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god_n styre_v and_o grace_v /_o to_o who_o be_v all_o honour_n &_o glory_n world_n with_o out_o end_n amen_n vnum_fw-la est_fw-la crimen_fw-la quod_fw-la nunc_fw-la uchementer_fw-la damnatur_fw-la ac_fw-la punitur_fw-la diligens_fw-la obseruatio_fw-la traditionum_fw-la patrum_fw-la d._n basilius_n epistola_fw-la lxx_o one_o offence_n or_o fault_n there_o be_v which_o be_v now_o sharp_o condemn_v &_o punish_v the_o diligent_a observe_n or_o keep_v of_o the_o father_n tradition_n saint_n basyll_n ¶_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o gentle_a reader_n our_o savyoure_n jesus_n chryst_n good_a chrysten_v reader_n come_v in_o to_o this_o wretched_a &_o miserable_a world_n take_v our_o nature_n on_o he_o in_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o moo_v bless_v and_o glorious_a virgyn_v mary_n his_o mother_n /_o to_o bear_v wytnesse_n unto_o the_o truth_n as_o he_o affirm_v sa_v to_o pilot_n ego_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la natus_fw-la sum_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la 19_o johan._n 19_o hoc_fw-la veni_fw-la in_o mundû_fw-fr ut_fw-la testimonium_fw-la perhibeâ—_n veritati_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v i_o be_o bear_v therefore_o &_o i_o come_v therefore_o in_o to_o the_o world_n that_o i_o may_v bear_v wytnesse_n unto_o the_o truth_n see_v therefore_o that_o chryste_n the_o truth_n itself_o come_v to_o testyfye_v and_o defend_v the_o truth_n suffer_v for_o it_o death_n most_o sharp_a &_o shameful_a to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o may_v know_v the_o truth_n and_o the_o truth_n at_o the_o length_n may_v delyver_v we_o from_o all_o error_n and_o misery_n 9_o johan._n 9_o as_o he_o himself_o do_v say_v be_v it_o not_o mete_v that_o we_o follow_v his_o example_n therein_o and_o defend_v the_o truth_n to_o the_o uttermost_a of_o our_o power_n not_o fear_v to_o dye_v therefore_o if_o need_n shall_v require_v as_o our_o savyoure_n have_v already_o do_v for_o the_o dyscyple_a be_v not_o above_o his_o â—0_n mat._n â—0_n master_n nor_o the_o servant_n great_a than_o his_o lord_n if_o we_o be_v the_o follower_n of_o chryst_n we_o shall_v be_v partaker_n of_o glory_n and_o honour_n with_o he_o which_o he_o obtain_v 9_o rom._n 9_o through_o death_n and_o passion_n suffer_v as_o faint_a paul_n wytness_v 2._o heb._n 2._o and_o upon_o the_o other_o side_n if_o we_o deny_v he_o be_v the_o truth_n which_o we_o shall_v do_v not_o defend_n the_o truth_n he_o will_v denyus_n before_o his_o father_n as_o he_o seyth_v 10._o mat._n 10._o himself_o lactancius_fw-la a_o very_a old_a writer_n say_v to_o tullye_v the_o great_a orator_n quid_fw-la profuit_fw-la 3._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr orig._n errotis_fw-la ca._n 3._o vidisse_fw-la te_fw-la veritatem_fw-la quâ_fw-la nec_fw-la defensurus_fw-la esses_fw-la nec_fw-la secuturê°_n what_o have_v it_o profyte_v the_o say_v heâ—_n to_o have_v see_v or_o perceyve_v the_o truth_n /_o which_o neither_o thou_o shall_v defend_v neither_o follow_v socratis_n carce_o ten_o time_n ideoque_fw-la patrocinium_fw-la veritatis_fw-la nô_o audes_fw-ge suscipere_fw-la at_o mortem_fw-la ut_fw-la sapiens_fw-la contemnere_fw-la debuisti_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v thou_o do_v fear_v socra_n tes_z preson_z and_o therefore_o thou_o dare_v not_o take_v on_o the_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o truth_n but_o thou_o ought_v to_o have_v dispyse_v death_n as_o a_o wise_n man_n be_v not_o good_a christian_a reader_n many_o man_n now_o among_o we_o chrysten_v people_n in_o like_a dread_n do_v not_o we_o great_o fear_v to_o defend_v the_o truth_n lest_o we_o shall_v suffer_v for_o it_o ympresoning_a yea_o yâ—_z less_o be_v lest_o we_o shall_v either_o lose_v thereby_o our_o goodê_n &_o promotion_n or_o else_o not_o come_v unto_o theym_n we_o do_v forget_v the_o great_a and_o dreadefull_a thretnynge_n of_o god_n set_v forth_o in_o scrypture_n against_o they_o that_o will_v not_o teach_v preach_v maintain_v and_o defend_v the_o truth_n say_v not_o the_o holy_a prophet_n esaye_n we_o mihi_fw-la quia_fw-la taecui_fw-la woo_v 6._o cap._n 6._o to_o i_o because_o i_o keep_v silence_n &_o 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feed_v their_o flock_n with_o erroneus_fw-la doctrine_n but_o also_o all_o other_o that_o do_v suffer_v heresye_n to_o be_v teach_v the_o people_n &_o do_v not_o again_o say_v the_o teacher_n of_o they_o neither_o defend_v the_o truth_n according_a to_o that_o grace_n which_o god_n have_v give_v they_o who_o the_o prophet_n ezechiell_n in_o the_o personne_fw-fr of_o god_n thus_o curse_v terrible_o sa_v we_o pastoribê°_n 34._o cap._n 34._o israel_n qui_fw-la pasâ—ebant_fw-la semeâ—ipsos_fw-la woe_n be_v to_o the_o shepeherde_n of_o israel_n flock_n beware_v it_o that_o be_v â—â—_o send_v from_o your_o â—ures_n or_o be_v there_o preach_v not_o the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o the_o flock_n which_o do_v feed_v themselves_o it_o follow_v do_v the_o sheep_n feed_v the_o shepeherde_n you_o have_v eat_v the_o milk_n and_o be_v clothe_v with_o the_o wool_n &_o you_o have_v kill_v that_o which_o be_v fat_a but_o you_o have_v not_o feed_v my_o
armenes_n albanenses_n &_o the_o anabaptiste_n which_o deny_v that_o child_n shall_v be_v baptyse_v and_o chrysten_v before_o they_o can_v believe_v in_o chryste_n origen_n also_o which_o be_v with_o romanos_fw-la origines_fw-la li._n 5._o comment_n in_o episto_fw-la ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la in_o less_o they_o cc_o year_n after_o chrystê_n birth_n testify_v that_o it_o be_v a_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o chrysten_v child_n say_v pro_fw-la hoc_fw-la et_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_fw-la traditionem_fw-la accepit_fw-la etiam_fw-la pervulis_fw-la baptismum_fw-la dare_v that_o be_v to_o say_v for_o that_o original_a sin_n the_o church_n also_o have_v receyve_v a_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o give_v baptism_n unto_o child_n what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_o write_v they_o this_o be_v to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v a_o plain_a tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o chrysten_v infant_n or_o child_n but_o to_o be_v short_a saint_n dionise_v the_o apostle_n paul_n discyple_a affirm_v manifest_o that_o it_o come_v from_o the_o apostle_n to_o baptyse_v â—artez_fw-fr dionisi_fw-la de_fw-fr ecclesiastica_fw-la hierar_fw-it ca._n 7_o â—artez_fw-fr tyse_n child_n who_o word_n be_v these_o but_o that_o the_o child_n /_o whican_n not_o yet_o understande_v godly_a thing_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o holy_a baptism_n &_o of_o the_o hygh_a sign_n of_o the_o hallow_v communion_n it_o appearethe_v to_o the_o paynem_v a_o thing_n reasonable_a to_o be_v scorn_v as_o thou_o say_v if_o the_o bysshop_n do_v teach_v godly_a thing_n to_o herer_n not_o mete_v &_o they_o teach_v in_o vain_a the_o holy_a tradition_n to_o they_o that_o do_v not_o understande_v &_o that_o which_o be_v more_o to_o be_v laugh_v at_o as_o they_o think_v other_o do_v renounce_v or_o forsake_v the_o devyl_n for_o they_o and_o do_v go_v in_o to_o or_o begin_v yâ—_z the_o holy_a covenaunte_n then_o anon_o after_o a_o few_o word_n thus_o he_o say_v verum_fw-la ea_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la 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form_v or_o make_v in_o fation_n with_o the_o law_n of_o life_n must_v be_v advance_v or_o promote_v unto_o a_o holy_a state_n be_v free_a from_o all_o error_n and_o without_o part_n or_o out_o of_o felowshyppe_n of_o unclean_a life_n when_o this_o thing_n come_v to_o the_o mind_n of_o our_o remembrance_n most_o godly_a ducer_n capiteine_v or_o leader_n the_o apostle_n it_o seem_v to_o they_o to_o admit_v the_o infant_n &_o child_n after_o this_o manner_n to_o be_v christen_v then_o straight_o he_o declare_v how_o they_o be_v christen_v &_o show_v that_o the_o godfather_n do_v answer_v for_o the_o child_n say_v i_o renounce_v the_o devyll_n /_o and_o believe_v /_o promyse_v that_o he_o will_v teach_v he_o to_o believe_v &_o forsake_v the_o devil_n when_o he_o shall_v come_v to_o understanding_n which_o word_n do_v declare_v that_o it_o come_v also_o by_o the_o apostle_n tradition_n that_o godfather_n do_v answer_v for_o the_o child_n when_o he_o be_v christen_v and_o not_o only_o that_o infant_n be_v christen_v therefore_o we_o do_v not_o we_o see_v plain_o that_o the_o baptism_n or_o chrysten_v of_o child_n be_v teach_v the_o church_n by_o the_o holy_a apostle_n without_o any_o scripture_n or_o write_v and_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v belevedand_v keep_v as_o well_o as_o any_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v manifest_o set_v forth_o in_o the_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o as_o many_o man_n as_o will_v not_o fall_v headle_v in_o to_o the_o damnable_a heresy_n of_o the_o anabaptiste_n which_o deny_v that_o child_n shall_v be_v christen_v let_v they_o leave_v demand_v and_o require_v in_o every_o point_n of_o our_o belefe_v express_v scripture_n sense_n this_o necessary_a thing_n hang_v only_o upon_o the_o apostle_n tradition_n without_o any_o scripture_n that_o can_v prove_v it_o sufficient_o which_o thing_n luther_n melancthon_n and_o other_o the_o lutheran_n be_v compel_v to_o grant_n though_o they_o never_o so_o much_o cry_v out_o scripture_n scripture_n and_o 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