A14136:158
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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Finally that thou mayst know Rochester for ever and all the remnant by him / what they are with in the skin / mark how he playeth bo peep with the scripture.1 He allegeth the beginning of the tenth chapter to the Hebrews. Umbram habens lex futurorum bonorum / the law hath but a shadow of things to come. And immediately expoundeth the figure clean contrary unto the chapter following and to all the hole pistle / making Aaron a figure of the Pope whom the Epistle maketh a figure of Christ.
Fynally that thou mayst knowe Rochester for ever and all the remaunte by hym / what they are with in ye skynne / marke how he playeth bo pepe with the scripture.1 He allegeth the beginnynge of the tenth chapter to the Hebrues. Vmbram habens lex futurorum bonorum / the lawe hath but a shadowe of thinges to come. And immediatly expoundeth the figure cleane contrary vnto the chapter folowinge and to all the hole pistle / makynge Aaron a figure of the Pope whom the Epistle maketh a figure of Christe.
- 1Rochester playeth bo pepe.
He allegeth half a text of Paul. j. Timoth. iiij. In the later days some shall depart from the faith giving heed unto sprites of error and devilish doctrine: but it followeth in the text / giving attendance or heed unto the devilish doctrine of them which speak false through hypocrisy and have their consciences marked with a hot iron / forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received with giving thanks. Which two things who ever did save the 1Pope Rochersters God / making sin in the creatures which God hath created for mans use to be received with thanks. The kingdom of heaven is not ⟨p. lxij⟩