Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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
A68840	Most fruitfull [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martir Vermil Florentine, professor of deuinitie, in the Vniuersitye of Tygure with a very profitable tract of the matter and places. Herein is also added [and] contained two most ample tables, aswel of the matter, as of the wordes: wyth an index of the places in the holy scripture. Set forth & allowed, accordyng to thorder appointed in the Quenes maiesties iniunctions.; In librum Judicum commentarii doctissimi. English	Vermigli, Pietro Martire, 1499-1562.	1564 (1564)	STC 24670; ESTC S117825	923,082	602

to the Corrin he reprehended those Christians whiche pleaded causes at the iudgemente places of the Ethnikes He iustlye reproued the Corinthians bycause there were Christians amonge them which might in the church haue decided theyr causes Neyther was it conueniēt that Christians should contend with christians at the iudgemente places of the vngodly But Paul whē he appealed vnto Cesar had not to do with christians but with the Iewes president of Rome Wherfore forasmuch as he had not a faithfull magistrate neither could it otherwise be done his life also was soughte he did not il in imploringe the fayth and ayd of the cōmon magistrate although he were an Ethnike For euē as we vse the Sun Mone so also is it lawfull to vse the publike and ordinary magistrate what manner of man so euer he be The church vsed an Ethnike Magistrate The Christian church did the same thing whē there were yet no Christiā Emperors For Paulus Samosatenus was condēned as an heretike being a bishop he was displaced But bicause he would not render vp the house which longed to the bishop there was request made vnto Aurelianus the Emperor ayd obteined at his hands to cōpel him to deliuer his house vnto the new bishop Who can say that the church herein sinned bicause it vsed the publike magistrate though he were an infidel But let vs returne thither frō whence we digressed and constantly beleue that the magistrate is of god althoughe oftentimes our sins deseruing the same many things vnder him ar done wickedly vniustly Howbeit Hoseah the Prophet semeth yet to be against vs whē he saith they haue raigned but not by me How it is sayd that tirannes raign not by god But we must know that Hoseah entreated of tirans which nether regarded laws neither norished the good nor toke away the euil frō among the people therfore they raigned not by god but by theyr own lust they regarded theyr own affections not the law of god Farther they inuaded kingdomes being stirred vp by theyr own wicked desires moued by their own ambiciō not as they which felt the calling of god vnto the kingdome neither toke they vpon them the power with a wil to obey god but to satisfy theyr own ambiciō This was not to reign by god But that they were not exalted to the kingdom by the wil of god it is contrary in a manner to the whole scripture For god calleth Nebucad-Nezar his seruāt bycause he would vse his ministery to afflict the Israelites whē as yet it might haue bene said that he reigned not by god forasmuch as he foght against the Iewes by his own lust couetous desire of his mind not of a zeale to fulfil the will of god Wherfore the sentence of Hosea the prophet is nothing against vs but that we may beleue that the Magistrate is of God and that we ought to obey him Paule saith Let euerye soule be subiect vnto the higher powers The same thing is written to Titus And in the first Epistle of Peter the second chap. And Paule to Timothe addeth that we should pray for them But the Papistes and they which wil be called Ecclesiastical men Ministers of the churche are not exemted frō the ordinarye power Chrisostome wyll not heare these thinges For they cry that they are exempted from publike and ordinary powers when as yet the Apostle vsed no exception when hee sayde Let euerye soule be subiect vnto the higher powers And He whiche resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God Yea and Chrisostome also vpon that place saith that the Apostles Prophetes Euangelistes and Moonkes are comprehēded vnder that lawe And Chrisostome wrote these thinges of Ecclesiastical persons when as yet he was Bishop of Constantinople and there were then also Christian Emperours But it is a sporte to beare the argumentes What the false ecclesiastical mē trifle of twoo swoordes whiche these false Ecclesiasticall men vse In Etrauag de Maioritate et Obedientia chap. Vnam sanctam Bonifacius the .viii. whom they say entred in as a Foxe raigned like a Lion and dyed like a Dog saith that there are two swordes in the Church And least he should seeme to speake it rashly he citeth these woordes out of the .xxii. chap. of Luke whē I sent you without bag or scrip did ye at any time want any thing They said vnto him No. Christ added But now I saye vnto you let euerye man take his scrippe and wallet and he which hath none let him sell his coate and bye a swoord They said vnto him Behold here are two swoordes Christ answered it is sufficient Bonifacius saith Two swoordes are sufficient for the Churche namely the spiritual sword and the temporal Wherefore they whiche say that Peter had not an outward swoord do seeme not to vnderstand the woordes of Christ wherein he sayd Put vp thy swoord into the sheath Thy swoorde sayth he and not an other mans For he had a swoord of his owne although he were bidden to put it vp But there must needes be some order kept and obserued in these swoordes For what powers soeuer there be they are ordained of God For there shoulde be a great confusion if for that being two swordes in the Church the one should not be gouerned by the other Wherfore the temporal sword ought to be gouerned by the spiritual And to make this argument more plaine The church saith he hath two swoordes but it vseth them not after one and the selfe same manner For it exerciseth the spiritual swoord but the temporal sword ought to be drawen onely at the becke and suffrance of the Church This is so obscure that it may in a maner seme to be a riddle Howe be it this is his meaning The Pope maketh subiect vnto him selfe the swoorde of the Emperour that the sworde of the Emperour ought to be drawen onely at the wyll and pleasure of the Pope that when he commaundeth he must strike and by sufferance that is he must go forward in striking so long as he listeth and wil suffer it Wherfore these thinges must be in order and the order is that the temporal swoord be reduced vnto God by the spiritual For as that Dionisius saith Dionysius who is thought to be an Areopagite although he be farre an other all inferiour thinges are referred vnto the chiefest thing but yet by a meane Wherfore saith he the temporal sworde must be drawen at the becke of the Pope that by that meanes it may be referred vnto God So we see is now brought to passe For so often onelye as the most holy willeth that warre be made against the Lutherians he wil that the Emperour straightway should obey And if any Prince wil not with much submission obey him straightway are sent Legates hither and thether that al other kinges and princes should apply them selues vnto his becke and make war and vexe him which