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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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The second duty of the magistrate is to maintain peace and quietness, to provide for the unity and concord of their subjects, as in the same place of Timothy, that we may live a godly peaceable and a quiet life. Now they may provide for peace by pulling down and repressing the wicked with their ⟨image 129⟩authority, as also by maintaining and defending the innocent and rewarding the good▪ for unless the magistrate declare his strength and show his authority against sinners, they will be practising and stirring against Gods children, the Serpent will nibble at the Heel, darkness will hate light, and the dogs will be worrying the sheep; the devil drives them and needs they must be troublesome, as he their captain is, for an ill conscience is fierce, and having not the peace of God to quiet them, they cannot be quiet▪ what way must be taken then? the Magistrate must make them quiet, by showing them the edge of the sword, he must hamper them, and let them see that if they be troublesome it shall be to their own cost, they shall trouble themselves, and this will some thing bridle them that good men may have some reasonable peace by them.
The second dutie of the magistrate is to maintaine peace and quietnes, to prouide for the vnity and concord of their subiects, as in the same place of Timothie, that we may liue a godly peaceable and a quiet life. Nowe they may prouide for peace by pulling downe and repressing the wicked with their ⟨image 129⟩authoritie, as also by maintaining and defending the innocent and rewarding the good▪ for vnlesse the magistrate declare his strenght and shew his authoritie against sinners, they will be practising and stirring against Gods children, the Serpent will nibble at the Heele, darkenesse will hate light, and the dogs will be wurrying the sheepe; the diuell driues them and needs they must be troublesome, as he their captaine is, for an ill conscience is feirce, and hauing not the peace of God to quiet them, they cannot be quiet▪ what way must be taken then? the Magistrate must make them quiet, by shewing them the edge of the sworde, he must hamper them, and let them see that if they be troublesome it shall be to their owne cost, they shall trouble themselues, and this will some thinge bridle them that good men may haue some reasonable peace by them.