A14136:13
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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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.
- 1Israelites.
1He promised David a kingdom and immediately stirred up king Saul against him / to persecute him / to hunt him as men do hares with greyhounds & to ferret him out of every hole & that for the space of many years to tame him / to meek him / to kill his lusts to make him feel other mens diseases / to make him merciful / to make him understand that he was made king to minister ⟨p. vi⟩and to serve his brethren and that he should not think that his subjects were made to minister unto his lusts / and that it were lawful for him to take away from them life and goods at his pleasure.