A14136:398
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 showed how they have ministered Christ / king and Emperor out of their rooms / and how they have made them a several kingdom which the got at the first in deceiving of princes / and now pervert the whole scripture to prove that they have such authority of God. And lest the lay men should see how falsely the allege the places of the scripture / is the greatest cause of this persecution.
I showed how they have mynistred Christe / kynge and Emperoure out of their rowmes / and how they have made them a severell kyngdome which the gote at the fyrst in deceavynge of princes / and now perverte the whole scripture to prove that they have soch auctoryte of God. And lest the laye men shuld se how falsely the allege the places of the scripture / is the greatest cause of this persecucion.
1They have feigned confession for the same purpose to stablish their kingdom with all. All secrets know they thereby. The Bishop knoweth the confession of whom he lusteth through out all his dioceses. Yea and his chancellor commandeth the ghostly father to deliver it written. The Pope / his Cardinals and Bishops know the confession of the Emperor kings and of all lords. And by confession they know all their captives. If any believe in Christ / by confession they know him. ⟨p. clvj⟩Shrive thy self where thou wilt / whether at sion Charterhouse or at the observants thy confessor is known well enough. And thou / if thou believe in Christ / art waited upon. Wonderful are the things that thereby are wrought. The wife is feared and compelled to utter not her own only but also the secrets of her husband and the servant the secretes of his master. Besides that through confession the quench the faith of all the promises of God and take away the effect & virtue of all the sacraments of Christ
1They have fayned confession for the same purpose to stablysh their kyngdome with all. All secreates know they therby. The Bysshope knoweth the confession of whom he lusteth thorow out all hys dioses. Ye and hys chaunceler commaundeth the gostly father to delyver it written. The Pope / his Cardinals and Bisshopes know the confession of the Emperour kynges and of all lordes. And by confessiō they know all their captives. Yf any beleve in Christe / by confession they know hym.