The prince huld suffer the ordinance of god to take place. for as Teren. saith male docet facilitas multa. Heautonei. that is to say over much pity teacheth many things isle. the which vice he teacheth men beware / of in Hecy. Etsi ego meis me omnibus scio etiam ad prime obseruantem, sed non adeo ut facilitas mea illorū corrumpat animos. Therefore he that would purchase a charter / should rather come to the prison to comfort the afflicted man and say. this trouble is the preacher sent from God to bring the to acknowledge of thy sin / and to call the to penance. Thou seest how the devil hath prevailed against thee. Following the blindness of thine affection thou gavest place to the devil that delighteth in the isle doings of men therefore thou must suffer the pain of the law. and from henceforth thou shalt give no place more ⟨p. CLI⟩unto him. know Christ / and believe that in him thou shalt suffer no pain for thy transgression but only the death of the body. he shall now carry the / from the Gallows into eternal loy as he did the thief in the cross. Obey therefore the commandment of God in this public ministration of justice for now is thy time to die / not that God hateth thee / but of a singular love that thou shouldest hurt no more thy self and other. beg with me in christ thy charter of God / and his mercy shall give the eternal lief which thou mayst boldly by the law a•cleme. And not to put him in a false hope of mans remission that can give no pardon at all if they dowel. in case a private person / a man that loveth peace happen to be oppressed at any time of those breakers of peace / […] robbers by the high way side or other wa•es / cannot defend his lief / and body / wit•e out using resistance / and the oppressor will not be content / nether with reason / nether with fere words / nether the man oppressed may in nowise find place / to a void the fury of this oppressor in defending his own lief / if he kill his adversaries he no more offendeth God's laws / nether mans laws then though he killed a wolf / or mad dog as Moses killed the Egyptian or as the godly magistrate killeth privately ⟨p. CLII⟩the thief / or openly / defendeth him self by war when he cannot maintain / or recover the right of his commune wealth other wise. Then to use the extreme remedy of battle / he offendeth not.
The prince huld suffre the ordinaunce of god to take place. for as Teren. saithe male docet facilitas multa. Heautonei. that is to say ouer mouche pyte teachythe many thinges ile. the whiche vyce he teachithe men beware / of in Hecy. Etsi ego meis me omnibus scio etiam ad prime obseruantem, sed non adeo ut facilitas mea illorū corrumpat animos. Therfore he that would purchese a charter / shuld rather com to the prison to confort the afflictyd man and say. this troble is the preacher sent from God to bring the to acknolege of thy synne / and to call the to penaunce. Thow seyst how the deuill hathe preuaylyd agaynst the. Ffolowyng the blyndenis of thine affection thow gauyst place to the deuill that delytithe in the ile doinges of men therfore thow must suffre the payne of the lawe. and from hensforthe thow shalt gyue no place more ⟨p. CLI⟩vnto hym. know Christ / and belyue that in him thow shalt suffre no payne for thy transgression but only the deathe of the bodye. he shal now carye the / from the Galowes into eternall loy as he dyd the thyffe in the crosse. Obey therefore the commaundement of God in this publike ministracion of iustyce for now is thy tyme to die / not that God hatythe the / but of a singuler loue that thow shuldest hurt nomore thy selfe and other. begg withe me in chryst thy charter of God / and his mercy shall yeue the eterna•l lief which thow mayst boldly by the law a•cleme. And not to put him in a false hope of mannes remission that can yeue no pardon at all if they dowell. in case a priuate person / a man that louythe peace happen to be op•ressyd at ony tyme of those breakers of peace / 〈…〉 robbers by the highe way syde or other wa•es / cannot defend his lief / and body / wit•e out vsing resistaynce / and the oppressoure will not be cōtent / nether withe reason / nether withe fere wordes / nether the mā oppressyd may in nowyce fynd place / to a voyde the fury of this appressour indefendyng his awne liefe / if he kill his aduersaries he nomore offendythe goddes lawes / nether mannes lawes then thowhe he kyllid awoulfe / or mad dogg as Moses killyd the Aegyption or as the godlie magistrate kyllyth pryūatlye ⟨p. CLII⟩the thyffe / or openly / defendithe him selfe by warr when he cannot mayntayne / or recoure the right of his commune wealthe other wyce. Then to vse the extreame remedye of batell / he offendithe not.
