Twenty-Seven Sermons, Sermons 1 · Sermon 2
¶ The second sermon vponupon the Lordes prayer made by maister ….
SANCTIFICETVR nomen tuum. Halowed be thy name. These fewe words contain the firste petition of the Lordes prayer, the other wordes which go before this, be no parte of this petition, but rather an introduction vn to these petitions and they bee like a preface, or learned entrance to the matter, that the petitions mighte bee the sooner and with more fauoure hearde. For oure Sauiour beeynge a perfecte scholemayster as a learned and an experte orator, teacheth vsus, howe we shoulde begynne our prayer, that we might be spedily hearde, and howe to gette fauour at gods hande.
I hauehave a maner of teaching which is very tedious to themRepetitiōs are more … then pleasant. that bee learned. I am wonte euer to repete those thynges whiche I hauehave sayed before, which repetitions are nothing pleasaunte to the learned, but it is no matter, I care not for them, I seke more the profite of those whiche be ignorant,… is the … that preachers ought chief ly to …. than to please learned men. Therfore I often times repete suche thinges whiche bee nedefull for them to knowe, for I would speake so that they might be edified withall.
I spake some thinges this day in the cōmendation of … prayer. And first I told you that it was our … owne making and handworke, which is a perfecte scholemaister put in authoritie by God the heuenly father himself, which saith: Hic est filius meus dilectus, in quo mihi bene … … 17.… ipsū audite, This is my wel beloued sonne, in whome I hauehave pleasure, heare hym. This prayer is a perfect prayer,The lordes … is the sūme of all … praiers. an Abridgemente and compendious … of all other prayers. There is nothing that we hauehave nede of, neither to our soules or bodies, but it is conteined in some of these petitiōs, nor nothing that god promiseth in his word to geue vsus, but it is expressed in one of these. vii. petitions.The cause vvhy vve call god fa ther.
I shewed you this daye why we call God …, namely because he beareth a louyng and fatherly hearte towardes vsus. It is a sweete woorde Father, and a woorde that pleaseth GOD muche, whan it is spoken with a faithful heart, which aboue all thynges God requyreth. This woordeTo cal god our father. is profita … for vsus two vvais. Father, moueth Goddes affection in a maner towardes vsus, so that he hearynge the woorde Father, canne not choose but she we hymselfe a Father in deede. So that it is a woorde profytable to vsus in goddes behalfe, and agayne for oure owne selues. For it moueth GOD to pitie, and also helpeth our faith: So that wee doubte not, but that we shall fynde hym a Father, whyche wyll graunte oure requestes and petitions made vntounto hym in the name of Christe. Nowe what craftes and conueyaunccs the deuyll vseth to withdrawe and lette vsus from prayer, I tolde you to daye afore noone. If you … prayers you shall fynde the temptations of the deuyll, for he sleapeth not: he euer intendeth to withdrawe vsus from prayer. But I toldeVVith faith vve must fighte … the …. you what remedye you shall vse agaynste hym, howe you shall stryue agaynste hym, namely with Faythe, … that oure Sauiour hath taken awaye our synnes, … that they can not … vsus. For they bee no … in theChrist hath … avvay oure sinnes and the … due … sinnes. sight of GOD: for he hath taken away bothe the giltinesse of sinnes, and the paines and punishementes which folow synnes. Christ hath deserued that those whiche beleeue in hym shall be quite from all theyr synnes. These benefites of Christe are … oute in Scripture in many places, and these be the weapons wherwith we must fighte agaynst the deuill, and his illusions: not with holy water, for I telle you the deuill is not afrayde of holye water: It is ChristeThe diuel is not afraid of holy vva ter. that hath gotten the victorie ouer hym, it is he that vanquisheth the serpentes head, and not holy water. Further in that we call hym Father, his will and fatherly affections ar expressed: that we call hym Heauenly Father, his might and power, his … is expounded vntounto vsus. So that you perceyue that he is bothe louyng and kynde towardes …, that he heareth a good wyll, & also is able to helpe, ableGod is both vvilling and able to help …. to defende vsus frome all oure ennemies spirituall and temporall. Therefore lette vsus put our truste and confidence in hym: lette vsus not despayre of his healpe, seyng he is so louyng, kynde, and gentill towardes vsus, and than so mightie,VVe hauehave no cause to dispeir of helpe at his hande that is both able and vvil. … to help …. that he hath all thynges in his handes. This affection and louelove towardes vsus, passeth all motherly affections. And here I broughte in to daye a womanne whyche was accused that she shoulde hauehave kylled her chylde, I tolds you what busynesse good mayster Bilney and I had with her, afore we coulde brynge her to a good trade. For she thought her selfe to bee … if she shoulde suffre before her …. There I tolde you that purification isGood Bil ney and good … to … a poore vvo man. continued in the Churche of GOD, for naturall honestles sake, that manne and wyfe shoulde not companye together asore that tyme, and not to that ende that it shoulde clcanse frome synne. For there is nothynge that cleanseth frome synne, neyther in heauen nor in earthe,OnelyOnly the … of … sethe from sinne. sauyng onelyonly the bloode of oure Sauiour Iesu Christe.
For howe can a woman hauyng company; with her husbande, and bryngynge foorthe chyldren accordynge vntounto Goddes Iniunction: Howe canne she be made an heathen woman, dooynge nothyng but that GOD hatheTo do that god com mauudeth is not sinne commaunded her to doo? Therefore agaynste suche foolyshe opinions that women baue hauehave, thynkyng theym selues oute of the fauoure of GOD, lyenge in chyldebedde. I spake to daye, and tolde you howe that it is no offence afore GOD: onelyonly let euerye manne and wyfeA man may syn deadlye vvith his ovvne vvise take heede and vse themselues honestlye: for a man maye sin deadly with his own wife, if he … to Gods ordre mysuse her. Further you hauehave heard how yt good wil of god towards vsus is sett out by this worde Father, and his powerTo … vsus …. and omnipotencie by this woorde Heauenly. But I would hauehave you to consider well this woorde Oure. For it is a great helpe vntounto vsus, and strengtheth muche our faithe, so that we may be assured, that eueryevery good mā in the whole world wil pray for vsus and with vsus, whiles we hauehave one father, and one maner of prayer. And this woorde Our, putteth vsus in remembrance that we bee bretherne in Christe: where we be admonished to despise no man, be he neuer soPrinces and plovvmen are al made of one matter. miserable or poore, for we hauehave all one Father, which hath made vsus all of one mettall of earth. So that the hygheste prince in the world is made as wel of earth, as the poorest, and so shal turne into the same again as well as the poorest shepard. Let these proude persons marke this well, which be euer ready to despise eueryevery man. Suche proude persons say neuer the Lordes prayer with good mynde: yea God is not their Father. For he abhorreth all prowdnes, therforeThe proud mās father is in hell. suche stubborne folowes whan they wyll praye, they should not say, Our father which art in heauen, but rather, Oure father whiche art in helle. God is their Father, as concernyng their substaunce, for he geueth them soules and bodies: but they make theim selues the membres of the deuyll, contrarye vntounto goddes will and pleasure. Therefore sette asyde all arrogancie and proudenesse. Lyke wyse all superstitious and hypocriticall babblyng, speakyng many… in prayer is compared to the … of a false aduocate at a …. wordes to littel purpose. As I heard saye of some lawyers, which babble and prate, and pretende a great diligence and earneste desyre to defende the … mannes cause, but in theyr heartes they bee false, they sceke moneye, and nothynge elles, so that theyr hartes and mouthe disagree.
Lette vsus (I saye) not folowe suche Lawyers, lette vsus not make a shewe of holynesse with muche babblynge: for GOD hathe no pleasure in it, therefore awaye with it: yea not alone with this, but with all that maye lette vsus in oure prayer, sette it asyde, and … reucrentely to talke with GOD, like as whan you go to the communton you must be prepared vntounto it, you must be in charitie withAs vve com municate so vvhē vve pray vve must be pre pa …. your neigbbor: so like wyse whan you wyll talke with god, and pray to hym, you muste be prepared.
Here you may perceiue, that all those persons that wyll not be corrected for their faultes, that can not beare godly admonitions, they talke neuer with God to his pleasure, they be not ruled by Gods spirite, and so not mete for hym.VVhat maner of per sons they be … god vvill not heare. All rebellious persones, all bloodthirstie persons: all couetous persones, all lecherous persons, all lyars, dronkards, and such lyke, be not in the case to talke with God. GOD wyll not heare them, he can not abide them: they stynke before his face, as long as they come before him with such abhominable synnes, not intending to leaue them. Remember nowe what a doctrine is … in this preface,One praier vvith vnderunder standing is better then … vvithout. weigh it, for it is better to say it sententiously one time than to runne it ouer an hundreth … with humblynge and mumbling.
Nowe whan we hauehave begon as we oughte to doo, what shall we desyre? … nomen tuum, Halowed be thy name. Thy name Father, be halowed, be sanctified, be ma …. What is this? What ment our sauior whan he cō mandeth vsus that we shall desire that Gods name … halowed? There is a great numbre of people which speke these woordes with their mouthe, but not with …, contrarie to that sayeng: Quicquid …, …,Musculus tanquam cupientes habere. But they saye it withoute knowledge, therfore they saye it not, vt oportet, as they oughte to doo. Thy name, we require not that his nameThe mea ning of the second peti …. maye bee halowed in hym, for this is all ready done without oure prayer: but we desire that he wyll geue vsus grace, and assyste vsus, that we in all oure dooynges thorough out our lyfe may sanctifie his name.
And here we are admonyshed agayne of louelove and charitie: For whan we saye, Halowed be thy name, wee aske in all mennes names, where wee maye perceaue what Communion and felowshyppe is betweene the faythefull … of GOD. For eueryevery faythfull manne and woman requireth, that the whole Churche maye halowe and sanctifie Gods worde. What is it to be halowed? We desire that the name of God may be reueled, opened, manifested and credited thorow out all the world. What is godsVVhat the name of god is. Exo. 9. name? mary all that is spoken of hym in holye Scripture that is his name. he is called clemens, gracious, misericors, mercifull, iustus, rightuous, puniens iniquitatem, a punisher of wickednesse, verax, true, omnipotens, almyghtie,…, 9. longanimis long suffryng, patient, fortis, hartie, ignis consumens,Rom. 3. a consumyng fyre, Rex omnis tertae, the kyng oueryt …. 10.whole erth, iudex, a iudge, saluator, a Sauior. TheseIosu. 4. and suche lyke are the names of God. Now whan I makeDeut 4. my petition vntounto hym, saying: Halowed bee thy name: IPsal. 49. desyre that his name may be …, that we may knoweNe, 9. what Scripture speaketh of hym, and so beleue that same,Exod. 22. and liue after it. I doo nat desyre that his name be halowedHie. 50. of hym selfe, for it nedeth not: he is holy alreadie. But IGene. 18. desyre that he wyll geue vsus his Spirite, that we maye expresseExod. 15. hym in all our doings and conuersations: so yt it mayPsal 18. appere by our dedes that god is euen suche one in dede asPsal. 7. scripture doth report hym. We are tried many … whetherPsal. 46. his name be halowed amongest vsus or no: he sendeth vsusEsa … trouble and aduersities to proue vsus whether we will halowVVhat per sons they be, that … lovv not gods name his name or no, but he findeth vsus cleane contrarie. For … of vsus whan we be in trouble doo runne hyther and thyther to sorcerers and wissardes to geat remedye: some agayne sweare and curse, but suche felowes halow not the name of God. But god is Vindex seuerus, a sharpe punisher, he willSapie. … punishe synne, and those whiche blaspheme his holy name.
I heard of late that there be somewicked persons (despisers of God and his benefites) whiche saie, It is no matter what so euer we do we be baptised, we can not be damned: For al those that be baptised, and be called christians shal beTo be bap tised and not to … gods com … is to bee vorse then a …. saued. This is a false & wicked opinion. And I assure you, that suche which beare the name of christians and be baptised, but folow not gods comandementes, that such felowes (I saye) be worse then the Turkes and heathen. For the Turkes and heathen hauehave made no promise vntounto Christe to serue him. These felowes hauehave made promise in Baptisme to kepe Christes rule, which thing they doo not. And therfore they be worse than … Turkes. For they breake their promise made before God and the whole cōgregation. And therfore suche christians be moste wicked persured persons, and not … be …, but they go about to make God … so muche as … in them. There be some agayne, which whan they be in trouble they call vponupon God, but heThese fel lovves be to …. cometh not by & by, mynding to proue their pacience. They perceiuing that he cōmeth not at yt first call, … ouer by & by, they will no more call vponupon hym. Do they beleue nowe thinke … they sanctifie gods holy name? God promiseth in his holy word, Omnis qui petit, EueryEvery one that calleth,Mat. 7. that … helpe of me, shall hauehave it. Item. Inuoca me in …, & exaudiam …, & glorificabis me, Call vponuponPsal 49. me in the day of trouble, and I will here thee, and thou shalt praise me. Likewise saint Paul saith: … est deus1. Cor 10. … non patietur vos tentari, supra id quod potestis, GOD is faithefull, whiche wille not suffre you to be tempted aboue it that ye be able. Nowe whan we … ouer prayer,To geue … praier in trouble is to … god a lyar. being in trouble, do we sanctifie the name of God? No no, we … and blaspheme his holy name, we make hym a lyar as much as lieth in vsus. For he saith Eripiam te, I will deliuer the, I will helpe thee. We wille calle no more: for we say, he will not helpe. So we make him and his wordsPsal. 49 a lyar. Therfore god saith to Moses and …, Quandoquidem non credidistis mihi, vt … me coram filiisNume. 20 Israel, non introduceris coetum … in …. Because ye beleued me not, to sanctifie me in the sighte of the children of Israell, therefore you shall not bryng this congregation into the lande whiche I hauehave geuen …. Where it appereth what it is to … Gods …, that is to beleue his wordes, to shew our selues that he is true inVVhat … is to halovv the name of god. his dooynges and sayinges. He say the further, A terrore eius ne …, …; animo … quin potius Dominum exercituum ipsum …, Feare them not, neither be afraide of them, but … the Lorde of hostes.Esd 8. Here you see what is to sanctifie his name, that is, to beleue that all thynges be true that be spoken of hym, that is, to beleue that our ennemies be not able to go further than it pleaseth god. And so did the Apostles whan they sufferedThe Apo stles and … did … gods name for gods sake, they beleued that god wold do with them accordyng to his woorde and promise. And so they sanctified god, that is, they declared with their actes and dedes, that God is a true and faithfull god. This dyd the martyrs of god. This did the. iii. yong men which would not worship…. …. the Idol set vp by the king, & therfore were cast into the bur ning ouen, to which pain thei wer willing to go. we know (said they) that god is able to helpe & defend vsus whan it plea seth him. So muste we likewise … oure selues vntounto the crosse, content to … what soeuer he shall laye vponupon vsus. We may call vponupon hym, and desyre his helpe, but we maye not appoynt vntounto hym wyse and way how he shal help, andVVe may not … god the maner and vvay hovv he … helpe vsus, nor …. by what meanes: neither may we appoynt hym any tyme, but onelyonly sanctifie his name, that is, to call vppon hym for …, not doutyng but whan it is to his honor & our profite to be deliuered, that he wyll healpe. But yf he helpe not, but let vsus suffre deathe, happye are we, For than we be delyuered from all trouble. And so these thre yong men sanctified the name of god, they beleued that god was a helper:To suffer death is to be deliue red from trouble. and so according to their belefe he holpe them, meruailously shewing his power, and defending them from the power of the fire. In such wise did … that good man whā Holofernes that sturdy capitain made great bragges whatAchior did sanct: fie gods name he would doo, and how he would handle the Iewes. This … knowyng god, and beleuyng hym to be the ruler ouer heauen and earthe, stepte forwarde, … sayde to Holofernes: If this people hauehave done wickednes in the sightIudith. 4. of their GOD, than let vsus go vp against them, but if this people hauehave not displeased their God, we shall not bee ableDani. 4. to withstand them, for God shall defend them. Here this Achior… 117 shewed himself to beleue that which was spokē of god…. …. 8. in …, namely yt god wold be a deliuerer & defender of those which beleue in him. But for al yt he …, being be fore a gret & mighty captain, he was now hādled … a vile beast, but what thā? happy ar those that suffre for gods sake The prophet saith: Cōmenda domino viā tuā, & …. …. Committe thy waye vntounto the lorde and he shall bring it to passe, that is to saye: whan thou art in trouble call vponupon the lord, beleue in him: and if it be good for thee, he will deliuer thee: so to sanctifie gods name is to beleue in him.
Lady Iudith that good godly and holy woman sanctifiedIudith did … gods name the name of the lord. For she and her people beyng in great distresse and miseries, she putte her hope in God, she fasted and prayed deuoutly, and afterward being moued or monishedIudith 13 by a secrete admonition, was not afraide to put her self in great daunger. In so much that she toke in hand, beyng a woman, to kyll the greate capitayne (of whom all men wer afrayde) Holofernes (I say) she was not afrayde of hym.Iudith 8 I trowe she rebuketh the priestes which would appoint godThe … did vvicked ly in apoin ting god a time. a tyme, as who saye, he shalbe no more my GOD, except he come by that tyme, whiche was verye wickedlye done of them. For we oughte to bee at his pleasure, whansoeuer and whatsoeuer he wil doe with vsus, we ought to be content withall. Yf we were earnest and zelouse as we should be, O howe hotte we woulde bee in promoting Gods honour, and sanctifyeng hys name: we woulde nor coulde not suffer that any bodye shoulde goe aboute to dishonest the holye name of GOD. But we be verye colde, we care not for his honour: we oughte to bee paciente in oure owne quarell, whan any bodye doth vsus wrong, we ought to beare and forbeare it: but in gods behalfe we oughte to be hotte and earnestIn gods qua rell vve ought to be …. to defende his honor as much as lyeth in vsus to doe. But it is cleane contrarye with vsus: for in oure owne quarell we be as hotte as coales: But in gods cause, for his honour, we care not, we regarde it as nothyng, wheras it oughte moste aboue all to bee regarded. For GOD he is iuste, rightuouse, faythfull and kynde, and therfore we oughte to take his parte. But nothing maketh more for the sanctifieng ofTo be … full to God is to sancti fy his name gods holye name, than to bee thankefull for suche giftes, as we receiue at his handes.
And this halowing standeth in all things yt may make for the furtherance of goddes honor. To heare goddes worde, and highlye to esteeme the same, that is a halowyng of goddes name. Howe halowe nowe those the name of GOD, which refuse to heare the word of God, or for lacke of preachers can not heare it, and howe can they beleue when they heare it not? Therfore they that do somwhat for the furtheranceSuche as maintayne learning … lovv gods name. of learnyng, for mainteinyng of scholes and scholers, they sanctify gods holy name: As for those preachers which hauehave bē in my time, they go away. How shal now this office of preching, ye office of saluation, how shal it be mainteined, except there be made some prouision for the same? Here I could say muche agaynst those whiche let that office, which withdraw the goodes wherwith scholes sholde be maynteined, & take it to thēselues, but my audience is not therafter. This office of preaching is ye office of saluation, for s. Paul1. Cor. 1. sayeth: Visum est deo per … saluos … The office of saluatiō.credentes. It hath pleased God to saue the beleuers by the foolyshnes of preachyng: how can they then beleue, but by and thorough the office of preachyng: preachers ar Christes vicares, legatione funguntur pro Deo, they are Christs ambassadours. Saint Paule sayth. Euangelium est potentiaPreachers are Christs vicares and embassadours. dei ad salutem omni credenti, The gospell is the power of god vntounto saluation for eueryevery beleuer, it is the mighty instrument of God.
Whan we saye, Halowed bee thy name: we desyre God that he thorough his goodnesse wyll remoue and put away all thyngs that may lette and stoppe the honor of his name. But I feare me there be manye whiche woulde not that it should be so: We desyre here that God wyll remoue all infidelity, we require that all witchecraftes be remoued, that art magike and sorcerie be pulled out, nigromancy taken awaye: and so nothing lefte but his holye worde, wherewyth we may daily praise the name of God. For I feare me thereSorcerers dishonor the name of god. be a great meany in Englande which vse suche sorceries to the dishonor of God and theyr owne damnation. We require here further that all heresy, all poperye may be abolished and extinguished. Further we require here that al wic ked liuing may be amended and reformed. Next we require that all magistrates maye do their dueties. Finallye we require that eueryevery mā in his vocation may do the work wherunto god hath called him. There be many vocations.
The Magistrates vocation is to see that the commonThe magi strates of …. welth be wel ordered, to see that the scholes be mainteined, to see that the vniuersities be well furnished, to see that iustice be executed, that the wicked be punished, and the good rewarded: In summa, to kepe euerye one in good order. This is their duetye. Further we praye that the priestes, the spiritualtye, or the churchemen, (as they call them) doeFor church men. their dueties, to preache goddes worde, to liue godly and to giuegive a good ensample by their conuersation: els they doe against the honour of GOD, and their owne honesty. Lykewise we praye that seruauntes may doe their dueties. ForFor seruan tes. to bee a seruaunte is an honest estate, and muche commended in Scripture, and Scripture speaketh much to the comforte of them. And truely those that lyue in the feare of god, (consydering that they serue not only their carnal maisters, but God hymselfe,) they be in a good case: but they may notSeruantes that serue not vvith eie seruice are in good case. bee eye seruauntes. Saincte Paule noteth this fault, and sayeth, that they shal not be murmurers, nor frowarde answerers. Saincte Paule woulde hauehave them to lyue so, that they maye ornate and sanctifye the name of God. For that seruaunte that dothe the thyng whereunto he is called, he dothe adorne his estate: that seruaunte is a good gospeller that wyll not be an eye seruaunt. There be some seruauntes whiche doe their dueties as longe as their maister is in syght: but as soone as their maister is gone, they playe the …. Unto such felowes I say beware, for though your bodely maister see you not, yet your great maister god seeth you, and wyll punishe you. Quod agis, toto pectore agito, What … doest, doe it from the bottome of thy hearte,Colos 3 with a good wyll, goe not awaye with the deuils Pater noThe deuils Pater no ster. ster as some doe, doe all thinges with a good mynde. For I tell you, you bee not forgotten in Scripture, you are muche commended in the same. S. Paule speaketh very honourablySeruants ar not forgot ten in the scripture. of you, saying, Domino Christo …, you serue the lord Christ: it becommeth not you to put a difference what busines you be commanded to do. For whatsoeuer it be, … Colos. 3.it wt a good wil and it is gods seruice. Therfore you oughteThis is to be vnderstā ded of all thinges lau ful and god lye. to do it in respect yt god wold hauehave you to do so, for I am no more assured in my preaching, that I serue god, than the ser uant is in doing such busines as he is commaunded to doe, skouring the cādelsticks, or whatsoeuer it be. Therfore for gods sake consider the matter. Some of you think, if Christ were here, you would go with him and serue him. I tel you whan you folow your seruice, and do such thinges as your maister and maistresse shall commande you, you serue hym as wel as if he were here bodily. He is not here bodily now, but his worde is here. Domino Christo seruitis, sayth Saint Paule, you serue the lorde Christe. Therfore I desyre you in goddes behalfe to walke vprightly, and godly. Consyder what god sayeth vntounto you, … qui facit opus domini negligenter, Cursed be he that doth the worke of the lordHie. 48. negligently. This scripture perteyneth to you as wel as to me. For whā ye do your busines negligently you be cursed beefore the face of God. Therfore consider the goodnesse ofIt is a greet … to be a seruāt, God, that he woulde hauehave you as well saued as youre maisters. Surelye me thinketh it is a great benefite of God, to be a seruant. For those that kepe houses, must make a count afore god for their familye, they must watche and see, that all thinges bee well. But a seruaunt when he can discerne what standeth with goddes commaundementes, and what is against it, it is ynoughe for hym: but he must knowe that he ought not to obey his maister or mastresse whā thei wold commaunde him to doe against god, in such a case he may reAct. 5. fuse & withstand them. For it is writen, we must more obeyA seruant may vvith stand his maister in deniyng to do vvicked ly, but not in refusing to suffer at his hande. vntounto god, then man: we shold not do against god, to please our maisters. Again, masters & mistresses, are boūd to consider their dueties, to pay vntounto their seruants their wages, & meat and drinke conuentent. For it is a greate sinne to defraud ye laborer of his wages: for it is writē, ye cry of ye laborers shal come before ye lord, it is a great faut afore god to de fraud thē: but ther be som seruāts which be so wicked ye thei wil cōplain wtout a cause, whā they cannot hauehave yt that they wold hauehave, nor beare al ye rule thēselues. But I saye, it is aA thing to be marked both of mai sters and seruantes. great thing for a maister to … his seruāt: & again yt ser uāt which hath his whole wages, & doth but half his worke or is a sluggard, that same fellow I say is a these afore god. For lyke as the maister oughte to pay the whole `wages, so likewise the seruaunt ought to do his whole worke.
Here I might hauehave occasion to shew howe man and wyfe ought to liue together, how thei ought to be faithful louing and friendly one to the other: how the man ought not to despise the wyse, consydering that she is partaker with him of euerlasting lyfe. Therfore the mā ought cohabitur, to dwel with her, which is a greate thing. Agayne, see how the woman oughte to behaue her selfe towardes her husband, how faithfull she oughte to be. Now whan they both yelde their dueties the one to the other, then they sanctifie the name ofVVho so doth vvalk in his cal …, sancti fieth the name of god. god, but when they doe contrary to their callyng, then they slaunder the holy name of god. Therfore let eueryevery man and woman walke in their vocations.
We muste hauehave a good and earnest mynde and wyll to sanctify the name of God, for that person that prayeth and desyreth of God that his name maye bee halowed, and yetHe that vvill sancti fie goddes name, must hauehave an ear nest de …. hath no will nor plesure to do it in dede, this is not the right sanctifieng of the name of god: S. Peter teacheth vsus howe we shall sanctifie gods name saying, Conuersationem … gentes habentes bonam, HaueHave a good & holy conuersation, liue vprightlye in your callyng, so that your lyghte maye so shyne before men that they may see your good workes, and so glorify god.
I wyll trouble you no longer, it is better a littell wel perceiued and borne awaye, then a greate deale hearde and… short les son vveli learned. … behynde. Consider wherfore our sauiour commaūdeth vsus to call god our Father, thā afterward way this, … art heauen. Than come to the petition, halovved be thy name, waye and consider this. For nowe is the tyme wherein the name of god shold be halowed. For it is a pitifull thing to se what rule and dominion ye deuil beareth, howe shamelesse men be: how the name of god is brought in derision. TherforeEuerye vvord must be vveigh ed. let vsus saye from the bottom of our hearte Sanctificetur, halowed, that is to saye, lord God thorough thy goodnes remoue all wickednes, giuegive vsus grace to liue vprightlye. And so consider euerye worde, for it is better one woorde spoken with good affection then an hundred withoute it. Yet I doe not say this to lette you from saying the whole Pater noster, but I say one worde well sayd, is better then a great many els. Kede thoroughout all the Scripture, and ye shall syndeFaithful me make shorr praiers. that all faithfull men hauehave made, but shorte prayers, Abraham Isaac, Iacob, Dauid, Ezechias, our sauieur himself in the garden sayth, Pater, si possibile est trāseat à me calix iste.Mat. 25. Father if it be possible let this cuppe passe from me. Thys was but a shorte prayer. So likewise satnet Stephen sayth:Act. 7. Pater, ignosce iilis quia … quid faciunt. The publicane praying in the temple made but a shorte prayer saying, propitiusLu. 18. esto mihi peccatori, Lord be mercifull vntounto me a synner. So the theefe hanging vponupon the crosse sayeth, Domine memento mei cum veneris in regnum tuum, Lord rememLu. 23. ber me whan thou commest in thy kingdome: here was not much bablyng: But I speake not this to dissuade you from longe prayer, whan the spirite and the affections doe serue: for our sauiour himselfe spente a whole nighte in prayer. Sanctificetur, Halowed be thy name, that is to saye lorde remoueA short and plain expo sition of this … awaye thy dishonor, remoue away sin, moue thē ye be in authoritye to do their dueties: moue the man and wife to liue rightly, moue seruantes to do well. And so it should be a great griefe vntounto vsus whan we shoulde see any body dishonor the name of God, in so muche that we should crye out, our Father Halowed be thy name. This one thing beare away with you aboue all others: cousyder that when we wilA necessary lesson pla ced vvhere it may best … in memory. come to god and talke with him, we muste be penitent synners, we must abhorre synne, purpose to leaue them, and to lyue vprightly, whiche graunte vsus god the Father, Sonne and holy ghoste.
Amen.