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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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So hath he prevailed with his lying merve•s ab•singe our weak and scrupulous consciences / lest any man should let and withstand the kingdom of these faces and riddles.
So hath he prevailed with his lyeing merve•s ab•singe oure weake ād scrupulous consciences / lest any man shuld let and withstond the kingdom of these faces and rydles.
Read the stories / read the decretals / and all which write on these things / and see if in any place the Pope and his adherents complain of kings / princes / and bishops by cause they have despised the faith and gospel or else have offended against god. There is but one complaint / by cause they have not defended the holy and Apostolic see of Peter / or have offended it / or hurt it / in the head / or in the members / so that there is never question for any thing but for their faces / laws and riddles. And they them self also do confess (lying with great impudence) that they did transpose the empery to Rome for no nother cause / But that the emperor of the Grecians did to little defend / the holy see of Petre▪ And here may they be convict through their own testimony / because they desired not to be defended of Christ but of a man. Even then beginning to depart from the faith / of that which ⟨image 48⟩[…] ⟨p. xlvij⟩[…] ⟨image 49⟩it is spoken.1 Trust you not in princes / nor in the ••••es of men in whom is no health. And •••ine.