as appointed to the
warrs / might be made a priest or a monck / he wrote to the
Emperour / That after that he hadd seene hys lawe / he was
wonderfullye afrayed and astonied / And therfor he desireth hym
to diminshe somwhat of the rigour of the lawe or els to chaunge
it altogether: But yet he added / That as touchinge hymself /
after that he hath now done his office in admonishing hym / now
for the obedience which he doth owe vnto him / he wolde publishe
his lawe / as he hadd commaunded. Thys acte surely can not / but
be reproued in this Busshopp. Agayn here thou wilt happily saye.
What yf the hygher Prince wil not allowe me to do myne office /
or doth reuoke this parte of myne office? Truly no man can take
that from thyne office / which God hath commaunded the to do in
it. No man can discharge the of that dutye / wherewith God
chargeth the in thyne office / do thou the dutye that longeth to
it. Many there are which do thincke / that when this dealinge
and doinge of the inferior magistrate agaynste the hygher Rulars
is thus straitly required / That Godds Religion is not to be
promoted after this manier by them / but rather / that they do
sufficientlye the thinge which belongeth vnto them / yf they do
forsake theyr office / and gyue ouer their Rule and auctoritie.
So do not I thincke / Thy dignitie and office is not so lightly
to be gyuen ouer. Thou dost gyue ouer thyne office / because
thou wilt not strayne thy self therin to promote the glorie of
Godd: And this is to depart and fall from thy vocacion: which
thou oughtest not to do / especially when thou dost playnly see /
that thy roume and place / shalbe bestowed vpon those / which ar
wicked and both do / and will oppresse the kingdom of God. These
men must abyde therfor in theyr offices / so long as they be not
putt out of them by the higher poures / and strongly must they
defend the glorie of God in them.

Now when I on this maner do entreate of these thinges / I do not
make or shewe an easye waye to sturre vp sedicions. But this
onlye I do seke / and care for /

[[Matt. 22.]]

That those thinges which do belonge vnto Godd / shuld be gyuen
vnto Godd: and those thinges which are belonging vnto Cesar /
shulde be gyuen vnto Cesar. If the worldly substaunce and ritches
of men were required and asked by the hygher poures / I wold
councell to gyue them. But in those thinges which do belonge vnto
the worshipp of Godd / I say / that thei must not yealde to the
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