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A07010
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A pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered by Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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1543
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STC 1743; ESTC S109680
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gouernaunce do ensue yet for asmuch as in these our dayes there haue rysen vp wicked vngodly spirites which deny the office of the magistrates hyghe powers to be the ordinance of God and affirme y t it can by no meanes stonde with the Gospell of Christe I wyll fyrst declare vnto you proue by y e holy scriptures that the hygh powers are ordined of GOD and that theyr office agre and in all poyntes consent with the moost holy worde of God yea and that it is so necessary that withoute this regimeÌ„t and gouernaunce of the hyghe powers no publique weale can remayne in safe estate no frendshyppe canne be mayntayned no fayth can be regarded no order caÌ„ be kepte no propriete of goodes can be saued no vertu can reigne no tranquilite caÌ„ coÌ„sist nor ony goodnes continue but all must nedes growe out of order and as they saye go to hauocke vnto the great disquietnes and vtter destruccion of so many as dwell in suche wyld rustical brutall beast lyke realme wher no ciuilite of publique order in mundayne thynges is obserued This once done I wyll declare what your duty is toward oure moost soueraygne LORDE the kyng and all the other rulers that gouerne vnder his dominion that ye maye lyue in thys mooste florysshynge Realme lyke true and faythfull subiectes with obedient hertes and that not onlye for feare but for coÌ„scieÌ„ce sake that by this meanes ye maye both acquyre get to your selues quietnes rest leadynge an honeste and peasable lyfe withoute ony disturbance and also be an exaÌ„ple to other that they w t lyke obedience maye be subiecte serue our moost christen Prince accordyng to the wyll of God To shewe that the authorite of y e magistrates common officers is the ordinauÌ„ce of God wherof maye I rather take a begynnynge than of the publique weale of the Israelites Whan God by his extent puissaunce stretched oute power had delyuered the people of Israel oute of theyr miserable seruitude wherwith they were greuously oppressed of the cruel and lyonlyke Tyraunt Pharao dyd he not appoynte Moses to be theyr ruler gyde captaine gouernour that he hauynge the preeminence rule ouer theÌ„ should safe coÌ„duite theÌ„ rule gouerne theÌ„ after the wyll of God Woulde he haue done this if it had bene a thiÌ„g vniust vnmete vnlawful Would he not rather haue suffered his people to runne astraye as masterlesse houÌ„des and as sheepe destitute of a sheppard or herdman without ony order Dyd not Ietro also a maÌ„ of great vertu and replete with y e holy Ghoste whan he sawe Moses alone take all the paynes in hearing the causes of the Israelites from mornynge vntyll euen saye to hym these wordes Looke out among al thy people suche as be wyse men that feare GOD and suche as are true and hate couetousnesse Make these rulars ouer theÌ„ some ouer thousandes some ouer huÌ„dredes ouer fyftye and ouer ten that they maye alway iudge the people Moses so dyd God approued his acte Here se we other magistrates rulers appoynted also to serue in the publique weale besydes y e heade officer which they also beynge lawfully chosen and set in office are approued before God After Moses were not Iosue Othoniel Aioth SaÌ„gar Delbora Gedeon Abimelech Thola Iayr Iepte Samson at the last Samuel Iudges and rulers ouer the Israelites Ware not all these approued to be y e iuste and lawful ministers of God Dyd not Moyses also before his deathe shewe to the people of Israell that afterwarde God should gyue them a kinge of the nomber of theyr brothers which should be theyr rulers as all nacions haue thorowe out al the worlde Do we not here learne that all Nacions at that tyme had kynges that kynges are appoynted chosen by the eleccion of god This is sufficient for ony faythful harte to proue establysh corroborate the authoritie of Kynges and other ciuile magistrates But lette vs harken more to the Scripture Whan Samuel waxed olde and coulde no more iudge the people for his age he commeÌ„ded that office to hys sonnes Ioel and Abia whiche answered nothing to y e godly disposicions of theyr father nether ordered the publique weale aryght but lyued dissolutely volupteously and wickedly receauynge gyftes peruertinge iudgement which caused the Elders auncieÌ„t of the people to assemble come vnto Samuel that he myght appoynt theÌ„ a kinge to rule ouer theÌ„ as all nacioÌ„s had And dyd not Samuel shortely after at the appoyntment of God an noynte Saul kynge ouer â–ª Israel And froÌ„ that tyme in a manner vntyll the commynge of Christe were there not Kynges amonge the Israelites of theyr owne nacion accordynge to the prophecye of Iacob at Christes coÌ„minge ded not kynge Herode although a straunger reygne among y e Iewes Do not al thes histories manifestly proue approue y e offyce of kynges other magistrates to be y e ordinaunce of God Euse. Thos thynges are clerer than y e lyghte Phil. I wyll nowe reherse vnto you certen manifest seÌ„tences open textes of the holy Scripture which shall euidently establysshe y e authoryte of y e hygh powers that Satan hymselfe shal not be able to preuayle agaynst it moch lesse hys impes which now of late are sproÌ„g oute of his diabolicall syde Christo. I pray you let vs heare them Phil. Salomon speakynge in the person of God sayth on this manner thorowe me Kynges reygne thorowe me Princes make iust lawes Thorowe me Lordes beare rule and all Iudges of the earth execute iudgement Agayne the wyse man sayth heare O ye Kynges vnderstond gyue eare ye that rule the multitudes For the power is gyuen you of the LORDE the strength from the moost hygh god Are not these wordes playne ynoughe to shewe that the power whiche the ciuile magistrates head Officers haue is of God as that noble kyng Iosaphat sayde to theÌ„ whome he appoynted iudges of the londe in all the cities of Iuda Take hede sayth he what ye do For ye execute not the iudgement of man but of the Lord and he is with you in iudgement Therfore lette the feare of the LORDE be w t you and do al thynge diligently For with the Lorde our God there is no vnryghteousnes nor respecte of personnes nor desyre of gyftes god hiÌ„ selfe also sayth by the mouth of Dauid ye are Gods ye are al the sonnes ot the moost hyghest Dothe not god here playnly saye that the magistrates are gods that is such as beare the offices of GOD as to mayntayne peace iustice and good order to punysh synne to defende the innocentes If they be the officers of God exercyse his offyce so that he approueth alloweth their state and manner of lyuinge howe can any man righteously coÌ„demne reiecte theyr authoâ—ite power Cursed be they that knowlege not