Marginalia1549.make his Sermon at Paules aboue mentioned, which was an. 1549. In the which Sermon certaine speciall poyntes were prefixed vnto him wherupon hee should intreate, which here in order follow and are these.

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Speciall poyntes inioyned to Boner to preach vpon.THat all such as rebell against their Prince, get vnto them damnation, and those that resiste the hygher power, resist the ordinances of God, and he that dyeth therfore in rebelliō, by the word of God is vtterly damned, and so looseth both bodye and soule. And therefore those Rebels in Deuonshiere and Cornewall, in Norfolke, or els where, who take vpon them to assemble a power and force against their king and Prince, agaynst the lawes and statutes of the Realme, and go about to subuert the state and order of the common wealth, not onely do deserue therfore death as traitours and rebels, but do accumulate to them selues eternall damnation, euen to be in the burning fyre of hell, with Lucifer the father and fyrst author of pride, disobedience and rebellion, what pretense soeuer they haue, and what Masses or holy water so euer they pretend, or go about to make among them selues, as Chore, Dathan, and Abiron, for rebellion against Moyses, were swalowed downe a liue into hell, although they pretended to sacrifice vnto God.

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What thinges bee necessary to be ioyned in all Gods seruice.Likewise in the order of the church and externe rites and ceremonies of diuine seruice, for so much as God requireth humility of hart, innocēcie of liuyng, knowledge of him, charitie and loue to our neighbours, and obedience to hys woord, and to hys Ministers and superiour powers, these we must bring to all our prayers, to al our seruice, and this is the sacrifice that Christ requireth, and these be those that make all thinges pleasant vnto God. MarginaliaExterne rites & ceremonies how farre they serue.The externe rites & ceremonies be but exercises of our religion, and appoyntable by superiour powers, in chosyng whereof we must obey the Magistrates: the whych thinges also we do see euer hath bene and shalbe (as the tyme and place is) diuers, and yet all hath pleased God, so long as these before spoken inward thinges be there. MarginaliaCeremonyes made naught by disobediēce.If any man shall vse the olde rites, and thereby disobey the superiour power, the deuotion of hys ceremonies is made naught by hys disobedience: so that, whych els (so long as the law did so stād) might be good, by pride and disobedience nowe is made nought: as Saules sacrifice, Chore, Dathan and Abyron, & Aarons two children were. But who that ioyneth to deuotion obedience, he wynneth the garland. MarginaliaFolishe deuotion.For els it is a zeale, sed non secundum scientiam, a wyll, desyre, zeale, and deuotion, but not after wysdome, that is a foolishe deuotion which can requyre no thankes or prayse. MarginaliaThe hart maketh true deuotion.And yet agayne, where ye obey, ye must haue deuotion, for God requyreth the hart more then the outward doinges, and therfore who that taketh the Communion, or sayth or heareth the seruice appointed by the kinges Maiesty, must bryng deuotion and inward prayer with him, or els his prayers are but vayne, lacking that which God requireth, that is, the hart and mynde to pray to hym.

Marginalia3.Farther, ye shall for example on Sonday come seuennight after the aforesayd date, celebrate the Communion at Paules Church.

Marginalia4.Ye shall also set forth in your sermon, that our authoritie of royall power, is (as of truth it is) of no lesse authoritie and force in this our younge age, then is, or was of anye of our predecessors, though the same were much elder, as may appeare by example of Iosias, and other young kynges in scripture: and therfore all our subiectes to be no lesse bounde to the obedience of our preceptes, lawes, and statutes, then if we were of. xxx. or. xl. yeares of age.

The deliuery of these Iniunctions and Articles vnto the Bishop (with the tyme of hys appoynted preachyng) was soone after knowen abroad amongest the Citizens and other the Commons within the Citye of London, MarginaliaBoners preachyng much looked for of the people.so that euery man expected the tyme thereof, wishing to heare the same. Whych being once come, the Bishop according to the tenor of the Iniunctions, publickly preached at the crosse of Paules the fyrst daye of September. Howbeit, as hipocrisie neuer lurketh so secretly in the hartes of the wicked, but that at one tyme or other God in hys most righteous iudgement maketh it open vnto the worlde: so at this present wasthe long coolored peruerse obstinacie, and infestred hatred of this double faced dissembler, against the kynges godly proceedinges, most playnly manifested by his disobedient demeanour in this hys sermon.

For where as he was onely cōmaunded to intreate vpon such speciall poyntes as were mencioned in hys Articles: MarginaliaThe disobedient stubbernes of Boenr in hys Sermō at Paules Crosse.he yet, both besides the counsailes commaūdement (to the withdrawing of the mindes of the common people, in as much as in him laye, from the ryght and true vnderstanding of the holye Sacrament ministred in the holy Communion then set foorth by the authoritie of þ^e kinges Maiestie, according to þ^e true sense of the holy scripture) did spend most part of hys Sermon about the grosse, carnall, and papisticall presence of Christes body and blood in the sacrament of the aulter, and also contrary thereunto, did not onelye slenderly touch the rest of hys articles, but of a rebellious and wylfull carelesnes, dyd vtterly leaue out vnspoken the whole last article, concerning the as effectuall, and as lawfull authority of the kinges highnes duryng hys young age, as if he were. xxx. or. xl. yeares old: notwithstanding the same (because it was the trayterous opinion of the popish rebels (was by speciall commaundement chiefly appoynted him to entreate vpon.

Thys contempteous and disobedient dealing, as it greatly offended most of the kings faythfull and louing subiects ther present, so did it much mislike the mindes, and was farre from the good expectations, MarginaliaW. Latimer & I. Hooper, denouncers against Boner.as well of that faithful and godly preacher Maister Ioh. Hooper, afterwardes bishop of Worcester, and Glocester, and lastly a most constant Martyr for the Gospell of Christ: as also of Maister William Latimer Bacheler of Diuinitie, and therefore they wel waying the foulnesse of the fact, and their bounden allegeaunces vnto theyr Prince, did thereupon exhibite vnto the kings hyghnes vnder both their names, a bill of complaint or denounciation against the sayd bishop in forme following.

MarginaliaThe denunciation of W. Latimer & I. Hooper, agaynst Boner.IN most humble wise sheweth vnto your Maiestie, William Latimer and Iohn Hoper, that where of late as we bee certeinely informed from your Maiestie by the hand of the right hygh and noble Prince Edward Duke of Somerset, Gouernour of your Royall person, & Protectour of all your highnes Realmes, dominions and subiectes, and the rest of your priuye Counsaile, there was certain Iniunctions geuen to the Byshop of Londō that now is, with Articles to be insinuated and preached vnto your subiectes at a certaine day limited, the whiche Iniunctions and Articles did onely tende to the honour of God, and the better instruction of your hyghnes people to obedience and hatred of rebellion and mutinye, wherewith of late this your Maiesties Realme hath bene merueilously vexed to the daūger of your highnes person, and the state of the whole Realme, and therfore a thyng at this tyme most necessary to be taught vnto the people, that they might know their duety vnto your Maiestie, & vnto almighty God, and especially to acknowledge your Maiestie in these yeares and age to be a perfect, high, or soueraigne Lord and kyng, and supreme head, whose lawes, proclamations and cō,maundementes we are bounde to obey, aswell as any Princes subiectes are bound to obey the lawes, proclamations, and commaūdementes of their naturall and soueraigne Lord, notwithstandyng that nature hath not yet geuen vnto your person such age as we trust hee shall, nor so many yeares, which wee wishe to bee so many as any Prince euer had, MarginaliaYeares and age do not make a kyng, but the ryght of succession.the which yeares do not make you king or Prince, but the right of your byrth, and lawfull succession what so euer it bee, so that we all must aswell acknowledge your Maiestie to bee our Kyng and Prince, at these yeares, as if you were of þ^e age of xxx. or xl. yeres, and your lawes and statutes no lesse to be feared and obeyed, them if your hyghnes were. L. or C. yeare olde, (the which thyng not onely is most certeinly true, but also at this tyme most necessary to be taught, especially when diuers rebelles haue openly declared, that they