A14136:52
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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¶Never the later in very deed / after the preaching of Gods word / because it is not truly received. God sendeth great trouble in to the world: partly to avenge him self of the tyrants and persecutors of his word and partly to destroy those worldly people which make of Gods word no thing but a clo•e of their fleshly liberty. They are not all good that follow the Gospel. Christ (Matthei. in the .xiij. chapter.) likeneth the kingdom of heaven unto a net cas• in the see that ketcheth fishes both good & bad. The kingdom of heaven is the preaching of the Gospel / unto which come both good & bad But the good are few.1 Christ calleth them therefore a ⟨image 23⟩little flock Luke. xij. For they are ever few that come to the Gospel of a true entente seeking therein nothing but the glory and praise of God and offering them selves freely and willingly to take adversity with Christ for the Gospels sake and for bearing report unto the trueth / that all men may hear it. The greatest number come and ever came and followed even Christ him self for a worldly purpose. As thou mayst well see (John. vj.) how that almost five thousand followed Christ and would also have made him a king / because he had well fed them. Whom he rebuked saying: ye seek me not / because ye saw the miracles: But because ye ate of the bred and were filled / and drove them away from him with hard preaching.
¶Never ye later in very dede / after the preachinge of Gods worde / because it is not truly receaved. God sendeth greate troble in to the worlde: partly to avenge him selfe of the tyrauntes and persecuters of his worde ād partly to destroye those worldly people which make of Gods worde no thinge but a clo•e of their fleshly libertie. They are not all good that folowe the Gospell. Christ (Matthei. in the .xiij. chapter.) likeneth the kyngdome of hevē vnto a nette cas• in ye see yt ketcheth fishes both good & bad. The kyngdome of hevē is the preachinge of ye Gospel / vnto which come both good & bad But ye good are few.1 Christ calleth thē therfore a