A14136:121
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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When so ever the children of Israel fell from ⟨p. xlvij⟩the way which God commanded them to walk in he gave them up under one tyrant or another. As soon as they came to the knowledge of them selves and repented crying for mercy and leaning unto the truth of his promises he send one to deliver them / as the histories of the bible make mention.
Whē so ever the childern of Israel fell frō ⟨p. xlvij⟩ye waye which God cōmaūded thē to walke in he gave them vp vnder one tyraunte or a nother. As sone as they came to the knowleage of them selves and repented cryenge for mercy ād leninge vnto the trouth of his promyses he sende one to delyver them / as the histories of the byble make mencion.
A Christen man in respect of God is but a passive thing / a thing that suffereth only and doeth nought / as the sick in respect of the surgeon or physician doth but suffer only.1 The surgeon lanceth and cutteth out the deed flesh searcheth the wounds / thrusteth in tents / seareth / burneth / soweth or stitcheth and leieth to corsies to draw out the corruption / and last of all leieth to healing plasters and maketh whole. The physician like wise giveth •urgacions and drinks to drive out the disease and then with restoratives brim geth health.2 Now if the sick resist the razor the searching iron and so forth / doeth he not resist his own health and is cause of his own death. So like wise is it of us / if we resist evil rulers which are the 3rod and scourge where with God chastiseth us / the instruments where with God searcheth our wounds and bitter drinks to drive out the sin and to make it appear / and corsies to draw out by the roots the core of the pox of the soul that freteth inward.