Almighty God hath created & appointed all things, in heaven, earth, and waters, in a most excellent and perfect order. In heaven, he hath appointed distinct orders and states of Archangels and Angels. In earth he hath assigned kings, princes, with other governors under them, all in good & necessary order. The water above is kept and raineth down in due time and season. The sun, moon, stars, rainbow, thunder, lightning, clouds, and all birds of the air, do keep their order. The earth, trees, seeds, plants, herbs, corn, grass, and all manner of beasts, keep them in their order. All the parts of the whole year, as winter, summer, months, nights & days, continue in their order. All kinds of fishes in the sea, rivers and waters, with all fountains, springs, yea, the seas themselves, keep their comely course and order. And man himself also, hath all his parts, both within & without: as soul, heart, mind, memory, understanding, reason, speech, withal and singular corporal members of his body, in a profitable, necessary and pleasant order. Every degree of people, in their vocation, calling, & office, hath appointed to them, their duty & order. Some are in high degree, some in low, some kings & princes, some inferiors and subjects, priests, and laymen, masters & servants, fathers & children husbands and wives, rich and poor, and every one have need of other: so that in all thinged, is to be lauds & praised the goodly order of God, without the which, no house, no city, ⟨image 65⟩no common wealth, can continue & endure. For where there is no right order, there reigneth all abuse, carnal liberty, enormity, sin, & babilonicall confusion. Take away kings, princes, rulers, magistrates, judges, and such states of Gods order, no man shall ride or go by the high way unrobbed, no man shall sleep in his own house or bed unkilled, no man shall keep his wife, children, & possessions in quietne: shall things shall be common, and there must needs follow all mischief and utter destruction, both of souls, bodies, goods and common wealths. But blessed be God, that we in this realm of England feel not the horrible calamities, miseries & wretchedness, which all they undoubtedly feel & suffer, that lack this godly order. And praised be God, that we know the great excellent benefit of god, showed towards us in this behalf.
ALmightie God hath created & appointed all thinges, in heauē, yearth, and waters, in a moste excellent and perfect ordre. In heauē, he hath appoynted distinct orders and states of Archangelles and Angels. In yearth he hath assigned kynges, princes, with other gouernors vnder them, all in good & necessary ordre. The water aboue is kept and raineth doune in due time and ceason. The sunne, mone, sterres, rainbow, thū der, lightning, cloudes, and al birdes of the aire, do kepe their ordre. The yearth, trees, seedes, plantes, herbes, corne, grasse, and all maner of beastes, kepe thē in their ordre. All the partes of ye whole yeare, as winter, somer, monethes, nightes & dayes, continue in their ordre. All kyndes of fishes in the sea, riuers and waters, with all fountaynes, sprynges, yea, the seas themselfes, kepe their comely course and ordre. And mā hymself also, hath al his partes, both within & without: as soule, harte, mynd, memory, vnderstandyng, reason, speache, withall and singuler corporall mēbres of his body, in a profitable, necessary and pleasaunt ordre. Euery degre of people, in their vocacion, callyng, & office, hath appoynted to them, their duetie & ordre. Some are in high degre, some in lowe, some kynges & princes, some inferiors and subiectes, priestes, and laimen, masters & seruauntes, fathers & chyldren husbandes and wifes, riche and poore, and euery one haue nede of other: so that in all thinged, is to be laudes & praysed the goodly ordre of God, without the whiche, no house, no citie, ⟨image 65⟩no cōmon wealth, can continue & endure. For where there is no right ordre, there reigneth all abuse, carnall libertie, enormitie, syn, & babilonicall cōfusion. Take awaye kynges, princes, rulers, magistrates, iudges, and such states of Gods ordre, no man shal ride or go by the high waie vnrobbed, no man shall slepe in his awne house or bed vnkilled, no mā shall kepe his wife, children, & possessions in quietne: sall thynges shal be cōmon, and there must nedes folow all mischief and vtter destructiō, both of soules, bodies, goodes and common wealthes. But blessed be God, that we in this realme of England fele not the horrible calamities, miseries & wretchednes, which al thei vndoubtedly fele & suffre, yt lacke this godly ordre. And praised be God, that we knowe the great excellēt benefite of god, shewed towards vs in this behalfe.
