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The Books of Homilies

FIRST BOOK OF HOMILIES

A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading and Knowledge of Holy Scripture (Part I)
A Sermon of the Misery of All Mankind, and of His Condemnation to Death Everlasting, by His Own Sin
A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind by Only Christ Our Saviour, From Sin and Death Everlasting
A Short Declaration of the True, Lively and Christian Faith
A Sermon of Good Works Annexed Unto Faith
A Sermon of Christian Love and Charity
Against Swearing and Perjury
A Sermon, How Dangerous a Thing it is to Fall From God
An Exhortation Against the Fear of Death
An Exhortation Concerning Good Order and Obedience to Rulers and Magistrates
A Sermon Against Whoredom and Uncleanness
A Sermon Against Contention and Brawling

SECOND BOOK OF HOMILIES

Of the Right Use of the Church Part 1
Of the Right Use of the Church Part 2
Against the Peril of Idolatry Part 1
Against the Peril of Idolatry Part 2
Against the Peril of Idolatry Part 3
For Repairing and Keeping Clean the Church
An Homily of Good Works: And First of Fasting Part I
An Homily of Good Works: And First of Fasting Part II
An Homily Against Gluttony and Drunkenness
An Homily Against Excess of Apparel
An Homily Concerning Prayer Part I
An Homily Concerning Prayer Part II
An Homily Concerning Prayer Part III
An Homily of the Place and Time of Prayer Part I
An Homily of the Place and Time of Prayer Part II
An Homily of Common Prayer and Sacraments
An Homily for Them Which Take Offence At Certain Places of the Holy Scripture Part I
An Homily for Them Which Take Offence At Certain Places of the Holy Scripture Part II
An Homily of Almsdeeds and Mercifulness Toward the Poor and Needy
An Homily Concerning the Nativity
An Homily for Good Friday, Concerning the Death and Passion of Our Saviour Jesus Christ
An Homily of the Resurrection of Our Saviour Jesus Christ for Easter Day
An Homily of the Worthy Receiving of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ Part I
An Homily of the Worthy Receiving of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ Part II
An Homily Concerning the Coming Down of the Holy Ghost
An Homily for the Days of Rogation Week. That All Good Things Cometh From God
An Homily of the State of Matrimony
An Homily Against Idleness
An Homily of Repentance and of True Reconciliation Unto God Part I
An Homily of Repentance and of True Reconciliation Unto God Part II
An Homily of Repentance and of True Reconciliation Unto God Part III
An Homily Against Disobedience and Wilful Rebellion

An Homily of Good Works: And First of Fasting Part II

The Second Part of the Homily of Fasting In the former Homily, beloved, was shewed, that, among the people of the Jews, fasting, as it was commanded them from God by Moses, was to abstain the whole day, from morrow till night, from meat, drink, and all manner of food that nourisheth the body; and…

An Homily of Good Works: And First of Fasting Part I

An Homily of Good Works: And First of Fasting The life which we live in this world, good Christian people, is of the free benefit of God lent us, yet not to use it at our pleasure after our own fleshly will, but to trade over the same in those works which are beseeming them…

For Repairing and Keeping Clean the Church

An Homily for Repairing and Keeping Clean and Comely Adorning of Churches It is a common custom used of all men, when they intend to have their friends or neighbours to come to their houses to eat or drink with them, or to have any solemn assembly to treat and talk of any matter, they…

Against the Peril of Idolatry Part III

The Third Part of the Homily Against images and the Worshipping of Them Containing the confutation of the principal arguments which are used to be made for the maintenance of images: which part may serve to instruct the curates themselves, or good men of understanding Now ye have heard how plainly, how vehemently, and that…

Against the Peril of Idolatry Part II

The Second Part of the Homily Against the Peril of Idolatry You have heard, well beloved, in the first part of this Homily the doctrine of the word of God against idols and images, against idolatry and worshipping of images, taken out of the Scriptures of the Old Testament and the New, and confirmed by…