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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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P T M .
no doubt the name o shop atmer s
nown to amost a my readers. There are proba
by ew who ha e orgotten that three hundred
years ago there was such a ueen o ngand as
boody Mary and that men were burnt a e n
her regn because they wouc not desert Grod s truth
and that one o these men was shop atmer.
ut want members o the hurch to now these
thngs better. want them to become thoroughy
amar wth the es the acts and the opnons o
the eadng ngsh e ormers. Ther names ought
to be somethng better than hac neyed ornaments to
pont a pat orm speech. Ther prncpes ought no
onger to be ague ha y shadows oomng n the
dstance but somethng cear dstnct and we de
ned be ore your mnd s eyes. My desre s that
you may understand that the best nterests o ths
country are bound up wth Protestantsm. My wsh
The o owng Tract -was de ered as a ecture be ore the
hurch o ngand oung Men s ocety n ebruary 1853.
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4 P T M .
s that you may wrte .on your heartsthat the we-
beng o ngand depends not on commerce or po
tcs or steam or armes or na es or god or corn
but on the mantenance o the prncpes o the ng
sh e ormaton.
The tmes you e n ca oudy or the d uson
o nowedge about ngsh hurch hstory. pn
ons are body broached now-a-days o so startng
a nature that they ma e a man rub hs eyes and
- say here am state o eeng s growng
up among us about omansm and Protestantsm
whch to say the east s most unheathy. t has
ncreased s ncreasng and ought to be dmnshed.
othng s so ey to chec ths state o eeng as
the producton o a ew pan acts. you want to
con nce a cotchman they say you must g e hm
a ong argument. you want to con nce an ng
shman you must g e hm pan acts. acts are
the prncpa commodty ha e brought here to-_
nght. any on-e has come to hear pr ate specu
atons or oratorca dspay am a rad he w go
away dsapponted but any one es pan acts
thn sha be abe to suppy hm wth a ew.
re any o you n doubt who s a true member o
the hurch o ngand re you perpe ed by
the rse and progress o what are ooshy caed
hurch- ews ome wth me to-nght and pay
a st to one o the athers o the ngsh hurch.
et us put nto the wtness-bo one o the most honest
and out-spo en bshops o the days o the ngsh
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P T M . 5
e ormaton. et us amne the e and opnons
o good od atmer.
re any o ydu doubtng what s the true cha
racter o the hurch o ome re you bewdered
by some o those pausbe gentemen who te you
there s no undamenta d erence between the n
gcan and omsh hurches re you pu ed by
that ntense yearnng a ter so-caed athoc prnc
pes whch dstngushes some msguded hurchmen
and whch e hbts tse n athoc teachng ath
oc ceremones athoc boo s o de oton and
athoc archtecture ome wth me to-nght and
turn o er a ew .od pages n ngsh hstory. et
us see what ngand actuay was when omsh
teachers nstructed the ngsh peope and had thngs
a ther own way. et us see what the hurch o
ome does when she has compete power. et us
see tow she treats the rends o an open be o
pr ate udgment and o ust caton by ath. et
us see how the hurch o ome deat wth shop
atmer. nd now wthout urther pre ace et me try to
te you somethng about
. atmer s tmes.
. atmer s e and
. atmer s opnons.
. The tmes o shop atmer deser e attent e
consderaton. t s mpossbe to orm a ust est-
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6 P T M .
mate o a man s conduct uness we now the cr
cumstances n whch he s paced and the d cutes
wth whch he has to contend. o one s thoroughy
aware o the e tent o our obgatons to the nobe
band o ngsh e ormers who s not ac uanted
wth the actua state o ngand when they began
ther wor and the ama ng dsad antages under
whch ther wor was carred on.
atmer was born n the regn o enry .
e ed through the regns o enry . and
dward . and was put to death n the regn o
ueen Mary. e began e at a perod when Po
pery bore undsputed sway n ths country. e wt
nessed the begnnng o the breach between enry
. and ome and the estabshment o a trans
ton state o regon n ngand. e ed to see
the u de eopment o Protestantsm under dward
and the compaton o a turgy and rtces
ery sghty d erng rom those e ha e at ths
day. each o these three perods must say a
ew words.
The perod o atmer s e when Popery was
supreme n ngand was a perod o utter sprtua
dar ness. The depth o superstton n whch o-ur
worthy ore athers were sun s enough to ma e
one s har stand on end. o doubt there were
many oards and oowers o yc e scattered
o er the and who hed the truth and were the sat
o the naton. ut the erce persecuton wth
whch these good men were generay assaed pre-
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P T M . 7
ented ther ma ng much progress. They barey
mantaned ther own ground. nd as or the mass
o the popuaton gross dar ness co ered ther
mnds. Most o the prests and teachers o regon were
themse es pro oundy gnorant o e ery thng they
ought to ha e nown. They were generay or
daned wthout any ade uate e amnaton as to
earnng or character. Many o them though they
coud read ther bre ares new nothng whate er
o the be. ome accordng to trype the hsto
ran were scarcey abe to say the ord s prayer
and not a ew were unabe to repeat the ten com
mandments. The prayers o the hurch were n the
atn anguage whch hardy any body understood.
Preachng there was scarcey any and what there
was was grossy unscrptura and uned yng. uar
tery sermons were prescrbed to the cergy but not
nssted on. Mass accordng to atmer was not to
be omtted or a snge unday but sermons mght
be omtted or twenty undays together and no body
ound aut.
uge nests o ordaned men were dotted o er the
ace o ngand n the shape o bbeys and Monas
teres. The nhabtants o these beaut u budngs
were sedom ery hoy and se -denyng and were
o ten men o most pro gate and dsreputabe es.
Ther moras were ust what mght ha e been e
pected rom uness o bread and abundance o de
ness. They dd ne t to nothng or the ad ancement
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8 P T M .
o earnng. They dd nothng or the spread o
true regon. Two thngs ony they cared or
and those two were to ther own poc ets and
to eep up ther own power. or the one pur
pose they persuaded wea and dyng peope
to g e money and and to the hurch under
the specous pretense that they T/-oud n ths
way be de ered rom purgatory and ther ath
pro ed by ther good wor s. or the other purpose
they camed to hod the eys o the ngdom o
ea en. To them con esson o sns must be made.
thout ther absouton and e treme uncton no
man coud be sa ed. thout ther masses no sou
coud be redeemed rom purgatory. n short they
were practcay the medators between hrst and
man and to n ure them was the hghest o ense and
sn. d uer tes us or e ampe that n 1489
a certan taan got n mmense sum o money n
ngand by ha ng power rom the Pope to ab
so e peope rom u.nury smony the t mansaugh
ter orncaton and adutery and a crmes whatso
e er e cept smtng the cergy and consprng
aganst the Pope. . 532. Tegg s edton. uch
were omsh prests n atmer s youth when Pop
ery was ast rampant n ngand. To say that they
were generay gnorant co etous sensua and des
potc tyrants o er the sous and bodes o men s
not sayng one ot more than the truth.
hen prests n atmer s youth were men o ths
stamp you w not be surprsed to hear that e
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P T M . 9
peope were uttery gnorant o true regon. t
woud ha e been mracuous ndeed t had been
otherwse when they had nether sound preachng
to hear nor bes to read. ew Testament
coud not be bought or ess than 2 16s. 3d and
the buyer was n danger o beng consdered a here
tc or purchasng t. The hrstanty o the ast
ma orty -was naturay enough a mere name and
orm. The abbath was a day o sport and pastme
and not a day o soemn worshp. ot one n an
hundred perhaps coud ha e rghty answered the
ueston hat sha do to be sa ed or g en
the sghtest account o ust caton regeneraton
sanct caton the o ce o hrst or the wor o the
prt. nan s ony dea o the way to hea en
generay was to do as the prest tod hm and to
beong to the true hurch. Thus the bnd ed the
bnd and a waowed n the dtch together.
the practca regon that the mass o the aty
possessed conssted n prayers to the rgn and
sants pgrmages to hoy paces and adoraton o
mages and recs. The st o ther supersttous
practces woud ma e an appang cataogue. They
hastened to the church or hoy- water be ore a thun
der-storm. They resorted to t. oo e n tmes o
pestence. They prayed to t. Perna n an ague.
oung women desrng to be marred sought the
hep o t. choas. es weary o ther hus
bands betoo themse es to t. ncumber. ne
hundred thousand pgrms sted the tomb o t.
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10 P T M .
Thomas ec et at anterbury n one year n
order to hep ther sous towards hea en. n one
year at anterbury athedra there was o ered at
hrst s atar 3 2s. 6d. on the rgn Mary s
68 5s. 6d. and on Thomas ed et s 832 12s.
3d. The mages worshpped were o ten gross cheats
as we as dos. t e ey n ent there was a
amous cruc on whch the gure o our ord
woud mo e ts head hands and eet ro ts eyes
mo e ts ps and bend ts brow. t woud hang ts
ps when s er was o ered to t and sha e ts head
merry when the o erng was god. nd a ths
was thought mracuous. t ength t was ds
co ered that the mage was u o sprngs and -wres
and that the mo ements were caused by prests or
ther agents secreted near t. The recs worshpped
were as monstrous and absurd as the mages. t
aes n Goucestershre there was shown n a crys
ta a what was caed the bood o hrst but t
was at ength dsco ered to be the bood o a duc .
t ead ng there was shown an ange -wth one
wng who brought o er the spear that perced our
ord s sde. t ury n u o the coas that
roasted t. awrence the parngs o t. dmund s
toe-nas and t. Thomas ec et s pen n e and
boots were a regousy adored. s to wood o
the true ross enough was ound n the churches
when recs were nay cast out to ha e made two
or three crosses. s to the bones o sants there
were whoe heaps whch had been enerated or
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years whch pro ed at ength to be bones o pgs.
These are dread u thngs to te but they ought to
be nown. these thngs the hurch o ome
new conn ed at sanctoned de ended taught and
en orced on her members. Ths was the state o re
gon n ngand three hundred and ty years ago
when the ngsh re ormers were rased up. . Ths
was ngsh hrstanty n the chdhood and youth
o ugh atmer.
The second perod o atmer s e durng whch
ngand was n a state o transton between oman
sm and Protestantsm presents many curous ea
tures. e see on the one hand a re ormaton o regon
begun by a ng rom mot es whch to say the east
were not sprtua. t woud be absurd to suppose
that a sensua tyrant e enry . came to a
breach wth the Pope or any other reason than that
the Pope crossed hs w. e see hs pretended
scrupes about hs marrage wth atherne o rra
gon brngng hm nto communcaton wth ran
mer and atmer. e see hm at one tme so ar
guded by the ad ce o these good men that e
erod he does many thngs that are rght and ca.
cuated to ad ance the cause o the Gospe. e
ma es ranmer rchbshop o anterbury and
shows hm a or to the ery end o hs days. e
aows the be to be prnted n ngsh and paced
n churches. e commands mages to be bro en
and puts down many gross supersttons. e body
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12 P T M .
denes the doctrne o the Pope s supremacy. e
dsso es the monasteres and puts to open shame the
wc edness o ther nmates. ths we see and
are than u. e see hm at another t me de end
ng Popsh dogmas and burnng men who e the
martyr ambert dened them. e see hm puttng
orth the amous rtces whch reasserted
transubstantaton pr ate masses cerca ce bacy
ows o chastty aurcuar con esson and the dena
o the cup to the aty. orst o a we see n hm
the mar s o a proud se -wed sensua man a hs
e ong and an utter want o e dence that hs
heart was e er rght n the sght o God. The use
o a man who was guty o such nconsstences to
do God s wor s among the deep thngs o God s
pro dence e can not understand t. e must
wats Turnng on the other hand -om enry . to
the rst ngsh e ormers we see n them strong
ndcatons o what uer cas a twght re
gon. e see them puttng orth boo s n enry
th s regn whch though an mmense mpro e
ment and ad ance upon omsh teachng st con
tan some thngs whch are not scrptura. uch
were the necessary erudton and the nsttuton
o a hrstan man. e see them howe er gra
duay growng n sprtua nowedge perhaps
unawares to themse es and specay as to the
error o transubstantaton. e see them con
tnuay chec ed and ept bac party by the arb-
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P T M . 18
tary conduct o the ng party by the mmense
d cuty o wor ng sde by sde wth a Popsh
party n the hurch and party by the great gnor
ance o the parocha cergy. e ertheess on com
parng the end o enry th s regn wth the
begnnng we see pan proo that much ground
was ganed. e earn to admre the o errung
powero God who can use a enry . ust as he
dd a ebuchadne ar or ennacherb or the accom
pshment o s own purposes. nd ast but not
east we earn to admre the patent perse erance
o the e ormers. Though they had but a tte
strength they used t. Though they had but a
sma door open they entered n by t. Though
they had but one taent they ad t out hearty or
God and dd not bury t n the ground. Though
they had but a tte ght they ed uy up to t.
they coud not do what they woud they dd
what they coud and were bessed n ther deed.
uch was the second perod- o atmer s e.
e er et t be orgotten that at ths tme the
oundatons o the hurch o ngand were e ca
ated and ast heaps o rubbsh remo ed out o
the way o the buders who were to oow. ewed
n ths hght t w aways be an nterestng perod
to the student o hurch hstory.
The ast perod o atmer s e whch comprses
the regn o dward s n many respects
ery d erent rom the two perods to whch ha e
aready ad erted. The cause o ngsh Protestantsm
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14 P T M .
made mmense progress durng dward s short but
remar abe tenure o . power. t was truy sad o
hm by oo er that e ded young but ed
ong e be acton. eeased rom the bondage
o a tyrannca ng s nter erence ranmer and hs
rends went orward n the wor o regous re orm-
aton wth rapd strdes. onner and G8 rdner
were no onger aowed to eep them bac . e us-
ng to ta e part n the good wor these two Popsh
preates were deposed and put to sence. ath u
men e dey and ooper wete paced on the
pscopa bench. n mmense cearance or Popsh
ceremones was a ected. turgy was comped
whch d ered ery sghty rom our present Prayer
oo . The orty-two rtces o regon were
drawn up whch orm the bass o our own Thrty-
nne. The rst boo o homes was put orth n
order to suppy the want o preachers. . n accuracy
and cearness o doctrna statement was arr ed at
whch had htherto been un nown. earned or
egners e ucer and Peter Martyr were n ted
to st ngand and apponted egus Pro essors
o D nty at ord and ambrdge. ow much
urther the e ormers mght ha e carred the wor
o re ormaton they had had tme t s useess
now to specuate. udgng by the changes they
e ected n a ery ew years they woud probaby
ha e made our hurch as neary per ect as a sbe
hurch can be they had not been stopped by
dward s premature death.
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There was howe er one thng whch the e orm
ers o dward th s regn coud not accompsh.
They coud not change the hearts o the paropha
cergy. Thousands o cergymen contnued to hod
o ce n the hurch o ngand who had no sym
pathy wth the proceedngs o ranmer and hs
party. There was no gettng rd o these worthes
or they were ready to promse any thng sgn any
thng and swear any thng n order to eep ther
ngs. ut whe they yeded compance to
ranmer s n unctons and commands they were
graceess gnorant and sem-Papsts at heart. The
uestons whch shop ooper ound t necessary
to put to the dean prebendares and cergy o the
docese o Goucester on hs rst staton urnsh
us wth a sad ustraton o the state o ngsh
cergymen n dward th s tme. They are as
oows : ow many commandments are there
here are they wrtten an you say them by
heart hat are the artces o the hrstan ath
an you repeat them an yo con rm them by
crpture an you recte the ord s prayer
ow do you now t to be the ord s prayer
here s t wrtten These uestons are sad
enough but what w you thn o the resut o the
n ury ut o 311 cergymen n the docese o
Goucester t turned out that 168 coud not repeat
the ten commandments and out o these 81 coud
not state n what part o the crpture they were to
be ound. orty o the 311 coud not te where
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16 P T M .
the ord s prayer was wrtten and 31 dd not now
who was ts uthor. ooper s wor s. o. .
151. acts such as these are pan u and astound
ng but t s most mportant that you shoud now
them. They e pan at once the ease wth whch
boody Mary restored Popery when she came to
the throne. Parocha cergymen e those ust
descrbed were not ey to o er any resstance to
her wshes. acts such as these throw great ght
on the poston o ranmer and the e ormers o
dward th s days. e probaby ha e tte
dea o the mmense d cutes both wthn and
wthout whch beset them. bo e a acts such as
these g e you some dea o the condton o regon
n ngand e en n the brghtest porton o atmer s
tmes. thngs e these were to be seen when
atmer was_an od man what must ha e been seen
when he was young gnorance e ths pre
aed under dward how thc must the dar
ness ha e been under enry
must dwe no onger on the sub ect o atmer s
tmes. ear that sha ha e weared you aready
wth a dry and tedous deta o acts. ut rmy
bee e that a nowedge o these acts s absoutey
essenta to a rght understandng o the ngsh e
ormaton and there ore hope they w not pro e
useess. n cam consderaton trust you w agree wth
me that t s the heght o absurdty to say as some
do now-a-days that ths country has been a oser by
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gettng rd o Popery. t s reay astonshng to
hear the nonsense ta ed about merry ngand n
the oden tmes the medae a pety the ages o
ath and the de out habts o our athoc ore
athers. ater cott s beaut u wrtngs and Pugn s
beaut u archtectura desgns ha e ent a ase
gare to omansm n ngand and nduced many
to doubt whether our e ormaton reay was a gan.
do trust that oung ondon w not be so young
as to sten to such deus e theores. Doubt not
or a moment that the state o ngsh socety
whch cott has sometmes made so beaut u by hs
pen and Pugn by hs penc s a ar more beaut u
thng n poems and pctures than t e er w as n hon
est reaty. Depend upon t that dstance ends
enchantment to the ew. est sats ed that
etey and Gastonbury and Tntern and ury
and ountans and Merose and oton bbeys
are probaby more use u now n runs than e er
they were n enry th s days. e er or
get what we ha e ganed by the e ormaton we
ha e ganed ght nowedge moraty and re
gous berty. e er orget the ruts whch grew
on the tree o Popery when ast t ourshed n ng
and. These ruts were gnorance superstton m
moraty and presty yranny. God was angered.
ous were ost and the de was peased.
gan trust you w ee - rth me to-nght that
t s most un ar to suppose that the acts and wrt-
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18 P T M .
ngs o the ngsh e ormers under enry
are any rea crteron o ther matured opnons. t
s as un ar as t woud be to measure the character
o a grown-up man by hs sayngs and dongs when
he was a chd. emember that the e ormers under
enry . were n a state o sprtua chdhood.
They saw many ponts n regon through a gass
dar y. t was not t the regn o dward . that
they put away chdsh thngs. eware there ore
est any man e er dece e you by art uy-chosen
uotatons drawn rom wor s pubshed n the be
gnnng o the ngsh e ormaton. udge the e
ormers you w by ther wrtngs n the regn
o dward . 4 ut not by ther wrtngs n the regn
o enry
asty trust you w agree wth me to-nght
that t s most unreasonabe to decry the eary ng
sh e ormers as men who dd not go ar enough.
uch charges are easy made but those who ma e
them sedom consder the enormous obstaces the
e ormers had to surmount and the enormous e s
they had to remo e. t s nonsense to suppose they
had nothng more to do than to pare the moss o an
od budng and whtewash t a resh. They had
to ta e down an od decayed house and rebud
t rom the ery ground. t s nonsense to ta as
they had a smooth sea a ar wnd and a cear
course. n the contrary they had to pot the shp
o true regon through a narrow and d cut strat
aganst current wnd and tde. Put a ther d 6-
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cutes together the arbtrary pro gate character
o enry and the tender years o dward .
the genera gnorance o the popuaton the bt
ter enmty o dspossessed mon s and rars the
open opposton o many o the bshops and the se
cret nd erence o a ast proporton o the cergy
put a these thngs together and wegh them we
and then thn you w not ghty regard the wor
that the eary e ormers dd. or my own part so
ar rom wonderng that they dd so tte wonder
rather that they dd so much. mar e at ther
rmness. am surprsed at ther success. see
mmense resuts produced by comparat ey wea
nstruments and can ony account or t by sayng
that Godwas wth them o a truth.
. The second part o ths e enng s ecture to
whch sha ne t n te your attenton s the story
o shop atmer s e.
ugh atmer was born about the year 1485 at
T urcaston near Mount orre n the .county o
ecester. e has e t such a graphc account o hs
ather and amy n one o hs sermons preached be
ore dward that must n ustce g e t to
you n hs own words. e says: My ather was a
yeoman and had no ands o hs own. e had
ony a arm o three or our pounds a year at the
uttermost and hereupon he ted so much as ept
ha a do en men. e had wa or one hundred
sheep and my mother m ed thrty ne. e was
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abe and dd brng the ng a harness wth hmse
and hs horse when he came t the pace where he
shoud rece e the ng s wages. can remember
that buc ed hs harness when he went to ac -
heath- ed. e ept me to schoo or ese had not
been abe to ha e preached be ore the ng s ma esty
now. e marred my ssters wth e pounds apece
and brought them up n godness and the ear o God.
e ept hosptaty or hs poor neghbors and some
ams he ga e to the poor. or s . 101. Par er s
oe. edton. uch s the good shop s homey ac
count o hs o-s n amy. t s ony ar to obser e
that atmer s one among the thousand e ampes
on record that ngand wth a ts auts s a coun
try where a man may begn ery ow and yet e
to rse ery hgh.
atmer was sent to ambrdge at the age o
ourteen and n 1509 was eected a eow o are
a. e now ery tte o hs eary hstory e cept
the remar abe act whch he hmse has tod us
that up to the age o thrty he was a most o
ent and bgoted Papst. ust as t. Pau was not
ashamed to te men that at one tme he was a bas
phemer and a persecutor and n urous so the od
Protestant shop used o ten to te how he too had
once been the sa e o ome. e says n one o
hs sermons: was as obstnate a Papst as any was
n ngand nsomuch that when shoud be made
bacheor o d nty my whoe oraton went aganst
Php Meancthon and hs opnons. or s ..
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3 e says n another sermon : the Papsts
thn themse es to be sa ed by the aw and my
se was o that dangerous perous and damnabe
opnon t was thrty years o age. o ong had
wa ed n dar ness and the shadow o death. .
137. e says n a etter- to r dward aynton:
ha e thought n tmes past that had been a rar
and n a cow coud not ha e been damned
nor a rad o death and by reason o the same
ha e been mnded many tmes to ha e been a rar
namey when was sore sc or dseased. ow
abhor my supersttous ooshness. . p. 332.
atmer s testmony about hmse s con rmed by
others. t s recorded that he used to thn so o
the e ormers that he decared the ast tmes the
Day o udgment and the end o the word must be
approachng. mpety he sad was ganng
ground apace and what engths mght not men be
e pected to run when they began to ueston e en
the n abty o the Pope econ mentons that
when ta ord the d nty ecturer de ered ec
tures on the be atmer was sure to be present n
order to rghten and dr e away the schoars. n
act hs ea or Popery was so notorous that he was
eected to the o ce cross-bearer n the regos
processons o the n ersty and dscharged the
duty wth becomng soemnty or se en years. uch
was the cay o whch God ormed a precous esse
meet or hs wor . uch were the rst begnnngs
o one o the best and most use u o the ngsh
e ormers.
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The nstrument whch God used n order to brng
ths urous Papst to a nowedge o hrst s truth
was a student named ney. ney was a con
temporary o atmer s at ambrdge who had or
some tme embraced the doctrnes o the e orma
ton. e perce ed that atmer was a sncere and
honest man and ndy thought t possbe that hs
ea or Popery mght arse rom ac o nowedge.
e there ore went body to hm a ter hs pubc on
saught ..on Meancthon and humby as ed to be
aowed to ma e a pr ate con esson o hs 6-wn
ath. The success o ths courageous step was com
pete. d atmer tes us : earned more by hs
con esson than be ore n many years. Prom that
tme orward began to sme the word o God and
orsoo the schoo-doctors and such ooeres. .
335. ney s conduct on ths occason seems to
ha e been most praseworthy. t ought to encour
age e ery one to try to do good to hs neghbor. t
s a shnng proo o the truth o the pro erb :
word spo en n season how good s t.
ugh atmer was not a man to do any thng by
ha es. s soon as he ceased to be a eaous Papst
he began at once to be a eaous Protestant and ga e
hmse up body sou and mnd to the wor o
dong good. e sted n ney s company the
sc and prsoners. e commenced preachng n
the n ersty pupts n a stye htherto un nown
n ambrdge and soon became amous as one o the
most str ng and power u preachers o the day.
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e strred up hundreds o hs hearers to search the
crptures and n ure a ter the way o sa aton.
econ a terwards chapan to ranmer and rad
ord a terwards chapan to dey both traced ther
con eson to hs sermons. econ has e t us a re
mar abe descrpton o the e ects o hs preachng.
e says: one e cept the st -nec ed and uncr-
oumcsed n heart went away rom t wthout beng
a ected wth hgh detestaton o sn and mo ed unto
a godness and rtue. . 224. Par er s ocety
dton. The conse uences o ths ath u dscharge o
mnstera duty were ust what a e perence mght
ead us to e pect. There arose aganst atmer a
storm o persecuton. warms o rars and doc
tors who had admred hm when he carred the cross
as a Papst rose up aganst hm n a body when he
preached the cross e t. Pau. The shop o y
orbad hs preachng any more n the n ersty pu
pts and had he not obtaned permsson rom Dr.
arnes to preach n the hurch o the ugustne
rars whch was e empt rom pscopa ursdc
ton he mght ha e been senced atogether. ut
the mace o hs enemes dd not stop here. om
pants were ad aganst hm be ore ardna osey
and he had more than once to appear be ore hm
and Tonsta shop o ondon on charges o her
esy. ndeed when the crcumstances o the tmes
are consdered t s wonder u that atmer dd not
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at ths perod o hs e share ney s ate and su
er death at the sta e.
ut the ord n whose hand our tmes are had
more wor or atmer to do and rased up or hm
une pected rends n hgher uarters. s decded
opnons n a or o enry th s d orce rom
atherne o rragon brought hm nto communca
ton wth Dr. utts the ng s physcan and ut
matey secured to hm the a or and patronage o
the ng hmse n the year 1530 he was made
one o the roya chapans and preached be ore the
ng se era tmes. n the year 1531 the roya a or
procured or hm an appontment to the ng o
est- ngton near hppenham n tshre : and
n spte o hs rend Dr. utts remonstrances he at
once e t court and went to resde upon hs cure.
t est- ngton atmer was ust the same man
that he had been attery at ambrdge and ound
the de ust as busy an ad ersary n tshre as
he had ound hm n the n ersty. n pastora
abors he was abundant. n preachng he was n
stant n season and out o season both wthn hs
parsh and wthout. Ths he had u authorty to
do by rtue o a genera cense rom the n ersty
o ambrdge. ut the. more he dd the more angry
the de Popsh cergy round est- ngton became
and the more they abored to stop hs proceed
ngs. o true s t that human nature s the
same n a ages. There s generay a dog-n-the-
manger sprt about a graceess mnster. e nether
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does good hmse nor es any one ese to do t
or hm. Ths was the case wth the Pharsees.
They too away the ey o no-wedge : they en
tered not n themse es and them that were enterng
n they hndered. nd as t was n the days o the
Pharsees so t was n the days p atmer.
n one occason the mayor and magstrates o
rsto who were ery rendy to hm had appont
ed hm to preach be ore them on aster-day. Pub
c notce had been g en and e ery body was oo
ng orward to the sermon wth peasure or atmer
was ery popuar n rsto. uddeny there came
out an order rom the shop orbddng any one to
preach n rsto -wthout hs cense. The cergy
o the pace wated on atmer and n ormed hm
. o the shop s order and then nowng we that
he had no such cense tod hm that they were
e tremey sorry they were d.epr ed o the peasure
o hearng an e ceent dscourse rpm hm. Ther
compments and crocode regrets were un ortu
natey -tmed. atmer had heard the whoe hstory
o the a ar. nd he new we that these smooth-
yngued gentemen were the. ery persons who had
wrtten to the. shop n order tp pre ent hs preach
ng. or our years whe car o est- ngton the
good man was sub ected to a constant successon o
petty worryng attac s and attempts to stop hm
rom dong good. e was cted to ondon and
brought be ore rchbshpp arham and detaned
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26 P T M .
many months rom home. e was con ened be ore
con ocaton and e communcated and mprsoned
or a tme. ut the protectng care o God seems
to ha e been aways round hm. s enemes
appear to ha e been mar eousy restraned rom
carryng ther mace to e tremtes. t ength n
1535 the ng put a sudden stop to ther persecuton
by ma ng hm shop o orcester. That such a
man shoud ma e such an appontment s certany
ery wonder u. ome ha e attrbuted t to the
n uence o ord romwe some to that o the
ueen nne oeyn some to that o Dr. utts
some to that o ranmer who - as aways atmer s
ast rend. uch specuatons are to say the best
useess. The ng s heart s n the hand o the
ord : as the r ers o the south he turneth t whth
ersoe er he w. hen God ntends to g e a
good man a hgh o ce he can aways rase up a
Darus to con ey t to hm.
The hstory o atmer s epscopate s short and
smpe or t ony asted our years. e was the
same man n a bshop s paace that he had been n
a country parsonage or a ambrdge pupt. Pro
moton dd not spo hm. The mtre dd not pro e
an e tngusher to hs ea or the Gospe. e was
aways ath u aways smpe-mnded aways
about hs ather /6 busness aways aborng to do
good to sous. o e the hstoran spea s hghy
o hs pans study readness and contnua care
uness n teachng preachng e hortng stng
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correctng and re ormng ether as hs abty coud
ser e or the tmes woud bear. ut he adds: The
days then were so dangerous and arabe that he
coud not n a thngs do what he woud. et
what he mght do that he per ormed to the utmost
o hs strength so that athough he coud not
uttery e tngush a the spar ng recs o od
superstton yet he so wrought that though they
coud not be ta en away yet they shoud be used
wth as tte hurt and as much pro t as mght be.
n 1536 we nd shop atmer apponted by
rchbshop ranmer to preach be ore the con oca
ton o the cergy. o doubt ths appontment was
made ad- sedy. ranmer new we that atmer
was ust the man or the occason. The sermons he
preached are st e tant and uy ust y the rch
bshop s choce. Two more ath u and conscence-
strrng dscourses were probaby ne er de ered to
a body o ordaned men. They w repay an atten
t e perusa. Good brethren and athers he says
n one pace seeng we are here assembed or the
o e o God et us do somethng whereby we may
be nown to be the chdren o ght. et us do
somewhat est we whch htherto ha e been udged
chdren o the word pro e e en st to be so.
men ca us preates then seeng we be n
counc et us so order ourse es that we be preates
n honor and dgnty that we may be preates n
honess bene oence dgence and sncerty.
t up your heads brethren and oo about
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28 P T M .
wth your eyes and spy what thngs are to be
re ormed n the hurch o - ngand. s t so hard
so great a matter or you to see many abuses n the
cergy and many n the aty e then mentons
se era garng abuses by name the state o the
ourt o rches and the shop s onsstores the
number o supersttous ceremones and hodays
the worshp o mages and stng o recs and
sants the yng mraces and the sae- o masses
and cas upon them to consder and amend them.
e wnds up a by a soemn warnng o the conse
uence o bshops negectng notorous abuses.
God w come he says God w come he w
not tarry ong away. e w come upon- such a
day as we nothng oo or hm and at such an
hour as we now not. e w come and cut us n
peces. e w reward us as he doth the hypocrtes.
e w set us where wang sha be - my brethren
where gnashng o teeth _sha be my brethren.
These be the decate dshes prepared or the word s
we-beo- ed chdren. These be the wa ers and
un ets pro ded or wordy preates wa ng and
gnashng o teeth. e see brethren what sorrow
and punshment s pro ded or you ye be word
ngs. you w not then be e ed be not the
chdren o the word. ye w not be the chd
ren o the word be not strc en wth the o e o
wordy thngs ean not upon them. ye w
not de eternay e not wordy. ome go to
ea e the o e o your pro t study or- the gory
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P T M . 29
and pro t o hrst see n your consutatons
such thngs as pertan to hrst and brng orth at
ast somewhat that may pease hrst. eed ye ten
dery wth a dgence the oc o hrst. Prea.ch
truy the word o God. o e the ght wa n
the ght and so be ye the chdren o ght whe
ye are n ths word that ye may shne n the word
to come brght as the stars wth the ather on
and oy Ghost. or s o. . p 50 uch
was a sermon be ore con ocaton by atmer.
n 1537 we nd shop atmer paced on the
ommsson o D nes or the pubcaton o a boo
to set orth the truth o regon the resut o whch
commsson was the nsttuton o a hrstan
man. The same year we nd hm puttng orth
some n unctons to the pror o orcester on ent
a monastc house not yet dsso ed and whch
among other thngs he commands the pror to ha e
a whoe be n ngsh chaned n the church.
e orders e ery member o the con ent to get hm
se an ngsh ew Testament he drects a ecture
o crpture to be read n the con ent e ery day
and crpture to be read at dnner and supper.
horty a terwards he pubshed n unctons to the
.cergy o hs docese n wheh he commands e ery
one o them to pro de hmse wth a whoe be
or at any rate wth a ew Testament and e ery
day to read o er and study one chapter at the east.
e aso orbds them to set asde preachng or any
manner o obser ance ceremones or processons.
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so P T M .
and en ons them to nstruct the chdren n ther
respect e parshes. these tte acts are
deepy nstruct e. They show us -what an ugsean
tabe an ngsh docese was n enry th s
day and what enormous d cutes a re ormng
bshop had to o ercome.
n 1538 we nd atmer peadng wth ord
rom- y-e ta t Great Ma ern bbey mght not be
entrey suppressed. e suggests that t shoud be
ept up not or mon ery whch he says God
orbd but to mantan teachng preachng study
and prayer and he as s whether t woud not be
good pocy to ha e two or t ree o the od monastc
houses n e ery county set apart or such purposes.
Ths was a ery wse desgn and shows great ore
sght o the country s wants. ad t been carred
nto e ect Durham t. ees ampeter and ng s
oege woud ha e been unnecessary. The rapa
cty o enry th s courters who had an ama ng
appette or the property o the suppressed abbeys
made the suggeston useess.
n 1539 shop atmer s epscopate was brought
to an end by the enactment o the rtces a
ready re erred to n whch some o the eadng tenets
o omansm were authortat ey mantaned. e
strenuousy wthstood the passng o ths ct n op
poston to the ng and the Parament and the re
sut was that he was compeed to resgn hs bshoprc.
t s reated that on the day when ths happened
when he came bac rom the ouse o ords to hs
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odgngs he threw o hs robes and eapng up de
cared to those who stood about hm that he ound
hmse ghter than he had been or some tme.
The ne t eght years o atmer s e appear to
ha e passed away n orced sence and n retrement.
e read tte o any thng that he dd. e do not
e acty now where. he spent hs tme and whether
he returned to hs od - ng at est- ngton or not.
The probabty s that he was regarded as a dan
gerous and suspected man and had much d cuty
n preser ng hs e. The ony certan act we
now s that he was at ength commtted to prson
as a heretc and spent the ast year o enry th s
regn n con nement n the Tower.
hen dward . came to the throne n 1547
atmer was at once reeased rom prson and treat
ed wth e ery mar o respect. s od bshoprc o
orcester was o ered to hm and the ouse o
ommons presented an address to the Protector
omerset earnesty re uestng that he mght be re
apponted. d age and ncreasng n rmtes made
atmer decne the pro ered dgnty and he spent
the ne t s years o hs e wthout any o ce but
certany not as an de man. s che resdence
durng these s years was -wth hs od rend and
ay rchbshop ranmer under the hosptabe roo
o ambeth Paace. he here he too an act e
part n a the measures adopted or carryng orward
the Protestant e ormaton. e asssted ranmer
n composng the rst boo o omes and was
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aso one o the d nes apponted to re orm the c
cesastca aw a wor whch was ne er competed.
ths tme he generay preached twce e ery un
day. n the prmer part o dward th s regn
he preached constanty be ore the ng. n the at
ter part he went to and ro n the mdand countes
o ngand preachng where er hs ser ces seemed
to be most wanted and especay n nconshre.
Ths was perhaps the most use u perod o hs e.
o one o th-e e ormers probaby sowed the seeds
o sound Protestant doctrne so wdey and e ectua
y among the mdde casses as atmer. The ate
Mr. outhey bears testmony to ths. e says :
atmer more than any other man promoted the
e ormaton by hs preachng.
The untmey death o dward . and the acces
son o ueen Mary to the ngsh throne n 1553
put an end to atmer s act e e ertons on beha
o the Gospe. ence orward he was caed to gor y
hrst by su erng and not by dong. ne o the
rst acts o Mary s go ernment was the apprehenson
o the eadng ngsh e ormers nd atmer was
among the rst or whom a warrant was ssued. The
ueen s messenger ound hm dong hs Master s
wor as a preacher n arwc shre but ute pre
pared or prson. e had rece ed notce o what
was comng s hours be ore the messenger arr ed
rom a good man named areess and mght easy
ha e escaped. ut he re used to a a hmse o the
opportunty. e sad : go as wngy to ondon
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at ths present beng caed by my prnce to render
a rec onng o my doctrne as e er went to any
pace n the word. nd do not doubt but that
God as he hath made me worthy to preach hs word
to two e ceent prnces so he w enabe me to wt
ness the same unto the thrd. n ths sprt he rode
cheer uy up to ondon and sad as he passed
through mth ed where heretcs were generay
burned mth ed has ong groaned or e.
atmer was at once commtted to the Tower n
company wth ranmer dey and rad ord and
or want o room a the our were con ned n one
chamber. There these our martyrs to use od at
mer s words dd together read o er the ew Testa
ment wth great deberaton and pan u study and
unanmousy agreed that transubstantaton was not
to be ound n t. rom the Tower the three bshops
were remo ed to ord n 1554 and there n 1555
atmer and dey were burnt a e at the sta e as
obstnate heretcs.
atmer s conduct n prson was answerabe to hs
pre ous e. or two ong years he ne er ost hs
sprts and hs ath and patence ne er aed hm.
Much o hs tme was spent n readng the be. e
says hmse : read the ew Testament o er se en
tmes whe was n prson. Much o hs tme was
spent n prayer : ugustne ernher hs ath u ser
ant tes us that he o ten contnued neeng so ong
that he was not abe to get up rom hs nees wth
out hep. Three thngs he used especay to men-
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ton n hs prayers at ths tme. ne was that as
God had apponted hm to be a preacher and pro es
sor o hs word so he woud g e -hm grace to stand
to s doctrne t hs death. nother was that
God woud o s mercy restore the Gospe o hrst
to the ream once agan : he o ten repeated these two
words once agan. The thrd was that God
woud preser e the prncess abeth and ma e her
a com ort to ngand. t s a str ng act that a
these three prayers were uy granted.
atmer s conduct at hs arous tras and e am
naton be ore hs Popsh persecutors was n some re
spects ser and better than that o the other mar
tyrs. e new we enough that hs death was de
termned on and he was ute rght. Gardne .the
Popsh shop o nchester had sad openy that
he woud ha e the a e ad at the root o the tree :
the bshops and most power u preachers ought cer
tany to de. onner the Popsh shop o on
don had sad : God do so to onner and more aso
one o the heretcs escape me. ctng on ths m
presson atmer tod dey be ore the tra that he
shoud say tte. They ta o a ree dsputaton
sad he but ther argument w be as t was wth
ther ore athers : e ha e a aw and by our aw
he ought to de. ctng on ths mpresson he dd
tte at hs arous tras but ma e a smpe pro es
son o hs ath. e re used to be ed away nto
engthy dscussons about the opnons o the athers
e ranmer and dey. e tod hs udges pan-
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y that the athers mght be dece ed n some
ponts and that he ony bee ed them when they
sad true and had. crpture wth them wser
and truer remar about th athers was probaby
ne er made.
The death o od atmer s so beaut uy descrbed
by o e that can not do better than g e you the
account as neary as possbe n hs words. cer
tany sha -not try to spo t by any addtons o
my own though want o tme w obge me to
abrdge t consderaby.
The pace apponted or the e ecut n says
o e was on the north sde o ord n the dtch
o er aganst ao oege. or ear o any tumut
that mght arse to pre ent ther burnng. ord
ams and the househoder o the cty were
oo tmanded by the ueen s etter to be assstant
su centy armed and when a thngs were n read
ness the prsoners were brought orth together on
the 16th o ctober 1555.
dey came rst n a urred bac gown such
as he was wont to wear as a bshop. ter hm
came atmer n a poor rsto re e roc a
worn wth hs buttoned cap and a han erche o er
hs head and a ong new shroud hangng o er hs
hose down to hs eet.
dey oo ng bac saw atmer comng a ter
to whom he sad h are ye there ea sad
Master atmer as ast as can oow. t ength
they came to the sta e one a ter the other. dey
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rst entered the pace and earnesty hodng up
both hs hands oo ed towards hea en. horty
a ter seeng atmer he ran to hm embraced and
ssed hm sayng: e o good cheer brother or
God w eth assuage the ury o the ames or
ese strengthen us to abde t.
th that he went to the sta e neeed down by
t ssed t and prayed and behnd hm atmer
neeed earnesty cang upon God. ter they
arose one ta ed -wth another a tte whe but
what they sad o e coud not earn o any man.
Then were they compeed to sten to a sermon
preached by a renegade prest named mth upon
the te t Though g e my body to be burned
and ha e not charty am nothng They at
tempted to answer the ase statements o ths ms
erabe dscourse but were not aowed. dey
sad: e then commt our cause to mghty
God who sha mpartay udge a. atmer
added hs own erse : e there s nothng hd
but t sha be made man est and sad: e cou
answer- mth we enough he mght be su ered.
They were commanded a ter ths to ma e ready
mmedatey and obeyed wth a mee ness. dey
ga e hs cothes and such thngs as he had about
hm to those who stood by and happy was he that
coud get any rag o hm. atmer ga e nothng
but uety su ered hs eeper to pu o hs hose
and hs other appare whch was ery smpe. nd
now beng strpped to hs shroud he seemed as
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comey a person to them who stood by as one coud
desre to see. nd though n hs cothes he ap
peared a wthered croo ed od man he now stood
ute uprght.
Then the smth too a chan o ron and astened
t about bott dey s and atmer s mddes to one
ta e. s he was noc ng n a stape dey too
the chan n hs hands and sad to the smth : Good
eow noc t n hard or esh w ha e ts
course. bag o gunpo-wder was ted about the
nec o each. agots were ped round them and
the horrbe preparatons were competed.
Then they brought a agot nded wth re and
ad t down at dey s eet. To whom atmer
then spa e n ths manner e o good com ort
rother dey and pay the man we sha ths day
ght such a cande by God s grace n ngand as
trust ne er sha be put out.
nd so the re beng nded when dey saw
the re amng up towards hm he cred wth a
oud oce ord nto thy hands commend my
sprt ord rece e my sprt and repeated the
atter part o ten. atmer cryng as ehementy on
the other sde o the sta e ather o hea en
rece e my sou rece ed the ame as embrac
ng t. ter he had stro ed hs ace - th hs
hands and as t were bathed them a tte n the
re he soon ded as t appeared wth ery tte
pan. nd thus much says o e concernng the
end o ths od bessed ser ant o God shop
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atmer or whose aborous ser ces rut u e
and constant death the whoe ream has cause to
g e great than s to mghty God.
nd now t s hgh tme or me to turn rom the
sub ect o atmer s e. ha e g en you a bre
s etch o hs hstory rom hs brth to hs death.
ou w easy bee e that or want o tme ha e
e t many thngs untod.
mght dwe on the good man s preachng. ew
probaby ha e e er addressed an ngsh congrega
ton wth more e ect than he dd. o doubt hs
sermons now e tant woud not sut modern taste.
They contan many uant odd and coarse thngs.
They are ery amar rambng and dscurs e
and o ten u o gosspng stores. ut a ter a
we are poor udges n these days o what a sermon
ought to b . modern sermon s too o ten a du
tame pontess regous essay u o measured
round sentences ohnsonan ngsh bad pat
tudes tmd statements and eaboratey concocted
m and water. t s a eaden sword wthout ether
pont or edge a hea y weapon and tte ey to
do much e ecuton. ut a combnaton o sound
Gospe doctrne pan a on anguage bodness
eness drectness and smpcty can ma e a
preacher ew suspect ha e e er e uaed od
atmer. mght te you o the many proo s he ga e o
courage and ath uness as a mnster. e dd not
shrn rom attac ng any body s sns e en they
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were the sns o a ng. hen enry
chec ed the d uson o the be atmer wrote
hm a pan-spo en etter ong be ore he was a
bshop remonstratng wth hm on hs conduct.
e eared God and nothng ese dd he ear.
atmer atmer he e camed at the begnnng
o one o hs sermons thou art gong to spea
be ore the hgh and mghty ng enry who
s abe he thn t to ta e thy e away. e
care u what thou sayest. ut atmer atmer
remember aso thou art about to spea be ore the
ng o tngs and ord o ords. Ta e heed that
thou dost not dspease m.
mght spea o hs unwordness. e ga e up
a rch bshoprc and retred nto pr ate e or
conscence sa e wthout a murmur. e re used
that same bshoprc agan because he et too od to
u ts dutes when he mght ha e had t by say
ng es. mght spea o hs genune ndness
o heart. e was aways the rend o the poor and
dstressed. Much o hs tme whe he stad at
ambeth was occuped n e amnng nto the cases
o peope who apped t hm or hep. mght
spea o hs dgence. To the ery end o hs e
he used to rse at two o coc n the mornng and
begn readng and study. ths and much more
mght te you but tme woud entered
nto more partcuars.
trust howe er ha e g en you acts enough
to suppy you wth some ant dea o what the man
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was. trust you are ready to agree wth me that
he was one o the best bshops ths country has e er
had and that t woud ha e been we or the hurch
o ngand more o her bshops had been e sh
op atmer and ewer e rchbshop aud.
Do not orget as you thn o er the hstory o hs
e that he s a gorous nstance o the mraces
whch the grace o God can wor . The prt can
ta e a erce Papst you see and ma e hm a ath u
Protestant. here the hand o the ord s nothng
s mpossbe. e er thn that any rend reaton
or companon s too much opposed to the Gospe to
become a true hrstan. way wth the dea 1
There are no hopeess cases under the Gospe. e
member atmer and ne er despar.
Do not orget as you thn o er atmer s ast
days that he s a gorous proo that esus can sus
tan hs peope e en n the re and w be a present
hep to those who trust hm n ther tme o need.
Thn not or a moment that any thng s too hard
to be borne God be wth you. Do not g e up
regon because you see ery tras n your way be
cause your pace s un a orabe and crcumstances
are aganst you. emember od atmer at the
sta e and ne er be cast down.
. The thrd and ast thng whch proposed
to do to-nght was to g e you a bre account o
some o atmer s opnons.
as your especa attenton to ths porton o the
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e enng s ecture. The crcumstances o the tmes
you e n n est the sub ect wth more than ord
nary mportance.
ou e n days when ery strange statements
are made n some uarters as to the true doctrnes o
the hurch o ngand. ou e n days when
sem-Popsh ews about the rue o ath about
ust caton: about regeneraton about the sacra
ments about preachng are urged upon the atten
ton o oung ngand and when the ad ocates and
teachers these ews are cooy arrogatng to them
se es the credt o beng the ony sound hurch
men. t s to no purpose that those who repudate these
sem-Popsh ews chaenge ther ad ocates tp pro e
them by crpture. The ready answer s at once
g en that whether these ews are scrptura or
not there can be no doubt they are church ews.
t s to no purpose that we deny these ews are to
be ound n the rtces turgy and omes o
the hurch o ngand when honesty and consst
enty nterpreted. e are uety tod that we
now nothng about the matter. e are stupd.
e are dense. e are bnd. e are gnorant.
e do not understand pan ngsh They are the
true men. Ther ews are the true hurch ews
and we dsagree wth them we must be ute
wrong. n short we are e t to n er that we are
honest and consstent we ought to ea e our dear
od hurch and g e t up to them-. ou now we
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am descrbng thngs whch are gong on n e ery
part o the and.
ow as matters ha e come to ths pass et us see
whether we can not throw a tte ght on the sub
ect by oo ng bac three hundred years. et us
n ure what were the ews o the men who ad the
oundatons o the hurch o ngand and are no
torousy the athers o the rtces om es and
turgy. et us put od atmer nto the -wtness-
bo to-nght and see what hs opnons were upon
the ponts n dspute. n honored member o the
hurch o ngand at the perod when the doctrnes
o the hurch were rst brought nto shape and
orm a near and dear rend and ad ser o rch
bshop ranmer an assstant n the composton o
the rst boo o omes a bshop whose ortho
do y and soundness were ne er caed n ueston
or a moment by hs cotemporares any man
nows what a true hurchman ought to hod. shop
atmer must surety be that man hs - ews are
not true hurch ews now not whose are.
ear wth me then or a ew mnutes whe
g e you some e tracts rom atmer s wor s. ear
wth me whe try to con rm your mnds on the
mportant ueston o the present day who s and
who s not a true hurchman
rst o a. hat dd shop atmer thn about
PT Ths s a pont wth whch the ery
e stence o true regon s bound up. ome hurch
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rtce that the be aone s not the rue o ath
and s not abe to ma e a man wse unto sa aton.
o t must be the be and the athers or the
be and athoc tradton or the be and the
hurch or the be e paned by the Prayer oo
or the be e paned by an pscopay ordaned
man -but not the be aone. ow et us hear
shop atmer.
e says n a sermon be ore dward . : w
te you what a bshop o ths ream once sad to me.
e sent or me and mar eed that woud not con
sent to such tradton as were set out. nd an
swered hm that woud be rued by God s boo
and rather than depart one ot rom t woud be
torn by wd horses. chancad n our communca
ton to name the ord s upper. Tush sath the
shop what do you ca the ord s upper hat
new term s ths There stood by hm one Dr.
Dubber. e dubbed hm by and by and sad that
ths term was sedom read n the doctors. nd
made answer that woud rather oow Pau n
usng hs terms than them though they had a the
doctors on ther sde. or s . 121.
e says agan n hs on erence wth dey:
ayman earng God s much more t to understand
hoy crpture than any arrogant or proud prest
yea than the bshop hmse be he e er so great and
gsterng n hs pont cas. ut what s to be sad
o the athers ow are they to be esteemed t.
ugustne answereth g ng thscrue that we shoud
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not there ore thn t true because they say so do
they ne er so much e ceed n honess and earnng
but they be abe to pro e ther sayng by canonca
crpture or by good probabe reasons meanng
that to be a probabe reason thn whch doth or
dery o o-w upon a rght coecton and gatherng
out o the hoy crptures
et the Papsts go wth ther ong ath. e you
contented- wth the -short ath o the sants whch s
re eaed to us n the word o God wrtten. deu
to a Popsh antases. men or one man ha ng
the crpture and gogd reason or hm s more to
be esteemed hmse aone than a thousand such as
they ether gathered together or succeedng one an
other. The athers ha e both herbs and weeds and
Papsts commony gather the weeds and ea e the
herbs. dey s or s p. 114. Par er s dton.
ma e no comment on these passages they spea
o themse es.
n the ne t pace what dd shop atmer thn
about ust caton hy ath Ths s the- doctrne whch
uther truy caed the crteron o a standng or
ang church. Ths s the doctrne whch n spte
o the e enth rtce o our hurch many are
now tryng to obscure by mngng up wth t
baptsm the ord s upper our own wor s and
now not what besdes. ow et us hear shop
atmer. e says n a sermon preached at Grmsthorpe:
hrst reputeth a those or ust hoy and accepta-
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be be ore God whch bee e n hm whch put
ther trust hope and con dence n hm. y hs
passon whch he su ered he merted that as many
as bee e n hm sha be as we ust ed by hm as
though they had ne er done any sn and as though
they had u ed the aw to the uttermost. or- we
wthout hm are under the curse o the aw. The
aw condemneth us. The aw s not abe to hep us.
nd yet the mper ecton s not n the aw but n us.
The aw tse s hoy and good but we are not abe
to eep t and so the aw condemneth us. ut
hrst wth hs death hath de ered us rom the curse
o the aw. e hath set us at berty and proms
ed that when we bee e n hm we sha not persh
the aw sha not condemn us. There ore et us
study to bee e n hrst. et us put a our hope
trust and con dence ony n hm. et us patch hm
wth nothng or as tod you be ore our merts
are not abe to deser e e erastng e. t s too
precous a thng to be merted by man. t s hs
dong ony. God hath g en hm to us to be our de-
erer and to g e us e erastng e. . 125.
e says agan n another sermon: earn to
abhor ths most detestabe and dangerous. .poson o
the Papsts whch go about to thrust hrst out o
hs o ce. earn say to ea e a Papstry and to
stc ony to the word o God whch teacheth that
hrst s not ony a udge but a ust er a g er o
sa aton and a ta er away o sn. e purchased
our sa aton through hs pan u death and we re-
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ce e the same through bee ng n hm as t. Pau
teacheth us sayng reey ye are ust ed through
ath. n these words o t. Pau a merts and
estmaton o wor s are e cuded and cean ta en
away. or t were or our wor s sa e then t
were not reey but t. Pau sa h. reey. hether
w you now bee e t.. Pau or the Papsts
. 147. e says agan n another sermon : hrst ony
and no man ese merted remsson ust caton and
eterna ecty or as many s e w bee e the same.
They that w not behe e t sha not ha e t or t
s no more but bee e and ha e. . 421.
nce more say these passages re ure no com
ment o mne. They spea or themse es.
n the ne t pace what dd shop atmer thn
about regeneraton Ths as you are a aware s the
sub ect o one o the great contro erses o the day.
Muttudes o hurchmen n spte o the e enteenth
rtce and the omy or ht- unday mantan
that a bapt ed persons are necessary regenerate
and rece e grace and the oy Ghost at the mo
ment they are bapt ed. n a word they te us that
e ery man woman and chd who has rece ed bap
tsm has aso rece ed regeneraton and that e ery
congregaton n the hurch o ngand shoud be
addressed as an assemby o regenerated persons.
ow et us hear shop atmer.
e says n a sermon preached n nconshre:
There be two manner o men. ome there be that
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be not ust ed not regenerate not yet n the state
o sa aton that s to say not God s ser ants. They
ac the reno aton or regeneraton. They be not
yet come to hrst. . 7. e says n a sermon
preached be ore dward . : hrst sath
cept a man be born rom abo e he can not see the
ngdom o God. e must .ha e a regeneraton.
nd what s ths regeneraton t s not to he chrst
ened n water as those rebrands e pound t and
nothng ese. ow s t to be e pounded then t.
Peter showeth that one pace o crpture decareth
another. t s the crcumstance and coecton o
paces that ma eth crpture pan. e be born
agan says Peter and how ot by a morta seed
but an mmorta. hat s the mmorta seed y
the word o the ng God by the word o God
preached and opened. Thus cometh n our new
brth. . 202. e says n another nconshre
sermon : Preachng s God s nstrument whereby he
wor eth ath n our hearts. ur a our sath to
codemus cept a man be born anew he can not
see the ngdom o God. ut how cometh ths re
generaton y hearng and bee ng the word o
God or so sath t. Peter. . 471.
nce more say these passages re ure no com
ment o mne. They spea or themse es.
n the ne t pace what dd shop atmer thn
about the ord s upper Ths need hardy say
s a sub ect about whch ery unprotestant doctrne
s o ten taught n the present day. ome around us.
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n the ace o the Twenty-eghth rtce spea o thg
sacrament n such a manner that t s hard to see the
d erence between ther doctrne and Popsh tran
substantaton or the sacr ce o the nass. ow et
us hear shop atmer.
e says n hs dsputaton at ord : n the
sacrament there s none other presence o hrst re
ured than a sprtua presence. nd ths presence
s su cent or a hrstan man as the presence by
whch we abde n hrst and hrst n us to the ob
tanng o eterna e we perse ere n the true Gps
pe. nd ths same presence may be caed a rea
presence because to the ath u bee er therers the
rea and sprtua body o hrst. . 252. e says
n the same dsputaton: hrst spa e ne er a word
o sacr cng or sayng o mass nor promsed the
hearers any reward but among the doaters wth the
de and hs anges e cept they repent speedy.
There ore sacr cng prests shoud now cease or
e er or now a men ought to o er ther own bodes
a uc sacr ce hoy and acceptabe be ore God.
The supper o the ord was nsttuted to pro o e
us to than sg ng and to str us up by preachng
o the Gospe to remember hs death t he cometh
agan. . 256. e says n hs ast e amnaton :
There s a change n the bread and wne and such
a cha nge as no power but the omnpotency o God
can ma e n that that whch be ore was bread shoud
now ha e the dgnty to e hbt hrst s body. nd
yet eth bread s st bread and the wne st wne.
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or the change s not n the nature but the dgnty.
. 286. e says n one o hs nconshre sermons :
hosoe er eateth the mystca bread and drn eth
the mystca wne worthy accordng to the ord
nance o hrst he rece eth surey the ery body
and bood o hrst sprtuay as t sha be most
com ortabe to hs sou. e eateth .wth the mouth
o hs sou and dgesteth wth the stomach o hs
sou the body o hrst. nd to be short whoso
e er bee eth n hrst putteth hs hope trust and
con dence n hm he eatoth and drn eth hm. or
the sprtua eatng s the rght eatng to eterna e
not the corporea eatng. . 459.
nce more say tna e no comment on these
passages. They spea or themse es.
t woud be easy to mutpy uotatons o ths
nd to an endess ength tme permtted. There
s hardy a cpntro erted sub ect n the present day on
whch coud not g e you some pan scrptura
sensbe sound opnon o shop atmer.
oud you e to now what he thoght about
preachng Dd he thn tte o t as some do n
ths day and regard t as a means o grace ery sub
ordnate to sacraments and ser ces o ndeed
he dd not. e cas t the o ce o sa aton and
the o ce o regeneraton. e says : Ta e away
preachng and ta e away sa aton. e says : Ths
o ce o preachng s the ony ordnary way that God
hath apponted to sa e us a. et us mantan ths
or now none other. e decares that Preach-
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ng s the thng the de wrested most aganst. t
hath been a hs study to decay ths o ce. e
wor eth aganst t as much as he can. e hath made
unpreachng preates and strred them up by heaps
to persecute ths o ce n the tte o hersey. . 203
155 306 349 202.
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gorgeous ceremona and candes n churches e
says pany that these thngs come rom the de .
here the de s resdent and hath hs pough
gong there away wth boo and up wth candes
away wth be and up wth beads away -wth the
ght o the Gospe and up wth the hght o candes
yea e en at noon-day ._ here the de s resdent
that he may pre a up wth a superstton and
doatry censng pantng o mages candes pams
ashes hoy water and new ser ces o man s n ent-
ng. . 71.
oud you e to now what he thought about
unty Dd he thn as some do now that t s the
one thng need u and that we shoud g e up e ery
thng n order to attan t o ndeed. e says :
nty must be accordng to God s hoy word or
ese t were better war than peace. e ought ne er
to regard unty so much that we shoud orsa e God s
word or her sa e. . 487.
oud you e to now what he thpught about
the oregn re ormers Dd he ghty esteem them
as some do now-a-days because they dd not retan
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heard say Meancthon that great cer shoud come
hther. woud wsh hm and such as he s to ha e
2001. a-year. The ng woud ne er want t. There
s yet among us two great earned men Peter Mar
tyr and ernard chn whch ha e a hundred mar s
a-pece. woud the ng woud bestow a thousand
pounds on that sort. . 141.
oud you e to now what he thought about
councs and con ocatons Dd he regard them as the
grand panacea or a eccesastca e- s e those
around us whose cry s G e us synodca acton
or we de e says to dey: Touchng councs
and con ocatons re er you to your own e perence
to thn o our own country s paraments and con o
catons. The more part n my tme dd brng orth
the rtces. terward the more part dd re
pea the same. The same rtces are now agan re
stored. h what uncertanty s ths. nd he says
n another pace: More credence s to be g en to
one man ha ng the o ord o God or hm than
to ten thousand wthout the ord. t agree wth
God s word t s to be rece ed. t agree not t s
not to be rece ed though a counc had determned
t. dey 180 atm. . 288.
oud you e to now what he hought o
thorough-gong Protestant preachng Dd he thn
as some do now that a sermon contans a good
dea o truth a tte ase doctrne may be e cused
and aowed o ndeed he dd not. e says:
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62 P at ee.
good and gody sermon but at the ast they w ha e
a banched amond one tte pece o Popery patch
ed n to powder ther matter wth or ther own ucre
and gory. They ma e a mngng o the way o
God and- man s way a mnge-mange as men ser e
pgs n my country. . 290.
w not detan you any onger wth these e
tracts. w ony as you to. remember we whose
words ha e been uotng and when they were
spo en. These words were not spo en ast year. They dd
not a rom the ps o the rectors o t. George s
oomsbury or t. Mary htechape or t.
George s outhwar . They were not spo en by the
mnsters o Par hape hesea or o Portman
hape or the oc or t. ohn s ed ord ow or
by some pat orm orator at eter a. o the
words ha e uoted are three hundred years od.
They are the words o one o the best bshops the
hurch o ngand e er had. They are the words
o the man who heped to compose our rst boo o
omes. They are the words o the rend and ad
ser o rchbshop ranmer. They are the words
o one whom ng and parament deghted to
honor. hy was the spea er o these words not cast out
o the hurch hy was he not reprmanded
hy was he not re ed as a man o ow unchurch-
man e opnons hy was he not proceeded
aganst and persecuted or hs ews ow s t
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that he -was persecuted ony by Papsts but aways
honored by Protestants persecuted by onner
Gardner and boody Mary but honored by ran
mer dey and dward .
w g e you a pan answer to these uestons.
answer them by sayng that three hundred years
ago no man n hs senses doubted that atmer s
opnons were the rea opnons o the hurch o
ngand. go on urther to a rm that the truest
and best members o the hurch o ngand at the
present day are those whose ews are most n har
mony wth those o good shop atmer. nd
say that to te men who o e the hurch o ng
and wth deep a ecton that they are not sound
hurchmen merey because they agree wth atmer
and not wth aud s to brng aganst them a most
un ar an unwarrantabe charge.
nd now et me concude ths ecture wth three
practca remar s.
or one thng et me ad se the members o the
hurch o ngand oung Men s ocety to ta e care
that ther ocety ne er departs rom ts deca/red prnc--
pes. ound prncpes are the roots o a ocety s
success. thout these your means and appances
or dong good w pro e comparat ey useess.
our brares and readng-rooms and ectures w
a to con er on you astng bene ts. thout
sound prncpes they may oo we n your annua
reports but e a tree rotten at the root they w
brng no rut to per ecton.
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Ta e up your stand body on the prncpe o the
ngsh e ormers. e er shrn rom a owng
yourse es to be a thoroughy Protestant and an
geca body. Do not be shy o those two words.
uch a owa may ose you the support o a ew pre
tended rends who -w drop o e ea es n au
tumn when they see your decson. t -w how
e er strengthen you n the ong run and ma e you
an e ergreen tree. Pardon the reedom o ths hnt.
g e t because you e n e days and because
am an ous you shoud host the rght coors and
be an unmsta abe ocety.
n the ne t pace et me earnesty e hort you as
nd duas ne er to he ashamed o hodng what are
caed angeca ews wthn the hurch o ngand.
sten not to those supercous gentemen on the
one sde y o woud ha e you bee e that you are
not gh- hurchmen e themse es you are no
hurchmen at a. sten not to those e ceedngy
nd rends on the other sde who try to persuade
you that the stabshed hurch s a reguar Popsh
concern and ought to be e t at once. oth these
are ancent trc s. ganst both those trc s be on
your guard.
Do not be bued out o the hurch o ngand
by the gh- hurchmen s asserton that you are ony
a toerated party and ha e no busness by hs sde.
o doubt you e n a communon where great ree
dom o opnon s aowed. ut to te men o an
geca ews that they are merey toerated s a down-
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rght nsut to the memory o the e ormers. et
us ma e answer to peope who te us so that
they ha e orgotten atmer and three hundred years
ago we ha e not. et us say that we are not gong
to desert the hurch o atmer n order to pease
men who wsh to ord t o er God s hertage and
ha e thngs a ther own way. ure am that
mght shoud e er pre a o er rght and the rends
o atmer shoud be thrust out o the hurch by orce
and the ouse o ommons shoud be mad enough
to sancton t sure am that the men thrust out
- woud be better hurchmen than the men e t be
hnd. nd do not be wheeded out o the hurch by
the arguments o men outsde who woud probaby
be gad to be n t they ony saw the way. hen
the o n an od abe coud not reach the
grapes he sad they were sour. hen the o n
another abe ost hs ta n a trap he tred to per
suade hs rends that o es dd much better -wthout
tas and ad sed them to get rd o ther own. Do
not orget the mora o that abe. est assured that
wth a ts auts and de ects the hurch o ngand
has ery hgh pr eges to o er to ts members.
Thn we about these pr eges. Do not be a
ways porng o er the de ects. eso e that you w
not ghty cast these pr eges away.
bo e a ne er ne er orget that angeca
Tews are not ony theoretcay sound and agreeabe
to the mnd o the e ormers but that they are aso
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o ta portance to the ery e stence o the
hurch o ngand. e er has our beo ed hurch
stood so ow n ths country as when e angeca
ews ha e been at ero and amost orgotten.
e er has she stood so hgh as when the ews o
atmer and the e ormers ha e been honesty
preached and carred out. o ar rom beng
ashamed o angeca opnons you may be sats
ed that the mantenance o them s rapdy becom
ng a matter o e or death to your own commun
on. Ta e away atmer s ews and rmy be
e e the whoe stabshment woud coapse be ore
the pressure rom wthout and come to the ground.
ast o a et me entreat you a as ngshmen
to heware o countenancng any retrograde mo ement
n ths country towards the hurch o ome and to re
sst such mo ement hy e ery means n your power rom
ohate er uarter t may come.
am sure that ths warnng s one whch the
tmes oudy ca or. The hurch o ome has
rsen up amongst us wth renewed strength n the
ast ew years. he does not dsguse her hope that
ngand the ost panet w soon resume her orbt
n the so-caed athoc system and once more re
o e n bnd obedence round the centre o the
atcan. he has succeeded n bndng the eyes p
gnorant persons to her rea character. he has suc
ceeded n securng the une pected ad o msguded
men wthn our own stabshment. hundred
tte symptoms around us te us how rea the dan-
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ger s. aud and the non urors are cred up at
mer and the e ormers are cred down. storca
wor s are ndustrousy crcuated n whch boody
Mary s prased and Protestant abeth bamed.
morbd tenderness towards omansts and a ru
ent btterness towards Dssenters ha e sprung up
sde by sde. n unheathy attenton s pad to
what s caed medae a taste. Thousands o tracts
are sown broad-cast o er the and n whch the three
eadng phrases to be seen are generay those three
omnous words prest cathoc and church.
The use o the rosary prayers or the dead and the
a Mary s deberatey recommended to the mem
bers o the ngsh hurch. tte by tte 1 ear
the edge b ngsh eeng about Popery s becomng
bunt and du. urey ha e good reason to te
you to beware o the hurch o ome.
emember thp dar ness n whch ome ept
ngand when she ast had the supreme power
emember the gross gnorance and degradng
supersttons whch pre aed n shop atmer s
youth. Thn not or a moment that these are
ancent thngs and that ome s changed. The
hoy-coat o Tre es the wn ng pcture at mn
the menta thradom n whch unhappy tay s
ept the notorous practces whch go on n the
oy ty to ths day are a wtnesses that ome
when she has power s not changed at a. e
member ths and beware.
emember the horrbe persecutons whch ome
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carred on aganst true regon when she ast had
uncontroed sway n ths country. emember the
atroctes whch dsgraced the days o boody Mary
and the burnng o shop atmer. Thn not or
a moment that ome s atered. The persecuton o
be readers n Madera and the mprsonment o
the Mada are unmsta abe proo s that a ter
three hundred years the od persecutng sprt o
ome st remans as strong as e er. emember
ths aso and beware.
ha we n the ace o such acts as these return
to the bondage n whch our ore athers were ept
ha we g e up our bes or be content to sue
or sacerdota cense to read them ha we sub
mt ourse es humby to taan prests ha we
go bac to the adoraton o pgs bones duc s bood
and sants toe-nas God orbd 1 say or one
God orbd et the dog return to hs omt. et
the sow that was washed return to her waowng
n the mre. et the dotc prsoner go bac to hs
chans. ut God orbd that srae shoud return
to gypt God orbd that ngand shoud go bac
nto the arms o ome God orbd that od at
mer s cande shoud e er be put out
or e ery one you woud pre ent such a
mserabe consummaton. or hard or the e ten
son o pure scrptura and e angehca regon at
home and abroad. abor to spread t among the
ews among the oman athocs among the
heathen. abor not east to preser e and mantan
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t by e ery consttutona means n your own
hurch. hersh e ery one you woud pre ent the
ncrease o omansm chersh and cut ate a
brothery eeng towards a orthodo Protestants
by whate er name they may be caed. way wth
the od rubbshy opnon that the hurch o ng
and occupes a mdde poston a a meda between
dssent and ome. ast t away or t s ase.
ou mght as we ta o the se o ght beng
mdway between ngand and rance. etween us
and ome there s a gu and a broad and deep
gu too. etween us and orthodo Protestant ds
sent there s but a thn partton wa. etween
us and ome the d erences are about essenta
doctrnes and thngs absoutey necessary to sa
aton. etween us and Dssent the d son s
about thngs nd erent thngs n whch a man may
err and yet be sa ed. ome s a downrght open
enemy attac ng the ery oundaton o our regon.
Dssent s an ay and rendy power not wearng
our un orm nor yet as we thn so we e upped
as we are but st an ay and ghtng on the same
sde. h do not et ths hnt be thrown away.
hersh do beseech you a nd brothery eeng
towards a who o e the same a our bee e the
same doctrnes and honor the same be as your
se es. Pray e ery one you woud pre ent the ncrease
o omansm pray nght and day that God may
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preser e ths country rom Popery and not dea wth
t accordng to ts sns. t s a str ng act that
amost the ast prayer o good ng dward . on
hs death-bed was a prayer to ths e ect : my
ord God de end ths re.am rom Papstry and
mantan thy true regon. There was. a prayer n
the tany o our Prayer oo n 1549 whch
thn ne er ought to ha e been cast omt o t.
- rom a sedton and pr y conspracy M
T TT nsrT T P P M D
D T T M T rom a asc doctrnc
and heresy rom hardness o heart and contempt
o thy word and commandments. Good ord de er
us To that prayer may you e er be abe to say
hearty. men and amen
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