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A godly confession and protestacion of the christian fayth, made and set furth by Ihon Hooper, wherin is declared what a christia[n] manne is bound to beleue of God, hys Kyng, his neibour, and hymselfe
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Hooper, John, d. 1555.
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rule_v the_o common_a wealth_n but_o many_o time_n it_o take_v not_o good_a effect_n for_o lack_n of_o the_o wysdom_n of_o god_n esay_n &_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o prophet_n give_v counsel_n not_o of_o they_o self_n but_o from_o god_n &_o what_o prince_n soever_o obey_v their_o council_n he_o prosper_v always_o &_o have_v good_a success_n the_o same_o may_v you_o see_v in_o the_o fashyon_n and_o manner_n of_o their_o war_n alexander_n think_v himself_o strong_a enough_o by_o natural_a strengthe_n to_o conquer_v his_o enemy_n king_n davyd_v add_v to_o his_o sâ—yage_n stone_n xviâ—_o the_o prayer_n and_o help_n of_o god_n name_n therefore_o if_o heath_n in_o magistrate_n shall_v be_v obey_v much_o more_o chrystian_a magistrate_n and_o in_o case_n the_o king_n mayestye_n of_o england_n may_v find_v no_o less_o obedience_n â—n_v his_o subject_n then_o scipâ—o_n alexander_n and_o other_o find_v amongst_o they_o england_n be_v to_o strong_a with_o god_n help_v for_o all_o the_o world_n but_o 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and_o in_o deed_n who_o so_o behould_v the_o beginning_n the_o contynuaunce_n and_o end_n of_o the_o empire_n of_o rome_n shall_v see_v right_a well_o they_o â–ª_o imagination_n to_o be_v no_o vain_a thing_n how_o much_o of_o herre_v own_o blood_n and_o of_o stranger_n blood_n do_v rome_n shed_v before_o she_o come_v to_o the_o regiment_n and_o rule_n of_o all_o the_o world_n when_o she_o be_v aspyre_v thereunto_o and_o be_v a_o fear_n to_o all_o the_o world_n how_o much_o blood_n of_o her_o own_o shed_v she_o by_o cyvyll_a war_n and_o contencyon_n the_o jest_n and_o writing_n that_o man_n cion_v of_o silla_n marius_n cinna_n cezar_n pompeius_n brutus_n anthonins_n august_n &_o other_o declare_v thus_o when_o the_o lord_n god_n will_v take_v from_o rome_n for_o her_o sin_n the_o dominion_n of_o the_o world_n he_o send_v the_o goth_n vandal_n hâ—ns_n araby_n and_o turk_n that_o waste_v not_o only_a italy_n but_o also_o egypt_n aphrica_n and_o asia_n and_o so_o bring_v the_o empire_n of_o rome_n to_o noughte_v as_o many_o time_n as_o i_o read_v &_o mark_v this_o history_n and_o â—â—her_n like_o it_o cause_v i_o to_o â—doke_v upon_o many_o evyll_n englyshe_a man_n as_o scipio_n look_v upon_o the_o great_a city_n of_o carâ—hage_n while_o it_o be_v a_o burn_a say_v with_o a_o lamentable_a voice_n the_o inconstancy_n of_o fortune_n in_o human_a thing_n be_v to_o be_v lament_v which_o voice_n spring_v upon_o this_o occasion_n that_o carthage_n be_v a_o city_n of_o great_a â—enoâ—me_n &_o dominion_n be_v now_o become_v a_o prey_n unto_o y_fw-fr e_fw-la fire_n and_o devolt_a as_o wisdom_n always_o do_v the_o consideration_n of_o present_a evels_n unto_o other_o yet_o floryshing_n in_o halt_a &_o prosperous_a felycyty_n and_o declare_v as_o a_o man_n see_v before_o the_o ruin_n and_o fall_v of_o thing_n that_o stand_v destinate_a the_o fall_n of_o rome_n to_o come_v that_o