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An Homily for Them Which Take Offence at Certain Places of the Holy Scripture (Part 1)
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 10 · Part 1 An Homily for Them Which Take Offence at Certain Places of the Holy Scripture THE great utility and profit that Christian men and women may take, if they will, by hearing and reading the holy Scriptures, dearly beloved, no heart can sufficiently conceive, much less…
An Homily Concerning Prayer (Part 3)
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 7 · Part 3 An Homily or Sermon Concerning Prayer The Third Part of the Homily of Prayer Ye were taught in the other part of this Sermon, unto whom ye ought to direct your prayers in time of need and necessity, that is to wit, not unto angels…
An Homily Concerning Prayer (Part 2)
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 7 · Part 2 An Homily or Sermon Concerning Prayer The Second Part of the Homily Concerning Prayer In the first part of this Sermon ye heard the great necessity, and also the great force, of devout and earnest prayer declared and proved unto you, both by divers weighty…
An Homily of Common Prayer and Sacraments
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 9 An Homily Wherein is Declared that Common Prayer and Sacraments Ought to be Ministered in a Tongue that is Understanded of the Hearers Among the manifold exercises of God’s people, dear Christians there is none more necessary for all estates and at all times than is Public Prayer…
An Homily Concerning Prayer (Part 1)
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 7 · Part 1 An Homily or Sermon Concerning Prayer THERE is nothing in all man’s life, well beloved in our Saviour Christ, so needful to be spoken of, and daily to be called upon, as hearty, zealous, and devout prayer; the necessity whereof is so great, that without…
An Homily Against Excess of Apparel
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 6 An Homily Against Excess of Apparel Where ye have heretofore been excited and stirred to use temperance of meats and drinks, and to avoid the excess thereof, in many ways hurtful to the state of the commonwealth, and also odious before Almighty God, being the Author and Giver…
An Homily of the Place and Time of Prayer (Part 2)
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 8 · Part 2 An Homily of the Place and Time of Prayer The Second Part of the Homily of the Place and Time of Prayer It hath been declared unto you, good Christian people, in the former Sermon read unto you, at what time and into what place…
An Homily of the Place and Time of Prayer (Part 1)
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 8 · Part 1 An Homily of the Place and Time of Prayer God, through his almighty power, wisdom, and goodness, created in the beginning heaven and earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the fowls of the air, the beasts of the earth, the fishes in the sea,…
An Homily Against Gluttony and Drunkenness
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 5 An Homily Against Gluttony and Drunkenness Ye have heard in the former Sermon, well beloved, the description and the virtue of fasting, with the true use of the same. Now ye shall hear how foul a thing gluttony and drunkenness is before God, the rather to move you…
An Homily of Good Works: And First of Fasting (Part 2)
Second Book of Homilies · Homily 4 · Part 2 An Homily of Good Works: And First of Fasting 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…