A14133:194
An exposition upon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Matthew which three chapters are the key…An exposycyon vpon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Mathewe which thre chapters are the keye…
An exposition upon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Matthew which three chapters are the key and the door of the scripture, and the restoring again of Moses law corrupt by the scribes and pharisees. And the exposition is the restoring again of Christs law corrupt by the Papists. Item before the book, thou hast a prologue very necessary, containing the whole sum of the covenant made between God and us, upon which we be baptised to keep it. And after thou haste a table that leadeth the by the notes in the margents, unto all that is entreated of in the book.An exposycyon vpon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Mathewe which thre chapters are the keye and the dore of the scrypture, and the restoring agayne of Moses lawe corrupt by ye scrybes and pharyses. And the exposycyon is the restorynge agayne of Chrystes lawe corrupte by the Papystes. Item before the boke, thou hast a prologe very necessary, conteynynge the whole sum of the couenaunt made betwene God and vs, vpon whiche we be baptysed to kepe it. And after thou haste a table that ledeth the by the notes in the margentes, vnto al that is intreated of in the booke.
London? : R. Redman, 1536?
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Yea but thou will say / it is not like. For the hole body of the subjects chose the ruler. Now Cuius est ligare, eius est soluere. Ergo if he rule amiss, they that set him up / may put him down again. I answer, God (and not the common people) chooseth the prince / though he chose him by them. For Deutero. 16. God commandeth to chose and set up officers / and therefore is God the chief chooser and setter up of them / and so must he be the chief putter down of them again, so that without his special commandment, they may not be put down again. Now hath God given no commandment ⟨p. liii⟩to put them down again. But contrary wise / when we have anointed a king over us at his commandment / he sayeth, Touch not mine anointed. And what jeopardy it is to rise against thy prince that is anointed over the / how evil so ever he be, see in the story of King Dauyd and through out all the books of the kings. The authority of the king is the authority of God, and all the subjects compared to the king, are but subjects still (though the king be never so evil) as a thousand sons gathered together are but sons still / and the commandment obey your fathers goeth over all as well as over one. Even so goeth the commandment over all the subjects / obey your prince and the higher power / and he that resisteth him, resisteth God and geteth him damnation. And unto your argument. Cuius est ligare, eius est soluere. I answer, he that bindeth with absolute power / & without any higher authority, his is the might to loose again. But he that bindeth at another mans commandment, may not loose again with out the commandment of the same. As they of London chose them a mayor. But may not put him down again how evil he be with out the authority of him with whose licence they chose him. As long as the powers or officers be one under another / if the inferior do the wrong, complain to the higher. But if the hiest of all do the wrong, thou must complain to God only. wherefore the only ⟨image 66⟩remedy against evil doers is, that thou turn thine eyes to thy self and thine own sin / and then look up to God and say. O father, for our sin and the sin of our fathers is thy• misery come upon us.
Ye but thou wyl say / it is not lyke. For the hole body of the subiectes chose ye ruler. Now Cuius est ligare, eius est soluere. Ergo yf he rule amysse, they that sette hym vp / maye putte hym downe agayne. I answere, God (and not the comen people) choseth the prynce / though he chose hym by them. For Deutero. 16. God commaundeth to chose and sette vp offycers / and therfore is God the chefe choser and setter vp of them / and so muste he be the chefe putter downe of them agayne, so that without his specyall commaundement, they maye not be putte downe agayne. Nowe hath God gyuen no commaundement