¶ The faithful love nothing but god having no delight in them selves / neither love any thing carnally but love that thing that is contrary to their concupiscence & desires / ⟨image 46⟩and above all things they receive thankful the cross of Christ / which is tribulation / affliction & persecution / & have them in great favour which show them their faults / abhorring all flatterers / avoiding and flying to their power all errors / destroying the knowledge of god / hating all thing that letteth the correction and punishment of •yces / loth to meddle with any thing contrary unto the will of god / •revounsynge that which is of the world. And in as much as their will / their •ences & •••endment / which be but fleshly / be of the world they forsake & utterly renounce themselves •in that that they refuse the devil & all his powpes / and by these means they accomplish the word of god which saith / that he that will not forsake himself shall not be his disciple So he doth also at the •aptun wham ⟨image 47⟩he saith. I renounce Satan & all his pomps, In the which baptism there is a great abusion now / as well as in many other ordinances of the church / for the child knoweth not what is said / nor the godfathers nor the priest that baptiseth many times. And this is done by the priests / because they would be made much of & order all thing at their pleasure the better / saying all in Latin / where as the simple people understand nothing / which is against the commandment of god & ordinance of the apostle / which commandeth that such manner of folk praying or speaking on that manner keep silence in the congregation or church / or else that they speak that men may understand them.
¶ The faithfull loue nothinge but god hauynge no delyte in them selues / neither loue any thige carnally but loue that thynge that is contrary to their concupyscence & desyres / ⟨image 46⟩and aboue all thinges they receyue thankfull the crosse of Christ / whiche is trybulation / afflyction & persecution / & haue thē in gret fauour which shewe them their fautes / abhorrynge all flaterers / auoydynge and flyenge to their power all errours / distroyeng the knowledge of god / hatyng all thinge that letteth the correctyon and punysshment of •yces / loth to medle with any thinge contrary vnto the wyll of god / •reuounsynge that whiche is of the worlde. And in as moche as their wyl / their •ences & •••endment / whiche be but flesshly / be of the worlde they forsake & vtterly renoūce themselfe •in that that they refuse the deuyll & all his powpes / and by these menes they accōplyssh the worde of god which sayth / that he yt wyl nat forsake hiself shal nat be his disciple So he doth also at the •aptun whā ⟨image 47⟩he sayth. I renounce Satan & all his pompes, In the which baptim there is a great abusyon nowe / as well as in many other ordynances of the church / for the child knoweth nat what is said / nor the godfaders nor the preest that baptyseth many tymes. And this is done by the prestes / bycause they wolde be made moche of & ordre all thynge at their pleasure the better / sayenge all in Latyne / where as the symple peple vnderstande nothynge / which is against the cōmaundement of god & ordynaūce of the apostle / which cō maundeth that such maner of folke prayeng or spekynge on that maner kepe sylence in the congregacion or churche / or els that they speke that men may vnderstande them.
