A14136:187
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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1First by the authority of the Gospel / they that preach the word of God in every parish and other necessary ministers / have right to challenge an honest living like unto one of the brethren / and there with ought to be content 2Bishops and priests that preach not or that preach ought save Gods word / are none of Christs nor of his anointing: but servants of the beest whose mark they bear / whose word they preach whose law they maintain clean against gods law / and with their false sophistry give him greater power then God ever gave to his son Christ.
1Fyrst by the auctorite of the Gospell / they that preach the worde of God in every paresh and other necessary ministres / have right to calēge an honest lyvinge lyke vnto one of the brethern / ād there with ought to be contente 2Bisshopes ād prestes that preach not or that preach oughte save Gods worde / are none of Christes nor of his anoyntinge: but servauntes of the beest whose marke they beare / whose worde they preach whose law they mayntene cleane agēst gods law / and with their false sophistry geve hym greater power then God ever gave to his sonne Christ.
- 1Tot quo•
- 2Bishops that preach not.Bisshopes that preach not.
But they as unsatiable beasts not unmindful why they were shaven and shoren / because they will stand at ⟨p. lxxvj⟩no mans grace or be in any mans danger / have gotten in to their own hands / first the