A14136:141
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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If any man have broken the law or a good ordinance and repent and come to the right way again / then hath Christ power to forgive him: but licence to break the law can he not give / much more his disciples and vicars ([…] they call them selves) can not do it. The 1keys where of they so greatly ⟨p. liiij⟩boast them selves are no carnal things but spiritual and no thing else save knowledge of the law and of the promises or Gospel / if any man for lack of spiritual feeling desire authority of men / let him read the old doctors. If any man desire authority of scripture Christ saith (Luke. xi) woo be to you lawyers for ye have taken away the key of knowledge ye enter not in your selves and them that come in the forbid▪ that is / they had blinded the scripture whose knowledge (as it were a key) letteth in to God / with glosses and traditions. Likewise findest thou Math. xxiij. 2As Peter answered in the name of all so Christ promised him the keys in the person of all Mathe. xvi. And in the .xx. of 3John he payed them saying receive the holy ghost whosoevers sins ye remit they are remitted or forgiven and whosoevers sins ye retain they are retained or holden. 4With preaching the promises loose they as many as repent & believe. And for that John sayeth receive the holy ghost / Luke in his last chapter saith then opened he their wits / that they might understand the scriptures and said unto them: thus it is written. And thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise again the third day. And that 5repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations. ⟨image 55⟩At preaching of the law repent men and at the preaching of the promises do they believe and are saved6