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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	custom_n	honour_n	tribute_n	1,223	5	11.4735	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72378	Certaine godly, and most necessarie annotations vpon the thirteenth chapter to the Romanes: set forth by the right vigilant pastor: Iohn Hoper, by Gods calling, Bishop of Gloucester.; Godly and most necessary annotations in ye .xiii. chapyter too the Romaynes	Hooper, John, d. 1555.	1583 (1583)	STC 13756.5; ESTC S124475	17,410	49

higher power Lu. c. 10. contemneth and disobeyeth God And so sayth Christ who so contemneth such as I appoint and send contemneth me And the same saide God vnto Moses They haue not cast of thee but mee Also the magistrate there is warned to take heede he doe nothing but as the minister of God to rule and gouerne after his word Deu 17. ● Cor. 4. For this God requireth of him that he be a faithfull minister And whensoeuer hee begin to waxe lofty hauty arrogant and proude let him remember S. Pauls wordes that he is but a minister And where as S. Paul saith the magistrate is ordeined for the wealth of the people he must take heede of the end wher vnto he is appointed be in need as God wold him to be a wealth and saluation of the people to defend iust causes and to condemne such as be vniust to remoue false and supersticious religion and to plant true and godly religion to maintaine such as profite the Churche and flocke of Christ and to remoue such as hinder and deceiue them S. Paule now prosecutetd his matter and sheweth who should feare the higher powers with these wordes The Text. If thou do euill then feare for he beareth not a sworde for nought but hee is the minister of God to take punishment of them that do euill EUen as S. Paul saith here that the cause of feare to an euill man is that the Magistrate beareth a sword Euen so doth he declare that it is not inough for the Magistrate to beare a sword but to vse execute the sword as the sinnes of the people require to punish and kil them if the law so find them gyltie and for feare of the vse of the sword which is not in vaine they should keepe euill doers in obedience and feare and so much the more because hee is the minister of God and his punishment is the very hand and will of God when he punisheth euill doers And it is not he that killeth but God whose place he occupieth beeing a Magistrate and higher power For God commandeth him to punish Exod. 23.22 Liuit 19.20 Deu. 19. and not to fauour such euill and naughty persons It is very diuilishnes to accuse the Magistrates of euill doinges when they punish or put to death euil doers seing in their thie doing they be none other but Gods Ministers And where as the scripture forbiddeth punishement and reuenging it meaneth that no priuate man shoulde reuenge his owne cause nor fight at his pleasure but rather suffer wronges if the law will not redresse it And if the iudge and Magistrate in a cause of the law for lucre feare loue friendship or any other respect kill any man that is not worthy by the law to die the iudg and Magistrate is a very murtherer And so he is if hee saue any man that the lawe condemneth For hee is as saint Paule saith a Minister of God who neuer saueth one and condemneth the other in like causes Saint Paule when he hath sufficiently deelared the dignitie and honour of the higher power gathereth by two necessary causes more that the Magistrate is to be obeyed with these wordes The Text. Wherefore yee must needes obey not for feare of vengeaunce onely but also because of conscience THe one cause wherfore we must obey is the feare of paine punishment the which the Magistrate must minister by the commaandement of God vnto all such as disobey and contemne the ordinance of God The other is conscience for although the magistrat do not sée 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 that for many causes First because the magistrate is the ordinaunce of God then because disobedience breaking of Gods law troubleth the publique comon peace giueth other stomack incouraging to disobey Al these euils followeth disobedience the which of consciēce we are bound to eschew auoid Ther be some so indurates past grace the think themselues not bound to obey this order and higher power appointed commanded of God but doubtles those shal perish with their captains as A●chi●●phel did with his Absolon If the higher power commaund any thing contrary vnto Gods word they shoulde not be obeied Notwithstanding there shoulde be such modestie sobernesse vsed as should be without all violence force and rebellion As Peter and Iohn vsed saying God is more to be obeyed then man And so in saying of truth they continued in the truth without mouing of sedition and suffred death for the truth as Fabian and Ciprian holy martyrs and recordes of God suffered in Affrica vnder Decius the Emperor of Rome How we are bound in conscience to obey them S. Paul declareth further saying The Text. And euen for this cause pay yee tribute for they are Gods ministers appoynted to the same purpose IF we were not bound in conscience to obey them we should not need to pay tribute vnto them but seeing we ought to pay tribute Taxes and subsidies we know they doe defend vs against al force violence and wronges of our ennemies Therfore tribute is a note and knowledge of our obedience which we must pay willingly 〈◊〉 gladly of duety as Christ sayth giue vnto God the which is Gods and to the emperor that which is the emperors S. Paule sheweth the cause why tribute ought to be payed vnto the higher powers because saith he they be ordeyned of God to preserue and defend the common wealth in peace and quietnes to punish the euil and to defend the good And without the magistrates helpe this can not be done as yee may read in the booke of the Iudges how the people fel into al mischiefe when they wanted a lawful Magistrate and superiour power and euery man did as it séemed best in his owne eyes And in the Prophet Esay Esay 3. the Lord threatneth the wicked Hierusalem because there was none in it worthy to beare rule Euē as subiectes be bound to obey this higher power so must the higher power alway take heed that vertue good men be cōmended and euil men with sin and disobedience punished Now followeth the second part of the Chapter The text Giue to euery man therfore his duety tribute to whom tribute belongeth Custome to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honour to whom honour pertayneth WHen S. Paule hath sufficiently told vs our dueties to the higher power he descendeth from that particularity and one sort of persons to a generallitie how we should do our duties to al maner of persons First generally he saith we shoulde giue euerie man his due Then numbreth he certaine kinds and particulers of duties Tribute we owe to kings and Magistrats that must we faithfully pay or els the with holders commit theft therfore Christ payed tribute Custome is the reuenewes or profites