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A11949	A catechisme briefly opening the misterie of our redemption by Christ hauing the proues of euery point so annexed, and ioined vnder euery answer, that the ruder sort of people may be much furthered thereby, if they would vse a little diligence and endeuor to commit it to memory, or be much conuersant in reading thereof, or if they cannot read in hearing it read by others, vnto knowledge, and godlinesse.	Settle, Thomas.	1587 (1587)	STC 22267; ESTC S114769	38,264	95

iudges in the land through out all the strong Cities of Iuda 2. Chron. 19 verse 5 6 7. citie by citie And said to the Iudges take héed what ye doe For ye execute not the iudgements of man but of the Lord he wil be with you in the cause and iudgement Wherefore nowe let the feare of the Lord be vpon you take héed and doe it for there is no iniquitie with the Lord neither respecte of persons nor receiuing of reward Heare this I pray you ye heads of the house of Iacob princes of the house of Israell Mich. 3. verse 10 11. they abhor iudgement and peruert al equitie they build vp Zion with bloud and Ierusalem with iniquitie the heads therof iudge for rewards c therfore shal Zion for your sakes be plowed as a field To make good for the euill of their hands the prince asked Mich. 7. vers 3 4. the iudge iudgeth for a reward Therefore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his hart and so they wrap it vp the best of them is like a brier the most righteous is sharper then a thorne hedge Thou shalt take no gift Exod. 23 8. for the gift blindeth the wise and peruerteth the words of the righteous Wrest not thou the lawe Deut. 16 19. neither respect any person neither take reward for the reward blindeth the eies of the wise peruerteth the words of the iust Their rulers loue to say with shame bring yée Osea 4 18. Woe vnto them whiche iustifieth the wicked for a reward Esay 5 23. and taketh away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him Read the 82. Psalme 11. That magistrates must punish the wicked or else they shall prouoke Gods wrath against themselues and be a cause to increase sinne A Wise king scattereth the wicked Prou. 20 26 causeth the whéele to turne ouer them For Princes are not to be feared for good workes Rom 13. ℣ se 3 4. but for euill wilt thou bée without feare of the power doo well so shalt thou haue praise of the same for he is the minister of God for thy welth but if thou do euill feare for he beareth not the sword for nought for he is the mininister of God to take vengeance on him that dooth euill Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed spéedily Eccles 8 10. therefore the hart of the children of men is fully set in them to do euill Neither will I be with you any more except ye destroy the excōmunicate from among you Iosu● 7 12. Examples I put on iustice Iob 29. verse 14 15. and it couered me my iudgement was as a robe a crowne I was the eies of the blind and I was the féet to the lame I was a father vnto the poore and when I knew not the cause I sought it out diligently I brake also the iawes of the vnrighteous and plucked the pray out of his téeth Betimes will I destroy al the wicked of the land Psal 101 ● that I may cut of al the workers of iniquitie from the citie of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord 1. Kings 20. ℣ se 42. because thou Ahab hast let go out of thine hands a man that is Benhadad king of Aram whom I appointed to die thy life shall go for his life and thy people for his people A worthie example to be noted of all magistrates that they may not spare foolishly pittie Idolaters and vile sinners whom God in his law commaundeth to be slaine 12. That princes magistrates and men in authoritie ought to be religious mainteiners and nursers of religion and take especiall delight in those that feare God BE wise now therefore yée kings Psal 10. ℣ se 11 12. be learned ye iudges of the earth serue the Lord in feare and reioyce in trembling Kisse the sonne least he be angrie ye perish in the way when his wrath shall suddenly burne And when he that is the king shal sit vpon the throne of his kingdome Deut. 17. ℣ se 18 19. then shall he write him this law repeated in a booke by the priests of the Leuits and it shal be with him and he shall read therin all the daies of his life that he may learne to feare the Lord his God and to kéepe all the wordes of this law these ordinances for to do them That his hart be not lifted vp aboue his brethren and that he turne not from the commaundement to the right hand or to the left but that he may prolong his daies in his kingdome he his sonnes in the midst of Israell Let not this booke the Lords words to Iosua in his person to all magistrates of this law depart out of thy mouth but meditate therin day and night Iosua 1 8. that thou maist obserue do according to all that is written therein For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous then shalt thou haue good successe Thou that is the Church shall sucke the milke of the Gentiles Esay 60 16. shalt sucke the brests of Kings thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy sauiour Kings shal be Esay 49 ℣ se 23 24. thy that is the churches nursing fathers and quéenes thy nurses they shall worship thée with their faces towards the earth and licke vp the dust of thy féet and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord. In the Reuelation it is written Reue. 21 24 That the kings of the earth shall bring their glorie honour vnto the new Ierusalē Example of Dauid O my soule Psalm 16.2 thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my Lord my well doing extendeth not to thée but to the Saints that are in the earth to the excellent all my delight is in them I am a cōpanion of al them that feare thée and kéepe thy precepts Psal 119 63 Mine eies shal be vnto the faithfull of the land that they may dwell with me Psal 101 6. he that walketh in a perfect way he shal serue me When I remembred these things I powred out my very hart Psal 42 4. because I had gone with the multitude led them into the house of God 13. That all subiects are to obey their princes and those that are appointed vnder them that is inferior magistrats in all things not contrarie to the commandements of God to pay them tributes LEt euery soule be subiect vnto the higher powers Rom. 13. ℣ se 1 2 3. for there is no power but of God whosoeuer therfore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receiue to themselues iudgement For princes are not to be feared for good workes but for euill wilt thou then be without feare of the power do well so shalt thou haue praise of the same c. wherefore ye must be subiect not because of

wrath only but also for cōscience sake For this cause ye pay also tribute for they are Gods ministers applying themselues for the same thing Giue to all men therfore their dutie tribute to whom ye owe tribute custome to whom custome feare to whom feare honour to whom ye owe honour Put them in remembrance that they be subiect to the principalities powers Titus 3 1. and that they be obedient and readie to euery good worke Submit your selues vnto all maner ordinance of man for the Lords sake 1. Peter 2. ℣ se 13 14. whether it be to the king as vnto the superiour or vnto gouernours as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euill doers and for the praise of them that do well Honour al men 1. Pet. 3.17 loue brotherly fellowship feare God honour the king Giue vnto Cesar Math. 22 21 the things whiche are Cesars and giue vnto GOD those things which are Gods And when they were come to Capernaum they the receiued polle money came to Peter said Math. 17. ℣ s 24 25 26 27. doth not your master pay tribute He said yes And when he was come into the house Jesus preuented him saying what thinkest thou Simon of whom doo the kings of the earth take tribute or polle money of their children or of strangers Peter said vnto him of strangers thē said Iesus vnto him then are the children frée Neuerthelesse least we should offend them go to the sea and cast in an angle and take the first fishe that commeth vp and when thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt find a péece of twentie pence that take and giue it to them for thée and mée And the king said to his sergeāts that stood about him 1. Sam. 22 1● turne slay the priests of the Lord because their hand also is with Dauid and because they knew when he fled and shewed it not to mée But the seruants of the king would not moue their hand to fall vpon the priests of the Lord. And when they had brought them they set them before the Councel Acts. 4. verse 27 28 29. the chiefe priest asked them saying did not wée straightly cōmaund you that you should not teach in this manner c Then Peter the Apostles answered said wée ought rather to obey God then men 14. That none ought to curse or vse railing or euill speaches of magistrates CVrse not the king Eccles 10 20 no not in thy thought neither cursse the rich in thy bed chamber for the foule of heauen shal carrie the voice and that whiche hath wings shall declare the matter Thou shalt not raile vpon the iudges Exod. 22 28. neither speake euill of the ruler of the people Likewise notwithstanding the dreamers also defile the flesh Iud. 8. and dispise gouernment and speake euil of them that are in authoritie Yet Michaell the archangell c. Example of Paule I am not mad ô noble Festus Acts. 26 29. but I speake the words of truth and sobernes Yet none of these things do let why the ministers of Gods word shuld not after the example of Iohn Baptist to Herod Mark 6. 1. Kings 21. ℣ se 20. Elias to Ahab others of Gods seruants to other magistrats if néed require sharply reproue them when they swarue frō godlinesse and become wicked 15. That good princes and magistrats are taken away and an alteration of states often made because of the sinne and wickednes of the people FOr the transgression of a land there are many princes thereof Prou. 28. ● but by a man of vnderstanding and knowledge a realme likewise endureth long For lo Esay 3 ℣ se ● 2 3 4. the Lord God of hosts will take away from Ierusalem and from Iudah the stay and the strength euen all the stay of bread and all the stay of water The strong man and the man of warre the iudge and the prophet the prudent and the aged the capteine of siftie and the honorable and the counceller and the cunning artificer and I will appoint children to be their princes and babes shall rule ouer them 16. That the ministers and pastors of the Church ought diligently to seede their flockes and teach their people vnder paine of damnation and that faithfully without chopping and changing ANd of Leui he said Deut. 33 10. let thy Thummin thy Vrin be with thy holy one c. They shall teach Iacob thy iudgements and Israell thy law they shall put incense before thy face And they that is the Leuites read in the booke of the law of GOD distinctly Nehem. 8.8 and gaue the sense and caused them that is the people is vnderstand the reading O Sonne of man I haue made thée a watchman vnto the house of Israell Ezech. 33. ℣ s 9. therefore thou shalt heare the word at my mouth and admonish them from me When I shall say vnto the wicked man O wicked man thou shalt die the death if thou doest not speake and admonish the wicked of his way the wicked man shall die for his iniquitie but his bloud will I require at thy hands Neuerthelosse if thou warne the wicked of his way to turne from it if he do not turne from his way he shall die for his iniquitie but thou hast deliuered thy soule Take héed vnto your selues and to all the flocke Acts 20 28. whereof the Holy ghost hath made you the ouerseers to féede the church of God which he hath purchased with his owne bloud I charge thée therfore before God 2. Timoth. 4 verse 1 2. and before the Lord Iesus Christ which shal iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearing and in his kingdome Preach the word be instant in season and out of season improue rebuke exhort with all long suffering and doctrine The Elders which are amongst you 1. Pet. 5. verse 1.2 I beséech which am also an Elder c. Féed the flocke of GOD that dependeth vpon you caring for it not by cōstraint but willingly not for filthie lucre but of a readie mind c. Let a man so thinke of vs as of the ministers of Christ 1. Cor. 4. ℣ 1 2. and disposers of the secrets of God and as for the rest it is required of the disposers that euery man be found faithfull The Prophet that hath a dreame let him tell a dreame Iere. 23 28. and he that hath my word let him speake my word faithfully for what is the chaffe to the wheat saith the Lord Therefore séeing wée haue receiued this ministration 2. Corint 4. ℣ se 1 2. as wée haue receiued mercie we saint not but haue east of the clokes of shame and walke not in craftinesse neither handle wée the word of God deceitfully but in declaration of the truth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God For we are