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doctrine_n	apostle_n	church_n	teacher_n	2,224	5	8.9443	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17223	A treatise or sermon of Henry Bullynger: much fruitfull and necessarye for this tyme, concernynge magistrates and obedience of subiectes Also concernyng the affayres of warre, and what scryptures make mension thereof. whether christen powers may war against their ennemies. And whither it be laufull for a christyan to beare the office of a magistrate, and of the duety of souldiers with many other holsom instructions for captaynes [and] souldiers both. Made in the yeare of our lorde. M. D. xlix.; Sermonum decades qinque. English. Selections	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Lynne, Walter.	1549 (1549)	STC 4079; ESTC S110959	18,938	70

be lawfull by the gospel they be farre deceyued for the veryte sayth otherwyse For what thynges so euer be ordeyned of God to the healthe and saffety of man they be so seyming to a chrstiane man vsyng theme wel appleyng him selfe thera●ter that if he refuse them he is no tru christian For the greatest charge of a christiane is to set forwarde with al industry the sauegarde welth of men Capi di a prou xxiiii c and xx a tuum iii a i p●try i. v Now the magistrat is ordeined of no man but of god him selfe to the sauegarde protection of men As expressely it is witnessed by the prophetes and apostles and paule especiallye Ad rom xiii who so doth not see than but a christiane maye laudably● beare the office of a magistrate Forthermore no man wyl deny I thinke that belōgeth to euery christen man to declare his faythe not only with woordes but wyth the workes of iustice and mercy to see for the publicke peace tranquilite to folow iustice equite to defend wydowes the fatherles expressed Neyther oughte he to neglect occasion place or any such meane wherby he maye exercyse such benefites vpon his brethren Therfore it is not vnknowe that a christiane may be a magistrate For the office of a magistrate is to e●ecute iudgement and iustice and to mayntaine publyke peace Fow it is out of doubt and proued before Worke wel that Moses Samuel Iosue and Dauid other more are not to be excluded from the name of christians than seynge they were magistrates why may not christen men as well nowe a days beare office● In the newe testament m●ny noble men be commendid which wer in rule and authorite neyther yet dyd they renounce their office bycause of religion Luce xxxii● Of ●oseph of Aramatheus thus we reede in Luc. Beholde there was a mā called Ioseph a Centurion s marke sayth a senatour a good man and iust mar xv he consented not to theyr counsel and doinges borne in Aramathea a citye of the iewes which also dyd loke for the kyngdom of god Note here what a greate commendation is giuen hym Ioseph is a Centurion or a senator and that an honest senator ▪ he dyd sy●te in the counsel house and amongest these iudges which condemned christ but bycause he consented not with them he is excused gyltles from the bloude the same also is notefied to be a good man and iuste in the numbre of them whiche loked for the kyngedome of god that is in the numbre of christianes and for all this was he yet a Centurion or a senatoure and dwelled in the citie of Hierusalem A christian therfore lawful lye may beare office Hereto maye be broughte examples of the quenes chamberlayne of Aethiopia Actum viii actum viii of cornelius the centurione Actum x. ctum x of Eurastus the warden or stuarde of the cytie of Corinthe Rom. xvi ii rom xvi i. T●tum ii● Timo. iiii But I wolde the Anabaptistes wolde proue that with scriptures which they obiect that these being conuerted after didde lay downe their robbe and sworde For we haue proued it before by s Augustines wordes vpon the aunswer of Ihon Baptist to the souldiers which was also a christen preeher that after they were baptised luc iii ● Ihon ii● yet notwtstandinge were not deposed from their office neither had anye suche commaundemente of Ihon to forsake their warre farre The lord refused to be made a king And other obiection they haue bycause the lord did withdraw hī selfe what tyme the people intended to make hym kynge Whiche thing he wold not haue done Ihon. vi v but to gyue example to all christians of humilitie and to commaunde in a maner neuer to suffre any publyke administration to be put vppon them to this they adde the laiynges or the gospell My kyngedome is not of this worlde Ihon. xviii c Item The kynges of the earth rayne ouer them but you not lo. mat x. d mar● d●c luc x●i v. art l●e i 〈◊〉 v. a Truth it is the lord a voyded the people But howe folowynge the way that was not reighte neither intending to do the wyll of god but blynded with carnal affectes and sekyng such thinges as were pertaynyng to belycheare Forby cause he fedde them wonderfully / therfore they thought hym a mete kynge for their purpose whyche could fede his subiectes with much fare and no cost math xx d. Besides this our lorde came not to beare rule in earth after the fashyō of this world as the Iewes imagined thinking that Messias shoulde come lyke Salomon here to reigne and as Pilate feared Therfore sayde the lorde wel Ihon. xviii e My kyngdome is not of this worlde * actum i ● mat xxvi f ma● xxv in c tam viii e ephe i iiii For he ascended vp to heauē sitteth on the right hande of the father hauyng al kynges subiected to hym and al the worlde in the whiche now he rayneth by hys worde and spirite whiche also he shall come to iudge at the laste daye mat xxv c rom xiii d ●i cor ● vltimo iiiii a i pet iiii a ac●● x. And although christ denyeth hys kyngdome to be of this world yet he neuer denyed but that kynges and princes of the worlde shoulde come into his churche in the whiche they shuld serue the lorde not only as men but as kynges and prynces For kyngs can not serue the lorde as kinges otherwise thā by exercysyng that wherfore they be made kynges And vnlesse christian kynges myghte remayne in their office and gouerne kyngedomes after their rule and lawes of christe how coulde christ be called the kynge of kings lorde of lordes Therfore where the lorde said the kynges of the earthe do raygne ouer them but you not so he spake this only to hys apostles stryuyng for superiorite as thoughe he would say Prynces raygnynge in the worlde be not putte down from their thrones seates by my doctrine For mi doctryne doth not abolysh polycie / office nor magistrate in the world or in the church The magistrate he shall raigne but you not so you shal not raygne ye shal not be princes but teachers of the worlde and seruauntes of the churche Thus in fewe wordes haue we answered to the obiections of the Anabaptystes which we haue confuted also in other places Hetherto I thynk it sufficiently declared that a christen man not only maye but oughte also to beare rule and office yf it be ryghtfully offered vnto hym But before we knyt vp this disputatiō The daie of subiectes we wil touch now breifly what is the office of subiectes what euery one oweth to his magistrate Fyrst it is the parte of subiectes to haue a reuerende and honorable estimation of their princes and powers And so to reuerence them as goddes messyngers and ministres Also outwardly to exhibite suche