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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05390	A fruitfull sermon made in Poules churche at London in the shroudes, the seconde daye of February by Thomas Leuer	Lever, Thomas, 1521-1577.	1550 (1550)	STC 15543; ESTC S120436	21,246	80

that ye may fele what a greuous synne it is to wythstande the powers ordayned of GOD to minister dewe correccyon vnto euyll doers For not onely thy conscyence but also thyne owne deede in that thou doeste paye tribute for thys thynge shall testifye agaynst the that thou knowwest theym to be the mynisters of GOD attendynge to thys same thynge to thys bryngynge euell doers in ●eare It is therefore a matter of conscience for the so to w t stande the powers ordayned of God that thei take no place in the but that thou wylt do euell wythout feare maintaine that whych is euell done by worse presumpcion I do not saye that whatsoeuer the magystrates commaunde is a matter of conscience but what soeuer is euell is a matter of conscyence And to resyste ryghte by myghte so that thou wylte not be subiecte in humylitye vnto those powers whyche God by hys righte hath set ouer the in authoritye is a greate euell and therefore a greate matter of cōscience Many exāples we haue whyche doeth proue that euerye commaundement of magistrates be not matters in conscicēe yet euery resisting or rebelling against their autority is a matter in conscience The Iewes had a custtume cōfirmed by their elders whiche were magistrates that no man should eate wyth vnwashē hādes Christe Iesu leaste thys custome brake thys tradicion wythout any grudge of conscience Dauid knowynge Saule the kyng to be a wycked man and hys deadly enemy and hauyng Saule in a denne where as if he would he myght haue kylled hym this Dauid hadde a good conscience not to touche the lordes anointed to suffer Saule to be kynge and to submitte hym selfe Daniel was commaunded not to praye to God the Apostles were commaunded not to preache gods worde These dyd not rebell against the higher powers no nor yet for conscience obey men but rather they obeyed God For Daniell did praye and the Apostles dyd preache So ryse not rebell not resiste not what soeuer the rulers them selues do And be ye not so scrupulous as to thynke the bond in conscience vnto euerye thing that a mā beyng a ruler commaundeth the to do it especiallye if God cōmaund the contrary Now it foloweth geue vnto euerye one that which is due Euery dutye belōging to euery body can not here be declared no nor at this tyme rehearsed I wyll therefore speake briefely of one thynge whych shall be a generall exāple for all duties Pau. i. vnto the Cor. xi Vnus panis unū corpus multi sumus One bred sayeth he one body we are y ● be many by the whiche he declareth that as of diuers cornes of wheate by the liquor of water knodē into dough is made one loafe of breade so we being diuerse men by loue and charitie whyche is the liquor of lyfe ioyned into one congregacion be made as dyuers members of one misticall body of Christe where by I say as by one example in the stede of many learne that the more gorgeous you youre selues bee in silkes veluettes the more shame is it for you to see other poore and neady beyng members of the same bodye in ragges and clothe yea bare and naked Doest thou not thynke them to be members of the same bodye that thou arte Then arte not thou a member of Christe then arte not thou a chylde of God then art no● thou a christen man One member oughte as well to be prouided for as another I do not say that one ought to haue as costely prouision as a nother But as there be dyuers members in dyuers places hauyng dyuers duties so to haue dyuers prouision in feedyng and clothyng And as they be all in one body so none to be without that feedynge and clothyng whych for that part of the bodye is meete and necessarye Euen as ye do prouide indifferentlye for euery parte of youre naturall bodye by reason of the which ye are bounde and subiecte to corruption So let no parte or member of youre Christen bodye be vnprouyded for By reason of the whyche bodye ye be heyres of the heauenly kyngdome And this one example generally shall teache you to gyue that whych is due vnto euery one seuerally Nowe here foloweth but euē .iiii. wordes Tribute cus●ume fere honor Of these iiii wordes wil I conclude almost in .iiii. wordes Ye must gyue trybute to whome trybute is due custome to whome custome is due feare to whō feare is due honour to whome honoure is due Under trybute be cōteined taxes fiftenth subsides and suche as be payed at sometymes to the Rulers and be not continuall Customes be tythes tolles rentes and such as the people paye vnto the officers continually For payinge of trybute besydes thys commaundemente of Paule we haue exāple of Christes mother whych beyng at the houre of her trauell went out of Galyle vnto Bethlem a toune in Iewry there to be taxed and pay trybute vnto Cesar. As concernyng custome Christ hymselfe cōmaunded Peter to pay for them both lest that they shulde offend that is lest that they in not paying shuld geue euyll example vnto the people So Christen men must nedes paye both trybute and custome What trybute and custome good men may take it appereth in that that goeth afore surelye euen so muche and no more as shall sufficientlye dyscharge their costes necessaryly bestowed in correctynge of euyll and rewardyng good Marke that I say they may or ought to take no more for here I tell them their duty For truly if they do requyre more of you that be their subiectes then is it youre duty to pay that whiche they aske and not to be curyous to know for what cause it is asked but this onlye to take hede that with due reuerence ye pay it as Paule cōmaundeth and as Christe and hys mother haue geuen you exāple Feare and honoure belonge chieflye yea in a manner onely vnto God For God onely for hym selfe is to be feared and honoured All other for gods cause are so to be feared and honoured as that feare and honoure which is geuen vnto them may procede and come finally vnto God For dominū deum tuum adorabis et illum solum coles Thou shalte honoure the Lorde thy God and hym only shalt thou reuerentlye serue As for the Deuyll feare hym not for he wyll doo no lesse harme vnto thee then he canne he canne do no more then God wyll suffer hym Feare therfore leste that thou offende God and he sufferre the Deuyll to vtter hys malyce and myschyefe towardes thee That feare honoure or seruice whyche accordynge to goddes commaundemente is done vnto those personnes whom God hath authorysed to receyue it in hys name is done vnto God As that money whych by thy commaundemente is payde to thy seruaūt in thy name is paid vnto the. Therefore Christe rulynge in magistrates by authorytye and beynge houngrye and coulde in the poore by pytye doeth commaunde vs to geue and promyseth that he hym selfe wyll receyue and