ASermoll Preached by R. Wimbeldon. ; ~~~e~t;r!;/,t.:~ ~t~~ ~~xi~~~;~wli~~t~~~~~ ', ~~d 1~a:~~~PJ£Ut~~~i~:~e ~~:'~~~7v~1: J~.J;"~: {~~~;J 'nis now yu Cd? In what plenty lS now pnde, mvy, ' ~ong the Apofiles, as S1mon MntHJ ~tnong th<: Dif· ' wrath, and covetife ? when were they fo great as they ' e~pks, as a Clndlc new q\.lcint tlm fhncheth all the c be now ? and fo of all oth« finnes. And why tt?w- ' houfc inll~d cf a light b.mcmr, .as a fmokc that blindc dl: thou? But for there bt a lawldfe people mtro:l mto 'cth mens e~en, in pla<:e of cle:me hre? If .thou contnry 'thy Sanduary, that tteithcr kecpc in themfdfc the hw.of ' thus ~he forme of Jivi~1g that Chri!t and Ius Difciplcs left c God, ne konnc tcach~1 l other ; and to cvtty fuch fatth ' to Pncfls, Lo what faith the: Prophet JtmnJ, They ha'vc 'Jtr. 3 1, ofo ~ : ~~~rs:h; ~~Fn;~·r ?{~~,!~: rt~~:~ t~~uh~~~re~;~~ : ~~:;h:~~~ ~fih ~r: t::~· ::1!i1r~~ua:~~r ~;(eo;:i:;~ : ~V~~~f:i<ldcili~~en~ ~~~~ ~~ ~:rr~~Y;~r~h~H~l~ :~~,\~~a~~~~~ ~~~~~;if;~, ~lse'~~~i~t~~n~~ : ~~~~~~·,h~~c~~~ ~~:i~hr~u;:;;~~~~h;hftif~:e~;:~~~~fcJ~~; : ~ 1~~efu~~l~e~ri~~·fucr_her~~el~r~ d~~\~ t!fu: r~~hc~a:: Sap. 6 • 'Law of God, beware how thou wdtat1fwer to God,_at "m1frntred: An harder dome, for they lm'e mifru!ed: c his dreadful! dom~ wha t he (hall fay to thee, that which e And d~ harden dome, for they ha~e (? curfedly li\·ed. ~ I cook tO my Thcame : : x;t:il~~ttcfore I rtdc:, how thou Wilt (jiVe rtckening of re/J tht ruke'fling Djth] bail]J ImP thiJU hllft tntrtJ. CThe fecond Q!tfiion that every ~te and Prelate of c h:n~~~/~J:~~~~~~~~~~ ~c:~~:~ ~~-~i~gdoh~h~~:5: : ~fZ P~~~~~ r:~~-~~ trc:u,~ t~~ ~h~0fug;:!, t~~ :::CS, W::J~i~~: ~:;r;~nlli~1~· a~;~::rw:~ost~; E~~ c the goods of poor men: Ge\'c now thine accounts. Frrft, c IJIT!C thra: Qlcfiions. The firll Qudhon, How hafi: ' how thou haft governed Gods folke that were take thtt c thou cmnd, thlt is to fly, into thine office ? Other for 'tllk«pe? Whcthaartthouanhcrd or an hired man, 'helptof the peoplctodefrroy fal!hcd. and furthc:ren ' that doft a11 for love: of boddich hire ? As a father, or as ' trmh ? Other for dcfrrc: of winning of worldly wor- ' a wolfe that eaten his fhecpe, and krei:~fth them ~~ght ? ' fhip : If thou take fuch an office, ITIOJC: for th~ne ownc 'Say, whom hall thou tumed from hiS curfed. ll\'lng by <worklly profit than for hdpe of the commumte 1 then 'thy devout prtaching? Whom~ thou taught the law "an a Tyrant as the Phi!ofophcr frith. For it is to fcarc < of God that was earfl:- uncunnmg ? T here lball been ' left there been too many that dc:fircn fuch flates, that <hcardagrie~ous accufin_g of farherlefs children, and a <may the: rather opprdfc: _thilke that they hateth, aml : ~~~d~ .~~;d~~~~· a~~; ~;;~~5fi~1~;:S,Ii\'~M ~f~h~~~f~ : ~e(!~~[j;,f~~~ ~::~rst~}~Je~;fi 1n1t~:~n;:~pa!~y c howthouhafi ruled, andfpendcdthe goods ofpoore 'fuch, when they beenfohigh, they reckenoughtthat Bernar- c men. Harke what Saint BtrnllrJ faith: Dread Clerkcs, <they ~th ~re mens brtthren, but they wene eo pa!Te J11s. c dread the: Minifiers of the Church, the which been in c them m kmde, as they pa!Trth in worldly worfhip, that ; ~~M~~~h!:a~~ ~~\~~ 1l~~ ~:g~ ~~k:~;; c~~~ ; ~~~h;:~~~i~nt~fb:':~~~g~/~~e,hri~i~~!':~~;!; oft s. c to them ; that overplus that needy mctJihould be fultai- ' PrinctS, but I know nought. So we reade of R~h&- <ned. by, they btt not a!hamed to wafie in the hoofe of < iroam, that ~the fonnc: of King Salomon, what ri_me 2 P11r11. : :Ci~Ji~dac:n~ 1~J:i\~7hat~~~ichi~'::~~et~hc:r:~~;:x~ : ~~d ~~fu~h~ 11~;h~i~~~l~~[ :£;.~1 ;~~~ : ~:~ ro. 'of poore _mal. With double wickedne/S truely they c charge. VY_ce pray thee feme dealc make _it lighter, 'fi1me. F1rft, for they r~\"ctl other mens goods, and 'and we: willcn fave. tlxc. And the Kmg r_ooke ' faith, they mifufe holy th1_ngs in their V:Jn.ities and in ' counfrU of the old. w1fc: men , and they counfaildctl ' thdr filths. Every fuch ba1ly therefore beware, for anon < to anfwer them fatre, <tnd that lhould be for the ' to the 1aJl: 6rthing bee lbaU r«knt w_ith Chrift. Trowefi 'beft. _But htt left theli: old wif~ mennis counfaile, 'thounotthc:nthatthounc:Otaltbedd?tllowedofGod,of <and did after the cot.mfailc: of children that were his cthattbouhaft mifpcndrdin fetdingoffat Palfrcy:s, of 'playferen , and faid to the peopk when they ame c How1ds, of Hawkes, and if it fo bee, that is worft of c 2~t :c: : My lrfr tin~er is greater than my &thc:rs ( aU, on lecherous women ~ Heare what is faid pf fuch. ' neggc: : My futhtt gr~\'ed. you fomewhat, but I w11l ' They had led their daics in wc:alths : And in a point rhey ' cchen more th~reto. And the people heard this, and 'ben g01~ downe into Hell •. TI1ink therefore I redc thee:, 'rebdedc:n to lllm, and took them another King: 'thatthoufbaltyeldrcckcmngof thybatly. cand lith, the Kingdom came never whole again: 'and therefore it is good, that every ruler of Com- ~11JcthirdO!ttft ion that thisbailyn1allanfwere to, is 'monalties., that they bee uot lad by follies, ne by ~ this: How haft thou lived~ What light ofholine!Te_haft 'none other care: rowner, that he ne: have an ergh of ' thou !hewed in thy living to the ptOplc, or what muror < love to the comonty that bee hath to rule. For wete c haft thou ben of huline~e to them ? Gcvc now thy 'yee w~ll, bee hec: never fo high, t~at ~e !hall come: 1 reckoninghowthouhaHhved, asaPriell, or:lSa leudc ' aforc:h1ghcr, toyceldrcckoningofhcsbaily. : ~~·t~ ~f~f•;i~~ ~ :~~~~g~~u~~:; l:'~~~~~:e~ cThe fecond Q!eOion is, How haft thoo ruled the""" boft cKnights, theyfpeakrnasunhonellly as caries; other of 'people, and the office that thou haddtfi to govc:rne?•boolr~~k4. : ;b~~tl:f~~d:~~rs~f ~~y=~ d ~:~es~da~~ ; ~:h~a~h:nk~~\h]h~~c:oTG~es ~~tm; D fut. 9· c ofChrifis heritage. Thcrtforc: laith an holy Dod:or, The 'take: heed to the pafon of a poore man) to be eo h1m : ~~~ E#f: ~:!st~-~ a~~r~n:~i n~ :~o~~l~r~~ : ~~~r:1~ofe~t~~:c~ty~ fie!~ t~}~v:: h~!o~ . c were: baknl. with fire of covc:tife, and wit_h the light of 'his wrong for his riches. 6 Lord, what abufions is ' lull. In this trav.1ilc:th rich man, in this they wake, ' there: among oftitcrs _of both Lawes now adays: If a c awaiting poore men. In thd"e tra\'3i~h. Prdarcs, that < great man pleadrth w1th 3 poorc man to have: ought t!xnt00tnl.l(hblctltwith too much llumng of riches, 'that he holdeth, everyoffiter !hall be: ready to hie all "( that make them houfes like Churches in greatndfc, t~at ' that he may, that the ri~h man might have fuc~ m ewithdiverspaintries coloren their_Ch~ thatw1th 'end as hedcfired. But 1fa poorc man pleadwuha c divers ckxhings o f colors marle umgcs gay; but the < rich man, then there lh:dl bee fo many delayes, th2c ; ~~~;~~~'0:;~~~~~ a~ft~~o~:-c~be~~1fr ftJal~il~ : ~~~g~o~h~fuu~~~ ~#.~i':s ofen ~~~~a~h~~~~~ ;{:;. ~~·; ;:~l~r ~~~Jo:~:tl~;,a1~t n~:~:S. FQfefu~haf~~ : =~ \J~~v:itl: 1;~rJ~a~~~~, 1::~1~f th~~(;~l ~cd ;:';..t\':;~ ~ crh the Prophet, How art thou here, or as who art thou? 'in their hands. A~ yet I hnc fayl men that !1av~ ~~~~
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