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¶Sermōs of master Bar∣nardyne Ochyne, borne wyth in the famous vniuersitie of Siena in Italye; nowe also an exyle in thys lyfe for the faythefull testimonye of Iesus Chri
¶The first Sermon.
What thynge God is.
IGnoraunce specially of the heauenly thinges, is the greatest lack that cā be in man, and aboue all other the ignoraunce or lacke of knowledge of god. For as it is impossi¦ble to attaine the science of Philosophye, Astrologie, Geometry or of any other like, without the ground or fyrst principals. So without the knowledge of God the true be ginnyng and princypall of true deuynitie is impossible to haue any lyght of the truth necessary & proffitable to the ghostly health And lykewise, as the knowledge of the first principals of one science, depēdeth ye know¦ledge of all the trouthe and conclusyons that that science conteineth▪ So of the true knowledge of God, dependeth the know∣ledge of all the circumstaunces and truthe