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A16122 The summe of the holye scripture and ordinarye of the Christen teachyng, the true Christen faithe, by the whiche we be all iustified. And of the vertue of baptesme, after the teaching of the Gospell and of the Apostles, with an informacyon howe all estates shulde lyve accordynge to the Gospell.; Summa der godliker Scrifturen. English Bomelius, Henricus, 1500?-1570.; Fish, Simon, d. 1531. 1529 (1529) STC 3036; ESTC S114463 99,848 250

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whate_o soever_o you_o 〈◊〉_d in_o my_o name_n that_o will_v i_o do_v 14._o john_n 14._o and_o he_o be_v ready_a at_o all_o hour_n to_o forgeve_v we_o our_o sin_n when_o we_o have_v repentance_n as_o say_v the_o prophet_n ezechiell_n 18._o eze._n 18._o if_o the_o wik_v tour●he_v he_o silf_a from_o his_o sinful_a life_n to_o rightuousnesse_n he_o shall_v live_v and_o not_o dye_v and_o i_o will_v no_o more_o have_v remembrance_n of_o thynyquyte_v that_o he_o have_v do_v and_o seynt_a paul_n unto_o the_o romayn_v all_o they_o that_o believe_v and_o trust_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v shame_v and_o johel_n the_o proprete_n as_o recite_v saint_n paul_n all_o they_o that_o shall_v call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v save_v that_o be_v to_o say_v they_o that_o by_o a_o steadfast_a feyth_n abide_v upon_o god_n as_o do_v the_o good_a thief_n that_o be_v crucify_v with_o christ_n which_o when_o he_o with_o a_o steadfast_a believe_v have_v call_v upon_o chryst_n be_v answer_v this_o day_n shall_v thou_o be_v with_o i_o in_o paradise_n and_o as_o do_v mary_n magdaleyne_v to_o who_o it_o be_v likewise_o say_v thy_o faith_n have_v save_v the_o go_fw-mi thou_o in_o peace_n shall_v be_v save_v thirdli_n we_o must_v also_o believe_v that_o god_n desit_v none_o other_o thing_n but_o our_o health_n and_o therefore_o whatesomever_o thing_n happon_o to_o we_o here_o be_v we_o in_o health_n or_o in_o disease_n scotfree_a or_o poor_a honour_a or_o despise_a noble_a or_o unnoble_a alyve_fw-mi or_o deed_n we_o shall_v alweye_n be_v content_a whate_o thing_n soever_o god_n send_v know_v certain_o that_o nothing_o comith_n without_o the_o will_n &_o sufferance_n of_o god_n for_o if_o it_o so_o be_v that_o one_o leefe_fw-mi fall_v not_o from_o the_o tree_n &_o that_o a_o sparowe_n or_o a_o fly_n descend_v not_o on_o the_o earth_n without_o the_o will_n of_o your_o father_n how_o moche_n more_o comith_n there_o nothing_o to_o we_o without_o the_o will_n and_o suffraunce_n of_o 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have_v be_v part_n taker_n you_o be_v then_o bastard_n and_o not_o son_n and_o in_o thapocalip_n speak_v god_n and_o say_v 3_o apo._n 3_o as_o many_o as_o i_o love_v i_o rebuke_v and_o chastyse_n also_o solomon_n in_o the_o proverbes_n say_v theym_n that_o the_o lord_n god_n love_v he_o rebuke_v 3●_n pro._n 3●_n therefore_o let_v none_o be_v sorry_a when_o tribulation_n maladye_o pestilence_n or_o also_o the_o death_n it_o silf_a comith_n but_o let_v he_o alweyes_fw-mi accord_v his_o will_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o suffer_v patient_o &_o joyful_o know_v for_o troth_n that_o it_o be_v all_o the_o good_a &_o holy_a will_n of_o god_n our_o right_a good_a father_n and_o let_v he_o thank_v he_o that_o it_o please_v he_o to_o make_v he_o worthy_a to_o suffer_v any_o manner_n trybulacyon_n for_o his_o sake_n as_o do_v job_n and_o thobias_n and_o many_o other_o for_o without_o doubt_n god_n know_v whate_o thing_n be_v healtful_a for_o us._n and_o he_o that_o murmure_v &_o grudge_v 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god_n require_v be_v now_o bannissh_v and_o reprove_v all_o be_v turn_v into_o pride_n excess_n and_o costly_a apparel_n as_o though_o in_o these_o thinnge_n lay_v parpayt_v spiritualtye_n and_o holiness_n of_o religyon_n ¶_o of_o the_o cloister_n of_o sister_n and_z of_o they_o be_v life_n chaptre_n xxi_o there_o be_v also_o divers_a cloister_n of_o sister_n whole_a life_n seem_v to_o be_v more_o according_a to_o the_o gospel_n for_o to_o labour_v with_o they_o be_v ande_fw-mi and_z to_o help_v one_o a_o other_o by_o love_n be_v a_o christian_a life_n and_o saint_n paul_n bo_v he_o silf_a in_o his_o epistle_n that_o he_o have_v get_v his_o expense_n in_o the_o labour_n of_o his_o ande_fw-mi exorting_a we_o strong_o to_o do_v likewise_o as_o unto_o the_o tessalonians_n we_o have_v not_o say_v he_o eat_v our_o breed_n for_o nought_o be_v without_o get_v of_o it_o and_o heryn_n be_v better_a the_o life_n of_o sister_n then_o of_o the_o nonne_n for_o they_o be_v alweye_n diligent_a in_o 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and_o pompous_a edyfice_n monasterye_n and_o chapelle_n will_v be_v easy_o lodge_v and_o be_v to_o supersticyous_a yn_n garnyssh_v with_o great_a cost_n there_o chapelle_n and_o altar_n make_v sumptuous_a altar_n table_n altar_n clothes_n courteyn_n and_o other_o thing_n like_o which_o be_v all_o nothing_o but_o pride_n pomp_n and_o concupiscence_n of_o the_o yien_n as_o say_v saint_n johan._n 2._o john_n 2._o and_o albeyt_n that_o some_o do_v it_o of_z ah_o good_a intent_n think_v by_o such_o thing_n to_o do_v great_a service_n unto_o god_n yet_o be_v it_o all_o nought_o else_o but_o abomynacyon_n before_o he_o he_o set_v not_o by_o such_o thing_n as_o witnessith_v the_o prophet_n esaie_n ●6_n esa._n ●6_n for_o he_o love_v all_o symplicite_a humylite_n and_o povertye_n aswell_o outward_a as_o ynward_a