The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the GreekThe Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke

Unto which I answer: if we should deny this pistle for those texts sakes / so should we deny first Matthew which in his .xij. chap. affirmeth ⟨p. cccxxxii⟩that he which blasphemeth the holy ghost / shall nether be forgiven here nor in y• world to come. And then Mark which in his .iij. chap. sayeth that he that blasphemeth the holy ghost / shall never have forgiveness / but shall be in danger of eternal damnation. And thirdly Luke which saith there shall be no remission to him that blasphemeth the spirit of God. Moreover John in his .j. pistle saith there is a sin unto death / for which a man should not pray. And .ij. Petr. ij. saith: if a man be fled from the uncleanness of the world through the knowledge of the sau your Jesus Christ / and then be wrapped in again / his end is worse then the beginning & that it had been better for him never to have known the truth. And Paul ij. timo. iij. curseth Alexander the coppersmith / desiring the Lord to reward him according to his deeds. Which is a sign that ether the pistle should not be good / or that Alexander had sinned past forgiveness / no more to be prayed for. Wherefore seeing no scripture is of private inter pretaciō: but must be expounded according to the general articles of our faith & agreeable to other open & evident texts / & confirmed or compared to like sentences / why should we not understand ee these places with like reverence as we do the other / namely when all the remnant of the pistle is so godly and of so great learning.

Vnto which I answer: yf we shuld denie this pistle for those textes sakes / so shuld we denye fyrst Mathew which in his .xij. chap. affirmeth ⟨p. cccxxxii⟩that he which blasphemeth the holy goost / shall nether be forgeuē here ner in y• worlde to come. And then Marke which in his .iij. chap. sayeth that he that blasphemeth the holy goost / shall neuer haue forgeuenes / but shal be in daūger of eternall dānaciō. And thyrdly Luke which sayth there shal be no remissiō to hī that blasphemeth the spirite of God. Moreouer Iohn in his .j. pistle sayth there is a synne vnto deeth / for which a mā shuld not praye. And .ij. Petr. ij. sayth: yf a mā be fled frō the vnclennes of the worlde thorow the knowlege of the sau your Iesus Christ / and then be wropt in agayne / his ende is worse then the begininge & that it had bene better for him neuer to haue knowē the truthe. And Paul ij. timo. iij. cursseth Alexāder the copersinith / desyringe the Lorde to rewarde him accordinge to his dedes. Which is a signe that ether the pistle shuld not be good / or that Alexāder had synned past forgeuenes / no more to be prayed for. Wherfore seinge no scripture is of priuat inter pretaciō: but must be expounded accordinge to the generall articles of oure fayth & agreable to other opē & euidēt textes / & cōfirmed or cōpared to lyke sentēces / why shuld we not vnderstō ee these places with lyke reuerēce as we do the other / namely when all the remnāt of the pistle is so godlye and of so great learninge.