A14136:31
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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That thou mayest perceive how that the scripture ought to be in the mother tongue and that the reasons which our sprites make for the contrary are but sophistry & false wiles to fear thee from the light that, thou mightest follow them blindfold & be their captive / to honour their ceremonies & to offer to their belly.1
THat thou maist perceave how yt ye scripture ought to be in ye mother tōge and yt ye reasōs which oure sprites make for ye cō trary are but sophistry & false wiles to feare ye frō ye lighte yt, thou mighteste folowe them blyndefolde & be their captive / to honoure their cerimonies & to offer to their bely.1
- 1That the scripture ought to be in the english tongueThat the scripture oughte to be in the english tonge
First god gave the children of israel a law by the hand of Moses in their mother tongue. & all the prophets wrote in their mother tongue. & all ⟨image 13⟩the psalms were in the mother tongue. And there was Christ but figured and described in ceremonies / in riddles / in parables and in dark prophesies. What is the cause that we may not have the old testament with the new also which is the light of the old and wherein is openly declared before the eyes that there was darkly prophesied? I can imagine no cause verily except it be that we should not see the work of Antichrist and juggling of hypocrites. what should be the cause that we which walk in the broad day / should not see / as well as they that walked in the night / or that we should not see as well at none / as they did in the twilight? Came Christ to make the world more blind? By this means Christ is the darkness of the world and not the light / as he saith him self John. viij.