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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11462	Sermons made by the most reuerende Father in God, Edwin, Archbishop of Yorke, primate of England and metropolitane	Sandys, Edwin, 1516?-1588.	1585 (1585)	STC 21713; ESTC S116708	357,744	396

persecuters of true religion who by euill meanes had attained vnto that authoritie and behaued themselues as ill in it Paul in this treatie of a magistrate meeteth with both these errors He laieth downe this foundation for an absolute and a generall rule Let euerie soule be subiect to the higher powers This obedience he requireth both of Iewe and Gentile of Prophet Priest in summe of euerie Christian and this position he prooueth by sundrie forcible reasons 2 First there is no power but of God The powers that are bee ordeined of him Be the magistrate Iewe or Gentile Christian or Heathen good or bad hee hath his authoritie from God the magistrate of all magistrates God hath placed him and ordeined him to bee thy gouernour in respect whereof thou art bound for thy conscience sake towardes God for to obey him Another reason why euerie soule should liue in subiection to the higher power is because whosoeuer resisteth the ordinaunce of God prouoketh the iudgement of God against himselfe If God for thy sinne set a wanton an hypocrite yea or an Infidell ouer thee thou must obey that wanton that hypocrite and that Infidell and not rebell against him GOD hath ordeined him to resist that power is to resist the ordinaunce of GOD to conspire against him is to conspire against GOD to reiect him is to reiect God Christ submitted himselfe to the authoritie of Caesar and to Pilates iudgement Resisters and rebels receiue to themselues condemnation they neuer haue neither euer shall escape the heauie hand of Gods wrath they feele it often in this life but in the life to come if they escape it heere they are sure to feele it A third reason why we should liue obediently is because there is no reason why wee should doe otherwise For why should any man desire not to be subiect Because he is afraide of the power of kings and rulers Princes are a terror not to them that doe well but to euill doers Wilt thou then be without feare of the power Withdrawe not thy selfe from obedience but doe well so shalt thou haue praise and be without feare For this ende magistrates are appointed of God to maintaine the good and represse the euill And the magistrate is so necessarie in respect hereof that no common wealth can be safe or long stand without him For if the bad were not bridled more by the authoritie of the magistrate than by any moderation in themselues they would eate vp the good and a woonderful confusion would soone followe A fourth reason may be this God hath put a sword in the magistrates hands to shewe that he hath appointed him as his vicegerent to take vengeaunce on them which doe euill So that the very sight of the sword ought to put vs in minde of his power and our obedience For God hath not deliuered him a swoord for nothing hee is the minister of Gods wrath he hath not receiued the swoord in vaine it is giuen him to smite the wicked withall 3 Wherefore ye must be subiect not because of wrath onely but also for conscience sake The Apostle concludeth vpon the former reasons that wee must submit our selues obediently vnto the magistrate and attempt nothing against him not onely for feare of punishment he being the minister of Gods displeasure but also for conscience sake in that God requireth this obedience at our handes All this notwithstanding if magistrates should commaund that which is impious and which God forbiddeth in such cases we haue our answere well warranted Melius est obedire Deo quàm hominibus It is better to obey God than men 4 In token of this obedience wee pay them tribute as acknowledging them to be Gods ministers It is not a strange or a newe custome to pay custome to princes All nations all people haue euer vsed it and yeelded it and magistrates well deserue it For their office is both painefull and chargeable they euer caring for the benefite of the common wealth to represse the euill to strengthen the good to set vp vertue to cast downe vice to defend their people and countrie and in well gouerning as the good ministers of God to spend both their goods liues These magistrates must bee supported and may lawfully receiue the reward of their labours nay they must receiue it Wherefore vnlesse ye wil be iniurious and withhold back from them that which is theirs euen by debt and not by courtesie giue to all men their duetie tribute to whom tribute custome to whom custome feare to whom feare and honour to whom honour is due Wee must haue magistrates in great estimation and reuerence wee must feare them as the ministers of Gods wrath we must honour them for that they occupie Gods place for our benefite wee must readily and willingly pay vnto them tribute and custome for God hath so appointed and they haue so deserued And therfore the Apostle saith Reddite Paie it Whereupon S. Chrysostome fitly noteth We doe not giue it vnto magistrates but we paie it vnto them It is as due as debt 5 Vpon this particular touching our duetie towardes magistrates our Apostle inferreth a generall exhortation Owe nothing to any man but this to loue one another c. This exhortation compriseth two things our duetie to our neighbour our duetie to God Our duetie to our neighbour consisteth in paying him what we owe him and in louing him as wee loue our selues 6 Owe nothing to any man pay thy debt pay vnto the magistrate obedience feare honour tribute custome all this is due vnto him all this is thy debt The people of Israel bound themselues with solemne promise to pay this debt to their magistrate Iosua whom the Lorde had giuen to bee their gouernour All things which thou hast commaunded vs we will doe and whither so euer thou wilt send vs we will goe as we obeyed Moses so will we also obey thee Onely let thy Lord thy God be with thee as hee was with Moses Whosoeuer shall rebell against thy commaundement and will not obey thy words in al that thou commaundest him let him be put to death This is the debt we owe to magistrates Myriam would not pay this debt to her brother Moses and God plagued her with a fowle leprosie so that shee which had separated her selfe from common obedience was separated from all companie Dathan and Abiram with their complices rebelliously murmured against their magistrate and God made the earth open and swallowe them vp and a number of that conspiracie he consumed with fire Absolon rebelled and would not pay this debt of obedience to his father But God quickely paide him that which was due to his rebellious and disloyall attempts God is stil the same God he hateth iniquitie and wil not suffer conspiracie rebellion or treason against lawfull magistrates either vnreuealed or vnreuenged And therefore let all subiects as wel to auoide the wrath of God as also for

wee haue to praise our God that in publike doctrine touching the substance of religion wee all agree in one truth we all builde vpon one foundation Christ Iesus slaine and offered vp for our full redemption according to the doctrine of the scriptures So much the greater pitie it is that there should be such dissent in matters of small importance in rites and circumstances that by contention in such things the course of the Gospel should be hindered Christs aduersaries strengthened and his church offended The ministerie cannot bee well executed without her rites which rites are left indifferent to euerie policie so that they be not disagreeing from the word so that they tend vnto edification so that they be seemely and according to decent order Bee it graunted that some rites vpon some consideration might be bettered or omitted yet can I not say neither any man I suppose can prooue that any thing is set downe to be obserued in the Church wicked or contrarie to the woord And it were scarse wisedome when as in many yeres a beautifull and a costlie house is builded if a windowe be set a litle awrie or some small like eye sore doe appeare in respect thereof to disturbe the whole house to put it downe and laie it flat with the ground For euerie change being so full of perill surely these great alterations vpon so light aduise these newe common wealthes howsoeuer they be shadowed with the plausible name of reformation yet in seeking for vndoubtedly this is sought and that by many to haue the patrimonie of the Church diuided mangled and impaired they threaten the vtter ouerthrowe of learning and religion For take away liuing at which roote this axe especially striketh and ye take away learning take away learning and yee ouerthrowe teaching take away teaching and what shall become of the church of Christ Where there is no vision there the people cannot choose but come to decaie There is no state no not the state of a prince excepted to whom feare honour obedience and tribute is due that may more rightly chalenge a competent and sufficient liuing than the minister of the word of God They seeme to haue put out the verie light of nature in themselues which repine at the reasonable maintenance of them that minister before the Lorde in these sanctified labours For who doeth plant a vineyard and doeth not eate of the fruite thereof or who feedeth a flocke and eateth not of the milke of the flock Marke how the scriptures both in the Lawe and in the Gospell doe beate vpon this point In the Lawe it is saide Thou shalt not mussle the mouth of the Oxe Doeth God take care for Oxen No his care is for vs. For our cause it is that he hath saide The labourer is worthie of his hire For our cause he hath ordeined that they which preache the Gospell should liue of the Gospell Hee had a care of his church and therefore gaue charge Let him that is taught in the word make him that taught him partaker of al his goods This is large yet but reasonable For if we haue sowen vnto you spiritual things is it a great matter if wee reape your carnall things is it much to make vs partakers of all your goods The Elders that rule well are worthie of double honour specially they which labour in the woord and doctrine They which labour amongst you and are ouer you in the Lorde and admonish you haue them saith the Apostle we beseeche you in singular loue for their works sake It was foreseene no doubt by the spirite how Gods portion should be pinched howe the ministers of the word should be contemned howe iniuriously men in these last vncharitable daies would seeke for the hauocke and spoile of the Church this mooued him in so large and ample sort to speake of maintenance and honour due to his ministers If any man bee slowe and rechelesse in dooing his office if there bee any Idol-sheepeheard that feedeth himselfe onely and not his flocke let him be reformed or remooued But for the fault of a fewe that the whole state should be subuerted and the patrimonie of the church of Christ spoiled and deuoured it were verie hard No prince nor people Christian or Heathen could euer consent to such a thing without sacrilege Wel as we are at vnitie in substance of religion so God graunt that at length in these things also we may agree and be as one euen as becommeth the congregation of Christ which is a societie linked and knit together not sundered by diuision and rent in peeces by varietie of opinions and iudgements To this vnitie Paul exhorteth Be of one meaning This vnitie Christ commendeth to his Disciples saying Be one 6 Of this vnitie and coniunction of men agreeing in the trueth ariseth that brotherly concord whereof S. Paul in the woordes that followe saith Be like minded hauing the same charitie Where dissent in religion is there can hardly be consent in loue Diuersitie of religion sundered the Iewe and Gentile caused the one to be an abhomination to the other Wherefore hee that came to bring religion into the world came not to bring with it peace but a sword a sworde to diuide asunder not onely kingdomes and cities but euen the man and the wife the father and the childe a sword to cut off one brother from another For there can be no agreement betweene Christ and Beliall the light of the one and the others darkenesse such as are not of one true religion with vs their profession may be friendshippe but their practise is deceit they may with speeche and countenaunce flatter and fawne but they carie for the most part a malitious heart set vpon mischiefe Caine spake Abel faire ynough but for the diuersitie of his sacrifice he hated him and spying opportunitie shed his bloud Herod pretended to worship Christ whose death he fully purposed in his malitious mind There was neuer therfore wise Israelite that would trust an Amorite It is and will bee true for euer that Constantine saide Qui perfidi sunt in Deum in Principem fideles esse non possunt They cannot be sure to their Prince who to God-ward are not syncere They count trueth heresie and No PROMISE TO BE KEPT WITH HERETIKES is their posie Children they are like to their father which is a murtherer and lier from the beginning But when we speake of loue and charitie we speake of the badge of Christianitie of the vertues of true Christians who consenting in faith bring foorth the fruite of faith which is loue without which howe neere soeuer we approche vnto Christ in word and in outward profession we are in deede none of his He cannot agree with Christ that is at discord with a Christian. God is so delighted with this affection that he professeth himselfe to hate them that are enemies of it yea the soule of the Lord abhorreth