A14136:352
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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Not with standing this text offereth us an apt & an handsome allegory or similitude to describe our wicked ham antichrist the pope ⟨image 137⟩which many hundred years hath done all the shame that heart can think unto the privy member of God which is the word of promise or the word of faith as Paul calleth it Roma. x. and the Gospel and testament of Christ wherewith we are begotten / as thou seest .j. Petri. j. and James. j. And as the cursed children of ham grew in to giants so mighty and great that the children of Israel seemed but grasshoppers in respect of them: so the cursed sons of our Ham the Pope his cardinals / bishops / abbots / monks and friars are become mighty giants above all power and authority / so that the children of faith in respect of them / are much less then grasshoppers. 1They heap mountain upon mountain and will to heaven by their own strength and by a way of their own making and not by the way Christ Never the later those giants for the w• kednes and abominations which they had wrought / did God utterly destroy / part of them by the children of Loth and part by the children of Esau and seven nations of them by the children of Israel. So no doubt shall he destroy these for like abominations and that shortly. For their kingdom is but the kingdom of lies and falsehood which must needs perish at the coming of the trueth of Gods word / as the night vanisheth away at the presence of day. The children ⟨p. cxxxvij⟩of Israel slew not those giants / but them power of God / Gods trueth and promises as thou mayest see in Deutero. * So it is not we that shall destroy those giants / as thou mayest see by Paul. ij. Thessaloni. ij. speaking of our ham Antichrist. Whom the lord shall destroy (sayeth he) with the sprite of his mouth (that is / by the words of trueth) and by the brightness of his coming (that is / by the preaching of his Gospel.
Not with standynge this texte offereth vs an apte & an honsome allegory or similitude to destribe oure weked hā ātichriste the pope ⟨image 137⟩which many hūdred yeres hath done all the shame that herte can thinke vnto the privey membre of God which ys the worde of promyse or the worde of fayth as Paul calleth it Roma. x. and the Gospell and testamente of Christe wherewith we are begotē / as thou seist .j. Petri. j. and Iames. j. And as ye cursed childern of ham grew in to geauntes so myghty ād greate that the childern of Israel semed but greshoppers in respecte of thē: so the cursed sones of oure Ham the Pope his cardinals / bisshopes / abbotes / monkes and freres are become mighty geauntes above all power and auctorite / so that the childern of fayth in respecte of them / are moch lesse then greshoppers.