A14136:363
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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¶The .iiij. senses of the scripture.¶The .iiij. senses of ye scripture.
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after the resurrection payed it and gave the keys to them all indifferently. What soever thou bindest on earth / it shall be bound in heaven / and what soever thou lousest on earth it shall be loosed in heaven. Of this text maketh the Pope what he will / and expoundeth it contrary to all the scripture / contrary to Christs practising / and the Apostles / and all the prophets. * Now the scripture giveth record to him self and ever expoundeth it self by an other open text. If the ⟨image 144⟩Pope then can not bring for his exposition the practising of Christ or of the Apostles and prophets or an open text / then is his exposition false doctrine.1 Christ expoundeth him self. Mathei. xviij. saying: If thy brother sin against the rebuke him betwixt him and the alone. If he here the thou hast won thy brother: but if he here ye not then take with thee one or two & so forth as it standeth in the text he concludeth saying to them all what so ever ye bind in earth it shall be bound in heaven and what soever ye louse on earth it shall be loosed in heaven. Where binding is but to rebuke them that sin and loosing to forgive them that repent. And John. xx. Whose since ye forgive they are forgiven and whose since ye hold they are holden. And Paul. j. Corinthiorum. v. bindeth / and .ij. Corinthiorū. ij. louseth after the same manner.
after the resurrection payed it and gave the keyes to thē all indifferently. What soever thou byndest on erth / it shalbe boūde in heven / and what soever thou lousest on erth it shalbe loused in heven. Of this texte maketh the Pope what he will / and expoundeth it contrary to all the scripture / contrary to Christes practysinge / and the Apostles / and all the prophetes. * Now the scripture geveth recorde to him selfe and ever expoundeth it selfe by an other open texte. Yf the ⟨image 144⟩Pope then can not brynge for his exposicion the practysinge of Christe or of the Apostles and prophetes or an open texte / then is his exposicion false doctrine.1 Christe expoundeth him selfe. Mathei. xviij. sayenge: Yf thy brother synne agenste the rebuke him betwixt him and the alone. Yf he here the thou hast wōne thy brother: but yf he here ye not thē take with ye one or two & so forth as it stādeth in ye text he cōcludeth sayēge to thē all what so ever ye bynde in erth it shalbe bounde in heven and what soever ye louse on erth it shalbe loused in heven. Where byndinge is but to rebuke them that synne and lousynge to forgeve them that repente. And