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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural
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spirite present in hys church / to teach them all trouth /
as he promised them. I answere / god sofereth not his
church to be disceaued: But he sofereth the
popes church because they haue no loue vnto the
trouth / to liue after the lawes of god / but consent vnto
all iniquite / as he sofered the church of Mahomete. Moare
ouer the gift of miracles was not all waye amonge the
preachers in the olde testament. For Ihon baptist dyd no
miracle at all. The miracles were ceased longe yer christe.
And as for you in the popes kingdome had neuer man that ether confirmed gods doctrine / or youre awne with myracles. All youre sayntes be first saintes when they be deed and then doo
first miracles / to confirme tithes & offerynges &
the poetry which ye haue fayned / and not true doctrine.
For to confirme what preachynge
doeth Saint thomas of canterburie miracles? He
preached neuer ner liued any other life then as our
cardenall / and for hys mischeue died a mischeuous deeth.
And of our cardenall / if we be not diligent /
they wyll make a sainte also and make a greater
relike of his showe then of the others.
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179/32–33
it is . . .
life.
John 6.63, cf. CWM 8/1.313/12–13.
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And of youre deed saintes lat vs take one for an
ensample. Thomas de aquino is a saynt full of miracles / as
freres tell. And hys
doctrine was / that our lady was borne in
originall sinne. And dunce
doynge no miracle at all / because I suppose no
man wotteth where he lieth / improueth that with his
sophistrie and affirmeth the contrary . And of the contrary
hath the pope / for the deuocion of that
the graye frires gaue him / ye maye well thynke
/ made an article of
the fayth.
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180/4–5
how . . .
spiritually. Cf. John 16.7,
12–13.
180/8
the masse . . .
preest. Cf. CWM 6/1.354/14–15 and CWM 8/1.317/19–20.
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And finally as for the miracles / they ar to
make a man astonied and to wonder and to dra
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