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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	custom_n	render_v	tribute_n	3,126	5	11.2636	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04400	A discouery of the errors of the English Anabaptists As also an admonition to all such as are led by the like spirit of error. Wherein is set downe all their seuerall and maine points of error, which they hold. With a full answer to euery one of them seuerally, wherein the truth is manifested. By Edmond Iessop who sometime walked in the said errors with them.	Etherington, John, fl. 1641-1645.; Jessop, Edmond, attributed name.	1623 (1623)	STC 14520; ESTC S107746	83,433	114

one God and Father and seruants of one Lord Iesus Christ And that if any of them be great Kings Rulers in the world they should not exercise authoritie ouer their brethren as do the Kings of the Gentiles or as now the Lords of Rome do as if they were Lords ouer Gods heritage nay but though they be Kings and as touching their temporall state and dominion doe and may lawfully reigne and rule ouer all and are chiefe and head of all persons as well Ecclesiasticall as ciuill true Christians as others considered also as they are subiects or citizens yet as Kings are Christians and as their subiects are Christians and of the same bodie of Christ with them they may not take Lordship vpon them nor exercise dominion ouer them neither ought they in that respect to yeeld it vnto them because that title of honour and dominion spirituall doth belong to their Lord and Master Iesus Christ onely and therefore he saith Call no man Lord on earth for one is your Lord call no man Master for one is your Master as Saint Paul likewise saith For although there be on earth many that be called Gods and Lords as there be many Gods and many Lords yet vnto vs there is but one God euen the Father of all and one Lord Iesus Christ c. Christ is the Lord the Prince and head of Christians as they are Christians but the King is the Lord and Prince and head of Christians as they are citizens or subiects So that these words of Christ But he that is greatest among you let him be as the least and him that is chiefest as him that serueth haue this meaning That that Christian which is the greatest of Christians in regard of his temporall honour and dignitie of place in this world should be in heart and affection yea and in outward actions of loue meeknesse and humilitie I say as he is a true Christian euen as the least true Christian and he that is chiefest in any externall office or place should as he is a Christian be euen as that true Christian whose place is to serue I say in mercie humilitie charitable actions c. Now that Kings and Rulers haue lawfull authoritie from God ouer all persons and that all ought to be obedient vnto them and their lawes Saint Paul declareth at large saying Let euery soule be subiect to the higher powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receiue to themselues damnation for rulers are not a terror to good works but to the euill wilt thou not be afraid of the power do that which is good and thou shalt hane praise of the same for he is the minister of God to thee for good but if thou do that which is euill be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vaine for he is the minister of God a reuenger to execute wrath vpon him that doth euill Wherefore ye must needs be subiect not onely for wrath but also for conscience sake For for this cause pay you tribute also for they are Gods ministers attending vpon this very thing Render therefore saith he to all their due tribute to whom tribute is due custome to whom custom feare to whom feare honour to whom honour c. By all which I say it is euident that the power and authoritie of Kings is of God and ordained by him yea though they be infidels and that it doth extend ouer all as wel true Christians as others Ecclesiasticall persons as ciuill and that euery soule ought to be subiect vnto them and to their lawes and ordinances euen for conscience sake alwayes prouided that they be not opposite to the lawes and ordinances of God and rules of the Gospell though they be not the same but their owne euen the ordinances of man as Saint Peter termeth them saying Submit your selues to euery ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the King as superiour or vnto gouerners as vnto them that are sent by him for the punishment of euill doers and for the praise of them that do wel c. If then Kings and gouerners being infidels haue authoritie from God to make lawes and ordinances such as God commandeth not but are their owne and indifferent in respect of conscience towards God some of them and might be left vndone if they were not by authoritie commanded and that this is to be done of euery soule euen for conscience sake and for the Lords sake as the Apostles speake not for conscience as touching religion as if there were any religious vse or conscience that way to be made of them but in respect of dutie to Kings and gouerners As touching the things that God commandeth and they also require we ought to obey them not because the King commandeth them but because God commandeth them and not as mans ordinances but as Gods If I say Christians ought to be thus obedient vnto infidels for such were the Kings where Christians in those days liued much more ought we to be obedient to Christian kings in the like respects and much more authoritie haue they to constitute and require the lawes and ordinances of God according to his word for their office dutie is not only to see their people gouerned and prouided for as touching their temporall states to place officers vnder him ouer them for the same purpose but also and chiefly to see them prouided for as touching their eternall estates to plant ouer them faithfull shepherds to feed their soules with the bread of life and to roote out and suppresse such as spoile and deuoure the flock and sow heresies among the people as haue done and doe the popish priests and Iesuites these Anabaptists Familists and others And as the dutie of a Christian King is to place ouer his people faithfull shepherds so it belongeth to him also to see them prouided for according to the commandement of the Lord which saith Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the oxe which treadeth out the corne For to Princes and Rulers and such as haue power to muzzle their mouthes and to see them prouided for doth the Lord speake Thus much briefly touching the authoritie of Kings and Rulers how far their power doth extend and how far forth Christians are bound to obey and submit vnto them and thus it must be during the time of this world Kings must rule by Gods appointment ouer all people all are bound to obey them in all their lawes and ordinances which are not opposite to the lawes of God but if they shall command any thing that God forbiddeth or forbid anything that God requireth as the Antichrist of Rome and many heathenish Kings gouerners Iews some professed Christian Kings haue done they may not be obeyed but Christians ought rather to suffer with patience