And when he axeth whether Abraham beleued no moare then is written of him. I axe him how he wyll proue that there was no writynge in Abrahams tyme and that Abraham wrot not. And agayne / as for Abrahams person / he receaued his faith of god / whych to confirme vn to other / miracles were shewed dayly.

And when he fayneth forth / that they beleued only because they knew their olders coude not erre. How coude they know that with out miracles or writynge confirmed with miracles / moare then the turcke knoweth that his elders so many hundred yeres in so greate a multitude can not erre and teach false doctrine to damne the beleuers . And the contrary doeth Master More se in all the byble / how aftir all was receaued in scripture confirmed with miracles and though miracles ceased not / but were shewed dayly / yet the elders erred and fell to Idolatrie an hundred for one that bode in the right waye and led the younger in to erroure with them so sore / that god to saue the yonger / was faine to destroye the elders and to begynne his testament afresh with the new generacion.

He seith also that the most part were al waye Idolaters for all the scripture and true myracles therto / and beleued the false miracles of the deuel / because his doctrine was moare agreable vnto their carnall vnderstondynge / then the doctrine of gods spirite / as it now goeth with the pope: did not the scribes / phareses / and prestes whych were the elders erre?

And when he axeth who taught the church to know the true scripture from false bokes. I