A14136:12
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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Joseph saw the sun and the moon and ⟨image 6⟩xi. stars worshipping him. Nevertheless ere that came to pass / God laid him where he could nether see sun nor moon nether any star of the sky / and that many years and also undeserved / to nurture him / to humble / to meek and to teach him Gods ways / and to make him apt and mete for the room and honour against he came to it that he might perceive and feel that it came of God / and that he might be strong in the sprite to minister it Godly.
Ioseph sawe ye sonne and the mone and ⟨image 6⟩xi. sterres worshepinge him. Neverthelesse yer that came to passe / God layed him where he coulde nether se sonne ner mone nether any starre of the skye / and that many yeres and also vndeserved / to nurtoure him / to humble / to meke and to teach him Gods wayes / and to make him apte and mete for the rowme and honoure agenst he came to it that he might perceave and feale that it came of God / and that he myghte be stronge in the sprite to mynister it Godly.
He promised the children of Israel a land with rivers of milk and honey.1 But brought them for the space of forty years in to a land where not only rivers of milk and honey were not / but where so much as a drop of water was not / to nurture them and to teach them as a father doeth his son / and to do them good at the later end / and that they might be strong in there sprite and souls to use his gifts and benefits Godly and after his will.
He promysed the childerne of Israell a londe with rivers of mylke and hony.1 But brought them for the space of fourty yeres in to a londe where not only ryvers of mylke and hony were not / but where so moch as a droppe of water was not / to nurtoure them and to teach them as a father doeth his sonne / and to doo them good at the later ende / and that they myght be stronge in there sprite and soules to vse his giftes and benefites Godly and after his will.