A14136:233
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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but these seek not your Christ but yours to them selves / and therefore lest their deeds should be rebuked will not come at the light.
but these seke not youre Christe but yours to them selves / and therfore lest their deades shulde be rebuked will not come at the lyght.
Nevertheless the trueth is / that we are all equally beloved in Christ / and God hath sworn to all indifferently. According therefore as every man believeth Gods promises longeth for them and is diligent to pray unto God to fulfil them so is his prayer heard / and as good is the prayer of a cobbler / as of a Cardinal / and of a butcher / as of a Bishop / and the blessing of a baker that knoweth the truth / is •s good as the blessing ⟨p. xciij⟩of our most holy father the Pope. And by blessing 1understand not the wagging of the Popes or Bishops hand over thine heed / but prayer as when we say God make the a good man / Christ put his sprite in thee or give the grace and power to walk in the trueth and to follow his commandments &c. As Rebeccaes friends blessed her when she departed / Gene. xxiiij saying. Thou art our sister: grow unto thousand thousands and thy seed possess the gates of their enemies. And as Isaac blessed Jacob Gene. xxvij. saying. God give the of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth abundance of corn / wine and oil &c. And Gene. xxviij. Almighty God bless thee and make the grow / and multiply the / that thou mayest be a great multitude of people and give to thee and to thy seed after the the blessings of Abraham / that thou mayest possess the land wherein thou art a stranger which he promised to thy grandfather and such like.
Neverthelesse the trueth is / that we are al equally beloued in Christe / and God hath sworne to all indifferently. Accordinge therfore as every man beleveth Gods promises longeth for them and is diligente to praye vnto God to fulfill them so is his prayer herde / and as good is the prayer of a cobler / as of a Cardinall / and of a bocher / as of a Bisshope / and the blessinge of a baker that knoweth the trouth / is s good as the blessinge