The governance of virtue teaching all faithful christia[n]s, how they ought daily to lead…The gouernaunce of vertue teaching all faythful christia[n]s, how they oughte daily to leade…

IF the devil that old enemy of mankind and troubler of all good orders go about to put in thy head, that the magistrates and high powers do not their duty in the right government of a common weal, but to much cruelly oppress their subjects and that therefore thou mayest justly rise and rebel against them, and take upon thee of thine own private authority to redress things that are amiss in the common weal take heed that thou by no means consentest to his most subtle and wicked temptations, whereby he goeth about to throw thee into everlasting damnation both of body and soul, beside the shameful death, that thou shalt have in this world, and the loss of all that ever thou hast, but content thy self with thy vocation▪ labour diligently and quietly for thy •uing, study to maintain peace, pray for the high powers, th•k that cross to be laid upon the• for ⟨image 104⟩thy distress, amend thy life, humbly lament thy cause to God which will not leave thee succours, and defend thy self against Satan, and all his crafty suggestions, with these scriptures following.

IF the deuill that old enemy of mankind and troubler of all good orders goe aboute to put in thy head, that the maiestrates and hye powers do not their duty in the right gouernmente of a cō mon weale, but to muche cruellye oppresse thyre subiectes and that therefore thou maist iustly ryse and rebell agaynst them, and take vpon thee of thine owne priuate authority to redresse thinges that are amys in the commone w eale take heede that thou by no meanes consentest to his most suttle and wicked temptations, wherby he goeth about to throw thee into euerlasting dampnation both of body and soule, beside the shameful death, that thou shalte haue in this worlde, and the losse of all that euer thou hast, but content thy selfe with thy vocation laboure diligently and quietly for thy uing, study to maintaine peace, pray for the highe powers, thk that crosse to be layde vpon the for