In like maner if the officer abusynge his
power / compell the subiecte to doo that which god forbiddeth or
to leue vndone that which god commaundeth / so he dishonoureth
god / in withdrawenge
his seruaunt from him / and maketh an Idole of his
awne lustes / in that he honoureth them a boue god / and he
dishonoureth his brother in that he abuseth him contrary vn to
the right vse which God hath created him for and christ hath
bought him for / which is
to wayte on gods commaundementes. For iff the
officer be other wise minded then this / the worst of these
subiectes is made by the hondes of him that made me / and
bought with the bloude of him that bought me / and therfore my
brother and I but his saruaunt only / to defende him and to
kepe him in the honoure that god and christ hath sett him /
that no man dishonoure him: he dishonoureth both God and man.
And therto if any subiecte thynke any otherwise of the officer
(though he be an emperoure) then that he is but a sarvaunt
only / to ministre the office indifferently / he
dishonoureth the office and god that ordeyned it. So that all
men / what so euer degre they be of are every man in his rowme
/ saruauntes to other /
as the hand sarueth the foote and every membre one
a nother. And the angels of heuen are al so oure brethern and
very saruauntes for
Christes sake / to defend vs from the power of the
deuels.
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