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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural
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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.
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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.
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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?
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And when he axeth who taught the church to know the true
scripture from false bokes. I
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