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Here are all Christen men come maunded not furiously straight way es to condemn, what so ever liketh them not at the first aspect & blush but to search the scriptures, & by them to prove, whither they be true or not ⟨image 4⟩Luke declareth in the Acts of the ¹Apostles, that when Paul & Silas preached to certain men at Barrea, they that heard them, received the word gladly, yet not withstanding they searched the scriptures daily, & tried by them, whither it was so or not, as they preached. So becometh it all men to do, not rashly to admit & receive, nor yet furiously to condemn every thing at y• first sight, but as Paul saith, to ²prove all things, & to chose & hold that which is best. Chynges must be proved by the Scriptures & not by the spirit of pride, contention, despite, & contumacy. If men would do this, there should not be so great division in the church of Christ, as there is now a days. Christ & ³Christs trueth is only learned of the holy scriptures. They that teach any other things than the scriptures, teach not Christ, but humane ⟨image 4⟩inventions. Neither ought any thing as a necessary trueth to be believed under pain of damnation, for to be admitted in the church of Christ, except it may be established by the holy scripture & pure word of God. For the righteousness of god is proved saith s. Paul by the testimony & ⁴witness of the law & Prophets Again he saith: If we our selves or an An gel ⁵from heaven do preach unto you any other Gospel, than that we have preached unto you, hold it accursed. As I said before, so say I now again, if any man shall preach unto you any other gospel than that, which ye have received, hold it accursed. Hereto agreeth Origene, it is needful for us, saith he, to call the holy scriptures into witness. For our judgements & expositions without these witnesses, have no faith. Also S. Jerome, that we affirm, must