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About this pistle hath ever been noche doubting and that amō the great learned men who should be the author thereof: diverse affirming that it was not Pauls partly because the stile so disagreeth & is so unlike: his other epistles / & parley because it standeth in ⟨image 352⟩the second Chapter / this learning was confirmed to us ward: that is to say taught us by them that heard it them selves of the Lord. Now Paul testifieth Gala. j. that he received not his gospel of man nor by man but immediately of Christ & that by revelation. Wherefore say they / seeing this man confesseth that he received his doctrine of the Apostles it cannot be Pauls / but some disciple of the Apostles. Now whether it were Pauls or no I say not / but permit it to other mens judgements / nor there think I it to be an article of any mans faith / but that a man may doubt of the author.

ABoute this pistle hath euer beē noche doutynge and that amō te great learned mē who shuld be the auctor therof: diuerse affirminge that it was not Paules partlye because the stile so disagreeth & is so vnlyk: his other epistles / & parrlye because it stondeth in ⟨image 352⟩the seconde Chapter / this learninge was confyrmed to vs warde: that is to saye taught vs by them that heard it them selues of the Lorde. Now Paule testifieth Gala. j. that he receaued not his gospell of man ner by man but ymmediatlye of Christ & that by reuelacion. Wherfore saye they / seinge this mā confesseth that he receaued his doctryne of the Apostles it cānot be Pauls / but some disciple of the Apostles. Now whether it were Pauls or no I saye not / but permytit to other mennes iudgementes / ne ther thinke I it to be an article of anye mannes fayth / but that a man maye doute of the auctor.

Moreover / many there hath been which not only have denied this pistle to have been written by any of the Apostles / but have also refused it altogether as no catholic or godly pistle / because of certain texts written therein. For first it saith in the site: it is impossible that they which were once lighted / & have tasted of the heavenly gift & were become partakers of the holy ghost / & have tasted of the good word of God & of the power of the world to come if they fall / should be renewed again to repentance or conversion. And in the tenth it sayeth / if we sin willingly after we have received the knowledge of the truth / there remaineth no more sacrifice for since / but a fearful looking for judgement & violent fire which shall destroy the adversaries. And in the .xij. it sayeth that Esau found no way to repentance or con version no though he sought it with tears. Which texts say they / sound that if a man sin no any more after he is once baptised / he can be no more forgiven / and that is contrary to all the scripture / and therefore to be refused to be catholic and godly.