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But which of our brethren are they, that join to these the two books of Chronicles, and the song of Solomon? If you can name any such in these days, it will soon appear they are not brethren of ours. You will not (I suppose) charge us therewith, and yet perhaps you will have men suspect us as guilty thereof. But your boldness is intolerable, that knowing both the common consent, and practise of our Church, do notwithstanding both labour to caste wrong fully upon us some suspicion for ⟨p. 35⟩refusing these, and furthermore also plainly and most falsely avouch, that we deny sundry books of the new Testament, setting down in a row Saint Lukes Gospel,¹ the epistle to the Hebrews, the epistle of Saint James, the second of Peter, the second and third of Saint John, Saint Jude, the Apocalypse, a part of Saint Johns Gospel. What meant you, Master Rainold, thus to say, and thus impudently to lie? Are you gone to Rheims, and have you left all conscience behind you? Care you not to publish in print to the world so great, so many, so manifest untruths? before you use to make your sacrifice at Mass, do you not use to confess your lies, as sins, and yet will you print your lies, without repentance? Of these our Church denieth nor one, doubteth not of one. If you mean some Protestants in Germany, whatsoever they think of Saint James, S. Jude, the second of Saint Peter, the second and third of S. John, yet the epistle to the Hebrews, and the Apocalypse of Saint John they do receive as canonical. Saint Lukes gospel came never yet in doubt or question amongst us, and I muse what the occasion should be of this your so foul untruth. ⟨p. 36⟩If because in the Tower conference of the fourth day one said, that the Laodicean Council omitteth S. Lukes gospel, it is too frivolous, seeing that was a slip of memory or oversight in him. And though the Council had so done, as it hath not, yet how followeth it that we therefore do so?

But which of our brethren are they, that ioyne to these the two bookes of Cronicles, and the song of Salomon? If you can name any such in these daies, it will soone appeare they are not brethren of ours. You will not (I suppose) charge vs therewith, and yet perhaps you will haue men suspect vs as guiltie thereof. But your boldnesse is intolerable, that knowing both the common consent, and practize of our Church, do notwithstanding both labour to caste wrong fullie vppon vs some suspicion for