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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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1lxvij. Christs apostle sayeth / that a Bishop ought to be so well learned / that he with the scripture / be able to overcome all them that he against the faith.
1lxvij. Christes apostle sayeth / that a Bisshope ought to be so well learned / that he with the scripture / be able to overcome all them that he against the faith.
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The Pope and Bishops will dispute in scripture with no man / but cast them first in prison / and proper engines they have invented to wring their fingers so sore / that the blood shall burst out at their fingers ends / they pine them / and scourge them with infinite other torments paining them / to forsake the trueth. And after make them swear on a book that they shall tell no man of it thus cruelly do they entreat them against justice. And if they can not subdue them to their wills / then do they commit them unto the secular power to burned.
The Pope and Bisshopes will dispute inscripture with no man / but cast them first in preson / and proper engynes they have invented to wringe their fingers so sore / that the bloude shall braste out at their fingers endes / they pyne them / and scorge thē with infinite other tormentes payninge them / to forsake the trueth. And after make thē swere on a boke that they shall tell no man of it thus cruelly do they entreate them against iustice. And yf they can not subdue them to their willes / then do they committe them vnto the seculare power to burned.