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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68350	A sermon preached ye fourth Su[n]daye in Lente before the Kynges Maiestie. and his honorable Counsell, by Thomas Leauer; Sermon preached the thyrd Sonday in Lent before the kynges Majestie, and his honorable Counsell	Lever, Thomas, 1521-1577.	1550 (1550)	STC 15548.5; ESTC S108287	23,504	89

theyr dutyes in the example of Chrystes Apostles marke howe the Apostles dyd fyrst minister vnto the people and than gathered vp for them selues teaching thereby all Chrysten ministers landelordes offycers and rulers fyrste to minister vnto the people euerye one the dutye of hys owne vocacion afore they gather of the people rentes tythes or fees by the name and aucthorytye of that vocacion Qui non labor at sayeth Paule non manducet He that doeth not labour should not eate He that doth no worke shoulde take no wages he that doeth no dutyes shoulde take no fees Alas thys is goddes woorde wrytten in hys wyll and Testamente sealed wyth Chrystes bloude and yet the customes and lawes of Englande be cleane contrarye For it hathe bene customeably vsed yea and by lawes commaunded to paye wages tythes and fees althoughe no labour no offyce no dutye be done Yea although he be not a labourer a pastor or an offycer in dede but onlye by a pretenced name vnto whome these for the most part be paied For he that hath the propertyes useth the trades of a false theife cruell murtherer can neuer be a faythful offycer in dede althoughe he be so named by hys owne flatery in the Patrons presentacion in the Byshoppes induccion yea and in the Kynges Patent sealed wyth the brode Seale I had nede to take hede how that ▪ I speake openly agaynst any thynge in any mans Patent sealed w t the kings great seale Much more nede hadde you to take hede how that ye do any thing expressedly against goddes wyll and Testamente sealed wyth Chrystes precious bloude It is expressedly agaynste Goddes Testamente to clothe a Wolfe in a Lambes skynne to call a thefe an officer and a cruell murtherer a charytable pastoure to call euyll by the name of good and good by the name of the euyll Esaye .v. Ve qui dicitis malum bonum Wo be to you that call euyl good To you I say which not only by sayinges but also in wrytynges do name call theiues murtherers wolfes that be euyll by the names of officers pastors and lambes whiche be good I do not onlye meane Persons Prebendaryes and other benefised men but also all manner officers whiche haue wages fees or liuinges because you geue them such names and not for that they do such dutyes These be al Wolfs and the names and titles that you gyue them be nothynge els but shepe skynnes Some saye they wyll take better heede hereafter but that whiche is nowe past can not nowe be called backe and amended Yea and it were great pytye seynge that they haue payed the fyrst fruites vnto the Kinges Magesty and no smal reward vnto other men perchaūce bought theyr offyces dearelye now to put them out of those lyuynges wyth the losse of all those charges whiche they haue bestowed in rewardes as other wayes to gette such lyuynges Wo wo wo vnto you hypocrytes that stumble at a strawe and leape ouer a blocke that strayne out a gnat and swalowe vp a camell that pytye more the losse of mens brybrye whiche was geuen to corrupt some men then the treading vnder fote of Christes bloud whiche was shead to saue all men that dooe imagin it pytye to dryue the theues murtherers and wolfes frō amongest y e lambs of God redemed w t Christs precious blud cōmitted vnto your gouernaunce and kepynge As God shal helpe me I speake wyth feare pytye and reuerence if you do not rather pulle the shepes skinnes ouer the wolfes eares and hang theyr careases vpon the pales then suffer theym to contynewe styll God wyll plucke you downe wyth some sodein mischiefe rather then mainteine or suffer you in so hygh authorytye to vse such vncharitable vngodly and cruell pytye You knowe that some of thē haue bought theyr benefyces haue bought theyr offyces than must ye nedes know that eyther Christ is a lyer or els that they be entered in as theues to spoyle murther and to destroye If you suffer theues murtherers and wolfes to take theyr plesures amongest Goddes lambes I tell you playne God wyll not longe suffer you to be y e hedshepherds gouernours feders of hys lābes And take hede you people that on the otherside ye tunne not into an vntollerable stobernes deniyng your rētes your tithes or other duties for y e scripture forbyddeth you vtterly to deny or withdrawe any thīg frō thē thou art cōmaūded if he contēd to take thy cloke to geue hym also thy cote What soeuer is asked rather gyue more than by denyinge of that not to shewe thy selfe to be an innocent shepe that gyueth hys fleese but a noysome Goat that striketh with the horne You are alwayes bounden to geue the flese It is the magistrates duties to consider and note whether they be theues or shepherds dogs or woulfes that taketh the fleese Medle not wyth other mennes duties for if ye do surely ye shal finde no remedye but prouoke vncolourable vengeaunce Nowe to tourne to oure particuler purpose lette all theym that do receiue offices landes power or authorytye frome God by the kynges gyfte or by other meanes Firste bestowe dispose the dutyes of those thynges faithfullye amon gest the people afore they gather vp to theim selues the reuenues commodities of the same from the people And then when as no man can come to meat but by doyng of labour nor none to receyuynge of fees but by doing of duties surely euery man shal haue as much as he deserueth no man shall lacke that which he needeth For he that by doing of greate duties deserueth the moste by atteininge the fees and rewardes due for the same dutyes shall haue the best And he y t is in nede hauinge no trust to get any thyng by idlenesse crafte or flattery shalbe compelled to vse that labour honest exercise whyche shall relyeue hys nede sufficiētly Yea by thys mean no man shall spende hys tyme in idlenesse nor vse any labour or dyligence wythout due recompence For nede shall dryue all men from slouthfull idlenesse vnto labour diligēce and where as no laboure nor dylygence lacketh hys iust rewarde there euery labouring and diligent man shal haue sufficient plenty So ye see how thys doeth consequently ensue that euery mā shal haue sufficient inough plentye wher as men do first dispose minister giue according to theyr dutyes afterwards receiue kepe saue that which God doth sende as a rewarde encreased augmented for doing of theyr dutyes So dyd the Apostles after the faythful diligent disposyng of the v. loues and .ii. fyshes receiue and keepe theyr rewarde wonderfullye augmēted to replenish and fyl .xii. baskets So God graunt that all officers in Englād may wyth such faithful diligence do theyr duties y t it may please God to gyue to all the people sufficient inough vnto euery minister the basket of his honest desire heaped vp bi the brim The men therfore seynge what a