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¹For w•at else import their purging satisfactions, their mass sacrifices, their general marts of pardons: so many and so tedious pilgrimages undertaken into far nations, so many and manifold byhangers, procured for prayers and intercessions, Monkish vows, purgatory markets, so many orders of Regulars, clogs of religions, innumerable and intolerable burdens of mens constitutions and traditions, monasteries builded for the redemption of •oules (for so they affirm) Rosaries, Diriges for the dead, nightwat•hinges and other works of supererogation partly dew, partly purchased with the penny, and enterprises of all sorts undertaken in hope reward? In good fellowship, ⟨p. 66⟩who would ever have entered into the order of Francis, Benedict, Bruno, or Brigitte, who ever heretofore or at this present would be crowded under cowl, if he grounded the chief shooteanker of his salvation in Christ only and not in mens merits? What one of all that crew would have suffered him self too have been pent up in such a loathsome continuance of monkish austerity, or have tied him self to an everlasting restrain• from mea•es and marriage after the manner of the Nazarites, if reposing his only affiance upon Christ, he did not determine upon some other hope of attaining salvation? Finally who would not with all his heart abhor and de•est the unmeasurable trumperies and tedious traditions of men, if he did firmly believe that he could not otherwise stand assured before the sea•e of majesty, but by only faith which is in Christ Jesus?

¹For w•at els emporte their purging satisfactions, their masse sacrifices, their generall martes of pardons: so many and soo tedious pilgrimages vndertaken into farre nations, so many and manifolde byhangers, procured for prayers and intercessions, Munkishe vowes, purgatorie markets, so many orders of Regulers, clogges of religions, innumerable and intollerable burdens of mens constitutions and traditions, monasteries buylded for the redemption of oules (for so they affirme) Rosaries, Diriges for the dead, nightwathinges and other workes of supererogation partly dewe, partly purchased with the peny, and enterpryses of all sortes vndertaken in hope rewarde? In good felloweship,