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A12495
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Of unwryten verytyes
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Smith, Richard, 1500-1563.
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STC 22823; ESTC S102260
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Of vnwryten very tyes Cum priuilegio Of vnwrytten very tyes IN the day of PeÌ„tecost whaÌ„ the holy goost desceÌ„ded vpoÌ„ the apostles discyples of Chryst they receyued suche grace goostly knowlege that they hade forth with the gyfte of the vnderstandynge of scrypture and to speake in the tonges of all men And also that vpon whome soeuer they layde theyr handes the holye ghoste shoulde descende vpon them And ther vpon they by theyr prechyng good doctryn coÌ„uerted iÌ„ short tyme great multitude of people vnto the fayth of Christ And after that dyuers blessed meÌ„ iÌ„ strength of the fayth wrote the lyfe miracles doctryne passion deth and resurrectioÌ„ of our mayster Chryst but foure of those writinges were only receyued by al the hole chyrche of Chryst that is to say of Matthewe Marke Luke Ihon. they receyued them to be of such auctorytye that it should not be lawfull to any man that wold coÌ„fesse Chryst to denye theÌ„ they were called the foure gospels of Christ And the epystles of Paule the Actes of the apostles the epistles that be called canonyke And the apocalips were receyued to be of lyke auctorytye as the gospels were And thus by assent aswel of the people as of the clergye was the newe testament affyrmed to be of suche auctorytye as it is now takeÌ„ to be of as it is of in dede so that it is not lawfull to denye any thing that it affermeth ne to afferme any thyng that it denyeth it is no meruayle though it be takeÌ„ to be of such strengthe for it was auctorysed whan the people that were newelye coÌ„uerted to the fayth were ful of grace of deuocion replenished with vertues desyryng alwaye the lyfe to come the helthe of theyr owne soules of theyr neyghbours ThaÌ„ also were blessed bisshops blessed preestes other blessed persons of the clargy and what could suche men aske of god ryghtwisly that sholde be denyed them And who maye thinke but that they al the people at the sayd auctorisyng of scripture praied deuoutly for the assistauÌ„ce of the holy gost that they might haue grace to auctorise suche thyng as shold be to his honour / to the encrease of his fayth to the helth of the soules of al his people The tyme also that this auctorysynge of the new testament and the gatherynge of it togyder was made was as I suppose the tyme of the moost hygh gracyous shedynge out of the mercy of god into the world that euer was froÌ„ the begynnyng of the world vnto thys daye I meane the tyme that was froÌ„ the incarnacioÌ„ of Christ vnto the sayd auctorysyng of the newe testament was accomplished for in part of the tyme our lord was here himselfe in bodyly presence preachyng and teachyng his lawes / gatherynge chewsynge hys apostles disciples / the sholde teache preache his lawes whaÌ„ he was gone which they dyd not onely by word but also by good exaÌ„ples that yet remayne vnto thys day so that al the tyme may in maner be called the goldeÌ„ tyme. And not onely the newe testament was thaÌ„ receyued but also the olde testament And by preachyng teachyng of these testameÌ„tes was the fayth of Christ meruaylously encreased in many countrees After all this by a coÌ„meÌ„ speking among the people the byshops preestes and other of the clergye which were as lanternes vnto the people the specyall maynteyners of the chrysteÌ„ fayth were called the chyrche or men of the chyrch and vnder the colour of the name chyrche many of the clergy in proces of tyme pretended that they might make exposicions of scripture as the vniuersal chyrch of Christ that is to say as the hole congregacion of christen people myghte thervpon whan couetyse pryde somwhat encresed in many of the clargie they expounded very fauourably dyuers textes of scripture that sounded to the mayntenaunce of theyr honour power iurisdiction ryches And ouer the toke vpon them to afferme that they were the chyrche that myght not erre / and that Chryst his aposteles had spokeÌ„ taught many thynges that were not expresly put in scripture that the people were as wel bouÌ„de to beleue them and that vnder lyke payne as yf they had ben expressed in scripture and called them vnwryten veryties where of I shal as for an exaÌ„ple recyte part Fyrst the Christ after his maundye and after he had wasshen the fete of his apostles taught them to make holy creame for mynistracioÌ„ of the sacrameÌ„tes and that they haue as ful auctorytye to do the same as yf it had bene coÌ„teyned in scriptuere that christ had gyuen theÌ„ power to it That it is a tradicioÌ„ of the apostels that ymages ought to be set vp That the apostels ordeyned that al faythful people should resort to the chyrch of Rome as to the moost hygh and principal chyrche of al other yet it can not be proued by scripture ne by any other sufficiente auctoritye that they made any such ordynaunce Also that the Crede which is coÌ„menly vniuersally vsed to be said by the coÌ„meÌ„ people was made by the .xii. apostels though the artycles therof ar fermely stedfastly to be beleued of euery chrysten man as artycles sufficieÌ„tly proued by scripture yet that they were gathered togyder by the .xii. apostels specially that euery one of the apostels made one article as paynters shewe that they dyd can not be ê“ued by scripture ne is not necessari to be beleued for our saluacioÌ„ and though it were but a smal offence in the people to beleue that it were an article necessarye to be beleued for our saluacyoÌ„ because the clergie which be the lanternes leders vnto the people do instruct them that it is so And it is nether agaynst the lawe of god nor the lawe of reason but that it may be so yet it is a great offeÌ„ce to the clergye to afferme for certayne that thyng that is to them selfe vncertayne and therfore it wold be reformed for eschewyng of offences vnto the clergye Also that the people shal praye into the est is not proued by scripture and yet they saye that by the tradicioÌ„ of the apostles it is to be beleued Also that our lady was not borne in orygynal synne That she was assumpte into heuen body soule Al these many other diuers of the clergie cal vnwrytten veryties lefte in the worlde by the tradicion relacioÌ„ of the apostles which as they saye the people are bouÌ„de to beleue aswel as scripture For they say that syth no man were bouÌ„de to beleue scripture but bycause the chyrche sayth this is scripture so they saye that in the thinges before rehersed the chyrche wytnessethe theÌ„ to be true and that the people haue assented to them many yeres wherfore it is not lawfull to doubte at them ne to denye them To thys reason it may be answered that yf it can