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soul_n	ordinance_n	power_n	resist_v	4,907	5	10.4011	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05390	A fruitfull sermon made in Poules churche at London in the shroudes, the seconde daye of February by Thomas Leuer	Lever, Thomas, 1521-1577.	1550 (1550)	STC 15543; ESTC S120436	21,246	80

but beleue the word of God whiche telleth you truelye that Englande shall be destroyed sodainly miserably and shamefullye The same destruccion was tolde to the Sodomites was tolde to the Niniuites was deserued of the Sodomites and was deserued of the Niniuities but came vpon the Sodomites and was tourned from the Niniuytes And why For because the Sodomytes regarded not goddes threatenynges and were plaged wyth gods vengeaunce the Niniuytes regarded goddes threatnynges and escaped gods vengeaunce Now all you Englyshe men at the reuerence of God for the tender mercyes of Iesu Christ for the reuerent loue to youre most gentle and gracious kynge for the sauegarde of your cuntry and for tender pyty of your owne wiues your children and your selues cause not Englande to bee destroyed wyth gods vengeaunce as was the Cytie of the Sodomites but repent lament amend your liues as did the good Niniuites For if ye spedely repent myserably lamente be ashamed of your vainglory couetousnes ambiciō ye shal cause couetous sedicious proude vicious England sodenly miserablye yea shamefully in the syghte and iudgement of the world to vanysh away And so sinne abhominacion destroyed by the repentaunce of man this pleasaunte place of Englande and good people shall be preserued and saued by thy mercy of God For els if man wil not for sake his synne God wyll not spare to destroye both the man and hys plate with his synne Wherefore the Epystle by the order nowe taken appoynted for thys fourth Sunday after twelfe tyde is a lesson most mete to teache you to knowe and lamente youre greuous sinnes of late committed whyche as yet be in suche case that man wythout greate repentaunce cannot sone amende them nor god of hys ryghteousnes much longer suffer them It is writtē in the beginning of the .iii. Chap. of Paul to the Rom. on this wyse EUerye soule be subiecte vnto the hygher powers for there is no power but of God Those powers whych be are ordeyned of God Wherefore he that resysteth power resysteth the ordinaunce of God but they whhche doo resiste shall receyue to themselues iudgemen● For Rulers are not to be feared for good doinges but for euil Wouldest thou not f●are the power do that whiche is good thou shalt haue praise of it But if thou do euyll feare for he beareth not the sweard wythout a cause for he is the minister of God to auenge in wrath hym that doeth euyl Wherefore ye must nedes be subiecte not only for wrathe but also for conscience sake For thys do ye paye tribute For they are the ministers of God attendyng to thys same thynge Geue therefore vnto euery one dueties tribute to whōe trybute is due custome to whome custum is due feare to whom feare is due honoure to whom honoure is due Thus haue ye heard howe that euery one oughte to be vnder obedience and geue vnto other that whych is due Howbeit experience declareth howe that here in Englande pore men haue been rebels and ryche men haue not done their duetie Bothe haue done euyll to prouoke goddes vengeance neyther doth repente to procure gods mercye Nowe for the better vnderstandyng of thys matter here in thys texte fyrst is to be noted how that Anima the soule for as muche as it is the chiefe parte of man is taken for the whole man as we in oure englyshe tonge take the bodye beynge the worse part for the whole As if I saye euery bodye here I meane euerye man or woman here So in the fourthe of Leuiti Anima que peccauerit ipsa morietur The soule that sinneth it shall dye meanyng the man or woman that synneth And euen so here Paule by the Ebrue phrase and maner of speche commaundeth euery soule whych is by the englishe phrase euery bodye that is to saye euerye person man woman child to be subiect As thou art in dede so acknoweledge thy selfe in thine own mynde Hypot●ssestho y t is to saye set or placed vnder the ●ygher powers ye● and that by God For as there is no power of authorithy but of god so is there none put in subieccion vnder theym but by God Those powers whiche be are ordeyned of God As is the power of the father ouer hys chyldren of the husband ouer hys wyfe of the master ouer hys seruauntes and of the kynge ouer hys lande and subiectes wyth all kynde of magistrates in their offices ouer their charge Nowe to proue that these bee the ordinaunces of God we haue by goddes word bothe in the olde testamente and in the newe their names rehearsed theyr offices dyscribed and theyr duties commaunded Yet that notwythstandynge some there be that labour by wrestynge of the scripture to pulle them selues from vnder due obedience saiynge that it appeareth in the actes of the Apostles how that they hadde all thynges commen and therfore none more goodes or ryches power or aucthoritie then other but all alyke Truthe it is that the Apostles had all thynges comen yea and that christen men in that they are christen men rather then couetous men haue all thynges comen euen vnto thys day How be it ther can be nothyng more contrarye or further disagreyng from that phantastical commennesse or rather from that diuelyshe disorder and vnrighteouse robry where as Idle lubbers myghte lyue of honeste mennes laboures then to haue all thynges comen as the Apostles hadde as christen men haue and as I do meane And thys is theyr vsage and my meanynge that ryche menne shoulde kepe to theym selues no more then they nede and geue vnto the poore so muche as they nede For so Paule wryteth to the Corinthes I meane not saythe Paull speakynge to the ryche to haue other so eased that you therby shoulde be brought in trouble of nede but after an indifrence that at this tyme your abundaunce myght helpe their nede And so dyd the Apostles take order as appeareth in the fourth of the actes Quotquot habebant agros et possessiones etc. As many as hadde landes and possessions dyd sell them and broughte the prices vnto the feete of the Apostles and diuision was made vnto euerye one accordinge vnto euerye mannes neede So they whyche myght spare dydde frelye geue and they whiche hadde nede dyd thankefully receyue For so is it mete that christē mens goodes shuld be comen vnto euery mans nede priuate to no mans luste And those comune goodes to bee disposed by liberall geuers and not spoyled by gredy catchers So that euery man may haue accordyng to hys nede sufficient and not accordynge to hys spoyle so muche as he can catche no nor accordyng to the value of the thyng euerye man a penye a grote or a shyllyng For they that Imagyne couet or wyshe to haue all thynges comune in suche sorte that euerye man myght take what hym luste wolde haue all thynges comen and open vnto euerye mans luste and nothynge reserued or kept for any mans nede And they