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cause_n	call_v	great_a	place_n	1,905	5	3.9526	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15700	An armoure of proufe very profitable, as well for princes, noble men; and gentlemen, as all other in authoritie, shewing the firme fortresse of defence, and hauen of rest in these troublesome times and perilous dayes. Made by Iohn VVoolton minister of the Gospell.	Woolton, John, 1535?-1594.	1576 (1576)	STC 25974; ESTC S106615	49,980	114

Morall guyding his subiectes according to the same And as this ordinance is of God so hath it byn of most auntient tyme For in Noha his dayes immediatly after the floud when God gaue leaue to mortall men to kill liuing creatures for their foode and sustentation he forbad them to eate beastes being yet aliue in their bloud as Wolues deuour lambes and as the Griphon renteth doues least men abusing such livertie might in tyme being fleshed as it wer in crueltie kill one another and shead mannes bloud The liuing Lorde requireth a kinde of pittie and mercy towards creatures albeit vnreasonable not to deale with them as with insensible things wherein Cato Censorius is iustly reprehended of Plutarch who without all humanitie solde his bondmen now olde and altogither wasted in his seruice God therefore thundereth a seuere intermination or threatning saying whoso sheadeth mannes bloud by man shall his bloud be shead For in the Image of God hath he made man In which wordes of the Lord we see the institution of a Magistrate to the end he should succour and defend the poore and innocent from iniurie and vyolence and correct and punish the transgressours for their faults and offences In tymes paste Kings and rulers therefore cōsidering not only the antiquitie but also the dignitie of their calling to be of God haue in their stiles vsed this Phrase N. By the grace of God King. Acknowledging that all preeminencye of Maiestie aucthoritie and power of Emperours Kings Princes and of all other Magistrates and officers whatsoeuer are giuen and conferred by God himselfe Which cogitation is verye profitable not onlie to represse the insolencie and hautinesse of mynde which commonly accompanieth dignitie and authoritie being very pernitious in all regiment but also much furthereth to the better administration and discharge of their calling in the feare of god For as they see and vnderstand themselues appointed in their places and degrees by God euen so are they seriously put in mynd that they must yelde an accompte of all their doings to him and therefore they will endeuour with all their power strength to obey and serue him with all feare and reuerence according to the saying of the King and Prophet Be wise now therefore yee Kings be learned ye iudges of the earth Serue the Lord in feare and reioyce in trembling Now as we learne the worthinesse of this calling by the light of Gods worde so may we see the same in the Gentiles folowing the light of most woorthie titles and names as the Persians who both called their Kings Gods and lying prostrate before them signified an opynion of their royall myndes and maiestie Afterward the Grecians excelling in all science and learning called their Princes Pastors or feeders of the people with which name excellent Homere hath celebrated woorthie Agamemnon Mynander aptly and briefly calleth a King The liuely Image of God. Albeit that saying seemeth to bee drawen out of Hesiodus an auntient Poet who numbred noble vertouns Princes amongst the Gods attributing vnto them after this life a kinde of diuine power ouer men Which opinion was afterward receiued both of the Grecians and Romaines as it is most euident to them that obscrue their languages For as amongst the Romaines all such as were translated for their noble actes amongst the number of the Gods were called Indigetes as if you woulde saye dwellyng with the Gods. So the Atheniensians named suche worthie wightes Iupiters sonnes of God enioying heauen as it were by right of inheritance But in proces of tyme the Romaynes most honorably termed their Emperours and nobles Fathers of their countrey and added the names of Royaltie and Maiestie And finally accompting such speeches not answerable to their great enterprises and exploits they erected vnto them Images Altars Chappels Churches Holidayes and Sacrifices Which doings if you trie by the touchstone of true religion I confesse they will appeare drosse and be founde blame woorthy Yet I say by some sparke or glimse of nature or by some celestial inspiration they reuerenced nexte and immediatly vnder God the creator of things and somdeale adored the Magistrates These examples must needes please all sache as doe not barbarously reiecte the light of naturr and the Ladie of man Reason I meane and vnderstanding But most pithie perswasions comfortable consolations are drawen out of the welles of liuing water not only quencting mens drye and thirstie affections in this lyte but springing to life euerlasting Almightie God therfore in the regiment and policie of his owne people the Israelites after their entrance into the lande of Promise first appoynted Iudges and then Kinges vnto whome hee made the common people subiecte which authoritie and secular power of Magistrates Christ him selfe and the Apostles haue allowed and confirmed The answere of Christ touching paying of Tribute euen to a Heathen Magistrate is most euidēt Giue saith he to Caesar those things that belong to Caesar and vnto God those things that belong to God. Which precepte Christ himselfe fulfilled in paying Tribute The blessed mother of Christ Marie the virgine accompanied with Ioseph wente to Bethleem to bee taxed among other Citizens and subiectes The speeche of Christ to one of his company caryeth weight with it Put vppe thy swoorde in his place for all that take the swoord shall perith with the swoord In which sentence wee see the power of the Secular swoorde allowed hauyng annexed vnto it ordinarye and lawfull correction and punishment whereby priuate murders and other offences may be stayde and letted It followeth then of the premisses that thys condition of lyfe is bolye and acceptable to God whereby the disobedient are brideled and the innocent maynteyned and conserued Sainte Paul the chosen vessell enlargeth and expoundeth the wordes of hys maister Let euery soule be subiecte vnto the highe powers for there is no power but of God and the powers that bee are ordeyned of god Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resistech the ordinaunce of God and they that resist shall receyue to them selues iudgement for Princes are not to bee feared for good workes but for euill Wilt thou then bee without feare of the power doe will and so shalte thou haue prayse of the same for hee is the minister of God for thy wealth but if thou doe euill feare for he beareth not the swoord for naught for he is the minister of god to take vengeance on him that doeth euill Wherefore you must be subiect not bicause of wrath onlye but also for conscience sake For for this cause ye pay also Tribute for they are Gods ministers applying themselues for the same thing In this place the holie ghost calleth three tymes the Magistrate by the name of Gods minister And is not this a true a stedfast and an excellent comforte Is not the great and heauie burden of Magistrates made lighte Is not their pensiue myndes and carefull