A14136:149
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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Understand therefore that one thing in the scripture representeth divers things. A serpent figureth Christ in one place and the devil in another. And a lion doeth likewise. Christ by leaven signifieth Gods word in one place / and in another signifieth ⟨p. lvij⟩thereby the traditions of the Pharisees which soured and altered Gods word for their advantage. Now Moses verily in the said place representeth Christ / 1& Aaron which was not yet high priest / represented / not Peter only or his successor / as my lord of rochester would have it (for peter was to little to bear Christs message unto all the world) but signifieth every disciple of christ and every true preacher of gods word. For Moses put in Aaron's mouth / what he should say / and Aaron was Moses prophet and spake / not his own message (as the pope and Bishops do) but that which Moses had received of God and delivered unto him Exodi. iiij. and also .vij. So ought every preacher to preach Gods word purely and nether to add nor minish. A true messenger must do his message truly and say nether more nor less then he is commanded. 2Aaron when he is high priest and offereth and purgeth the people of their worldly sin which they had fallen in in •wichinge uncleanly things and in eating meats forbidden (as we sin in handling the chalice and the altar stone and are purged with the Bishops blessing) representeth Christ / which purgeth us from all sin in the sight of God / as the pistle unto the hebrews maketh mention. When Moses was gone Up in to the mounts ⟨image 58⟩and Aaron left behind and made the golden calf / there Aaron representeth all false preachers and namely our most holy father the Pope / which in like manner maketh us believe in a bull / as the Bishop of Rochester full well allegeth the place in his sermon.
Vnderstonde therfore that one thinge in the scripture representeth divers thinges. A serpente figureth Christe in one place ād the devell in a nother. And a lyon doeth lykewise. Christe by leven signifieth Gods worde in one place / ād in a nother signifieth ⟨p. lvij⟩