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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural
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we him to heare the worde ernistly / rather then to write it
in his herte. For whosoeuer hath no nother fealynge of the
law of god that it is good / then because of miracles / the
same shall beleue in Christe / as did Simon Magus and Iudas: and as they that came out of Egipte with Moses / and fell awaye
at euery temptacion / & shall haue good werkes like vn
to our popes / bisshopes and cardenales. And therfore when
the scripture is fully receaued / there is no nede of
miracles. In so moch that they which
wyll not beleue Moses and the prophetes when the
scripture is receaved / the same wilbe no true beleuers by
the reason of miracles /
though one arose from deeth to life to preach vn
to them by the testimonie
of Christe.
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Our fayth may not be grounded onely vpon miracles, but vpon the
worde of God.[1573]
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And agayne / how doeth S. Hierom / Augustine /
Bede and many other old doctoures that were before the pope
was cropt vpp in to the consciences of men and had sent
forth his damnable sectes / to preach him vnder the name of
christe / as christ prophisied it shuld
be / expounde this texte / thou arte Peter and
vppon this rocke I wyll
byld my church / and this texte / Peter fede my
shepe / and all power
is geuen me in heuen & in erth / and
innumerable soch textes cleane contrary vnto al those new
old holy doctours that haue made the pope a god? They knew
of no power that man shuld haue in the
kyngdome of Christ / then to preach Christ
truly. They knew of no power that the pope shuld haue to
send to purgatory or to deliuer thence / nether of any
pardons ner of any soch confession as they
preach & teach / nether were many that are articles with
you / articles of their faith. They al preached forgeuenesse
of synnes thorow repentaunce towar
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Mat. 16. [1531]
Ioan .21. [1531]
The Apostles of Christe knew no such authoritie as the Pope
now vsurpeth.[1573]
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