He will come upon such a day as we nothing look for him, and at such hour as we know not.  He will come and cut us in pieces.  He will reward us as he doth the hypocrites.  He will set us where wailing shall be, my brethren; where gnashing of teeth shall be, my brethren.  And let here be the end of our tragedy, if ye will.  These be the delicate dishes prepared for the world’s well-beloved children.  These be the wafers and junkets provided for worldly prelates—­wailing and gnashing of teeth.  Can there be any mirth, where these two courses last all the feast?  Here we laugh, there we shall weep.  Our teeth make merry here, ever dashing in delicates; there we shall be torn with teeth, and do nothing but gnash and grind our own.  To what end have we now excelled other in policy?  What have we brought forth at the last?  Ye see, brethren, what sorrow, what punishment is provided for you, if ye be worldlings.  If ye will not thus be vexed, be ye not the children of the world.  If ye will not be the children of the world, be not stricken with the love of worldly things; lean not upon them.  If ye will not die eternally, live not worldly.  Come, go to; leave the love of your profit; study for the glory and profit of Christ; seek in your consultations such things as pertain to Christ, and bring forth at the last somewhat that may please Christ.  Feed ye tenderly, with all diligence, the flock of Christ.  Preach truly the word of God.  Love the light, walk in the light, and so be ye the children of light while ye are in this world, that ye may shine in the world that is to come bright as the sun, with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; to whom be all honour, praise, and glory.  Amen.

A SERMON OF THE REVEREND FATHER MASTER HUGH LATIMER, PREACHED IN THE SHROUDS AT ST. PAUL’S CHURCH IN LONDON, ON THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, ANNO 1548.

   Quaeunque scripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt.—­Rom. xv.
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“All things which are written, are written for our erudition and knowledge.  All things that are written in God’s book, in the Bible book, in the book of the holy scripture, are written to be our doctrine.”

I told you in my first sermon, honourable audience, that I purposed to declare unto you two things.  The one, what seed should be sown in God’s field, in God’s plough land; and the other, who should be the sowers:  that is to say, what doctrine is to be taught in Christ’s church and congregation, and what men should be the teachers and preachers of it.  The first part I have told you in the three sermons past, in which I have assayed to set forth my plough, to prove what I could do.  And now I shall tell you who be the ploughers:  for God’s word is a seed to be sown in God’s field, that is, the faithful congregation, and the preacher is the sower.  And it is in the gospel:  Exivit qui seminat seminare semen suum; “He that soweth, the husbandman, the ploughman, went forth to