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And the lives, stories, and gifts of men, which are contained in the bible, ¹they read as things no more pertaining unto them, then a tale of Robin hood, & as things they wot not whereto they serve, save to feign false discant, and juggling allegories, to stablish their kingdom with all. And one of the chiefest and fleshliest studies they have, is to magnify the •aintes above measure, and above the truth: & with their Poetry to make them greater than ever God made them. And if they find any infirmity, or sin ascribed unto the saints, that they excuse with all diligence, diminishing the glory of the mercy of god, and robbing wretched sinners of all their comfort: & think thereby to flatter the saints, and to obtain their favour, and to make special advocates of them, even as a man would obtain the favour of worldly tyrants: as they also feign the saints more cruel then ever was any heathen man, and more wreakful, and vengeable, then the Po•tes feign their gods or furies, that torment the souls in bell, if their evens be not fasted, and their images visited, and saluted with a pater noster, which prayer only our lips be acquainted with: our hearts understanding none at all, and worshipped with a candle, and the offering of our devotion, in the place which they have chosen to hear supplications, and make petitions of their clients therein

And the liues, stories, and giftes of men, whith are contayned in the bible, ¹they reade as thinges no more pertaining vnto them, then a tale of Robin hood, & as things they wot not wherto they serue, saue to faine false discant, and iuglyng allegories, to stablishe their kyngdome with all. And one of the chiefest and fleshliest studies they haue, is to magnifie the •aintes aboue measure, and aboue the truth: & with their Poetry to make them greter thē euer God made them. And if they find any infirmitie, or sinne ascribed vnto the sayntes, that they excuse with all diligence, diminishyng the glory of the mercy of god, and robbyng wretched sinners of all theyr comforte: & thinke therby to flatter the saintes, and to obtayne their fauour, and to make speciall aduocates of them, euen as a man would obtayne the fauour of worldly tyrauntes: as they also fayne ye saintes more cruell then euer was any heathē man, and more wreakeful, and vengeable, then the Potes fayne their goddes or furies, that torment the soules in bell, if their euens be not fasted, and their images visited, and saluted wyth a pater noster, which prayer onely our lippes be acquainted with: our hartes vnderstandyng none at all, and worshipped wyth a candle, and the offring of our deuotiō, in the place which they haue chosen to heare supplicatiōs, and make petitions of their clientes therin