A14136:102
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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Against the pope's false power.
Agenst the popis false power.
Matthew. xxvi. Christ saith unto Peter / put up thy sword in to his sheth. For all that lay hand upon the sword / shall peresh with the sword / that is / whosoever without the commandment of the temporal officer to whom God hath given the sword leieth hand on the sword to take vengeance / the same deserveth death in the dead doing.1 God did not put Peter only under the temporal sword / but also Christ him self. As it appeareth in the fourth Chapter to the Galatians. And Christ saith Math. iij. Thus becometh it us to fulfil all righteousness / that is to say / all ordinances of God. If the head be then under the temporal sword / how can the members be excepted? If P•ter sinned in defending Christ against the temporal sw•rde (whose authority and ministers the Bishops then abused against ⟨p. xl⟩Christ as ours do now) 2who can excuse our prelates of sin which will obey no man / nether king nor Emperor? Yea who can excuse from sin / ether the kings that give / ether the Bishops that receive such exemptions contrary to Gods ordinances and Christs doctrine?
MAthew. xxvi. Christe saith vnto Peter / put vp thy swerd in to his shethe. For all yt laye hande vpon ye swerde / shall peresh with ye swerde / yt is / whosoever without the cōmaundment of the temperall officer to whō God hath geven the swerde leyeth hande on the swerde to take vengeaunce / the same deserveth deeth in the deade doinge.