A14150:38
A path way i[n]to the holy scripture
London: printed by Thomas Godfray, 1536
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A pathway into holy. &c. › PartA pathwaye into holy. &c. › Part
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶ And that it is right that we obey father and mother / master / lord / prince / & king / & all the ordinances of the world bodily and ghostly by which god ruleth us and ministereth freely his benefits unto us all. ⟨image 25⟩And that we love them for the benefits that we receive by them / & fear them for the power they have over us / to punish us if we trespass the law and good order. So far yet are the worldly powers or rulers to be obeyed only / as their commandments repugn not against the commandment of god / and than ho. Wherefore we must have God's commandment ever in our hearts / & by the higher law interpret the inferior: that we obey nothing against the belief of our god / or against the faith / hope and trust that is in him only / or against the love of god where by we do or leave undone all thing for his sake / & that we do nothing for any mans commandment against the reverence of the name of god / to make it despised and the less feared and set by / & that we obey nothing to the hindrance of the know ⟨image 25⟩lege of the blessed doctrine of god / whose servant the holy day is.
¶ And that it is right that we obey father and mother / mayster / lorde / prince / & kynge / & all the ordynaunces of the worlde bodily and gostly by whiche god ruleth vs and ministreth frely his benefytꝭ vnto vs al. ⟨image 25⟩And that we loue them for the benefytes that we receyue by thē / & fere them for the power they haue ouer vs / to punyssh vs if we trespace the lawe and good ordre. So farre yet ar the worldly powers or rulers to be obeyed onely / as their cōmaūdementes repugne nat agaynst the cō maundement of god / and than ho. Wherfore we must haue goddes cō maundement euer in our hertes / & by the hyer lawe interprete the inferyor: that we obey nothīge against the belefe of our god / or agaynst the faith / hope and trust that is in him only / or agaist the loue of god wher by we do or leaue vndone all thing for his sake / & that we do nothinge for any mans cōmaūdemēt against the reuerence of the name of god / to make it dispysed and the lesse fered and set by / & that we obeye nothinge to the hynderaunce of the know ⟨image 25⟩