Chap. 2. the. 7. Diuision.
God in that place of the prophet Ezechiel sheweth how greeuous a sinne idolatrie is, especially in the priests, but he prescribeth no gene∣rall rule of secluding them from their ministerie, if they falling, after∣ward repent.
You worke a sure way, which to mainteine your corruptions, denie the scripture, which speaketh against them, to be vnderstanded of those which be in our time, & that to be vnderstanded of our mi∣nisters, which was of theirs, or of our faultes, which was of theirs. This is not the way to Ana∣baptisme, but to all heresies, & schismes, that euer haue bene or shall be. For if you goe forwarde in clipping the scripture, as you begin, you will leaue vs nothing in the end, wherwith we may eyther defend our selues against heretikes, or be able to strike at them.
I neither denie the scriptures, nor clip them, neither can my doctrine open the way to any