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nine_o probation_n the_o universal_a church_n of_o chrst_n do_v never_o allow_v nor_o approve_v scripture_n to_o be_v in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n weigh_v the_o manifold_a inconvenience_n that_o have_v issue_v thereof_o but_o ever_o from_o time_n to_o time_n among_o other_o error_n do_v tread_v that_o down_o &_o suppress_v it_o if_o we_o therefore_o according_a to_o the_o article_n of_o our_o crede_fw-la believe_v the_o universal_a church_n we_o must_v not_o admit_v the_o scripture_n to_o be_v in_o our_o english_a tongue_n know_v that_o as_o s._n cyprian_n say_v that_o which_o have_v be_v do_v and_o ordain_v by_o the_o church_n the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o guide_n be_v of_o as_o great_a weyght_n as_o that_o which_o be_v do_v by_o christ_n himself_o the_o ten_o probation_n scripture_n be_v count_v to_o be_v sometime_o meat_n sometime_o drink_v moral_n greg._n lib._n i._n moral_n drink_v in_o light_a place_n meat_n in_o obscure_a place_n which_o in_o expoundinge_a be_v as_o it_o be_v 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unto_o they_o iii._n i_o cor._n iii._n say_v i_o feed_v you_o with_o milk_n &_o yet_o our_o most_o ignorant_a people_n will_v murmur_v if_o they_o may_v not_o feed_v then selue_o with_o the_o high_a mystery_n of_o all_o even_o in_o their_o own_o native_a language_n paul_n sâ—â—th_v he_o feed_v the_o corinthian_n as_o young_a child_n which_o if_o they_o feed_v then selue_o will_v defile_v &_o slobe_a their_o clothes_n and_o do_v not_o these_o now_o in_o our_o day_n defile_v their_o weddinge_a garment_n with_o presume_v to_o feed_v themselves_o with_o spiritual_a food_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o mark_v here_o i_o prai_fw-fr you_fw-mi that_o it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n that_o paul_n use_v here_o this_o similitude_n seinge_v child_n not_o suffer_v to_o feed_v themselves_o oft_o strike_v the_o meat_n through_o forwardness_n forth_o of_o the_o nurse_n hand_n oft_o forsake_v it_o and_o turn_v away_o even_o as_o do_v still_o the_o wicked_a which_o will_v feed_v themselves_o spiritual_o 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holy_a scripture_n be_v wholesome_a and_o most_o profitable_a to_o they_o that_o understande_v they_o aright_o but_o they_o be_v perilous_a to_o all_o such_o which_o will_v wrest_v they_o after_o the_o frowardness_n of_o their_o own_o heart_n o_o lord_n how_o many_o have_v wra_v the_o scripture_n amiss_o through_o the_o wicked_a liberty_n of_o have_v it_o in_o english_a these_fw-mi many_o year_n the_o xiii_o probation_n christ_n say_v to_o the_o saducee_n you_o do_v err_v not_o understand_v the_o scripture_n antiquit_fw-la math._n xxii_o joseph_n lib._n 2._o the_o bell_n jud._n et_fw-la li._n 18._o de_fw-la antiquit_fw-la &_o the_o cause_n be_v that_o they_o receyve_v no_o interpreter_n upon_o scripture_n not_o much_o unlike_a unto_o our_o man_n which_o only_o with_o the_o english_a translation_n though_o it_o be_v never_o so_o false_a so_o corrupt_a and_o damnable_a will_v take_v upon_o they_o the_o full_a understand_v of_o scripture_n the_o xiiii_o probation_n saint_n peter_n testify_v as_o it_o be_v in_o my_o first_o chapter_n that_o many_o thing_n in_o s._n iii._n two_o pet._n iii._n paul_n epistle_n be_v hard_a to_o be_v understand_v which_o the_o unlearned_a do_v then_o pervert_v to_o their_o destruction_n as_o they_o do_v other_o place_n of_o scripture_n and_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o dare_v our_o unlearned_a man_n be_v still_o desirous_a to_o have_v the_o same_o scripture_n in_o their_o own_o speech_n to_o perverte_a to_o they_o be_v own_o condemnation_n the_o xv_o probation_n do_v christ_n oft_o testify_v that_o it_o be_v not_o for_o every_o one_o too_o know_v the_o high_a mystery_n and_o yet_o dare_v the_o blind_a so_o presume_v still_o only_o with_o their_o english_a translation_n it_o be_v not_o wtout_fw-fr great_a cause_n that_o christ_n will_v not_o his_o mystery_n to_o be_v publish_v to_o all_o people_n for_o the_o come_fw-mi sort_n never_o use_v they_o well_o and_o therefore_o many_o high_a mystery_n there_o be_v say_v s._n basyl_n which_o never_o be_v wrtten_v but_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o elect_a and._n s._n hierom_n upon_o labia_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la custodiunt_fw-la scientiam_fw-la two_o malach._n two_o say_v that_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n church_n who_o duty_n be_v to_o teach_v the_o scripture_n must_v not_o still_o utter_a but_o keep_v â–ª_o tertull._n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr prescript_n haeret_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la libri_fw-la tribuit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la apostolis_fw-la arcana_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la quae_fw-la ignobili_fw-la vulgo_fw-la non_fw-la licuit_fw-la â–ª_o that_o in_o time_n and_o place_n it_o may_v be_v publish_v their_o office_n be_v this_o to_o do_v &_o not_o for_o every_o man_n to_o search_v the_o secret_n christ_n will_v not_o every_o one_o to_o be_v a_o meddler_n when_o he_o say_v to_o his_o disciple_n it_o shall_v be_v your_o office_n to_o know_v the_o mystery_n and_o to_o nicodeme_n be_v thou_o a_o master_n in_o israel_n and_o know_v not_o this_o gere_n as_o who_o shall_v say_v it_o belong_v to_o teacher_n to_o be_v ripe_a in_o scripture_n and_o for_o other_o to_o be_v hearer_n twelve_o iiii_o esd_v twelve_o god_n say_v to_o esdras_n speak_v and_o declare_v high_a mystery_n put_v these_o secret_n sure_o up_o and_o teach_v theym_a to_o the_o wise_a man_n that_o be_v able_a to_o understande_v theym_a iiii_o iiii_o esd_v iiii_o as_o for_o the_o lewd_a he_o rebuke_v theym_a as_o unmete_v to_o know_v such_o high_a secret_n and_o mystery_n every_o idiot_n can_v bear_v stone_n to_o the_o build_n of_o a_o house_n and_o lay_v a_o heap_n together_o but_o none_o can_v couch_n theym_a as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v in_o their_o place_n but_o the_o mason_n every_o fool_n can_v read_v and_o babble_n of_o the_o scripture_n but_o only_o the_o godly_a learned_a teacher_n can_v play_v the_o spiritual_a mason_n part_n in_o couch_v the_o lyvely_a stone_n in_o the_o spiritual_a building_n of_o christ_n house_n the_o xvi_o probation_n god_n say_v by_o malache_n
this_o one_o thing_n be_v sufficient_a to_o consider_v the_o great_a difficulty_n the_o great_a obscurity_n and_o hardness_n that_o all_o the_o ancient_a writer_n with_o one_o consent_n affirm_v to_o be_v in_o scripture_n yea_o scripture_n itself_o grant_v the_o same_o scrutamini_fw-la scripturas_fw-la search_v the_o scripture_n say_v christ_n but_o if_o they_o have_v need_n of_o a_o scruteney_n viij_o joan._n viij_o they_o they_o be_v not_o easy_a christ_n will_v not_o so_o have_v bid_v if_o they_o have_v be_v light_n nor_o peter_n will_v have_v say_v many_o thing_n be_v hard_a to_o be_v understand_v in_o paul_n epistle_n which_o then_o the_o people_n do_v perverte_a say_v he_o as_o they_o do_v other_o scripture_n to_o their_o condemnation_n and_o what_o do_v paul_n mean_v of_o the_o mystery_n of_o scripture_n when_o he_o cry_v o_fw-la altitudo_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n o_o the_o depnes_n xi_o rom._n xi_o o_o the_o height_n of_o the_o secret_n of_o god_n harken_v now_o 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est_fw-la habens_fw-la in_o se_fw-la abissun_fw-it sensuum_fw-la profundorum_fw-la &c_n &c_n xliiii_o ambr._n lib._n seven_o epist_n xliiii_o the_o holi_fw-la scripture_n say_v he_o be_v a_o great_a sea_n have_v depnes_n without_o botom_n of_o many_o profound_a sense_n two_o testimony_n of_o chrisost_n nihil_fw-la est_fw-la in_o scriptura_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la multas_fw-la sensuum_fw-la habet_fw-la divitias_fw-la gen._n chrisost_n hom_n xxi_o in_o gen._n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la vel_fw-la syllaba_fw-la vel_fw-la apiculus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la litteris_fw-la in_o cvius_fw-la profundo_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la nobis_fw-la quispiam_fw-la magnus_fw-la thesaurus_fw-la there_o be_v nothing_o in_o scripture_n say_v he_o but_o it_o contain_v great_a spiritual_a treasure_n through_o the_o manifold_a sense_n there_o be_v neither_o syllable_n nor_o letter_n wherein_o some_o great_a riches_n be_v not_o hide_v o_o what_o difficulty_n be_v then_o in_o it_o can_v it_o then_o be_v turmoil_v of_o all_o as_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v be_v still_o in_o thenglishe_a translation_n more_o over_o he_o say_v in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la ingentem_fw-la thesaurum_fw-la contineat_fw-la modo_fw-la scrutatorem_fw-la habeat_fw-la gen._n hom_o xxi_o et_fw-fr xxiiii_o in_o gen._n at_o non_fw-la cuivis_fw-la contingit_fw-la adire_fw-la corynthum_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o scripture_n but_o it_o contain_v great_a treasure_n so_o that_o there_o be_v a_o diligent_a searcher_n howbeit_o it_o be_v not_o for_o every_o one_o to_o search_v forth_o the_o secret_n or_o difficulty_n diverse_a testimony_n of_o s._n hiero._n scriptura_fw-la tantis_fw-la obscuritatibê°_n et_fw-la futurorum_fw-la typis_fw-la obuolutaen_fw-la iii._n hier._n ad_fw-la algas_n tom_fw-mi iii._n ut_fw-la ol_n interpretatione_n egeat_fw-la est_fw-la porta_fw-la orientalis_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la verum_fw-la lumen_fw-la exoritur_fw-la quae_fw-la clausa_fw-la est_fw-la communi_fw-la populo_fw-la et_fw-la soli_fw-la illi_fw-la patet_fw-la qui_fw-la habet_fw-la clavem_fw-la david_n et_fw-fr ce_fw-fr scripture_n be_v wrap_v say_v he_o in_o so_o great_a darkness_n and_o figure_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v that_o it_o have_v all_o need_n of_o interpretation_n it_o be_v the_o east_n gate_n that_o ezechiell_n speak_v of_o whereout_o the_o true_a light_n do_v spring_n which_o be_v ever_o shut_v to_o the_o come_fw-mi people_n and_o be_v only_o open_a to_o he_o that_o have_v the_o key_n of_o david_n etc._n etc._n an_o other_o testimony_n of_o s._n hiero._n epistolis_fw-la hie._n de_fw-fr canonicis_fw-la epistolis_fw-la jacobus_n joannes_n petrus_n &_o judas_n seven_o epistolas_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la succinctas_fw-la &_o breve_n in_o verbis_fw-la sed_fw-la longas_fw-la in_o sententijs_fw-la ut_fw-la rarus_fw-la sit_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o earum_fw-la lectione_n non_fw-la caecutiat_fw-la apoca._n joannis_n tot_fw-la habet_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la quot_fw-la 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