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A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis
A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis, wherein are compared to gather Christs acts and our holy father the Popes.A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis, wherin are compared to geder Christes actes and oure holye father the Popes.
At Malborow in the land of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the. xij. day of July, anno. M.CCCCC.xxix. by me Hans luft i.e. Johannes Hoochstraten, 1529At Malborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the. xij. day of Iulye, anno. M.CCCCC.xxix. by me Hans luft i.e. Johannes Hoochstraten, 1529
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O this most wretched kind of men / which is scant worthy to feed hogs / thus they honour the powers / thus they bless the majesties / thus seek they other mens profits displeasing them selves / thus put they away presumptuous boldness / and walk in the fear of God / woo be to them.
O this most wretched kind of men / which is scante worthy to feade hogges / thus they honour ye powers / thus they blesse ye magestes / thus seake they other mē nes profittes displeasing them silves / thus put they away presumptuous boldnes / and walke in the fear of God / woo be to them.
Of these Judas (following Peter) doth say likewise these dreamers (that is to say deluded by dreamers) defile the flesh / 1despise rulers & speak evil of them that are in authority. And a little before. There are certain craftily crept in of which it was written afore time unto such judgement. They are ungodly / & turn the grace of our lord God unto wantonness / and deny god the only lord and our lord Jesus Christ. According ⟨image 58⟩to that which Peter sayeth. They shall craftily bring in their own traditions / & sects of perdition under the cloak of the gospel of Christ with the which the true faith of the gospel of Christ shall be suppressed. And Christ (though they retain his name) shall in very deed be denied to be the only lord and king in righteousness and trueth. And under his name shall they serve their belly pleasures / and wanton desires / finally / the pistle of Jude which sometime seamed to me unprofitable. Now do I knowledge that it was extract out of the pistell of Peter / and only written to declare the Pope. And both of them show / that they shall privily crepe in / that is to say. Bring in their own traditions under the gospel / as Peter sayeth. They shall craftily bring in sects / opening plainly their subtle and deceitful illusions / by the which (reserving the name of the Gospel of Christ) they preach and stablish their own doctrines.