the spirituall (because he knoweth that man is lorde ouer all
other creatures and they his servauntes made to be at his
pleasure / and that it is not commaunded for the wyne or meate
it silfe that man shuld be in bondage vnto his awne servaunt
the inferioure creature) ceaseth not to serch the cause. And
when he findeth it / that it is to tame the flesh and that he
be alwaye sobre / he obeyeth gladlye / and yet not so
supersticiouslye that the tyme of his disease he wolde not drinke
wyne in the waye of a medicyne to recouer his helth /
as David ate
of the halowed breed and as Moses for necessite lefte
the children
of Israel vncircumcysed .xl. yeares / where of
likelyhod some died vncircumcysed & were yet thought to be
in no worse case then they that were circumcysed / as the
children that died with in the eyght daye were counted in as
good case as they that were circumcysed / which ensamples might
teach vs manye thinges if there were spirite
in vs. And likewyse of the holye daye / he knoweth
that the daye is seruaunt to man / and therfore when he findeth
that it is done because
he shulde not be lette from hearinge the worde of god / he obeyeth gladlie / and yet not so supersticiouslye that he wolde
not
helpe his neyghboure on the holye daye and let the
sermon alone for one daye / or that he wolde not worke on the
holydaye / neade requyringe it / at such time as men be not wont
to be at church / and so thorow out all lawes. And even likewyse
in all ceremonyes and sacramentes he sercheth the significations
and wil not serve the visible thinges. It is as good to him /
that the preast saye masse in his
goune as in his other apparell / if they teach him
not some whate
and that his soule be edefyed therbye. And as sone
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