A01273:117
A disputacio[n] of purgatory madeA disputacio[n] of purgatorye made
A disputacio[n] of purgatory made by Joh[a]n Frith which is divided in to three books. The first book is an answer unto Rastell, which goeth about to prove purgatory by natural philosophy. The second book answereth unto Sir Thomas More, which laboureth to prove purgatory by scripture. The third book maketh answer unto my lord of Rochester which most leaneth unto the doctorsA disputacio[n] of purgatorye made by Ioh[a]n Frith which is deuided in to thre bokes. The first boke is an answere vnto Rastell, which goeth aboute to proue purgatorye by naturall phylosophye. The seconde boke answereth vnto Sir Thomas More, which laboureth to proue purgatorye by scripture. The thirde boke maketh answere vnto my lorde of Rochestre which most leaneth vnto the doctoures
Antwerp : S. Cock, 1531?
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But the hole cause of y• remission of our §25sins •d of our saluaeyō / is the blood of […] which hath fully […] y• justice of god the father / and hath pacified his wrath towards us that believe. He is y• very purgatory for all faithful which hath already purged ou1 […] sitteth on the right hand of y• father Heb. I. The second lye is this / he sayeth that god2 of his justice must give to every thing his own / which own is the thing that it deserveth to have. If this were true then should not one of3 us enter the inheritance of heaven / for we have4 every one of us deserved death and damnation. For as Paul sayeth Romanorum. iii. we have […] sinned and want the glory which before god is allowed. But we are freely justified through his grace by the faith that is in ⟨image 26⟩thrist Jesus. If it be freely through his grace / then is it not […] our own deserving / for then grace were no grace. And contrary wise if it be by our own deserving / then is it not of grace / for then deserving were no deserving Romanorum.5 xi. But the truth is this / that god of his mercy had promised unto our forefathers his dear Son Christ that he should deliver them from all their iniquities and that all the nations of the world should be blessed in him Gen xii. This seed he promised of his mercy and 6favour / whom also he sent in the time that he