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only_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o evangeliste_n do_v write_v do_v not_o the_o four_o evangeliste_n all_v write_v by_o one_o inspiration_n and_o revelation_n of_o jesu_n christ_n and_o yet_o one_o of_o they_o wrotâ—_n that_o which_o another_o write_v not_o peter_n james_n johan_n and_o judas_n write_v all_o by_o one_o revelation_n of_o jesu_n christ_n and_o the_o holy_a gooste_n which_o never_o do_v ne_o can_v dissent_v from_o itself_o ergo_fw-la they_o write_v all_o one_o thing_n &_o none_o of_o they_o write_v any_o thing_n which_o the_o other_o write_v not_o be_v this_o a_o wise_a argument_n be_v like_o bullynger_n therefore_o though_o faint_a paul_n receyve_v and_o learn_v the_o gospel_n by_o christes_fw-fr revelation_n by_o which_o the_o four_o evangeliste_n write_v their_o gospel_n yet_o that_o prove_v not_o sufficient_o that_o paul_n write_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o they_o write_v nor_o that_o he_o preach_v nothing_o by_o mouth_n only_o without_o putting_a it_o in_o 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holy_a apostle_n teach_v very_o many_o thing_n without_o writing_n paul_n the_o apostle_n of_o the_o gentle_n write_v sayinge_v therefore_o brethren_n stand_v you_o fast_o and_o keep_v you_o our_o etradition_n which_o you_o be_v teach_v either_o by_o our_o word_n or_o sermon_n or_o else_o by_o our_o epistle_n than_o he_o allege_v for_o that_o purpose_n this_o text_n of_o saint_n paul_n i_o praise_v you_o brethren_n because_o in_o all_o thing_n you_o remember_v i_o and_o you_o do_v keep_v the_o tradition_n as_o i_o have_v teach_v you_o they_o chrisostome_n also_o hold_v 11._o 1._o cor_fw-la 11._o with_o the_o same_o thing_n write_v upon_o that_o text_n of_o faint_a paul_n to_o the_o thessalonian_n with_o these_o few_o word_n hinc_fw-la patet_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la per_fw-la epistolam_fw-la tradiderint_fw-la sed_fw-la multa_fw-la etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la literis_fw-la eadem_fw-la vero_fw-la fide_fw-la digna_fw-la sunt_fw-la tam_fw-la illa_fw-la quam_fw-la ista_fw-la 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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
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tradidisset_fw-la it_o be_v evidente_a by_o these_o paul_n word_n the_o partly_o paul_n &_o chief_o the_o other_o apostlê_n write_v not_o all_o the_o commandment_n which_o they_o deliver_v or_o teach_v the_o people_n lo_o these_o two_o great_a learned_a man_n &_o ancient_a good_a father_n judge_v the_o paul_n &_o the_o other_o apostle_n write_v not_o all_o the_o commandment_n which_o they_o give_v to_o the_o people_n &_o bullinger_n w_n e_o diverse_a other_o of_o luther_n scholar_n affirm_v the_o contrary_a weout_o any_o good_a ground_n whether_o ê‘tie_n ought_v we_o to_o believe_v the_o young_a or_o the_o elder_n the_o better_o in_o live_v or_o the_o worse_z the_o better_o learn_v or_o the_o worse_a but_o now_o to_o paul_n again_o which_o say_v to_o the_o philippian_n you_o ought_v to_o bear_v in_o remembrance_n the_o thing_n which_o you_o have_v perceive_v have_v &_o see_v &_o not_o those_o thing_n only_o which_o be_v write_v to_o you_o &_o to_o timothy_a he_o also_o say_v 2_o 2._o 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manifestlye_o against_o they_o which_o be_v even_o thus_o write_v of_o paul_n fratres_n state_n et_fw-la tenete_fw-la traditiones_fw-la quas_fw-la didicistis_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la sermonen_fw-mi sive_fw-la per_fw-la epistolam_fw-la nostram_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v brethren_n stand_v you_o fast_o and_o keep_v the_o tradicyon_n that_o you_o have_v learn_v either_o by_o etc_n luke_n 24._o apparuit_fw-la illis_fw-la senson_n etc_n our_o preach_n or_o by_o our_o epystle_n though_o that_o this_o text_n be_v so_o plain_a upon_o our_o side_n which_o do_v defend_v tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o chryste_n holy_a church_n that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v wrest_v to_o any_o other_o sense_n then_o that_o faint_a paul_n command_v the_o thessaloniens_n &_o all_o other_o chrysten_v people_n in_o &_o by_o theym_a to_o observe_v not_o only_o his_o tradition_n write_v in_o his_o epystle_n but_o also_o other_o not_o wrtten_v but_o preach_v and_o teach_v they_o without_o write_v by_o mouth_n one_o lie_v yet_o bullynger_v luther_n discyple_a labourethe_o to_o wrythe_o it_o against_o his_o nature_n unto_o another_o meaning_a affyrm_a but_o weout_o any_o proufe_v reason_n or_o authority_n marolt_n if_o that_o bullinger_n understand_v be_v good_a what_o dyfference_n shall_v there_o be_v between_o a_o sermon_n and_o epystle_n have_v s._n paul_n epystle_n nothing_o out_o of_o moses_n law_n &_o the_o prophet_n how_o much_o of_o they_o have_v the_o epystle_n to_o the_o romans_n how_o to_o the_o hebrew_n and_o how_o the_o other_o it_o be_v therefore_o a_o very_a foolish_a eâ—asyon_n to_o expownde_a tradition_n receyve_v by_o paul_n sermon_n or_o speech_n doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n take_v out_o of_o moses_n wrytynge_n and_o the_o ê“phete_n and_o not_o tradition_n unwryten_v de_fw-fr bullingeâ—o_fw-la recte_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la illud_fw-la flacci_fw-la et_fw-la nescire_fw-la pudens_fw-la praâ—â—_n â—discere_fw-la marolt_n well_o take_v that_o paul_n mean_v by_o tradition_n which_o the_o thessaloniens_n learn_v of_o he_o by_o his_o word_n or_o preach_v thing_n write_v in_o moses_n law_n and_o the_o prophet_n which_o afterward_o that_o he_o have_v preach_v they_o to_o the_o people_n the_o holy_a evangelyste_n and_o apostle_n do_v write_v but_o yet_o here_o i_o beseech_v the_o good_a reader_n bullynger_n probation_n the_o paul_n mean_v nothing_o else_o there_o to_o the_o thessaloniens_n but_o only_a his_o sermon_n of_o the_o gospel_n take_v out_o of_o moses_n law_n &_o the_o prophet_n after_o write_v by_o the_o evangelyste_n &_o other_o the_o apostle_n for_o he_o say_v bullynger_n speak_v of_o his_o sermon_n and_o preaching_n before_o agrippa_n do_v wytnesse_n that_o he_o teach_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n have_v teach_v before_o be_v not_o this_o a_o learned_a ê“batyon_n good_a reader_n paul_n before_o agryppa_n say_v he_o teach_v nothing_o over_o and_o above_o that_o which_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n have_v teach_v before_o ergo_fw-la by_o his_o tradycyon_n which_o the_o thessaloniens_n learn_v of_o he_o by_o his_o word_n or_o preaching_n he_o mean_v nothing_o else_o but_o his_o sermon_n make_v out_o of_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n which_o the_o evamgelyste_n /_o and_o other_o the_o apostle_n afterward_o do_v put_v in_o write_v do_v not_o he_o show_v by_o this_o reason_n his_o little_a reason_n and_o less_o learning_a what_o mad_a man_n will_v make_v this_o argument_n which_o be_v much_o like_a unto_o he_o paul_n say_v before_o agryppa_n that_o he_o teach_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o moses_n law_n and_o the_o prophet_n have_v ergo_fw-la he_o teach_v utter_o nothing_o beside_o the_o content_n of_o moses_n law_n and_o the_o prophet_n be_v there_o no_o thing_n write_v in_o paul_n epystle_n which_o be_v not_o write_v in_o moses_n law_n and_o the_o prophet_n do_v the_o first_o his_o epystle_n to_o gorun_v hareâ—â—â—â—_n sunt_fw-la arrogantes_fw-la ac_fw-la putant_fw-la ê™_n possint_fw-la sapere_fw-la et_fw-la loqui_fw-la abstrusiê°_n quiddanquam_fw-la alii_fw-la adornaâ—â—â—_n verboâ—_n pugnas_fw-la câ—ril_n lib._n 2._o
hitherto_o theophilactus_fw-la the_o greake_v scoly_n or_o short_a exposition_n set_v forth_o upon_o this_o place_n of_o faint_a paul_n do_v expowne_v it_o as_o faint_v damascene_fw-la chrysostom_n and_o theophilactus_fw-la do_v who_o word_n be_v these_o into_o latin_a translate_v eteni_fw-la et_fw-la scripta_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la scripta_fw-la precepta_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la et_fw-la utraque_fw-la obseruatione_n digna_fw-la igitur_fw-la et_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quoque_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la scripta_fw-la traditio_fw-la obseruanda_fw-la est_fw-la thus_o it_o be_v in_o our_o speech_n because_o the_o apostle_n do_v deliver_v or_o teach_v commandment_n both_o write_v and_o also_o unwrytten_v /_o and_o both_o two_o worthy_a to_o be_v observe_v therefore_o the_o church_n also_o tradition_n yea_o not_o write_v must_v be_v keep_v be_v not_o all_o these_o wytness_n sufficient_a to_o stop_v their_o mouth_n which_o do_v babble_n without_o all_o reason_n &_o good_a learn_v against_o tradition_n saint_n basil_n which_o be_v nigh_o 29._o basiliê°_n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la scton_n ca_fw-mi 29._o twelve_o hundred_o year_n paste_n and_o a_o excellent_a clerk_n thus_o writ_v arbitror_fw-la autem_fw-la apostolicum_fw-la esse_fw-la etiam_fw-la 11._o 1._o cor._n 11._o non_fw-la scrrptis_fw-la traditionibê°_n inhaerere_fw-la laudo_fw-la inquit_fw-la paulus_fw-la vos_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la oina_fw-la mei_fw-la memores_fw-la estis_fw-la et_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la tradidi_fw-la vos_fw-la traditiones_fw-la obtinetis_fw-la 2._o 2._o teffa_n 2._o quas_fw-la acceptistis_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la epistolam_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la sermonem_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o english_a but_o i_o judge_v it_o apostolic_v or_o perteyninge_v unto_o a_o apostle_n doctrine_n to_o cleave_v or_o stick_v to_o tradition_n also_o not_o write_v i_o praise_v you_o say_v paul_n that_o through_o all_o thing_n you_o remember_v i_o and_o do_v retain_v still_o the_o tradition_n as_o i_o teach_v you_o which_o you_o receyve_v either_o by_o a_o epistle_n or_o by_o speech_n see_v thou_o not_o here_o chrysten_v reader_n that_o s._n basyll_n affirm_v not_o only_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o stycke_v fast_o unto_o tradition_n not_o write_v but_o he_o say_v it_o belong_v unto_o the_o apostle_n teachinge_a and_o allege_v two_o text_n of_o faint_a paul_n to_o prove_v the_o same_o wherefore_o i_o beseech_v the_o shall_v not_o we_o rather_o give_v faith_n and_o credence_n unto_o this_o holy_a and_o great_a clerk_n faint_v basyll_o then_o to_o luther_n or_o any_o of_o his_o school_n let_v this_o that_o be_v now_o already_o say_v &_o that_o which_o shall_v be_v say_v hereafter_o be_v to_o the_o gentle_a reader_n which_o have_v any_o regard_n unto_o thy_o soul_n health_n sufficient_a utter_o to_o abhor_v dete_v and_o forsake_v this_o pestilent_a erroure_n set_v up_o against_o tradition_n of_o the_o which_o many_o be_v very_o necessary_a for_o the_o maynteynannce_n and_o increase_v of_o chryste_n religion_n &_o man_n salvation_n as_o it_o shall_v hereafter_o appear_v more_o at_o large_a by_o goddê_n help_v and_o grace_n but_o now_o i_o will_v go_v to_o the_o rehearsal_n of_o a_o multitude_n of_o thing_n observe_v and_o beleve_v of_o christian_a natyon_n through_o the_o hole_n world_n which_o be_v both_o necessary_a to_o be_v beleve_v &_o keep_v also_o &_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o express_o set_v forth_o in_o the_o scrypture_n but_o be_v only_o come_v in_o to_o the_o church_n of_o chry_v our_o bless_a saviour_n by_o tradition_n of_o the_o holy_a apostle_n inspire_v &_o stir_v of_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n to_o ordain_v they_o &_o to_o deliver_v they_o unto_o the_o church_n by_o mouth_n with_o out_o write_v which_o as_o ever_o sense_n their_o time_n have_v be_v among_o all_o catholyke_a people_n beleve_v &_o observe_v even_o so_o shall_v they_o be_v untyll_o the_o world_n end_n though_o many_o do_v bark_n never_o so_o moche_v against_o they_o as_o they_o do_v against_o dyvers_a other_o truth_n express_v in_o the_o scrypture_n ¶_o the_o three_o chaptre_n comprehend_n only_o a_o number_a of_o tradition_n that_o come_v from_o the_o apostle_n in_o to_o the_o church_n of_o christe_n without_o write_v by_o mouth_n only_o the_o nombre_fw-fr of_o tradition_n come_v from_o the_o apostle_n to_o we_o wtout_fw-fr writing_n in_o the_o last_o chaptre_n good_a reader_n i_o touch_v bryef_o and_o by_o the_o way_n as_o we_o be_v wont_a to_o say_v four_o tradicyon_n pertain_v unto_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n that_o be_v to_o say_v water_n to_o be_v mix_v with_o wine_n in_o the_o chalyce_n at_o mass_n which_o our_o savyoure_n himself_o do_v as_o saint_n cypryan_n say_v of_o who_o his_o apostle_n teach_v the_o same_o leave_v it_o without_o writing_a to_o the_o church_n the_o second_o to_o receyve_v the_o sacrament_n fast_v the_o three_o to_o keep_v the_o sacrament_n in_o the_o pix_n or_o box_n in_o the_o temple_n the_o four_o be_v to_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a at_o mass_n which_o thing_n the_o apostle_n teach_v the_o church_n as_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o my_o book_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n now_o let_v we_o see_v what_o other_o tradition_n there_o be_v which_o be_v unwrytten_v in_o the_o scrypture_n and_o yet_o necessary_a to_o be_v beleve_v keep_v and_o observe_v of_o all_o chrysten_v people_n and_o first_o of_o all_o i_o will_v recite_v certain_a tradycyon_n appertain_v unto_o baptism_n of_o the_o which_o the_o chyefe_n be_v that_o infant_n or_o babe_n that_o can_v not_o yet_o speak_v be_v chrysten_v when_o they_o can_v not_o believe_v and_o baptysme_n avaylethe_v they_o through_o the_o church_n faith_n to_o the_o obtain_a of_o remyssyon_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o the_o get_v of_o heaven_n what_o scrypture_n prove_v this_o truth_n be_v not_o the_o scripture_n rather_o against_o it_o then_o with_o it_o do_v not_o the_o heretycke_v call_v in_o greke_n anabaptiste_n because_o they_o chrysten_v man_n again_o 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