A14136:215
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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¶Of the sacraments.
¶Of the sacramentes.
For as much as we be come to signs / we will speak a word or two of the signs which God hath ordained that is to say / of the sacraments which Christ left amongest us for our comfort / that we may walk in light and in truth and in feeling of the power of God. For he that walketh in the day stumbleth not / when contrary wise he that walketh in the night stone bleth John. xj. And they that walk in darkness wot not whither they goo. Joh. xij.
FOr as moch as we be come to signes / we will speake a worde or two of the signes which God hath ordened that is to saye / of the sacramentes which Christe left amōgest vs for our cōforte / that we maye walke in light and in trouth and in fealinge of the power of God. For he that walketh in the daye stombleth not / when contrary wyse he that walketh in the nyght stō bleth Iohn. xj. And they yt walke in darknes wotte not wheder they goo. Ioh. xij.
This word sacrament is as much to say as an holy sign / and representeth alway some promise of God.1 As in the old testament God ordained that the rainbow should represent and signify unto all men an oath that God sware to Noah and to all men after him / that he would no more drowned the world through water.
This worde sacramēte is as moch to saye as an holy signe / ād representeth allwaye some promise of God.