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leue that he will worke with their doctrine and medicines
& so receaue mine health of the hond of God. And euen
so when I praye to man / to helpe me at mine nede / I synne
excepte I complayne first to god & shew him my nede
& desyre him to moue one or a nother to helpe me / and
then when I am holpe / thanke him and receaue it
of his hande / in as moch as he moued the herte of him that
holpe me and gaue him
wherewith and a commaundement to doo it. M.
More. Christ is not
dishonoured because that they which here preach him truly /
shall sitte and iudge with him. Tindale. That to be true the
scripture testifieth
/ but what is that to youre purpose that they
which be deed can heare vs and helpe vs? How be it / if
master More shuld describe vs those setes /I am sure he wold
paynte them aftir the facion of my lorde cardenales holy
cheyar / as he doeth God aftir the similitude
of worldely tirantes and not accordinge to his
awne worde. For they
that be worldely & fleshly minded can but
fleshly imagen of god all
to gether like vn to the similitude of worldely
thinges. Master More. The apostles and saintes were prayd
so when they were aliue and god not dishonoured. Tindale.
What helpeth that your carnall purpose . I haue answered you
vn to that and manye thynges moo in the obedience and other
places agenst which ye replye not / but kepe
youre tune and vn to al thynge singe kokow /
kokow / we be the church and can not erre. The appostles
had gods word for all that they did and ye none. And yet
many dishonoured god and christ for theyr false trust and
confidence which they had in the appostles as thou maist se
by paul to the corinthi.
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