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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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Grace / mercy & the peace of god passing all understanding which is the jure confidence of remission of sin in the blood of Christ / and perfect trust of the heritage of everlasting life in the same Christ our lord be with the Christen Reader / and with all that call upon the name of Jesus. All be it there was nothing that Christ spake being present among us in this mortal life but it had a quickness spirit / and comfort:1 yet chiefly of all this warning precessed (in misjudgement) all other words / where he exhorted us / while we had light to believe in the light / that we might be the children of light. And again / yet a little while / 2is the light with you walk while ye have light lest the darkness come on you: for he ye walketh in the dark wo• teth not whether he goeth / who is this light that we are exhorted to believe in? truly it is Christ as saint Joan doth testify. He was the true light that lighteneth all men / which come in to the world.3 To believe in this light maketh us the children of light / & the sure inheritors with jesu christ. Even now have we cruel adversaries which set up their bristles saying / why then shall we do no good works? To these we answer as Christ did to the people in the .vj. of saint Joan.