A14136:199
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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The Emperor and kings are no thing now a days but even hangmen unto the Pope and Bishops / to kill whosoever they condemn / with out any more a do / as Pilate was unto the scribes and pharisees and the hie Bishops / to hang Christ.1 For as those prelates answered Pilate (when he axed what he had done) if he were not an evil doer we would not have brought him unto thee. As who should say / we are to holy to do any thing amiss / thou mayst believe us well enough: yea and his blood on our heeds / said they / kill him hardly / we will bear the charge / our souls for thine: we have also a law by which he ought to dye / for he calleth him self Gods son. Even so say our prelates / he ought to dye by our laws / he speaketh against the church. And your grace is sworn to defend the liberties and ordinances of the church and to maintain our most holy fathers authority ⟨p. lxxxj⟩[…] souls for yours / ye shall do a meritorious dead therein. Never the less as Pilate escaped not the judgement of God / even so is it to be feared lest our temporal powers shall not. Wherefore 2be learned ye ye judge the earth lest the lord be angry with you and ye peresh from the right way.
The Emperoure and kynges are no thinge now a dayes but even hangmen vnto the Pope ād Bisshopes / to kyll whosoever they condemne / with out any moare a doo / as Pilate was vnto the scribes and pharises and the hie Bisshopes / to hange Christe.1 For as those prelates answered Pilate (whē he axed what he had done) yf he were not an evyll doer we wolde not have brought hym vnto the. As who shuld saye / we ar to holy to doo any thinge amisse / thou mayst beleve vs well ynough: ye and his bloude on oure heedes / sayed they / kyll hī hardly / we will beare the charge / oure soules for thine: we have also a lawe by which he ought to dye / for he calleth him selfe Gods sone. Even so saye oure prelates / he ought to dye by oure lawes / he speaketh agenst the church. And your grace is sworne to defende the lyberties and ordinaunces of the church and to mayntene oure most holy fathers auctorite ⟨p. lxxxj⟩