A view of a seditious bull sent into England, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…

In like sort saith Orig.¹ Utinam omnes faceremus illud quod scriptum est, scrut amini Scripturas: Would God we would all do accordingly as it is written search the Scriptures. It were a token that we do love Christ. Then would the Father love us, and Christ would love us, and show himself unto us: and he, and his Father would come unto us, and dwell in us. ²Chrysostome saith: Hoc omnium malorum caussa est, quòd Scripturae ignorantur: This is the cause of all ill, that the Scriptures are not known. To know nothing of Gods laws,³ saith he in an other place, is the loss of salvation, ignorance hath brought in heresies, and vicious life: ignorance hath turned all things upside down. S. Hierome expounding ⟨p. 217⟩those words of the Apostle: ⁴Let the word of Christ dwell in you plenteously, saith Hic ostenditur verbum Christ•, nō sufficientèr sed abundantèr etiam laicos habere debere, & docere se inuicem, vel monere: Here we are taught, that the lay people ought to have the word of God, not only sufficiently, but also with abundance, and to teach, and counsel one another.

In like sorte saith Orig.¹ Vtinam omnes faceremus illud quod scriptum est, scrut amini Scripturas: Woulde God wee woulde al do accordingly as it is written search the Scriptures. It were a token that we do loue Christe. Then woulde the Father loue vs, and Christ would loue vs, and shewe himselfe vnto vs: and he, and his Father woulde come vnto vs, and dwel in vs. ²Chrysostome saith: Hoc omnium malorum caussa est, quòd Scripturae ignorantur: This is the cause of all ill, that the Scriptures are not knowen. To knowe nothing of Gods lawes,³