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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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