedupontheatten

n d a n d wh e n th e a d o c at e s an d

ev iew sarecoollyarrogatingtothem

eingtheonlysoundC hurch

thatthosewhorepudiatethese

a llengethe irad ocatestppro e

eadyanswerisat once

erthesev iew sarescriptura lor

ubttheyare" churchv iew s.

tw edeny thesev iew sareto

es L i t ur g y a n d H o mi l ie s o

and w henhonestlyandconsist

equietly to ldthatw e

matter.W earestupid.

blind. We are ignorant.

lainE nglish Theyarethe

arethetrue" C hurchv iew s "

them w emustbeq uite

a r e le t t o i n e r t ha t i w e ar e

w eoughtto lea eourdear

e i t u p to t h em - . Y o u k n o w w el l

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w hicharego ingonine ery

ecometothispass le tussee

a littlelightonthe sub

threehundredyears. Letus

iew so themenw hola idthe

h u rc h o E n g la n d a n d ar e n o

t h e A r t i cl e s H o m U i e s a n d

dLatimerintothe-w itness-

ewhathisopinionsw ereupon

honoredmembero the

attheperiodw henthedoctrines

irstbroughtintoshapeand

a r f r i e nd a n d ad i s er o A r c h

ssistantinthecompositiono

omilies abishopw hoseortho

rene erca lledinq uestion

temporaries ^ i anyman

urchmanoughttohold. B ishop

thatman; i h is- iew sare

i e ws I k n o w n o t wh o se a r e.

f o r a f e w m i n ut e s w h i l e I

t s f r o m L a t i m er s w o r s . B e a r

on irmyourmindsonthe

thepresentday w ho is and

rchman

B i s h o p L a t i me r t hi n a b ou t

T h is i s a p oi n t wi t h wh i ch t h e v e r y

gionisboundup. S omeC hurch

notwithstandingtheS i th

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ea lone isnottheruleo f a ith

amanw iseuntosa l ation.

ibleandthefathers orthe

dit ion ortheB ibleandthe

e e p l ai n ed b y t he P r ay e r B o o ,

inedbyanEpiscopa llyorda ined

ea lone. Now letushear

b e o r e E d wa r d V I . : " I w i ll

thisrealmoncesaidtome.

n d ' m a r e l le d t ha t I w ou l d no t c on

asw eresetout. A ndI an

ou l d be r u le d b y Go d s b o o ,

e j otf romit I w ouldbe

hancadinourcommunica

sS upper. Tush sa iththe

c al l t he L o r d s S u p pe r ? W h a t

estoodbyhimoneDr.

byandby andsa idthat

n thedoctors.A ndI

w ouldratherf o llow Paulin

thoughtheyhadallthe

W o r s i . 1 2 1.

o n e r en c e wi t h R i d le y : " A

ismuchmoref ittounderstand

rrogantorproud priest

imsel , behee ersogreatand

a ls. B utw hatistobesaid

o w a r e t he y t ob e e st e em e d ? S t .

gi ingthiscrule thatw eshould

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ruebecausetheysayso do

ceedinholinessandlearning

ro ethe irsayingbycanonical

dprobablereasons meaning

on I thin , w hichdothor

ghtco llectionandgathering

ures

w iththe irlongf a ith. B eyou

tf a itho thesa ints w hichis

ordo Godw ritten. A dieu

A men F oronemanha ing

gdreasonf orhim ismoreto

one thanathousandsuchas

ogetherorsucceedingonean

ebothherbsandw eeds and

theweedsandlea ethe

W o r s p . 11 4. P ar e r s E d i ti on .

onthesepassages theyspea

w ha t d id B i s h o p L a t i me r t hi n

y f a ith? Thisisthe-doctrinewhich

criteriono astandingor

hedoctrinewhich inspite

r t ic l e o o u r C h u r c h m a n y ar e

byminglingupw ithit

s S u p pe r o u r o w n wo r s a n d I

. Now letushearB ishop

nasermonpreachedatGrimsthorpe:

ho s e f o r j u s t h o ly a n d ac c ep t a-

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h b el i e e i n h im w h ic h p ut

con idence inhim. B yhis

ered hemerited thatasmany

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e u s e e r la st in g li e . ( i i. 1 25 .

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t. Paulsaii h. f ree ly. Whether

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a y s a ga i n i n a no t he r s er m on : " , C h r i s t on l y

edremission j usti ication and

o r a s ma n y s e w i l l b el i e e t h e sa m e.

eit shallnotha eit; f orit

e a nd h a e . ( i . 4 21 .

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pa f o r t he ms e l e s .


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m i ly f o r W h i t - u n d a y m a in t ai n

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otregenerate notyetinthestate

s t o sa y n o t Go d s s e r a n ts . T he y

orregeneration. Theybenot

i i . 7 . H e s a y s i n a s er m on

w ar d V I . : " C h r is t s ai t h E x

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emust. ha earegeneration.

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obee pounded then? St.

laceo S cripturedeclareth

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ipturepla in. Webeborn

dhow ? N otbyamorta lseed

the immorta lseed? B y

g Go d ; b y t he w or d o G o d

uscomethinournew

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gisGod sinstrument w herebyhe

he a rt s . O u r S a i o ur s a it h t o

ptamanbebornanew hecannot

od. B uthow comeththisre

ingandbelie ingthew ordo

t . P et e r. ( i . 4 7 1 .

t h es e p as s ag e s re u i re n o c om

pa f o r t he ms e l e s .


u p pe r ? T h is I n e ed h a rd l y sa y

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cri iceo the inass. N ow let

r. ^

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otherpresenceo C hristre

presence. A ndthispresence

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tandC hrist inus totheob

i w e pe r se e r e in t h e tr u e Gp s

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s ay i ng o m as s ; n o r pr o mi s ed t h e

ongtheidolaterswith the

e ceptthey repentspeedily .

priestsshouldnowceasef or

me n o ug h t to o f e r t he i r ow n bo d ie s

h o ly a n d ac c ep t ab l e be o r e Go d .

rdwasinstitutedtopro o e

andtostirusupbypreaching

berhisdeathtill hecometh

H e s a y s i n h is l a st e a m in a ti o n :

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nthenaturebutthedignity .

s i n o ne o h i s L i n c ol n sh i re s e rm o ns :

themystica lbread anddrin eth

accordingtotheordi

e r ec e i e t h su r el y t he v e r y bo d y

piritua lly asitsha llbemost

lH eeateth.w iththemouth

stethw iththestomacho his

h r i s t. A n d t o b e sh o rt w h os o

r i s t p u tt e th h i s ho p e t r us t a n d

eeato ithanddrin ethhim. F or

righteatingtoeterna ll i e

( i. 459.

t n a e n o c om me n t on t h es e

orthemsel es.

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th ' i t imepermitted. There

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eyousomepla in scriptura l

no B ishopLatimer.

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l itt leo it assomedoin

asameanso graceverysub

dser ices N o indeed

t h e o f i c e o s a l a t io n a n d

ne r at i on . H e s a y s : " T a e a wa y

a wa y s al a t io n . H e s a y s : " T h is

gistheonlyordinaryw ay thatGod

usa ll. Letusmainta inthis

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decay thiso f ice . He

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i c e in t h e ti t le o h e rs e y. ( i . 2 0 3

02 .

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candlesinchurches H e

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n d ne w se r i c es o m a n s i n e n t-

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n d th a t we s h ou l d gi e u p e e r y

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anpeace. Weoughtne er

hatw eshouldforsa eGod s

( i . 4 87 .

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s? Didhe lightlyesteemthem

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thatgreatcler , shouldcome

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n w h ic h h a e a h u nd r ed m ar s

ingw ouldbestow athousand

i . 1 4 1.

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ns? Didheregardthemasthe

clesiasticale - i ls l i e those

s " Gi eussynodica laction

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ertainty isthis. A ndhesays

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houghacouncilhaddetermined

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r t he r t o a f i r m t h at t h e tr u es t

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odB ishopL atimer. A ndI

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tion thattheyarenotsound

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plew hote llusso that i

a timerandthreehundredyears

etussay thatw earenotgoing

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erGod sheritage and

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a i l o e r r ig h t a n d th e f r i e n ds

thrustouto theC hurchby f orce

ommonsshouldbemadenough

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sta il inatrap hetriedtoper

o esdidmuchbetter-without

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ao t h at f a b le . E e s t a ss u re d t h at

e e c ts t h e C h u rc h o E n g la n d

gestoo f erto itsmembers.

ri ileges.Donotbeal

e ects. R eso l ethatyouwill

i legesaw ay .

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e r o a n d al m os t f o r go t te n .

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nceo themisrapidlybecom

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ncingany retrogrademo ement

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aycome.

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n urorsarecriedup L ati

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otestantE li abethblamed.

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ssenters ha esprungup

hyattentionispaidto

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are generallythosethree

p r ie s t " c a th o li c " a n d " c h u rc h .

prayersf orthedead andthe

tely recommendedtothemem

h u r ch . L i t t l e by l i tt l e 1 f e a r

ee lingaboutPopery isbecoming

ha egoodreasontote ll

h u rc h o E o m e.

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adthe supremepower

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stitaw ay f orit isf a lse .

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dandF rance. B etw eenus

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e sa m eS a i o ur b e li e e t h e

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t i s a s tr i i n g f a c t t h at

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