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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural
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And when he saith the heretykes haue
no myracles. I answere / they nede not / so longe as they
haue autenticke scripture.
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And when he sayth God sheweth no miracles for the
doctours of the heretikes. No moare he nedeth not / for all
they preach / ys the scripture confirmed with miracles /
and receaued many hundred yeres agoo. And therefore God
nedeth not to shew miracles for them whyle they lyue to
strength theyr preachynge. And to shew myracles for them
when they be deed / to moue the people to praye to them and
to put their trust in them / as ye doo in youres / were to
make them Idoles and not sayntes.
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And when he speaketh of miracles done in theyr
church in tyme of persecucyon. I answere / those were not
the miracles of youre church but of them that beleued the
scripture and sofered for it / as the heretykes doo now.
For ye had neuer persecucyon for youre false doctrine /
which ye haue brought in besides the scripture / ner any
that died for it: But ye persecute and slee / whosoeuer wyth Gods worde doeth rebuke it. And as for youre awne myracles of
whych ye make youre boost / ye haue fayned them so grosly
thorow out all youre legendes of sayntes / that ye be now
asshamed of them and wold fayne be ryd of them if ye wyst
how with honeste / and so wolde ye of a thousand thynges
which ye haue fayned. And the cause why heretykes fayne no
miracles as ye do / ys that they walke puerly and entend no
falshed.
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And whi the deuel doeth none for them / ys that they cleue
fast to gods worde whych the deuell
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