The summe of christianitie gatheryd out almoste of al placis of scripture by that noble and famouse clerke FRANCIS LAMBERT of Auynyon And translatyd and put in to prynte in Englyshe by TRISTRAM REVEL The yere of our lorde 1536. ⧠The table of this boke FYrste ther is an epistle of the translatour to the most vertuous Quene ANNE There is also the epystle of the Author in place or stede of a prologe to the moste noble lorde lorde Sebastyan prynce of Lausane in the which is made answere to those thyngê that Tregaryus wrytte to the same Lorde in hys epystle prefyxed hys hundreth paradoxes Also these thynges folowynge be intreated vpon in .385 paradoxes or questyons deuyded into chapiters ¶ The fyrst Chapiter of the blydnes of the worldes paste and hathe Paradoxes .29 ¶ The seconde Chapiter of the holy Churche of god and reprouable synagoge of Sathan of canonyzynge and inuocatyon of Saynctes and hathe Paradoxes .31 ¶ The thyrde Chapiter of the communyon of Sayntes of excomunycatyon and bulles of the sonne of perdycyon and hathe Paradoxes .14 ¶ The fourthe Chapitre of true good workes and the lawe of grace and the gospell and vertues of the faythefull and hathe Paradoxes .20 ¶ The fyfthe Chapitre of the prestehode of the faythefull and true ministres of the churche .i. byshopes and deacons and hathe Paradoxes .38 ¶ The syxte Chapitre of punyshmeÌ„t and deposiÌ„g false byshopes and false apostles and hathe Paradoxes .31 ¶ The seuenthe Chapitre of the auctoryty and ministery of byshopes and in what thynges they ought to be subiecte to prynces and rulers of sanctuaryes and hathe Paradoxes .27 ¶ The eyght Chapitre that byshoppes maye nat be prynces and lordes and hathe Paradoxes .13 ¶ The nynthe Chapitre of abrogacyon of fyrste frutes tythes and offerynges and what the faythfull owe to theyr bysshoppes .i. ministers of the worde also of those thinges that they owe to prynces and rulers and hathe Paradoxes .28 ¶ The tenthe Chapitre of the table of the lorde and execrable costomes of the kyngdome of the son of perdycyon vtterly to be extincte and putte downe and of Purgatory and hathe Paradoxes .36 ¶ The eleuenthe Chapitre of sectes and beggyng hathe Paradoxes .18 ¶ The twelfthe Chapitre to whom it belongythe to iudge of doctryne if it be of god or nat and of wycked vniuersyties and hathe Paradoxes .15 ¶ The thyrtenthe Chapitre of the partes as they call it of penaunce and all that belongythe there to and hathe Paradoxes .85 ¶ This terme Paradoxe is a conclusyon or posiscyon or questyon ☞ ♣ ☜ ⧠The epystle of the translator ⧠To the moste gracyous Quene ANNE most deare wyfe of our most drade soueraygne lorde HENRY the eyght of Englande of FrauÌ„ce kynge defender of the faythe and lorde of Irelande and vnder god next chefe and supreme heade of the churche of Englande your most bondeÌ„ oratour Trystram Reuel wysshethe helthe GRace and peace from God the father and the lorde Iesus Chryste be with you moste Gracyous Quene / moste humbly and with all reuerence gyuynge laudes / and praysynges vnto almyghtye god for your grace euen after the mynde of saynte Paule Ephe alwayes in all my prayers for your grace with gladnes bycause of the felyshype whiche your grace hathe in the gospel froÌ„ the fyrst day vntyll nowe and am surely certyfyed that he whiche hathe begonne a good worke in you wyl also go forthe with it vntyl the day of Iesus chryst with the encrease and establyshement of his gospell as yet but yonge hath many enemyes to whome the lorde sende the day of his visytatyon to hê honoure and glory and your grace to perseuere with all dylygence as your grace haue begone to promote furder and sette forthe â—oh 1. Goddes worde vpon the selfe same zele that saynte Iohan cryed in deserte make redy the way of the lorde / So that euery man may be rulyd by the laste wyll and testamente of our eldest brother and lorde Iesus Chryste which is suffycyent for al vs to lyue after to euerlastynge helth to knowe God the father to be God alone and whoÌ„ he hath sent Iesus Chryste 〈◊〉 17. without any other foreyne or straung lawes he hath also straytly coÌ„mauÌ„ded his lawyers â—â—odi â— byshopes ouer the coÌ„gregation or any other nether to adde or dymynyshe one Iote to or from hys forsayd last wyl isai â—â— sayng I am thy god the God of Zelotes one alone suffycyent thou shalte haue no straunge godes iÌ„ my syht â—ie 31. nether turne to the ryght hande nor the lefte And nowe heare Israel the preceptes and iudgementes whiche I teache the that doynge them thou mayste lyue goinge in may possesse the laÌ„de that the lorde God of thy fathers wyll gyue the. Thou shalt adde nothyng to the worde that I speake to the Deu. â— nor take any thynge from it kepe the commaundementes of thy lord god and holde the kynges hyghe waye the pathe of holy scrypture which is the worde besydes whoÌ„ there is none other furthermore vpon the selfe same charge he hathe ordayned instytute and made executors for the performaunce of hys sayde testament that euery maÌ„ without respecte of person shulde be equally receyued and that of sundry wyse Fyrst he hathe instytute Mark 17. Math 16. Mark 10. Lu. 2. Hu. 1 3. Regum â— Bysshoppes to teache hys people therin to lose to bynde to pronauÌ„ce grace and remissyon of synnes gyuen thoroughe hys worde Moreouer he hathe put kynges prynces rulers iÌ„ theyr auctorytes to punyshe correcte and expulse from hys congregacyon transgressours of hys lawes and straungers not sekynge to edefye but to kyl which be callyd bloude suppers men lyuynge after theyr owne braynes and fantasies not commynge in at the dore but another waye settynge forthe theyr owne lawes tradycyons almost deceyuynge the very electe as is wel knowen to the faythfull with suppressyon and treadynge vnder fote Math. 4. euen to this day the lyght of euerlastyng veryte the lyuely word of god And for the cause most chrysten Quene that noble and famous clarke FRAVNCYS ' LAMBERT Author of thys lytle treatyse perceyuynge both the exilynge of the gospel from chrysten meÌ„nes hartes â—oh 16 and also the ruyne and destructyon of the faythfull moste lyke a true champyon hath sette forthe to the quycke Image the pestylente doctryne and actes of the kyngedome of perdycyon the church of Antychryste the men of synne the Pope and his sectes in many workes with great laboures and study chefly in thys lytle boke clerely confutynge the synagoge of Sathan as a noble executour of his brothers aforesayde wyll and by the same auctoryte hathe descrybed and set forth true mynisters of goddes moste holye worde a boke to be redde of all chrysteÌ„ people therin they may learne to walke in theyr callynge pryncypally byshopes ouer the congregacion which sayde lytle treatyse by a good
christen brother lent to me as yet bothe yonge in yeres and muche lesse in learnynge haue taken in hande to translate this so precyous a treasure and offer it to your most noble grace rudely sette forth trustynge that youre grace wyll cause the same eloquently and ornatly to be translated by some of your dyscret wyse and well learned clarkes most humbly besechynge your grace in good parte to take this my rude enterpryse pryncypally to confesse the truthe bycause I am very vnmete to do such a thinge and partly for lake of tyme oppressed with pouertye the whiche as the Poete MANTVANE wrytteth is enemy to good maners consequeÌ„tlye my wryttynge is verye course and base as yet ferre from the trade of a wryter the which be the causes of my offerynge to your grace so rude a volume so indygeste a phrase and to be brefe so vnsemely set together wherfore I humbly beseche your grace to take these my fyrste frutê yf they may be called frutes euen as Chryste our mayster hathe accepted the offerynge of the pore woman whose wyll was good Mar. 12 Lu. 21. wheÌ„ she offered al that she hade thoughe it was but lytle And the holy goste preserue our sayde soueraygne Lorde and your most deare husbande your grace the ladye ELEZABETHE Pryncesse Doughter heyre vnto you bothe and gyue to you the lyght of hys mercye to whome with god the Father and the Sonne be honoure and glorye for euer more So be it ✚ The epystell of the auctour ⧠To the noble and moste gentyll lorde lorde SEBASTIAN of MouÌ„t faulcone prynce of Lausanc FRANCIS LAMBERT the vnprofytable seruancte of Iesus Christe grace and peace of god the father and the lorde Iesus Christe ⧠NOt many yeres passyd moste noble prynce whaÌ„ I shulde preache the pure and holsome worde of god at your cytie of Lausane I dyd ê‘ceiue by many argumentes bothe the sobre gentylnes of youre mynde and also the outragyous wyckednes of certayne flaterers and deceiuers For at altymes where as you were present at my sermons you dyd moste purely fauer the worde of god and whan you were constreynyd with vrgent busynes to be absent whiche was ones and eftsones as you haue enformyd me very many were aboute sumwhat busyly to alyenat or make you straunge ye as it were to say enuiously to drawe you frome the worde of god lyke fyrye burnyng knyghtes adfyrmyng that I preachyd heresye But at the laste the myghty verytye hathe so conuycte you that you haue wryten many thynges for me and I gladly coÌ„fesse that for the loue of you I was gentylly enterteynyd with the BerneÌ„ses Ligurynes Basylyanes Friburgyanes Farthermore at my departyng from you you instantly desyryd me very ofte to wryte to you whiche to do I gladly promysed in tyme conuenient wherfore I beseche your hyghnes of pardone bycause I haue nat performyd it to thys daye for it chansyd nother by obliuiousnes or neglygence but very ofte whan I was about to do it I was constreynydly rapte to other maters The laste of al I wolde haue made answere to the hundreth paradoxes or questyones of CONRADVS TREGARIVS the Augustyne frereseÌ„t to you wherin he is very busy not alonly to pull you away frome Christe but also the noble gentyles of Heluetia although he do glory with pretens and zele of the spirite of Christ in the spirite of erroure and blyndnes Veryly he dothe teache nothyng lesse then Christ For he laboryth very sore to vndermyne the vyneyarde of the lorde of companies that is to saye the congregacyon or churche of christen people euyn lyke to a crafty or wyly foxe but this foxe muste be taken I saye thys lytle foxe ye the whiche is without effycacytie or strengthe of the spirite that other he maye be sauyd or els confoundyd put downe accordynge as the spouse commaundyth in the cantykles saing take to vs these foxes these lytle foxê that vndermyne the vyneyardes and the lytle eyes of the vynes which wordes howe they shulde be vnderstaÌ„dyd I haue declaryd in my enarracyon in to the cantycles Farthermore whaÌ„ I was about an answere in to the sayde paradoxes or conclusyons the derely belouyd and trewe teachyd bretheren of god VVLSGANGVS FABRICIVS Capito and MARTINE BVCER two of the byshopes of Argentyne preuentyd me And for that cause I dyd leaue of my purpose and toke on hande the reiteracyon or settyng forthe the comentaryes whiche I had begonne in to certayne of the prophetes with many other thynges for I knowe them to furnyshe that mater more dylygently then shal nede that any man shulde adde any thynge to theyr wrytingê I wolde but alonly monishe you to beware and take hede of suche wolues goyng in shepes clothyng that they do nat in euery place vyolently rapte slee and dystroye I haue also made answere to the epystle that he dyd wryte to you in the begynnyng of his boke deferrynge to wryte to you matters of greater grauytye vnto a tyme more conuenient as well as if I had made answere to the sayde paradoxes or conclusyones Nor you shall nat merueyle that I sayde there be many byshopes of one cytye for verely euery cytie hath so many byshoppes as it hathe true euangelystes or preachers for euery preacher of the truthe I say of the truthe that dothe nat preachelyes decrees inuencions dreames lawes and couÌ„selles of men but the moste pure and symple worde of god is a true byshope although he be nat callyd so of many the churche of god hathe no other byshopes but these therfore there as is no pure minister of the worde of god is no bysshop and without doute we haue ben very longe and manye yeres without byshopes in the moste fearfull iudgement of god for they that haue be callyd byshopes to this day be nothyng lesse than byshopes excepte they wyll be callyd wycked or purse byshopes or byshopes of the kyngdome of antichriste Verely a byshope is callyd by interpretacyoÌ„ an ouersear or watcher and euery man is byshope of the thiÌ„g that he moste entendythe But there is no man so blynde but he perceuyth to what thyngê these byshopes of the kyngdome of perdycyon entende Ye and they glory them selues in lyenge wordes sayeng He that dothe a thiÌ„g by another / aperethe to do it by hym selfe This rule / is execrable / and cursyd byfore the lorde in those thynges that pertaine to the office of a byshop whose hyest pointe is ministery of the alonly worde of god for they may coÌ„mytte to other the ministery of sacramentes bycause they be pryncypally sent to the ministery of the worde As saynte Paule wryteth of hym selfe in the fyrste epystle to the Corinthianes the fyrste chapitre sayeng Christ sent nat me to baptyze but to preache the gospell more ouer these buggyshe bysshopes substitute or haue none vnder theÌ„ that is a pure euangelyst but hyre wretches and moste couytouse marchantes of lukre that seke nothynge lesse then the
supposethe for the Hebrewe bokes haue it wrytten of thys maner in the syxt Chapiter of the Cantikles Reuertere Reuertere Schulamis the which wordes in englyshe be returne returne or turne agayne my peasyble churche and in the .7 chapiter what shall ye fynde in my peasyble churche but companyes of warryours spoken by thys terme Schulamis let hym haue hys churche the whiche he callethe Sunamis that is to say the synagoge of Antychryste myserable captyuate stony indurate we wel haue â—ures the whiche we cal Schulamis that is to saye the churche of god the spouse of true Scholomon which is by interprytacyon of Chryst that pesable kynge all whose souayours stronge ye most strongest be alwaye gyrded with the most persynge sworde of the worde of god for nyghtlye dreades Lantik 3. these souayours be made moste ware and wyse to the battelles into the coniuringe of Antychryst whom god him selfe hathe made truely wyse Ioh. 6. of whom the reprouable Aegipte Sodome Babylon be not able to suffer the leaste scyrmyge or lettynge lose nor neuer coulde Thys Trygaryus dothe saye that we threaten greate thynges but to whom or do we threteÌ„ our selues do not we rather open and declare the thretenynges of the dreadful power of god the which we be certyfyed of shall fall most greuous into the kyngedome of the sonne of perdycyon he dothe also saye that in bryngynge vp rumoures and sclanders we so perpetually be of one mynd that no man doutethe of it but we haue al one spirite I make answere that when we cal them wolues beastes antychristes we do not sclaÌ„der theÌ„ but shewe forth what the spirite doth iudge of theÌ„ by the testymonye of scryptures but it is not alonly in this one thinge that we be al of one mynde for we do dyssente almost in nothyng that the same spirite of god doth teach vs in the sayd word he dyd prophesy as Cayphas dyd ye euen agaynste his wyl nat dylygently markyng that we hade al one spirite although he wolde that his sainge shuldbe otherwayes vnderstaÌ„ded But nether be nor yet al his sinagoge iÌ„ any thing be of one mynde sauynge in thys that they haue all coniured agaynste god Chryst and his verite for what do we se in them perpetual stryfe of Thomystes Scotystes Occanistes of Nomynalles Realles Summeles and suche other of thys kynde stryuynge euen contrarye one to an other whereby is wel knowen that they haue nothynge comen with the doctryne of chryst the whiche is the doctryne of mekenes vnyte they be also strauÌ„ge from hys spirite he doth furthermore saye that we with a vayne glose of wordes do wrast and wrythe the holy scryptures into our owne seÌ„ce wher as we do subdewe our sence by all meanes into the seruyce of the scrypture of god and glory to be ouer comeÌ„ of the truth as any man may openly perceyue that shal loke vpon our commeÌ„taryes and also we do affyrme nothynge that is not proued by the open testymonye of the scripture what is the cause therfore that he dothe counte our exposycyons for vayne but that he is aboute with hys craftines to mocke haue in derysion all the scryptures of god wo be to the thou blynde iogeler for thy iudgment is at haÌ„de bycause thou arte not affrayed to count the testymonyes of god most hyest for vayne and folyshnes peraueÌ„ture thou doeste thynke the spirite of god to be coÌ„pared to thy doble craftynes ye warsse then a foxe but that shalt shortlye be destroyed with the power of the same spirite we wyll not cleaue to the counsel or phantyse of any man excepte it haue the testymonye of the scryptures of god in what thynge do we erre theÌ„ or what haue we reprouyd at any tyme that dothe agre with the scryptures of god or what other thinges shulde we receyue we do receyue the wryttinges of men that agre with the sayde scryptures not for the men but for the truth sake the word of truth ought to iudge who shulde haue wrytten ryghtfully / if they deny that we haue the truth let them improue our probatyons by the worde of god Tregaryus wyll do it he makethe argumente Pro and Contra Primo secundo et tertio c. we wyl heare this sainge the lorde speketh it to whose least iote of speaking ryghtly taken we gyue place but we openly accurse the sotletyes of Tregaryus and hys secte not bycause we be ignorant iÌ„ theÌ„ for we haue labored our selues in such sophestycal knottê but bycause it is wyked and agaynste the worde of god to entreate apoÌ„ the scryptures of faythe with suche contencyous argumentes nor we do not denye as he dothe impute to vs that the worde of god may not be expounded but we wolde not that this exposycyon shuldbe of the proper sence of any man althoughe he be learned and holy but of the sence of Chryst which is than so when we expounde scryptures by scryptures for as I haue spoken in many bokes it is impossyble that any man shuld ryghtuously expounde scryptures of hê owne sence or brayne And yet besydes thê Tregaryus hath added to a blasphemye agaynste the lorde that he supposythe there to be many goddes that can be no maner wayes erre the whiche doth perteyne alonly to god hym selfe the hyest and greatest besydes whom ther is no mo goddes for who but he is immutable so that he can not erre for all sayntes haue synne .i. concupiscence as longe as they lyue and say as is wrytten in the fyrste canonycall epistle of Iohan the fyrst Chapitre yf we shulde say that we haue no syn in vs we deceaue our selues and truthe is not in vs but for all that they do not worke iniquite or wekydnes for syn dothe not reygne in theÌ„ as is playnly declared Ro. 5. 6. he is afrayde also lest that he be iniuryous to the electe in the meanese soÌ„ blasphemyes the lorde god hathe no nede of our lyes no nor yet hê sayntes verely when god hath mercy of the synners or the iniuste and maketh of theÌ„ sayntes theyr vnrytousnes doth commende and laude the rytousnes of god Ro. 3. for verely from thensforthe hys iustyce apperythe more gloryous and he is manyfestly declaryd to be iuste true in hê sermones when he is cruell ouer the wekyd and the rebellyon not obseruyng his promyses is iudged he dothe fayne hym selfe to wryte for the church of god and yet dothe nothyng els but aledge the decrees of men / for that thinge that this crafty false prophete doth of the councelles he doth it so that he is about to subuert al the pryncyples of fayth I do confesse that he speaketh many thinges true chefly in the begynnynge but at the laste he doublethe his voyce of the churche her councelles wherby he maye more lyghtly surely powre out his poysoÌ„ but as I sayde in the begynnynge he is answeryd enoughe at al to his questyons of them afore
do none of these aforesayde for we be coÌ„straynyd to it by the word of god for all that be of this secte are to be publyshed to the people of god / that they maye beware of them leste they be deceyuyd Thys blynde doctoure callythe vs Phylystianes wearyng vayne and folyshe armoure and of this maner this blasphemer railith and wonderythe I wolde to god that he were nat a blasphemar agaynst the spirite of god and wolde nat speake wittingly agaynst his coÌ„science with what armoure do we resyste these enemyes of Christe and hys worde Is it nat the eternal scriptures of god and this iugeler callythe them vayne and folyshe But what is the cause that he was nat present at this laste conflycte or disputation at Argentine where he myght haue be sure to haue dysputyd with the Byshopes of the same Cytie we wyl gladly giue our selues to deth if we be ouercome and conuicte where as if he were coÌ„uicte he shulde sustein no dauÌ„ger at al. but he wolde nat that the people shulde knowe hys lyes the whiche had be dysclosyd in dede if he had dysputyd ye or to speake near the marke if he had be preseÌ„t at the sayde conflicte or dysputacyon the symple people haue the iudgement of the spirite aboue al suche proude bugges the whiche we call Magistrinostri bycause they loue the worde of god the which the other be about to suppresse tread downe For is it nat wrytten Thou hast made me wyse ouer myne enemies thorowe thy coÌ„mauÌ„dmentes for it is to me euerlastiÌ„g I do perceiue aboue all that teache me bycause thy testymonies be my studye I vnderstande aboue olde men bycause I haue searchyd thy commaundmentes the hundrethe .xviij. Psalme Forthermore froÌ„ these sage and wyse men god doth hyde his mysteries the which he doth vouchesafe to reuele and open to the yonge lytle ones they knowe and perceyue thys lyterature and attrybute very muche to it therfore they do nat entre in to the lordes power verely these other be admytted into the sayd powers and feareful iudgemeÌ„t of god For verely there is none although he be lernyd that is admytted to the inteligence of the scriptures of god but euyn he that dothe attrybute or gyue nothynge at all to the scyence or wyt of man towarde the vnderstandyng of theÌ„ but al only to the spirite of truthe These meÌ„ wyl nat that the lytle flocke of Christe shulde iudge of his voyce and it perteyneth most chefely to theÌ„ For be nat they the shepe of Christâ— he theyr shepeherde but there is one voyce alone of this shepherde or pastor which doth hyely please his shepe without any other And they knowe heare his saide voyce Iohan .x. It is also sayde to them proue you the spirites if they be of god or nat whiche they do ê“ue knowe by the scripturê of god the which is the only most sure testimony to proue if the voycê of theÌ„ the teache be of god or nat also Psal 18 .118 Esa 8. they he callyd testimonies or witnes let thê Tregariê° with all his secte outrage as much as they wil and denye the worde of the lorde that is to saye that the companye of the faythful to be apte iudgê of the worde for wtout doubte he shal shortly slyde downe fale bycause he goyth aboute it with stafe made of rede of the shadowe of Aegypte of the dreames of men If god be with vs who is agaiÌ„ste vs Let nat thys hartles knyght ouer boldely promyse to him selfe the vyctorie I saye yet agayne he shall fale be confoundyd we be nat aboute this thorowe our selues but thorowe the stone that is our faythe by Christ couyteth to subuerte this lyeng and wyckednes He hath his hedde antichrist to whom he dothe attrybute and gyue more then to Christe and to whom he dothe cleaue with all his harte the veritie and truthe of Christe setaparte wherfore we of necessitie muste nedes hate him accordyng to the sayenge of Dauyd Psalme 118. I haue hatyd the wycked and Psalme 138. Dyd nat I hate lorde them that hatyd the was mouyd ouer thy enemyes I dyd hate them with a parfecte hatred and they were made enemyes to me wherfore nowe in the meane seasoÌ„ let him couÌ„te vs for mockers bycause we be apostata from Antychryst cursse him lest that we shulde be apostata from chryst and let hym opprobryoully speake agaynst vs what he wyl for we glorye for them al byfore the lorde of whoÌ„ his destructyon is at hande bycause that baren tre is not abasshed to couÌ„te the sayers of truth for mockers for no other thiÌ„g but bycause they speake the truth / as who saye / the truthe it selfe were a mockage Thys wyked man wyll not be ouercome of the truth of the which we glorye in the lorde to be conuycte for we our selues in tymes paste dyd walke iÌ„ the spirite of errour but nowe the veryte of god hathe ouercome vs by the which god hath delyueryd vs ye and dayly doth delyuer vs froÌ„ the most greuous darckenes of ignorance and erroures whome we do instantly pray that he wyl make perfyte the thynges whiche he hath begonne in vs we wyl not be conuycte of the decrees of men by whom he is coÌ„uycte and most shamfully straungelyd as I very well knowe so that in the thynges of god he maye be confutyd of innumerable chyldren and husbande men for it is to wyt that the most vyctorous word of god which they loue is able to preueyle agaynste a hundreth thousande suche as Lregaryus is if our armour be nat inuyctoryous as he denyethe them to be lette hym condescende or come forth and proue howe inuyctoryous they be but he doth warre iÌ„ horses and charyotes that is to say with the sotletyes of men verelye we warre in the name and worde of our lorde god in the whiche we despyse hym and all that warre agaynste vs he dothe also say that the Churche is not so destytute namely in thys golden tyme that she shulde not haue her warryours truely thê myght be a sainge of blynde Byarde oh howe nobly doth he know what the churche is and who be her warryours he supposethe the church to be that whiche countethe the wyse men of the worlde to be her sodyours as who shulde say it were not wrytteÌ„ I wyl destroy the wysdome of that wyse and wyl cast away the vnderstandinge of the prudent where is the wyse where is the scrybe where is the searcher of thys worlde hathe not god made the wysdome of thys worlde folyshenes 1. Corinthy 1. these be not the soudyours of the churche of god but the symple pure meke that with all theyr hartê cleaue to the worde of god most hyest of suche that be of thys kynde the frunte of the greate warre of our churche which is peasyble is ordyned the whiche is called by the Hebrewe terme Schulamitis and not Sunamitis as be