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…

Thus Christ reformed the errors ⟨p. 116⟩of the church in his time brought in by the Scribes & Pharisees, and said unto them, Scriptū est. Thus S. Paul reformed y• Corinthians for misusing the holy communion in his time, and tolde them. Quod accepi à Domino, hoc tradidi vobis, I delivered you that thing, that I received of the lord. Thus the old father Ireneus, to stay the errors of his time, bad the parties have a recourse to the most ancient churches, from whence religion sprang first. Thus saith Tertullian, to redress he errors of his tyme. Hoc contra omnes Haereticos praeiudicat, id esse ve•um, quodcunque primum id esse adulterum, quodcunque posterius.

Thus Christ reformed the errours ⟨p. 116⟩of the churche in his tyme brought in by the Scribes & Pharisees, and said vnto them, Scriptū est. Thus S. Paule refourmed y• Corinthians for misusing the holy communion in his tyme, and tolde them. Quod accepi à Domino, hoc tradidi vobis, I deliuered you that thing, that I receiued of the lord. Thus the olde father Ireneus, to stay the erroures of his tyme, bad the parties haue a recourse to the most auncient churchs, frō whence religion sprange fyrst. Thus saith Tertullian, to redresse he errors of his tyme. Hoc cōtra omnes Haereticos praeiudicat, id esse ve•um, quodcunque primum id esse adulterum, quodcunque posterius.

This saying saith the prevaileth against all heretics, that the thing that was first ordained, is to be taken for true, and whatsoever ⟨image 119⟩was devised afterward, is to be taken for false.