[The Pentateuch]

Finally / concerning vows whereof thou readest chapter .xxx. there may be many questions / whereunto I answer shortly that we ought to put salt to all our offerings: that is / we ought to minister knowledge in all our works and to do nothing whereof we could not give a reason out off gods words. We be now in the day light / and all the secretes of God and all his counsel and will is opened unto us / and he y• was promised should come and bless us / is ⟨image 241⟩come already and hath shed his blood for us and hath blessed us with all manner blessings and hath obtained all grace for us / and in him we have all. Wherefore god hence forth will receive no more sacrifices off beasts of us / as thou readest Hebr .x. If thou burn unto God the blood or fat of beasts / to obtain forgiveness of since thereby or that god should the better hear thy request / then thou doest wrong unto the blood of Christ / and Christ unto thee is dead in vain. For in him god hath promised not forgiveness of since only / but also what soever we axe to keep us from sin and temptation with all. And what if thou burn frankincense unto him / what if thou burn a candle / what if thou burn thy chastity or virginity unto him for the same purpose / doest thou not like rebuke unto christs blood? Moreover if thou offer gold / silver or any other good for the same intent / is there any difference? And even so if thou goo in pilgrimage or fastest or goest woolward / or sprinklest thy self with holy water or else what soever dead it is / or observest what soever ceremony it be for like meaning / then it is like abomination. We must therefore bring the salt of the knowledge of gods word with all our sacrifices / or else we shall make no sweet savour unto god thereof.

Fynally / concernynge vowes whereof thou readest chaptre .xxx. there maye be many questyons / whereunto I answere shortly that we ought to put salt to all oure offerynges: that is / we ought to ministre knowledge in all ovre workes and to do nothinge wherof we coude not geue a reason out off gods wordes. We be now in the daye light / and all the secretes of God and all his counsell and will is opened vnto vs / and he y• was promysed shuld come and blesse vs / is ⟨image 241⟩come alredye and hath shed his bloude for vs and hath blessed vs with all maner blessynges and hath obrayned all grace for vs / and in him we haue all. Wherfore god hence forth will receave nomoare sacrifices off beestes of vs / as thou readest Hebre .x. Yf thou burne vnto God the bloude or fatt of beestes / to obtayne forgeuenesse of synnes therby or that god shuld the better heare thy requeste / then thou doest wronge vnto the bloude of Christ / and Christ vnto the is dead in vayne. For in him god hath promysed not forgeuenesse of synnes only / but also what soeuer we axe to kepe vs from synne ād temptacyon with all. And what yf thou burne frankencens vnto him / what yf thou burne a candle / what yf thou burne thy chastite or virginite vnto him for the same purpose / doest thou not like rebuke vnto christes bloude? Moreouer if thou offer gold / syluer or any other good for the same entent / is there any difference? And euen so yf thou goo in pylgremage or fastist or goest wolwarde / or sprinclest thy selfe with holy water or els what soeuer dead it is / or observest what soeuer ceremonye it be for like meanynge / then it is like abhominacion. We must therfore bringe the salt of the knowledge of gods worde with all oure sacrifices / or els we shall make no swete sauoure vnto god thereof.