Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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l88 XVII. SIR THOMAS MORE.haue it on this wise deliuered ihem at //le bishops hande, &had leuer pay for it to ^/le pri/zter, tha/z haue it of the byshopfree.' It might so happen wilk some, qtwd I. But yet inmyne opinion ther wer in that maner more wilfulnes tha/z i9^ gret reuelewl^doithvserence in ha;;d whan he wil rede, & reuerentlythe scripture,layeth it vp agayn whau hc liath dooue. Wheraswe (god forgeue vs) take a litle regarde to sit down on ourbyble, \\ith the old testament & the new too. Which homely 21handeling, as it procedeth. of litle reuerewce, so doth it m.ore& more enge//dre in /he mind a negligence & conte7;zpt ofgods holi words. We find also /hat among /he lewes, thoughal their whole byble was write;/ in their vulgare tong, & those

•someXVII. (c) A DIALOGUE CONCERNING HERESIES. 18920 bokes therof, wherin their lawes wer write;/, wer vsuall ineuerye mans handes, as thinges f/iat God wold haue co?nmonlyknowen, repeted, & kept in reme;?/brance : yet werther again certain parts therof which f/ie common peple ofMe lewes of old time, both of reuerence & for the difficultie,i25 did forbeare to medle wi't/i. But now, sith /heThe vayle ofveyle of the te;;mle is broke;/ asunder, //lat diuided,among Me lewes, Me peple from Me sight of Mesecretes, and Mat god had sent his holy spirit to bethe tempie isbroken asunder.assistentwz't;^ his hole church to teche all necessary trouth ; though it230 maye therfore be Me better suffred fkat no part of holyscripture wer kept out of honest ley mens ha;/des, yet woldI /hat no part therof shoulde co?ne in theirs, which, to theirown harme & happely their neybours to, would ha;zdle itouer homely, & be to bold and busy therw/t//. And also235 though holye scripture be, as ye saide whyleere, a medicinefor him Mat is sick, & fode for him fkat is hole : yet sith thersoule-sicke Mat taketh himself for hole,is many a body sore& in holy scripture is an whole feast of so much diuersvyand, that after Me affection & state of so;/dry stomakes,240 one may take harme by Me selfsame that shall do anothergood ; and sicke folke often haue such a corrupt tallage intheir tast. Mat they most like Mat mete that is most vnholesomefor the;;/ ; it were not therfore, as me thinketh, vnreasonablethat Me ordinary who;;z god hath in the dyoces245 appointed for Me chief phisicio;/, to discerne betwene Mehole & the sicke, & betwene disease & disease, should afterhys wisedom & discrecio;/ appoynt euery body their part,as he shoulde pf/xeiue to bee good & holesome for them.And therfore, as he should not fayle to find many a man to250 -whom he might commit all Me hole, so, to say Me trouth,I can see none harme therin, though he shold co;;zmit vntoma;/ the gospel of Mathew, Marke, or Luke, whome

•someXVII. (c) A DIALOGUE CONCERNING HERESIES. 18920 bokes <strong>the</strong>r<strong>of</strong>, wherin <strong>the</strong>ir lawes wer write;/, wer vsuall ineuerye mans handes, as thinges f/iat God wold haue co?nmonlyknowen, repeted, & kept in reme;?/brance : yet wer<strong>the</strong>r again certain parts <strong>the</strong>r<strong>of</strong> which f/ie common peple <strong>of</strong>Me lewes <strong>of</strong> old time, both <strong>of</strong> reuerence & for <strong>the</strong> difficultie,i25 did forbeare <strong>to</strong> medle wi't/i. But now, sith /heThe vayle <strong>of</strong>veyle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> te;;mle is broke;/ asunder, //lat diuided,among Me lewes, Me peple <strong>from</strong> Me sight <strong>of</strong> Mesecretes, and Mat god had sent his holy spirit <strong>to</strong> be<strong>the</strong> tempie isbroken asunder.assistentwz't;^ his hole church <strong>to</strong> teche all necessary trouth ; though it230 maye <strong>the</strong>rfore be Me better suffred fkat no part <strong>of</strong> holyscripture wer kept out <strong>of</strong> honest ley mens ha;/des, yet woldI /hat no part <strong>the</strong>r<strong>of</strong> shoulde co?ne in <strong>the</strong>irs, which, <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>irown harme & happely <strong>the</strong>ir neybours <strong>to</strong>, would ha;zdle i<strong>to</strong>uer homely, & be <strong>to</strong> bold and busy <strong>the</strong>rw/t//. And also235 though holye scripture be, as ye saide whyleere, a medicinefor him Mat is sick, & fode for him fkat is hole : yet sith <strong>the</strong>rsoule-sicke Mat taketh himself for hole,is many a body sore& in holy scripture is an whole feast <strong>of</strong> so much diuersvyand, that after Me affection & state <strong>of</strong> so;/dry s<strong>to</strong>makes,240 one may take harme by Me selfsame that shall do ano<strong>the</strong>rgood ; and sicke folke <strong>of</strong>ten haue such a corrupt tallage in<strong>the</strong>ir tast. Mat <strong>the</strong>y most like Mat mete that is most vnholesomefor <strong>the</strong>;;/ ; it were not <strong>the</strong>rfore, as me thinketh, vnreasonablethat Me ordinary who;;z god hath in <strong>the</strong> dyoces245 appointed for Me chief phisicio;/, <strong>to</strong> discerne betwene Mehole & <strong>the</strong> sicke, & betwene disease & disease, should afterhys wisedom & discrecio;/ appoynt euery body <strong>the</strong>ir part,as he shoulde pf/xeiue <strong>to</strong> bee good & holesome for <strong>the</strong>m.And <strong>the</strong>rfore, as he should not fayle <strong>to</strong> find many a man <strong>to</strong>250 -whom he might commit all Me hole, so, <strong>to</strong> say Me trouth,I can see none harme <strong>the</strong>rin, though he shold co;;zmit vn<strong>to</strong>ma;/ <strong>the</strong> gospel <strong>of</strong> Ma<strong>the</strong>w, Marke, or Luke, whome

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