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The pathe of obedience, compiled by Iames Cancellar, one of the Quenes Maiesties moste honourable chapell
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Cancellar, James,
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1556
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STC 4565; ESTC S116839
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man like wise appereth that God geueth not vnto euery one lyke gyftes of grace of nature but to some more to some les as it liketh his high deuine maiestie It is therfore of a coÌ„grueÌ„ce according vnto reasoÌ„ y e like as one excelâ—et hanother so should y e estate of y e person be auasiced in degre or place to the aduauÌ„cement or excellency of y e coÌ„mon weale For like as y e angels be highest exalted in glory as in this world they which excel or surmount in vertue vuderstanding are called to high honour by gods prouidence so god hath appointed here kinges and maiâ—strates vnto whom he hath geueÌ„ auctorite to rule gouerne the weale publike for asmuch as the said persons excelliÌ„g in knowledge whereby other be gouerned be ministers for the only profite commodity of them which haue not like auctoritie oughte to be set in a more high place theÌ„ the resydew wher they may se also be seen that by the beames of their excelleÌ„twit vertue shewed thorough y e glasse of auctoritie other y e inferiors may be directed to y e way of al vertue obedience amoÌ„g which inferiors also behoueth for to be a disposycyon order of reuereÌ„ce specyally to kinges wherof ê“cedeth y e dew obedieÌ„ce amoÌ„g subiectes For this wher al thinges be coÌ„men ther lacketh good order where order lacketh there is neither reuerence nor yet dewe or huÌ„ble obedieÌ„ce where is no true obedience there al thynges is odyous vncomelye so y e in euery thyng an order is to bee obserued and had for wythout de we order may nothing be stable or long parmanent And also it maye not bee called a due order oulesse it contayne in his degrees high also base according vnto y e merite or estimacyon of the thinges y t is ordered For as good order is y e septer of euery â—yngdom so is the obedyence of â—ubiectes y e assured seate orplace of prices What shal I nedehere â—o resite for exaÌ„ple y e noble histo â—ies of the pagaÌ„t prices whose â—ubiectes as we may read were â—o obedieÌ„t y t what soeÌ„uer lawes â—roclamacioÌ„s or other ordinanâ—es by theÌ„ set forth ordeined or â—euised were of theÌ„ most obedieÌ„tâ—y obserued and kepte and not onely for feare rigoure of the â—awe then but also and moste singlary of loue and for those vettues which they dyd perceyue know to be in theyr kinges and maiestrates And in case this obedyence among the pagant people came of loue and for vertue sake only and not by the rygore of the law what iust cause haue we then nowe in England to be more trew obedyente subiectes vnto oure moste vertuous kinge Quene whose vertues at not hid but do shyne as a lyght and example to al the world whose loue towardes vs their subiectes is such that it is heuynes to eyther of them to heare that the leaste of vs shoulde peryshe It is therfore necessary yf wee wilbe called Christiens y â— than we be not worsser then the he theÌ„ or pagantes whom nature moued to be obedient otherwyse we Christians are of god commaunded and by nature moued also to obeye our king maiestrates For he moste Ientelye sayeth vnto vs yf ye loue me do al that I commaund you This loue and obedieÌ„ce that god here commaundeth vs to haue hath ben of vs neglected by the false entisementes of the late Eritical libertines Sainct Paule therfore warneth vs of theÌ„ saying lette no man deceiue you with vaine wordes for the indignation of god commeth vpon all disobedient children For like as y e woulfe sucketh the bloude of lambes so likewise disobedieÌ„ce deuoureth the state of euery coÌ„mon weale Let euery subiecte therfore according to the minde of Saincte Paule submit hym selfe vnto the auctoritie of the higher powers for there is no power but of god onely Who so euer therfore resisteth y e power he resisteth the ordinauÌ„ce of god and he y t resisteth the ordinauÌ„ce of god striueth against god and sainct Peter also doth saye submit your selues vnto the Kynge as vnto your chiefe gouernour and also vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euil doers for so is the wil of God as we haue exaumple of kynge Dauid who being perfecuted of king Saule neuer resisted neyther vsed any force or violence against hym but was to him obedient as to hys liege lorde and kyng and therefore our Lorde sayeth by the mouth of his holy prophete I wyl bryng forth vnto Dauid my seruauÌ„t y e brauÌ„che of rightuousnesse Let vs therefore good contreman folowe the examples of Dauid AbrahaÌ„ and Iob with other the obedient seruauntes of God as here of late we haue folowed the euil examples of the children of disobedieÌ„ce to the great displeasure of almightie god and dispised al thinges y t were good although we haue many speciall graces by the receiuing of the SacrameÌ„tes of the Churche yet there hath ben among vs that hath reiected the holesome and comfortable Sacramente of confessioÌ„ not considering the benefites y t we receyue by it whiche God had ordayned in his church assuring vs therby to receyue the forgeuenes of sinnes For christ oure sauiour speaking vnto hys ministers of his Churche saith in this wise whose synnes ye remitte shall bee remitted And whose sinnes ye retayne shall be retained And therefore the psalmist swetely singeth O Lorde I haue receaued thy mercye in the myddest of thy Churche here some obieccion of oure Swinglians wyll saye vnto me that then GOD cannot forgeue synne but with the consente and auctorytye of his Churche To that I may aunswere that GOD canne of hys absolute auctoritie but he hath ordeyned thys Sacramente to bee applied to manne that he myghte bee ordered at the Mynysters hande by goddes woorde and receyue holesome counsell for God coulde haue instructed Paule goyng to Damasco and not to haue sente hym to holye Ananias but GOD woulde not dooe so but sente hym to Ananyas not for any variablenesse that was in GOD but that god woulde that Paule whom he then hadde called to be a minister of hys Churche shoulde there bee knowen that GOD hadde lefte powre and auctoritie in hys Churche and that the holye ghoste shoulde bee geuen to all people by layinge on of handes by the holye fathers and ministers of Christes Church for as CHRIST hadde made thys promyse to hys Churche beefore he called Paul so he performinge the same promyse before made vnto his churche saynte Paule to Ananias at whose handes he receaued baptisme and the holi-ghost and by the same promyse and auctoritie do we receaue in the church of god at the handes of his mynysters the forgeuenes of our sinnes And saynte Paule also speakinge to the holy fathers at Ephesus saide vnto them take hede vnto your selues and to al the stocke amonge