A14136:291
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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When the people believe therefore if they do so much work or suffer so much pain or goo so much a pilgrimage / that they are safe / is a false faith. For a christen man is not saved by works / but by faith in the promises before all good works / though that the works (when we work Gods commandment with a good will and not works of our own imagination) declare that we are safe and that the sprite of him that hath made us safe is in us: ye and as God through preaching of faith doeth purge and justify / even so thorough working of deeds doeth he purge and justify the members / making us perfect both in body and likeness of Christ.1
Whē the people beleve therefore yf they do so moch worke or sofre so moch payne or goo so moch a pylgremage / yt they are saffe / is a false fayth. For a christen man is not saved by workes / but by fayth in the promises before all good workes / though that the workes (when we worke Gods commaundmente with a good will and not workes of oure awne imaginacion) declare that we are saffe ād that the sprite of him yt hath made vs saffe is in vs: yee and as God thorow preachī ge of fayth doeth purge and iustifie / even so thorow workynge of deades doeth he purge and iustifie the membres / makynge vs perfecte both in body and lykenes of Christe.1
- 1A christen man needeth not to goo a pilgrimage to be saved thereby.A christē man neadeth not to goo a pylgremage to be saved thereby.
Nether needeth a christen man to run hither or thither / to Rome / to Jerusalem / or saint James or any other pilgrimage fer or near / to be saved thereby / or to purchase forgiveness of his since.1 For a christen mans health and salvation is with in him: even in his mouth. Roma. x. The word is nigh ⟨p. Cxj⟩