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Joiada That Christ did never cause tumult, for outward things, but did always study to peace & tranquility, we will bring the .xvii. of Matthew, where he speaketh to Peter after this manner: Lest we do offend them (that is to say, that do receive the didrachma) go thy way to the sea, & cast in, thy hook, and the first fish that cometh, open his mouth, & thou shalt find a stater, take it and give it for the & me. In the. xxii of Math, when he was asked, of the yearly tribute, that was ⟨image 67⟩payed unto Caesar, he did so fly from tumult, that he did join both god and Caesar together, bidding them to pay their duty to each of them. Nor, he did not condemn them, that did receive. Nor again he did not say: Blessed are they, which do give. He did not say: ye owe nothing by God's law, but notwithstanding give: woe be, unto him, that doth receive. In the .xiii. of John, Christ doth so teach his Disciples: I give you a new commandment, that ye love each other, as I have loved you. By this, shall all men know that ye be my Disciples, if ye love each other. And incontinent in that long sermon that he made unto his Disciples, after his Maundy, he doth chiefly speak of the Spirit of the ⟨image 68⟩faithful. And a little afore, he should send his Apostles, he did say: Peace unto you, as my father hath sent me, so I send you. The .xiiii. chap. Rom. Paul sayeth: The kingdom of God, is neither meat nor drink, but righteousness, peace and gladness in the holy ghost. For, he that serveth unto christ in those things, is accepted both before GOD, and before men. Therefore, let us follow that, which belongeth to peace, and edifying, one toward another. In the .i. Cor. i. he doth exhort the Corinthians, after this manner: I beseech you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Ihesu Christ, that ye do speak all one thing, and that there be no dissensions among you, but that ye be one whole body, of one ⟨image 68⟩mind & opinion. Let no such contentions be among you, that one should say: I am Cephas disciple, another, I am Pauls: an other, I am Christs. Is Christ divided: was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptised, in the name of Paul? When ye do say so, are ye not yet carnal? Moreover, look, & consider what Paul writeth in the xii. cha. to the Cori. exhorting them to concord & charity, by the example of the body and the limbs. In the .xiiii.