Chap. 2. the. 6. Diuision.
But of readyng Homilyes in the Churche I haue some thing* 1.1 spoken before, nowe it shall be sufficient onely to set downe Master Bucers iudgement of this matter in his notes vpon the Commu∣nion booke, whiche is this. It is better that vvhere there lackes to ex∣pounde the Scriptures vnto the people, there shoulde be Godly and lear∣ned Homilyes redde vnto them, rather than they shoulde haue no exhor∣tation at all in the administration of the Supper. And a litle after: There be too fevve Homilies, and to fevve poyntes of Religion taught in them: vvhen therefore the Lorde shall blesse this kingdome, vvith some excel∣lent Preachers, lette them be commaunded to make mo Homilyes of the principall poynts of Religion, vvhich may be redde to the people, by those Pastors, that can not make better themselues.
And as for Master Bucers authoritie, I haue shewed before how it ought to be weyghed, and here also it is suspitious, for that it is sayde that his aduise was, that when the Lord should blesse the realme with mo learned preachers, that then order should be taken to make more homi∣lies, which should be redde in ye church vnto the people. As if M. Bucer did not know. that there were then learned preachers enough in the realme, which were able to make Homilies so many as the volume of thē might easily haue exceeded the volume of the Bible, if the multitude of Homi∣lies, would haue done so much good. And if the authoritie of Master Bucer beare so great a swaye with Master Doctor, that vpon his credite onely, without eyther Scripture or reason,