As witnessed our father of heaven him self at the baptism of our saviour Jesus Christ, saying. This is my well beloved son, in whom or for whose sake I am well pleased, that is to say, appeased and swaged of my wrath, immediately here him, that is to say, believe, trust him, stick & cleave hard to him by faith. For it is he for whom I delight in you, love you, favour you, petty you, & accept both you and your deeds. This is the fountain, out of the which all the works of a christen man ought to proceed / so that what soever buddeth out of the tree of this faith, is accepted and ⟨image 4⟩pleasant before god / and else it is but sin and not accepted. As saint Paul writeth in the xiiii. chapter to the Romans / what soever (saith he) is not of faith is sin. And in the .xi. chapter to the Hebrews, without faith it is impossible for any man to please god. The reason why is this, albeit thou bestow never so much in alms / fast never so much, pay never so much, watch never so much / yea albeit thou haddest done as many good deeds as all the world. Yet if thou have not the faith before rehearsed / that god for the blood of his son doth accept the & thy works / love thee, favour thee, petty the / yea and that entirely and as his own son & heir by adoption, all that ever thou dost can not please god / but is ⟨image 5⟩abominable sin and displeaseth him utterly. For how is it possible that thou shouldest please him, when thou art but a Judas unto him & dost bear two faces in one hood / doing one and thinking another. In thy deeds thou wouldst seem to be his servant, & in thy heart thou dost neither love him, nor trust that he loveth thee. And albeit he hath made never so many and great promises of salvation, mercy, love, petty, and favour, in the blood of his son to all that repent & doubt not thereof / but assuredly trust unto it, yet thou (what soever thou art that haste not this faith) like an heathen hound, and an unfaithful miscreant, by thy infidelity and false heart dost make no better of him but a liar, and false of his promise ⟨image 5⟩/ a tyrant, and a butchers cur delighting in blood, and neither dost thou love him, trust him, nor favour him. For how shouldest thou love him, when thou accountest no better of him than I have said.
As wytnessed our father of heuen hym selfe at the baptysme of our sauyour Iesu Christe, sayenge. This is my welbeloued sone, in whom or for whose sake I am well pleased, that is to say, appeased and swaged of my wrathe, immedyately here hym, that is to saye, beleue, truste hym, stycke & cleaue harde to hym by faythe. For it is he for whom I delyte in you, loue you, fauour you, petye you, & accepte bothe you and your dedes. This is the fountayne, out of the whiche all the workes of a chrysten man oughte to procede / so that what soeuer buddeth out of the tre of this fayth, is accepted and ⟨image 4⟩pleasaunte before god / and els it is but synne and not accepted. As saynte Paule wryteth in the xiiii. chapytre to the Romaynes / what soeuer (sayth he) is not of faythe is synne. And in the .xi. chapytre to the Hebrues, without faythe it is impossyble for any man to please god. The reason why is this, albeit thou bestowe neuer so moche in almes / fast neuer so moch, paye neuer so moch, watche neuer so moch / yea albeit thou haddest done as many good dedes as all the worlde. Yet yf thou haue not the faythe before rehersyd / that god for the blode of his sone doth accept the & thy workes / loue the, fauoure the, petye the / yea and that entyerly and as his owne son & heyre by adopcyon, all that euer thou doste can not please god / but is ⟨image 5⟩abomynable synne and dyspleasyth hym vtterly. For howe is it possyble that thou shuldest please hym, whan thou art but a Iudas vnto hym & doste beare two faces in one hoode / doynge one and thynkynge another. In thy dedes thou woldeste seme to be his seruaunte, & in thy hert thou dost neyther loue hym, nor truste that he loueth the. And albeit he hathe made neuer so many and great ꝓmyses of saluacyon, mercye, loue, pety, and fauour, in the blod of his sone to al that repent & doubt not therof / but assuredly truste vnto it, yet thou (what soeuer thou arte that haste not this fayth) lyke an hethen hounde, and an vnfaythfaull myscreaunt, by thy infydelyte and false herte dost make no better of hym but a lyer, and false of his promyse ⟨image 5⟩/ a tyraunte, and a butchers curre delytyng in blode, and neyther doste thou loue hym, truste hym, nor fauour hym. For howe shuldest thou loue hym, whan thou accōptest no better of hym than I haue sayde.
