AN ANSWERE VNTO SIR THOMAS MORES DIALOGE

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AN ANSWERE VNTO SIR THOMAS MORES DIALOGE

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thoughtes. For though they saw him reyse vpp other / yet who shulde reyse hym vpp / when he were deed / they coude not comprehende.	Morouer . . . thoughtes. Cf. Luke 18.34. ] Luke
Reade what thou reade canst / and thou shalt fynd no temptacyon lyke vnto that from the creacyon of the world / or so greate as yt by the hundred parte. So that the wonderfull soden chaunge and the tereble syght of hys passyon and of hys most cruell and most vile deeth / and the losse of whom they so greatly loued / that theyr hertes wolde fayne haue died wyth hym / and the feare of their awne deeth / and the impossibilite that a man shulde ryse agayne of his awne power / so occupyed theyr myndes and so astonyed them and amased them / that they coude receaue no comforte / ether of the scrypture or of the miracles which they had sene christ doo / nor of the monicions and warnynge wherewith he had warned them before / nether of the women that brought them tydynges that he was rysen. The swerd of temptacyons wyth feare / sorow / mornynge & wepynge / had depely perced theyr hertes / and the cruell syght. had so combred their mindes / that they coude not beleue / vntyll chryst hym selfe came / deeth put off and ouercome / ye and when they first saw him / they were astonied for wonderinge and ioye to gether that thoughtes a rose in theyr hertes / alas ys thys he or doeth some spirite mocke vs? he was faine to lett them feale him and to eate with them / to strength theyr faythes.	A great temptation layd vpon the Apostles.[[1573] miracles . . . doo. For Jairus' daughter, cf. Matt. 9.18–19, 23–26, Mark 5.21–24, 35–43, Luke 8.40–42, 49–56; for the son of the widow of Nain, cf. Luke 7.12–15; for Lazarus, cf. John 11.11.–44. Matt. 9.18–19,23–26; Mark 5.21–24, 35–43; Luke 8.40–42, 49–56 ] Luke ] John warnynge] warnings [1573] women . . . rysen. Cf. Matt. 28.8, Mark 16.10–11, Luke 24.8–11. Matt. 28.8, Mark 16.10–11, Luke 24.8–11 feare /] ed., feare [1531], [1573] The Apostles were very doubtfull.[[1573] And in lyke maner . . . faythes. Cf. CWM 8/1.541/ 32–542/24. ye ... faythes. Cf. Luke 24.36–43. Disconsolate and doubting after the crucifixion, the apostles exemplify error but "none of them . . . was fallen in hys hert from chryste" [C5v]. ] Luke
How be yt there was none of them that was fallen in hys hert from chryste. For assone as the wemen brought worde / Peter and Ihon ran vnto the sepulchre and saw and wondred and wold fayne haue beleuen that he was	How . . . chryste. CWM 8/1.545/30–31. wondred] [1573], wonred [1531] beleuen] beleued [1573]