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 May 20, 2024.
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The ,xxix, probation,
Hilarius vpon In corde meo abscondi eloquia tua Sheweth that the high mysteries oughte not to be publyshed abrode a∣monge all people. It is good (saieth he) to hyde the kynges priuetie and secret. And s. Paul (saith he) was aferd to fede the people with any other but with mylke. Christ in the gospell tel∣leth of inestimable treasur foūd and hid in the fylde that was bought: and of the precious sto∣nes not to be cast before swyne, nor the holy vnto dogges. &c. What doeth all thys but plaine∣lye forbydeth thee Byble in Englishe or the mysteries therof