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A18673 The Christen rule or state of all the worlde from the hyghest to the lowest and how euery man shulde lyue to please God in hys callynge. Item, the Christian state of matrimony: and how ma[n] and wife shuld kepe house together with loue. Item, the maner oe [sic] saynge grace after the holy scrypture. Tyndale, William, d. 1536. Obedience of a Christen man and how Christen rulers ought to governe. aut; Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575. Christlich Eestand. aut; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. Christen exhortacion unto customable swearers. aut; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed name. aut 1548 (1548) STC 5189.7; ESTC S109287 42,177 90

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¶ The Christen rule or state of all the worlde from the hyghest to the lowest and how euery man shulde lyue to please God in hys callynge ☞ Item the Christian state of matrimony and how mā and wife shuld kepe house together with loue ¶ Item the maner oe saynge grace after the holy scrypture 1. Cor. vii ☞ Let euery one abyde in the callyng wherin he is called Unto the Christē reader FOr asmuche as all persones cā not haue leyser to reade many bok●s nor yet get all suche as be necessary for thē so me for lacke not beyng able to bye thē and some that cā not get them for theyr mony I haue here gathered toge ther out of y ● most famous anthors of our Englishe tōge the whole office and dewtye of euery Christē man And specially aboue all thinges is here at large declared the dutye of subiectes towarde theyr princes ▪ of maried wifes toward their husbandes ▪ And truly neuer was it more nede to be taught thā now For neuer had any prince so much nede of harty obediēt subiectes whych wolde geue theyr goodes aduenture theyr lyues in hys most iust qu●relle against his enemies thn̄ haue our moost dreade souereyne lord kyng Henry the eyght Here in shal you lerne your duty towardes hys grace and to gyue your aydes vnto hys grace not as cōpelled ther vnto but wyth a fre harte ▪ Consideryng that his graces welth is all our welfares Pray therfore vnto the lord that he wyll graunte hym victory ouer hys enemies And ye wyfes al though thys lytle boke hath long contynued amonge you called the Christen state of matrimony yet are you neuer the better but contynue styll in your dysobedience to the displeasure of god and your husbandes greate dysquietnesse The husband that hath bene a brode eyther a boughte hys matchaundise or at hys worke wh●n he commeth home wolde gladly be made of and cheryshed of his wyfe whome he so hartely loueth thē shal she neytheer geue hym a good coūtenaunce nor set any thyng before hym that myght conforte him the one syttin ge so strangely and so farre from the o ther as though they had neuer one seane the other more lyke straunges than frindes yea more lyke enemies thā mā and wife Therfore reade not this boke only but marke what is therin writtē and shut it vp in your hartes occupie it whan nede shall requyre For blessed are they that heareth or readethe anye thyng that perteyneth to theyr lyues amendement and do therafter The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be wyth al thē that loue the lord vnfaynedly Amen The Christen rule or state of the whole worlde c. The fyrst Chapter Of the office dutye of sub●eetes and how they shulde lyue towarde theyr Prynces LEt euery soule submyt hym selfe vnto the auctorite of the hyer powers There is no power but of God the powers that be are ordevned of Gog. Who so euer therfore resysteth the power resysteth the ordynaunce of God They that resyste shall receyue them selfe dampnatiō For tulers are not to be feared for good wor kes but for euyll Wylte thou be wyth oute feare of the power Do well so shalt thou be praysed of the same For he is the minister of god for thy welth But yf thou do euyll than feare For he beareth not a swerd for nought For he is the minister of God to take vegeaunce of thē that ●● euyl Wherfore ye must nedes obey not for ●eate of vēgeaunce onely but also because of cōscien ce Euen for this cause paye ye trybute For they are goddes ministers seruinge for the same purpose Gyue to euery man therfore hys duetye trybute to whom trybute belōgeth Custom to whom custō is due feare to whom feare belongeth Honour to whō honour pertayneth Owe nothynge to any mā but to loue one another For he that loueth another fulfylleth the law For these commaundementes Thou shalt not cōmitte ▪ aduoutry Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalte not steale Thou shalte not beare false wytnesse Thou shalt not desyre and so forth yf there be any other commaundement are all cōprehended in thys sayenge Loue thyn● neyghbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not hys neyghbour therfore is loue the fulfyllyng of the law As a father ouer hys chyldrè is bothe Lorde and iudge forbyddyng that one brother auenge hym selfe on a nother but yf any cause of strife be betwe ne them wyl haue it brought vnto him selte or his assignes to be iudged correcte so god forbyddeth all mē to auenge thē selues taketh the auc●orite and office of auēgyng vnto hym selfe sayēg Vengeaū●e is myne I wyll rewarde Deu ▪ xxxii Which text paul alegeth Ro xil For it is impossyble that a man shulde be a ryghteous an egall or an in dyfferente iudge in hys owne cause lustes and apytytes soo blynde vs. More ouer when thou auengeste thy selfe thou make ste not peace but sterest vp more debate God therfore hath giuen lawes vn to all na●yons and in all landes hatheput kynges gouernours and rulers in hys owne stede to rule the worlde thorowe them And hath commaunded all causes to be broughte before them as thou readest Exodi xxii In all causes saythe he of iniury or wronge whether it be oxe asse shepe or vesture or any loste thynge whyche an other chalengeth let the cause of bothe partyes be brought vnto the Goddes whome the goddes cōdēpne the same shal paye double vnto hys neyghboure Marke the iudges are called goddes in y ● scriptures because they are in Gods rowme and execute the commaundementes of God And in an other place of the sayd Chapter Moses chargeth saynge Se that thou rayle not on the goddes neyther speake euyl of the ruler of thy people Who so euer therfore resisteth thē resysteth God for they are in the rowe me of God and they that resisteth shal receyue theyr dampnation Such obedience vnto father and mo ther mayster husbāde emperoure kinge lordes and rulers requyrith God of all nations yea of the very turkes and infideles The blessynge and rewarde of them that kepe thē is the lyfe of this world as thou readest Leuiticum xviii kepe my ordinaunces and lawes whyche yf a man kepe he shall lyue therin Whych texte Paul reherseth Roma x x ●ouyng therby that the ryghteousnes of the lawe is but worldly and the rewarde therof is the lyfe of thys world And the curse of thē that breaketh thē is the losse of thys lyfe as thou seest by the punyshment appoynted for them And who soeuer kepeth the law whether it be for feare for vayne glory or profyte though no man rewarde hym yet shall god blesse hym abundauntly sende hym worldly prosperite as thou readest Deuteronomion xxviii What good blessynges accompanye the kepinge of the law and as we se the Turkes farre exceade vs Christē men in worldly prosperite for theyr iuste kepynge of
Mathew dyspute y t Pe ter because he payde trybute is greater then the other Apostles and hath more aucrori●e and powre thā they and was hed vnto them al contrary vnto so ma ny cleare textes where Christe rebuketh them saenge that is an hethenyshe thin ge that one shulde clyme aboue an other or desyre to be greatter To be greatter in the kingdome of heuen is to be a ser uaunte he that moste humbleth him selfe and becomethe a seruaunte vnto other after the ensample of Christe I meane and his apostles and not of the Bysshophe of Rome and his Apostles our Prestes and Byshops the same is greatest in that kyngdome If Peter in payenge trybute became greatest how cometh it that they wyll paye none at all But to paye trybute is asygne of subieceyon verely and the cause why Christ payed was because he had an houshold and for the same cause payed Peter also For he had an house a shyp pe and nettes as thou redest in the gos pell But let vs go to Paule agayne Wherfore ye must nedes obeye not for feare of vengeaunce onely but also because of cons●yence That is though thou be so ▪ myghty as now many yeres our Byshoppe of Rome and Prelates euery where are that thou nedest not to obeye the temporall swerde for feare of vengaunce yet must thou obeye because of conscyence Fyrste because of thyne owne conscyence For thoughe thou be able to resyste yet shalte thou neuer ha ue a good cōscience as longe as Gods word lawe and ordynauuce are agayn ste the Secōdaryly for thy neyghbours conscyence For thoughe thorowe craft and violence thou myghtest escape and obtayne lybertie or pryuylege to be fre from all maner duties yet oughtest thō neyther to sue or seke for any suche thinge niyther yet admite or accepte yf it were profered lest thy fredome make thy weake brother to grudge and rebel in that he seth the go emptie and he him selfe more lade thy parte also layde on his shulders Seest thou not yf a mā fa uoure one sōnemorethē another or one seruaūte more thē a nother how al the rest gruoge and how loue peace vnyte is broken What Christen loue is in y e to thy neyghbour warde whē y ● cāst fynde in thyne herte to goo vp doun emptie by him all daye long and se him ouercharged yea to fall vnder his bur then and yet wylte not ones set to thy ●e hande to helpe hym What good cō science can there be amonge oure spiri tualte to gather so greate treasure toge ther and with ypocresye of theyr false lerninge to robbe almost euery man of house and landes and yet not therwith content but with all craft and wylenes to purchase so great lyberties and exempcions frō●llmaner braringe with theyr bretherne sekinge in Christe no thinge but lucre I passe ouerwith sylē ce how they teach Princes in euery lan de to laye new exaccions and tyrannye on theyr subiectes more more dayly ▪ neyther for whate purpose they do it say I. God I trust shal shortly disclose theyr luggelynge and bringe theyr falshed to light and laye a medicine to thē to make theyr scabbes breake out Neuerthelesse this I saye that they haue robbed all realmes not of Godes wor de only but also of all wealth and prosperite haue driuè peace out of all lan des withdrawne thē selues from all obediēce to princes haue separated thē selues from laye men countinge thē vy ler then dogges haue set vp that greate ydole the whore of Babilō Antichri ste of Rome whome they call Bishoppe of Rome haue conspired aganst all cō mone wealthes haue made thē a seue tal kingdom wherin it is lawful vnpu nyshed to worke all abhomination In euery parishe haue they spyed ▪ in euery greate mans house in euery ●ouerne and Alehouse thorow cōfessiōs know they all secretes so that no man maye o pen his mouth to rebuke what so euer they do but that he shal be shortly made an hereti● In al councels is one of thē yea the most parte and chefe rulers of the councels are of them But of theyr councell is no man Euē for this cause paye ye tribute that is to were for consciences sake to thy neyboure for the cause that foloweth For they are goddes ministers seruing for the same purpose Because God wil so haue it we must obeye We do not lo ue if we haue Christes spirite in vs what is good profitable glorious honorable for vs neyther on our own wil but on godes wil onely Gyue to euery mā therfore his du●ye tribute to whō tribute belōgeth custōe to whome custo me is due feare to whome feare belongeth honoure to whōe honoure pertay neth That thou myghtest feale the worhin ge of the spirite of God in the and leste y ● bewty of she dede shulde deceyue the and make the thynke that the lawe of God whiche is spirituall were content and fulfylled wyth the outwarde bodely deade it foloweth Owe nothynge to any mā but to loue one another For he y ● loueth another fullfyleth the law For these cōmaundementes thou shalte not commytte adultery thou shalte not kyll thou shalt not stele thou shalt not beare false wytnesse thou shalt not desyre and so forth yf there be any other commaundemente are all comprehended or contayned in thys sayenge loue thy neyghbour therfore is loue ●he fulfyllyng of the law Here hast thou sufficient against all the sophistres w●rke holy and iustifiare in the worlde whyche so magnifie theyr deades The law is spirituall and requyrethe the harte and is neuer fulfylled wyth the deades in the syghte of God Wyth the deade thou fulfillest the law before the world and lyuest therby that is thou enioyest thy● presente lyfe and auoydeste the wrath and vengeaūce the deth and punyshment whyche the lawe threteneth to them that breake it But before God thou kepest the law yf thou loue onely Now what shal make vs loue Merely that shal faith do If thou beholde how much god loueth the in Christe from what vengeaūce he hath delyuered the for hys sake of what kyngdome he hath made the heyre thē shalt y ● se cause ynough to loue thy very enemye wyth out respecte of rewarde eyther in thys lyfe or in the lyfe to come but because that god wyll so haue it Christe haue deserued it yea y ● shuldest feale in thine harte that all thy dedes to come ar abū dauntly recōpensed already in Christe Thou wylt say hapely yf loue fulfill the law thē it iustifieth I say that that wherwith a man fulfylleth the law declareth him iustified but that which ge ueth hym wherwith to fulfyll the law iustifieth him By iustie●eng vnderstōde the forgeuenesse of synnes and the fauoure of God Now sayth the text Ro x. the ende of y ● law or the cause