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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 penance¶Of the sacramentes. › ¶Of penavnce
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¶Of penance
¶Of penavnce
Penance is a word of their own forging to deceive us with all / as many other are. In the scripture we find penitentia repentance. Agite penitentiam / do tepente / Peniteat vos / let it repent you. Metanoyte in greek / forthinke ye / or let it forthinke you. 1Of repentance they / have made penance / to blind the people and to make them think that they must take pain and do some holy deeds to make satisfaction for their since / namely such as they enjoin them.2 As thou mayest see in the chronicles / when great kings and Tyrants (which with violence of sword conquered other kings lands and slew all that came to hand) came to them selves & had conscience of their wicked deeds / then the Bishops coupled them / not to Christ: but unto the Pope and preached the Pope unto them / and made them to submit them selves and also their realms unto the holy father the Pope and to take penance / as they call it / that is to say / such iniuncions as the Pope and Bishops would command them to do / to build abbeys / to endow them with livelihood / to be prayed fort for ever: and to give them exemptions and privilege and licence to do what the lust unpunished.
PEnaunce is a worde of their awne forginge to disceave vs with all / as many other are. In the scripture we fynde penitentia repentaunce. Agite penitentiam / do tepente / Peniteat vos / let it repente you. Metanoyte in greke / forthinke ye / or let it forthinke you. 1Of repentaunce they / have made penaunce / to blynde the people ād to make thē thinke that they must take payne ād doo some holy deades to make satisfactiō for their synnes / namely soch as they enioyne them.2 As thou maist se in the cronycles / when greate kynges and Tyrantes (which with violence of swerde conquered other kynges lōdes and slew all that came to honde) came to them selves & had conscience of their weked deades / then the Bisshopes coupled them / not to Christe: but vnto the Pope and preached the Pope vnto them / and made them to submitte them selves and also their realmes vnto the holy father the Pope and to take penaunce / as they call it / that is to saye / soch iniuncions as the Pope and Bisshopes wolde commaunde them to doo / to byld abbays / to endote them with lyvelode / to be prayd fort for ever: and to geve them exemptions and prevelege and licens to doo what the luste vnpunished.