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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07624	A Christian almanacke Needefull and true for all countryes, persons and times. Faithfully calculated by the course of holy Scripture, not onely for this present yeere 1613, but also for many yeeres to come. Written by J. M.	Monipennie, John.	1612 (1612)	STC 18019; ESTC S114234	19,444	49

they that resist shall receiue to themselues iudgement for Princes are not to be feared for good works but for euill wilt thou then be without feare of the power doe well so shalt thou haue praise of the same for he is the Minister of God for thy wealth but if thou doe euill feare for he beareth not the sword for nought for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doth euill wherefore we must be subiect not because of wrath onely but also for conscience sake And let vs remember the saying of Salomon that the Kings displeasure is a messenger of death At is good for Kings Princes temporall Iudges to execute their office as out of the power that God ministreth vnto them for in very déede the power is giuen them of the Lord and the strength from the highest therefore séeing they a●e the Officers of his Kingdome as saith the wise man they ought not to be negligent but to execute true iudgement to kéepe the law of righteousnesse to walke after his will to loue the light of wisedome to expell Southsayers Charmers expounders of dreames Idols Masses and all abominations out of their land to set vp the words of the law of God to put downe the houses of Idolatry and to sée that the law word of God be taught among the people to spare neither cost nor labour for the maintenance and defence of the same to séeke the peace wealth prosperity of their Commons to iudge euery man righteously without any wresting of the law to know no mans person in iudgement to take no gifts but euer to haue the lawes of God and to doe thereafter by them and to reade therein all the dayes of their liues that they may learne to feare the Lord their God and to keepe all the words of his law and to doe thereafter that his hart be not lifted vp aboue his brethrē that he may prolong his daies in his kingdome It is good for seruants to be obedient vnto them that are their Maisters according to the flesh with feare and trembling with singlenes of their harts as vnto Christ not with seruice to the eye as men pleasers but as the seruants of Christ doing the will of God from the hart c. as also Peter Seruants be subiect to your Maisters with all feare not only to the good courteous but also to the froward And therfore was Saint Paul so earnest to sée this ordinance of God kept namely that as many seruants as are vnder the yoake should count their Maisters worthy of all honour that the name of God and of his doctrine be not euill spoken of It is good for such men as haue s●●●ants to put away threatnings doing vnto their seruants that which is iust and equall and know that they also themselues haue a Maister in heauen and vse the counsell of the wiseman whereas thy seruant worketh truely intreat him not euill nor the hireling that bestoweth himselfe for thée let thy soule loue a discréete ser●ant as thi●e owne soule defraud him not of his libertie neither leaue him a poore man if he be not obedient bind his féete but be not excessiue toward any and without discretion doe nothing therefore should euill seruants be corrected séeing they will not be the better for words for though they vnderstand them yet will they not regard thē tame thy euill seruant with hands and correction If you set him to labour you shall find rest but if you let him goe idle he shall séeke libertie for as Salomon saith he that delicatly bringeth vp his seruant from his youth at length he wil be euen as his Sonne It is good for women to be obedient and to submit themselues vnto their husbands as vnto the Lord for the husband is the wiues head euen as Christ also is the head of the Church and the same is the Sauiour of his body therefore as the Church is in subiection to Christ euen so let the wiues be vnto their husbands in euery thing as it is comely in the Lord that euen they which obey not the word may without the word be woon by the conuersation of their wiues while they behold their pure con●ersation which is with feare and let not their appareling be vntoward as with brodered haire Gold put about thē or in putting on of apparrell but let the hid man of the hart be vncorrupt with a méeke and quiet spirit which is before God a thing much set by for euen after this manner did the holy women which trusted in God tyre themselues were subiect to their husbands as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him Lord it is good for men to loue their wiues euen as Christ loued the Church and gaue himselfe for it that he might sanctifie it and cleanse it by washing of water thorough the word that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious Church not hauing spot or wrinckle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blame so ought men to loue their wiues as their owne bodies he that loueth his wife loueth himselfe for no man yet euer hated his owne ●●lesh but nourisheth cherisheth it euen as y● Lord doth the Church therefore ought euery man to doe so that he loue his wife euen as himselfe and not to be bitter vnto them but to dwell with them as men of knowledge giuing honour vnto them as vnto the weaker vessell euen as they that are heires together of the grace of life that your prayers be not interrupted It is good for childrē to obey their parents in the Lord for that is right and well pleasing vnto the Lord yea the Lord will haue the father honoured of the Children and hath confirmed the authority of the mother ouer the children He that honoreth his mother is like one that gathereth treasure whoso honoureth his Father shall haue ioy of his owne children and when he maketh his prayer he shal be heard he that honoureth his father shall haue long life and he that is obedient to the Lord shall comfort his mother he that feareth the Lord honoureth his parents and doth seruice vnto his parents as vnto the Lord honour thy father and mother in deed and word and in all patience that thou mayest haue Gods blessing for the blessing of the father establisheth the house of the Children and the mothers curse rooteth out the foundations reioyce not at the dishonour of thy father for it is not honour vnto thee but shame seeing that mans glory cometh by his Fathers honour and the reproach of the mother is dishonour to the children helpe thy father in his age and grieue him not as long as he liueth and if his vnderstanding faile haue patience with him and despise him not when thou art in thy full strength for the good entreaty of thy

be filled yea he cryes euery one that thirsteth come ye to the waters and ye that haue no siluer come buy and eate come say buy Wine and milke without siluer and without money he will feed his sheepe and bring them to rest though thou be lost he will seeke thee though thou hast gone astray he will bring thee again though thou be wounded he will bind thee vp though thou be sicke and weake he will make thee whole and strong Seeke him therefore this yeare and as long as thou liuest for with the Lord is mercy and with him is great redemption He hath saluation inough for thée thou néedest not to séeke helpe at any other neither is there saluation in any other therefore biddeth he thée euer come to himselfe he neuer bad thée séeke other Phisitians to heale thée of this disease for there is no helpe in the Children of men As for Corporall diseases God hath ordayned outward medicines for them in his creatures by the ministration of true Phisitians which gift of God no wise man will abhorre and thou art commaunded to honour the Phisitian with that honour that is due vnto him because of necessity for the Lord hath created him for of the most high commeth healing and he shall receiue gifts of the King but against the sicknes of sinne there is no helpe or succour but onely in himselfe as there is no saluation without him so is there euer grace mercy pardon and remission fréely in him for all such as will receiue it and be thankfull for the same CHAP. 4. Concerning the strife and trouble of this yeare and the cause thereof THe sword that I spake of partly in the first Chapter is like to be drawen this yeare for why the Sunne Mars and Mercurius cannot agrée together how accordeth the world with Christ and the Gospell they shall neuer be at one Sore eyes cannot abide the cleare light of the Sunne they will not consent to the works of darknesse neither will the beléeuers haue part with infidels and no concord with and betwixt Christ and Belial Thus can there be no agréement for they be of contrary natures againe a scorner as Salomon saith loueth not him that rebuketh him the children of this world are scornefull and therefore are they not content to be reformed by the Gospell which neuerthelesse though it haue many enemies as it hath euer had yet because it is the truth it shall beare away the victory and that shortly for God hath put into the heart of diuers Princes to fulfill his will and to hate the whore of Babylon to make her desolate and naked and shall eate her flesh and burne her with fire and vtterly to set her out of her soyle so that it appeareth euidently that Sathan shall no more haue so great dominion as he hath had in times past and now because that he séeth that his kingdome shall haue a fall he worketh and shall doe all that he can by the Children of vnbeliefe specially by the shauen Madianites Iesuites Seminaries excommunicate Papists and Catholike Romaines as they terme themselues to stirre vp warres seditions secret treasons and vtter defiances both amongest Princes and Communities for such aduersaries of the truth doe wickedly resiste the ordinance of God in the authoritie of their prince and not submit themselues to the Gospell And whereas God hath raised vp good men to preach his word the diuell is so mad at it that he hath sent them a letter of defiance by some of his members euen with such an answere as was giuen to Ieremie the prophet for they say plainely the word that thou hast spoken to vs in the name of the Lord we will not heare it of thee but we will doe whatsoeuer thing goeth out of our owne mouth as to burne incense vnto the Queene of heauen and to powre out drinke-offerings vnto her as we haue done both we our Fathers our Kings and our Princes in the Citties of Iuda and in the streets of Ierusalem and what is our peoples saying I pray you we will haue libertie of conscience according to other Nations yea and some haue their priuie Masse as is well knowne and they say we will doe as our rathers haue done be●ore vs for when we so did then had we plenteousnesse of victuals and were well and felt no euill but since we left off to burne incense to the Quéene of h●auen and to powre out drinke offerings vnto her we haue had scarsenes of all things and haue bin consumed by the sword and by famine and is not this the speaking of the Papist Atheist ignorant aud prophane people altog●ther neuer grace since this religion came vp ignorantly ascribing Gods plagues and punnishments for sinne to the word and the preaching thereof such strife and debate shall h●ppen this yeare because of the word o● God or the enemies thereof had rather draw their daggers at it ●nd I am perswaded it is the thing they daily looke fo● then to be reformed but ●h● louers of it shall spare no labour to con●ert them and specially the Ministers and teachers must not 〈◊〉 but must be gentle towards all men apt to teach suffering the euill men patiently instructing them with meeknes tha● are contrary minded prouing if God at any time will giue them repentance that they may know the truth and that they may come to amendement out of the snare of the deuill which are taken of him at his will therefore thou louer of God and of his word when any trouble happeneth vnto thée for great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all maruell not at it as though it were a strange thing but reioyce inasmuch as thou art partaker of Christs afflictions that when his glory appeareth thou maist be merry and glad be as content to be reuiled as he was who when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatned not but committed it to him that iudgeth righteously for there is no disciple aboue his Master nor the seruant aboue his Lord it is sufficient for the disciple to be as his Maister is the seruant as his Lord if they haue called the Maister of the house Belzebub how much more them of his houshold So these and many other swéete words saith he himselfe vnto thée that in him thou maist haue affliction but be of good comfort for he hath ouercome the world CHAP. 5. Concerning the estates of Kings and Princes and superiour powers THe influence of the Sunne and Mars declareth euidently by all coniectures yea certainely without all doubt that Kings and Princes shall haue a prosperous yeare and me thinks I dare be bolde to say if they beginne to séeke the true honour of God and to deliuer people from oppression and to make no doubt herein Salomon which was a King himselfe and that of