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Is not here a nother madde reason? Hys purpose is to proue that the apostles lefte no necessary thynge vnwryten / and Tyndale proueth it thus. In the apostles tyme preste∣hed was an offyce / whych yf the prestes wolde do it truely, wolde more profyte then all the sacramentes in the worlde. Now ye wote well his conclusyon must nedys be thys: And therfore it foloweth that ye apostles lefte no necessary thyng vnwryten•• ys not thys a madde concluded argument. And yet are there in hys wordes mo folyes then one besyde. For graunted that presthed was an offyce / yet myghte that offy∣cer [ B] be consecrated wyth a sacrament, and so was in dede. And a parte of hys offyce was also to mynyster the sacramē∣tes to the people.
Now yf that offyce well occupyed, were more profytable then all the sacramentes besydes: what letteth yt the other sacramentes to be good and necessary to saluacyon. were thys a wyse argument? Better is it to forbere synne then to do penaunce for synne / ergo to do penaunce for synne is not necessary. Now after thys goodly argument goeth he to a∣nother as gay, and sayth.