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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural
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though they saye to daye this and to morow the contrarie /
all is good ynough and gods
worde: ye and though one pope condemne a nother
(.ix. or .x.
popes arow) with all their workes for heretikes
/ as it is to se in the stories / yet all is right &
none erroure. And thus good night and good rest / Christ is
brought a slepe and layde in his graue and the dore seled
to / and the men of armes aboute the graue to kepe him
doune with polaxes. For that is the surest argument / to helpe at nede
and to be rid of these babillinge heretikes / that so
barke at the holy
spiritualtie with the scripture / beinge therto
wretches of no reputacion
/ nether cardenales ner bisshopes ner yet greate
benefised men / ye and with out totquottes and pluralities /
hauynge no holde but
the very scripture / whervnto they cleaue as
burres so fast that they can not be pulled awaye saue with
very singgynge them of.
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[Hand] [1531]
The surest way to oppresse true doctrine, is to lay the
preachers fast.[1573]
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¶A sure token that the pope is antichriste.
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And though vn to all the argumentes &
persuasions which he wold blinde vs with / to beleue that
the pope with his secte were the right church / and that god
for the multitude will not sofre them erre / we were so
simple that we saw not the sotiltie of the argumentes ner
had wordes to solue them with / but oure bare faith in oure
hertes yet we be sure and so sure that we can therin not be disceaued
/ and doo both feale and se that the conclusion is
false and the contrary true.
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For first Peter saith .ij. Peter .ij. there
shalbe false teachers amonge you whych shall secretly
brynge in damnable sectes / denyenge the lorde that bought
them / and many shall
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