A14136:38
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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And he because he hath most labour and leest profit polleth on his part and fetcheth here a mass penny there a trentall / yonder dirige money and for his beadroll with a confession penny and such like. And thus are we never taught and are yet nevertheless compelled: yea compelled to hire many costly schoolmasters. Thes deeds are verily against Christ. Shall we therefore judge you by your deeds / as Christ commandeth? So are ye false prophets and ye disciples of Antichrist or of against Christ.
And he because he hath most laboure and leest profit polleth on his parte and fetteth here a masse peny there a trentall / yonder dirige money and for his beyderoule with a confession peny and soch lyke. And thus are we never taughte and are yet neverthelesse compelled: ye compolde to hyre many costly scolemasters. Thes deades are veryly agenst Christ. Shall we therfore iudge you by youre deades / as Christe cōmaūdeth? So are ye false prophetes ād ye disciples of Antichriste or of agēst Christe.
The sermons which thou readest in the Acts of the apostles & all that the apostles preached were no doubt preached in the mother ⟨image 16⟩tongue. Why then might they not be written in the mother tongue? As if one of us preach a good sermon why may it not be written? Saint hierom also translated the bible in to his mother tongue. Why may not we also? They will say it can not be translated in to our tongue it is so rude. It is not so rude as they are false liars. For the greek tongue agreeth more with the english then with the latin. And the 1properties of the hebrew tongue agreeth a thousand times more with the english then with the latin. The manner of speaking is both one so that in a thousand places thou needest not but to trans / late it in to the english word for word when thou must seek a compass in the latin / and yet shalt have much work to translate it well-faveredly / so that it have the same grace and sweetness / sense and pure understanding with it in the latin / as it hath in the hebrew. A thousand parts better may it be translated in to the english then in to the latin. Ye and except my memory fail me and that I have forgotten what I read when I was a child thou shalt find in the English chronicle how that king