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duty_n	elder_n	young_a	youth_n	49	3	8.7204	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06502	A commentarie or exposition vppon the twoo Epistles generall of Sainct Peter, and that of Sainct Jude. First faithfullie gathered out of the lectures and preachinges of that worthie instrumente in Goddes Churche, Doctour Martine Luther. And now out of Latine, for the singuler benefite and comfort of the godlie, familiarlie translated into Englishe by Thomas Newton; Enarrationes in epistolas Divi Petri duas et Iudae unam. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1581 (1581)	STC 16978; ESTC S108928	231,904	387

and an example to the people to imitate you But our Lordly Shauelynges vse to tel the people an other tale bidding them to doe this and that thei themselues in the meane while leanyng on their soft Cusshions and takyng their ease like Lordinges laiyng vpon vs greate and greeuous burdens whiche thei themselues will not touche nor lift at with one of their fingers not trauailyng any whit in preachyng the true Worde of God but rather in commaundyng others to doe that whiche thei themselues neuer did nor euer ment to dooe And yet must no man tell them therof for if he doe he should be sure quickly to feele the smart of it Againe to suche Pastors Bisshoppes Elders and Superintendentes as here in this worlde did their dueties faithfully truely sincerely and holily Saincte Peter assigneth no temporall rewarde As though he should saie· Your Office and function is of more excellencie and dignitie then that in this life it can bee requited and recompenced there is due and kept for you an euerlastyng Crowne that shall bee giuen vnto you whiche faithfullie and diligently feede the Flocke of Christe And this is the Exhortation where with S. Peter encorageth them to whom the charge and cure of Soules is committed Whereby is manifestly concluded and proued that the Pope with his Cardinalles and Bisshoppes is the very Antichrist and the professed aduersaries of Christe for that they dooe nothyng of all these whiche Sainct Peter here requireth For thei neither teache others neither doe thei any thyng themselues but are whollie and altogether busied in those deuises and bymatters whiche are most opposite and contrarie therevnto Thei neither feede the Sheepe themselues neither will they suffer others to feede theim but rather plaie the rauenyng Wolues deuouryng and murtheryng the Flocke and yet bragge thei that thei bee Christes Vicars on Earth Too trulie the more pitie are thei in the roume and steade of Christe beyng absent after the maner and example of the Deuill For wheresoeuer Christ is not in place there thei beare swaie and as Butcherlie Tyrauntes raigne and commaunde moste imperiouslie It is therefore verie expedient and requisite that the Lattie and simpler sort should perfectly remember this and suche like places by the whiche thei maie be able to answere against that Antichristian Kyngdome of the Pope when soeuer thei shalbe called into question and examination as touchyng their Faithe yea thus maie thei well saie when thei are brought vnto suche pinches Behold Christe saieth thus and the Pope saieth the cleane contrary Christe saieth yea the Pope saieth naye Thei therefore thus teachyng contrarie and repugnant doctrines the one of them must needes lye Now that Christ should lye it is impossible and therefore it is the Pope that is the liyng Ruffian of the worlde and not onely a Deuilishe Lyer but euen Antichrist hymself Thus oughtest thou to bee furnished and armed with the Scriptures by the whiche thou maiest not onely boldlie call the Pope Antichriste but maiest also when thou haste so doen must plainly and easily proue it so that thou maiest surely by the woorde of God persist in thine opinion euen to the death against the Deuill and all his infernall Armie Likewise ye younger submit your selues vnto the Elders THese are his laste admonitions of this Epistle This order requireth S. Peter in the Church of Christ that the younger sort be duetifull and obeisaunt to their Elders and that in the whole course of their life the Inferiours shewe submission towardes their Betters Which if it were now adaies obserued and put in vre we should not neede so many Lawes For he requireth of the Younger sorte their obedience toward their Elders and willyngnesse to be gouerned by the directiō of their wisedomes For that thei beste knowe what is moste pleasyng to God and what shall moste redounde to their commendations and praises But he speaketh here of suche Elders as are learned in the holie Ghoste and are godlie experienced For if they theimselues hee not endued with godlie wisedome but bee sottishe and foolishe it is not to be thought that thei can any waie well gouerne others But of suche as be discrete and wise it is most expedient and conuenient the Youth should be gouerned And sainct Peter here speaketh not of the ciuile administration and gouernement of the Commonwealthe but he speaketh generally namely that thei which be Elders either in yeares or by office or any waie els should traine vp and gouerne the Younger sorte in their dueties and in matters of the Spirite And submitte your selues euery man one to an other decke your selues inwardlie in lowlinesse of mynde HEre he somwhat tempereth and qualifieth his woordes spoken afore requiryng that euery one should submit themselues one to an other But how can this well agree that all menne should submit themselues one to an other if the superioritie and gouernement bee to bee giuen as was afore saied vnto them that bee of the Elder sorte Some will saie that Peter in that former sentence spake of Elders and here in this place onely of the Younger sorte who ought to submitte themselues first to their Elders and next one to an other But wee will take these woordes as spoken in a generalitie euen as that sentence of S. Paule Roma xij In giuyng of honour one goyng before an other For I take that place as I also doe this present sentence of S. Peter to haue reference to all maner of persones indifferently and without respecte The Younger ought to be obedient submissaunt vnto the Elder but yet so that the Elder maie not thinke themselues to bee Lordes ouer them but be readie and willyng to submitt them selues also and be directed by them that bee Yonger if any of theim bee endued with deeper vnderstandyng or profounder skill then thei haue Euen as in the old Testament the Lorde oftentymes aduaunced Yonglie men to beare chief office and principalitie where he sawe theim to excell the Elder in wisedome and foresight The same lesson teacheth Christ Luc. xiiij When thou art bidden to a feaste sette not thy self doune in the chiefest place least a more honourable man then thou be hidden and then he that badde bothe hym and thee come and saie to thee Giue this man roume and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest roume But when thou art bidden goe sitte doune in the lowest roume c. Whiche parable he concludeth thus For he that exalteth hymself shalbe brought lowe he that humbleth hymself shalbee exalted Therefore truly the Yonger ought to submit themselues and bee in subiection vnto the Elder and yet neuerthelesse the Elder ought againe for their partes to bee so modestly minded that eche of them thinke hymself in his harte the lowest If we could thus dooe the worlde would bee in a merueilous quiete staie and tranquillitie And this saieth he we ought to applie our selues vnto that wee maie thereby shewe forth the lowlinesse of mynde that is