A Golden Chain

Euseb. No, you must understand that there be two states or regiments in the world, the kingdom of heaven which is the regiment of the gospel: and the regiment of the world, which is the temporal kingdom. In the first state there is neither father nor mother, neither master, mistress, maid, nor servant, nor husband, nor wife, nor Lord, nor subject, nor inferior, but Christ is all, & each to other is Christ himself, there is none better then ot•er, but all alike good, all brethren, and Christ only is Lord over all neither is their any other ⟨p. 640⟩thing to do, or other law, save to love one an other as Christ loved us: in the temporal regiment, is husband, wife, father, mother, son, daughter, mistress, maid, manservant, subject, Lord? Now every person is a double person, and under two regiments: In the first regiment I am a person of mine own self under Christ and his doctrine, and may neither hate nor be angry, and much less fight or revenge: but must after the example of Christ, humble my self, forsake and deny my self, and hate my self, and cast my self away, and be meek and patient, and let every man go over me, and tread me under foot, and do me wrong: and yet I am to love them, and pray for them, as Christ did for his crucifiers: for love is all, and whatsoever is not of love, is damnable and cast forth of that kingdom. In the temporal regiment thou art a person in respect of another, thou art husband, father, mother, daughter, wife, Lord, subject, and there thou must do according to thine office. If thou be a father, thou must do the office of a father and rule, or else thou damnest thy self: thou must bring all under obedience, whether by fair means or by foul: thou must have obedience of thy wife, of thy servants, and of thy subjects: if they will not obey in love, thou must chide, fight, and correct, as far as the law of God and the law of the land will suffer thee. Now to the purpose: whether a man may resist violence, and defend or revenge himself: I say nay, in the first state where thou art a person for thy self alone, and Christs Disciple, there thou must love and of love do, study, and enforce: yea and suffer all things (as Christ did) to make peace, that the blessing of God may come upon thee, which saith, Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be the children of God.

Euseb. No, you must vnderstand that there be two states or regiments in the world, the kingdome of heauen which is the regiment of the gospell: and the regiment of the worlde, which is the temporall kingdome. In the first state there is neither father nor mother, neither master, mistresse, maid, nor seruant, nor husband, nor wife, nor Lord, nor subiect, nor inferiour, but Christ is all, & each to other is Christ himselfe, there is none better then oter, but al alike good, all brethren, and Christ only is Lord ouer all neither is their any other