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41* assurance: let us stand ourselves on the same firm and mighty foundation which was built for them by the apostles. For today there are many other foundations, built in later times, and they are all insecure and bad. The Pope (for instance) wants to be the foundation of the holy Church and her head and her cornerstone; every one of the monkish orders finds the foundation of its rule in its first monk; and there are hosts of such foundations. And the straying people does not seek (truth) but only follows dead customs, walking in the (footsteps) of their fathers who have invented the customs; the people is born unto customs just as pagans are born unto idols. In such circumstances it is therefore best for wise men to look for the foundation which the apostles had made for the original Christians, in order that they might continue their good works. John 17:8,14,

Mark 16: 15–16.

James 2:26.

Colossians 1: 27–28.

John 15:16,.

A paraphrased translation of several redundant phrases.

The translator took the liberty of re-arranging here several sentences in their logical sequence.

I-Peter 2:12.

Ephesians 4: 22–24.

Romans 13:13.

I-Corinthians 3:11, 10.