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The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop…The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop…
The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop of Sarum and D. Cole upon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty, and her most honourable Counsel. 1560. Set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.
London: printed by John Day, 1560
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.
The Reply. Sarum.
Now God wot, then are the pore silly souls little beholden to you, that have been so long and so worshipfully maintained by the sweat of their brows and now seeing them, as ye say, deceived, & perish before your eyes, ye can hold your peace and let all alone. Saint Paule sayd, Quis infirmatur, & ego non infirmor? quis offenditur, & ego non uror? Cupio Anathema esse à Christo, pro fratribus me•s. And so would ye say to, if ye were so sure of y• matter, as s. Paul was, or if ye had the spirit of S. Paul.
NOwe God wote, then are the pore sely soules litle beholden to you, that haue been so long and so worshipfully maintained by the sweat of theyr browes and nowe seyng them, as ye say, deceyued, & perish before your eyes, ye cā hold your peace and let al alone. Saint Paule sayd, Quis infirmatur, & ego non infirmor? quis offenditur, & ego non vror? Cupio Anathema esse à Christo, pro fratribus me•s. And so would ye say to, ifye were so sure of y• matter, as s. Paul was, or if ye had the spirite of S. Paul.
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