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A20276	A sermo[n] preached before the Quenes Maiestie, By Maister Edward Dering, the. 25. day of February. Anno. 1569; Sermon preached before the Quenes Majestie	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.	1569 (1569)	STC 6699; ESTC S113502	20,738	44

had they done their dutie But alas this is not to féede gods people in Iacob nor his inheritaunce in Israel This is to féede our selues euen as the Ore is fed to the slaughter house so we doe féede our selues to euerlasting confusion They that haue eares to heare let them heare God had chosen his Rulers To feede his people in Iacob and his inheritance in Israel These are the plaine and expresse wordes of Gods spirit And then what outragious spirit is y ● or what Fury rather that crieth thus w●…an impudent face that the Prince hath not to 〈◊〉 with Iacob and may not meddle with Israel But these are the steps that the man of s●…e should treade to speake against the Lord and yet say that he cannot erre There are the liuely markes of Antichrist thus to fight against Christ and yet saye he is his ●…hear Such is al the religion of ●…stry examine it if you will euen from point to point where God saith one thing it saith stil contrary and yet crieth with shame inough there is no errour in it God saith It is the doctrine of deuils to forbid mariages and the lawful vse of meates The Pope presumpt●…y forbiddeth both and yet saith still that he hath the holy Ghost Paule the Apostle saith If you obserue daies and times I am afraid that the Gospel is preached vnto you in vayne The Pope saith you shall obserue both I can dispence with the Apostle and yet he saith he is Apostolical Saint Peter saith Be you subiect to the Prince as to the chiefest The Pope saith the King is not highest but he is aboue doth King and Keasar and yet he saith still he is the Successor of Peter And what should I say more It greueth me to recken vp al that Monsters abominations It would make a Christian hart to bleed to see how he hath deceiued the simple With his paper waules and painted fiers he made them so afraid that they beleued what so euer he had spoken But he is filthy and let him be filthy still We wyll returne to our purpose and learne of a princely Prophet what is a Princes duty He must féede Iacob and Israel that is Kinges must be Nurce fathers Quenes must be Nurces vnto the Churche of God And to this end they must vse their authoritie that Gods children may learne vertue knowledge For to seeke onely worldly peace and securitie or to make vs lyue at ease here in this wayfaring citie that is rather to féede flesh and bloud then to féede Iacob rather to make happy this worldly fellowship then to instruct Israel The true Israelite is strong against the Lord and commeth with violence to claime the kingdome of heauen What helpeth it in this respect to be ritch or honorable If I had al the ritches in the world yet could I not pay the price of my bothers soul. Or if I had neuer so much rule and authoritie I am not therfore the nearer to make intercession vnto God They are other weapons that must preuaile against Sathan and it is an other attyre that wyll be accepted for the mariage garment If we wil feede Iacob and Israel let vs leade them to the house of wisedome and traine them vp in the feare of God The Lord open the Queenes Maiesties eyes that she may looke to this charge Otherwise if we lyued neuer so peaceably vnder her yet when the Lord shal come to aske accompt of her stewardship how she hath fed her fellow seruants with the meate appointed them then she will be found eating and drinking with sinners But because we are so dul of hearing that a little teaching of our dutye is not sufficient for vs I will shew out of the scriptures somewhat more plainly if ought may be playner what is the duty of a Prince The Prophet Esay very effectually setteth it out in the person of our Sauiour Christ saying Righteousnes shall be the girdle of his loynes and faithfulnes the buckle of his raines It is true that the Prince must defende the fatherles and widdow relieue the oppressed and haue no respect of persons in iudgement sake peace vnto his people and gird him selfe with righteousnes But this is also his duty and his greatest duty to be careful for religion to maintaine the Gospell to teache the people knowledge and builde his whole gouernance with faithfulnes For this cause king Salomon both the mightiest and the wisest kyng that euer was called him salfe a Preacher And king Dauid to testifie how he acknowledged his duty spake openly to his people I wyl instruct thee and teach thee in the way that thou shalt go and I wyl guide thee with mine eye This general rule king Salomon gaue vnto other Be diligent to knowe thee-state of thy flocke and take heede vnto thy heardes For ritches remaine not alwaies neither the crowne from generation to generation Expres●…y shewing that to encrease riches or to set forth the glory of a kyngdome that is not the greatest d●…uty of a Magistrate Thus the Prophet Hoseas crying out against the people of Israel he reckeneth vp this as their greatest disorder that lying and swearing ignoraunce of God was not punished amongest them And alas dearely beloued if this be the saying of the Prophet let vs looke vnto it I dare not but speake the truth seyng God hath called me hether He hath raysed me vp so hye when I was cast downe that I cannot forget hys benefites If this wyll not serue I wil surely speake it more playnely when the Lord shall open my mouth againe Surely if this be the saying of the Prophet as it is in déede that lying that swearing that blynde and wylfull ignoraunce shall be punished let not the Princesse deceiue her self the spirite of God doth not posses her hart if she heare daylye lying and blasphemous swearing and sée the peoples ignoraunce and yet leaue all vnpunished Looke vnto these thinges better if you wyl looke well vnto your selfe you cannot pretend ignoraunce thys is playn inough if anye thyng be inough And yet least you should seeke to buselye to be deceued I wyll rehearse the pláyne law of the Lord. That this doctrine may be warranted with the surer witnesses God sayth of a Kyng in the 17. of Deuteronomy VVhen he shal sit vpon the throne of hys kingdome then shal he vvrite him this lawe repeated in a booke by the Priestes of the Leuites And it shall be vvith him and he shall reade therein all the dayes of hys life That he may learne to feare the Lord his God and keepe all the wordes of his Law and these couenauntes for to do them That hys hart be not lifted vp aboue his brethren That he turne not aside from these commaundements neither to the right hand nor to the leaft But that he may prolong hys dayes in his kyngdome he and

a vapour and all our glory is but as the flower in the field why be we so bewitched with loue of so great vanitie Seing our estate shall be before God euerlasting and these accompted daies come so fast to an end that we shall be spéedely called why be we still so careles in what sorte we shall appeare Seing Gods threatninges are so neare vnto vs and the daungers that hang ouer our heades are so many Seing Gods iudgements are so fearful and his wrath burning for euer why ar we so careles And why is it true that was spoken so long a gone Heu v●…unt homines tanquam mors nulla sequatur Aut velut infernus fabula vana foret Why do we liue as though we should dye neuer Or as hell fire were an old wiues fable euer Beleue me beleue me this is intollerable blyndnesse seyng we bee so bleare eyed our selues that we cannot sée before vs neyther heauen nor hell yet that we wyll reason against Gods truth by anye mans eye sight whether he sée or see not If we lyst to meruell at the duines of mans eyes we cannot wel maruel at any thing so much as at o●… own foolishnes that cānot sée our selués L●… vs looke at the last to our owne estate and a●… for other men let vs leaue thē vnto the Lord he doth knowe most assuredlye who be his They are not the wyse and prudent of this world that he hath chosen Ther are not many Princes and Noble men in the face of h●… Church If Princes and Magistrates wyl b●… styll rebellious what is that to vs If th●… Pope and his hirelinges wyl be blinde styll yet the Scripture is the Scripture The vnfaythfull Stewarde neuer lyue●… more riotously then when his Lord is euer at hand to cal him to his accomptes The foo lishe Uirgins are neuer faster a sléepe the●… when the Bridegrome is ready to enter into his wedding chamber The children of thys world are neuer buselier occupied then the night before their soules shall be taken from them The fonne of perdition shall neuer be more lofty then in these latter daies when he shall bee reuealed But for these that are so blinde let them be blinde stil let vs approch vnto the throne of grace with faith that the secretes of the Lorde maye be reuealed vnto vs. As for Kinges and Emperours if you wil yet aske why could they not see it but cōmit them selues vnto so great slauerie alas poore creatures how could they sée in the middest ●…f so great darknes How could they reade when the booke was fast sealed How coulde they discerne the voyce when they hearde no ●…und but of ti●…kling Cymbals But thys was the great subtiltie and craft of Sathan He knoweth howe willingly we be caried to worldly studies and whether we did encline ●…ether he thrust vs headlong He knoweth what corruption hee hath sowen in our nature and how vnwillingly we meddle wyth the thinges of God And therefore it was an easy practise for the Pope his Minister to pul away heauenly cares from all Princes gouernmentes They are greeuous vnto flesh and bloud and suche as Kinges loue not to meddle with al. This was one meane why Princes did not their dutie An other was as great as this they heard the Pope so mag uisied that they thought hym halfe a God When they wer once perswaded the Popes pardons should be no small discharge who would not willingly submit him selfe wyth al humilitie to receiue it If we may lyue all our life in riot yet after thorow the Popes blessing rest in the peace of the Church who would refuse any popishe subiection Make ●…en once dronke with this opinion and they are at your commaundement to do what you wyl Baresoote and bareleg they will wayte at your gate set your foote if you will on the Emperours neck he wil refuse no villany Wel now that God hath deliuered vs out of that kingdome of darknes now we know the Pope to be Antichrist his praiers to bee euil his Pardons to be worsse then the sinne of Witchcraft let vs looke at the last to our own dutie and trust no more to such a broké staffe If God hath made vs Princes or Magistrates let vs fee ●…e his people in Iacob and his inheritance in Israel This is our dutye let vs harken vnto it and that we may doe it the better let vs enquire how it maye best be discharged And I beséeche your Maiestie to harken I wyl speake nothing according to man which may easelye be contemned but that which I wyl speake shall be out of the mouth of the Lord. In obeying of which shal consist your safegard and the health of your kingdome Especially and aboue althinges looke vnto your Ministery There is no commaundement geuen oftner in the olde Testament none geuen oftner in the new When God would specially blesse the people of Israel he scattered the Leuits among the other tribes that the law might be taught in al the costes of Iewry When Christ would bring into the world the light of the Gospell he sent foorth his Apostels to preach vnto euerye creature In the old lawe God signified by manie outward tokens how necessary the Priesthoode was for the instruction of his people what Priestes he required The slaues were alwaies in the rings of the Arke the Lampe euer burning to shew that the Priests should alwaies declare the wil of God vnto his people and offer vp the sweete incense of continual praier On the neat her end of the robe of the Ephod were bels alwaye soundyng to teache that the Priest shoulde be euer heard where so euer he did go and shew him selfe a Messenger of the Lord of hostes In the brest plate he had Vrim and Thumim two liuely presentations of Gods presence to be witnesses vnto the Priest of his knowledge righteousnes In the plate of gold vpon his forehead was engrauen in great golden letters Holynes vnto the Lord to testifie his vpright life and conuersation God forbad any straūger to enter in among them except he were circumcised in hart And of the children or Aaron if any had faulted in his ministerye he should by no repentance be receiued again to the Priesthood This was the care that God had then of his Priesthoode that hee might kéepe in holines al the children of Israel This is the care that we must haue of our Ministerie if we wil haue the gospel of Christ to growe This care was greatest vnto the godlye Rulers and Princes of Israel to the end they might kéepe the sanctuarie vndefiled This care must be greatest in those that be Christian Magistrates if they loue Gods glory and increase of his Gospel Thus dyd king Salomon in the beginning of his raigne when he put downe Abiathar and made Sadoc hie Priest Thus did Ieosaphat