A14136:96
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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In like manner is it for the most part of our most holy religion. For they of like imagination do things which they of Bedlam may see / that they are but madness. They look on the miracles which God did by the saints to move the unbelieving unto the faith and to confirm the truth of his promises in Christ / whereby all that believe are made saints:1 as thou seest in the last chapter of Mark. They preached (saith he) every where / the lord working with them and confirming their preaching with miracles that followed. And in the fourth of the acts) the disciples prayed that ⟨p. xxxvij⟩God would stretch forth his hands to do miracles and wonders in the name of Jesus And Paul .j. Corinth. xiiij. saith / that the miracle of speaking with divers tongues is but a sign for unbelievers and not for them that believe. Thes miracles turn they unto another purpose saying in 2their blind hearts. See what miracles God hath showed for this saint / he must be verily great with God. And at once turn them selves from Gods word and put their trust and confidence in the saint and his merits and make an advocate or rather a God of the saint / and of their blind imagination make a testament or bond between the saint and them / the testament of Christs blood clean forgotten.3 They look on the saints garments and lives or rather lies which men lye on the saints: and this wise imagine in their hearts saying: the saint for wearing such a garment and for such deeds is become so glorious in heaven. If I do like wise / so shall I be also. They see not the faith and trust which the saints had in Christ / nether the word of God which the saints preached / nether the entente of the saints / how that the saints did such things to tame their bodies & to be an ensample to the world / & to teach that such things are to be despised which the world •oost wondereth at and magnifieth. They ⟨image 38⟩see not also that some lands are so hot that a man can nether drink wine nor eat flesh there in: nether consider they the complexion of the saints / and a thousand like things see they not. So when they have killed there bodies and brought them in that case / that scace with any restorative they can recover their health again yet had they lever die than to eat flesh. Why? for they think / I have now this .xx.xxx. or .xl.