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A sermo[n] preached before the Quenes Maiestie, By Maister Edward Dering, the. 25. day of February. Anno. 1569; Sermon preached before the Quenes Majestie
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Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.
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their old occupation And yet this is but one euill and if it were reformed yet much styll were amysse If I would declare vnto your Maiestie al the great abuses that are in our Ministerie I should leade you along in the spirite as God did the Prophet Ezechiel and after many intollerable euils yet I shal still say vnto you behold you shal sée mo abominatioÌ„s theÌ„ those I would first leade you to your Benefices and behold some are defiled with Impropriations some with Sequestrations some loden with Pensions some robbed of their commodities and yet bet behold more abominations then these Looke after this vpon your Patrons and les some are selling their Benefices some farming them some keepe them for their Children some geue them to Boies some to Seruing men a very few seeke after learned Pastors and yet you shall see more abominations then these Looke vpon your Ministerie and there are some of one occupation some of another some shake bucklers some Ruffians some Hawkers Hunters some Dicers and Carders some blind guides and cannot sée some dum Dogs and wyl not barcke and yet a thousande moe iniquities haue now couered the Priesthood And yet you in the meane while that al these whoredomes are committed you at whose handes God will require it you sit stil and are careles and let men do as they list It toucheth not belike your common wealth and therefore you are so wel contented to let all alone The Lord encrease the giftes of his holy spirite in you that from faith to faith you maye grow continually till that you be zealous as good king Dauid to woorke his will If you know not how to reform this or haue so litle counsel as mans hart is blinded that you can deuise no way aske counsel at the mouth of the Lord and his holy wyl shall be reuealed vnto you To reforme euil Patrones your Maiestie must strengthen your lawes that they maye rule as wel hye as low As Esdras said once so may I say now The handes of the Princes and Rulers are chiefe in this trespasse If you wil haue it amended you must prouide so that the highest may be afraide to offende To keepe backe the ignorant from the Ministerie whom God hath not called to suche a function take away your authoritie from the Bishops let them not thus at their pleasure make Ministers in their Closset whom so euer it pleaseth them To stop the inconueniences that grow in the Ministerie by other who say they are learned and can preach and yet do not that are as I said dum Dogs and wil not barcke bridle at the least their greedy appetites pul out of their mouthes these poisoned bones that they so gréedely gnaw vpâ—… Take away Dispensations Pluralities Totquots Nonresidences and such other sinnes Pull downe the court of Faculties the Mother and Nurce of all such abominations I tell you this before God that quickneth all thinges and before our Lorde Iesus Christ that shall iudge the quicke and the dead in his appearaunce and in his kingdome amend these horrible abuses the Lord is on your right hand you shal not be remoued for euer Let these thinges alone and God is a righteous God he wil one day call you to your reckoning The God of al glory open your eyes to see his hyghe kyngdome and enflame your hart to desire it The third thing shaâ—… I sayde in this place was to be noted was of Dauid him selfe how faithfully he executed that wherunto he was called The Prophet saith He fed them in the sinceritie of his hart guided them with the discretion of his hands An excellent vertue and meete for king Dauid that was a maÌ„ according to the hart of God He knew that obedience was better then sacrifice and that Gods people were neuer better ruled then when their Princes brought into captiuitie their own vnderstanding and in simplicitie of haâ—… were obedient onely to the wisdome of God He had to good experience of his own wisedome and had tried it often how it made him to rebell therefore to please God effectually he walked in his simplicitie O that our Christian Princes had so great measure of Gods holy spirite how many and gréeuous 〈◊〉 â—…ens 〈◊〉 then be taken from vs that now Christian eyes and eares can hardly behold and heare How many sinnes should 〈◊〉 extinct and buried that nowe vaine polecyâ—… doth maintaine and strengthen The time is past and I wyll say no more The God of all mercy and Father of all consolation enspire our harts with wisdome that we may walke before God in our owne simplicitie That what his holy woord hath spoken we may humblye heare and reason not against it because of our coÌ„mon wealth Then shall we end these short and euyl daies with gladnes And when Christ shall appeare in glory and Maiesty to iudge the quick and dead we shall stand on the right hand in the number of his Elect and heare that laâ—… and happiest sentence that neuer shall be called backe againe Come yeblessed of my Eather and possesse the kingdome which is prepared for you froÌ„ the beginning of the world The which time the Lord bring hastely vpon vs euen for his sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Sauiour to whom with the holy Ghost three persons and one God be all honour and glory both now and euer Amen Three reasons I 〈◊〉 xv Ioâ—… 24. Geâ—…e xi Exod. iij. Exod. xâ—… 〈◊〉 23. Esâ—… xliâ—… Eâ—… xvi 〈◊〉 Sâ—…m xâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 xâ—… xvâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…ij 〈◊〉 Regum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iosu. ij 〈◊〉 Sâ—…m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vâ—… Iohn xv 1. Cor. xij Ephesi ij Epheâ—… 〈◊〉 Rom. viij Col. ij â—…xv Col. i. xiâ—… â—…ze iij. ix Mat. vij Pâ—…l â—…v Psâ—… xliiâ—… 〈◊〉 xxxâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iosua v. Deut. 1. 8 〈◊〉 xlix 1. Corin. j. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 This her doth to beare dow ne 〈◊〉 pride Laiâ—… ix Esay 〈◊〉 Reu. xviâ—… 1. Cor. x. ij ReguÌ„ xâ—…ij xâ—…ij ij Regum â—…ij ix Esay 37. xxxvâ—…j AgameÌ„non Bibulus Iulius Caesar. The seconde argument The office duti of Princes magistrates Math. xj i. Tim. iiâ—… Gala. iiâ—… i. Peter iâ—… Apo. xxij Esay xlix Heb. xiij Psa. xlix Ephe. vj. Mat. xxij Luke xj Esay xi Psa. xxxij â—…ron 27 â—…e iiij Deu. ivâ—… xviij xiâ—… xxix c. Psa. x. vij j. Reg. xv j. Regum xxij xli ij Reg. 8. i. Reg xix Agamâ—…non Apo. xvij Dani. iiij Math. xj 〈◊〉 Câ—…or xj Ps. xxxvi Iere. ij Mar. xv Exod. vij Exo. viij Exod. ix Exod. X. Exod. xij Exo. xiiij Iohn j. Math. xi Math. ix Iohn xi Iohn vij Mat. vij â—…eb xiij Rom. â—…ii Roma â—…ij Iam. iiij Esay iiij Iohn v. Ioh. viij Iohn x. ij Tim. ij 〈◊〉 Corin. j. Luk. xvj Mat xxv Luke xij ij Thes. ij Mebr. iiij Apoc. xv Apoca. 〈◊〉 The safegarde of a Prince is true obedience to God Num. iij. Exo. xxv Exod. 28 Ex. xxviij Ex. xxviij i. Reg. ij ij Cro. 18 2. Reg. 18 ij Cro. 29 De. xxxiij Nehe. vj. and. xiij Iere. iij. Maâ—…a ij Esa. â—…viij i. Pet. v. Iohn xxâ—… Math. v. 〈◊〉 Timo. j. j. Reg. xiij ij Cro. xv Esa. xxxij Esay lvj i. Cro. xiij Ezec. viij Esdra ix
had they done their dutie But alas this is not to féede gods people in Iacob nor his inheritaunce in Israel This is to féede our selues euen as the Ore is fed to the slaughter house so we doe féede our selues to euerlasting confusion They that haue eares to heare let them heare God had chosen his Rulers To feede his people in Iacob and his inheritance in Israel These are the plaine and expresse wordes of Gods spirit And then what outragious spirit is y â— or what Fury rather that crieth thus wâ—…an impudent face that the Prince hath not to 〈◊〉 with Iacob and may not meddle with Israel But these are the steps that the man of sâ—…e should treade to speake against the Lord and yet say that he cannot erre There are the liuely markes of Antichrist thus to fight against Christ and yet saye he is his â—…hear Such is al the religion of â—…stry examine it if you will euen from point to point where God saith one thing it saith stil contrary and yet crieth with shame inough there is no errour in it God saith It is the doctrine of deuils to forbid mariages and the lawful vse of meates The Pope presumptâ—…y forbiddeth both and yet saith still that he hath the holy Ghost Paule the Apostle saith If you obserue daies and times I am afraid that the Gospel is preached vnto you in vayne The Pope saith you shall obserue both I can dispence with the Apostle and yet he saith he is Apostolical Saint Peter saith Be you subiect to the Prince as to the chiefest The Pope saith the King is not highest but he is aboue doth King and Keasar and yet he saith still he is the Successor of Peter And what should I say more It greueth me to recken vp al that Monsters abominations It would make a Christian hart to bleed to see how he hath deceiued the simple With his paper waules and painted fiers he made them so afraid that they beleued what so euer he had spoken But he is filthy and let him be filthy still We wyll returne to our purpose and learne of a princely Prophet what is a Princes duty He must féede Iacob and Israel that is Kinges must be Nurce fathers Quenes must be Nurces vnto the Churche of God And to this end they must vse their authoritie that Gods children may learne vertue knowledge For to seeke onely worldly peace and securitie or to make vs lyue at ease here in this wayfaring citie that is rather to féede flesh and bloud then to féede Iacob rather to make happy this worldly fellowship then to instruct Israel The true Israelite is strong against the Lord and commeth with violence to claime the kingdome of heauen What helpeth it in this respect to be ritch or honorable If I had al the ritches in the world yet could I not pay the price of my bothers soul. Or if I had neuer so much rule and authoritie I am not therfore the nearer to make intercession vnto God They are other weapons that must preuaile against Sathan and it is an other attyre that wyll be accepted for the mariage garment If we wil feede Iacob and Israel let vs leade them to the house of wisedome and traine them vp in the feare of God The Lord open the Queenes Maiesties eyes that she may looke to this charge Otherwise if we lyued neuer so peaceably vnder her yet when the Lord shal come to aske accompt of her stewardship how she hath fed her fellow seruants with the meate appointed them then she will be found eating and drinking with sinners But because we are so dul of hearing that a little teaching of our dutye is not sufficient for vs I will shew out of the scriptures somewhat more plainly if ought may be playner what is the duty of a Prince The Prophet Esay very effectually setteth it out in the person of our Sauiour Christ saying Righteousnes shall be the girdle of his loynes and faithfulnes the buckle of his raines It is true that the Prince must defende the fatherles and widdow relieue the oppressed and haue no respect of persons in iudgement sake peace vnto his people and gird him selfe with righteousnes But this is also his duty and his greatest duty to be careful for religion to maintaine the Gospell to teache the people knowledge and builde his whole gouernance with faithfulnes For this cause king Salomon both the mightiest and the wisest kyng that euer was called him salfe a Preacher And king Dauid to testifie how he acknowledged his duty spake openly to his people I wyl instruct thee and teach thee in the way that thou shalt go and I wyl guide thee with mine eye This general rule king Salomon gaue vnto other Be diligent to knowe thee-state of thy flocke and take heede vnto thy heardes For ritches remaine not alwaies neither the crowne from generation to generation Expresâ—…y shewing that to encrease riches or to set forth the glory of a kyngdome that is not the greatest dâ—…uty of a Magistrate Thus the Prophet Hoseas crying out against the people of Israel he reckeneth vp this as their greatest disorder that lying and swearing ignoraunce of God was not punished amongest them And alas dearely beloued if this be the saying of the Prophet let vs looke vnto it I dare not but speake the truth seyng God hath called me hether He hath raysed me vp so hye when I was cast downe that I cannot forget hys benefites If this wyll not serue I wil surely speake it more playnely when the Lord shall open my mouth againe Surely if this be the saying of the Prophet as it is in déede that lying that swearing that blynde and wylfull ignoraunce shall be punished let not the Princesse deceiue her self the spirite of God doth not posses her hart if she heare daylye lying and blasphemous swearing and sée the peoples ignoraunce and yet leaue all vnpunished Looke vnto these thinges better if you wyl looke well vnto your selfe you cannot pretend ignoraunce thys is playn inough if anye thyng be inough And yet least you should seeke to buselye to be deceued I wyll rehearse the pláyne law of the Lord. That this doctrine may be warranted with the surer witnesses God sayth of a Kyng in the 17. of Deuteronomy VVhen he shal sit vpon the throne of hys kingdome then shal he vvrite him this lawe repeated in a booke by the Priestes of the Leuites And it shall be vvith him and he shall reade therein all the dayes of hys life That he may learne to feare the Lord his God and keepe all the wordes of his Law and these couenauntes for to do them That hys hart be not lifted vp aboue his brethren That he turne not aside from these commaundements neither to the right hand nor to the leaft But that he may prolong hys dayes in his kyngdome he and