Sin theoni en christoni the answer to the preface of the Rhemish Testament. By…Syn theōi en christōi the ansvvere to the preface of the Rhemish Testament. By…

To the three next sections, pag. 3. and 4.

If (as hath been showed) all ought to read the Scriptures, then all ages, all sexes, all degrees and callings, all high and low, rich & poor, wise and foolish have a necessary duty herein: of which particularities, neither do the Scriptures nor ancient writers keep silence. For the Scripture declareth that women and children, & that from their infancy, that¹ noble and ignoble, rich and poor, wise and foolish exercised themselves ⟨p. 18⟩in the holy Scriptures. And Theodoret ²liketh well that the points of religion which the Church taught▪ were not only known of Doctors and masters, but of Tailors, Smiths, Weavers and other artificers: not of men only but of women, and the same not only learned, but labouring women, sewsters, servants and handmaids; not of Citizens alone, but of Country-folk, Ditchers, delvers, neatherds and gardeners, disputing even of the holy Trinity, &c.

If (as hath bene shewed) all ought to reade the Scriptures, then all ages, all sexes, al degrees and callings, all high and lowe, rich & poore, wise and foolishe haue a necessarie duetie heerein: of which particularities, neither doe the Scriptures nor auncient writers keep silence. For the Scripture declareth that wemen and children, & that from their infancie, that¹ noble and ignoble, riche and poore, wise and foolish exercised themselues ⟨p. 18⟩in the holy Scriptures. And Theodoret ²lyketh well that the points of religion which the Church taught were not onelie knowne of Doctors and maisters, but of Taylers, Smythes, Weauers and other artificers: not of men onelie but of wemen, and the same not onely learned, but labouring wemen, sewsters, seruants and handmaides; not of Citizens alone, but of Countrie-folke, Ditchers, deluers, neatheards and gardiners, disputing euen of the holie Trinitie, &c.