The rekenynge and declaracion of the fayth and belefe of huldrike zwyngly byshoppe of ziiryk the chefe town of Heluitia, sent to Charles .v. that nowe is Emproure of Rome: holdynge a parlement or counsayll at Ausbrough with the chefe lordes and lerned men of Germanye, the yere of our Lorde M.D.xxx. in the moneth of July.

¶The .xi. article.

For the .xi. article / I knowe that Prynces & rulers iustly consecrated and promoued vn∣to theyr offyce to syt in the stede of God / no lesse thē do the preachers. For as the precher is the mynister of the celestial wysdome and

goodnes, as he that shulde teache faythfully and brīg forth errours into lyghte to be kno∣wen / euen so is the prynce or ruler, the myni∣ster of goodnes and iustyce. Of goodnes, as when with faythfulnes & modestlye lyke god he both heareth & delybreth with coūcel vpon the causes of his subiectes. Of iustyce, as when he breaketh the audacite of the wycked and defendeth the innocentes. These gyftes yf a prynce once haue them, I beleue his cō∣sciēce can feare nother enemy nor nothynge els. But & yf he wante them / albeit he shewe hymselfe terrible & be dreaded, yet beleue I y^t in nowyse can his consciēce be absolued that he be dewlye consecrated and put in the offy∣ce. Notwithstādyng yet beleue I that a chri∣sten man oughte to obeye suche maner a ty∣rant vnto that occasion of the whiche Paule speketh yf thou mayst be at lyberte, vse it ra∣ther: whiche occasion yet beleue I to be she∣wed of god onely & not of man, ye and y^t not darkely / but so apertly as was kinge Saule cast away & Dauid receyued to be his succes∣sour. Also as concernyng tribute, custome, & tol to be gyuē to prynces for the defence of y^e realme I cōsent constātly with Paul. R. xiii