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As the miracles done in Egipte / in
the red se / in mount Sinay and so forth were not done that
men shuld goo in pilgremage vnto the places to praye there
/ but to prouoke them vnto the true knowlege of god / that
after warde they myght euer praye in the spryte / where
soeuer they were. Christ also did not his miracles that men
shuld praye in the places where he did them / But to stere
vpp the people to come and heare the worde of their soules health.
And when he bringeth the miracle of Siloe / I
answere / that the
sayde miracle and that christ sent the blynd
thither to receaue his sight / were not done / that men
shuld praye in the pole: but the seconde miracle was so
done / to declare the obedient faith of the blinde and to
make the miracle moare knowen / and the first for the worde
of God / that was preached in the temple / to moue the contre aboute to come thither and lerne to knowe God / and to become a liuely temple / out of which they might euer praye and in
all places. Nether was the miracle of lazarus done / that
men shuld moare praye
in that place then in a nother / but to shew christes power
and to moue the people thorow wonderinge at the miracle / to
herken vnto gods worde and beleue it / as it is to se
playnly.
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