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The Books of Homilies

The Books of Homilies

Read the Books of Homilies in their original order. Published installments are linked below; entries without links are not yet available in this collection.

First Book of Homilies

  1. A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading and Knowledge of Holy Scripture
  2. A Sermon of the Misery of All Mankind and of His Condemnation to Death Everlasting by His Own Sin
  3. A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind by Only Christ Our Saviour from Sin and Death Everlasting
  4. A Short Declaration of the True, Lively and Christian Faith — not yet available
  5. A Sermon of Good Works Annexed Unto Faith — not yet available
  6. A Sermon of Christian Love and Charity — not yet available
  7. Against Swearing and Perjury — not yet available
  8. A Sermon, How Dangerous a Thing It Is to Fall from God — not yet available
  9. An Exhortation Against the Fear of Death — not yet available
  10. An Exhortation Concerning Good Order and Obedience to Rulers and Magistrates — not yet available
  11. A Sermon Against Whoredom and Uncleanness — not yet available
  12. A Sermon Against Contention and Brawling — not yet available

Second Book of Homilies

  1. An Homily of the Right Use of the Church or Temple of God and of the Reverence Due Unto the Same
    • Part 1
    • Part 2 — not yet available
  2. An Homily Against the Peril of Idolatry
  3. An Homily for Repairing and Keeping Clean and Comely Adorning of Churches
  4. An Homily of Good Works: And First of Fasting
  5. An Homily Against Gluttony and Drunkenness
  6. An Homily Against Excess of Apparel
  7. An Homily or Sermon Concerning Prayer
  8. An Homily of the Place and Time of Prayer
  9. An Homily Wherein is Declared that Common Prayer and Sacraments Ought to be Ministered in a Tongue that is Understanded of the Hearers
  10. An Homily for Them Which Take Offence at Certain Places of the Holy Scripture
  11. An Homily of Almsdeeds and Mercifulness Toward the Poor and Needy
    • Part 1
    • Part 2 — not yet available
  12. An Homily Concerning the Nativity — not yet available
  13. A Homily for Good Friday, Concerning the Death and Passion of Our Saviour Jesus Christ
  14. An Homily of the Resurrection of Our Saviour Jesus Christ for Easter Day — not yet available
  15. An Homily of the Worthy Receiving and Reverent Esteeming of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ
  16. An Homily Concerning the Coming Down of the Holy Ghost and the Manifold Gifts of the Same for Whitsunday
  17. An Homily for the Days of Rogation Week. That All Good Things Cometh from God
  18. An Homily of the State of Matrimony — not yet available
  19. An Homily Against Idleness — not yet available
  20. An Homily of Repentance and of True Reconciliation Unto God
  21. An Homily Against Disobedience and Wilful Rebellion — not yet available
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For Repairing and Keeping Clean the Church

This entry is part 10 of 34 in the series The Books of Homilies

Second Book of Homilies · Homily 3 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…

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Against the Peril of Idolatry (Part 3)

This entry is part 9 of 34 in the series The Books of Homilies

Second Book of Homilies · Homily 2 · Part 3 An Homily Against the Peril of Idolatry 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…

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Against the Peril of Idolatry (Part 2)

This entry is part 8 of 34 in the series The Books of Homilies

Second Book of Homilies · Homily 2 · Part 2 An Homily Against the Peril of Idolatry 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…

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