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A fruitful and godly exposition and declaration of the kingdom of Christ and of…A frutefull and godly exposition and declaracion of the kyngdom of Christ and of…
A fruitful and godly exposition and declaration of the kingdom of Christ and of the christen liberty, made upo[n] the words of the prophet Jeremy in the xxij. chapter, with an exposition of the viij. Psalm, entreating of the same matter, by the famous clerk Doctor Martin Luther, whereunto is annexed A godly sermon, of Doctor Urbanus Regius, upon the ix. Chapter of Matthew of the woman that had an issue of blood & of the rulers daughter, newly translated out of high Almain.A frutefull and godly exposition and declaracion of the kyngdom of Christ and of the christen lybertye, made vpo[n] the wordes of the prophete Jeremye in the xxij. chapter, with an exposycyon of the viij. Psalme, intreatyng of the same matter, by the famous clerke Doctor Martyn Luther, whereunto is annexed A godly sermon, of Doctor Urbanus Regius, vpon the ix. Chapyter of Mathewe of the woman that had an issew of blood & of the rulers daughter, newly translated oute of hyghe Almayne.
London: printed by S. Mierdman for Gwalter Lynne, 1548
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Now followeth it further, that whatsoever this king hath, he shall not keep for him self, but shall bestow it and give it unto men, and this meaneth the Prophet where he saith: He shall prosper with wisdom, that is, he shall rule with no no other thing, but only with wisdom. As though he would say, he shall not occupy harness, swords, gowns, bows and spears, but he shall begin to make men righteous, after a new and a strange guise, not with raking or hanging, but with, or by ⟨image 12⟩the Gospel, he shall take the people whereby they may best be taken. Namely, by the heart, and not by the neck to the intent that they may subdue them selves, and be willing to follow him. There seest thou that he is a king, for this cause, that he helpeth the people, and doth the same without strokes of the sword, only by his Gospel. For the which cause he is also risen from the dead, and causeth his Gospel to be preached, through the holy Ghost, throughout all the world.
Nowe foloweth it further, that whatsoeuer this kynge hath, he shall not kepe for hym selfe, but shall bestowe it and geue it vnto menne, and this meaneth the Prophete where he sayth: He shall prospere with wysedome, that is, he shall rule with no nother thinge, but onely wyth wysedome. As though he woulde saye, he shall not occupye harnas, sweardes, gounes, bowes and speares, but he shall beginne to make men righteous, after a newe and a straunge guyse, not with rakynge or hangynge, but with, or by ⟨image 12⟩the Gospell, he shall take the people whereby they may best be taken. Namely, by the herte, and not by the neck to thintent that they may subdue them selues, and be willinge to folowe him. There seest thou that he is a kynge, for this cause, that he helpeth the people, and doth the same withoute strokes of the swearde, onely by his Gospell. For the whiche cause he is also rysen from the deade, and causeth his Gospell to be preached, through the holy Ghoost, throughoute all the worlde.
After this sayeth the Prophet, that this king shall set up equity and righteousness in earth. These two words Equity and righteousness doest thou read very often together in the Scripture, as in Isaiah,