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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,⁴ Josiah, Alexander, Demetrius, Antiochus. &c. which ever had the Bishops, Priests, Levites, & other spiritual ministers in subjection with out any resistance? Howe can our spirituality than be free from obedience & subjection?

Phil. No verely. It rather teachethe them obedience, as ye hearde before. For it is wrytten, the kynge beareth ⟨image 69⟩rule ouer all,¹ & he hath dominion ouer them, so that what so euer he sayth to thē, they do it. Was not Aharon the hygh Preste obediēt to Moses,² whom God appoynted rulare ouer his people, & dyd what soeuer he commaūded hym. Wasnot the hygh Preste Achimelech and al the other Prestes obedient to kyng Saul,³ & called them selues his seruauntes, and him theyr Lorde, not once resistyng the fury of the king, but rather chosyng to suffer death paciently vnder so great a tyraūt, than once to resiste hym disobediētly? What nede I speake of Dauid, Salamō, Ezechias, Iosaphat,