A03549:578
The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…
The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in the former part of homilies. Set out by the authority of the Queens Majesty: and to be read in every parish church agreeably.The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in the former part of homilees. Set out by the aucthoritie of the Queenes Maiestie: and to be read in euery parishe church agreeably.
Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richard Jugge, and John Cawood, printers to the Queens Majesty, 1571Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richarde Iugge, and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Queenes Maiestie, 1571
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And as for hunger and famine, they are the peculiar companions of rebellion: for whiles rebels ⟨p. 579⟩do in short time spoil and consume all corn and necessary provision, which men with their labours had gotten and appointed upon, for their finding the whole year after, and also do let all other men, husbandmen, and others, from their husbandry, and other necessary works, whereby provision should be made for times to come, who seeth not that extreme famine and hunger must needs shortly ensue and follow rebellion? Now whereas the wise king and godly prophet David judged war to be worse then either famine 1or pestilence, for that these two are often suffered by God, for mans amendment, and be not sins of them selves: but wars have always the since and mischiefs of men upon the one side or other joined with them, and therefore is war the greatest of these worldly mischiefs: but of all wars, civil war is the worst, and far more abominable yet is rebellion then any civill war being unworthy the name of any war, so far it exceedeth all wars in all naughtiness, in all mischief, and in all abomination. And therefore our saviour Christ denounceth desolation 2and destruction to that Realm, that by sedition and rebellion is divided in it self. Now as I have showed before, that pestilence and famine, so is it yet more evident that all the calamities, miseries, and mischiefs of war, be more grievous, and do more follow rebellion then any other war, as being far worse then all other wars. For not only those ordinary and usual mischief and miseries ⟨p. 580⟩of other wars, do follow rebellion, as corn and other things necessary to mans use to be spoiled, houses, villages, towns, cities to be taken, sacked, burned, & destroyed, not only many very wealthy men, but whole countries to be impoverished, and utterly beggared, many thousands of men to be slain and murdered, women and maids to be violated and deflowered: which things when they are done by foreign enemies, we do much mourn, as we have great causes, yet are all these miseries without any wickedness wrought by any our countrymen.
And as for hunger and famine, they are the peculier companions of rebellion: for whiles rebels