A discourse wherin is debated whether it be expedient that the scripture should be in English for al men to reade that wyll. Fyrst reade this booke with an indifferent eye, and then approue or condempne, as God shall moue your heart.

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A discourse wherin is debated whether it be expedient that the scripture should be in English for al men to reade that wyll. Fyrst reade this booke with an indifferent eye, and then approue or condempne, as God shall moue your heart.
Author
Standish, John, 1507?-1570.
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Excusum Londini :: In ædibus Roberti Caly, typographi,
mense Decembris. Anno. 1554.
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Bible -- Versions -- English -- Early works to 1800.
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"A discourse wherin is debated whether it be expedient that the scripture should be in English for al men to reade that wyll. Fyrst reade this booke with an indifferent eye, and then approue or condempne, as God shall moue your heart." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A12919.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.

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Yet an other testimonie of S. Hierom.

Totum quod legimus in scrip∣tura ••••et quidem & fulget in cor¦rice, sed dulcius in medulla est:* 1.1 qui edere vut nucleum frangat nucē. Reuela (inquit Dauid) oculos me∣os, et considerabo mirabilia de lege tua. Al that we rede in scripture (saieth he) dothe florish & shine

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in the letter: but it is much swe∣ter in the spirituall sense. He thē that will eate the curnel let him breake the shelle. And Dauid saied. Open thou mine eyes (O lorde) geue thou me knowledge & I shall vnderstande the won∣derfull mysteries of thy lawe. Marke then hereby the hard∣nes of it.

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