A14136:357
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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I was once at the creating of doctors of divinity / where the opponent brought the same reason to prove that the widow had more merit then the virgin / because she had greater pain for as much as she had once proved the pleasures of matrimony. Ego ne go domine doctor said the respondent. For though the virgin have not proved / yet she imagineth that the pleasure is greater then it is in dead and therefore is more moved and hath greater temptation and greater pain. Are not these disputers they that Paul speaketh of in the sixth chapter of the first pistle to Timotheum. That they are not / content with the wholesome words of our lord Jesus Christ / and doctrine of godliness. And therefore know no thing: but wast their brains about questions and strife of words / whereof spring envy / strife and railing of men with corrupt minds destitute of the truth.
I was once at the creatinge of doctours of divinite / where the oponente brought the same reason to prove that ye wedow had moare merite then the vigin / because she had greater payne for as moch as she had once proved the pleasures of matrimony. Ego ne go domine doctor said the respondente. For though the virgen have not proved / yet she imagineth that the playsure is gretter then it is in deade and therfore is moare moved and hath greater temptacion ād greater payne. Are not these disputers they that Paul speaketh of in the sixte chapter of ye first pistle to Timotheum. That they are not / contente with the wholsome wordes of oure lorde Iesus Christ / and doctrine of godlinesse. And therfore know no thinge: but wast their braynes aboute questions and strifte of wordes / wherof springe envy / stryfe and raylinge of men with corrupte myndes destitute of the trouth.
As pertaining to our ladies body / wh• re ⟨p. cxi⟩it is or where the body of Elijah / of John the Evangelist and of many other be / pertaineth not to us to know. One thing are we sure of / that they are where God hath laid them. 1