A14136:385
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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I Have described unto you the obedience of children servants / wives and subjects. Thes iiij. orders are of Gods making and the rules thereof are Gods word. He that keepeth them shall be blessed: ye is blessed all ready and he that breaketh them shall be cursed. If any person of impatience or of a stubborn and rebellious mind withdraw him self from any of these / and get him to any other order: let him not think thereby to avoid the vengeance of god in obeying rules and traditions of mans imagination. If thou polledst thine heed in the worship of thy father and breakest his commandments / shouldest thou so escape? Or if thou paintedst thy masters image on a wall and stekedst up a candle before it / shouldest thou there with make satisfaction / for the breaking of his commandments. Or if thou warest a blew rote in the worship of the king and brakest his laws shouldest thou so go quite? Let a mans wife make her self a sister of the charterhouse and answer her husband when he biddeth her hold her peace / my brethren keep silence for me / and see whether she shall so escape. And be thou sure God is more jealous over his commandments than man is over his or than any man is over his wife.
I Have described vnto you the obedience of childerne servantes / wives ād subiectes. Thes iiij. orders are of Gods makynge and the rules therof are Gods worde. He that kepeth them shalbe blessed: yee is blessed all ready and he that breaketh them shalbe cursed. Yf any person of impaciency or of a stoburne and rebellious mynde withdraw him selfe from any of these / and gete him to any other order: let him not thinke therby to avoyd the vengeaunce of god in obeyenge rules and tradicions of mans imaginacion. Yf thou polledst thine heed in the worshepe of thy father and breakest his commaundmentes / shuldest thou so es•ape? Or yf thou payntedst thy masters image on a wall ād stekedst vp a candle before it / shuldest thou there with make satisfaction / for the breakinge of his commaundmentes. Or if thou wareste a blew rote in the worshepe of the kynge and brakest his lawes shuldest thou so go quyte? Let a mans wife make hir selfe a sister of the charterhouse and answere hir husband whē he byddeth hir holde hir peace / my brethern kepe sylence for me / ād se whether she shall so escape. And be thou sure God is moare gelouse over his commaundmentes thē mā is over his or thē any mā is over his wife.