A14136:310
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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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 ⟨p. Cxix⟩desire God to fulfil his promises for the saints sake ye that he will for Christs sake do it for the saints sake.
Also in the collectes of the saītes with which we pray God to save vs thorow the mentes or deservinges off the Sayntes ⟨image 119⟩(which sayntes yet were not saved by ther awne deservinges them selves) we saye Per Christum dominum nostrum / that is for christe our lordes sake. We saye save vs good lorde thorow the sayntes merites for Christes sake. How cā he save vs thorow the sayntes merites for Christes sake and for his deservinge merites and love? Take an example. A gentill man sayth vnto me I will do the vttemost of my power for the / for the love which I owe vnto thy father. Though thou hast never done me pleasure / yet I love thy father well / thy father is my frende ād hath deserved that I doo all that I can for the &c. Here is a testamente and a promyse made vnto me in the love of my father only. Yf I come to the said gentill man in the name of one of his servaūtes which I never saw never spake with nether have any accoyntaunce at all with & saye: Syr I pray you be good master vnto me in soch a cause. I have not deserved that yee shulde soo do. Never the lesse I praye you do it for soch a servauntes sake: yee I praye you for the love that you owe to my father do that for me for soch a servauntes sake. Yf I this wyse made my peticion / wolde not men thinke that I come late out of Saynt Patrikes purgatory / and had left my wittes behynde me. This do we. For the testamente and promyses are all made vnto vs in Christe. And we