A14136:322
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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Paul. Ro. v. saith. Be cause we are justified through faith / we are at peace with god through our lord Jesus Christ / that is / because that God / which can not lye / hath promised and sworn to be merciful unto us and to forgive us for Christs sake / we believe and are at peace in our consciences / we run not hither and thither for pardon / we trust not in this friar nor that monk nether in any thing save in the word of God only. As a child when his father threateneth him for his fault / hath never rest / till he hear the word of mercy and forgiveness of his fathers mouth again / but as soon as he heareth his father say / goo thy ways / do me no more so / I forgive the this fault / then is his heart at rest / then is he at peace / then runneth he to no man to make intercession for him. Nether though there come any false merchant saying / what wilt thou give me & I will obtain pardon of thy father for thee / will he suffer him self to be beguiled / no he will not bye of a wily fox that which his father hath given him freely.
Paul. Ro. v. saith. Be cause we are iustified thorow fayth / we are at peace with god thorow oure lorde Iesus Christe / yt is / because that God / which can not lye / hath promysed and sworne to be mercyfull vnto vs and to forgeve vs for Christes sake / we beleve and are at peace in our consciences / we runne not hither and thither for pardon / we trust not in this frere ner that monke nether in any thinge save in the worde of God only. As a chyld when his father threatneth him for his faute / hath never rest / tyll he heare the worde of mercy and forgevenes of his fathers mouth agayne / but as sone as he heareth his father saye / goo thy wayes / do me no moare so / I forgeve the this faute / then is his hert at rest / thē is he at peace / then runneth he to no man to make intercession for him. Nether though ther come any false marchaunde sayenge / what wilt thou geve me & I will obtayne pardō of thy father for ye / will he sofre hī selfe to be begiled / no he will not bye of a wily fox that which his father hath gevē him frely.
It followeth. god setteth out his love that he hath to us / that is / he maketh it appear / that men may perceive love / if they be not more than stock blind. In as much saith Paul as