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A pleasant new nosegay full of many godly and sweet flowers, lately gatheredA pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered
A pleasant new nosegay full of many godly and sweet flowers, lately gathered by Theodore Basil.A pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered by Theodore Basille.
printed for Joha, 1543printed for Ioha, 1543
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Theophilacte also saith,1 that we corporally obey him, that hath power on our bodies, whither he be king or Tyrant, it hindereth us no thing, that we should spiritually well please the God of spirits.2 For Christ saith, pay unto the Emperor, ye which is the Emperors, & pay unto god that, which is Gods. Mark that he saith not, give, but pay. It is, saith he, debt. Pay therefore thy debt. Thy Prince keepeth the from thine enemies, & he causeth that thou livest in quiet. Thou therefore for these things owest tribute to him. Thus see you proved both by the holy Scripture & the ancient Doctors, ⟨image 80⟩that they, which profess Christ,3 are not so made free, but that they are bound to be subject & obedient to the high powers in all godly and decent matters. Again, that all things ought not to be common among them, or that they be excepted from such corporal charges, as the rulers require of them, but that they ought to pay tribute, custom, task, subsidy, or any thing else, that is required of them by the temporal governors, seeing chiefly it maketh so greatly unto their own advancement, profit & commodity. They therefore, that deny these things or grudge to pay them, when time requireth & occasion is given, verily they are far from true Christen men, and shall for their disobedience receive damnation, except they repent and amend.
Theophilacte also sayth,1 that we corporally obey hym, that hath power on our bodies, whyther he be kyng or Tyraūt, it hyndrethe vs no thynge, that we shoulde spirituallye well please the God of spirites.2 For Christ saythe, paye vnto the Emperour, ye whiche is the Emperours, & pay vnto god that, whiche is Gods. Marke that he sayth not, gyue, but paye. It is, saythe he, dette. Paye therfore thy dette. Thy Prynce kepethe the frō thyne enemies, & he causethe that yu lyueste in quiet. Thou therfore for these thinges owest tribute to him. Thus se you proued both by the holy Scripture & the aūcient Doctors,