Hereafter folowe x. certayne places of scrypture, by whome it is proued that the doctrynes and tradycyons of men ought to be auoyded

¶The tenth Place is / of Salomon the .xxx. chapytre.

THe tenth Place is / of Salomon in the .xxx. chapytre Of his Prouer bys The wordes of god (sayth he) are fyred & ar a defence for all them y^t styc¦ke to them, and beleue them. Adde thou nothynge to the wordes of hym, left he ponysshe the, and left thou be founde cul∣pable of a lye. Suffyce y^e thou reader for this tyme with that that hathe ben sayd, howbeit many other places myghte haue be founde thorowly amonges the prophe¦tes whiche wold very wel serue this pur¦pose, namelye in Heremye, whiche in his seuenth chapytre sayth. Here ye not that whiche semyth ryghtfull and iust to you, but that that I cōmaūde you. And wal∣ke ye in euery waye whiche I haue com∣maūded you, that it myght be well with you. And in the .ix. chapytre, he sayth by∣cause they haue forsaken my lawe which I gaue to them, and haue not herde my voyce, nor haue walked in it, but haue

gone from it after y^e frowardnes of theyr hertes, and after Bailym whiche thynge they haue lerned of theyr Fathers. Ther∣fore sayth the Lorde god of the congrega∣cyon of Israell these thynges. Lo I shall feade this people with worme wode and gyue them water of gall for theyr drynke and shall dyspercle them amonge nacyōs whiche they nor theyr Fathers neuer kne∣we. And I shall sende my swerde after them vntyll they be dystroyed. And Eze¦chyell in his .xxxiiii. chapytre, sayth woo be to the herdes of Israell, whiche haue fed them selfes. Ar the shepe not fed of the herdes? ye haue eaten the mylke, and ha∣ue coueryd your selfe with the wolle, and that that was fatte ye haue slayne, but ye haue not fed my flocke. And in the se∣conde chapytre of Malachie it is sayde. And nowe this cōmaūdement is to you ye preestes, yf ye wyll not here, and yf ye wyll not sette it on your hertes to gyue glory to my name sayth the Lorde of the cōgregacyon. I wyll send pouerte vpon you, and I wyll curse your blyssynges,

and I wyll curse them bycause ye sette it not in your hertes. Then wyll they crye (as Mycheas sayth in his thyrde chapyt) to the Lorde, but he shall not here them, and he shall hyde his face from them at y^e tyme, bycause they haue wyc∣kedly led theyr lynes ī theyr owne Inuencyons. And for the mys∣chefe of those Inuencyons (as O see in his .ix. cha∣pytre wytnesseth) god shall caste them out of his howse, and in his .xx. chapytre He saythe god shall rewarde them af¦ter theyr way∣es, and after theyr In∣uency∣ons. ✚