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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural
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vj.
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In the beginnenge of the . vj. he
discrybeth marten aftir the
ensample of his awne nature / as in other
places he discribeth god
aftir the complexion of popes cardenals and
worldly tirantes.
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M. Marten will abyde but by the scripture only.
T. and ye will
come at no scripture only: And as for the old
doctours ye wyll heare
as litle / saue where it pleaseth you / for all youre
crienge / old holy fathers. For tel me this / whi haue ye in
englonde condemned the
vnion of doctours but because ye wold not haue
youre falshed disclosed by the doctrine of them.
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M. they saye / that a christen man is
discharged of al lawes spirituall
and temperall saue the gospell.T. ye iugle /
we saye that no christen man ought to bynde his brother
violently / vn to any lawe wher
of he coude not geue a reason out of christes
doctrine and out of the lawe of loue. And on the other syde
we saye / that a christen man is called to sofre wronge and
tiranny (though no man ought to bynde him) vntill god rid
vs therof: so fer yet as the tiranny is not directly agenst
the law of god and faith of Christe / and no further.
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M. marten was the cause of the destruccion of
the vplondish people
of germanie. T. that is false for then he coude
not haue escaped him selfe. Marten was as moch the cause of
their confusion / as
Christ of the destruccion of Ierusalem. The
duke elector of saxon cam from the warre of those vplondish
people and other dukes with him / in to Wittenberge where
Marten is / with .xv. hundred men
of armes / so that Marten if he had bene gyltie
/ coude not
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