A14136:97
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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years eaten no flesh and have obtained I doubt not by this time as hie a room as the best of them: should I now loose that? nay I had lever die: and as Lucretia had lever have ben slain if he had not ben to strong for her then to have lost her glory / even so had these. They ascribe heaven unto their imaginations and mad inventions / and receive it not of the liberality of God / by the merits and deservings of Chirst.1
yeres eatē no fleshe and have obteyned I doute not by this tyme as hie a rowme as the best of thē: shuld I now loose that? nay I had lever die: and as lucrecia had lever have ben slayne yf he had not ben to stronge for her then to have lost her glorie / even so had these. They ascribe heven vnto their imaginacions and mad invencions / and receave it not of the liberalite of God / by the merites and deservinges of Chirst.1
- 1The spiritual man.The spirituall man.
He now that is renewed in Christ / keepeth the law without any law written or compulsion of any ruler or officer / save by the leading of the sprite only: but the 1natural man is enticed and moved to keep the law carnally / with carnal reasons and worldly persuasions / as for glory / honour riches and dignity. But the last remedy of all when all other fail / is 2fear. Beat one & the rest will abstain for fear: as Moses ever putteth in remembrance saying: ⟨p. xxxviij⟩kill / stone / burn. So shall thou put evil from thee / and all Israel shall hear and fear and shall no more do so. If fear help not / then will God that they be taken out of this life.