A14136:309
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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Thereto what so ever is not of faith is sin / Romanorum. xiiij. Faith cometh by herring Gods word Roma. x. When now thou fastest or doest any thing in the worship of any saint believing to come to the favour of God or to be saved thereby if thou have Gods word / then is it true faith and shall save thee. If thou have not Gods word / then is it a false faith superstitiousness and idolatry and damnable sin.
Thereto what so ever is not of fayth is synne / Romanorum. xiiij. Fayth cometh by heringe Gods worde Roma. x. Whē now thou fastest or doest any thinge in the worshepe of any saynte belevinge to come to the favoure of God or to be saved therby yf thou have Gods worde / then is it true fayth and shall save the. Yf thou have not Gods worde / then is it a fals fayth superstitiousnes and ydolatry and damnable synne.
Also in the collects of the saints with which we pray God to save us through the merits or deservings off the Saints ⟨image 119⟩(which saints yet were not saved by there own deservings them selves) we saye Per Christum dominum nostrum / that is for christ our lords sake. We say save us good lord through the saints merits for Christs sake. How can he save us through the saints merits for Christs sake and for his deserving merits and love? Take an example. A gentle man saith unto me I will do the utmost of my power for thee / for the love which I owe unto thy father. Though thou hast never done me pleasure / yet I love thy father well / thy father is my friend and hath deserved that I do all that I can for the &c. Here is a testament and a promise made unto me in the love of my father only. If I come to the said gentle man in the name of one of his servants which I never saw never spake with nether have any acquaintance at all with & say: Sir I pray you be good master unto me in such a cause. I have not deserved that ye should so do. Never the less I pray you do it for such a servants sake: ye I pray you for the love that you owe to my father do that for me for such a servants sake. If I this wise made my petition / would not men think that I come late out of Saint Patrick's purgatory / and had left my wits behind me. This do we. For the testament and promises are all made unto us in Christ. And we