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authority_n	law_n	power_n	resist_v	2,109	5	9.2401	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68747	The poore mans teares opened in a sermon / preached by Henrie Smith. ; Treating of almes deeds, and releeuing the poore.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1592 (1592)	STC 22683; ESTC S117534	41,436	133

shrowded frō the sharp showers is oftē forced to leaue hir fleece behinde whose vnworthy comming to their places Ioatham hath well described in the person of Abimilech when he saide the trees of the woode went to annoint a king ouer them and saide vnto the Oliue tree Reigne thou ouer vs but the Oliue tree answered shall I leaue my satnesse which both Gods and men praise in me and go to be promoted ouer the trees Then they came to the fig-tree and saide come thou and reigne ouer vs the fig-tree aunswered shall I leaue my sweetnesse and good fruit and go to be promoted ouer the trees They said vnto the vine Reigne thou ouer vs but the vine aunswered shoulde I leaue my wine wherewith I cheere God and men to be promoted ouer the trees then they said vnto the bramble wilt thou raigne ouer vs. Then saide the bramble if it be true indeed that you will submit your selues to my authoritie and put your trust vnder my shadow or else fire proceed from the bramble and consume you By this parable we are taught generally that euerie man is to be content with that estate wherin God hath placed him and that for the moste part the verie best worthie do refuse profered promotion and on their part well deserued whereas on the contrarie the moste vnfitly furnished with iustice and true iudgement and the least deseruing in a commonwealth are of al other most ambitious Such an one was Absalon who stole awaie the heartes of Israel with this flattering speech Oh that I were made Iudge in the land that euerie man whiche hath any plea or matter in the lawe might come to me that I might do him iustice but this is the iust reward of such as before conuenient time and apt occasion to be offered do ambitiously seek the seat of iudgment euen vntimely and vnnaturall death for Absolon was hanged by the hayre of his head a woman with a peece of a milstone dashed out Abymelechs brains though Absalon be absent Abimilech brained long since yet it is to be suspected that many mē get preferment by their practises cōming in such sheep skins as are fayre wordes and flattering speeches but God graunt that they proue not like vnto those iudges whome Zophonie feared not to liken vnto Lyons who finding their praie in the euening chop vp all not leauing so muche as the bones vntill the morning Salomon said wel that many would be accompted good doers but where shal we finde a faithfull man some men haue said well with Absolon before they came to preferment but they can nowe bee contented to see many men to sue seuen yeares for their right and yet suffer them to sustaine wrong because necessitie hathe no law forsooth Go to go to some body will answere for that one day A man woulde thinke that necessitie should haue the moste lawe because he hath least money fewest frends Magistrates might learne such a lesson of God himself as it being rightly practised they could not chuse but do iustice this is it when almigtie God intended to destroy Sodome and Gomora before he would do so thogh their sins were monstrous great he considered thus of the matter the crie of Sodome and Gomorrha is great and their sinne is exceeding greeuous I will go downe nowe and see whether they haue done altogether according to that crie which is come vnto me or not that I may know Lo let all magistrates learne by the example of God himslfe to go down and see that is to apply their eares to heare dilligentlie and their mindes to meditate iustlie of each mans matter if you aske me why I answere as God himselfe doth that they may know vidz that they may discerne betwixt truth and falshood right and wrong this is that question which Dauid demanded of Saules counsellors that egged him on to hurt him that neuer harmed them are your mindes set vpon righteousnes O ye congregation and do you iudge the thing that is right O yee sonnes of men saith he the same prophet in all his troubles desiring God to stand on his side against his oppressors thought it as conuenient to craue of God the consideration of his cause as to aske his aid against his aduersaries and therefore prayeth thus Ponder my words O Lord consider my meditation c. So Magistrates haue not onelie authoritie to make and establise good lawes but also to determine betwixt men according to the same vnto whose sensor the subiect must submit himselfe as the Apostle prooueth to the Romaines when hee saith let euerie soule submit it selfe vnto the authoritie of the higher powers for all power is of God wherefore whosoeuer resisteth that power resisteth the ordinance of God and purchaseth vnto himselfe damnation For Magistrates are not to bee feared of them that doe well but of them that doe nill wilt thou not feare do wel then so shalt thou haue praise for he is the minister of God for thy wealth but if thou doest euill then feare for hee beareth not the sworde for naught but is the minister of GOD to take vengeance vpon them that doe euill where it is to be remembred that the ciuill magistrate who beareth the sword is called the minister of God as well as that spirituall magistrat that preacheth the woorde and that no doubt to the intent hee might take care as well to maintaine true religion as to minister deserued discipline for it standeth with all diuine and humaine reason that if all maisters fathers ought to haue a more thē ordinarie care to instruct and helpe forward their families in Christian religion so much as in them lyeth much more ought the magistrate to meditate by all meanes possible to performe his dutie therein who is a father ouer all families I cannot set this forth in any playner speach then Dauid hath done in this short saying kisse the sonne least hee be angrie and so you perishe in the right way by which speache the prophet teacheth that God cannot be honored by any other means then by that which Christ his sonne hath taught who saith himselfe in the fift of Iohn hee that honoureth the sonne honoreth the father hee that dishonoureth the sonne dishonoureth the father so that hee meaneth in this place that if you worshippe not the sonne as he hath commanded then you dishonor him if you dishonour him then you anger him if you anger him he casteth you off if he casteth you off then you are from the right waye and if you are from the right way then you perish For the auoyding whereof all godly Magistrates haue had a speciall care to meditate in the lawe of the Lord such were Moses Iosua Dauid Salomon Asa Iosophat Isachias c. Of whose good example God grant all godly magistrates to make good vse Amen Psalm 98. 10. With righteousnesse shall hee iudge the world and the