I certifie you brethren, that the gospell whiche was preached of me, was not after the maner of men. For I neither receiued it, nor learned it of man, but by the reuel ac••on of Iesus Christe.
But because ye shall the better vnderstande, that I not without consi∣deracion fell from Moses lawe, and nowe with suche boldnes preache the libertie of the gospell, Ioo you to wil (brethren,) that the gospell, whiche I taught you, is no suche worldly ordinaunce as maye for any mannes pleasure be altered, as that maye be, whiche is made by man. Suche as to you preache circumcision, let them for theyr parte take hede, whence they learned theyr gospell. Surely the ioyfull tydynges, which I taught you, neither receyued, nor learned I of man, by meane whero•• I myght be cou∣pelled, either to leane to his authoritie, or to folow other mennes interpre∣tacions.* 1.1 Christe hymself vouchesaued to shewe, vnto me the misterie of the newe lawe and the abolyshment of the olde, because no man shall thynke, that I was without consideracion and rashely chaunged, or els receyued the gospell, whiche I preache, of no person of graue authoritie. Christe is in suche sorte man, that yet he is no mortall man, nor yet vnder suche deli∣tes, as all men els are. Christe is also in suche condicion man, that he ther∣with is also God, by whose secrete power, and spirite I was sodenly chaū∣ged into a new man, being elswyse more stubbernly gyuen to Moses law, taught vnto me by myne elders to be had in reuerence and honoure, than was lyke by any worldly perswasion to be plucked out of my heade, had not the holye ghost enspired myne hearte.