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.
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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 .xxxiiij, probacion.

Gregorius Nazianzen saieth, Oportet paulatim infirmis fideli∣bus ea que perfectiora sunt ape∣rire, &c. We must by lytle and litle open the secretes of scrip∣ture to the infirme christians. How can it be suffred thenne to be in englysh for euery one too open it to him selfe?

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