A14136:306
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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¶Gf miracles and worshipping of saints.¶Gf miracles and worsheppinge of sayntes.
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1What prayers pray our clergy for us which stop us and exclude us from Christ and seek all the means possible to keep us from knowledge of Christ. They compel us to hire friars / monks / nuns / canons / and priests / and to by their abominable merits / and to hire the saints that are deed to pray for us / for the very saints have they made hirelings also: because that their offerings come to their profit. What pray all those? that we might come to the knowledge of Christ / as the postels did? Nay verily. For it is a plain case / that all they which enforce to keep us from Christ / pray not that we might come to the knowledge of Christ. And as for the saints (whose prayer was when they were a live that we might be grounded / stablished and strenghted in Christ only) if it were of God that we should this wise worship them contrary unto their own doctrine / I dare be bold to affirm that by the means of their prayers we should have bin brought long a goo unto the knowledge of God and Christ again / though that these beasts had done their worst to let it. Late us therefore set our hearts at rest in Christ and in Gods promises / for so I think it best / and let us take the saints ⟨p. cxviij⟩for an example only and let us do as they both taught and did.2
1What prayers praye our clergye for vs which stoppe vs and exclude vs from Christ and seke all the meanes possible to kepe vs from knowleage of Christe. They compell vs to hyre freres / monkes / nunnes / chanons / and prestes / and to by their abhominable merites / and to hyre the sayntes that are deed to praye for vs / for the very sayntes have they made hyrclynges also: because that their offeringes come to their profit. What praye all those? that we myght come to the knowleage of Christ / as the postels dyd? Naye verely. For it is a playne case / that all they which enforce to kepe vs from Christe / praye not that we myght come to the knowlege of Christe. And as for the sayntes (whos prayer was when they were a lyve that we myght be grounded / stablyshed and strenghted in Christ only) yf it were of God that we shulde this wise worship them contrary vnto their awn doctrine / I dare be bolde to affirme that by the meanes of their prayers we shulde have byn brought longe a goo vnto the knowlege of God ād Christe agayne / though that these beestes had done their worste to let it. Late vs therefore set oure hertes at rest in Christ and in Gods promyses / for so I thinke it best / and let vs take the sayntes