A14136:359
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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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: ⟨image 141⟩if he have made her any promise he is bound / if not / then is he not. Finally if thou set this above rehearsed chapter of Math. before the where Christ would not know his mother / and the second of John where he rebuked her / and the second of Luke where she lost him and how negligent she was to leave him behind her at Jerusalem unawares and to goo a days Journey ere she sought for him thou mightest solve many of their reasons which they make of this matter / and that she was without original sin: read also Erasmus's annotations in the said places. And as for me I commit all such matters unto those idle belies which have nought else to do / then to move such questions and give them free liberty to hold what they list / as long as it hurteth not the faith / whether it be so or no: exhorting yet with Paul all that will please God and obtain that salvation that is in Christ / that they give no heed unto unnecessary and brawling disputations / and that they labour for the knowledge of those things without which they can not be saved And remember that the sun was given us to guide us in our way and works bodily. Now if thou leave the natural use of the sun & will look directly on him to see how bright he is and such like curiosity then will the sun blind thee. So was the scripture given us to guide us in our way ⟨p. cxlj⟩and works ghostly. The way is Christ and the promises in him are our salvation if we long for them. Now if we shall leave that right use and turn our selves unto vain questions and to search the unsearchable secretes of God: then no doubt shall the scripture blind us as it hath done our school men and our subtle disputers.
Yet let vs se one of their reasons where with they prove it. The chefe reason is this / every man doeth moare for his mother / saye they / then for other / in lyke maner must Christe do for his mother / therfore hath she this preheminence / that hir body is in heven. And yet Christ in the twelf chapter of Mathe. knoweth hir not for his mother: but as ferforth as she kepte his fathers commaundmentes. And Paul in the seconde Pistle to the Corintheans in v. chap. knoweth not Christe himselfe fleshly or after a worldly purpose. Last of all god is fre & no forther boūde thē he bīdeth hīselfe: