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A68214 An ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas: made, and vttered before the kynges maiestie, and his moost honorable councell, by Ihon Hoper in lent last past. Comprehended in seue[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L. Hooper, John, d. 1555. 1550 (1550) STC 13763; ESTC S104203 88,435 388

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they_o god_n word_n y_fw-fr ●_o people_n will_v soon_o see_v the_o truth_n and_o willingelye_o leave_v much_o as_o god_n and_o their_o king_n shall_v command_v they_o as_z y_z ●_o gest_n and_o fact_n of_o josyas_n and_o joas_n declare_v most_o gracious_a king_n and_o noble_a councillor_n as_o you_o have_v take_v away_o the_o mass_n from_o the_o people_n so_o take_v from_o they_o her_o feather_n also_o the_o altar_n vestmente_n and_o such_o like_o as_o apparel_v she_o and_o let_v the_o holy_a communion_n be_v deck_v with_o the_o holy_a ceremony_n that_o the_o high_a and_o wise_a preyste_a chryste_n decky_v and_o apparel_v she_o first_o of_o all_o and_o from_o whence_o mighty_a prince_n and_o soveraygne_a lord_n sprynge_v war_n and_o sedition_n come_v they_o not_o from_o the_o only_o god_n be_v angry_a for_o the_o neglect_v of_o his_o law_n so_o we_o be_v teach_v by_o esa._n l._n and_o jeremye_n ix_o say_v who_o be_v wise_a &_o understand_v this_o and_o he_o unto_o who_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o lord_n have_v speak_v &_o declare_v wherefore_o the_o earth_n perish_v and_o be_v like_a unto_o the_o burn_a wilderness_n y_o it_o no_o man_n may_v pass_v by_o it_o and_o the_o lord_n say_v because_o they_o have_v forsake_v my_o law_n which_o i_o put_v unto_o they_o and_o hear_v not_o my_o way_n and_o walk_v not_o therein_o but_o follow_v the_o desire_n of_o their_o own_o herte_n and_o after_o baalimas_n they_o be_v teach_v by_o there_o father_n and_o because_o we_o myngle_v man_n invencyon_n with_o his_o law_n for_o he_o say_v man_n worship_n he_o in_o vain_a with_o the_o precept_n of_o man_n math._n xv_o and_o in_o the_o ix_o of_o jeremy_n the_o lord_n declare_v other_o manner_n of_o cause_n of_o war_n and_o sedition_n the_o forsake_n
xxxv_o if_o the_o gistrate_n dyspense_v either_o for_o fere_n of_o he_o that_o shall_v suffer_v execution_n or_o for_o any_o profit_n or_o gain_n and_o punish_v it_o not_o what_o both_o he_o other_o they_o provoke_v their_z of_o god_n against_o himself_o &_o the_o hole_n realm_n for_o the_o lord_n say_v he_o will_v not_o dwell_v in_o the_o earth_n till_o it_o be_v pourge_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o he_o that_o shed_v the_o blood_n nun_n xxxv_o let_v all_o man_n therefore_o in_o the_o common_a wealth_n know_v and_o fear_v this_o doctrine_n of_o paul_n ro._n xiii_o the_o magistrate_n bear_v not_o a_o sweed_n in_o vain_a let_v the_o magistrate_n take_v heed_n of_o two_o thing_n first_o y_o t_o under_o the_o pretexte_v and_o cloak_n of_o the_o law_n to_o serve_v his_o affection_n or_o gain_n he_o punyshe_v not_o y_o ●_o innocent_n in_o this_o offend_v the_o king_n and_o magistrate_n of_o the_o israelite_n that_o for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o their_o superstition_n false_a religion_n and_o 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magistrate_n fight_v just_o when_o he_o resist_v unjust_a force_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o foren_a enemy_n or_o of_o his_o own_o rebellious_a subject_n of_o such_o law_n as_o shall_v be_v keep_v in_o the_o time_n of_o war_n it_o be_v write_v deut._n xx_o xxiii_o luke_n iii._n our_o warryers_n have_v make_v of_o war_n a_o mean_n and_o way_n to_o all_o robberye_n and_o spoil_n the_o captain_n by_o his_o faith_n be_v bind_v to_o have_v as_o many_o as_o his_o allowance_n charge_v he_o with_o all_o but_o like_o a_o thief_n he_o deceyve_v the_o king_n both_o of_o his_o noumber_n of_o man_n and_o rob_v he_o of_o his_o good_n and_o for_o lack_v of_o true_a payment_n to_o the_o half_a number_n that_o he_o be_v appoynete_v unto_o he_o wery_v the_o good_a will_n of_o the_o poor_a soldier_n that_o extreme_a povertye_n with_o syckenes_n for_o lack_v of_o payment_n of_o their_o wage_n cause_v theym_a to_o pass_v neither_o of_o the_o king_n neither_o of_o the_o common_a wealth_n and_o as_o these_o 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