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So it happeneth oftentimes that either the people judge too much of the Preachers of Gods word, or else they judge too little: Sometime they attribute unto them too much honour, sometime again they give them too little honour: Sometime they credit them too much, sometime they believe them nothing at all. So are the people always inconstant, so are they moved on either side. When Paul and Barnabas at Listra began to¹ ⟨image 6⟩preach, by and by the whole multitude of the people thought them to be Gods and no men, forthwith they erected Altars, they brought their Sacrifices, their oxen, their calves, their sheep, minding to have sacrificed unto them, and Paul they called Mercurius; Barnabas, Jupiter. This was too great an honour. And therefore when Paul and Barnabas understood the same, they rent their clothes, tore their own garments, run in among the people, cried out and said: Ye men and brethren, why do ye this? So likewise Peter being appointed by God to go to Cornelius the Captain,² so soon as he came in unto him, by and by Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshipped him, he thought him a God and no Man. And thus, as ye see, sometimes the people offended too much on that hand, and gave more honour and reverence unto Gods Ministers than God himself required, or they looked for: Sometimes again on the other hand, they gave them no reverence, they ⟨image 6⟩attributed no honour unto them, they did set too little by the Preachers of Gods word; and this was a fault on the other side.

So it happeneth oftentimes that either the people iudge too much of the Preachers of Gods word, or else they iudge too little: Sometime they attribute vnto them too much honour, sometime againe they giue them too little honour: Sometime they credit them too much, sometime they beléeue them nothing at all. So are the people alwaies inconstant, so are they mooued on either side. When Paule and Barnabas at Listra began to¹ ⟨image 6⟩