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Phil. It can not be denied but thanks be to our LORD God, which hath in these our days brought it to pass by the revelation of his divine verity, that our most christen King, with certain other Princes, hath very triumphantly gotten again & recovered their authority given them of God, whereof so many years they have unjustly be deprived by the furious tyranny of that most cruel Romish Bishop and his bloody whelps.

Phil. It can not be denyed but thankes be to our LORDE God, whiche hath in these our dayes brought it to passe by the reuelacion of his diuine verite, that oure moost christen Kynge, wyth certen other Prynces, hathe very tryumphātely gotten agayne & recouered theyr authorite gyuē them of God, wherof so many yeres they haue vniustly be depriued by the furious tyranny of that moost cruel Romysh Bysshop and his bloudye whelpes.

Theo. The holy scripture, I am sure taught them no such disobedience.

Phil. No verily. It rather teacheth them obedience, as ye heard before. For it is written, the king beareth ⟨image 69⟩rule over all,¹ & he hath dominion over them, so that what so ever he saith to them, they do it. Was not Aharon the high Priest obedient to Moses,² whom God appointed ruler over his people, & did what soever he commanded him. Was not the high Priest Achimelech and all the other Priests obedient to king Saul,³ & called them selves his servants, and him their Lord, not once resisting the fury of the king, but rather choosing to suffer death patiently under so great a tyrant, than once to resist him disobediently? What need I speak of David, Solomon, Hezekiah, Jehoshaphat,