A14136:163
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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For Paul commandeth that no man ones speak in the church / that is / 1in the congregation / but in a tongue that all men understō de / excepte that there be an interpreter by he commandeth to labour for knowledge / understanding / and feeling and to be ware of superstition and persuasions of worldly wisdom / philosophy / and of hypocrisy & ceremonies / and of all manner disguising / & to walk in the plain and open trueth. Ye were once darkness (saith he) but now are ye light in the lord / walk therefore as the children of light. Ephe. v. how doeth Paul also wish them increase of grace in every pistle? How crieth he to God to augment their knowledge / that they should be no more children wavering with every wind of doctrine / but would vouchsafe to make them full men in Christ and in the understanding of the mysteries or secretes of Christ: so that it should not be possible for any man to deceive them with any enticing ⟨image 65⟩reasons of worldly wisdom / or to beguile them with blind ceremonies or to lead them out of the way with superstitiousness of disguised hypocrisy / unto which full 2knowledge are the spiritual officers ordained to bring them Ephe. iiij. So far it is away that Christs Apostles should give them traditions of blind ceremonies without signification or of which no man should know the reason as Rochester which loveth shadows and darkness lieth on them god stop his blasphemous mouth.
For Paul cōmaundeth that no mā ones speak in the church / that is / 1in the congregacion / but in a tōge that all men vnderstō de / excepte that there be an enterpreter by he commaundeth to laboure for knowleage / vnderstandinge / and felinge and to be ware of supersticiō and persuasions of worldly wisdome / philosophy / and of ypocrisy & ceremonies / and of all maner disgisinge / & to walke in the playne and open trueth. Ye were once darknes (saith he) but now are ye light in the lorde / walke therfore as the childern of light. Ephe. v