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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18673	The Christen rule or state of all the worlde from the hyghest to the lowest and how euery man shulde lyue to please God in hys callynge. Item, the Christian state of matrimony: and how ma[n] and wife shuld kepe house together with loue. Item, the maner oe [sic] saynge grace after the holy scrypture.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536. Obedience of a Christen man and how Christen rulers ought to governe. aut; Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575. Christlich Eestand. aut; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. Christen exhortacion unto customable swearers. aut; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed name. aut	1548 (1548)	STC 5189.7; ESTC S109287	42,177	90

Mathew dyspute y t Pe ter because he payde trybute is greater then the other Apostles and hath more aucrori●e and powre thā they and was hed vnto them al contrary vnto so ma ny cleare textes where Christe rebuketh them saenge that is an hethenyshe thin ge that one shulde clyme aboue an other or desyre to be greatter To be greatter in the kingdome of heuen is to be a ser uaunte he that moste humbleth him selfe and becomethe a seruaunte vnto other after the ensample of Christe I meane and his apostles and not of the Bysshophe of Rome and his Apostles our Prestes and Byshops the same is greatest in that kyngdome If Peter in payenge trybute became greatest how cometh it that they wyll paye none at all But to paye trybute is asygne of subieceyon verely and the cause why Christ payed was because he had an houshold and for the same cause payed Peter also For he had an house a shyp pe and nettes as thou redest in the gos pell But let vs go to Paule agayne Wherfore ye must nedes obeye not for feare of vengeaunce onely but also because of cons●yence That is though thou be so ▪ myghty as now many yeres our Byshoppe of Rome and Prelates euery where are that thou nedest not to obeye the temporall swerde for feare of vengaunce yet must thou obeye because of conscyence Fyrste because of thyne owne conscyence For thoughe thou be able to resyste yet shalte thou neuer ha ue a good cōscience as longe as Gods word lawe and ordynauuce are agayn ste the Secōdaryly for thy neyghbours conscyence For thoughe thorowe craft and violence thou myghtest escape and obtayne lybertie or pryuylege to be fre from all maner duties yet oughtest thō neyther to sue or seke for any suche thinge niyther yet admite or accepte yf it were profered lest thy fredome make thy weake brother to grudge and rebel in that he seth the go emptie and he him selfe more lade thy parte also layde on his shulders Seest thou not yf a mā fa uoure one sōnemorethē another or one seruaūte more thē a nother how al the rest gruoge and how loue peace vnyte is broken What Christen loue is in y e to thy neyghbour warde whē y ● cāst fynde in thyne herte to goo vp doun emptie by him all daye long and se him ouercharged yea to fall vnder his bur then and yet wylte not ones set to thy ●e hande to helpe hym What good cō science can there be amonge oure spiri tualte to gather so greate treasure toge ther and with ypocresye of theyr false lerninge to robbe almost euery man of house and landes and yet not therwith content but with all craft and wylenes to purchase so great lyberties and exempcions frō●llmaner braringe with theyr bretherne sekinge in Christe no thinge but lucre I passe ouerwith sylē ce how they teach Princes in euery lan de to laye new exaccions and tyrannye on theyr subiectes more more dayly ▪ neyther for whate purpose they do it say I. God I trust shal shortly disclose theyr luggelynge and bringe theyr falshed to light and laye a medicine to thē to make theyr scabbes breake out Neuerthelesse this I saye that they haue robbed all realmes not of Godes wor de only but also of all wealth and prosperite haue driuè peace out of all lan des withdrawne thē selues from all obediēce to princes haue separated thē selues from laye men countinge thē vy ler then dogges haue set vp that greate ydole the whore of Babilō Antichri ste of Rome whome they call Bishoppe of Rome haue conspired aganst all cō mone wealthes haue made thē a seue tal kingdom wherin it is lawful vnpu nyshed to worke all abhomination In euery parishe haue they spyed ▪ in euery greate mans house in euery ●ouerne and Alehouse thorow cōfessiōs know they all secretes so that no man maye o pen his mouth to rebuke what so euer they do but that he shal be shortly made an hereti● In al councels is one of thē yea the most parte and chefe rulers of the councels are of them But of theyr councell is no man Euē for this cause paye ye tribute that is to were for consciences sake to thy neyboure for the cause that foloweth For they are goddes ministers seruing for the same purpose Because God wil so haue it we must obeye We do not lo ue if we haue Christes spirite in vs what is good profitable glorious honorable for vs neyther on our own wil but on godes wil onely Gyue to euery mā therfore his du●ye tribute to whō tribute belōgeth custōe to whome custo me is due feare to whome feare belongeth honoure to whōe honoure pertay neth That thou myghtest feale the worhin ge of the spirite of God in the and leste y ● bewty of she dede shulde deceyue the and make the thynke that the lawe of God whiche is spirituall were content and fulfylled wyth the outwarde bodely deade it foloweth Owe nothynge to any mā but to loue one another For he y ● loueth another fullfyleth the law For these cōmaundementes thou shalte not commytte adultery thou shalte not kyll thou shalt not stele thou shalt not beare false wytnesse thou shalt not desyre and so forth yf there be any other commaundemente are all comprehended or contayned in thys sayenge loue thy neyghbour therfore is loue ●he fulfyllyng of the law Here hast thou sufficient against all the sophistres w●rke holy and iustifiare in the worlde whyche so magnifie theyr deades The law is spirituall and requyrethe the harte and is neuer fulfylled wyth the deades in the syghte of God Wyth the deade thou fulfillest the law before the world and lyuest therby that is thou enioyest thy● presente lyfe and auoydeste the wrath and vengeaūce the deth and punyshment whyche the lawe threteneth to them that breake it But before God thou kepest the law yf thou loue onely Now what shal make vs loue Merely that shal faith do If thou beholde how much god loueth the in Christe from what vengeaūce he hath delyuered the for hys sake of what kyngdome he hath made the heyre thē shalt y ● se cause ynough to loue thy very enemye wyth out respecte of rewarde eyther in thys lyfe or in the lyfe to come but because that god wyll so haue it Christe haue deserued it yea y ● shuldest feale in thine harte that all thy dedes to come ar abū dauntly recōpensed already in Christe Thou wylt say hapely yf loue fulfill the law thē it iustifieth I say that that wherwith a man fulfylleth the law declareth him iustified but that which ge ueth hym wherwith to fulfyll the law iustifieth him By iustie●eng vnderstōde the forgeuenesse of synnes and the fauoure of God Now sayth the text Ro x. the ende of y ● law or the cause