M.  But God doth to our salvation use the service of angels, that wait upon us, and therefore do hear us.

      S.  ^xThat is true.  But yet it appeareth nowhere in the word of God that God would have us pray to angels, or to godly men deceased.  And sith faith resteth upon ^ythe word of God, and what is not of faith ^zis sin, I said rightly that it is a sure token of infidelity to forsake God, ^ato whom alone the scriptures do send us, and to pray to and crave help of angels, or godly men departed this life, for calling upon whom there is not one word in the holy scriptures.

      M.  But seeing charity never ^bfalleth out of the hearts of the godly, even while they be in heaven they are careful for us, and do desire our salvation.

      S.  That cannot be denied; yet it doth not follow that we must therefore call upon them, unless we think that we must call for the help and succour of our friends, be they never so far from us, only because they bear us good-will.

      M.  But we oft crave help of men that be alive, and with whom we are presently conversant.

      S.  I grant.  For men, as they have ^cmutually need one of another’s help, so hath God granted them power, one mutually to help another; yea, and he hath expressly commanded every man ^dto relieve his neighbour with such help as he can.  We do therefore call upon men, as ministers of God’s goodness, according to the will of God, looking for help and succour of them: but yet so that all our trust be settled in God alone, and that we reckon received from him, as the spring-head of all liberality, whatsoever is delivered us ^eby the hands of men.  Therefore this is well and orderly done, and no impediment to the calling upon of God alone, so that we confess that we do not from elsewhere look for any good thing, nor settle our whole succour in any other.