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A07260	A sermon made in the cathedrall churche of Saynt Paule at London, the XXVII. day of June, Anno. 1535. by Symon Matthewe	Matthew, Simon, d. 1541.	1535 (1535)	STC 17656; ESTC S102306	16,458	60

multi Doo your endeuer to haue peace and quietnes with al folkes and to haue puritie and clenlynes of lyuynnge without the whiche no man shall se god neyther nowe by feyth nor hereafter by fruition do I saye your endeuer consyderynge not onely for your selfes but also for other that they falle not from grace And take hede leste any yll rote of infidelitie springe vp wherby other may be corrupte And thus sainct Paule was euer wont to preache knowinge righte well that al though diuers and many thinges perteyne to the lyfe of a christian yet nothyng more then peace and vnite our sauiour Christe sayeng Ioan. xiij In hoc cognoscent omnes quia mei estis discipuli si dilectionem habueritis adinuicem By this cognisaunce all the worlde shall know you for my disciples if ye haue vnite amōg you vnitie I say of feith and spirite fixed and sette stedfastly in god and not in any mortall creature as many haue thought necessarie that if a mā shuld be of the churche of Christe he must be of the holy church of Rome take the holy father therof for the supreme heed and for the vicare of Christ yea for Christ hym selfe and to be diuyded frome hym were euen to be diuided frome Christe Suche dāpnable techynges haue there bē which haue caused mē to leaue the cōmandementes of god vndone for the humayne traditions but what so euer hath ben done by ignorance let vs reforme it and not be ashamed to professe truthe whiche is that nexte vnto god the prince ought to be honoured and that the bishop of Rome hath no more power by the lawes of god in this realme than any other foreyn byshoppe and this wyll I playnely proue and all though I can not do it eloquentely yet I shall do it feythfully and that for truthessake And for that I wyll not be tedious in rehersyng the kynges in the lawe of nature and lawes written tyll the commyng of Christe I shall speake that the gospelle the very worde of god prouoketh me to ¶ Fyrst the act of saynct Iohn̄ Baptist moche moueth me ●uc 3. which being the elect and chosen prophet of god sent from hym to whom no other creature borne after the common course of nature myghte be compared lyuynge in suche greate integritie and innocencye preachynge veritie and maynteynynge the same to deathe demaunded of the moste notable offenders in Iury what they shuld do commanded them reuerently to obserue the ordinaunces and lawes of their emperour whiche he wolde not haue done if that obedience had not ben due by the lawes of god He dyd not counsayle theym to ronne into a solitude and leaue their dueties vudone nor he dyd bydde them to laye aparte their armours but that accordingly as god wylled serue their emperour doing no violence to any person nor falsely accuse any man but to be contente with suche wages as theyr emperour gaue them to resyst his enmyes and to preserue the common welthe And Christe hym selfe not onely with other dydde write his name knowledginge his obedience but he also payde the heed peny as a token of the same perswadinge the iewes whiche had coniured to rebell ageinst their emperour that without inurmour or grudge they shulde doo their duetie and conforme them selfes to their princis pleasure sayeng Gyue to Cesar 〈…〉 that is dewe to Cesar and gyue to god that is dewe to god 〈◊〉 5. And euen so whanne the Iewes wolde haue forsaken theyr prince haue chosen Christe to their kynge he withdrewe hym selfe and that to auoyde occasyon of rebellion and disobediency Also teaching his disciples humilitie and not to be ambitious whan they stryued whiche of theym shulde be taken for the better 〈…〉 he sayde who so estemeth hym selfe better let hym vse hym selfe as an inferiour menyng that the gretter gracis that a man or woman receyueth of god the more shall they humble them selfes in disposyng the same and not to desyre no hyghe estate nor to be the more statelye or proude for them but euermore to reken them selfes moste vnworthy And for a token herof before his passion in all his .v. examynations he neuer grudged at Cesars lawes nor at the commaundementes of his cōmissioners ¶ Now good Christiās if there were no other scriptures to teche vs to do our dueties to our soueraigne yet it semeth to me that these fewe examples shulde sufficiētly moue vs if we dyd loue and drede god For if saynct Iohn̄ and Christ shewe suche obedience to princis being infidels and tirantis howe moche more shal we be bounde to do the same to our christen prince And if they neuer wente about to diminish the royaltie of their Emperour what good christian can with good conscience attempt the cōtrarie Saynct Peter whiche neuer challenged so high honour or dignitie as many haue gyuen to hym all proude prelacy set aparte writeth not to one countrey or citie but vniuersally on this wyse 〈…〉 Humble your selfes vnto all maner ordinance of man for goddis sake whether it be to the king as most excellēt or to his cōmissaries sent from hym for the punyshmēt of iuel doers the laude of them that do wel Marke here that the prince is called most excellent whiche if he so be than none in his realme shall excell hym And he sayth also Feare god and honour the kynge Se here howe that he putteth no meane person betwixte god and the prince but immediatly after god the kyng must be honoured 〈…〉 Thus taught sayncte Paule the Romayns that euery mā and woman shulde be obedient vnto the auctoritie of the hygher power for there is no power but of god the powers that are ar ordeyned of god who so euer therfore resisteth power resisteth the ordinance of god And they that resiste shal receyue to them selfes damnation For rulers are not to be feared for good workes but for iuell wyll you be without fere of the power do wel than and so shal thou be praysed of the same For he is the ministre of god for thy welthe But and if thou do yuell thā feare for he beareth not the swerde for naughte but is the ministre of god to take vēgeance of them that do euyll Wherfore you muste nedes obeye not for feare of vengeance only but also bicause of cōscience And euen for this cause paye you tribute for they are goddis mynisters seruynge for the same pourpose O good lorde what maiestie is in these wordes howe ernestly shulde euery christen man and woman haue this in mynde For if suche power be of god as in dede it is and the resister therof resisteth the ordinance of god if god haue giuen the sworde to punisshe and slaye the deniers herof if eternall damnation remayneth for theym that disobeye this godly ordinance what damnation are they in which contempnyng trewth shall studye to procure theyr owne dethe and so cause other to fal in lyke damnable

lucre but of a good mynde not as though ye were lordes ouer your parysheners but that ye be an example to the flocke Here saynt Peter doth not onely knowledge hym selfe to be equal with other but he also sheweth that he desireth no royall regiment and so doth he exhorte other to be of the same mynd with hym They ther fore whiche extolle so moche the iurisdiction of Peter sclaunder hym And I am sure he is not contented to be so reported ageynst the veritie Therfore whanne so euer you shall haue any scripture that soundeth for Peters authoritie vnderstande the same spoken to all the apostols represented in Peter And this is saynt Augustynes mynde as I haue sayd before And euen so saynt Hierome in his fyrste boke ageynste Iouinian although he may be sene to some reder that he speaketh vtterly for the prelacy of Peter yet he sayth euen there that all the apostols receyued the keys of the kingedome of heuen and that the substance of the church was equally builded vpon them all So that saynte Hierome mente not that Peter had more auctoritie than the other but that he was chosen as one to be preloquutour and speaker for his felowes and that to auoyde confusion whiche shulde haue bene if all shoulde speake to gether And yet this pueth hym not to haue more authorite thā an other As although my lorde Mayre the aldermen with other shulde sende mayster Recorder in message to the kynge for some cōmon matter of the citie maister Recorder is not nowe a priuate person but a common persone and what so euer he speaketh durynge his commission the holle citie speaketh it what answere so euer is made to him is made to the hole cite And yet this proueth not mayster Recordar to be of more authorite thē my lord maire and the aldermen And truely onles we shulde thus vnderstonde sayncte Hierome he shuld be cōtrarye to him selfe For in his epistoll sent to Euagrius he maketh all bishoppes of al places equall these are his wordes The churche of Rome is not to be thoughte to be diuided frome other churches in the worlde both France Britayne Affrica Persis Oriens and India and all other strange nations honour Christe and kepe one rule of truth If auctoritie be asked therfore the worlde is bygger then one citie Where so euer the byshoppe shall be eyther at Rome or elles at a poore citie in Italy called Eugubiū or at Cōstantinoble in Macedonie or in Rhegio a citie in Grece or in Alexandria and Tanis cities in Egipte he is of lyke meryte and of lyke prelacy The abundance of ryches and the humilitie of pouertie auseth not a byshoppe to be more or lesse in auctoritie but all indifferently ar the successours of the apostols ¶ What can be more plainly spoken for equalitie of byshoppes Rede it and rede it agayne and imprint it in your hartis and muse vpon it and then iudge saynct Hieromes mynde you shall well perceyue that he meaneth all byshops to be of lyke authoritie in their owne diocese and that none shall challenge by the lawes of god any prelacye aboue an nother Saint Cyprian in lyke maner what so euer he semeth to say in other places yet in his epistolle ad Cornelium whome he calleth brother he saythe that it is decreed to hym and all byshops that euery one shall haue the ouersight gouernāce of their owne diocesans for whom they shal make accompte to god And in his boke called De simplicitate praelatorū he saith that all the apostols were lyke in honour and power And if they so were what is then become of Peters prelacye I thynke if in this matter he were reuerently handeled he shulde be vnderstōde as saint Ierome was whiche commendynge the auctoritie of byshoppis dyd neuer derogate the royaltie of princis but wolde euery byshoppe to haue the gouernance of his flocke maynteyninge alway the auctorytie of princes And in good feythe I can not rede the contrarye in theym but ofte I doo rede howe they submytted them selfes and called vpon temporal power for helpe maintenance of truth not presuming to call any general Councels but vpon their fauours As the councelle of Nicene whiche was celebrate by the commaundement of Cōstantine the emperor to represse heresies In the whiche councell it was determyned thus Mos antiquus perduret in Aegypto uel Lybia et Pentapoli ut Alexandrinus episcopus horum omnium habeat potestatem quoniam quidem et Romano episcopo parilis mos est Simíliter autem et apud Antiochiam ceterasque prouincias honor suus unicuique seruetur ecclesiae We wylle that the olde custome and maner shall continue in Egipte Libie and Pentapoli whiche is that the bysshoppe of Alexandria shall haue gouernance and rule ouer al these for that there is a lyke custome for the bysshoppe of Rome In lyke maner we wyll that at Antiochie other prouincis euery one shall haue their due honour This mooste honourable councell whiche was kepte in the .iii. hundred .xxiiii. yere after Christe then beinge present .iii. hundred and .xviii. byshops and holy fathers determined that the byshoppe of Alexandria shulde haue as moche authoritie in his parties as the byshop of Rome shall haue in Italy and other places in the weste sayth that so it hath ben of a longe custome approuing the same Nowe if that custome were good and well allowed of suche holy fathers howe can it be thought that Peters successour shoulde by the lawes of god haue more iurisdiction then any other byshoppe seinge that these holy fathers iudged than and decreed the contrarie whiche beinge so nigh the apostels tyme not only approued the custome but also made a decrre thervpon whiche they wolde neuer haue done except it myght haue stōd with the lawes of god ¶ Also in the councel of Constantinoble it was ordeyned that byshops shulde not be troubled oughte frome their dioceses nor one shulde medle with an others iurisdiction but the byshoppes of Alexandria shuld haue the gouernance of the orientall parties the honour of primacy reseruid to the church of Antiochie as it was ordeyned in the Nicene councel And euen so the bysshoppes of Asie shall ouersee Asie and order all thynges perteynynge to Asie Lyke myse the byshoppe of Ponte shal gouerne the diocese of Ponte And the bysshops of Thrace their dioceses so that this coūcel also denieth prelacy to Rome and to the byshop therof reseruynge euery diocesse to his owne byshoppe ¶ And of this we also rede in an epistoll sent frome the councell of Affrike to Celestine byshoppe of Rome whiche accordynge to other councelles and also to the mynde of saynt Cypriane concludeth that no forein byshoppe shulde meddell out of his owne diocesse ¶ Lykewise in the councell Mileuitane it was prouided that al causes concernynge one prouince shulde be determyned in the same Wherfore as you haue harde I truste hit be playnly proued that the bishoppe of