A14136:320
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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When the old pharisees / whose nature is to drive sinners from Christ / asked Christ why he did eat with publicans and sinners. Christ answered that the whole needed not the physician but the sick. ⟨image 122⟩That is / 1he came to have conversation with sinners to heal them▪ He was a gift given unto sinners / & a treasure to pay their debts. And Christ sent the complaining & disdaining pharisees to the prophet 2Oseas say ge / goo and learn what this meaneth / I desire or require mercy and not sacrifice. As who should say / ye pharisees love sacrifice and 3offering for to feed that God your belies with all / but God commandeth to be merciful. Sinners are ever captives and a pray unto the pharisees and hypocrites / for to offer unto their belies / and to bye merits / pardons and forgiveness of since of them And therefore fear they them away from Christ with arguments of their belly wisdom. For he that receiveth forgiveness free of Christ will by no forgiveness of them. I came (saith Christ) to call / not the righteous / but the sinners unto repentance. The pharisees are righteous & therefore have no part with Christ / nether need they. For they are gods them self & savers. But sinners that repent pertain to Christ. If we repent / Christ hath made satisfaction for us all ready.
When the old phareses / whose nature is to dryve synners from Christe / asked Christe why he did eate with publicanes and synners. Christ answered that the whole neaded not the phisicion but the sycke. ⟨image 122⟩That is / 1he came to have conversacion with synners to heale them▪ He was a gift gevē vnto synners / & a treasoure to paye their dettes. And Christ sente ye cōplayninge & disdayning phareses to the prophete 2