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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	custom_n	duty_n	tribute_n	1,289	5	10.9047	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17643	A commentarie vpon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romanes, written in Latine by M. Iohn Caluin, and newely translated into Englishe by Christopher Rosdell preacher. Whereunto is added a necessarie table for the better and more readie finding out of certayne principall matters conteyned in this worke; Commentarius in Epistolam Pauli ad Romanos. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Rosdell, Christopher, b. 1553 or 4.	1583 (1583)	STC 4399; ESTC S107213	360,940	450

effect shoulde alway be extant if through our fault so noble and healthfull an institution were not corrupted For seeing princes doe neuer so abuse their power in vexing the good and innocent but in their tyranny they reteyne some shewe of a iuste domination there can bee no tyranny which in some respect is not a defence to conserue the societie of men Heere also hee hath noted two parts of the which yea euen the Philosophers themselues haue thought the best composed administration of a commō wealth to consist namely the rewarding of good men and the punishing of euill The worde praise hath heere a large signification after the maner of the Hebrewes 4 For hee is the minister of God to thy wealth Here euen the Magistrates themselues may learne what is their calling For they rule not for their owne cause but for the common profite neither are they indued with an infinite or vnlimited power but such as is tyed to the health of their subiects Finally they are bound vnto God and men in their principalitie For because they are the substitutes of God doe his businesse they shall giue account vno him Secondly that ministerie which God hath committed to thē respecteth the subiects wherfore they are also debters vnto thē And priuate men are admonished that this is of the bountifulnesse of God to defende them from the iniuries of wicked persons by the sworde of princes For they beare not the sword in vaine The other part of the office of Magistrates is that they ought to represse the lasciuiousnesse of wicked men whiche wyllingly doe not suffer themselues to bee gouerned by lawes and to take such punishment as the iudgemen of God requireth for their wickednesse For hee doth plainely denounce them armed with the sworde not for a vaine shewe only but that they might smyte euyll doers Moreouer this saying the reuenger of wrath is as muche as if it were saide the executour of the wrath of God And that hee proueth by the vse of the sworde which the Lorde hath giuen into their handes A notable place to proue the authoritie of the Magistrate For if God in arming the Magistrate hath also commaunded him to vse the sworde so often as hee punisheth the giltie with death by exercising the vengeance of God he obeyeth his commandements Therefore they contend with God who thinke it an abhomination that the blood of wicked men should be shed 5 Wherefore wee must needes bee subiect not onely for feare of punishment but also for conscience 6 And for this cause pay yee tribute for they are the ministers of God seruing for the same purpose 7 Giue to euery man therefore his dutie tribute to whome tribute is due custome to whom custome feare to whome feare honour to whom honour belongeth 5 Wherefore wee must needes bee subiect Nowe by the way of collection yet with a kinde of polishing he repeateth that whiche hee cammaunded in the beginning touchyng the obedience is to be giuen to Magistrates namely how they are to be obeyed not onely for the cause of mans necessitie The dueties of subiects towards magistrates but also that we may obey God For hee hath put this worde wrath for vengeance or reuengement which the magistrate may take for the contempt of his dignitie or calling as though hee had saide we must not therefore obey because wee cannot freely resiste the mightie and those are armed as iniuries are wont to be borne which cannot be repelled but voluntaryly we are to take vpon vs that subiection whereunto our conscience is bounde by the worde of God Therefore albeit the Magistrate were vnarmed and a man might prouoke and contemne hym freely to wit with out punishment for it yet is it no more to bee attempted then if wee sawe present vengeance to bee at hande for it For it is not the parte of a priuate man to take the regiment from him whome the Lorde hath placed with authoritie ouer vs. This whole disputation is of ciuile gouernmente Therefore in vaine goe they about by this place to establishe theyr abhominable tyrannie whiche exercise authoritie ouer mens consciences 6 And for this cause pay wee tribute By occasion hee maketh mention of tribute the reason whereof is taken from the office of Magistrates For if it bee theyr partes to defend and conserue in safetie the tranquillitie of good men and to oppose themselues against the godlesse practises of the wicked that they can not doe vnlesse they bee holpen by power and firme helpes Tributes therefore are well and worthilie paid for the maintenance of so necessary charges Concerning the maner of customes and tributes this is no place for any larg discourse neither is it our partes to prescribe princes how much they shoulde bestow on euery thing or call them to a reckoning Yet is it meete they should remember whatsoeuer they haue of the people it is as it were common goods not an instrument of priuate lust and ryot For we see to what vse Paule appointeth those tributes are paid namely that princes might be furnished with strength to defend their subiects 7 Giue to euery man therefore his dutie The Apostle seemeth to me here to goe about to comprise summarily in what thinges the dueties of subiects towardes Magistrates consist namely that they haue them in estimation and honour that they obey their statutes lawes and iudgements that they pay tributes and customes Vnder the name of feare he noteth obedience by customes and tributes hee meaneth not onely fraight paide for carriage and taxes but also other reuenewes And this place confirmeth that I saide before wee must obey kinges and euery other superiour not because wee are constrained but because it is an acceptable obedience to GOD. For hee will not onely bee feared but also be honoured with a voluntarie obedience 8 Owe nothing to any man but to loue one another For hee that loueth another hath fulfilled the lawe 9 For this thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt not kill thou shalt not beare false witnesse thou shalt not luste and if there bee any other commandement it is in few words comprehended in this saying thou shalt loue thy neighbor as thy self 10 Charitie worketh no ill to his neighbour Therefore the fulfilling of the lawe is charitie 8 Owe nothing to any man There are some whiche thinke this is not spoken without a taunte as though Paule answered to their obiection who contende that Christians are ouercharged as who shoulde say other precepts then the precepts of charitie were inioyned them And surely I denie not but it may bee taken ironicè to wit tauntingly that he might graunt vnto those admit no other lawe then of charitie their request But in another sense Yet had I rather take it simply because I thincke Paules meaning is to refer this precept of the authoritie of Magistrates least it should be thought of any to bee but weake vnto the lawe of charitie as though he had said