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And certainly this is the plain truth and the very original of these plagues. No man ought to doubt thereon. For though the foresaid natural causes do somewhat also thereto, yet is it sure and undoubted, that the same causes be sent and steered up out of Gods wrath for our sin and unthank fullness. And truly that it is even so, the holy scripture declareth, not which bare words only, but showeth it also with notable ensamples. For in the fourth book of Moses the fourteenth Chapter, when all the spies (except Joshua and Caleb) spake evil of the land of promise, and made the people unpaciente and uprourysshe, so that they chose them a captain, and thought to go again into Egypt, and to stone Moses and Aaron, (which commanded them the contrary) we read thus: Then appeared the glory of the LORD, and spake unto ⟨image 41⟩Moses: Howe long doth this people blaspheme me? And how long will they not believe me, for all the tokens that I have done upon them: therefore will I smite and destroy them with pestilence, and make of the a grater nation then this.

And certaynly this is the playne truth and the very originall of these plages. No man ought to doute theron. For thoughe the forsayd natural causes do somwhat also thereto, yet is it sure and vndouted, that the same causes be sent and steared vp oute of Gods wrath for our synne and vnthank fulnesse. And truely that it is euen so, the holy scripture declareth, not wych bare wordes onely, but sheweth it also wyth notable ensamples. For in the fourth boke of Moses the fourtenth Chapter, whan all the spyes (excepte Iosua and Caleb) spake euell of the lāde of promyse, and made the people vnpaciente and vprourysshe, so that they chose them a captayne, and thought to go agayne into Egypte, and to stone Moses and Aaron, (which commaunded them the contrarye) we reade thus: Then appeared the glorye of the LORDE, and spake vnto ⟨image 41⟩Moses: Howe longe doth thys people blaspheme me? And howe longe wyll they not beleue me, for all the tokens that I haue done vpon them: therfore wyll I smytte and destroye them with pestilence, and make of the a grater nacion then thys.