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A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind (Part 3)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 3 · Part 3 A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind by Only Christ Our Saviour from Sin and Death Everlasting The Third Part of the Sermon of Salvation IT hath been manifestly declared unto you that no man can fulfil the law of God, and therefore by the…
A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind (Part 2)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 3 · Part 2 A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind by Only Christ Our Saviour from Sin and Death Everlasting The Second Part of the Sermon of Salvation. YE have heard of whom all men ought to seek their justification and righteousness, and how also this righteousness cometh…
A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind (Part 1)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 3 · Part 1 A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind by Only Christ Our Saviour from Sin and Death Everlasting BECAUSE all men be sinners and offenders against God, and breakers of his law and commandments, therefore can no man by his own acts, works, and deeds, seem…
A Sermon of the Misery of All Mankind (Part 2)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 2 · Part 2 A Sermon of the Misery of All Mankind and of His Condemnation to Death Everlasting by His Own Sin The Second Part of the Sermon of the Misery of Man. FORASMUCH as the true knowledge of ourselves is very necessary to come to the right knowledge…
A Sermon of the Misery of All Mankind (Part 1)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 2 · Part 1 A Sermon of the Misery of All Mankind and of His Condemnation to Death Everlasting by His Own Sin THE Holy Ghost, in writing the holy Scripture, is in nothing more diligent than to pull down man’s vainglory and pride; which of all vices is…
A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading and Knowledge of Holy Scripture (Part 2)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 1 · Part 2 A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading and Knowledge of Holy Scripture The Second Part of the Sermon of the Holy Scripture. IN the first part of this Sermon, which exhorteth to the knowledge of holy Scripture, was declared wherefore the knowledge of the same is…
Of the Right Use of the Church (Part 1)
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 1 · Part 1 An Homily of the Right Use of the Church or Temple of God and of the Reverence Due Unto the Same The First Part Where there appeareth at these days a great slackness and negligence of a great sort of people in resorting to the…
A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading and Knowledge of Holy Scripture (Part 1)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 1 · Part 1 A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading and Knowledge of Holy Scripture UNTO a Christian man there can be nothing either more necessary or profitable than the knowledge of holy Scripture; forasmuch as in it is contained God’s true word, setting forth his glory and also…
An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles: Article XXXIX
Article XXXIX. Of a Christian man’s Oath. As we confess that vain and rash Swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his Apostle, so we judge, that Christian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity,…
An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article XXXVIII
Article XXXVIII. Of Christian men’s Goods, which are not common. The Riches and Goods of Christians are not common, as touching the right, title, and possession of the same, as certain Anabaptists do falsely boast. Notwithstanding, every man ought, of such things as he possesseth, liberally to give alms to the poor, according to…