A14136:358
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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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. 1If they be in heaven / we have never the more in Christ: If they be not there / we have never the less. Our duty is to prepare our selves unto the commandments and to be thankful for that which is opened unto us / and not to search the unsearchable secretes of God. Of Gods secretes can we know no more then be openeth unto us. If God shut / who shall open? How then can natural reason come by the knowledge of that which God hath hid unto himself?
As pertaynynge to oure ladyes body / wh• re ⟨p. cxi⟩it is or where the body of Elyas / of Iohn the Evangeliste and of many other be / perteyneth not to vs to know. One thinge are we sure of / that they are where God hath leyde thē. 1Yf they be in hevē / we have never the moare in Christe: Yf they be not there / we have never the lesse. Oure dutie is to prepare oure selves vnto the commaundmentes and to be thankefull for that which is opened vnto vs / and not to sherch the vnsherchable secretes of God. Of Gods secretes can we know no moare then be openeth vnto vs. Yf God shutte / who shall open? How thē cā naturall reasō come by ye knowlege of that which God hath hyd vnto himselfe?
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Yet let us see one of their reasons where with they prove it. The chief reason is this / every man doeth more for his mother / say they / then for other / in like manner must Christ do for his mother / therefore hath she this preeminence / that her body is in heaven. And yet Christ in the twelve chapter of Mathe. knoweth her not for his mother: but as far forth as she kept his fathers commandments. And Paul in the second Pistle to the Corinthians in v. chap. knoweth not Christ himself fleshly or after a worldly purpose. Last of all god is free & no further bound than he bindeth himself: