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AS who should say / God never punished any holy man / neither cannest thou show that ever any of the saints hath ben afflicted, which way soever thou do turn thee. But seeing that god doth punish the so sore: it is undoubted that thou art no holy man, but a wicked and a sinful man. Here I beseech the consider how gaily they have wrested these words to the veneration of saints. They have no consideration nor no regard in the world unto any manner thing, but what soever they have thought and put posed in their own mind: there is no remedy but that the thing must needs strait ways for ⟨image 35⟩their pleasure be contained in the scripture. The third place is the .xx. chapter of the proverbs. It is ruin and destruction to a man for to devour a saint, and afterward to seek vows / the words in latin are these. Ruina est homini devorare sanctum, et postea querere vota.

AS who shulde saye / God neuer punysshed any holy mā / neyther cannest thou shewe that euer any of the sayntes hathe ben afflycted, whiche waye soeuer thou do tourne the. But seynge that god dothe punysshe the so sore: it is vndoubted that thou arte no holy mā, but a wycked and a synfull man. Here I beseche the consydre howe gayly they haue wrested these wordes to the veneracyon of sayntes. They haue no cōsyderacyon nor no regarde in the worlde vnto any maner thynge, but what soeuer they haue thought and put posed ī theyr owne mynde: there is no remedye but that ye thynge muste nedes strayte wayes for ⟨image 35⟩theyr pleasure be contayned in the scrypture. The thyrde place is the .xx. chapytre of the prouerbes. It is ruyne and destruccion to a man for to deuoure a saynt, and afterwarde to seche vowes / the wordes in laten are these. Ruina est homini deuorare sanctum, et postea querere vota.