A14136:10
The Obedience of a Christian Man
The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christ[n] rulers ought to govern, where in also (if thou mark diligently) thou shalt find eyes to perceive the crafty conveyance of all jugglers.The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christe[n] rulers ought to governe, where in also (if thou marke diligently) thou shalt fynde eyes to perceave the crafty conveyance of all iugglers.
At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the second day of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the seconde daye of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528
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Mark this also / if God send the to the see & promise to goo with thee and to bring the safe to land / 1he will raise up a ten pest against the / to prove whether thou wilt abide by his word / & that thou mayest feel thy faith and perceive his goodness / For ⟨p. v⟩if it were all ways fair weather and thou never brought in to such jeopardy whence his mercy only delivered the / thy faith should be but a presumption and thou shouldest be ever unthankful to God and merciless unto thy neighbour.
Marke this also / yf God sende the to the see & promise to goo with ye and to bringe the saffe to londe / 1he will reyse vp a tē pest agenst the / to prove whether thou wilt abyde by his worde / & that thou maist feale thy faith and perceave his goodnes / For ⟨p. v⟩if it were all wayes fayre wether and thou never brought in to soch ieoperdy whence his mercy only delyvered the / thy fayth shulde be but a presompciō and thou shuldest be ever vnthankefull to God and mercylesse vnto thy neyboure.
- 1God trieth the faith of his children.God tryeth the fayth of his childern.
If God promise riches / the way thereto is poverty.1 Whom he loveth him he chasteneth / whom he exalteth / he casteth down / whom he saveth he damneth first. He bringeth no man to heaven except he send him to hell first. If he promise life he slayeth first / when he buildeth / he casteth all down first. He is no patcher / he can not build on another mans foundation. He will not work until all be past remedy and brought unto such a case / that men may see how that his hand / his power / his mercy / his goodness and trueth hath wrought all together. He will let no man be partaker with him of his praise and glory. His works are wonderful and contrary unto mans works. Who ever save he delivered his own son / his only son / his dear son unto the death and that for his enemies sake / to win his enie / to overcome him with love / that he might see love and love again and of love to do like wise to other men / and to overcome them with well doing?