Certain sermons preached before the Queens Majesty, and at Pauls crossCertaine sermons preached before the Queenes Maiestie, and at Paules crosse

I will speak nothing of the blindness of the time past, for our adversaries take that for a special hold, and call ignorance the mother of devotion: and say, Scriptures are a buckler, and a defence for heretics. Not long sithence, in this city there were certain interrogatories put forth, to enquire of such as then they called heretics, wherein one inquiry was made in this sort: Item, whether you know or have heard of any person or persons within your parish, that hath kept, or at this present doth keep, any heretical, naughty, and seditious book or ⟨image 46⟩books, especially, English Testaments, or Bibles. I feign not this of my self, the book is to be seen, imprinted even in this yard. But this matter will soon be answered, will they say: for it followeth, Falsely translated. That were somewhat, if they would appoint you out one, that were translated aright, or did allow any translation of the Testament in English to be used.

I wil speake nothing of the blindnes of the time past, for our aduersaries take that for a special hold, and cal ignorance the mother of deuotion: and say, Scriptures are a buckler, and a defence for heretikes. Not long sithence, in this citie there were certaine interrogatories put forth, to enquire of suche as then they called heretikes, wherein one inquiry was made in this sort: Item, whether you knowe or haue heard of any person or persons within your parish, that hath kept, or at this present doth keepe, any heretical, naughtie, and seditious booke or ⟨image 46⟩bookes, especially, English Testaments, or Bibles. I fayne not this of my selfe, the booke is to be seene, imprinted euen in this yard. But this matter wil soone be answered, wil they saye: for it followeth, Falsly trāslated. That were somewhat, if they woulde appointe you out one, that were translated aright, or did allowe any translation of the Testament in English to be vsed.

Whensoever any great Eclipse chanceth in the sun or moon, some marvellous impression, or change, or mortality followeth upon the earth: Even so, when true knowledge faileth in the Church of God, it cannot be but the souls of the people shall perish. If in the little time of Moses absence, the people forgot God, and fell to idolatry: if when Christ slumbered, and took but a little nap in the ship, the ship began to drown: how shall it be with them that receive not Moses at all, and give no place to our saviour Christ, who only is able to save the Church from drowning? For as Hilary saith, Ecclesiae