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If scripture in the vulgar tongue had been nedefull, God woulde haue sent it to the Eu∣nuche, to Saule, and to Corne∣lius in the viij.ix. and x. of thac∣tes: but there ye reade that god sent them teachers, Philip, Ana¦ny, and Peter: and not the scrip¦ture:
whiche hadde been but in vayne as appeareth by the Eu∣nuches sayinge: howe shall I vnderstāde scripture by reading except I be taught? Whervpon S. Hierom sayth. Ego (vt de me loquar) nec sāctior sū hoc eunucho, nec studiosior, qu••cū librum tene∣ret &c. ignorabat tamen eum quē in libro nesciens venerabatur. O howe manye this daye, muche more ignorāt then Theunuche, will take in hande onelye with their English boke to open my∣steries bothe to theyr owne de∣struction and others.