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A17223	A treatise or sermon of Henry Bullynger: much fruitfull and necessarye for this tyme, concernynge magistrates and obedience of subiectes Also concernyng the affayres of warre, and what scryptures make mension thereof. whether christen powers may war against their ennemies. And whither it be laufull for a christyan to beare the office of a magistrate, and of the duety of souldiers with many other holsom instructions for captaynes [and] souldiers both. Made in the yeare of our lorde. M. D. xlix.; Sermonum decades qinque. English. Selections	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Lynne, Walter.	1549 (1549)	STC 4079; ESTC S110959	18,938	70

be lawfull by the gospel they be farre deceyued for the veryte sayth otherwyse For what thynges so euer be ordeyned of God to the healthe and saffety of man they be so seyming to a chrstiane man vsyng theme wel appleyng him selfe thera●ter that if he refuse them he is no tru christian For the greatest charge of a christiane is to set forwarde with al industry the sauegarde welth of men Capi di a prou xxiiii c and xx a tuum iii a i p●try i. v Now the magistrat is ordeined of no man but of god him selfe to the sauegarde protection of men As expressely it is witnessed by the prophetes and apostles and paule especiallye Ad rom xiii who so doth not see than but a christiane maye laudably● beare the office of a magistrate Forthermore no man wyl deny I thinke that belōgeth to euery christen man to declare his faythe not only with woordes but wyth the workes of iustice and mercy to see for the publicke peace tranquilite to folow iustice equite to defend wydowes the fatherles expressed Neyther oughte he to neglect occasion place or any such meane wherby he maye exercyse such benefites vpon his brethren Therfore it is not vnknowe that a christiane may be a magistrate For the office of a magistrate is to e●ecute iudgement and iustice and to mayntaine publyke peace Fow it is out of doubt and proued before Worke wel that Moses Samuel Iosue and Dauid other more are not to be excluded from the name of christians than seynge they were magistrates why may not christen men as well nowe a days beare office● In the newe testament m●ny noble men be commendid which wer in rule and authorite neyther yet dyd they renounce their office bycause of religion Luce xxxii● Of ●oseph of Aramatheus thus we reede in Luc. Beholde there was a mā called Ioseph a Centurion s marke sayth a senatour a good man and iust mar xv he consented not to theyr counsel and doinges borne in Aramathea a citye of the iewes which also dyd loke for the kyngdom of god Note here what a greate commendation is giuen hym Ioseph is a Centurion or a senator and that an honest senator ▪ he dyd sy●te in the counsel house and amongest these iudges which condemned christ but bycause he consented not with them he is excused gyltles from the bloude the same also is notefied to be a good man and iuste in the numbre of them whiche loked for the kyngedome of god that is in the numbre of christianes and for all this was he yet a Centurion or a senatoure and dwelled in the citie of Hierusalem A christian therfore lawful lye may beare office Hereto maye be broughte examples of the quenes chamberlayne of Aethiopia Actum viii actum viii of cornelius the centurione Actum x. ctum x of Eurastus the warden or stuarde of the cytie of Corinthe Rom. xvi ii rom xvi i. T●tum ii● Timo. iiii But I wolde the Anabaptistes wolde proue that with scriptures which they obiect that these being conuerted after didde lay downe their robbe and sworde For we haue proued it before by s Augustines wordes vpon the aunswer of Ihon Baptist to the souldiers which was also a christen preeher that after they were baptised luc iii ● Ihon ii● yet notwtstandinge were not deposed from their office neither had anye suche commaundemente of Ihon to forsake their warre farre The lord refused to be made a king And other obiection they haue bycause the lord did withdraw hī selfe what tyme the people intended to make hym kynge Whiche thing he wold not haue done Ihon. vi v but to gyue example to all christians of humilitie and to commaunde in a maner neuer to suffre any publyke administration to be put vppon them to this they adde the laiynges or the gospell My kyngedome is not of this worlde Ihon. xviii c Item The kynges of the earth rayne ouer them but you not lo. mat x. d mar● d●c luc x●i v. art l●e i 〈◊〉 v. a Truth it is the lord a voyded the people But howe folowynge the way that was not reighte neither intending to do the wyll of god but blynded with carnal affectes and sekyng such thinges as were pertaynyng to belycheare Forby cause he fedde them wonderfully / therfore they thought hym a mete kynge for their purpose whyche could fede his subiectes with much fare and no cost math xx d. Besides this our lorde came not to beare rule in earth after the fashyō of this world as the Iewes imagined thinking that Messias shoulde come lyke Salomon here to reigne and as Pilate feared Therfore sayde the lorde wel Ihon. xviii e My kyngdome is not of this worlde * actum i ● mat xxvi f ma● xxv in c tam viii e ephe i iiii For he ascended vp to heauē sitteth on the right hande of the father hauyng al kynges subiected to hym and al the worlde in the whiche now he rayneth by hys worde and spirite whiche also he shall come to iudge at the laste daye mat xxv c rom xiii d ●i cor ● vltimo iiiii a i pet iiii a ac●● x. And although christ denyeth hys kyngdome to be of this world yet he neuer denyed but that kynges and princes of the worlde shoulde come into his churche in the whiche they shuld serue the lorde not only as men but as kynges and prynces For kyngs can not serue the lorde as kinges otherwise thā by exercysyng that wherfore they be made kynges And vnlesse christian kynges myghte remayne in their office and gouerne kyngedomes after their rule and lawes of christe how coulde christ be called the kynge of kings lorde of lordes Therfore where the lorde said the kynges of the earthe do raygne ouer them but you not so he spake this only to hys apostles stryuyng for superiorite as thoughe he would say Prynces raygnynge in the worlde be not putte down from their thrones seates by my doctrine For mi doctryne doth not abolysh polycie / office nor magistrate in the world or in the church The magistrate he shall raigne but you not so you shal not raygne ye shal not be princes but teachers of the worlde and seruauntes of the churche Thus in fewe wordes haue we answered to the obiections of the Anabaptystes which we haue confuted also in other places Hetherto I thynk it sufficiently declared that a christen man not only maye but oughte also to beare rule and office yf it be ryghtfully offered vnto hym But before we knyt vp this disputatiō The daie of subiectes we wil touch now breifly what is the office of subiectes what euery one oweth to his magistrate Fyrst it is the parte of subiectes to haue a reuerende and honorable estimation of their princes and powers And so to reuerence them as goddes messyngers and ministres Also outwardly to exhibite suche

A treatise or Sermon of Henry Bullynger much fruitfull and necessarye for this tyme concernynge magistrates and obedience of subiectes Also concernyng the affayres of warre and what scryptures make mension thereof whether christen powers may war against their ennemies And whither it be laufull for a christyan to beare the office of a magistrate and of the duety of souldiers with many other holsom instructions for captaynes souldiers both Made in the yere of our lorde M.D. xlix I.F. Let euerye subiect submyt hym selfe vnto the aucthoritie of the hygher powers For ther is no power but of god The powers that be are ordeyned of god Ro. xii a Sapi. vi a i. Pet. ii b. My sonne feare thou the Lorde and the Kynge and kepe no company with the slaunderers for their destruccion shal come sodenly prouerb .xxiiii. And prouerb xx The Kynge oughte to be feared as the roaring of a Lyon whoso prouoketh hym vnto anger offendeth agaynst his owne soule pro. xx a .xxiiii. c. ¶ To the most excellent Prince Edward the .vi. by the grace of God Kyng of England Fraūce and Itlande defendoure of the fayth and in earthe of the churche of englande and Irelande immediatly vnder God suppreme head your graces humble subiect and dayly orator Gwalter Lyn wyssheth aboundaunce of al grace and godlynes with a long and prosperous raygne COnsideringe most myghty Prynce what greate benifites I haue receyued of this your maiesties realme of Englande which hath so mani yeares nourished and succoured my poore lyfe hytherto I thought my self no lesse bound of very duty but to shew some office of recompensation therefore Againe consideringe the feruent proceadynge of your maiestie in settynge forth the worde of god also the towardnes of moste your subiectes which as a rype haruest do lacke but workemen to set them forwarde I thoughte I coulde gratyfy in no other thynge more both youre moste graciouse entente the desyre of this youre realm which now I take for myne owne natiue coūtre than to serch out some necessary doctryne whiche coulde do all my countrye men good Vpon the whiche consideracion here I brought out of latine into englysh a worke of Bullenger most fruytfull expedient for all tymes namely for this tyme moste necessary concernynge the ordre of a common wealth the institution of magistrates the vse of the sworde the obediēce of subiectes the ministratiō of warres the instruction of souldiours Whyche thinges I think to be so necessary for these daies that nothīg can come in more meite time or place And as this worke of this excellent auther semyth to me most excellently handeled full of most notable histores and excellent doctrine so I coulde fynde no other so meite to dedicate it vnto as to your excellēt maiesty to whom not only I dedicate this worke and labor of myne but body life and goodes to your gracious pleasure wyth my contynuall prayer also to almyghty God longe to prospere your florishing state to his glori and fortherāce of his welbeloued church Amen Your true and obedient subiect Gwalter Lynne Henry Boullynger concerning Magistrates and Subiectes WArre is a thing perteyninge to the sworde whiche is gyuen of god to the magistrats Sapi. vt a prou cx ano xxiiiic rom xiii a ●irum iii. a 1. Pet ii ● For so I declared in my last sermon that this sword in the magistrates handes hath two vses other to punysh trespasers or elles to repelle and distroy our open ennemies with al such other like rebellious sedicious cytesins subiectes what soeuer they be But here commith a dout in many mens heades whether it be lawfull for magestrates to kepe warre Whyther it be lawfull for magestrates to wares And I marueyll that men can be so blynd in a thing so euident For yf it be lawful for magistrates by gods lawe to punish trespassers theues murderers who so euer noyeth the common wealth whether they be fewe or many that is no matter as I declared to you yester daye by the same lawe lykewise is it lawfull for them to inuade and pursue with armes rebelles and seditious cytesyns or anye forayne enemye who so euer entende the same by the colour of warre that theues and murderers do practise within the realme Truth it is that the diuine prophet sayth prophecieng of vs Christen men Esay ii a Ioel. iii. b They shal turne their swordes to mattoks and their speres to syethes For Christen mē kepe peace with al men and vtterly avoyde al fyghthing eeclr xxxl b Iob lii ● Mate vii a Luc vi c for so do they to other as they would be done to them selues But for bycause all mē be not of one nature but mani perturbers wicked murtherers oppressors be myxt amongest honest quiet citesins as cruel wolues amōgest simpleshepe therfore doth god permit from heauen the sword to the magistrates for the defence of the innocentes Rom xiii a Neither is it euer red in anye place but that we lawfully may oppresse destroye wolues bores beares all suche beastes which be noysom to mē or cattel And why then is it not as lawful with war violēce to wtstande the wicked force of violēt murderers setng that al such murderers robbers barbarous enmies seditious citesēs do littel or nothīg differ from wilde beastes Certes the scripture callith thē with no other name thā beastes to this also agreeth the cōmē sence of natur Here to also the doctrin of religion and faith agreith Yf it be possible saith thapostle so much as in you lyeth haue peace with al men rom xii c Heb. xii c reuengynge not your selues Note so much as is in you he sayth And if it be possible For or els it folowet after the magistrate beareth not a sworde for nought rom xlii a As who shuld say for such maner of persōs as do maligne disquiet honest quiet mē which wold faine liue in rest cannot Hereto also agre the exāples of the most holiest men that euer wer which did war for the defēce of their country of innocentes As I declared to you out of s Pa. to the Hebre whan I shewed you in the .v. commandement what duty euery man oweth to his country Hereto wil I annexe certayne places out of s Austin Eusilib xx Capl xxv disputed agaynst Faustus Manicheus li.xx c. lxxv Neyther yet sayth he let a man abhorre or meruell at the battayles donne by Moses pro xvil Num. xx and xxi dede xx c for in them also he folowed gods commaūdement not for any eigernes but for obedience sake For whan he was enforced therto by god he exceded not in rigour but only recompensed thynges worthy to mens deseruing and brought feare vpon such as were well worthy For what thyng can a man reproue in warres because men do dye whiche must dye once hebre ix d wherbye peace may follow To put

blame in this is not a sygne of religiouse men but of timerous persons The pleasure in hurting outragious in reuenging an vnplacable stomack wylde rebellynge gredines to gett dominion and suche lyke these be they whiche be worthely reproued in warre and not only reproued but also punished Against the vyolence of oure aduersaryes good men may rightfully warre other by gods lawe or by any cōmaūdemēt of superior powers beyng in such vocatiō where their powers other commaundeth any such thyng or byndeth them to obedience Or elles Saynt Ihon Baptiste Luce ciii d whan the souldiers came to hym to be baptised askynge what they shuld do he myght haue answered them agayne Cast away your harnes renounce your warrfarre strike no man wounde no man ouerthrow no body but bycause he dydde see theym in doynge these thynges in warrfayre to be no murtherers but mynisters of the law neyther reuengeres of their own iniuries but defenders of publyke wealth he sayde to them stryke no body wrangle with no man be content with your own stipende But bycause the Manichees be wōt to despise and blaspheme Ihon lette them heare our lord Iesu christ hym self commaunding the same stipend to be gyuen to cesar which Ihon aduersited the souldiours to be content with al Gyue vnto Ceasar sayth christ Matt xx it c and xvi d roma x. ii b the thinges which are Ceasers vnto god those thinges that are gods For therfore be tributs payd wherby warres maye be waged souldiours mainteined for necessite of war So he doth worthely also commend the faith of the centurion saying And I am a mā set here vnder powers Mat viii a Luc vi a hauing vnder me souldiours and I saye to hym goe and he goeth and to another come he comith And to my seruaunt do this he doth it we se he commendeth his faythe therfore but he byddeth him not to forsake the wars Hytherto also perteineth the chapt folowynge .lxxv. .lxxvi. c. But here I am content to spare you not to ouer burden you with to prolyx recitinge of sentences Thus much haue I spoken hetherto for that that it is lawful for magistrates to warre And vpō this we gather that subiectes Subiectes mir●t obeys theyr powers commandyng warre lykewise may lawfully with out reprehension go feighte in warfare when they be commaunded by the magistrates so to do But yf it be so that the magistrates causles do set vpon to slay the innocentes and vngylty persons I haue declared in my formar sermons ●et iiii and v● in this case the magistrats cōmaūdemēts are not to be obeied Therfore let the magistrates take hyde lesse they abuse their auctorite Warre is a peregous thyng And all though it be lawfull for the Magistrates to kepe warr for iust and necessary causes yet is warre a most daungerous thīg and bringeth with it hepes of infinite troubles And thus be such men punyshed dyuerse tymes whome no gentyl admonition cā moue all be it many innocent persons with such be punished amōg Nowe many tymes it happeneth that souldiours forget them selues and breake al good ordre prouokyng the myghti angre of god vpon their heades what kynde of myscheyfe is in al the worlde but it is vsed in warre or what kynde of misery is there that is not here Fyrst by warre spryngeth dearth and vtter scasety of al thynges For the wayes be stopped the torne troden downe townes set on fyre vitalle distroied wasted all occupations and marchandise cease both riche and poore decayeth In warre the moost valiante sonest destroyed the towards thei retyre saue them selues whyles greater afterclappes do fal vpon them The most vyle ruffynes most auaunced which abuse men more lyke beastes then other All is full of murning on euerye syde Wydowes bewayle fatherles children lament and be destitute Greate riches prouyded for nede to come cleane spoyled hole cites set a fyre Esay i● and v vyrgynes an vnmared maydēs defyled Al shame al honesty set a syde no reuerence to age All maner of ryght all lawes vnregarded al holy religion and studies cleane vnder foote vyle vacaboundes and desperate dreuylles rule all the toste And therfore in scripture warre is called the scourge of god Warre ●eth scourge of god Leuit xxvi ii Reg. xxiiii Deut xxviii This scourge doth god lyghtly inferre vpon incurrable and obstinat despisers of his word For this cause was the citie of Hierusalem subuerted with all the whole nations of the Iewes Mat. xxiii e Luce xiii d for as the lord saith they dyd not know the day of their visitation but rather thei did shed the bloud of the lordes apostles so brynging vpon their own heades al the bloud Gene iiii b ii par xxiiii d shedde from fyrste Abell the iuste vnto zacharye Num xxi and xxxiii c The Chananites for murder idolatrye incest and for abhominable letchery were vtterly deuasted The Moabites as Esaie saith Esay xv and ●vi perished for theirr cuelteinclemenci and proud dispisinge of the pore The Niniuites did infest other nations with vniust warres wherefore thei were serued with lyke measure Agayne of other countreis as we reede in the prophete Nahum Nahum ii and iii Micheas in the vi cap. declareth that god sēdeth warre to the vniust The causes of warre for their auarice fraude vsynge In Ieremye Ierem v ● c arrogancy and pryde in Esaye Esay v ● ryotenes excesse and dronckennes are noted to be the causes of warre Farthermore the incommodities of war do cleaue so hard to realmes publik weales that thei cannot afterward be remoued or shaken of whan we wold nether by humane policie nor leages nor riches nor defence strēgth nor power as we may se in Abdias Abdias ● Only the syncere and harty conuersion to god remedyeth thys as Ieremy in .v. Ierem v ● capt do testifie This true conuersion to god standeth fyrst in the confession and knowledge of our owne wyckednes than in a sewer fayth to haue remission of oure synnes by grace and merite of oure lorde Iesus christ Roma v and ●i Thyrdly in a perfect hatred and renounsynge of cure formare iniquite in studye of iustyce innocency charite and all other vertues fynally in continuall prayer oration Againe to some a man shall see war Warre profitable to some bryngeth much profyt vtilite and vnnumerable ryches with no damage or lytel at all Such was the battayle of the Israelytes against the Chananaeis Iosue Iosua iii c and xvi b beynge theyr captayne I wolde not heare the commodites of warre shuld allure any frō Iustice and equite For so many tymes it happenyth that whyle Magistrates thinke to haue a iust occasion to warre agaynst other and to punish offenders The good some tymes be ouercome of the wyck●d god of his pryue iustice reaturneth the same occasion vpon them selues in