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A book made by John Frith prisoner in the tower of London answering unto…A boke made by Iohn Frith prisoner in the tower of London answeringe vnto…
A book made by John Frith prisoner in the tower of London answering unto M mores letter which he wrote against the first little treatise that John Frith made concerning the sacrament of the body and blood of, christ unto which book are added in the end the articles of his examination before the bishops ... for which John Frith was condemned a[n]d after bur[n]et ... the fourth day of Juli. Anno. 1533.A boke made by Iohn Frith prisoner in the tower of London answeringe vnto M mores lettur which he wrote agenst the first litle treatyse that Iohn̄ Frith made concerninge the sacramente of the body and bloude of, christ vnto which boke are added in the ende the articles of his examinacion before the bishoppes ... for which Iohn Frith was condempned a[n]d after bur[n]et ... the fourth daye of Iuli. Anno. 1533.
Imprinted at Monster i.e. Antwerp : Anno 1533 by me Conrad Willems i.e. H. Peetersen van Middelburch?, 1533Imprinted at Monster i.e. Antwerp : Anno 1533 by me Conrade Willems i.e. H. Peetersen van Middelburch?, 1533
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¶ Thus begynnyth the preface of master Mores book.¶ Thus begynnyth the preface of master Mores boke.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I answer that some texts of scripture are only to be understood after the letter:1 As when Paul saith / Christ died for our since and arose again for our justification.2 And some texts are only to be understood spiritually or in the way of an allegory:3 As when Paul sayeth / Christ was the stone / and when Christ saith4 him self / I am a very vine I am the door / ⟨image 20⟩and some must be understood both literally / & spiritually: As when God said / out of egypt called I my son / which although it were literally 5fulfilled in the children of Israel when he brought them out of Egypt with great power and wonders • yet was it also meant and verified in Christ himself / his very spiritual son / which was called out of Egypt after the death of Herod.