VOLUME 3

AN ANSWERE VNTO SIR THOMAS MORES DIALOGE

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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural

will of god / can not know what doctrine is of god and what not Ihon .vij. I fynde in the scripture Hieremie .xxxj. and hebre. viij. that all the childern of god / which only are the true members of his church haue euery one of them the lawe of god written in their hertes: so that if theyr were no law to compell / they wolde yet naturally out of their awne hertes kepe the lawe of god: ye and agenst uiolence compellynge to the contrary. And I se that they whych wilbe the church (and to proue it haue not so great trust in the scripture as in their sophistrie and in the swerd which they haue sett vpp in all landes to kepe them with violence in the rowme) are so ferre off from hauinge the lawes of god written in their hertes / that they nether by gods lawe ner mans refrayne from their open outwarde weked lyuinge. Loke in the chronicles what bloud yt hath cost englond to attempte to brynge them vnder the law. Ye and se what busynes the realme hath had / to kepe the prelates wythyn the realme from takinge the benefyces with them and lyenge at Rome / and yet scacely brought yt to passe / for all that the pope hath the stinte of euery bysshoperyke and of euery greate abbey therto as offt as any is voyde / yer a newe be admitted to the rowme. And I se them bonde vn to their awne wyll and both to doo and too consent vn to other to doo all that God hath forboden. I se them of all people moost uaynegloryous. I se them walke after their fleshly birth. I se them so ferre off from the image of chryste / that not only they wyll not dye for their flocke after hys ensample / but also / yer they wold lose one towne / or vylage / any pollynge or pryuilege whych they haue falsly gotten / bryngyn

JEREMIAH: 31.33: 7/32–33,12/27, 49/19,52/29–30, 53/22, 53/34, 54/16–17,64/15–16, 85/26,97/15–16, 111/7, 112/29, 113/21–22, 113/28, 113/32–33, 137/32, 139/15, 151/27, 170/17–18, 175/14, 183/9–10, 195/22–23, 205/27–28

1 CORINTHIANS: 3.3: 138/11

JOHN: 10.11, 15: 138/13