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not_o corporal_a beholdynge_n and_o keep_v they_o not_o touch_v nor_o to_o be_v handle_v of_o the_o rude_a ignorant_a and_o common_a people_n what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a than_o this_o against_o the_o bible_n in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n the_o xxxviij_o probation_n o_o how_o many_o scrupule_n and_o doubt_n have_v spring_v in_o many_o man_n head_n which_o neither_o they_o nor_o their_o father_n ever_o imagine_v before_o through_o the_o scripture_n in_o english_a how_o many_o alteration_n schism_n and_o devision_n among_o the_o simple_a have_v rise_v yea_o between_o man_n and_o wife_n master_n and_o servant_n how_o many_o woman_n heretic_n have_v take_v upon_o they_o thoffice_n of_o teachinge_a hereby_o in_o these_o year_n paste_n heretic_n woman_n heretic_n and_o all_o contrary_n to_o paul_n doctrine_n the_o thirty-nine_o probation_n among_o other_o one_o of_o the_o great_a inconvenience_n that_o have_v these_o wretched_a year_n spring_v by_o have_v the_o bible_n in_o english_a be_v this_o that_o many_o yea_o very_o many_o god_n best_o know_v have_v presumptuouslye_o take_v upon_o they_o be_v yet_o most_o unmete_v thereunto_o thoffice_n of_o doctor_n and_o teacher_n in_o corner_n and_o conventicle_n be_v not_o send_v but_o arrogant_o and_o presumptuouslye_o say_v god_n do_v send_v they_o and_o they_o will_v seek_v for_o none_o other_o send_v how_o be_v it_o they_o do_v not_o mark_v the_o plague_n of_o osias_n king_n of_o juda_n for_o usurp_a thoffice_n of_o the_o priest_n whereunto_o he_o be_v not_o call_v they_o do_v not_o mark_v how_o christ_n be_v very_a man_n do_v choose_v the_o xij_o x._o math._n x_o luc._n x._o apostle_n and_o lxxij_o disciple_n and_o send_v they_o forth_o where_o you_o see_v both_o the_o outward_a choose_v and_o outward_a send_n i._o act_n i._o mathias_n be_v outwardlye_o by_o man_n choose_v to_o succeed_v judas_n and_o so_o be_v the_o seven_o deacons_n outwardlye_o call_v vi_fw-la act_n vi_fw-la and_o thacte_v the_o xv_o it_o have_v please_v tholye_a ghost_n and_o we_o etc._n etc._n behold_v here_o both_o the_o inward_a and_o outward_a send_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v xiii_o act_n xiii_o separate_v i_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n &_o they_o put_v their_o hand_n on_o they_o and_o send_v they_o forth_o here_o you_o see_v outward_a send_n yea_o and_o paul_n say_v x._o rom_n x._o how_o shall_v they_o preach_v except_o they_o be_v send_v now_o if_o we_o shall_v take_v only_o inward_a sendinge_a without_o the_o outward_a than_o the_o church_n can_v never_o be_v certain_a who_o be_v send_v and_o who_o be_v not_o again_o christ_n appoint_v certain_a apostle_n doctor_n and_o teacher_n etc._n etc._n which_o order_n say_v paul_n iiii_o ephes_n iiii_o shall_v continue_v in_o the_o church_n for_o ever_o but_o they_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o the_o church_n shall_v still_o appoint_v they_o as_o they_o do_v then_o etc._n etc._n moreover_o he_o that_o shall_v be_v call_v to_o the_o office_n of_o a_o priest_n or_o bishop_n must_v have_v a_o good_a report_n of_o they_o which_o be_v without_o iii._n i_o timo._n iii._n mark_v here_o the_o outward_a send_n and_o s._n augustine_n say_v â–ª_o if_o because_o thappostle_n be_v teach_v of_o god_n chri._n aug._n in_o prolo_fw-la li._n the_o doct_n chri._n none_o own_o aught_o to_o be_v outwardelye_o call_v or_o teach_v then_o say_v he_o let_n none_o read_v the_o gospel_n nor_o none_o hear_v sermon_n paul_n have_v tholye_a ghost_n and_o yet_o he_o go_v not_o to_o preach_v till_o ananias_n have_v lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o he_o â–ª_o act_n ix_o â–ª_o he_o be_v send_v say_v he_o to_o man_n to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n and_o to_o be_v join_v to_o the_o church_n nevertheless_o all_o may_v be_v do_v and_o wrought_v only_o inwardlye_o by_o thangell_n or_o spirit_n of_o god_n but_o then_o shall_v never_o be_v any_o certainty_n
therefore_o god_n have_v ordain_v that_o like_o as_o in_o temporal_a governaunce_n none_o be_v make_v ruler_n but_o be_v outward_o send_v and_o appoint_v by_o man_n even_o so_o in_o the_o spiritual_a functiones_fw-la wherefore_o now_o to_o conclude_v see_v the_o only_a remedy_n to_o redress_v this_o damnable_a error_n of_o theym_n which_o teach_v secret_o and_o doâ—_n much_o hurt_v in_o corner_n through_o the_o english_a translation_n be_v to_o take_v it_o away_o for_o by_o other_o mean_v it_o will_v not_o be_v stop_v it_o can_v not_o be_v permit_v that_o the_o bible_n shall_v continue_v in_o english_a here_o in_o this_o i_o may_v have_v have_v just_a occasion_n to_o speak_v against_o preacher_n which_o have_v authority_n wicked_o give_v to_o preach_v and_o do_v comen_o preach_v understand_v not_o the_o latin_a tongue_n as_o it_o be_v say_v but_o be_v call_v some_o from_o one_o occupation_n and_o some_o from_o another_o and_o some_o from_o play_v the_o vice_n part_n in_o interlude_n but_o i_o will_v not_o meddle_v with_o this_o matter_n the_o xl_o probation_n 44._o hierom._n in_o ezech._n 44._o s._n hierom_n say_v alta_fw-la &_o profunda_fw-la dei_fw-la mysteria_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la monstranda_fw-la vulgo_fw-la nec_fw-la proferenda_fw-la ad_fw-la populum_fw-la ne_fw-la si_fw-la maiora_fw-la se_fw-la audierint_fw-la maiestatem_fw-la scientiae_fw-la far_o non_fw-la possint_fw-la &_o quasisolido_fw-la suffocentur_fw-la cibo_fw-la qui_fw-la adhuc_fw-la lacte_fw-la infantiae_fw-la nutriendisunt_fw-la the_o deep_a and_o profound_a mystery_n of_o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v show_v to_o the_o common_a people_n nor_o to_o be_v utter_v to_o they_o lest_o they_o hear_v great_a thing_n than_o they_o can_v bear_v be_v not_o able_a to_o atteyne_v to_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o and_o be_v as_o it_o be_v choke_v with_o hard_a meat_n which_o yet_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v feed_v but_o with_o milk_n of_o infancy_n the_o xli_o probation_n it_o help_v well_o and_o be_v a_o 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twelve_o luc._n twelve_o that_o he_o be_v a_o good_a steward_n which_o geve_v in_o measure_n to_o the_o servant_n they_o be_v meet_a in_o dew_n season_n what_o a_o wicked_a steward_n be_v he_o then_o which_o without_o all_o measure_n or_o discretion_n observe_v no_o order_n regard_v not_o man_n person_n or_o blood_n will_v set_v on_o the_o table_n before_o all_o man_n indifferent_o be_v he_o lord_n or_o lorell_n master_n or_o servant_n all_o kynde_n of_o dissh_n at_o one_o both_o gross_a and_o fine_a the_o xlij_o probation_n chrisosostom_n upon_o sacerdotio_fw-la chrisost_n lib._n iiij_o de_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la intend_v lectioni_fw-la i_o ti._n iiij_o show_v thoffice_n of_o bishop_n to_o be_v to_o study_n the_o scripture_n &_o thoffice_n of_o the_o laity_n to_o know_v the_o scripture_n by_o they_o be_v teach_a and_o preach_v sufficient_a for_o their_o salvation_n the_o xliij_o probation_n s._n augustin_n show_v certain_a place_n of_o scripture_n to_o be_v for_o pregnant_a volusiam_fw-la august_n episâ—_n volusiam_fw-la wit_n and_o certain_a for_o the_o rude_a &_o dolardes_o but_o how_o then_o can_v the_o scripture_n be_v in_o thenglish_fw-fr tongue_n for_o all_o indifferent_o to_o read_v the_o xliiij_o probation_n o_o how_o many_o englyshe_a reader_n do_v take_v hurt_v of_o the_o prophet_n and_o canticle_n not_o know_v the_o mystery_n nor_o when_o it_o be_v a_o trope_n not_o know_v when_o it_o be_v to_o be_v take_v to_o the_o lettere_n and_o when_o the_o letter_n do_v kylle_v the_o xlu_o probation_n gregorius_n nazianzen_n say_v i_o be_v convenit_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la divinis_fw-la disserere_fw-la â–ª_o lib._n i_o svae_fw-la theol_fw-la â–ª_o qui_fw-la contemplandi_fw-la acumine_fw-la coeteris_fw-la antecellunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v meet_a for_o theym_v too_o intrete_n of_o god_n mystery_n which_o do_v exceed_v and_o pass_v other_o in_o excellency_n of_o gift_n &c_n &c_n but_o than_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o every_o one_o to_o have_v it_o in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n the_o xlvi_o probation_n s._n hierom_n say_v that_o the_o jew_n dydde_v not_o permit_v any_o to_o read_v the_o beginning_n of_o genesis_n eâ—echielis_n in_o proaemiâ—_n eâ—echielis_n nor_o the_o canticle_n neither_o the_o beginning_n nor_o the_o end_n of_o ezechiell_n before_o xxx_o year_n and_o the_o romayn_v suffer_v none_o to_o rede_n the_o book_n of_o sibylla_n but_o only_o the_o ten_o commissioner_n name_v decemviri_fw-la xiii_o fenestella_n lib_n i_o capi_fw-la xiii_o and_o before_o theym_v the_o two_o commissioner_n name_v duumviri_fw-la so_o much_o reverence_n they_o give_v to_o their_o book_n and_o shall_v we_o christian_n suffer_v the_o high_a mystery_n to_o be_v miserable_o tormoyl_v of_o all_o hand_n but_o you_o will_v say_v s._n hierom_n and_o chrisostom_n also_o in_o certain_a place_n seem_v to_o allow_v the_o laity_n unto_o read_v of_o scripture_n and._n s._n hierom_n do_v translate_v scripture_n unto_o the_o dalmatian_n truth_n be_v many_o thing_n for_o a_o time_n have_v be_v permit_v of_o devotion_n but_o after_o see_v the_o success_n nought_o they_o have_v be_v take_v away_o after_o the_o begin_v maid_n wife_n boy_n and_o man_n keep_v vigil_n together_o about_o martyr_n tumbe_n and_o vigilantius_n for_o reprove_v it_o be_v sharp_o taunt_v of_o s._n hierom_n yet_o afterward_o for_o inconvenience_n it_o be_v take_v away_o xxxiij_o euseb_n lib_n vi_o cap._n xxxiij_o and_o at_o the_o begin_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v give_v to_o the_o laiety_n in_o their_o hand_n to_o carry_v home_o etc._n etc._n but_o through_o witchecrafte_n and_o other_o abuse_v commit_v that_o custom_n be_v take_v away_o likewise_o the_o laiety_n receyve_v once_o under_o both_o kind_n which_o custom_n through_o offence_n and_o peril_n that_o chance_v and_o that_o may_v chance_v still_o be_v just_o prohibit_v and_o take_v away_o utterlye_o and_o likewise_o answer_n be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o all_o they_o that_o make_v these_o 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probation_n â–ª_o ix_o scripturarum_fw-la intelligentiam_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la propria_fw-la praesumptione_n sed_fw-la ex_fw-la maiorum_fw-la scriptis_fw-la &_o autoritate_fw-la sequebantur_fw-la quos_fw-la et_fw-la ipsos_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolica_fw-la successione_n intelligendi_fw-la regulam_fw-la suscepisse_fw-la constabat_fw-la haec_fw-la eusebi_fw-la lib._n xi_o eccl._n cap._n ix_o the_o example_n of_o grego_n nazian_n and_o basil_n be_v to_o faithful_a christian_n a_o sufficient_a rule_n to_o follow_v which_o if_o we_o do_v we_o will_v say_v away_o with_o thenglishe_a bibles_n away_o they_o can_v not_o be_v abiden_v for_o the_o reader_n thereof_o pass_v of_o no_o exposition_n of_o the_o father_n but_o only_o stycke_v to_o their_o own_o bare_a take_n of_o scripture_n as_o they_o phancye_n it_o and_o as_o they_o please_v where_o as_o these_o ii_o holy_a doctor_n study_v scripture_n together_o not_o presumptuous_o follow_v their_o own_o imagination_n but_o follow_v the_o doctrine_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o elder_n who_o they_o know_v to_o have_v receyve_v the_o understanding_n of_o scripture_n evyn_v by_o succession_n from_o the_o apostel_n the_o xlix_o probation_n
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