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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14108	A plaine discouerie of ten English lepers, verie noisome and hurtfull to the Church and common wealth setting before our eies the iniquitie of these latter dayes, and inducing vs to a due consideration of our selues. Published by Thomas Timme minister.	Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.	1592 (1592)	STC 24418; ESTC S118801	68,904	98

aduerfitie and of long patience which haue spoken in the name of the Lord. Behold we count them blessed which endure Ye haue heard of the pacience of Iob and haue knowne what ende the Lord wade For the Lord is very pitifull and mercifull And pacient Iob himselfe teacheth vs the very same saying Blessed is the man whom God correcteth therefore refuse not thou the chastizement of the almightie For he maketh the wound and bindeth it vp he smiteth and his hands make whole He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee Iob. 5. As some murmur agaynst God onely so other some murmur both against god and man also Such are they who murmur against magistrates And these are of diuerse sorts as the Anabaptists and Libertines who perswade themselues and others that it is a disgrace for a Christian man to suffer a magistrate to rule and reigne ouer him The Papists in like sort who although they acknowledge the power of magistrates and the obedience due vnto them yet as concerning themselues they murmur at all ciuill power exempting thēselues from the same and chalenge large immunities and priuiledges But the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul exempt no persons or degrees of men from the obedience due to kings and princes as plainly appeareth by their doctrine namely wher it is said Let euerie soule be subiect to the authoritie of the bier powers for there is no power but of God and the powers that bee are ordained of God whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receyue to themselues damnation For Princes are not to bee feared for good woorkes but for euill Wilt thou then bee without feare of the power Doe well so shalt thou haue prayse of the same For he is the minister of God for thy wealth But if thou doe euill feare for hee beareth not the sworde for nought for hee is the minister of God to take vengeance vpon him that dooth euill Wherefore yee must bee subiect not because of wrath onelie Rom. 13. but also for conscience sake For for this cause also pay you tribute for they are Gods ministers serning for the same purpose And the Apostle Peter whose successour the Pope falsely vaunteth himselfe to bee teacheth the verie same doctrine of obedience saying Submit your selfe to all manner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake whether it bee vnto the King as vnto the chiefe heade eyther vnto Rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euill dooers but for the cherishing of them that doe well For so is the will of God that with well dooing yee may stoppe the mouthes of ignorant and foolish men 1. Pet. 2. as free and not hauing the libertie for a cloake of maliciousnesse but euen as the seruants of God Honour all men loue brotherlie felowship feare God honour the King By these places of holie Scriptures it is most manifest that Kings Queenes and other princes are ordained of God are to bee obeyed and honoured of all persons without exception of anie being as Peter termeth them chiefe heades that is subiect to no earthlie potentate within their dominions and therefore Paul in most generall tearmes requireth euerie soule to be subiect of what sexe calling or degree soeuer he be to the king which in earth next vnder God is the chiefe heade Thereby teaching vs that as all manner of persons ought to bee subiect so such subiects as are murmurers disobedient or rebellious agaynst their souereigne doe disobey God and bring vppon themselues damnation also that the gouernment of Princes is a great blessing of God giuen for the common wealth especially of the good and godlie for the comfort and cherishing of whom God giueth and setteth vp princes and on the contrarie part to the feare and for the punishment of the euill and wicked Yea although they should bee wicked and tyrannous whom God hath placed ouer vs in authoritie yet are they to bee obeyed without all murmuring For the which cause God commaunded the Iewes by the mouth of the Prophet Iere. 27. 2. King 24. to obey Nebuchadnezer and was angrie with Zedechias the king because he reuolted from him Ieremie also by the commaundement of God admonished and exhorted the people to pray for the health of the king of Babylon And Dauid would not stretch foorth his hande agaynst Saul the Lords anoynted when hee might haue done it without any difficultie and to his great commoditie The good and godlie sort of souldiers which serued Iulianus the Apostata obeyed him in his militarie businesse neyther did they at any time shew themselues mutinous notwithstanding that they were continually armed Phocas when hee had slaine Mauritius possessed the Empyre by great violence and iniustice and wrote vnto Gregorie Bishop of Rome who obeyed Phocas as his Prince and gaue vnto him great reuerence If wicked Emperours and Kings which were tyrants and cruell oppressours of their people and subiects are by the commaundement of God to be obeyed and not onely obeyed but their prosperous estate also prayed for 1. Tim. 2. howe much more are wee bound in conscience in reason and in nature to obey and wish well vnto a Christian Prince our naturall souereigne and most gracious gouernour and Queene without all murmuring the very roote of rebellion according to the counsell of most wise Salomon My sonne feare the lord and the king and meddle not with them that are seditious Prou. 24. The first Murmurer and stirrer vp of sedition and rebellion was Lucifer by creation a bright and glorious Angell but through his ambicious pride by which hee was drawen into open rebellion against God hee was cast downe into hell and made the most foule fiend of eternall darknes As the diuell the father of murmurers agaynst the ordained powers of God had this foule fall so also no doubt all those which are possessed with the same spirite are like to incurre the like vengeance of almightie God as by reading al stories most plainly is to be seone Some of the children of Israel being murmurers against their magistrates appointed ouer them by God Num. 12. Num. 11. were stricken with foule leprosie many were consumed with fire suddenly sent from the Lord some time many thousands of them were destroied with the pestilence somtime they were stung to death with a strange kind of fierie serpents and which is most horrible some pricipall men being captaines with their whole bande of murmurers not dying by any vsuall or naturall death of men but the carth opening Num. 16. they with their wiues children and families were swallowed quicke downe into hell The which are notable examples of perpetuall memorie teaching all subiects how highly god is displeased with the murmuring and euill speaking of subiects against their princes for that as the scripture recordeth their murmuring is not against the prince onely