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the_o apostle_n teachinge_a in_o thing_n not_o teach_v afore_o by_o chryste_n or_o yâ—_z we_o ought_v not_o to_o believe_v as_o i_o have_v touch_v before_o that_o child_n ought_v to_o be_v chrysten_v albeit_o we_o find_v not_o in_o yâ—_z scrypture_n that_o ever_o christ_n teach_v that_o doctrine_n or_o else_o his_o apostle_n but_o it_o come_v only_o without_o wytnesse_n of_o the_o scrypture_n by_o their_o tradition_n if_o thou_o yet_o will_v reason_v further_o and_o say_v that_o chryste_n send_n his_o apostle_n to_o preach_v abroad_o yâ—_z gospel_n in_o the_o hole_n world_n command_v they_o to_o teach_v the_o people_n what_o soever_o he_o have_v command_v and_o therefore_o man_n be_v not_o bind_v unto_o any_o thing_n not_o command_v of_o chryste_n of_o the_o which_o it_o must_v neade_n follow_v that_o there_o be_v no_o tradition_n unwrytten_v necessary_a for_o we_o either_o to_o believe_v or_o to_o fulfil_v this_o reason_n of_o one_o urbanê°_n regiê°_n a_o lutheran_n make_v declare_v the_o autours_n ignorance_n or_o blind_a malice_n conceyve_v against_o yâ—_z church_n of_o chry_v for_o chry_v byddinge_a the_o apostle_n teach_v the_o people_n all_o that_o he_o have_v command_v theym_a do_v not_o bid_v they_o teach_v nothing_o more_o than_o he_o command_v they_o for_o who_o doubt_v but_o the_o apostle_n teach_v afterward_o many_o thing_n by_o inspiration_n of_o the_o holy_a goost_n which_o chry_v never_o command_v as_o that_o the_o gentyle_n shall_v abstain_v from_o bloudde_n and_o meat_n suffocate_v or_o strangle_v with_o many_o other_o thing_n as_o it_o appear_v in_o their_o epystle_n and_o the_o act_n write_v by_o luke_n the_o evangelyste_n but_o see_v what_o kind_n of_o argument_n be_v this_o of_o regiê°_n chryste_n command_v his_o apostle_n to_o preach_v all_o what_o soever_o he_o have_v do_v they_o do_v ergo_fw-la the_o apostle_n leave_v nothing_o unwrytten_v to_o the_o church_n yâ—_z aught_o to_o be_v beleve_v or_o observe_v or_o man_n be_v not_o buunde_v to_o 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