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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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The tenth is the excellent (1all though it be feigned) keeping of virginity & chastity of the religions / which truly seemeth in the face a godly & heavenly thing. But it is a devilish of the which it is spoken in the .iiij. of the first pistell to Timothy. forbidding to marry2 ⟨image 31⟩where as again our most reverend father / maketh that thing necessary that Christ would have free / whereof Daniel in the .xi. speaketh he shall be desirous of women.3 Here Daniel meaneth that he shall refuse and abstain from marriage for a cloak of godliness / and not for love of chastity.
The tenth is the excellent (1al thowgh it be fained) kepinge of virginite & chastite of ye religions / which trewly semeth in ye face a godly & hevēly thinge. But it is a develish of ye which it is spoken in ye .iiij. of the firste pistell to Timothe. forbiddinge to marye2 ⟨image 31⟩where as againe oure most reuernde father / maketh that thinge necessarye that Christe wold have fre / wherof Daniel in the .xi. speketh he shalbe desirous of women.3 Here Daniel meanith that he shall refuse ād abstaine from mariage for a cloke of godlines / and not for love of chastite.
- 1The .x. face •lowinge o• chast•es
- 2ij. Timot. iii