A14136:177
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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Antichrist.
Antichrist of another manner hath sent forth his disciples those false anointed of which Christ warneth us before that they should come and show miracles1 ⟨p. lxxiij⟩and wonders / even to bring the very elect out of the way / if it were possible. 2He anointeth them after the manner of the Jews and shaveth them and shoreth them after the manner of the heathen priests which served the idols. He sendeth them forth not with false oil only / but with false 3names also. For compare their names unto their deeds and thou shalt find them false. He sendeth them forth as Paul prophesied of them .ij. Thessalonien. ij. with lying signs and wonders. 4What sign is the anointing? that they be full of the holy ghost. Compare them to the signs of the holy ghost which Paul reckoneth / & thou shalt find it a false sign. A Bishop must be faultless / the husband of one wife. 5Nay saith the Pope / the husband of no wife / but the holder of as many whores as he listeth. God commandeth all degrees / if they burn and can not live chaste / to marry. The Pope saith if thou burn take a 6dispensation for a concubine and put her away / when thou art old / or else as our lawyers say / sinon caste tamen