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¶ A BRIEFE ADVERTISMENT, for to shew that we must simplie obey the voyce of the Lord, without further inqui∣ring of the cōmaundement: & to beleeue that euē as he is iust in al his works, he is as puissāt for to fulfil in vs his wil. Cap. 14. e
¶ To obeie is better then offering, and to giue heede is better then the fatte of Rammes. For rebelliousnesse is as the sinne of witchcraft, and stoubournnesse is wickednesse and idolatrie.
IT is written in the booke of Iesus Siraach,* 1.1 that ma∣ny are excellent & of great renowne, but vnto ye wise are the secretes reuealed. For great power belong∣eth onely vnto God, and he is honoured of the lowely. Séeke not out the things that are aboue thy capacitie, and search not the ground of such things as are too mightie for thée: But looke what God hath com∣maunded thée, thincke vpon that alwaie, and be not curious in many of his works: For thou hast not to doe, to sée with thine