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the will be nought / teach the witt better and the will
shall alter and turne to good immediatly. Blindnesse is the
cause of all euel and light the cause of al good: so that
where the faith is right there the herte can not consent
vnto euell / to folowe the lustes of the fleshe / as the
popes faith doeth. And this conclusion hath he halfe a dosen tymes in his boke / that the will maye compell the witt and
captiuate it / to beleue what a man lusteth. Verelye it is
like that his wittes be in captiuite
and for vauntage tangled with oure holy fathers
sophistrie.
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His doctrine is aftir his awne felynge and as the profession
of his herte is. For the popish haue yelded them selues /
to folowe the lustes of their fleshe / and compell their
witte to absteyne from lokynge on the trouth lest she shuld
vnquiet them and draw them out of the
podell of their filthie voluptuousnesse. As a
carte that is ouer laden goinge vp an hill draweth the
horses backe / and in a tough mire maketh them stonde
styll. And then the carter the deuel which driueth them is
euer by and whistelleth vn to them and biddeth them captiuatt their vnderstondynge vn to profitable doctrine for which they shall haue no persecucion but shall raigne and be kynges
and enioye the pleasures of the worlde at their awne
will.
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xiij.
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xiij.] The xiij. Chapter.
1573
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In the .xiij. he saith that the clergie burneth no man. As
though the pope had not first found the lawe / & as
though al his preachers babied not that in euery sermon /
burne these heretikes burn them
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