obedyence

One of the options afforded to John Mere's preacher is to teach 'due obedyence of the subjectes to their princyes and of pupils to their tutours, of servauntes to their maisters, with some Lesson for magistrates maisters and tutours for the well ordering of their subiectes servauntes and pupills.'

John Mere's Commemoration Sermon St Benet's Church, Cambridge 2004

Christian political obedience these days, then, 'due obedyence' rather than just conformity, must rest on confidence in a government's capacity for attention; it merits our attentive loyalty in very much the same way as the tutor merits that of the student - in openness to a truth that goes beyond power and interest.

John Mere's Commemoration Sermon St Benet's Church, Cambridge 2004

Kepe pacyence in thy obedyence at all thy paynes & trouble.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

Kepe pacyence in thy obedyence at all thy paynes & trouble.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

¶ The seuenth is to contynuye suche obedyence for the ende of thy lyf/euer folowynge thy mayster Ihesu cryste/that was moost obedyent for thy synne vnto deth Amen.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

Enforce eche one of you that shall come to religyon to passe an other in obedyence/for than doubtles ye shall please god A true obedyencer that hath vtterly forsaken his owne wyll/knowe not ony thynge harde to do [that] is cõmaunded of theyr souerayne ne ony thynge vnryghtfull.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

Nation to the most slavish obedyence that could have bene wished, but no man can say, he had then many who advized him to it, but the contrary, by a wounderfull indisposition all his Councell had to fightinge, or any other fatigue.

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

J Thirdly w "the like obedyence unto our dread Soveraigne, Wee anfwere that the eredlinge and buildinge of Stores and the Bringeinge of every man's tobaccoe unto them would bee very chargeable and burthenfome to the whole Colony w '=' 'at prefent wee are very unable to undergoe, befides much hazard & the damadge and loffe in fpoyl - inge greate parte of our Tobaccoes.

Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1619