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book_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	1,839	5	10.0881	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03519	Certayne sermons, or homelies appoynted by the kynges Maiestie, to be declared and redde, by all persones, vicars, or curates, euery Sondaye in their churches, where they haue cure. Anno 1547.; Certain sermons or homilies appointed to be read in churches. Book 1.	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; Church of England.	1547 (1547)	STC 13640; ESTC S110029	106,479	184

of God for hereunto verely were ye called For so did Christ suffre for vs leauyng vs an exāple that we should folow his steppes Al these be the very wordes of s Peter s Dauid also teacheth vs a good lesson in this behalfe who was many tymes most cruelly wrongfullye persecuted of kyng Saule and many tymes also put in ieoperdy and daūger of his life by kyng Saule his people yet he neuer resysted neither vsed any force or violence against kyng Saule his mortall enemy but did euer to his liege Lorde master kyng Saule moste true most diligent and most faithfull seruice In so muche y t when the lord God had geuē kyng Saule into Dauides hādes in his awn caue he would not hurt him when he myght without all bodily perill easly haue slain hym no he would not suffre any of his seruaūtes once to lay their handes vpon kyng Saule but praied to god in this wise lord kepe me from doyng that thyng vnto my master the lordes anoynted kepe me that I laye not my hande vpon him seyng he is y e anoynted of the lorde for as truly as the lorde liueth except the lorde smyte him or except his day come or that he go doune to warre in battaill perishe the Lorde be mercifull vnto me that I lay not my hand vpon the lordes anoynted And y t Dauid mighte haue killed his enemye kyng Saule it is euidētly proued in the first boke of the kynges both by y e cuttyng of y e lap of Saules garment also by the playn cōfession of kyng Saule Also another time as it is mēcioned in the same boke whē the most vnmercifull most vnkynd kyng Saule did persecute poore Dauid God did agayn geue kyng Saule into Dauides hādes by castyng of kyng Saul his whole army into a dead slepe so that Dauid and one Abisai with him came in the night into Saules hoste wher Saule lay slepyng and his speare stacke in the groūd at his hed Then said Abisai vnto Dauid God hath deliuered thyne enemy into thy hādes at this tyme now therfore let me smyte him once with my spear to the yearth and I will not smyte him agayn the seconde tyme meanyng thereby to haue kylled hym with one stroke to haue made him sure for euer And Dauid answered sayd to Abisai destroy him not for who cā lay his hādes on the lordes anoynted be giltles And Dauid said furthermore as sure as the lord liueth the lord shal smite him or his day shall come to dye or he shall descend into battaill there perish The lord kepe me frō laiyng my handes vpon the lordes anoynted But take thou now the speare y t is at his head the cruse of water let vs go and so he did Here is euidently proued that we may not resyst nor in any wayes hurt an anoynted kyng which is Gods liuetenaūt vecegerent and highest minister in that countrey where he is kyng But peraduenture some here would saye that Dauid in his awne defence might haue killed kyng Saule lawfully with a safe conscience But holy Dauid did knowe that he might in no wise resist hurt or kyl his souereigne lorde kyng he dyd knowe that he was but king Saules subiect though he wer in great fauor with God his enemy king Saule out of gods fauor Therfore though he wer neuer so much prouoked yet he refused vtterly to hurt the lordes anoynted He durst not for offending God his awne cōscience althought he had occasion opportunitie once lay his handes vpō Gods high officer y e king whō he did know to be a person reserued for his office sake onely to Gods punishmēt and iudgemēt Therfore he prayeth so ofte so earnestly y t he laye not his handes vpon the Lordes anoynted And by these .ii. exāples s. Dauid beyng named in scripture a man after Gods awne hart geueth a general rule and lesson to all subiectes in the world not to resist their liege lord king not to take a sweard by their priuate aucthoritie against their king gods anointed who onely beareth the sweard by gods aucthoritie for the maintenaūce of the good for the punishmēt of y e euil who onely by Gods law hath the vse of the swearde at his cōmaundemēt also hath all power iurisdiction regiment coercion as supreme gouernor of all his realmes dominiōs and that euen by the aucthoritie of god by gods ordinaunces Yet another notable story doctrine is in the second boke of the kynges that maketh also for this purpose Whē an Amalechite by king Saules awn cōsent cōmaūdemēt had kylled kyng Saul he wēt to Dauid supposing to haue had great thāke for his message that he had killed Dauids mortall enemy and therfore he made great hast to tel to Dauid the chaūce bringyng with him kyng Saules croune that was vpon his hed and his bracelet that was vpon his arme to perswade his tidynges to be true But godly Dauid was so farr frō reioysyng at these newes that immediatly he rēt his clothes of his backe he mourned wepte and sayde to the messenger how is it that thou wast not afraied to laie thy hādes on the lordes anoynted to destroy him And by by Dauid made one of his seruauntes to kil y e messenger saiyng thy bloud be on thine awne hed for thy awn mouth hath testified against the grauntyng y t thou hast slain the Lordes anoynted These examples being so manifest euident it is an intollerable ignoraūce madnesse and wickednesse for subiectes to make any murmuryng rebellion resistence commocion or insurrection agaynst their moste dere most dread souereigne lorde and kyng ordeined and appoynted of Gods goodnesse for their cōmoditie peace and quietnes Yet let vs beleue vndoubtedly good christiā people that we may not obey Kynges Magistrates or any other though thei be our awne fathers if thei would cōmaunde vs to do any thyng contrary to Gods cōmaundemētes In such a case we ought to say with the Apostles we must rather obeye God then man But neuertheles in y e case we maye not in any wyse resist violētly or rebell against rulers or make any insurrection sediciō or tumultes either by force of armes or otherwaies against the anoynted of the Lord or any of his appointed officers But we must in suche case paciently suffre all wronges and iniuries referryng the iudgement of oure cause onely to God Let vs feare y e terrible punishmēt of almightie God against traitors or rebellious persones by the example of Chore Dathan and Abiron whiche repined and grudged against Gods Magistrates and officers and therfore the earth opened swallowed them vp a liue Other for their wicked murmuryng rebelliō wer by a sodain fire sent of God vtterly consumed Other for their froward behauiour to their rulers gouernors Gods ministers were sodainly