An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . ORD, because that through His grace, He kept me so,both among the flattering specially, and among the men-acing of mine adversaries, that without heaviness andanguish of my conscience, I passed away from them. Foras a tree laid upon another tree overthwart or on cross wise,so was the Archbishop and his three Clerks always contraryto me, and I to them. Now, good GOD ! (for Thine holy name and for the praising of Thy most blessed name, make us one together), if it be Thy will, by authority of thy Word that is true perfect charity:
An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . ORD, because that through His grace, He kept me so,both among the flattering specially, and among the men-acing of mine adversaries, that without heaviness andanguish of my conscience, I passed away from them. Foras a tree laid upon another tree overthwart or on cross wise,so was the Archbishop and his three Clerks always contraryto me, and I to them. Now, good GOD ! (for Thine holy name and for the praising of Thy most blessed name, make us one together), if it be Thy will, by authority of thy Word that is true perfect charity: and else not! And that it may thus be, all that this writing read or hear, pray heartily to the LORD GOD ! that He (for His great goodness that cannot be with tongue expressed) grant to us and to all others, that in the same wise and for the same cause specially, or for any other cause be at [a] distance, to be knit and made One in true Faith, in stedfast Hope, and in perfect Charity. Amen. C C)[)U0 entiett) i\)t 6;camination offl^aster aHJiUiam i:i)orpe. I 12. Znh l)ereafter follotoetl) UsCestament. Atthew, an Apostle of Christ and hisgospeller, witnesseth truly in the Holy Gospel,the most holy living and the most wholesometeaching of Christ. He rehearseth how thatChrist likeneth them that hear his words andkeep them, to a wise man that buildeth hishouse upon a stone, that is a stable and a sad[firm] ground. This house is mans soul, in whom Christ delighteth to dwell,if it he grounded, that is, stablished, faithfully in his living, andin his true teaching, adorned or made fair with divers virtues,which Christ used and taught without any meddling of anyerror, as are chiefly the conditions of charity. This foresaid stone is CHRIST, upon lohich every faithfid soulmust be buildcd, since upon none other ground than upon Christsliving and his teaching, nobody may make any building or house-ing wherein Christ will come and dwell. This sentence wit-nesseth Paul to the Corinthians, sh
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