Ye did runne wel: who was a let vnto you, that ye should not beleue the truthe? (cō∣sente vnto noman.) Euen the counsel whiche came not of hym, that calleth you. A lytle leauen dothe leauen the whole loumpe of dowe.
In the course of the gospell, ye dyd once runne apace, makyng hastye spede euen the very ryght waye towarde the chiefe game of euerlastyng blysse, who was he that stayed your course? why approue ye not continu∣ally that thing wherewith ye were once well pleased? Why go ye frō your intended purpose, folowing other mennes myndes an other whyle? Be∣ware that no mannes authoritie weyghe so muche with you, y• it make you drawe backe from your course apoynted. It is a foule shame for you now to fall to shadowes, after that ye once gaue credēce to the truthe. I taught you nothing, but that was commaunded me by god. But they y• labour to persuade you the contrarie, lettyng therby the encrease of your fayth, and* 1.1 callyng you from youre profession, to a Iewyshenes, folowe not god, as theyr authour, (who through faythe hath called you into his fauour, and not to a Iewyshnes, through receyuing of circumcision) but folow world∣ly desyres, seekyng for theyr gaynes, glorie, and maynteynaunce of theyr tyrannie. Diligently take hede, and beware of theyr persuasions. They are but fewe, but onles ye auoyde the same fewes companie, it is to be fea∣red, leste they corrupte the whole multitude, and deface the puritie of your religion, euen as ye see, a lytle leauen sowreth the whole batche, wherwith it is myngled, castyng by lytle the sournes of it self, throughout the whole dowe, whiche before was swete. Be there neuer so smal a poynt of Iewish∣nes myngled with the gospel, the same lytle wyll corrupte in you the pure∣nes therof.