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bri&t's church, and all who believe in the present Gospel of pcacf*, and in the judgment which is to come, wh?it ure your duties unto (fod and initd Christ, and by what means you shall escape the wrath diat ti to come. And as I taught every man in power to acknowledge Christ ai^ bis only Judge, bis word as his counsellor, and the laws of the realm as defining the duty of bis office, so teach 1 now every free-born subject of thi& realm hear- ing me, that it is his duty to honour the king to obey t ho magistrate, and not to meddle with QM (»01>-Jl COKrilDVI£K8V WITH THr LAXD. [ZXf- those tlial are given to change ;-»to (je kiibjecty'l for cun^ciciice* sake, as kitowiuf^ ili^t tbc powerv which be are ordained of God ; not to set yoar* selves up above your riilcr«, but to look to your fulcra as above you ; — to fulfil your office in tbo 6t&te fiLtthfulIy> according aa it 19 defined by tho law, trhclhcr as ficeholdcrs, &« jnrymi;n,8i bear* tng office in the municipality, and all as being liegtt subjects of the king, to be obedient to tbe laws, faithful and loyal to the constituted authorities o( the state. Surmise not cviU admic not fiufipicion. be afraid to speak evil of dignities^ meddle not i matters too high for you, despiife not goverDiuent and, on the other hand, fawn nui upon those i place, flatter not those in power, but pray ft ihem, for the king as supreme and for all in an thority under him, that they may prove a terror ti> evil doeis, and a praise unto tlicm that do wclh It ts iKJt to be obedient in tlie outward thing whic law euforceth, but in the inward heart wliic law reacheth not, to have reverence dwelliB there for your t^upenor^, thunkfuloes* that the; labour for the vvell-bcing of the land. blcsaiDg that through them we lire quiet and peaceable liv Oh, could i Tcjiresent unto you the blcnsin which even thewurst ofgovenimenlshringeth to people, Ih)w wotild you ble^ God for this of onn^ which, with allitsfoulttf, is the best! Whatcausetb that we sleep in our beds at night, and that we- and our chddren littc in the morning safe a sound, that no assassin diaweth the curtain of m bed, and planteth the poinard in my heart, tb no incendiary tircLh my dwelling in the dead night f What causeth that tlie stroog man phiB- derctlinot the weak in the street, nor snatchcth hit gondft from bis door! What cauActb that • III*] OOd'S COMTfiOVKdHV WITU TUC LAND. 9i9 goods nifty be tmated in every laad, on board of siiips wiiii^ crews are tml. of ymir lioii-teh^jld.^^to a supercargo