A14136:346
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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Here learn what sophistry is and how blind they are / that thou mayest abhor them and spue them out of thy stomach for ever. Paul by the letter meaneth Moses law. ⟨image 134⟩which the process of the text following declareth more bright then the sone. But it is not their guise to look on the order of any text but as they find it in their doctors so allege they it and so understand it 1Paul maketh a comparison between the law and the Gospel and calleth the law the letter / because it was but letters graven in two tables of cold stone. For the law doeth but kill and damn the consciences / as long as there is no lust in the heart to do that which the law commandeth. Contrary wise he calleth the Gospel the administration of the sprite and of righteousness or justifying For when Christ is preached and the promises which God hath made in Christ are believed / the sprite entereth the heart and looseth the heart and giveth lust to do the law and maketh the law a lively thing in the heart. 2Now as soon as the heart lusteth to do the law / then are we righteous before God and our since forgiven. Never the less the law of the letter graved in stone and not in the hearts was so glorious / that Moses's face shone so bright that the children of Israel could not behold his face for brightness. It was also given in thunder and lightning and t•reble signs / so that they for fear came tot Moses and desired him that he would speak to them & let God speak no more. Lest we dye (said they) If ⟨p. Cxxxiiij⟩we hear him any more: as thou mayest see Exodi twenty. Whereupon Paul maketh his comparison saying: if the ministration of death through the letters figured in stones was glorious / so that the children of Israel could not behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance: why shall not the administration of the sprite be glorious? And again: if the administration of damnation be glorious: much more shall the administration of righteousness exceed in glory: That is / if the law that killeth sinners and helpeth them not be glorious: then the Gospel which pardoneth sinners and giveth them power to be the sons of God and to over come sin / is much more glorious. And the text that goeth before is as clear.