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A07010
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A pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered by Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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1543
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STC 1743; ESTC S109680
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God worketh his moost diuine pleasure in his electe faythfull people all good thiÌ„ges chauÌ„se vnto vs. For theyr iudgynge place is the throne of God Theyr mouth sentence is the organ and instrumeÌ„t of Gods trueth They are the vicars of God They are the lyuish Image of God They are the ministers of God for oure wealth They represent the parson of God They exercyse the iudgemeÌ„t ofy e LORDE They are the fathers of the contre They are the pastors of the people They are the maynteners of peace They are the rulers of iustice and patrons of all true innoceÌ„cy They therfore whiche wyll not approue commende and allowe the imperye rule and dominion of the publique magistrates heade officers maye worthely be iudged twyse fraÌ„tyke to much estraunged froÌ„ all kynde of humanite Thus haue ye hearde in fewe wordes howe necessary the hygh powers are for the right institucion godly administracion of y e publique weale Theo. We se nowe ryght well that wythoute they regiment gouernaunce nothyng y t is godly vertuous can stond but all wicked thiÌ„ges must nedes spriÌ„g vp aryse in those Realmes where the publique Magistrates wante Phil. Trueth it is that ye saye well nowe for the iust perfecte accomplysshement of my promyse heretofore made I wyll declare coÌ„sequeÌ„tly vnto you what your duety is â—owarde the hygh powers I meane our moost soueraygne Lord y e king all the other rulers that gouerne vnder his mooste noble empyre and dominion Chri. I praye you hertely let it so be Phil. Ye remember wel I am sure that your flour whiche I I gaue you laste is this Lette euery soule be obediente to the povvers that beare rule c. Euse. We remember it well Phil. Here is Faythfull obedience required of you toward the high powers and rulers of the common weale For as it is theyr office to rule so is it our duety to obey that not faynedly but with sincerite of coÌ„scieÌ„ce purenes of mynde wythoute ony dissimulacion or Hypocrysy For ther is no povver but of God The povvers that be are ordined of God Therfore VVho so euer resisteth the povver resisteth the ordinaunce of God And they that resist shall gette totheÌ„ selues damnacion Butte I praye you marke what your floure sayth Let euery soule be obedience to the povvers that beare rule Note that it is sayd Let euery soule be obedieÌ„t Here se you that no parson be he spiritual or temporal as they vse to call them is excepted from obedience towarde the hyghe powers All are vnder subieccion All owe obedience feare honoure tribute to the rulers of the commoÌ„ weale None is free from this subieccion For euery soule is here takeÌ„ after the Hebrew phrase for all meÌ„ for so many as are reasonable creatures borne appoynted to lyue vnder a law So that the scripture here coÌ„maundeth all men both spirituall temporall both godly and vngodly both wicked righteous both perfecte imperfecte to obey the magistrates all such ordinauÌ„ces lawes as are made of theÌ„ for the glorye of God the commodite of the publique weale or els they accumulate heape vp to theÌ„ selues great daÌ„nacioÌ„ as S. Austen sayth who soeuer wyl not obey the lawes of the temporal gouernours which are made for the establyshemenâ— of Goddes truethe he getteth greate damnacion Theo. Are the spirituall persons bounde to be obedient also to the hygh powers by the word of God Phil. Yea verelye there is not one Bysshop nor preste within this Realme of Englonde which oweth not so muche obedience to the kynges graces maieste as the moost inferiour subiecte and vile temporall man doth Neither doth this name spirituall Archbishop Patriarche Cardinall Bysshop Archedeacon Suffragane Preste Decon c. delyuer them from subieccioÌ„ obedience no more than this word Tayloure Shoomaker Draper Marchaunt Innekeper water taÌ„kerde bearer Dawber Cobler â–ª c. dothe Let euery soule saythe the Scriptureâ— be obediente to the poVVers that beare rule Here is none excepted no not that Romyshe Porke which chalengeth so great authorite ouer all parsons in the worlde that he is not ashamed to suffer kinges Emperours to kysse and lycke hys pockye feete O shameles Antechriste Theophilacte vpon the aforesayde place of Paule wrytethe on thys manner Here he teacheth all men sayth he that whyther he be Preste or moÌ„ke or Apostle they should be obedient to the Prynces and hyghe powers Where is onye excepcion nowe I praye you where are the pryuyledges immunities fredoms liberties nowe become which the Butcher of Rome was wonte to giue so bounteouslye to hys dere spirituall chyldren that they might synne w t out punyshment be free from payenge tribute exempte from all temporal iurisdiccion â—e Lordes kinges within them selues hange and drawe at theyr owne pleasure and do what so euer theyr beastlyke lustes coueted Howe well followed they this doctrine of y e holy Ghost Of what spirite were they named spiritual which so manifestly fight with the spirite of god With what forheade durste they be bolde to cal theÌ„ selues the successours of y e Apostles seynge that contrary to y e teachynge practyse of all true Apostles they were disobediente to the hygh powers robbed them of theyr authorite led them captiue made theÌ„ to serue theyr voluptuous and beastlyke pleasures Euse. Undoubtedly there hath ben great abusion in the Clergy concernyng the temporall rulars Phil. It can not be denyed but thankes be to our LORDE God whiche hath in these our dayes brought it to passe by the reuelacion of his diuine verite that oure moost christen Kynge wyth certen other Prynces hathe very tryumphaÌ„tely gotten agayne recouered theyr authorite gyueÌ„ them of God wherof so many yeres they haue vniustly be depriued by the furious tyranny of that moost cruel Romysh Bysshop and his bloudye whelpes Theo. The holy scripture I am sure taught them no such disobedience Phil. No verely It rather teachethe them obedience as ye hearde before For it is wrytten the kynge beareth rule ouer all he hath dominion ouer them so that what so euer he sayth to theÌ„ they do it Was not Aharon the hygh Preste obedieÌ„t to Moses whom God appoynted rulare ouer his people dyd what soeuer he commauÌ„ded hym Wasnot the hygh Preste Achimelech and al the other Prestes obedient to kyng Saul called them selues his seruauntes and him theyr Lorde not once resistyng the fury of the king but rather chosyng to suffer death paciently vnder so great a tyrauÌ„t than once to resiste hym disobedieÌ„tly What nede I speake of Dauid SalamoÌ„ Ezechias Iosaphat Iosias AlexaÌ„der Demetrius Antiochus c. whiche euerhad the Bysshoppes Prestes Leuites other spirituall ministers in subiecion w t oute ony resistence Howe can oure spiritualte than be free from obedience subieccioÌ„ Chri. Ye