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This hygh godly spirituall mā taketh for none abomina¦cion at all, but can abyde well and hold very well with all, & not defende yt onely but commende yt also / that a nonne cō¦secrate vnto god, shold runne out of relygyon, and do fo••le stynkyng sacri••yce to that fylthy idole of Priapus, that frere Luther bereth about to gather in his offerynge wyth / & that they shall both, and a great many such reba••des mo / shame fully shew theyr abomynable bychery, to the corrupcyon of the worlde openly. But he can not abyde in no wise that any man sholde so repent his secrete synne, that he sholde vnto his confessour shew yt secretely. This can Tyndale in no [ C] wyse abyde. And why? For he wolde rather haue synne she∣wed in shamelesse b••stynge, whereby it myght encreace and grow / thē shamefas••ely shewed in cōfessyon, where it myght be weeded out and caste away.
I purpose not here to fall in dys••ycyons wyth Tyndale for y• mate••/nor at euery lewd felowes blasphem••/to bryng the blessed sacramentes in questyon. For syth Tyndale can not hym self deuye, but that sayne Austayne, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Hierom, saynt Ambrose, 〈…〉〈…〉, and other holy sayntes haue b••th vsed, 〈…〉〈…〉, and ta¦ken c••••essyon for a necessary 〈…〉〈…〉/& euery go•••• man hath in hym selfe euer fou•••• no lytle spyrytuall pr••¦fy••e and soule comfort therin: yt shall not now greatly 〈◊〉〈◊〉