A14136:373
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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Those doctors knew of none authority that one Bishop should have above another / nether thought or once dreamed that ever any such should be / or of any such whispering or of pardons / or scouring of purgatory / as they have feigned.
Those doctours knew of none auctorite that one Bishope shuld have above a nother / nether thought or once dreamed that ever any soch shuld be / or of any soch whisperīge or of pardons / or scouringe of purgatory / as they have fayned.
1And when they cry miracles miracles remember that God hath made an everlasting testament with us in Christs blood / against which we may receive no miracles no nether the preaching of Paul him self if he came again / by his own teaching to the Galatians / nether yet the preaching of the angels of heaven. 2Wherefore ether they are no miracles but they have feigned them (as is the miracle that saint Peter hallowed Westminster) or else / if there be miracles that confirm doctrine contrary to Gods word / then are they done of the devil (as the maid of ipswich ⟨p. cxlviij⟩and of kent) to prove us whether we will cleave fast to Gods word and to deceive them that have no love to the trueth of Gods word nor lust to walk in his laws.3
1And when they crye myracles myracles remembre that God hath made an everlastinge testamente with vs in Christes bloud / agenst which we maye receave no myracles no nether the preachinge of Paul hym selfe yf he came agayne / by his awne teachinge to the Galathiens / nether yet the preachinge of the aungels of heven. 2Wherfore ether they are no myracles but they have fayned them (as is the myracle that saint Peter halowed westmester) or else / yf there be myracles that confirme doctrine contrary to Gods worde / then are they done of the devell (as the mayde of ypswich