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leave_v the_o word_n of_o god_n if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o as_o jerâ—â—_n as_o sed_fw-la dicam_fw-la innum_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la verissimum_fw-la esse_fw-la comperi_fw-la esse_fw-la permulcos_fw-la sic_fw-la prosanu_fw-la addictos_fw-la literu_fw-la ut_fw-la ineruditum_fw-la ut_fw-la infant_n ut_fw-la sordidum_fw-la videatur_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la christianae_n professionu_fw-la vocabula_fw-la viderent_fw-la romuli_n caâ—â—illâ—_n fabricij_fw-la julij_fw-la 〈◊〉_d delectantur_fw-la ad_fw-la christi_fw-la ad_fw-la pauli_n bart_n 〈…〉_o vocabula_fw-la nauseant_fw-la erasmus_n in_o vita_fw-la jerom._n praefix_v jerâ—â—_n erasmus_n complain_v of_o who_o delight_n more_o to_o hear_v the_o name_n of_o poet_n they_o apostle_n of_o philosopher_n than_o prophet_n in_o sermon_n i_o tell_v they_o with_o hugo_n comment_n in_o tit._n 1._o 12._o secular_a learning_n must_v ancillari_fw-la theologiae_n non_fw-la principari_fw-la errant_a qui_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la philosophos_fw-la non_fw-la 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testimony_n of_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n which_o he_o count_v fabulous_a and_o not_o of_o philosopher_n and_o poet_n who_o authority_n he_o can_v not_o refuse_v so_o be_v they_o much_o to_o blame_v who_o become_v not_o all_o to_o all_o all_o true_a writer_n to_o all_o hearer_n that_o by_o all_o mean_v they_o may_v save_v some_o and_o win_v the_o more_o some_o desire_n in_o such_o a_o doctrine_n god_n testimony_n alone_o become_v as_o a_o jew_n to_o the_o jew_n some_o heathen_n testimony_n to_o witness_v that_o truth_n become_v as_o a_o gentile_a without_o law_n to_o they_o that_o be_v without_o law_n become_v all_o philosopher_n poet_n historian_n in_o truth_n that_o by_o all_o mean_v we_o may_v save_v some_o sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la etiam_fw-la animae_fw-la propria_fw-la habentes_fw-la nutrimenta_fw-la say_v stroâ—_n say_v lib._n 1._o stroâ—_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n &_o aliae_fw-la quidem_fw-la augentur_fw-la per_fw-la agnitionem_fw-la &_o scientiam_fw-la aliae_fw-la verò_fw-la 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lucrifaciamus_fw-la let_v we_o therefore_o say_v he_o as_o the_o apostle_n do_v peach_v christ_n admonish_v every_o man_n and_o teach_v every_o man_n in_o all_o wisdom_n that_o we_o may_v present_v every_o man_n perfect_a in_o christ_n jesus_n 7._o preacher_n be_v command_v to_o study_v to_o show_v themselves_o approve_v workman_n that_o need_v not_o be_v ashamed_a devide_v the_o word_n of_o truth_n aright_o 2._o tim._n 2._o 15._o but_o the_o word_n of_o truth_n we_o can_v cut_v and_o divide_v aright_o to_o our_o people_n without_o the_o knife_n of_o secular_a learning_n therefore_o be_v it_o lawful_a yea_o necessary_a in_o our_o sermon_n the_o proposition_n be_v clear_a i_o prove_v the_o assumption_n 1._o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o ancient_a and_o late_a writer_n 2._o by_o the_o practice_n of_o they_o both_o 3._o by_o many_o instance_n of_o scripture_n for_o the_o first_o saint_n 28._o saint_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr doct._n christ_n cap._n 28._o austin_n show_v plain_o that_o history_n be_v needful_a &_o plurimum_fw-la nos_fw-la adiwat_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctos_fw-la libros_fw-la intelligendos_fw-la and_o show_v for_o want_v of_o this_o many_o have_v err_v in_o expound_v the_o scripture_n s._n est_fw-la s._n prooem_n in_o dan._n ad_fw-la pammach_n multiplex_fw-la gracorum_n historia_fw-la necessaria_fw-la est_fw-la jerome_n avouch_v that_o for_o the_o open_n of_o daniel_n prophecy_n many_o story_n of_o secular_a writer_n be_v necessary_a as_o of_o suctorius_fw-la callimachus_n diodorus_n hieronymus_n polybius_n possidonius_fw-la claudius_n theon_n and_o andronicus_n surname_v alipius_n josephus_n &_o those_o he_o cit_v chief_o our_o livy_n pompeius_n trogus_n and_o justine_n who_o explain_v all_o the_o story_n of_o the_o last_o vision_n and_o describe_v the_o war_n of_o syria_n and_o egypt_n that_o be_v of_o seleuâ—us_n and_o antiochus_n and_o the_o pâ—olomies_n after_o alexander_n even_o to_o augustus_n caesar_n and_o if_o at_o any_o time_n i_o be_v compel_v say_v he_o to_o use_v secular_a learning_n it_o be_v not_o my_o will_n so_o much_o as_o great_a necessity_n that_o enforce_v i_o that_o i_o may_v prove_v those_o thing_n which_o the_o prophet_n foretell_v so_o many_o age_n before_o tà m_fw-la graecorum_n quà m_fw-la latinorum_n &_o aliarum_fw-la gentium_fw-la literis_fw-la contineri_fw-la be_v contain_v in_o the_o writing_n of_o greek_a and_o latin_a author_n yea_o cognitto_fw-la yea_o ora._n 2._o de_fw-fr conser_fw-fr in_o eccl._n pur_fw-it put_v deâ—_n verbâ—_n adminicula_fw-la uâ—â—o_fw-la artâ—um_fw-la dâ—cendi_fw-la ac_fw-la prâ—â—â—puarum_fw-la phâ—losophiae_n parâ—ium_fw-la maximè_fw-la ethices_n &_o physices_fw-la cognitto_fw-la zanchius_n himself_o confess_v that_o preacher_n must_v come_v to_o handle_v the_o word_n necessarijs_fw-la instructi_fw-la adminiculis_fw-la furnish_v with_o these_o necessary_a help_n if_o they_o will_v profit_v their_o hearer_n and_o do_v any_o thing_n worthy_a praise_n these_o help_n be_v the_o art_n and_o the_o chief_a part_n of_o philosophy_n especial_o the_o knowledge_n of_o moral_a and_o natural_a philosophy_n absque_fw-la his_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la modò_fw-la plurimas_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la sententias_fw-la non_fw-la intelligent_a say_v &_o multas_fw-la gravissimas_fw-la disputationes_fw-la de_fw-la providentia_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la peccato_fw-la de_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la de_fw-la lege_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la assequentur_fw-la sine_fw-la illis_fw-la verò_fw-la ne_fw-la quidem_fw-la quae_fw-la assecuti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la commodè_fw-la tradere_fw-la alijs_fw-la poterunt_fw-la mark_v he_o neither_o can_v they_o understand_v and_o open_v the_o scripture_n without_o the_o help_n of_o secular_a learning_n nor_o deliver_v the_o meaning_n they_o have_v to_o the_o people_n fit_o without_o it_o for_o we_o know_v say_v he_o cite_v this_o very_a place_n i_o urge_v that_o the_o apostle_n require_v in_o a_o preacher_n skill_n to_o 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talium_fw-la rerum_fw-la scitu_fw-la necessariarum_fw-la occurrat_fw-la and_o etc._n and_o regula_n 9_o quorum_fw-la cognitiâ—_n petenda_fw-la sit_fw-la ex_fw-la grammaticu_n vel_fw-la dialectics_n vel_fw-la historijs_fw-la vel_fw-la mathematâ—cis_fw-la vel_fw-la alijs_fw-la artibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n after_o avouch_v that_o we_o must_v take_v care_n that_o we_o understand_v the_o signification_n of_o word_n the_o force_n and_o propriety_n of_o speech_n and_o any_o other_o thing_n the_o knowledge_n whereof_o must_v be_v fetch_v from_o grammarian_n or_o logician_n or_o historian_n or_o mathematician_n or_o other_o art_n illa_fw-la ex_fw-la ijs_fw-la libris_fw-la cognoscantur_fw-la let_v the_o knowledge_n of_o those_o thing_n be_v fetch_v from_o such_o book_n and_o author_n a_o preacher_n must_v open_v his_o text_n as_o well_o by_o profane_a as_o sacred_a writer_n say_v prophet_n say_v prafat_n in_o minor_fw-la prophet_n gualther_n apply_v those_o thing_n in_o either_o to_o these_o 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