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We heard before that faith is the foundation of the Christen ¹religion, the mother & nurse of all godly works. Which thing to be ⟨image 17⟩true, our Minstrel proveth here. For after he hath made mention of faith, he singeth also of good works. I believed, saith he, & therefore have I spoken. Here see we, that the true & christen faith worketh ever by charity, which extendeth both ²unto god & our neighbour. What was the cause that David did speak? Verily his faith. I believed, saith ³he, & therefore have I spoken. Faith goeth before, & works follow. For first he believed all things to be true, which god promised him in the holy scriptures or otherwise, as by the mouth of his holy Prophets, and thereof afterward ensued a very earnest & fervent love toward god, which made him to love god again, & to speak those things, whereby the glory of god was set forth, & the health of his neighbour sought, so y• by this means he showed himself perfectly faithful both before god ⟨image 17⟩and man. And this is it, that saint Paul writeth, it is believed with ⁴the heart unto righteousness, but with the mouth is confession made unto health. A christen man setting before the eyes of his mind the unmeasurable goodness of God toward us through his son Christ, & giving earnest faith thereunto, can none otherwise but love God again & seek all means possible to please him, to work his will, & to do that which he requireth of him. He is ready at all times to bring forth good works after the example of David, as to speak the mysteries of God, to set forth the glory of God, to publish his most holy word, to bring all men to the true knowledge of God & even to engraft them in the body of Christ. All these things worketh y• quick & lyuysh faith in him through the spirit of God. For faith ⁵