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it is a great confirmation of our faith when we see such as were godly persons before us interpret the scripture and use the Sacraments as we do. As when the heresy of semo satenus troubled the Christian brothers that said this word, uerbum in Johan In principio erat uerbum, did not signify any person: nor substance divine. They were confirmed by the the testimony of Ireneus that hard Policar pus Johan the Evangelist Disciple interpret uerbū in the gospel for the ⟨image 81⟩sane of God second person in Trinity. though we be bound to hire the church to say the true and faithful preachers of God's word as was in this case Polycarp and Ireneus. Not with standing our faith: Is not grown did upon the authority of the church. But in and upon the voice of the gospel. we pray and invocate the son of God second person in Trinity. Because the scripture proveth him to be god, Deus erat uerbū. Also: Pater meus usque modo operatur, & ego operor, sine me nihil potestis facere. Item domine Jesus accipe spiritum meum. The adversaries of the truth defend many à false error under the Name of the holy church: therefore these treasons and secret conspiracies must be taken head of. And when the church is Named, diligently to consider when the articles, they would defend: were accepted of the church: by whom, and ⟨image 81⟩who was the author of them leave not till the matter be brought unto the first original and most perfect church of the Apostles if thou find by there writings that there church used, the thing that the preacheth would prove then accept it or else not be not amazed thou the speak of never many years nor name never so many doctors, Christ and his Apostles be grant fathers in age to the doctors and masters in learning, repose thy self only the church that they have taught the by the scripture: fear nether of the ordinary pore or succession of bishops nor of the greater part. For if ether the authority of bishops or the greater part should have pore to interpret the scripture, the sentence of the pharisees, should have bin preferred before the sentence of Zechariah, Simeon, Elizabeth or the blessed virgin consider that many time the true church is ⟨image 82⟩but à small congregation as Esay saith Nisi deus reliquisset nobis semen, sicut Sodoma essemus. Therefore is not the interpretation of the scripture obligated unto an ordinary pore nor the most part.