A14136:405
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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If any man shed blood in the church / it shall be interdicted / till he have paid for the hallowing. If he be not able the parish must pay or else shall it stand all ways interdicted. They will be avenged on them that never offended. Full well prophesied of them Paul in the second pistle to Timothy. iij. ⟨image 159⟩Some man will say / wouldest thou that men should fight in the church unpunished? Nay but let the king ordain a punishment for them / as he doeth for them that fight in his palace and let not all the parish be troubled for once fault. And as for their hallowing is the juggling of Antichrist. A Christen man is the temple of God and of the holy ghost / and hallowed in Christs blood. A Christen man is holy in him self by reason of the sprite that dwelleth in him and the place wherein he is / is holy be reason of him / whether he be in the field or town. A christen husband sanctifieth an unchristen wife and a christen wife an unchristen husband (as concerning the use of matrimony) saith Paul to the Corinthians. If now while we seek to be hallowed in Christ / we are found unholy and must be hallowed by the ground or place or walls / then died Christ in vain. How be it Antichrist must have where with to sit in mens consciences and to make them fear where is no fear and to rob them of their faith and to make them trust in that can not help them / and to seek holiness of that which is not holy in it self.
Yf any man shede bloud in the church / it shalbe interdited / tyll he have payd for the halowīge. Yf he be not able the parysh must paye or else shal it stonde all wayes interdited. They wilbe avenged on them that never offended. Full wel prophesied of them Paul in ye secōde pistle to Timothe. iij. ⟨image 159⟩Some man will saye / woldest thou that mē shulde fight in the chruch vnpunished? Nay but let the kinge ordeyne a punishmente for them / as he doeth for them that fyght in his palace and let not all the parish be troubled for ons faute. And as for their halowīge is the iuggelinge of Antichrist. A Christē mā is the temple of God and of the holy goost / and halowed in Christes bloud. A Christen mā is holy in him selfe by reason of the sprite that dwelleth in hym and the place wherein he is / is holy be reason of hym / whether he be in ye felde or towne. A christē husbande sanctifieth an vnchristen wife and a christen wife an vnchristen husbande (as concernynge the vse of matrimony) sayth Paul to the Corinthians. Yf now whyle we seke to be halowed in Christ / we are founde vnwholy ād must be halowed by the grounde or place or walles / then died Christ in vayne. How be it Antychrist must have where with to sitte in mens consciences ād to make them feare where is no feare and to robbe them of their fayth and to make them trust in that can not helpe them / and to seke holynes of that which is not holy in it selfe.