PSALM CXLII. THE PRODIGAL'S BROTHER AND FATHER. 265 done thee service all my life, gavest me a kid yet thou never to make merry among my friends; but for the prokilled a fat calf digal thou hast et nunquam mandatum tuum preteriui: et Father, I have nunquam dedifti michi hedum vt cum amicis meis epularer: fed poftquam hic filius tuus qui deuorauit fubftantiam fuam cum mere5 tricibus venit: occidifti illi vitulum faginatum. Fader I haue done the feruyce all the dayes of my lyfe hytherto, & at all tymes kepte thy commaundement, yet thou neuer gaue vnto me fo moche good as a kydde for to make mery amonge my frendes. But at the 10 comynge agayne of this prodygall chylde whiche hath fpent his fubftaunce with comyn women folowynge the fenfuall appetyte of his body, thou haft kylled a fatte calfe & made good chere for his returnynge. Now ye perceyue with how grete indygnacyon this elder 15 broder toke the forgyuenes & pyte exhybyte to his yonger broder by his good fader. But this gentyll passion. fader feynge the dyfdeynynge mynde of his eldest fone, came vnto hym with fwete and fofte wordes fayenge. Fili tu femper mecum es & omnia mea tua 20 funt: epulari autem et1 gaudere oportebat: quia frater hic tuus mortuus erat et reuixit: perierat & inuentus eft. Sone thou hafte ben and made good [* && v] cheer. See the indignabrother against tion of the elder his father's com The father's sweet and soft reply. with me contynually, & all that I haue is thyn, be not Son, be not wroth; wrothe for where as thy broder was in maner deed, thy brother was 25 now is he reuyued, he was loft and now is founde agayne. For this caufe I coude do no leffe but make mery and be Ioyous. On this maner our heuenly fader fhall anfwere our enemyes for the loue of his penytent chylde, with colde and fofte wordes, wherfore it foloweth. in manner dead, now he is revived; I could do no less but make merry. so will our heavenly Father answer with cold and soft words, envy of our 30 Et in mifericordia tua difperdes inimicos meos. Blyffed lorde thou fhalte with mercy mytygate the enuy mitigating the of myn enemyes, fo that they fhall haue no power enemies. ayenft me. This fyrft kynde of enemyes fhall peryffhe The first kind of and come to nought by proceffe. But the other whiche 35 as we fayd is the enuyous kynde of deuylles that dayly second (devils), enemies shall perish in process of time; the 1te 1509, 1555. 266 PSALM CXLII. THE DEVIL S POWER CEASES WITH DEATH. who put envy into & hourely be aboute to put in to the myndes of good men's minds, shall be destroyed. folkes this calumnyous vyce of enuy & malyce fhall vtterly be deftroyed. Without doubte thefe mortall Devils lie in wait enemyes at all tymes laye wayte with as many fubtyl craftes as they can to catche good people in to theyr 5 daungers, they coueyte no thynge more than to haue foules in captyuyte, & fo brynge them in to eternall to catch good people and bring them into damnation. crucify souls, and when they see a penitent mightily [* && v, back] ascend unto the They scourge and dampnacyon. They euer vexe, fcourge, & crucyfye foules in this lyfe, and theyr defyre is to contynue without ende, whan alfo they perceyue a penytent 10 throne of virtue, fynner forfake his fynfull lyfe & myghtely afcende vnto the trone of vertue with contynuaunce in the fame in fpyte of them, than many tymes they ftere fuche as wolde be good vnto the fynne of enuy lyke as the they stir such as would be good to envy, as the servant enticed Thy fader hath slayne a fatte calfe.' Which words moved the elder brother to anger. After this life the penitent shall no more be troubled; his enemies shall the elder brother: feruaunt entyfed the elder broder whan he fayd. 15 Frater tuus venit & occidit pater tuus vitulum faginatum quia faluum illum recepit. Thy broder is comen home, & for Ioye that he is returned faue & founde thy fader hath flayne a fatte calfe. With the whiche wordes anone this elder broder was moued to 20 indygnacyon & for anger wolde not come in to the hous. But after this lyfe the penytent fhall be endued with this other grete commodyte, that is to faye, he fhall neuer after be troubled with thefe fayd enemyes, for they fhal be caft downe in to the depe dungeon of 25 hell for euermore. Et perdes omnes qui tribulant animam meam. Blyffed lorde thou fhalte vtterly confounde myn enemyes whiche now put my foule to grete trybulacion. Our gentyll lorde & fader fhal gyue with a good wyl all thefe fayd commodytees vnto the 30 penytent fynner whiche hath made hymfelfe goddes the devil's servi- feruaunt, the feruytude of the denyl vtterly abiecte & caft awaye. This mooft wyfe craftes mayfter almyghty be cast down into the dungeon of hell. Our Lord will give these commodities to the sinner who hath made himself God's servant, tude utterly 'abiecte.' master must re This wise Crafts- god can not but make recognycyon of his owne handy werke, namely whan the difformitie & blottynge is clene 35 done awaye, that is to faye whan our fynnes wherwith the deuylles made blacke our foules in the syght of cognise His own 267 pulsed by pen ance. PSALM CXLII. MAN MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE, BOUGHT BY HIS SON. god, be clene expulfed by forowe & penaunce, he can sins be clean exnot fe penytent foules to peryffhe, for why they be his lykenes. God create man of nought & made hym lyke his ymage, therfore man is a peculer thynge onely 5 impropred to god for two caufes. Fyrft for by his power he was create of nought. Seconde bycaufe he was lyke to his owne ymage. But befyde thefe our lorde may clayme man for his owne by a Iufter tytle in Man is 'impro pred' to God as to his Creator; 2 as made in His and by a yet juster title as bought by His Son's blood. Let the penitent say: Behold, Lord, Thy crea ture, made in Thine image, Son's blood; put away all that redeemed by Thy is not of Thee; be as rightwise to been to other; me as Thou hast fo moche he bought hym with fo grete a pryce, that is 10 to faye, with the precyous blode of his onely begoten fone. For this he may call hym his owne of ryght. Let the penytent fynner come to this blyffed lorde & faye. O my lord god beholde thy creature that thou hafte made to thyn ymage, whiche alfo thou redemed 15 with the precyous blode of thy fone, make recognycyon of thyn owne fymylytude. Helpe to put away all that is not of the. I befeche the be to me as ryghtwyfe as thou hafte ben to other, focour me that am about to ryfe fro fynne & come vnto the. Brynge thyn owne 20 out of the myferable feruytude of deuylles wherin it hath be put downe a longe feafon. Not bycaufe I am thy fone, for of a trouth I am vnworthy fo to be called. But Quoniam ego feruus tuus fum. bycaufe I am thy feruaunt. Thus is the fall of the fynner in to 25 myfery made open and fhewed. Alfo his ryfynge restoration; agayne, what his petycyon fhall be vnto the heuenly fader. And laft, how many grete commodytees he fhall optayne, whiche our blyffed lorde fader of mercy graunt vnto vs all. Amen. 30 ¶ Here endeth the expofycyon of the .vij. pfalmes. Enprynted at London in the Fleteftrete at the fygne of the fonne, by Wynkyn de Worde prynter vnto the mooft excellent prynceffe my lady the kynges graundame. In the yere of our lorde god .M.CCCCC. and .ix. the 35.xij. daye of the moneth of Iuyn. [Device of Wynkyn de Worde.] not because I am Thy son, but because I am Thy servant. We have seen the sinner's fall and also the commo dities he shall obtain; which God grant us all. 268 FUNERAL OF HEN. VII AT ST PAUL'S 10 MAY 1509. [* A i] ] This sermon was said in St Paul's Cathedral in the body of H. VII 10 presence of the May 1509, and printed at the special request of Margaret countess [Woodcut. Bishop Fisher preaching. The king's This fermon folowynge was compyled & fayd in the Cathedrall chyrche of faynt Poule Within the cyte of London by the ryght reuerende fader in god Iohn byff'hop of Rochester, the king's mother the body beynge prefent of the mooft famouse 5 prynce kynge Henry the .vij. the .x. day of Maye the yere of our lorde god .M.CCCCC.ix. whiche fermon was enprynted at the fpecyall request of the ryght excellent prynceffe Margarete moder vnto the fayd noble prynce and Counteffe of 10 Rychemonde and Derby. of Richmond and Derby. [* A i, back] [* A ii] Though I know mine vnhabylytees' to this so great a matter, yet for my bounden duty benefits 'ex D [Royal Arms.] ILexi &c. For as moche as this honorable audyence now is here affembled to profecute the funeral obferuaunces & ceremonyes aboute this mooft noble prynce late our 15 kynge and fouerayne, kynge Henry the feuenth. And all be it I knowe well myne vnworthynes & vnhabylytees to this fo grete a mater, yet for my moft bounden duty, and for his gracyous fauour and and the late king's fynguler benefeytes exhybyte vnto me in this lyfe, I 20 wolde now after his deth ryght affectuoufly fome thynge faye, wherby your charytees the rather myght haue his foule recommended. And to that purpofe I wyll entreate the fyrft pfalme of the dirige, whiche pfalme was hybyte' unto me, I would right affectuously something say to recommend his soul. I will entreat of the first psalm of the Dirige, wryten of the holy kynge and prophete kynge Dauyd, 25 comfortynge hym after his grete falles and trefpaffes CHARACTER OF HENRY VII. here ayenft almighty god & redde in the chyrche in the funerall obfequyes of euery cryften perfone whan that he dyeth. And fpecially it may be redde in the perfone of this mooft noble prynce, for in it is compryfed 5 all that is to be fayd in this mater. And in the fame ordre that the feculer oratours haue in theyr funerall oracyons mooft dylygently obferued whiche refteth in .iij. poyntes. Fyrft in the commendacyon of hym that deed is. Seconde in a styrynge of the herers to haue 10 compaffyon vpon hym. And thyrde in a comfortynge of them agayne. Whiche .iij. be done by ordre in this fame pfalme as by the grace of our lorde it after appere. Fyrft as touchynge his laude and commendacyon let no man thynke that myn entent is for to 15 prayfe hym for any vayne tranfytory thynges of this lyfe, whiche by the example of hym all kynges prynces may lerne how flydynge, how flyppery, how faylyng they be. All be it he had as moche of them as was poffyble in maner for ony kynge to haue, his 20 polytyque wyfedome in gouernaunce it was fynguler, his wytte alway quycke and redy, his reafon pyththy and fubftancyall, his memory freffhe and holdynge, his experyence notable, his counfeylles fortunate and taken may & was by wyfe delyberacyon, his fpeche gracyous in dyuerfe 25 languages, his perfone goodly and amyable, his naturall compleccyon of the pureft myxture, his yffue fayre and in good nombre, leages and confyderyes he hadde with all cryften prynces, his mighty power dredde euery where, not onely within his realme but 30 without alfo, his people were to hym in as humble fubgeccyon as euer they were to kynge, his londe many a day in peas and tranquyllyte, his profperyte in batayle ayenft his enemyes was meruaylous, his delynge in tyme of perylles and daungers was colde and fobre with grete 35 hardyneffe. If ony treafon were confpyred ayenft hym it came out wonderfully, his treafour and rycheffe in |