A14136:66
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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¶The obedience of Servants unto their Masters.¶The obedience of Servauntes vnto their Masters.
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¶The obedience of Servants unto their Masters.
¶The obedience of Servauntes vnto their Masters.
Servants obey your carnal masters with fear & trembling in singleness of your hearts as unto Christ: not with service in the eye sight as men pleasers: but as the servants of christ doing the will of god from the heart with good will / even as though ye served the lord & not men. Ephe. vj. And j. Pe. ij. servants obey your masters with all fear not only if they be good & courteous: but also though they be froward. For it cometh of grace / if a man for conscience toward God endure gr•ffe suffering wrongfully. For what praise is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults / ye take it patiently? But & if when ye do well / ye s•ffer wrong & take it patiently / than is there thank with God. Here unto verily were ye called. For Christ also suffered for our sakes leaving us an example to follow his steppes. In what so ever kind therefore thou art a servant / during the time of thy covenants / thy master is unto the ⟨image 29⟩in the stead & room of God & god through him fedeth the / 1clotheth the / ruleth & learneth the his commandments are Gods commandments and thou oughtest to obey him as God / and in all things to seek his pleasure and profit. For thou art his good and possession / as his ox or his horse in so much that who so ever doth but desire the in his heart from him without his love & licence is condemned of God / which sayeth Exodi. xx. see thou once covet not thy neighbours servants.
SErvauntes obeye your carnall masters with feare & trēblinge in sīglenesse of your hertes as vnto Christ: not with service in ye eye sight as mē pleasers: but as ye servaūtes of christ doinge ye wil of god frō the herte with good will / evē as though ye served the lorde & not mē. Ephe. vj. And j. Pe. ij. servaūtes obeye your masters with all feare not ōly if they be good & courteous: but also though they be frowarde. For it cometh of grace / if a mā for cōsciēce towarde God endure grffe sofferīge wrōgfully. For what prayse is it if when ye be buffeted for your fautes / ye take it paciētly? But & if whē ye do well / ye sffer wrōge & take it paciētly / than is there thanke with God. Here vnto verely were ye called. For Christ also sofferd for our sakes levynge vs an example to folowe his steppes. In what so ever kynde therfore thou art a seruaunte / duringe the tyme of thy covenauntes / thy master is vnto the