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A16122	The summe of the holye scripture and ordinarye of the Christen teachyng, the true Christen faithe, by the whiche we be all iustified. And of the vertue of baptesme, after the teaching of the Gospell and of the Apostles, with an informacyon howe all estates shulde lyve accordynge to the Gospell.; Summa der godliker Scrifturen. English	Bomelius, Henricus, 1500?-1570.; Fish, Simon, d. 1531.	1529 (1529)	STC 3036; ESTC S114463	99,848	250

vnto the Romayns where he saieth Ro. ● Every soule shall be subiect vnto the highe powers for there is no power but of god Then he that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinaunce of God More●ver saint Peter saieth 1. Pe. ● Be ye subiectes to euery humayne creature be it vnto the kinge as vnto the sovereyne be it vnto the hede rulers as by him sent for vēgeaunce vnto the offēders but for preyse to theym that be good Moreover the right of the seculer power of the ciuile iustice hath bin frō the begīnīg of the world for whē Cain had slayne his brother Abell he feared moche that he shuld be kild ageyn Likewise after the floude god cōfirmed it agein Gene. 9 saying whosoever shede mānes bloud his bloude shal be shed agein The same ryght was cōfermed agein in the lawe of Moses where he sayde in Exode Exo. 2● whosoever strike a man willing to kill hīshall dye of deth And ageyn if any with dede advised iying in a wayte kill his neighboure thou shalt drawe him out of my house and that he dye And in the same lawe it was cōmaūded to take awaye life for life yie for yie to the for to the hand for hand waūde for wounde so of other Likewise hath our savioure Christ in the gospell confirmed Mat. 25 it saying to saint Petre in the gardeyn of Olivete He that streketh with the swerd with the swerde shall perisshe Then is it all certeyn manifest that it is the will of god that there shulde be a swerd iustice tēporall for the punycion of the evill cō●●vaciō of the good for thēterteynīg of the publique peace christen comune brotherly love ¶ Secūdly it semeth to be moche cōtrary herūto that whiche Christ saieth in the gospell in this maner Ye haue herde whate hath byn sayed Mat. 5 In yie for anyie a toth for a toth but I sey vnto you ye shall not resist evill But whosoever strike the on the right cheke tou●●e to him the other And to him that will go to lawe with the by force take awey thy core gyve to him also thy gowne And he that will constreyne the to go a myle with him go with him twayne And a litell after Love your enemyes say well of thē that ●urse you do good to theym that persecu●e you with hatred praye for theym that hurt you persecute you And over besides this there are yet many places in the holy scripture for be doing all maner of vēgeaunce As in saint Paule vnto the Romayns Ro. 1● 1. Pe. ● and. 3. Saint Petre in his first epistle and in many other places Wherfore it se●●eth that the swerd of iustice shuld be for bodē in the new testamēt emōg the christē Then thirdly for to vnderstond thys well we must fyrst knowe that there are ●wo sortes of people in the worlde The first belong vnto the kingdome of god The other to the kingdome of the worlde They that belong vnto the kingdome of God be all true faythfull people in Iesus Christ and vnder him For Christ is king and lord in the kingdome of God As techeth vs the secunde Psalme and also all the olde and newe testamēt He came also in to the worlde to begyn and to lest vp the kingdome of god in the worlde Therfore saide he to Pylate My kingdome is not of this worlde And whosoever is of the trouth hereth my voice Iohn 18 And in saint Marke sayeth he that the tyme is fulfilled and the kingdome of God shall approche Mar. 1. And in Saynt Mathewe sayeth he Mat. 16. Seche first the kingdome of God He calleth the Gospell a gospell of the kingdome of god bycause the Gospell teacheth governeth and kepeth the same kingdome Then they that are stedfast in the faithe in the love of god yf they obey vnto his cōmaūdemētes have nought to do with the swerd of iustice nor of the seculer power to make theym rightuous And yf all the worlde were true and verey Christen that is to sey veri feithfull there nede no governoure king lord sworde nor iustice For wherto shulde they sarve seyng that all true christē shulde haue the holy goost whiche governeth and teacheth theym to do no wronge to love all the world to suffre and endure the evell and iniurye of all the worlde willingly and ioyfully ye also the deth And where as all persones are content willingly to suffre wrong and iniurye And where as there is none that doth wronge nor iniurye but where as all persones do ryght there is no dyscord hatred envie nor other discencion And there nedeth no ryght nor punycyon Wherfore it were īpossible that the swerd of iustice shuld haue ought to do emong the verey true christen seyng they do moche more of theym silves then eny man cācommaunde theym or then eny lawe or worldly doctrine can teche theym As sayth saīt Paule vnto Timoth. vnto the ryghtuous there is no lawe sette but vnto the vnryghtuous 1. Tim. ● And this is thus bicause that the iugement and ryght of a verey true christen fordereth and avaunceth more then all other ryghtes ād lawes for it procedeth from the holy goost whiche possesseth and inhabiteth the hart of a verey christen But the vnryghtuous do ryght to no man therfore they haue nede of ryght and of lawes wherby they be taught and constreyned to do well A good tree nedeth not that one teche hym to bryng forth good frute for his nature gyveth it without ony reching Likewise are all the verey true christen natured by the holy goost and saith that they do all thinges well and as it aperteyneth more then eny man can commaunde theym by all the cōmaundementes in the worlde And for theym silves haue they no nede nether of lawe nether of ryght But some man myght axe whye then hath god gyvē vnto men so many commaundementes yn the olde and newe testament I answerethe Saint Paule seith as it is sayde byfore vnto the ryghtuous there is set no lawe but to the vnrightuous that is to sey to theym that are not yet true christē And forbicause that none is true and verey christē or good of nature but be all synnars and evill As witnesseth the prophete sayng God hath loked from heven vppon the children of mē that he mought se if there be eny vnderstonding Psat. ●3 Rom. 3. or seching god All are fallen and are become abhominable there is none that doeth good no not one Therfore god refreyneth the malice of the people by the lawe that they dare not accomplisshe hit outwardly by worke and dede according to they re evill will Mereover saint Paule gyveth vnto the lawe an other office that is that it letneth vs to knowe oure synnes by the whiche knowelege a man is made meke and yeldeth hym silf to the faith and vnto the mercy and grace of god as is

my tongue for I am tormēed in this flamme And Abraham said vnto him Sōne remembre that thou hast receyved thy goodes in thy life and Lazarus evill therfore he hath nowe consolacion ād thou art tormented Thus gyveth God many tymes to theym that shall not be heyres of the everlasting life the richesse and prosperite of this worlde and payeth theym ther with Therfore shall not the riche be proude of his richesse but shal be alweyes in care fearing lest god shuld paye him in this worlde ād that he shall haue noue other thyng Tim. ● Therfore saieth saint Paule vnto Timothe Commaunde saieth he vnto the riche of this worlde that they be not proude mynded and that they trust not in vncerteyn richesse but in the living god whiche giveth vs all thinges abundauntly to vse to do well to be made ryche yn good workes to be made redy to distribute that they may willingly haue feloweship in those thinges bisding to theym silf a good foundaciō in tyme couring that they may set hond on the everlasting life And a lytell bifore They saieth he that will be riche fall of tymes in temptacion and in the snare of the devell and into many vnproufitable and noyons desires the whiche tumble a man into destruction and perdicyon for the rote of all evill is co vitize the whiche while some folkes desired they did erre from the faith ād wrapped them silves into many sorowes And many other places there are in the holy scripture the whiche shulde strongly feare the riche and gyve grete consolacion vnto the poore for let all the riche knowe that when they socoure not the pore with theyr richesse they do as grete sinne as though they robbed eny body For god hath not given theym the richesse for to bost bragge therwith and to make grete chere nether to make theym silves lordes but to thintent that they shuld be servauntes of all the worlde to helpe all pore parsones as are poore virgins or yong wymē at thestate of mariage to thintent they come not to dishonour the pore yong people to lerne an occupaciō And so to give lend and socoure one an other And thus teacheth vs saint Iohn where he saieth he that hath the richesse of thys 1. Iohn 3 world seeth his brother haue nede shit ●ith vp his hert ageinst him that is to sey hath no pytie of him howe is the love of god in him As though he wold saye he that seeth his brother haue nede and helpeth him not it is not possible that the charyte and love of god shuld be in him Likewise saieth saint Paule Hebre. ● Forget not hospitalite that is to sey to logge helpe the poore for some therby haue received aungels into they re houses without knowing therof And therfore shalt thou not be asshamed sometyme to call the poore out of the stretes and to give them to eate and drinke Lu. 14 For it is the counceyle of oure saviour Christ in the gospell where he forbiddeth to byd the riche to the fe●t whiche may rendre it to vs ageyn But when thou makest a fest saieth he call the poore the weke the lame the blynde and thou shalt be happy for they may not rendre it to the ageyn it shall be yolden to the ageyn in th● geyn rising of the rightuous But some man wolde nowe say It is myn owne I haue gayned it rightuously whye may I not vse it at my will I answere the that is not true that thou hast gained it but God hath sent it the he hath not made the lord of it nor will not that thou vse it at thy pleasure Thou art but onely a dispensatour for to distribute it and to vse it after the counceyll of the Gospell and of the holy scripture that is that thou shalt vse it without eny maner of outrage in thy house and out of thyne house to all poore people as thou shalt see nede For that thou spendest other wyse thou robbest from God and from the poore whiche are the membres of Iesus Christ. And it thou do theym eny good thou doest it to the parsone of Iesus Christ. for it is seyde in the Gospell Mat. ●● All that ye do to one of my lest bretheren ye do to me Therfore he that doth good vnto the poore he doth it to Christ. And he that doeth evill vnto the poore he doeth it to Christ. Thou canst not employ thy mo●ey and almesse so well uppon no thyng 〈◊〉 the worlde as on the poore For the holy scripture commaundeth not to gyve it ●ny where els Oure savioure Christ shal ●ot preyse the at the day of iudgement for ●one other cause but that thou hast holpe ●he poore in gyving theym mete and drin●● and clothing in vysiting theym and in ●y bing to theym of thy goodes when th●y were syke Even as for none other ●●ing shalt thou be reproved but for for●etting of the poore wherfore thou arte ●ot bounde to make to be song many ma●●s and obytes to edyfye chaunteryes ●happelles churches or aultres or to give ●●eringes to saintes or cādels of waxe for of all this shall ye yelde none accompt though ye haue lest it vndone For the holy scripture maketh no mencion of those thinges They are rather invented by the covetous mynde of men then otherwise As saieth saint Iohn Chrisostome Chrisostome so give vnto the poore wherof they may lyve thou hast edified a resonable house to God for men dwelle in bildinges but god dwelleth in holy men and in men of good life Also saint Iherome writing to one called Celautia Ihero●● when thou givest socouring honde vnto the poore when thou comest in socoure to a man in his necessitees when thou settest hī that erreth into the right wey thou hast bilt a plesaunt temple to god for the hertes of the holy parsones be called 1. Cor. 3 the tēple of god the whiche whosoever 〈◊〉 violat god will distroye him wherfore ye riche people haue ye alw●●yes mynde on the pore And se that ye love better to bestowe your almesse whe●● ye are sure that it is acceptable vnto god also where god hath commaunded you● to do thsim rather then there where as y● knowe not whether ye do well or evill as in making of ymages chappelles pilgrimages obites and other mannes in vencyons wherby the pore be nowe a dayes miserably robbed vnkindly pilled by thē that shulde ayde helpe theym if they did not serche more they re owne proufit then the proufi● and honour of god ¶ Of two maner Regimentes or governaunces goostly and seculer or worldly Chaptre .xxvi. FIrst we must diligently serche out the right and seculer power swerde and governement to thitent that none doubt whether it be of the ordinaunce of God or not The wordes wherby we knowe that the secu●● power is īstitute of god be these of saint ●●aule