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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	church_n	religion_n	true_a	2,786	5	4.8010	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03631	[Godly and most necessary annotations in ye .xiij. chapyter too the Romaynes]	Hooper, John, d. 1555.	1551 (1551)	STC 13756; ESTC S116553	16,386	64

haue not cast of the but me Also the magistrate there is warned too take hede he doo nothynge but as the minister of god too rule gouerne after his word For this god requyreth of hym that he be a faythfull mynister And when so euer he begyn to wax laughty haulty arrogant and proud ▪ let hym remember Sainte Paules wordes that he is but a minister And where as Sainte Paule sayeth the Magystrate is ordeyned for the wealthe of the people ▪ he must take hede of the ende where vnto he is appoynted and be in dede as god wold hym to be a wealth saluatyon of y e people to defend iust causes to condemne suche as be vniust to remoue false supersticious religion and to plant true and godly religiō to maintaine suche as profyt the church and ●●ocke of Christ and to remoue such as hinder and deceiue thē Saint Paul nowe prosecuteth ●ys matter and sheweth whoo shuld feare the hygher powers with these wordes If thou do euyl then fear for he bearith not aswerd for noughte but he is the minister of god to take punishment of them that do euyll Euen as Sainte Paul saith here that the cause of feare too an euyll man is that the Magistrate beareth a swearde Euen so doth he declare that it is not ynoughe for the Magystrate to beare a swerd but to vse and execute the sweard as the synnes of the people requyre too punysshe and kyll them yf the lawe so fynde them gyltye and for feare of the vse of y ● swearde whyche is not in vayne they should kepe euyll doers in obedyence and feare and so muche the more because he is the mynyster of God and hys punyshmente is the verye hande and wyll of god when he punissheth yuell doers And it is not he y ● kylleth but god whose place he occupieth being a magistrate higher power For god cōmaundyth him to punysh not to fauoure suche yuel and naughtye persons It is very diuillishnes to accuse the magistrates of yuel doinges when they punysh or put too death yuell doers seyng in their this doing thei be none other but gods Ministers And where as the scrypture forbyddeth punishment reuengyng it meaneth that no priuate man should reuenge his owne cause nor fight at his pleasure but rather suffer wronges if the lawe wil not redres it And if y ● iudge and magistrate in a cause of the lawe for lucre feare loue frendship or ony other respect kil ani man that is not worthye by the lawe to die the iudge and Magystrate is a verye murtherer And so he is yf he saue ony man that the lawe condemnyth For he is as S. Paul saith a mynyster of God whoo neuer saueth one condēnith y ● other in lyke causes S. Paule when he hath sufficiently declared y ● dignity of the higher power gathereth by two necessary causes more y ● the Magistrate is to be obeyed with these wordes Wherfore ye muste nedes obey not for feare of vengeaunce onely but also because of conscience The one cause wherfore we must obey is the feare of payn punishment the which the Magistrate must minister by y e commaundemente of God vnto all suche as disobey and contemne the ordinaunce of God The other is conscience for although the magistrate do not se nor know how thou doest disobey breake the order of god or els if thou couldest by power and strength ouercome the magistrates yet thy conscience is bound to obey and that for many causes First because the magistrate is the ordinaūce of god then because dysobedyence and breaking of goddes lawes troubleth the publike and commune peace yeueth other stomake and incouraging to dysobey Al these euyls folowith dysobedyence the which of conscience we are bound to exchew auoide There be some so indurate past grace that thinke them selues not bound to obey thys order and higher power appoynted and commaunded of God but doubtles those shall perysh with their capitaines as Architophel did with his Absolon If y ● hygher power cōmaund ony thyng contrary vnto gods worde they should not be obeyed Notwythstandynge there should be suche modestie and so bernes vsyd as shuld be w toute al violence force and rebellion As Peter Ihon vsyd saying God is more to be obeyed then man And so in saying of truththey continued in y ● truth w tout mouing of sedityon and suffred death for y ● truth as Fabiane Cipriane holy martirs recordes of god suffred in Affrica vnder Decius the Emperoure of Rome How we are bound in cōscience to obey thē S. Paul declareth farther saying And euen for thys cause paye ye tribute for they are goddes ministers appointed to y e same purpose If we were not bound in conscyence to obey them we shuld not nede to pai tribute vnto thē but seing we ought to pay trybute taxes and subsidies we knowe they do defende vs agaynst all force violence wrongs of our enemyes Therfore tribute is a note and knowledge of our obedience which we must pay wyllyngly and gladlye of dutye as Christ sayth geue vnto God y ● which is gods to y e Emporour that which is the Emperours Sainte Paule sheweth the cause why tribute oughte to be payed vnto the hygher powers because sayth he they be ordeyned of God to preserue and defend the cōmon welth in peace quietnes to punyshe the yuel and to defend the good And without the magistrates helpe thys can not bee doone as ye maye read In the booke of the iudges howe the people fell in to all myschiefe when they wanted a lawful Magistrate superior power and euery man did as it semed best in his owne eyes And in the Prophet Esai the lord threateneth y e wycked Hierusalem because there was none in it worthy to beare rule Euen as subiectes be bound to obey this higher power so must the higher power alwaye take hede that vertue and good mē be commended and euyll men with sinne and disobedience punisshed Nowe foloweth the second part of the Chapiter GIue to euery mā therfore his duty tribute to whō tribute belongeth Custome to whō custom is due fear to whom fear belongeth honoure too whom honor perteineth When Saint Paule hath sufficiently tolde vs our duties to y e higher power he descendeth from that particularitye one sorte of persons to a generalitie howe we should do our dutyes to all maner of persons Fyrste generally he sayeth we should yeue euery man hys due Then numbreth he certeyne kindes particulers of dutyes Tribute we owe to kynges and Magistrates that must we faithfully paye or els the wythhoulders commytte thefte and therfore Christ payed tribute Custome is the reuenewes or proffytes that commeth by land or trade of merchaundyse and in thys point fayth must be kepte to all men accordynge to the lawes appointed by y e hygher