A SERMON MADE BY M. HUGH LATIMER, AT THE TIME OF THE INSURRECTION IN THE
NORTH, WHICH WAS IN THE TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KING HENRY
THE EIGHTH, ANN. DOM. 1535. UPON THE EPISTLE READ IN THE CHURCH THE
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY SUNDAY, TAKEN OUT OF THE SIXTH CHAPTER
OF THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE EPHESIANS.


_Put on all the armour of God, that ye may stand_, &c. [Ephes. vi.
10, et seq.]

Saint Paul, the holy apostle, writeth this epistle unto the Ephesians,
that is, to the people of the city of Ephesus. He writeth generally, to
them all; and in the former chapters he teacheth them severally how they
should behave themselves, in every estate, one to another; how they
should obey their rulers; how wives should behave themselves towards
their husbands; children towards their parents; and servants towards
their masters; and husbands, parents and masters should behave them, and
love their wives, children, and servants; and generally each to love
other.

Now cometh he forth and comforteth them, and teacheth them to be bold,
and to play the men, and fight manfully. For they must fight with
valiant warriors, as appeareth afterward in the text. And against they
come to fight he comforteth them, saying, "My brethren." He calleth them
brethren; for though he taught them before to be subject to kings and
rulers, and to be obedient to their superiors, yet he teacheth them that
in Christ we be all brethren, according to the saying in this same
chapter, "God is no accepter of persons." "My brethren," saith he, "be