A14136:30
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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Never the less yet if any man have resisted ignorantly / as Paul did / let him look on the trueth which Paul wrote after he came to knowledge.1 Also if any man clean against his heart / but overcome with the weakness of the flesh for fear of persecution / have denied / as Peter did / or have delivered his book or put it away secretly. Let him (if he repent) come again & take better hold and not despair or take it for a sign that God hath forsaken him.2 For God ofttimes taketh his strength even from his very elect / when they other trust in their own strength or are negligent to call to him for his strength. And that doeth he to teach them and to make them feel that in the fire of tribulation for his words sake nothing can endure & abide / save his wor• & the strength only which he hath promised For which strength he will have us to pray unto him night and day withal instance
Never the lesse yet yf any man have resisted ignorantly / as Paul dyd / let him loke on the trueth which Paul wrote after he came to knowlege.1 Also yf any man cleane agenst his herte / but overcome with the wekenes of the flesh for feare of persecucion / have denied / as Peter did / or have delyvered his boke or put it awaye secretlye. Let him (yf he repente) come agayne & take better holde and not dispeare or take it for a signe that God hath forsaken hym.2 For God oftimes taketh his strength evē from his very electe / whē they other trust in their awne strength or are negligente to call to hym for his strength. And that doeth he to teach them and to make them feale that in ye fyre of tribulacion for hys wordes sake nothynge cā endure & abyde / save his wor• & ye strength only which he hath promysed For which strēgth he will have vs to praye vnto hym nyght and daye withall instaūce
- 1God receiveth thē that come againGod receavith thē that come agayne