A path way i[n]to the holy scripture

¶ A letter sent unto a certain friend / to instruct him in the understanding of the scripture / translated out of French into English.

¶ A letter sent vnto a certayn frēde / to enstructe hī in the vnderstandynge of the scripture / translāted out of French into Englysshe.

MY well beloved brother in Christ / the saviour / the peace and mercy of god be with you / and with all them that will the honour of god and the increase of his gospel. Amen. I give thanks unto our saviour / that it hath pleased him (in this great wretchedness of infidelity / with the which the pore souls bought with the precious blood of Christ / were sore clogged & cumbered) to give us knowledge of his word / the which was holy buried and drowned by the reason of lewd learning fables / and dreams of men which have ben ⟨image 30⟩hitherto preached in the place of the right holy & worthy word of god / which the very saviour & redeemer of the world / the only mediator between god & man / very god & very man Jesus Christ came to show us which words (I mean the words of holy scripture / a man ought to receive in as great reverence as though our saviour spake unto us in his own person / greatly therefore ought we to thank him / that it hath pleased him of his unspeakable goodness / to give us this grace / that we may read his holy gospels / and blessed be they that shall bear these holy words and keep them.

MY welbeloued brother in Christ / the sauyour / the peace and mercy of god be with you / and with al them that wyll the honoure of god and thēcrease of his gospell. Amen. I gyue thankes vnto our sauyour / that it hath pleased hī (in this gret wretchednes of infydelyte / with the which the pore soules bought with the precious blode of Christ / were sore clogged & combred) to gyue vs knowledge of his worde / the which was holye buryed and drowned by the reason of leude lerning fables / and dreames of men which haue bē ⟨image 30⟩